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This is the 250th edition of Steem News. Thank you to all readers and supporters who have helped Steem News get this far. In this edition there is news and updates about OpenSeed and OpenLink, Waivio and Dining.Gifts, SteemKnights v2, Sonic Groove Live, an Arbitrage Opportunity for SBD, ecoVillage's €30,000 donation, the SteemSilverGold Community, more Steem-Engine charts, Hashkings, TULIP Mania, LootKit Games and NFTs. And there are more additions to the Diary Dates section as well as regular updates on the Steem Foundation and the Steem Proposal System, and another Featured Contest. --- ---

1. OpenSeed update - OpenLink coming soon

The @openseed team have posted a progress update. Work is now well underway on OpenLink which will be the frontend that will act as the gateway into OpenSeed. They are also looking for web designers and developers to join the team...

OpenLink: The Gateway to OpenSeed and Steem

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2. Waivio & Dining.Gifts

Founder @grampo has published a briefing on the current status of the Waivio Attention Trading Platform. The team is now working with small group of entrepreneurs in Vancouver, BC to help them establish restaurant rebate program businesses...

Launching Businesses on the Steem Blockchain

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3. SteemKnights v2, 'Eternal Artifacts', on its way

Steem's first 3D mobile multiplayer game @steemknights is back in action after a short break. They are currently working on a much improved second version of the game codenamed 'Eternal Artifacts'...

SteemKnights - There and Back Again

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4. Sonic Groove Live submissions now open

Entries for week 23 of @sonicgroovelive are now open, first prize 100 STEEM...

SGL Submissions For Week 23 Are Now Open!

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5. 20% Arbitrage Opportunity for SBD

Cryptocurrency website and Steem witness @coingecko spotted an [arbitrage](https://www.investopedia.com/terms/a/arbitrage.asp) opportunity for SBD. Bittrex and Upbit have been trading SBD at significantly different rates...

Arbitrage Opportunity for Steem Dollars Found in 2 exchanges

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6. ecoVillage receives €30,000 donation

@eco-alex has posted an update on the ecoVillage that he, @orlev and others are working on in Portugal. An anonymous Steemian has given a donation of €30,000 to help the project buy additional land...

ecoVillage Journal #11: €30,000 natural giving donation by an anonymous Steemian!

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7. SteemSilverGold Community seeks SP

The SteemSilverGold Community is a long established and thriving community on Steem for people interested in precious metals. To support their growing community @welshstacker is looking to lease more Steem Power for @ssg-community...

A victim of our own success. Problem, reaction, solution!

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8. More Steem-Engine charts

@bluerobo has produced charts for more Steem-Engine.com tokens including LEO, JAHM, WEED, STEM, SPORTS and CCC...

SE Charts: Special Purpose Tribe Comp: LEO, JAHM, WEED, STEM, SPORTS, CCC [Feb20]

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9. Game for NFTs

A number of game developers are now turning their attention to the NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens) recently launched on Steem-Engine.com. @hashkings is working on incorporating NFTs into its Cannabis farming and management game...

NFT Update Coming

@busbecq is the Game Master of the TULIP Mania Game...

The TULIP Mania Game Round 3 News - Profits Increase - Day 4 of 28

And @ecoinstant, @thecrazygm, @stuffbyspencer and @simplegame are developing @lootkit.games. Through this they offer SETS tokens to test NFT functionality at a fraction of the cost of creating your own token. They have also now formed an alliance with @battlegames...

NFT testing continues - now with official BATTLEGAMES account testing!

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Steem Proposal System update

The Steem Proposal System (SPS) today has a daily funding budget available of approximately 2470 SBD. There are now 8 proposals receiving funding from the SPS - @yabapmatt (Steem Keychain), @netuoso (Vessel Desktop Wallet), @thecryptodrive (Power Down reduction), @anyx (API infrastructure), @thecryptodrive again (SBD Potato Top Up), @steemonboarding (Steem Onboarding), @thecryptodrive again (anti - Power Down reduction) and @howo (SMT testing). These successful proposals are currently receiving a total of 797 SBD per day from the SPS... * https://joticajulian.github.io/steemexplorer/#/proposals --- Both of the Power Down reduction proposals are now in the 'funding zone' - one for the reduction of the Power Down period to 4 weeks, and the other against. @thecryptodrive submitted both proposals to provide some indication of community support for and against the reduction proposal...

