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SPUD XI powers up and powers on, and there's still time to join in. Also in this edition there is news and updates about WhereIN, ReggaeSteem, SteemCITY, SteemFlagRewards, OCD, and BROsino Poker. And there are more additions to the Diary Dates section as well as regular updates on the Steem Foundation and the Steem Proposal System, another Featured Contest, and an expanded Community Watch with new communities to check out. --- ---

1. SPUD XI Powers Up

The 11th Steem Power Up Day organised by @streetstyle has gathered a considerable amount of support with many people posting that they have powered up. They are all in with a chance of winning a share of the 14,000+ SP of delegation prizes put up for the best SPUDders by sponsors @xpilar, @reflektor, @hingsten, @sultan-aceh, @davedickeyyall, @mcoinz79, @improv, @bippe and @streetstyle. For those in the Americas there are still a few hours of 1 March left to power up...

SPUD XI Has Now Launched, Making Its Trek Across the Digital Virtual World for the Next 48 Hrs

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2. WhereIN update on Pre-Token

China based Steem Instagram-like dApp @WhereIN has posted a progress update. Despite the recent difficulties caused by the Corona Virus the WhereIN team has managed to move ahead with the launch of their Pre-Token...

WhereIN Pre-Token go live & Cnstm moving forward with testing phase - Proof of Brain(PoB) upvoting method | WhereIN Pre-Token上线 & Cnstm测试PoB点赞机制

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Directory of Geographic Communities for Countries, Regions & Cities - is yours listed?

* [**Directory of Geographic Communities for Countries, Regions & Cities - is yours listed? [25 February 2020]**](https://steemit.com/promo-steem/@pennsif/directory-of-geographic-communities-for-countries-regions-and-cities-is-yours-listed-25-february-2020) --- --- ---

3. ReggaeSteem Musician Onboarding Services

@donald.porter has posted details of the Musician Onboarding Service offered by ReggaeSteem...

Musician Onboarding/Account Services | ReggaeSteem.com

@ReggaeSteem has also posted updates to their tourism offerings...

Updates to ReggaeSteem Tourism Offerings

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4. SteemCITY updates and rewards

Game developer @gerber has reported that the first rewards have now been distributed - 2162 STEEM to the top 1000 players. There have also been a number of updates in the game including changes to the Crime Probability. More events, Governments and Collectible Backgrounds are all now on the agenda...

SteemCITY - first rewards and few updates

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5. SteemFlagRewards seeks delegators

@steevc has posted a reminder about the anti-abuse work the @SteemFlagRewards initiative does, and is appealing for more delegators to support the project...

Support SteemFlagRewards for a better Steem

OCD co-witness @acidyo has announced that @ocdb is halting its downvoting...

A rant about retaliatory downvotes followed by our decision to halt ocdb downvotes

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6. BROsino Poker launches Knockout Poker Tournaments

BROsino Poker @bro.poker has launched Knockout Poker Tournaments...

Knockout Poker Tournaments are Here! Win STEEM for KO'ing Opponents

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Tron & the Soft Fork

Discussion and debate about Tron and the Soft Fork rumbles on, and is likely to pick up a pace in the days leading up to the two big Steem/Tron meetings this week. In the meantime here is a selection of the more informative / interesting posts...

@taskmaster4450 - Atomic Swaps Are Nice But...

@ocupation - Deep Dive into Atomic Swaps - What can we Expect?

@arcange - The effect of the Soft Fork 0.22.2 on the witnesses ranking

@arcange - How would steem power be redistributed without the soft fork 0.22.2 frozen accounts?

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Steem Proposal System update

The Steem Proposal System (SPS) today has a daily funding budget available of approximately 2712 SBD. There are now 6 proposals receiving funding from the SPS - @yabapmatt (Steem Keychain), @netuoso (Vessel Desktop Wallet), @anyx (API infrastructure), @howo (SMT testing), @steemonboarding (Steem Onboarding) and @thecryptodrive (SBD Potato Top Up). These successful proposals are currently receiving a total of 795 SBD per day from the SPS... * https://joticajulian.github.io/steemexplorer/#/proposals --- @themarkymark, who had just recently started receiving funding from the SPS for work on the Global Blacklist API, has now lost some support and dropped out of the funding zone. @fabien is now closest to receiving funding being only 0.68 million SP below @gtg's Return Proposal. --- ---

Steem Foundation update

The Steem Foundation has issued a statement confirming it position in light of the recent sale of Steemit Inc to the Tron Foundation. >The Board looks forward to finding ways to work with the Tron Foundation in furthering our mission to the benefit of the Steem ecosystem. >Justin Sun has stated a desire to invest more into marketing Steem and supporting its growth and development. We're very interested in seeing this happen. >Our goal as an entity is as always to support the vision of the decentralized Steem Blockchain and its ecosystem. We are 100% committed to the Steem Community and its stability, autonomy, and prosperity...

