The Steem News @ 1 January 2024 : Engagement Challenge Season 15...

New Year, New News - Steem News is back.

Applications are open for Season 15 of the Engagement Challenge.

Today's Steem News also includes news and updates about Steem Lens, Steem Seven, Steem Inflation, Web 3.0, fundraising on Steem, and Contests on Steem...

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1. Engagement Challenge Season 15

Steemit Inc is inviting communities to apply for Season 15 of the Engagement Challenge.

The closing date for applications is 11:59 pm UTC, on Tuesday 9 January...

• Steemit Update [ January 1st, 2024 ] : Steemit Engagement Challenge - Applications Invited for Season 15

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2. Engagement Challenge - Season 14 Week 6

The Steemit Engagement Challenge has now moved on to the final week of Season 14.

The 6th week of Season 14 has contests about places to relax, memories of 2023, welcoming 2024, contemporary lifestyle, welcoming, Traveling Steem, and the future of cryptocurrencies...

• Steemit Update [ January 1st, 2024 ] : Steemit Engagement Challenge Season 14 - Week 6

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Pennsif the Witness

After almost 2000 days on Steem I decided it was time to take my contribution to the platform to the next level.

I have therefore set up as a Steem witness... @pennsif.witness

If anyone would like to support what I already do, and what I am planning to do, by giving one of their 30 witness votes to @pennsif.witness I would be hugely grateful.

You can read my full witness announcement here...

• pennsif.witness Witness Campaign Post

@pennsif.witness is now at #19. Thank you to everyone who has voted to help get to this position.

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3. New Community : Steem Lens

Indonesian Steemians @walictd, @cymolan and @muzack1 have launched a new community for macro-photography enthusiasts - Steem Lens...

• Introduction | Steem Lens Community

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4. Steem Seven

Developer @alejos7ven has launched a new website to house his Steem Seven Tools and the Steem Ways automated voting service...

• The S7VEN landing page, Steem Seven multi-tool domain migrated, and more

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@alejos7ven also continues to publish his weekly review of engagement on Steem...

• Make Noise Week 84: Weekly Engagement Report

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5. Steem Inflation

Long time Steemian @remlaps has produced another in-depth analysis of Steem inflation.

It seems that the Steem blockchain is approaching the theoretical peak in daily STEEM production, and the actual peak may have already been passed...

• A quick look at Steem inflation as 2023 comes to a close

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6. Is Steem ready for Web 3.0?

Korean witness developer @etainclub considers whether Steem is ready for the opportunities that Web3.0 presents...

• [Steem in the Web3 Era] Preface - The Beginning of a New Opportunity

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7. Fundraising on Steem

Long time fundraiser @elkezaksek gives an update on her latest project in Uganda to raise funds to give Bosco's family a kitchen...

• News about our fundraiser for Uganda! - Neuigkeiten unserer Spendenaktion für Uganda! (205)

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Steem Rep @stef1 continues her daily posts to raise funds to support the Planet Wild environmental program.

Today's update is about Planet Wild's elephant and bee project in Tanzania...

• Honey from Mission in Tanzania

• https://planetwild.com/missions/10-saving-elephants-bees-tanzania

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8. Contests on Steem

@disconnect continues to publish his comprehensive daily list of current contests on Steem...

• Contest Alerts : Active Contest List on 01st Jan 2024

Editor to @disconnect : You used to include the total number of current contests and the total estimated prize pool - will you be bringing that back?

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KEY DATA [ from CoinMarketCap ]

STEEM price	US$ 0.25	01 Jan '24 3.22pm
CoinMarketCap Ranking	#333	01 Jan '24 3.22pm
SBD price	US$ 4.69	01 Jan '24 3.22pm
Unique visitors (steemit.com)	134,897 / day	01 Jan '24 3.22pm
Page views (steemit.com)	228,943 / day	01 Jan '24 3.22pm

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This is #503 (01 Jan '24) of this news service.

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[ graphics by @pennsif ]