The next horizon will be deep integration of the physical and interactive worlds. The future of online is offline. - Cyriac Roedling (Entrepreneur from Silicon Valley)

If not us - the bloggers on blockchains - then who would be able to acknowledge that.

We're the very best examples of that future integration which is already taking place. We are the creators of the #internetofthings and the #internetofvalue.

The digital world is not a separated, isolated and closed circle anymore with insuperable barriers to entry and reserved for a privileged minority.

It's more and more becoming an essential part of our daily real life - of our all real lives.

Steemians are pioneers in that context.

We've been fortunate to be early adopers of a new scenario where the attention we pay to a certain digital offer is worth something and where we'll be rewarded in our everyday life for the the time we spend interacting virtually, for creating something sustainable.

We're the first ones in effectively building a bridge between what is considered real life and digital life.

@surfermarly building bridges between real and virtual world

Admitting the paradigm shift

As a blockchain surfer the new mindset is already part of our daily business and DNA.

Who of you even remembers the time before Steem? 😉

Without even noticing it, we automatically connect what is our old established way of thinking with the new technologies offered to streamline structures, processes and procedures.

For the first time ever the internet is capable of being much more than an isolated world.

Just imagine the following scenario (referring to the above copied picture):

1. Marly decides on buying an ice cream a the beach bar.
2. She scans a code on the ice cream's packaging with an app on her mobile phone.
3. Automatically and within a few seconds a transfer from her crypto wallet to the beach bar's wallet is executed.
4. Then Marly publishs a selfie with the ice cream via one of her Steem applications, leaving a positive feedback on the product and tagging the ice cream producer (here: Solero).
5. Solero can now reward Marly with an icecream Token, other ice cream lovers can furthermore rate (reward) Marly's product evaluation.

Hence, the purchase is immediately refinanced through multiple channels, even adding value to both the Steem network and its players.

Also no third partie - such as a bank - is profiting from my deal with the beach bar and the ice cream producer.

Now that's been a quite simple example, but just think about a similar deal in the automotive industry or the real estate market, for instance, with eight-digit annual sales.

The internet of value is now added as second layer to real life scenarios, melting into one world.

Blockchain technology is the first internet technology that effectively empowers people and brings true value into our daily routine.

And that's actually the key: it's gonna become routine!

Cyriac Roedline was referring to such integrated models in his speech at the World Economic Forum when he said:

The offline world becomes an interactive experience, truly personalized. The future of online is actually offline.

Cyriac Roeding is a German-American entrepreneur based in Silicon Valley, who builds and invests in startups together with venture capitalists that drive change in the world at scale (Wikipedia).

And here's my promise: Any future blockchain based application that'll add true value to our daily routine, will take off.

It's not the technology as an isolated protocol that'll make the difference, it'll be its ability to build a bridge between real and virtual layers.

That's also why Steem based applications that are attached to an already existing - vivid - community of human beings provide so much value to crypto markets.

We're pioneers of a future that's already taking place.

Now in times of suffering crypto markets that prospect is actually a great sales proposition - don't you think?

So go out and sell it, steemians! If now us, then who?

Much love,
Marly -
Steem Ambassador
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This blog was created in July 2016, aiming to provide thought-provoking content for open-minded people who go on adventure, step out of comfort zones and embrace the new.
Thanks for being part of the journey!

PS: All my blog posts are created and submitted via eSteem Surfer 1.0.11 - my favorite Steem desktop client that was developed by @good-karma's @esteemapp team. Check out their account for more information and updates.

Original content. Quote found on pinterest, ice cream pictures shot on iPhone 5