Steem Foundation Statement - Together We Are Stronger

--- The Steem Alliance Community Foundation @steemalliance have released the minutes of their latest meeting attended by @shadowspub, @alexvan, @guiltyparties, @inthenow, @aggroed and @snook...

Meeting Minutes: 26 February 2020

Their next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday 4 March 2020. --- ---

Community Watch

There are still plenty of communities being set up. Here are a few that caught my eye today... * [Cryptobrewmaster](https://steemit.com/trending/hive-171026) managed by @rollie1212, @cryptobrewmaster & @gengua * [Language Exchange!](https://steemit.com/trending/hive-181017) managed by @whatamidoing * [Motorcycles & Trips](https://steemit.com/trending/hive-118597) managed by @orestistrips --- ---

Contest of the Day

Build-It Contest

Write a post or make a video about one of your DIY projects or a How-to Tutorial. 20 STEEM, 2250 BUILD Tokens & 100% Upvote to be won. Organised by @build-it...

Build-It Contest: 20 Steem, 2250 BUILD & 100% Upvote from @build-it in Rewards

--- For a list of all the current contests on Steem check out this new list from @pennsif...

Roundup of Contests, Competitions & Challenges on Steem @ 29 February 2020

If you know of any current contests missing from the list leave a comment for @pennsif or message him on Discord @Pennsif#9921. --- ---

Dates for your Diary...

--- For a full list of Steem Meetups and Events...

Calendar of Steem Meetups & Events @ 29 February 2020 - Geographic Communities, Meetups & Funding

--- --- If you are organising a Steem event or meetup check out the new funding support program from Fundition... * [**The Fundition Support Program for Steem Meetups & Events**](https://steemit.com/meetup/@pennsif/calendar-of-steem-meetups-and-events-22-february-2020-including-news-about-funding) --- ---

Sunday 1 March - SPUD #11

Steem Power Up Day #11. Organised by @streetstyle, sponsored by @xpilar and others...

STEEM POWER UP DAY 11 (SPUD XI) - Join the big event- 1. March 2020

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Tuesday 3 March - The Steeming Pile, Vimm.TV

@johnspalding's live streamed open broadcast 'The Steeming Pile' is back, with new co-host @pennsif...

The Steeming Pile - Weekly Promo Post

The recording of the last edition of 'The Steeming Pile' is now available...

The Steeming Pile VOD - Reggae Steem Edition

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Wednesday 4 March - Steem Philippines Weekly Meetup

Meetings every Wednesday in Davao City organised by @chrisrice and @steem-ph...

A Couple's Meetup | Steem Philippines

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Friday 6 March - SoCal Steem Meetup

For Steemians in Southern California. Organised by @socalsteemit at Taco Surf...

SoCal Steemit Meetup - Steel Parade at Taco Surf

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Thursday 26 March - Adelaide Monthly Steem Meetup

Organised by @mattclarke, 6pm local time at The Jade Monkey, Flinders Street, Central Business District, Adelaide. ---

Saturday 25 April - SteemCampUK #3

Organised by @shanibeer and @lloyddavis in Leicester...

SteemCampUK 2020 | Saturday 25 April | Leicester | Update and Hotels

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Friday 15 - Sunday 17 May - DTube Forum 2020

Organised by @hauptmann, @artakush, @greencross, @sergiomendes and @tibfox in Hamburg, Germany...

DTube Forum 2020 in Hamburg | Let's get together!

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Saturday 20 June - Steem Canna Fest 2

Organised by @canna-curate in Portland, Oregon...

Steem Canna Fest 2! June 20th, 2020. 5:30pm

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Tuesday 23 June - Sunday 28 June - The BLOCK Party, USA

The second annual BLOCK Party being organised by @enginewitty, @bluefinstudios and @dreemsteem. It has now been confirmed that the event will take place in Olcott, NY...

Block Party 2020 News

@bluefinstudios is also organising a Steem Summit at The BLOCK Party...

Steem Summit and The Block Party

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Friday 26 June - Sunday 28 June - JAHMFest2020, Jamaica

Organised by @donald.porter and the @ReggaeSteem team...

ReggaeSteem JAHMFEST June 26th to 28th, 2020

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KEY DATA [ from CoinMarketCap & @arcange ]

Steem price	US$ 0.178	01 Mar '20 10.41pm UTC
CoinMarketCap Ranking	#78	01 Mar '20 10.41pm UTC
FCAS Score	753 / A	01 Mar '20 10.41pm UTC
SBD price	US$ 0.768	01 Mar '20 10.41pm UTC
No. of Whales	37	29 Feb '20
No. of Orcas	364	29 Feb '20
No. of Dolphins	2218	29 Feb '20
No. of Minnows	9314	29 Feb '20
Alexa rank (steemit.com)	#15,758	01 Mar '20 10.41pm UTC
Unique visitors (steemit.com)	204,131 / day	01 Mar '20 10.41pm UTC
Page views (steemit.com)	469,502 / day	01 Mar '20 10.41pm UTC

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