Hello Steemians! It is time again for my monthly reflection post. Time really flew by and 7 months had past since my first post. Today I will like to look back at the exciting things that happened in the past month, which I regard as the most fruitful month in my Steemit journey thus far. ![Steemit-7months.png](https://ipfs.busy.org/ipfs/QmRCT4kmnvGSgUkQQXwHu7VnK5sR7XxyTqyNoxXzn91NSn) ---

The routine stuff

Reputation and followers

As usual, let's take a look at my progress in terms of reputation and followers. ![image.png](https://ipfs.busy.org/ipfs/QmY2RJjPR9856FmLUHeW4dpPoq5HqsBmMYKU9hHfYKqZBe) My reputation grew from 60 to 61 and followers from 889 to 967. The next milestone for me will be that 1000 followers mark. Haha.. I am not too sure when I can achieve that and I hope it will be before my next monthly update 😆.

Investment

My investment on Steem is very much trading sideways for the past month. Not much has changed. In fact, in the recent BTC surge, the STEEM/BTC rate has fallen quite a bit. But it is fine, as long as I am still using this platform, I will still see STEEM as the more useful cryptocurrency than BTC. Speaking of investment, I stumbled upon an [interesting infographic](https://howmuch.net/articles/visualizing-the-biggest-economic-bubbles) comparing different markets in the world. Take a look at it and you will realize how small the cryptocurrency market is compared to others. https://steemitimages.com/0x0/https://steemitimages.com/0x0/https://steemitimages.com/0x0/https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmTmwRbJG8FrWYFpkLR9GKTDcQAD1peWkCsLcCotMiBoqm/Line%20Big%20Steem%20Blue%20Divider.png

What am I up to lately

Steem Oracle updates

As some of you might know, I have recently wrapped up the first experiment for the [Steem-Oracle project](https://steemit.com/steemoracle/@culgin/the-steem-oracle-project-world-cup-prediction-game-wrap-up). I think it was a rather successful experiment as it proved that the collective wisdom of Steemians can outperform most Steemians individually. If you are interested to find out more, you can refer to the link above which will lead you to my summary post. ![Steem-oracle-world-cup-experiment-1.png](https://ipfs.busy.org/ipfs/QmPu1DU4vpPALwashsadgnNEmVdN5xLVvauNiN9LSeZTYD) To better interact with everyone of you, I have create a [Steem Oracle Discord server](https://discord.gg/YJG6j7p). In the server, I will update you guys on my next plan and get your opinion on how Steem Oracle project should continue to progress. I will like to build a strong community around it where every member can help each other out. Hopefully we can all have fun together in the server and we can get to know more Steemians and start supporting each other 😁. [

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Byteball to Steem conversion service

On top of the Steem Oracle project, I have also recently started a [Byteball to Steem conversion service](https://steemit.com/byteball/@culgin/i-am-running-a-service-to-convert-byteball-to-steem). So far, I have converted Byteballs to Steem for several Steemians. If you are interested, do check out the link above for details. https://steemitimages.com/0x0/https://ipfs.busy.org/ipfs/QmZLYzY5DRJSJtdYMt76fWp2pJb3UbScWhtUefKXzsEX2W ---

2nd Singapore Steemitup on 4th July

![image.png](https://ipfs.busy.org/ipfs/QmSc7waQt67Qn2NXFsoibvAJkL8kQXJuQ4xM9MqGoRNe7Z) On 4th July, the #TeamSingapore community had our second meetup. It was a fun-filled evening with great food. There were quite a few fresh faces who were not in the first meetup and it was really great meeting them face-to-face. https://steemitimages.com/0x0/https://steemitimages.com/0x0/https://steemitimages.com/0x0/https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmTmwRbJG8FrWYFpkLR9GKTDcQAD1peWkCsLcCotMiBoqm/Line%20Big%20Steem%20Blue%20Divider.png

Steem projects that I am using the most

I will like to take this chance to also share a list of projects on Steem that I like and have been using the most. - [Steem Basic Income](https://steemit.com/steembasicincome/@steembasicincome/steem-basic-income-frequently-asked-questions) - @steembasicincome is one of my favorite projects on Steem because it has the objective of building a long-term and sustainable future for the Steem platform. For those who do not know about @steembasicincome, I urge you to read up about it (link above). - [Minnowbooster](https://www.minnowbooster.com/vote-selling/?ref=507421) and [SmartSteem](https://smartsteem.com?r=culgin) - @minnowbooster and @smartsteem are the 2 most reliable vote buying services on the Steem platform. I have to be transparent here that I have been buying upvotes for my posts simply because I see a positive ROI in doing so. To me, there is nothing wrong in buying votes, as long as I am delivering content that I think is reasonably decent 😎. Anyway, I have tracked my vote buying statistics for the past 90 posts and there is an average of 11.5% ROI per post. Which is fantastic returns in my opinion. So if you have not tried it out, do follow the links above to sign up. - [SteemAuto](https://steemauto.com/) - @steemauto is a automation service with lots of features. It allows you to follow your favorite Steemian and auto-upvote their posts such that you are always able to give them your support. There is also a feature to help you claim your rewards automatically. More info can be found [here](https://steemit.com/steemauto/@steemauto/2fdzdr-steemauto-free-and-unlimited-automation-service-on-the-steem-blockchain). Note that at the point of writing, @steemauto site seems to be down. - [DustSweeper](https://steemit.com/community/@dustsweeper/ann-introducing-dustsweeper-a-new-service-to-turn-dust-into-profit) - @dustsweeper is another interesting project which I have subscribed to. It is developed by @davemccoy and @danielsaori, and it helps to consolidate all the small votes with less than $0.0249 value and provide an upvote which you can collect on day 6 of your post. - [Qurator](https://steemit.com/qurator/@qurator/qurator-3-0-update-post-guidelines-or-registration-details-or-tier-changes) - @qurator, as its name suggest, curate posts on Steemit and aim to identify and promote the best articles they can find. If you support their cause, they will provide regular upvotes to your post in return. This is the kind of project which makes Steem a better place for everyone. - [Partiko](https://steemit.com/partiko/@partiko/announcing-partiko-a-beautiful-steem-android-client) - My dear friend @jlordc reminded me that I missed out writing about @partiko. @partiko is a user-friendly android app to interact with the Steem platform. The application is lag free and there is a points system which reward your activities. https://steemitimages.com/0x0/https://steemitimages.com/0x0/https://steemitimages.com/0x0/https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmTmwRbJG8FrWYFpkLR9GKTDcQAD1peWkCsLcCotMiBoqm/Line%20Big%20Steem%20Blue%20Divider.png Thanks everyone for reading! What services/projects on Steem do you support and use the most? Let me know by commenting below. [

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