In the past 48 hours, I've had perhaps 7 hours of sleep and have driven 952 miles.
My dream of seeing the secret, behind-the-scenes world of Steemit with my own eyes has now been realized. I entered the Steemit honey pot today and my lips are still sticky with the revolution that is both beautiful and unstoppable. There's no stopping a movement whose time has come. I can't remember who said that, but in the case of Steemit, it's true.
I had the rare opportunity to meet the hyper-intelligent devs who are tirelessly programming behind the scenes at Steemit HQ. The video I shot captures Dan Larimer and Theoretical as they watch in pure delight Steem overtaking Litecoin. This is captured right at the moment of refreshing the feed. One second Steem is in spot 5, then the second after the feed is refreshed, Steem moves to spot 4.
As I set about editing the video and writing this article, Steem had overtaken Ripple as well! Oh my God!!!!!!
It's now Bitcoin, Ethereum and Steem! This just happened within this evening!
Holy volcanoes in a tsunami of decentralized sundaes and floating worlds of blockchain pies! (I'm beyond delirious. Enlightened, I do feel a lot like today, I got unplugged from the Matrix, for good).
This is a train that shows absolutely no signs of slowing down. The Steem revolution is officially on. And lots of millionaires will be created in the process. The devs of Steemit tell me there's a tsunami coming and that I will be a part of that. I don't want to get my hopes dashed, so I continue to pump out content and pray that my dreams come true. It's a very unique place to be in history.
But both Dan and Theoretical stated that they're surprised that Steem took off as quickly as it did.
I'm still editing the video and it will arrive shortly.......
Many of us early adopters are now living in the the "pure imagination" stage. Looks like my factory is on, dear hearts. I purchased our hotel room with the income that I've made in Steemit. That was revolutionary. My first cryptocurrency purchase is a fancy hotel room in Blacksburg, Virginia. It doesn't get any more surreal than that. I feel like I'm floating. The world has shifted. I will need a specially-made Trinity Matrix black costume soon. Any seamstresses, please respond.
And I leave you with an incredibly bizarre and abandoned cafe that is situated right across the street from Steemit HQ. As usual, I immediately discovered the strangely unkempt building and decided that we'd take a closer look. I'm attracted to the peripheral odd things. I pretty much live for mysteries. And that, my dear hearts is how I discovered Steemit over 5 weeks ago.
This abandoned cafe is right across from Steemit HQ
There's something so beautiful about nature and plants when they are left alone to grow in whatever direction they want. We, humans are the same way. Freedom is coming. Freedom is now. The shackles are coming off, one by one. But you must believe it first.
Now, I must sleep. I have a new title that came to me tonight while I was swimming: Nerd Herder. I get the nerds and I too am one, to a certain extent. I like to spend most of my time working. I get really ancy when I can't work on my art/writing/insane plans.
I hope this is not offensive, but it's so great: NERD HERDER. I LOVE NERDS. They are my source of real and honest information. Anyone who knows me well, knows that I love nerds. Nikola Tesla is my god. All kinds of nerds. Misfits, idealists, people who are routinely ignored in pop culture.
Hi Stellebelle. Looks like you've made the pilgrimage to blockchain Mecca. Congratulations to Dan, Theoretical, Ned, and the rest of the team on the massive milestone of passing Litecoin and Ripple on the same day.
This is awesome!!!
I am listening to the interview while I type this. I read the article, amazing!
So its up even more!!! http://coinmarketcap.com/
Sleep well, my Dolphin Queen! :-)
Where is the interview?
im editing it......taking a while.
Awesome post!
I'm excited too.. I think Steemit will be more popular than Pokemon Go very soon ;D
I am in Virginia and have family in that town. This just makes it even more real to me.
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I just can't believe when I thought what is Steemit HQ look like and I scroll up looking for some interesting post then boom! You did it! Good job stellabelle , I can't wait for your video.
Stellabelle is always on top of the latest, I love her posts. If you have time, check out where I (and tons of other people) also think Bitcoin and Steem are going:
https://steemit.com/steem/@intelliguy/bitcoin-and-steem-are-both-going-up-this-month-just-watch
So awesome, congratulations to the team, stoked to be a part of this!
Full steem ahead !
Just walked out the shower and put my glasses on, couldn't see through the steem!
Incredible!
|Many of us early adopters are now living in the the "pure imagination" stage." - I couldn't put it any better!
5 weeks? it seems much longer doesn't it? :) But at the same time, you don't want this to end!
This is Really cool Leah. I'm happy for you. I bet this is a real learning experience that your daughter will always remember also. :)
Steemit looks like an abandon restaurant. In few months they will be next to the Google building :)
Nice article! It was a pleasure to read it.
I don't see images or video in the post. I'm using an iPhone 6. I just see little squares where they should be.
auxon, I thinking it must be a server issue, since I am using windows 7 and Chrome, with same problem.
@stellabelle you're great!
Cool post! Can't wait for the video interview!
Although this will change because it was a produced pump and dump and in order to become a part of it you have to hold 25 btc or 5k steem. I have proof in my steem message from a head of steem so use caution the bottom will fall out this is 100% true and not fud i dont want to see people getting fucked because of rich. When asked this question by steem it was a major turn off to me that they do this. I know many coins or bagholders do this but i thought steem was better then this.
Looking forward to the video!
Bigger than Facebook, twitter, and instagram combined..... this is going to change alot of peoples' lives. Steemit and Bitcoin, wow!!
Looking forward to seeing that video... I remember it was only a couple of weeks ago that you posted your first article, it all happened so quick right?!?!.. blows my mind still, in a good way :)
Awesome woman :) How very cool for you and thank you for sharing this with us.
Time to buy some steem! Ty for article.
I love your take on this Stellabelle. You found a diamond in the rough with Steemit, and are tirelessly promoting it with zeal so all of us idealists can share your joy!
great post and also like your sense of humour
Do you mean about reinvesting back into Steemit? You said that instead of cashing out, you wished you would have reinvested it… How do you do that? Super thanks!
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Very well written. I think this is one of your best.
Thanks
This sounds like such a fun adventure @stellabelle . I'm happy I joined when I did. I cashed out my first profits today and I have to say that it doesn't really feel real until you do that. I've been on Steemit for 3 weeks now and it's been a rollercoaster of emotions. I don't think it'll end up making me rich but I do think it will be one of my 7 incomes streams that James so often talks about. As I get deeper into the community here and begin to appreciate it more an more. Thanks for introducing me to it!