Hi all. I have stayed away from making new posts here on Steemit for a little over a week now. This was because I was working on building my very first DApp, Steem Poll. Now, I have all the components needed to make the release. So, finally decided to break the ice and make an announcement of the same.

What is Steem Poll?

^{Say Hello to Steem Poll}

Steem Poll, like the name suggests, is a polling application that uses the Steem Blockchain to store the Poll details. Many of you might remember DPoll that used to exist over here. Using SteemPoll, you will be able to create Polls that the community members would be able to vote on.

This could be any question that you might have, the multiple-choice option allows users to vote on the option that they strongly support. At the end of the poll duration, the results of the Poll will be shared on the same post.

Am I reusing the old DPoll?

DPoll was an application written using Python. I am a developer who has not worked on Python applications in the past. So, DPoll is being developed entirely using .NET 6. C# and .NET are my daily drivers. So, I decided to not try something crazy and stick to the things that I am good at.

How does Steem Poll broadcast transactions?

^{Here is an example of a poll being created}

Currently, SteemPoll makes use of happyberryboy's keychain to broadcast transactions onto the Steem blockchain. However, I do intend to use Steemjs or dSteem to support the non-users of Keychain as well.

What about the filters for the posts?

All the posts made using Steem Poll will be posted on the Steem Poll community. I will be making use of @steemchiller's SDS API to fetch the trending, new, payouts, hot posts on the blockchain. I have decided to use this initially because the SDS APIs have proven to be amazingly reliable and faster to develop using. Additionally, the fact that Steemcryptic already has this implemented means that I can reuse the code I've written over there.

I will also be developing a proprietary Search and filter without bot votes for Steem Poll. However, I doubt if I will be able to have them up by the end of the year.

What would the post look like on Steemit?

^{This is what a post made by Steem Poll looks like on Steemit. It literally doesn't look like a Poll}

The post that is made using Steem Poll, would not look any different than the posts on Steemit. However, you would still need to use Steem Poll to be able to create Polls. There is a lot of custom data that is added to your post that makes it easy for Steem Poll to work as it does.

The same goes for Voting on a particular option as well.

What all features have been developed so far?

<sup>Viewing a Poll on STeem Poll



Creating a Poll on Steem Poll</sup>

The ability to create posts and vote on them has been implemented so far. The numerous filters are something that I need to just pick from Steemcryptic and add them here.

Currently, there is no option to add a description to the Poll. So, that should be done this weekend. Additionally, even though it's not my strong suit, I would want to refine the UI of Steem Poll before I release it for the public.

What next?

Keep an eye out for my development activities. I will announce as and when I make some major strides forward towards the release of Steem Poll. Also, please subscribe to https://steemit.com/trending/hive-190929 community. That is where all the polls would be hosted.

Also, I would like to thank all my supporters who have voted for me as their witness. If you do want to support my work further(and haven't voted me yet), please do consider voting me as your witness by heading over to https://steemitwallet.com/~witnesses and voting starlord28 as your witness. Currently, I'm ranked 47 on this list.

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PS: This DApp was requested by @sapwood. I'm having a great time developing it now!