@HeidiTravels' Story Makes Cryptocurrency Feel More Real on Observer.com

So I've been generally interested in cryptocurrency as a reporter for a little bit now. I found it pretty compelling that @heiditravels has actually been able to convert enough Steem earnings into cash-money that she could travel around the world.

So we did an email interview in advance of her Peru trip and I've finally gotten it written up.

Here's an excerpt from the full story:

If Steemit gains traction, its users will realize profits more quickly than users of other social networks have, because the site isn’t only giving them a share of the money it creates (one social network, Tsu, also said it would share its profits, but that didn’t work out so well), but users can also earn a stake in the whole system, in the form of Steem Power.
Knowing how weird internet money works and actually seeing it in action are two very different things.

Hopefully, a lot more fun stories like that of Ms. Chakos come out of this community.