Steem is the Blockchain. SteemIt is the ugliest dress on the blockchain thus far. The Chain is Mined and managed by interaction of Identities and their Stakes in the Crypto on the Blockchain. The first "Killer Ap" that the developers could think to launch on top of this Blockchain was a cheeky "Social Network" that not even the Developers themselves can use... STEEM has been a comedy of errors from the start but it is still the only crypto I will use for something as simple as digitally publishing my work.