Thanks for the comment @geke. I agree, silver is not a free market. Manipulated? Absolutely! Not quite sure that Steemit is a free market yet - not whilst they are giving out free Steem anyway. But yes, it certainly could be one day.

The future is very exciting - especially with Hard Fork 20 a mere month or two away!

https://steemit.com/steemit/@velocity/steemit-hard-fork-20

SK.