The Steem News @ 19 August 2019

The Steem Daily News is back...

It may take a few days to get up to full speed, so apologies if any important stories are missed.

Kicking off the news today we have the Reviewhunt Steemfest ticket contest, a SMT development update from Steemit Inc and the Delegation Trust's meeting recording.

Alongside these there is news from @buildteam's TokenBB, Deegram, Quora, SteemEngine, Distribubot, BEER and CTPtalk.

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1. Reviewhunt launches SteemFest4 ticket contest

Reviewhunt has just gone into open beta.

To celebrate the @steemhunt team has joined with @blocktrades to run a competition, organised by @anomadsoul, to give away a SteemFest ticket plus accommodation to two lucky winners.

• SteemFest x Reviewhunt Contest Live Now - 2 Tickets + Accommodation | Sponsor Report - #70

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2. SMT Development Update from Steemit Inc

Steemit Inc have released another update on their progress on the SMT development...

• SMT Burn Up: Refactor

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3. The Delegation Trust open meeting recording

The Delegation Trust set up recently by Steemit Inc to advise on the delegations it makes via @misterdelegation has posted the recording of its open meeting that took place on MSP Waves on Sunday...

• @delegationtrust recorded town hall

The @delegationtrust is independent of the currently being formed Steem Foundation and comprises of @aggroed, @eonwarped and @starkerz.

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4. TokenBB now mobile responsive

Steem based forum platform @TokenBB is now fully responsive and mobile friendly...

• TokenBB now mobile responsive

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5. Deegram onboarding and incentivising new users

Deegram is calling on the Steem community to help support the new users they are bringing to the platform...

• Deegram beta week 1 summary - Onboarding and incentivzing users, a call to the community

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6. Help Steem on Quora

Steem investor and long time Quora user @theycallmedan is calling on Steemians to join him in helping promote Steem on Quora...

• Help Spread Steem Awareness on Quora's "Steemian Roundup" Space!

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7. Steem-Engine Tokens performance report

In his 10th report on the performance of Steem-Engine tokens @deathcross highlights that on average the active tokens appear to have outperformed STEEM in recent weeks...

• Steem-Engine Tokens Report 10 – A Quick Time Travel

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8. Distribubot update

Developer @holger80 has updated Distribubot so that it is now possible to only count staked tokens...

• Update for Distribubot: It is possible to count only staked tokens now

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9. BEER changes

Changes have been introduced with @detlev's BEER tokens. You now just need 6 staked tokens to send one BEER a day...

• BEER (f)airdrop now only with STAKED BEER

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10. CTPtalk Added To SteemPeak Tribes

ClickTrackProfit (where "Affiliate Marketing Meets The Blockchain"), which has over 1400 members, has now been added SteemPeak's Tribes...

• CTPtalk Added To SteemPeak Tribes

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KEY DATA [ from CoinMarketCap & @arcange ]

(change on previous day in brackets // n/c = no change)

Steem price	US$ 0.178	20 Aug '19 1.31am UTC
SBD price	US$ 0.862	20 Aug '19 1.31am UTC
CoinMarketCap Ranking	#80 ( )	20 Aug '19 1.31am UTC
FCAS Score	818 ( ) / A / #17	20 Aug '19 1.31am UTC
No. of Whales	36 ( )	18 Aug '19
No. of Orcas	333 ( )	18 Aug '19
No. of Dolphins	2092 ( )	18 Aug '19
No. of Minnows	9324 ( )	18 Aug '19
Alexa rank (steemit.com)	#5,567 ( )	20 Aug '19 1.31am UTC
Unique visitors (steemit.com)	240,934 / day	20 Aug '19 1.31am UTC

Follow @penguinpablo, @steem-data & @eforucom for more statistics.

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Visit the Steem Meetups & Events Calendar for a full list of meetups coming up...

• Calendar of Steem Meetups & Events @ 16 August 2019

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This is #154 (19 Aug '19) of this daily news service.

Please note - the last edition of The Steem News was #153 which was published on 6 May 2019.

Please let me know of any important posts or key data that should be included. Comment below or message me on Discord Pennsif#9921

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