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#### The State of Steem Forums got off to a great start last Thursday.
#### Around 150 people listened into some vibrant and enthusiastic discussion about where Steem is going now and what needs to be done by the Steem Community to take over the running of the platform.
#### Last week it was broad brush, big picture talk. Now we are moving on to the nitty gritty covering specific areas of the Steem ecosystem in more depth.
#### This Thursday it is Technology - API nodes, RocksDB, SMTs, RC Delegation Pools, account creation and all that jazz.
--- These are likely to evolve and be refined but this is the current schedule for the forums... * **Forum 2 (20 December) : Technology - API nodes, RocksDB, SMTs, RC Delegation Pools, account creation** * **Forum 3 (10 January) : DApps, Apps & Developments - nodes, business plans, delegations, marketing** * **Forum 4 (17 January) : Steem Economics - steem inflation, attracting investors, revenue streams, advertising** * **Forum 5 (24 January) : Marketing, onboarding, PR** * **Forum 6 (31 January) : Communities, content creation, curation, retention** * **Forum 7 (07 February) : SteemCommerce, shopping with steem** * **Forum 8 (14 February) : Pulling it all together, where have we got to, where are we going, how are we going to get there** All are on Thursdays 8pm - 11pm UTC/UK on MSP Waves. --- --- To make the numbers manageable we will be inviting certain witnesses, developers, community leaders etc to participate as speaking guests. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to join in the discussion through the live chat on the PAL/MSP Discord channel during the forums. I am keen to make the discussions as inclusive as possible so if anyone would like to come on air for any of the particular forums please do message me in Discord (Pennsif#9921) and we will do our best to include you. --- --- ### Forum 2 (Thursday 20 December) : Technology

For this Thursday's forum we already have a keen bunch of steemians coming along to speak. If anyone else with a passion for the tech side of Steem would like to come on please message me. * @blocktrades - blockchain developers and exchange provider * @crypto.talk - developer of Partiko * @helo - developer, witness owner and witness operator * @paulag - Witness, and steem data expert * @starkerz - co-founder of Oracle-D and Promo-Steem * @themarkymark - Top 30 witness, developer, spam fighter and owner of Buildawhale * @therealwolf - Top 30 witness, developer and owner of Smartsteem * @upheaver - witness and developer * @yabapmatt - Top 20 witness and Steem Monsters co-founder A number of other prominent steemians will be in the Discord audience chat including @acidyo, @crimsonclad, @drakos, @gtg and @shredz7. Steemit Inc are hoping to someone available to attend the forum. I will be joined by @teamhumble as co-host of the forum. This forum will focus on the technology challenges issues currently facing the steem blockchain. We will be particularly looking at issues around API nodes, RocksDB, SMTs, RC Delegation Pools, account creation. --- If you have any questions you would like to ask or if you would like to come on to speak please message me on Discord (Pennsif#9921) or Steem.Chat (Pennsif). --- --- If you missed the first overview forum last Thursday with @aggroed, @anarcotech, @anomadsoul, @crypto.talk, @exyle, @fredrikaa, @hr1, @imacryptorick, @llfarms, @lukestokes, @nathanmars, @paulag, @project7, @shadowspub, @starkerz, @taskmaster4450, @themarkymark, @therealwolf and @yabapmatt the recording of the forum is available... * https://steemit.com/steem/@pennsif/lsyr505f --- --- ### SOS Daily News

To provide a quick and easy reference source of all the latest posts and information about what is going on on Steem I am producing the **SOS Daily News**. This is the latest edition ... * [SOS Daily News : all you need to know about the State of Steem @ 16 December 2018](https://steemit.com/steem/@pennsif/sosdailynewsallyouneedtoknowaboutthestateofsteem16december2018-azilevqr5t) --- --- ### Where to find the forums & how to listen in

The forums will air on MSP Waves Radio on Thursdays from 8pm to 11pm UTC. If you need to convert UTC time to your local time visit World Time Buddy

https://www.worldtimebuddy.com/

**You will be able to listen through the [PAL Discord server](https://discord.gg/3SFXANM), via [mspwaves.com](http://mspwaves.com/), [Vimm.TV](https://www.vimm.tv/@msp-waves) or on Twitch at [twitch.tv/mspwaves](https://www.twitch.tv/mspwaves).** **To join in with the chat during the forums please join the [PAL/MSP Discord server](https://discord.gg/3SFXANM).** --- --- ### My DSound Picks of the Week

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Mingled in with the discussion I will be playing a number of my top picks from DSound this week including... * [Born In July](https://dsound.audio/#!/@d-vine/20181214t144017986z-born-in-july-by-d-vine) by @d-vine * [Place](https://dsound.audio/#!/@ivan.atman/20181213t161227815z-place-ivan-atman) by @ivan.atman * [Jump Around by Papijon](https://dsound.audio/#!/@jonmagnusson/20181216t133623806z-jump-around-by-papijon) by @jonmagnusson * [Brighter Day](https://dsound.audio/#!/@melissakellie/20181215t162933956z-brighter-day-original) by @melissakellie * [La Rueda](https://dsound.audio/#!/@pechichemena/20181213t115054645z-la-rueda--original-song--live-acoustic) by @pechichemena * [Standing Tall](https://dsound.audio/#!/@soundlegion/20181217t084156731z-qrittix--bonnie-legion-standing-tall) by Qrittix & @soundlegion * [Diamond Eye](https://dsound.audio/#!/@soundwavesphoton/20181214t221022239z-diamond-eye-steemian-collab) by @soundwavesphoton * [Fortune](https://dsound.audio/#!/@theturtleproject/20181217t130017026z-fortune) by @theturtleproject --- ---

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