3 Alternatives to Browse Steem When Steemit.com is Offline! ChainBB, Busy.org, and eSteem
While steemit.com appears to be under a DDOS attack today preventing most of us from browsing or using it, fortunately the Steem blockchain as a whole is decentralized and is functioning well! Once we are aware of alternatives to using steemit.com to interact with the Steem blockchain, we can easily switch when steemit.com is having problems or if we prefer the interface on any of the three below!
- ChainBB at https://beta.chainbb.com/ by @jesta gives us an interface that is more like the forums we are used to where the posts with the newest comments rise up to the top. All posts from steemit.com automatically appear on ChainBB in forums matching the tags used. To fund development, ChainBB takes 15% of author rewards on post. For example, earning about $100 on a post would lead to curators earning about $25 from upvotes before the author reward. Next, ChainBB would take about $10 of the remaining $75 with the author receiving about $65. No fee is taken on comments or upvotes.
- https://busy.org by @ekitcho, @fabien, @nil1511, @p0o, and @yamadapc is what I am using to write this post because the ChainBB interface requires me to put an image in whereas here on busy.org I can just drop it in. While busy.org does not charge a fee, the last post I submitted did not work correctly and I am giving it a second chance today on this post. Busy.org makes it easier to browse specific followers and has wallet functionality as well!
- https://eSteem.ws by @good-karma is available on iOS and Android making it the only mobile app I know of that currently interacts with the Steem blockchain. eSteem allows sign in with any key or password while providing the option to us Russian Steem clone https://golos.io/.
To see these in action, watch the new video I just made on YouTube!
Thank you for reading this post which I hope is helpful in showing alternatives to steemit.com when it is down!
Love,
Jerry Banfield
Nice post
Thanks for letting everyone know what is happening and for having workarounds. It is great you took the time to explain how to use these workarounds. This is a good test for the community and shows how the blockchain will continue, but what would an EMP or something like that do to system and the blockchain? I have always thought that the good folks with Anonymous would be able to keep the system up or recover quickly if say the government was to hit "the Switch" and shut the internet down. Can the government even do that, shut the internet off? What about the world wide web? I still don't know the difference and they tell me there is one? Anyway, Thanks @jerrybanfield and I made you my Proxy Witness because I believe you have INTEGRITY. Check out @QiQi-Power she is awesome and @steemthat is more than a bot, it has become a "Freedom Cell" that is a good word for what SteemThat.com is a community that is growing!
Thanks, Jerry😍
I'm actually ON Busy.com now. Working great. I've upvoted and resteemed this post and am now commenting. I LOVE that there are alternatives for us (in times of need). LOL!😆
To those new to Busy (like me), it works much like Facebook and is super easy to nagivate. Come on over!
Carrie thank you for joining me on busy.org today and being one of the first to comment here!
Thank YOU for... well, for a LOT!
Question - I've just watched your video but when I post on Steemit it automatically posts on busy ... does it work bacwards as well?? confused.com here
Never heard of it until now, but I am willing to try after this annoying day :)
You're great!
Thats Great, would try it out as said.
Thank you for this! You have made my steemit withdrawals a lot less painful lol
Best wishes :)
how did you withdraw it?
Wished I knew before it went down lol.
everybody is shocking first time when site go down :D
Hi Jerry, I have been following you for a couple of weeks, and like you am all in on Steemit. Now of course I don't have nearly as much invested, but I have all my crptocurrency budget invested, and I have been sharing and talking about Steemit....But, I struggle with this website, its like a 90's website, and it works like a dial up....I am barely learning this site and then to go and try and learn other sites? I'm definitely not trying to be negative, just real. This is what people will feel and think when interfacing with this site. Is there changes coming? How can we make this more user-friendly. Again, I am on the band wagon, but I am looking for some confidence.....Thanks again, hopefully you have seen my other replies! Much Love..
Yes I believe a new interface is in development which is supposed to be beautiful!
Hopefully not like Reddit.. ahahha I found reddit 'messy'....
Thanks Jerry for your time to respond. It is much appreciated! Do you have anywhere I can learn about my Steem Power and how it is supposed to be used. I don't understand how my 100% works, and how much I get to vote, etc? Any info for me is greatly appreciated!!Thanks again!!
I find that the simple interface actually makes it easier to work with. Why do you need so much eye candy and confusion on-screen?
Thanks Jerry! You are a Steem Jedi! In my best Yoda voice: "The answers for all have you."
Thank you Denise!
@jerrybanfield I hope it's OK to leave this comment here, which I've also left on another post. This man, whose posts are fabulous imho, is a Facebook whale: @thedonfreeman. He has 5+ millions of followers. He states in the LFN (Looking for a Niche) Discord trail that he is open to partnering with people. Your FB followers and the Don's combined might generate a tidal wave of interest. I spotted his message a few weeks back so things might have changed - apologies if I've got anything wrong here or if it's a no go but that has the potential be a mega boost for steemit......I'd suggest checking our The Don if you're interested - he's great.
In decent DDOS attack sthough steemit was down for few hours. Due to the alternatives- esteem, busy.org and chainbb it was accessible. And, STEEM blockchain was not affected. Recently LTC was DDoS and had 190hrs delay that took weeks to clear up. It also means steemit is getting attention :)
I wonder who paid some one to carry out the ddos attack... a steemit opposition perhaps...