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## Steemian of the Day (Edition 9)

Dear Steemians - in our 9th edition **Steemian of the Day** we introduce you a young man from Cologne in Germany.  He is a blockchain enthusiast and initiated some great campaigns here on Steemit, one is to support students by giving aways his rewards! 

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## Please say Hi to @blocklab

The real name of @blocklab is Nino. Here is what he has to say about himself:

*I got introduced to Steemit @ a Blockchain MeetUp in Cologne, Germany by a fellow Steem User @homosapiens.Blockchain was already my favorite topic since the beginning of 2016. I started buying and reading all available books on alt coins and the underlying technology, got a bitcoin wallet & Ethereum, ZCash followed soon later. This hot topic went through the roof last year according to google trends and big companies like all major banks (r3cev, digital asset holgings, etc), IBM, PwC, Deloitte, EY, KPMG & various companies in the markets of energy, insurance, etc. also jumped on the train. Some real life applications like sending BTC across the globe in an instance for a very low transaction fee are already happening, while other potential use cases and technical implementations of the blockchain are still theory.*

*I consider myself as a "scanner personality" thinking about ideas and approaches across all aspects of life . This was one one of the main reasons I started blogging on Steemit. It is great to have a platform where you write and read about anything life can offer and interact with other community members. My ultimate dream is to become a digital nomad - living a life like Vitalik Buterin 😉.*

Recently he launched a great initiative to support students where he transferred all his rewards to a fellow Steemian: https://steemit.com/deutsch/@blocklab/promoted-studenten-student-promote-students

Currently he is working on the challenge to fund his new laptop via blogging on Steemit - sure he will succeed very soon: https://steemit.com/deutsch/@blocklab/funding-a-new-laptop-by-blogging-on-steemit-finanzierung-eines-neuen-laptop-mit-bloggen-bei-steemit

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Feel free to check out @blocklab and interact with him, you will not regret it!

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## Thanks a lot  for reading and following this account - there is more to come
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