Wait...we make money?

Yah, I've been living with no indoor plumbing for three years except water from a hose and one faucet. I'm headed into my third Appalachian winter without sufficient heat. I've been supporting a 501c3 charity with every penny I earn because the community local to me is one of the poorest in North America. I drive a 20-year old vehicle with farm tags because I can't afford the repairs that would get it past inspection. And I can't remember the last time I bought fresh groceries and not something to microwave from Dollar General.

Yet I've made a bigger impact on my real world community and the Steem community than most users ever will. I've applied proof of brain to everything I do and the results show. My team and I have proposed a way to bring more mainstream attention and investment to the blockchain than most well-funded projects I see here, and we're moving forward with these plans despite lack of stakeholder support. I'm not complaining. I'm simply pointing out the disparity between quite a few top-ranking witnesses and the amount of work going unnoticed in the trenches. @noblewitness stays busy. We're proud of what we do for blockchain communities. But damn--ramen does get old after a while.