The Steem News @ 9 January 2024 : Engagement Challenge Season 15 - closing soon

The deadline for communities to apply for Season 15 of the Engagement Challenge is fast approaching.

Today's Steem News also includes news and updates about H4LAB, Steemit-Search & SteemSearch, Traveling Steem, Wox-Helpfund, Steem on Instagram, Steemit Enhancer, and Contests on Steem...

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1. Engagement Challenge Season 15 - Closing Soon

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

The deadline for applications is 11:59 pm UTC today...

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

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2. H4LAB - New Project

Witness Developers @H4LAB have developed a new interface for using the Steem blockchain.

It is still a prototype but can already be used for posting and delegating, with more functionality to come...

• [H4LAB] Introducing Our New Project

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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 #18. Thank you to everyone who has voted to help get to this position.

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3. Steem Search

Witness developer @joviansummer has been doing some updates on his Steemit-Search system...

• Steemit-Search has been updated, with SDS API 0.1.9

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Developer @michelangelo3 has also been doing further work on his SteemSearch system.

The updates include a new 'Ignore' function for excluding accounts that are not wanted in the search results...

• SteemSearch Update v1.2.3

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4. Traveling Steem Seeks New Moderator

Steemit Award winning community Traveling Steem is looking to recruit another Moderator...

• Open Invitation to apply as moderator in TS Community

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5. Wox-Helpfund

The World of Xpilar's charity Wox-Helpfund has donated 300 STEEM to Venezuelan Steemian @astilem to help with medical expenses for her young son...

• Wox-Helpfund Donates 300 Steem to astilem to help her 10 month old baby with expenses for physical therapy (diagnosis, static encephalopathy and psychomotor retardation)

@astilem has posted more about her son's medical condition...

• Mi bebé necesita fisioterapias | Encefalopatía estática y retardo psicomotor

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6. Steem on Instagram

Steem Promoter @franyeligonzalez has given a progress report on her work promoting Steem on Instagram.

The @solosteemit account now has 250 followers on Instagram and is recruiting new users...

• Preview of the Instagram account for Steemit solosteemit (Report 20) | 250 followers and recruiting new users

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7. Update from @dev.supporters

Witness developers @dev.supporters have posted an update on their current plans for more potential development projects through the Steemit Development Program...

• [DEV.SUPPORT] Announcement of new project and community support plans

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@anpigon has posted details of how to use the the krsuccess tag to get additional rewards, and how to use templates from the Chrome extension Steemit Enhancer...

• Get basic rewards from Steemit : How to use the krsuccess tag and template

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8. Contests on Steem

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

There are 98 contests in the latest list with over 2600 STEEM in prizes...

• Contest Alerts : Active Contest List on 09th Jan 2024

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KEY DATA [ from CoinMarketCap ]

STEEM price	US$ 0.23	09 Jan '24 3.33pm
CoinMarketCap Ranking	#335	09 Jan '24 3.33pm
SBD price	US$ 4.02	09 Jan '24 3.33pm
Unique visitors (steemit.com)	134,897 / day	09 Jan '24 3.33pm
Page views (steemit.com)	228,943 / day	09 Jan '24 3.33pm

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This is #505 (09 Jan '24) of this news service.

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[ graphics by @pennsif ]