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we are seeing gradual but accelerated growth, the only problem is that we're not seeing the market price recognition from, still our convoluted and complex ecosystem could be causeing some delay in 'market acceptance'

in market theory, the longer a dormant potential pents and build up, the higher the burst will be, this is true even in an absense of a significant market factor that cause a sudden acceleration like ICO to ETH, or like SMT will likely do to Steem

@dj123 my friends who are not on Steem keep asking me why invest in STeem and why not on a top 10 coin? I always say Steem will grow, just that it has not yet taken off. But I wonder if that is a sure thing that Steem will grow and see the price charts similar to what BTC and ETH saw? What do you think?

there are many risk, there is no sure thing in crypto, but Steem long term prospects are much stronger than most even those in top10

I believe in steem but everyone around me asks me where does the money come from...

they do not believe in something that is not generated by "sponsors or ads" hence the concept is hard to grasp and they are slow to adapt, and even for a lot of new crypto investors this is the case

sorry i thought you were responding to me (all this nested replies is confusing), it's a common point and reasoning for those who have not see the power of how blockchain is changing the tech field, i know some good respond, illustration, and even rebuttal, but i will let kevin have a chance to respond to you first since you directed it at him, don't give up on sharing @felander