Team Europe was ready and has indeed been selected to curate the community with a bit more power. The keys to SC03 have been handed over to us, so we can now officially get to work. Of course, not without a proper word of thanks.

We would like to thank the Steemit Team for the trust placed in us and their openness toward our slightly different - even unusual - approach. It's wonderful that you're giving this experiment a chance!

But most of all, we thank you - the community! We were almost overwhelmed and deeply honored by the incredible response to our application. That was amazingly encouraging and confirmed us in our plan, which is obviously not so far-fetched. We promise we won't let you down - let’s take off together!

Guidelines

Well, we’re doing things a little differently right from the start. So now we’ll skip listing the long-known and universally valid “rules” and just emphasize that even after all these years, we remain strong supporters of the Steemit Netiquette.
But one thing we want to clearly point out: we truly mean it when we say that using any kind of delegation services is a disqualifying factor. We believe that every single Steemian is a curator. Anyone who doesn't fully use their SP for the growth of the community but instead mainly is their best curation reciever clearly doesn’t need the SP of other curators - simple give and take.
Content published on other blockchains will also be placed on the endless waiting list.

The best way to catch our attention - aside from an appealing article title - is honesty and authenticity.
Be yourself, be committed, be good!

If too much humanity clouds our judgement, technology will keep us in check...

Semi-Automation

As mentioned, the sc03-account will follow our private votes on manually selected posts and comments using a sophisticated system.
That means we can’t offer a fixed schedule showing when “your best buddy” is on duty: all three of us are around 24/7.

Our code calculates how much of the available SP a user has already received in a week. Once this threshold is crossed, our 'follow-vote program' will stop cooperating.
Sounds good? It is good!

Needless to say, our developers haven't slept in days and have successfully completed multiple test runs. Just in case you missed it…

If something goes wrong, our guys are always ready to tweak things in the engine room. If you notice any issues, feel free to tag one of us.
And please remember… nobody (or machine) is perfect - fingers crossed!

With a Little Help from Our Friends

Friends, supporters, believers - you've already helped us so much! Maybe you can go a little further?!
Team Europe is especially dedicated to discovering European talents (No, we will not exclusively vote for European content!).
However… we do get around and see a lot of what’s happening on Steem. But not everything... So it’s quite possible that some outstanding European writers have escaped our radar.

That’s why we’re asking you to suggest a few promising users.
You can write a brief explanation in the comment section of this post or even publish a full article and drop the link here.Please make sure your suggestions meet our basic criteria - no need to reinvent SteemWorld multiple times.
As for rewards - there will be no shortage. We genuinely appreciate selfless collaboration from the heart.

Looking forward to working together!

@chriddi, @moecki & @the-gorilla

2025-06-30