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Steemit Inc has launched the Steemit Development Incentive Program. The program has a budget of $500,000 worth of STEEM tokens to support community-led development projects on steemit.com. Today's Steem News also includes news and updates about Pennsif the Witness, Steemit Engagement Challenge Season 5, Steem Marketing Plan, AVLE, Burning STEEM, WOX-HELPFUND, @stmpak.wit, Interview Showcase, and Contests on Steem... --- --- ### _Pennsif the Witness_

_After almost 2000 days on Steem I decided it was time to take my contribution to the platform to the next level._ _I have therefore set up as a Steem witness... **@pennsif.witness**_ _**If anyone would like to support what I already do, and what I am planning to do, by giving one of their 30 witness votes to @pennsif.witness I would be hugely grateful.**_ _You can read my full witness announcement here..._ * [_**pennsif.witness Witness Campaign Post**_](https://steemit.com/witness/@pennsif.witness/pennsif-witness-witness-campaign-post) _Thank you._ --- ---

1. Steemit Development Incentive Program

Steemit Inc has announced the full details of the new Development Incentive Program. $500,000 worth of STEEM tokens per year is being made available to support community-led development projects on steemit.com. The program is being overseen by a team of five top witnesses - @future.witness (@hightouch), @steemchiller, @justyy, @smt-wherein (@iguazi123) and @dev.supporters (@donekim, @glory7 & @wonsama). These five Community Developer Representatives will receive 10% of the budget between them for running the program. The community is invited to submit their ideas and suggestions for improvements as comments, or full posts, by 15 October... * [**Steemit Update [Sep 30th, 2022] : Steemit Development Incentive Program - Proposals Welcome**](https://steemit.com/steem/@steemitblog/steemit-update-sep-30th-2022-steemit-development-incentive-program-proposals-welcome) --- ---

2. Steemit Engagement Challenge Season 5

There is still time for communities to apply for Season 5 of the Engagement Challenge. The closing date for applications is 11:59 pm UTC, on Sunday 2 October... * [**Steemit Update [Sep 20th, 2022] : Steemit Engagement Challenge - Applications Invited for Season 5**](https://steemit.com/steem/@steemitblog/steemit-update-sep-20th-2022-steemit-engagement-challenge-applications-invited-for-season-5) Twelve applications have been submitted so far... * https://steemit.com/created/engagementapplication --- ---

3. Steem Marketing Plan #2

Country Rep @heriadi has joined with @pollito22 and @o1eh to add an Indonesian dimension to their new social marketing group for Steem. The group is now setting up Steem accounts in Spanish, English and Indonesian on Facebook and Instagram... * [**Promosi Steemit Melalui Facebook dan Instagram**](https://steemit.com/hive-153970/@heriadi/promosi-steemit-melalui-facebook-dan-instagram) --- _This is developing into a very promising project. I wonder if representatives from other main language groups represented on Steem (Bangla, Hindi, Korean, Italian, Chinese etc) will join this group...?_ _This is a project I would be very happy to support as a witness (@pennsif.witness). Although it is only early days in my witness life, and I am only at #80, I will look for ways that I can best help and contribute._ --- ---

4. AVLE Updates

Witness developer @etainclub continues to post regular updates about his AVLE app. He has now fixed a posting template bug and made adjustments to the post reward amount display... * [**[AVLE] Update - Posting Templates bug fixes, etc**](https://steemit.com/hive-101145/@etainclub/avle-posting-templates) The latest version of the AVLE app (v 0.8.0) is available at... * https://avle.io/ --- ---

5. Burning STEEM

@remlaps continues to track the impact of Steemit's burnsteem25 campaign encouraging people to set a 25% beneficiary to @null to reduce the amount of STEEM, which potentially will increase its value. The total burnt since June has now exceeded 113K SP. A new daily record of 766 SP burnt was achieved on 28 September. September set a new monthly record since @remlaps starting tracking, with 17724 STEEM burnt, up from the previous monthly record in August of 16469 STEEM... * [**Burned tokens, rewards, and inflation summary October 1, 2022 - Total burn estimates: 113,594K STEEM/SP and 61 SBD**](https://steemit.com/blockchain-metrics/@remlaps-lite/burned-tokens-rewards-and-inflation-summary-october-1-2022-total-burn-estimates-113-594k-steem-sp-and-61-sbd) --- ---

6. WOX-HELPFUND Donation

WOX-HELPFUND, from the World of Xpilar, has donated 400 STEEM to community member @eglis to assist with medical expenses during her pregnancy... * [**WOX-HELPFUND donates 400 STEEM to eglis to help with her medical expenses**](https://steemit.com/hive-185836/@wox-helpfund/wox-helpfund-donates-400-steem-to-eglis-to-help-with-her-medical-expenses) --- Recently established witness @stmpak.wit has given their first charitable donation - more than 50 STEEM's worth of groceries to a widow whose husband died three years ago... * [**Our 1st Donation, Following the Roadmap [27/09/2022]**](https://steemit.com/hive-109435/@stmpak.wit/our-1st-donation-following-the-roadmap-27-09-2022) --- ---

7. Interview with @eliany

@ubongudofot has also done another of his Showcase interviews - this time with @eliany, a hardworking Medical Practioner and Steemian from Nigeria... * [**The Interview Showcase 17 - Exclusive Talk With a Medical Practitioner / Steemian**](https://steemit.com/hive-111300/@ubongudofot/the-interview-showcase-17-exclusive-talk-with-a-medical-practitioner-steemian) --- ---

8. Contests on Steem

@disconnect continues to publish his comprehensive daily list of current contests on Steem. There are 70 contests in the latest list with over 550 STEEM in prizes... * [**Contest Alerts: Active Contest List on 01st Oct 2022 – Win 550+ STEEM**](https://steemit.com/contestalerts/@disconnect/contest-alerts-active-contest-list-on-01st-oct-2022-win-550-steem) --- Country Rep @patjewell has posted some useful tips for anyone who would like to get the most out of entering the many contests on Steem... * [**Tips for entering contests on Steemit**](https://steemit.com/hive-153970/@patjewell/tips-for-entering-contests-on-steemit) --- ---

KEY DATA [ from CoinMarketCap ]

STEEM price	US$ 0.22	01 Oct '22 3.48pm UTC
STEEM price	0.00001136 BTC	01 Oct '22 3.48pm UTC
CoinMarketCap Ranking	#255	01 Oct '22 3.48pm UTC
SBD price	US$ 2.44	01 Oct '22 3.48pm UTC
Unique visitors (steemit.com)	127,575 / day	01 Oct '22 3.48pm UTC
Page views (steemit.com)	261,248 / day	01 Oct '22 3.48pm UTC

--- --- This is #457 (01 Oct '22) of this daily news service. --- --- [ graphics by @pennsif ]