The Steem News @ 12 March 2021 - PLAY STEEM Release Imminent & SPUD4STEEM in 2 Weeks

A new mobile Steem app is about to arrive.

The PLAY STEEM launch is imminent.

Today's Steem News also includes news and updates about SPUD4STEEM, Airdrop scams, the Venezuela Steem Census, the top Steem Power Holders, Steem Women's Club, Nutbox, Steemit Nursery, and the Italy Community Survey...

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1. SPUD4STEEM on 1 April

SPUD4STEEM organiser @kiwiscanfly has posted an early reminder for the next Steem Power Up Day coming up on 1 April.

There is 21,000 SP of delegation in the prize pool for those with the biggest percentage powerups.

The prize delegations this month are being provided by generous supporters @xpilar, @steem.history, @hingsten, @bippe, @kiwi-crypto, @steem-supporter, @steemchiller, @kiwiscanfly, @randulakoralage, @adeljose and @mariana4ve...

• Don't be an April FOOL

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2. PLAY STEEM Release Imminent

The release of the PLAY STEEM mobile Android app is imminent.

The source code for the app is now available on GitHub...

• [PLAY STEEM] App Release D-1

• [PLAY STEEM] Source Code Opened! App Release Countdown!

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3. Scam Airdrop Warning

@steemitfoods has posted a warning about yet more scam airdrop links being spread through spam comments across the platform.

THERE ARE NO REAL AIRDROPS AND NO FREE COINS - IF YOU CLICK ON THESE LINKS YOU WILL LOSE YOUR ACCOUNTS AND LOSE YOUR STEEM...

• IMPORTANT WARNING : Do Not Click Any Airdrop Links! | Current Scam Airdrop Links

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4. Venezuela Steem Census

@fjjrg has published another census of Steemians in Venezuela.

There are now 314 on the list separated by state.

If you are in Venezuela and not on the list yet do let @fjjrg know which state you are in...

• Resultados del IV Censo de Venezolanos en la plataforma Steemit - 314 y Contando!

Have any other countries done any similar censuses of Steemians in their country showing which state/province they are in?

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5. Top Steem Power Holders

If you are curious to know who has the most Steem Power check out the latest list of the top 150 SP holders from @steem.history...

• STEEM effective steem power list (13 March 21)

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6. Steem Women's Club invites Delegations

@steemwomensclub is inviting more delegations to the Steem Women's Club, and offering rewards for anyone who delegates to the community.

So far 40 people have delegated over 8000 SP...

• EARN STEEM WITH DELEGATION & MAKE THE COMMUNITY STRENGTHEN | 8,170K + SP Reached Delegation |5 Quality Posts of the Day 11 March

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7. Nutbox Bug Bounty Program

The new front-end version of the Nutbox site has recently being launched.

@nutbox.mine is offering PNUT bounties for any bug reports...

• Nutbox Bug Bounty Program

@happycapital has posted an update on their Nutbox proposal for translating Nutbox material into Korean and promotion in the Korean community...

• Nutbox proposal for rewarding my activities of translation, Korean community operation and promotion, etc

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8. Steemit Nursery

@belenguerra has posted an update on the operation of the Steemit Nursery.

If you are new to Steem this is the Community you need to join...

• Community Announcement - Steemit Nursery | March 11 / Anuncios de la Comunidad Steemit Nursery | 11 de Marzo

@belenguerra has also posted about a new 'Favourite Season' contest in the Steem Geography Community that she recently founded. There is 20 STEEM in the prize pool and the contest runs until 18 March...

• KEEP YOUR PRESENCE ON STEEMIT THIS WEEKEND! Join this NEW CONTEST! Your favorite season || MANTÉN TU PRESENCIA EN STEEMIT ESTE FIN DE SEMANA! ¡Únete a este NUEVO CONCURSO! Tu estación preferida

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9. Italy Community Survey

@girolamomarotta has posted a follow up to the recent survey of members of the Italy Community.

Amongst the responses to the survey was one about monetising posts beyond the standard 7 day post reward window. It will be interesting to see if that can be implemented somehow...

• Italy Survey: let's discuss your opinions and proposals

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10. Contests, Contests, Contests !

Contests closing soon include...

• Concurso en Honor a la Mujer - Celebrando el mes de la Mujer!

• Announcing Contest: A Friend In Need Is A Friend Indeed | Steem Sri Lanka 3G Contest Series| Week 02| 5% to SL Charity

• NEW COMPETITION 3: "It's nice to meet a woman with flowers"/"Приятно встретить женщину с цветами"

• Funny Photo's Contest on Steemit (WEEK III)

• Attention! Contest "My favourite game"!

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Make sure you clearly state the closing date of your contest in the announcement post if you would like your contest to be included in this 'Closing Soon' section.

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Compilations of many current contests on Steem have been posted by Best of India Community leader @rishabh99946...

• Updated as on 8th March | Compilation of On going contests on Steem

And by @masumrbd of the Bangladesh Community...

• Compilation of ongoing contests 11 March 2021

And also some more from the Italy Community...

• Find the CONTEST that's right for you ..There are no more excuses for not being active on Steemit! / Trova il CONCORSO adatto a te.. Non ci sono più scuse per non essere attivi su Steemit!

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KEY DATA [ from CoinMarketCap ]

STEEM price	US$ 0.456	13 Mar '21 03.33am UTC
STEEM price	0.00000802 BTC	13 Mar '21 03.33am UTC
CoinMarketCap Ranking	#174	13 Mar '21 03.33am UTC
SBD price	US$ 7.19	13 Mar '21 03.33am UTC
Alexa rank (steemit.com)	#25,215	13 Mar '21 03.33am UTC
Unique visitors (steemit.com)	172,547 / day	13 Mar '21 03.33am UTC
Page views (steemit.com)	362,350 / day	13 Mar '21 03.33am UTC

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This is #308 (12 Mar '21) of this daily news service.

For more news about Steem check out @dmitrik's weekly Steemit News...

• SteemitNews: Новости этой недели

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