My gut is telling me bitcoin value was depleting. Possibly this site was created to add some "steem" back to the value of bitcoin since you have to buy bitcoin & trade to steem. The unbelievable response and and imense growth right from the start. All people have a deep seeded need for approval, for a pat on the back for a job well done. To reap the rewards from ones own work. Then you have the other type of person, the one who yearns to hold all the cards. The person who wishes to be top dog, who will buy hoards of bitcoin just to sway the votes and have the power. People who make it rain for plain blogs about taco meat, and crushing the dreams of others. Either way as Steem chugged along so did the sale of Bitcoin. Food for thought: A doctor isn't ethically allowed to buy stock in medication hmmmmmmmmmmmm thanx for listening Blessed Be