For the second day running just one big story to lead on. Steemit Inc CEO Ned Scott has released his Mission, Vision and Values statement. And for very good measure, Ned will be making his second live appearance of the week. This time on the State of Steem Forum on MSP Waves Thursday 8pm - 11pm UTC. This will be an opportunity for the community to hear Ned present his Mission, Vision and Values document... --- ---

Steemit Inc's Mission, Vision and Values

Steemit Inc have now released a new Mission, Vision and Values document.

Steemit, Inc. Mission, Vision and Values

In his announcement post @ned states...

Overall, this document exists to represent who we are and how we’re moving forward. I want everyone to know these basic tenants of how this company operates today. With greater understanding of each other, we can be greater in how we work together.

A key thrust of the document is communities...

Our vision is that steemit.com is a vibrant communities web app, expanding the boundaries of community coordination and online discussion by incorporating cryptocurrency as incentives.

The Guiding Mission, Vision and Values of Steemit, Inc

Ned will be presenting the Mission, Vision and Values document on this week's State of Steem Forum, 8pm - 11pm UTC on MSP Waves. There should be time for questions from the audience. If you would you would like to ask a question post it in the Discord chat and tag it with both myself (@pennsif) and my co-host @teamhumble. We will do our best to pick them up and ask as many as we can fit in with the flow of the conversation. --- ---

The State of Steem Forum #4 - Steem Economics - Thursday

The State of Steem Forum #4 - Steem Economics - takes place 8pm - 11pm on MSP Waves on Thursday 17 January. There is already a good roster of speakers for the forum including @crypto.talk (@partiko), @disregardfiat (@dlux-io), @dragosroua (witness), @fredrikaa (@steempress), @hightouch (@fundition), @hr1 (@steeveapp), @jackmiller (witness), @mcfarhat (@actifit), @therealwolf (witness & steemapps.com), @starkerz (@oracle-d), @traveller7761 (@impactn) and @ura-soul (witness & @steempassport). Steemit Inc CEO Ned Scott will also be joining the forum for part of the session to present the Mission, Vision and Values document.

The State of Steem Forum #4 - Steem Economics - Thursday 17 January, 8pm - 11pm UTC - MSP Waves

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KEY DATA [ from CoinMarketCap & @arcange ]

(change on previous day in brackets // n/c = no change)

Steem price	US$ 0.324	2019-01-17 02:40am UTC
SBD price	US$ 0.860	2019-01-17 02:40am UTC
Market Cap	US$ 100,301,787	2019-01-17 02:40am UTC
CoinMarketCap Ranking	#49 (+1)	2019-01-17 02:40am UTC
No. of Whales	36 (n/c)	2019-01-15
No. of Orcas	318 (+2)	2019-01-15
No. of Dolphins	1975 (+4)	2019-01-15
No. of Minnows	9102 (+1)	2019-01-15
Alexa rank (steemit.com)	#4146 (-22)	2019-01-17 01:48pm UTC

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NEWS FROM STEEMIT INC

@ned - The Guiding Mission, Vision and Values of Steemit, Inc @steemitblog - Hivemind is Live! ---

NEWS FROM THE WITNESSES

#22 @therealwolf - Community Brainstorming: What is Steem's biggest strength? #37 @blockbrothers / @exyle - The benefits of building your brand, business or project on Steem and non of it has to do with the price #44 @jackmiller - Bots: FACTS & FIGURES. (Part One) #44 @jackmiller - Bots: FACTS & FIGURES. (Part Two) #48 @actifit - Actifit.io Wallet Updates: STEEM Balance + Rewards + Transfer. (& Our Daily Updates) #60 @emrebeyler - Tower: A REST API implementation on the top of Hivemind #61 @steemgigs / @surpassinggoogle - And No, Bill Gates' Microsoft Can't Simplify Coding Or Maybe He Can But Hey, Leave That To Macrohard #69 @steemcommunity / @abh12345 - Steem: Account Claims Analysis #127 @demotruk - Kind of Good News? Steemit.com Alexa Rank no longer in Freefall To keep up to date with more posts from witnesses follow @witnesspage ...

@Witnesspage - Update

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NEWS FROM GAMES

@magicdice / @flauwy - Magic Dice - Passive Income With MAGIC Token And How To Grind It --- If you want to check on progress of development on Steem, check out the GitHub here...

https://github.com/steemit/steem/branches

If you want to check on the current list of full API Nodes witness @holger80 provides this via @fullnodeupdate...

https://steemit.com/full-nodes/@fullnodeupdate/full-api-node-update---1612019

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MEDIA COVERAGE OF STEEM & STEEMIT INC

Hacked - STEEM Coin on the Move While Steemit Loses 20 Million Visitors in Six Months --- This is #45 (16 Jan '19) of this daily news service. Please let me know of any important posts or key data that should be included. Comment below or message me on Discord Pennsif#9921 --- [ graphics by @pennsif ]