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<strong> There was a great big DO on Thursday.</strong>

<strong> There's under a week left to vote in the Foundation Structure Proposal elections.</strong>

<strong> And there's news from SteemOnboarding, NextColony, the Actifit Mentoring Project, steemrewarding.com and DTube.</strong>

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<h3>1. A Great Big DO on Thursday - the Recording</h3>

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The DO show with @pennsif on Thursday had a stellar lineup of guests including @theycallmedan, @anomadsoul (@steemonboarding), @aggroed (Steem Monsters / Steem-Engine.com), @yabapmatt (Steem Monsters / Steem-Engine.com), @starkerz (Oracle-D / Steem Business Alliance) and @fredrikaa (Oracle-D / Steem Business Alliance). 

If you missed the show the recording is now available...

<ul>
<li><a href="https://steemit.com/dtube/@pennsif/k4gk1ltq">DO with @aggroed, @yabapmatt, @starkerz, @fredrikaa, @anomadsoul & @theycallmedan - Thursday 18 April 2019</a></li>
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<h3>2. Foundation Structure Proposal Election ends 24 April</h3>

The Steem Alliance Working Group has posted to remind the community that the deadline for voting in the Community Foundation Structure Proposal Election is less than a week away on 24 April.

Voting is open to all - you do not now need to have pre-registered.
 
<ul>
<li><a href="https://steemit.com/steemalliance/@steemalliance/community-foundation-structure-proposal-election-final-deadline-to-vote-is-april-24th">Community Foundation Structure Proposal Election - Final Deadline To Vote Is April 24th</a></li>
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<h3>3. SteemOnboarding video contest - eSteem</h3>

@SteemOnboarding are running another video creation contest. This time for a video about @eSteemapp.

The prize is 3 x 75% from @blocktrades.

<ul>
<li><a href="https://steemit.com/esteem/@anomadsoul/contest-explain-to-the-masses-what-is-esteem">CONTEST! Explain to the masses what is @esteem</a></li>
</ul>

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<h3>4. NextColony - about the Reward Pool</h3>

The NextColony team has released an overview of how the rewards pool will work in their new space strategy game.

<ul>
<li><a href="https://steemit.com/nextcolony/@nextcolony/nextcolony-reward-pool">NextColony: Reward Pool</a></li>
</ul>

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<h3>5. Mentors wanted for Actifit Mentoring Project</h3>

Founder of Steem Mentor Teams @rosatravels is now recruiting Mentors for her second mentoring project.

Following the successful mentoring project with @partiko, Rosa is now starting a similar project with @actifit. 

<ul>
<li><a href="https://steemit.com/steem/@rosatravels/accepting-actifit-mentors-applications-now-or-earn-65-steem">Accepting Actifit Mentors Applications Now | Earn 65 Steem</a></li>
</ul>

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<h3>6. New features for steemrewarding.com</h3>

Witness developer @holger80 has added new features to his automatic voting tool steemrewarding.com.
 
<ul>
<li><a href="https://steemit.com/utopian-io/@holger80/steemrewarding-com-vote-delay-optimization-added">steemrewarding.com - vote delay optimization added</a></li>
</ul>

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<h3>7. DTube forever with IPFS</h3>

Witness @quochuy discusses how to keep DTube videos alive forever with IPFS.

<ul>
<li><a href="https://steemit.com/witness-update/@quochuy/your-previous-d-tube-videos-don-t-play-anymore-how-to-prevent-this-from-happening-again-without-technical-skills">Your previous D.Tube videos don't play anymore? How to prevent this from happening again without technical skills</a></li>
</ul>

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<h3>8. Web Taffic and Alexa comparisons</h3>

@lordbutterfly has posted an interesting comparison of web traffic and Alexa ranks for Steemit, DTube, DLive and Whaleshares. 

<ul>
<li><a href="https://steemit.com/dlive/@lordbutterfly/lookedatsomewebtrafficforsteemitdtubedlivewhaleshares-aeff0nztf5">Web traffic and Alexa ranks for Steemit/Dtube/Dlive/Whaleshares</a></li>
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<h3>9. The Ramble Steem Witness Chat</h3>

@shadowspub has released the recording of the Steem Witness Chat that took place on Rambling Radio on 17 April.

<ul>
<li><a href="https://steemit.com/witness/@shadowspub/steem-witness-chat-recording-from-wed-april-17th">Steem Witness Chat Recording from Wed. April 17th</a></li>
</ul>

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<h3>BONUS #1. The Earthship Chronicles audio book coming soon</h3>

Earthship expert @eco-alex is about to publish the audio book version of The Earthship Chronicles.