HF Proposal: Vote to Reduce Power Down Period to 4 Weeks

HF Proposal: Vote AGAINST Reducing Power Down Period to 4 Weeks

@emrebeyler has produced a useful summary of the witness voting so far on these two opposing proposals...

Four weeks powerdown; Proposal votes in witness perspective

--- @gadrian has asked the question whether it is better to edit SPS proposals or to publish update posts...

Is it a Good Practice to Edit Steem Proposal Posts or Create Update Posts?

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Steem Foundation update

The Steem Alliance Community Foundation @steemalliance have released the minutes of their last two meetings attended by @shadowspub, @phage93, @alexvan, @guiltyparties, @transisto, @aggroed and @inthenow...

Meeting Minutes: 22/29 January 2020

Their next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday 12 February 2020. --- The Steem Foundation is asking all Steem DApp and App owners if they would like to be a part of its new website....

Website~Steem Foundation

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Community Watch

After @steemmatt's recent sales of curb-recycled Lego for STEEM to @brickmanbrad and @carlgnash, @galenkp has picked up the baton and launched a Steem Lego community...

HIVE-142010 - The LEGO community

--- For anyone interested in worldbuilding for tabletop RPGs @worldbuilder and @oblivioncubed have set up a Worldbuilding Community...

Worldbuilding Community (With Monthly Contests)

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Contest of the Day

Guess how much weight @fredrikaa will be able to lift overhead after 6 weeks. Up to 300 STEEM to be won. Organised by @fredrikaa as part of the #getinshapechallenge currently being run by @actifit and @appics...

How much weight can I lift over-head after 6 weeks?! Win up to 300 STEEM by leaving your guess!

More about the #getinshapechallenge...

Get Fit & Get Rewarded It has been 3 days since the Actifit & APPICS get in shape

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

Win With Steem : Contests roundup @ 4 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...

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Friday 7 February - Steem Meetup Aachen #8

Organised by @detlev...

UPDATE 1 to #SteemMeetupAachen 8 - Join a huge European group at the 7.th of February 2020

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Sunday 9 February - Steem Witness Forum

Hosted by @aggroed on MSP Waves. Guests include Steemit Inc MD @elipowell plus a number of top witnesses...

Steem Witness Forum

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Tuesday 11 February - 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

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Wednesday 12 February - Steem Philippines Weekly Meetup

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

18th Official Meetup in Davao City | Steem Philippines

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Thursday 13 February - Steem Munich Meetup

Organised by@steem-munich, @chris4210, @peter2017 & @backinblackdevilat. To be held at Paulaner Bräuhaus, München...

35. STEEM Munich meetup/Stammtisch Mittwoch, 13.2.2020, Paulaner Bräuhaus München

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Friday 14 February - Finally Friday On The Blockchain

First episode of Finally Friday - On The Blockchain with @coruscate and @cryptofinally live on @threespeak...

Finally Friday on Steem w/@Coruscate

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Thursday 27 February - 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 - Saturday 25 April 2020...

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Friday 15 - Sunday 17 May - DTube Forum 2020

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

Numbers, Facts and Sidenotes from 04 February 2020

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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...

Lookin' at the 'Books' + Block Party News & A Contest?

@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$ 0.207	06 Feb '20 11.35pm UTC
CoinMarketCap Ranking	#77	06 Feb '20 11.35pm UTC
FCAS Score	743 / B	06 Feb '20 11.35pm UTC
SBD price	US$ 0.862	06 Feb '20 11.35pm UTC
No. of Whales	37	05 Feb '20
No. of Orcas	367	05 Feb '20
No. of Dolphins	2216	05 Feb '20
No. of Minnows	9283	05 Feb '20
Alexa rank (steemit.com)	#14,582	06 Feb '20 11.35pm UTC
Unique visitors (steemit.com)	226,812 / day	06 Feb '20 11.35pm UTC
Page views (steemit.com)	521,669 / day	06 Feb '20 11.35pm UTC

Follow @penguinpablo & @steem-data for more statistics. --- --- This is #250 (06 Feb '20) of this daily news service. --- --- [ graphics by @pennsif ]