![steem-clipping-sz-2017-12-04.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmZgKaAVarQGMu8gazzy2beUhRLLPzHcMJ5k53zA39u56Y/steem-clipping-sz-2017-12-04.png) # STEEM goes mainstream in Germany :) Heute hat eine der größten und allgemein als seriös anerkannte Tageszeitschrift 'Süddeutsche Zeitung' einen Artikel über STEEM auf ihrem Online-Portal veröffentlicht. Mit einen durchaus positiven Tenor: >Zwei junge Amerikaner haben eine Krypto-Währung erfunden: STEEM. Sie haben sie mit einem kompletten sozialen Netzwerk umgeben: Steemit. Und ganz nebenbei hebeln die beiden eine bislang anerkannte Geschäftsgrundlage des Internets aus. >

^{(Quelle: Süddeutsche Zeitung)}

Es freut mich, dass das Thema Digitalwährung immer normaler wird und nun auch ohne großes Negativ-Getöse besprochen werden kann. Mittlerweile finden sich einige recht brauchbare Berichte in den Online-Mediatheken der Mainstream-Medien (Links dazu werde ich nachliefern). Wollen wir hoffen, dass Ned und sein Team es auch dem multimedial ungeübten etwas einfacher machen, die Welt der Digitalwährung in den Alltag zu integrieren. Ich hoffe mal, dass spätestens zu Weihnachten 2018 auch für Frau Merkel, Bitcoin & Co. kein Neuland mehr sein wird. Andernfalls machen wir das einfach ohne sie und ihre Minister ;) Für die englisch sprechenden Leser, hier ein paar Absätze ins englische übersetzt:

## For English-speaking readers, a few paragraphs translated: Today, one of the largest and generally recognized as a reputable daily newspaper 'Süddeutsche Zeitung' has published an article about STEEM on its online portal. With quite a positive tenor: >"Two young Americans invented a crypto currency: STEEM. They have surrounded it with a complete social network: Steemit. And by the way, the two of them leverage a hitherto recognized business basis of the internet..." >"A bundle of paper, a lump of gold, a bag of flower bulbs - things have the value that people give them (very wise reference by the editor to a fundamental fact of life that not everyone has at their fingertips, note from me). At the moment, the excitement surrounding the Bitcoin cyber-money is reminiscent of the tulip mania in Holland in the 17th century. This is proven not only by its exponential increase in value, but also by reports that the monthly electricity consumption of a German single-person household is used for a Bitcoin transaction." >"Luckily, almost everyone can create their own cryptographic currency. Ned Scott and Dan Larimer did just that. They call it STEEM. Here and there, the individual units are generated electronically. But Scott and Larimer have built a social network around their digital money. Steemit is the name of the website that is in beta stage. In categories such as photography, art or food, people express their opinions and individual contributions can be evaluated or commented on. What is new about Steemit is that it pays its users - currently around 350,000 accounts are registered - for their activities. So far, the generally accepted business model is that user-generated content generates billions of dollars in advertising revenue for social networks, while the people who keep the system moving are left unrewarded." >"The idea is not new. A similar redistribution system was found in 2013 in the book "Who owns the future?" by Jaron Lanier. requested: Personal data only for cash. Micro amounts should be paid for every photo from lunch on Instagram, for every obscure thought on Twitter. Lanier hoped that this could create a new digital middle class in the long term. At that time, however, the attention economy was still far from being as fast as it is today."

I am pleased that the digital currency issue is becoming more and more normal and can now be discussed without the common negative noise. In the meantime, there are some quite useful reports in the online media libraries of the german mainstream media (I will provide you with links to them). Let's hope that Ned and his team will make it easier for the untrained multimedia user to integrate the world of digital currency into everyday life. I guess (hope) that at Christmas 2018, Bitcoin & Co. will no longer be uncharted territory, even for Mrs. Merkel and her staff - that would be helpful, I guess. Otherwise, we'll just do it without her and her ministers ;)

^{Quelle: Süddeutsche Zeitung, "Für ein paar Steems mehr"}

# Update: ### Online-Clips über Digital-Währung in den Mediatheken der konservativen Fernsehsender // Online clips about digital currency in the media libraries of conservative german TV stations ## Armin Maiwald erklärt, was Bitcoins sind

"Im Darknet bezahlt man mit Bitcoins. Aber, was sind Bitcoins? Armin Maiwald erklärt das mal."
19.03.17 | 02:11 Min.
Mediathek der ARD

## Welt ohne Banken?

Die Blockchain-Revolution: Das Internet stellte die Welt des Einzelhandels, der Buchverlage und der Finanzbranche auf den Kopf. Jetzt bricht das nächste Digitalzeitalter an. Es könnte Banken überflüssig machen.
03.11.17 | 28:49 Min.
Mediathek 3sat