<ul>
<li><a href="https://steemit.com/ecotrain/@eco-alex/the-earthship-chronicles-audio-book-is-coming-but-i-need-your-opinion-on-my-chosen-narrator">The Earthship Chronicles audio book is coming! ... but I need YOUR opinion on my chosen narrator!</a></li>
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<h3>STEEMIT INC #1. The Steemit Podcast [Ep. 2]: Oracle-D</h3>

Steemit Inc Head of Communications @andrarchy interviews Oracle-D founders @starkerz and @anarcotech...

<ul>
<li><a href="https://steemit.com/steem/@steem.marketing/the-steemit-podcast-ep-2-oracle-d">The Steemit Podcast [Ep. 2]: Oracle-D</a></li>
</ul>

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<h3>STEEMIT INC #2. New advertising partner - Crypto.com</h3>

Steemit Inc Business Development lead @birdinc reports that another advertising partner has been signed up - Crypto.com.

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<li><a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@birdinc/advertising-partner-crypto-com">Advertising Partner [Crypto.com]</a></li>
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<h4>KEY DATA  [ from <a href="https://coinmarketcap.com">CoinMarketCap</a> &amp; @arcange ]</h4>
(change on previous day in brackets // n/c = no change)
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<td style="width: 33.3333%; height: 22px;">Steem price</td>
<td style="width: 33.3333%; height: 22px;">US$ 0.422</td>
<td style="width: 33.3333%; height: 22px;">19 Apr'19 3.05am UTC</td>
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<td style="width: 33.3333%; height: 22px;">SBD price</td>
<td style="width: 33.3333%; height: 22px;">US$ 1.01</td>
<td style="width: 33.3333%; height: 22px;">19 Apr'19 3.05am UTC</td>
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<td style="width: 33.3333%; height: 22px;">CoinMarketCap Ranking</td>
<td style="width: 33.3333%; height: 22px;">#53 (+2)</td>
<td style="width: 33.3333%; height: 22px;">19 Apr'19 3.05am UTC</td>
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<td style="width: 33.3333%; height: 22px;">FCAS Score</td>
<td style="width: 33.3333%; height: 22px;">543 (+3) / C</td>
<td style="width: 33.3333%; height: 22px;"><a href="https://app.flipsidecrypto.com/fcas-scores">19 Apr'19 3.05am UTC</a></td>
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<td style="width: 33.3333%; height: 22px;">No. of Whales</td>
<td style="width: 33.3333%; height: 22px;">35 (n/c)</td>
<td style="width: 33.3333%; height: 22px;"><a href="https://steemit.com/statistics/@arcange/steem-statistics-20190417-en">17 Apr '19</a></td>
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<td style="width: 33.3333%; height: 22px;">No. of Orcas</td>
<td style="width: 33.3333%; height: 22px;">341 (+1)</td>
<td style="width: 33.3333%; height: 22px;"><a href="https://steemit.com/statistics/@arcange/steem-statistics-20190417-en">17 Apr '19</a></td>
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<td style="width: 33.3333%; height: 22px;">No. of Dolphins</td>
<td style="width: 33.3333%; height: 22px;">1982 (-2)</td>
<td style="width: 33.3333%; height: 22px;"><a href="https://steemit.com/statistics/@arcange/steem-statistics-20190417-en">17 Apr '19</a></td>
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<td style="width: 33.3333%; height: 22px;">No. of Minnows</td>
<td style="width: 33.3333%; height: 22px;">9324 (+3)</td>
<td style="width: 33.3333%; height: 22px;"><a href="https://steemit.com/statistics/@arcange/steem-statistics-20190417-en">17 Apr '19</a></td>
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<td style="width: 33.3333%; height: 22px;">Alexa rank (steemit.com)</td>
<td style="width: 33.3333%; height: 22px;">#5,127 (-3)</td>
<td style="width: 33.3333%; height: 22px;"><a href="https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/steemit.com">19 Apr'19 3.05am UTC</a></td>
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<td style="width: 33.3333%; height: 22px;">Unique visitors (steemit.com)</td>
<td style="width: 33.3333%; height: 22px;">223,995 / day</td>
<td style="width: 33.3333%; height: 22px;"><a href="https://hypestat.com/info/steemit.com">19 Apr'19 3.05am UTC</a></td>
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</table>
Follow @penguinpablo, @steem-data &amp; @eforucom for more statistics.

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<strong>Visit the Steem Meetups &amp; Events Calendar for a full list of meetups coming up...</strong>
<ul>
 <li><strong><a href="https://steemit.com/meetup/@pennsif/calendar-of-steem-meetups-and-events-18-april-2019">Calendar of Steem Meetups & Events @ 18 April 2019</a></strong></li>
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This is #136 (18 Apr '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

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<em>[ graphics by @pennsif ]</em>