I would think the 1% bitcoin stat was from a year ago. Most people I talk to now have heard of it, they just know nothing about it.

I agree 1mill could be crushed & that people will leave those dirty sites. I think developing countries can give steemit a huge push past 1mill. Looking at the smartphone penetration rates from 2017 there are only 27 countries in the world with a 50% adoption rate. There will soon be hundreds of millions if not billions of new smartphone users from poor areas eager to use their phone as a tool to make money. If steemit is positioned as a place for people to easily generate income watch out