Actually the Steem blockchain is very flexible. See this excerpt from one post of @dantheman:
What if it were possible to build custom applications on top of Steem? If you think Steem is only here to serve the niche of social media, then I consider this you wakeup call. The Steem blockchain is already capable of supporting every kind of blockchain application you can conceive. Best of all, you don’t need anyone’s permission to start building your app today!
Think of your favorite blockchain application. Is it Auger with is prediction markets? Is it The DAO? Is it general purpose smart contracts? Is it Dash with its privacy features? Is it decentralized voting or DNS? All of these things are possible on Steem today and you don’t need Steemit’s permission to do it.
Thanks - this is very interesting - It mentions subchains and even the idea of running an Ethereum VM as a steem subchain. Has anyone actually looked into running a subchain? Is there any information around for potential developers? Some links would be good - I would like to see if I could use this approach, after all Steem is here now.
Check out @biophil and this post:
https://steemit.com/pocket/@biophil/pocket-announcement
And this other one:
https://steemit.com/steem/@biophil/mist-a-meta-model-for-steem-subchains
pocketsend:1000@onthewayout, I do follow @biophil and have been watching pocket but saw it as a novelty rather than something that may point the way to future possibilities. I will take a deeper look - thanks for the pointers, they are really appreciated.
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