Craig - The HF19 has just been phenomenal for minnows, prize money has been tripled. Earlier, the prize was meager 0.1 STEEM from my wallet as prize but now the post is earning more so I can give better prizes to winning minnows. As you say, the price of STEEM is the cheapest now and the popularity of STEEMIT is increasing. This itself shows the demand for STEEM; as seen by this graph of exponentially growing STEEM users:
(Graph from @arcange statistics blog)
As you say - STEEM will never be so cheap again!! I am trying to generate and GIVE AWAY as much as I can for minnows and am excited about it.
(image from GIFY)
A BIG THANK YOU FOR YOUR ADVICE!