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Steem News is back from a break while sc03 was occupying all my spare time. Steemit Inc is recruiting Steem Reps again. The new Reps will now be responsible for Booming votes as well. Today's Steem News also includes news about the Steem DAO, Games on Steem, Developer Updates, a new witness, Contests, and Steem Atlas... ---

1. All Change for Steem Reps & Booming

Steemit Inc have announced a new round of recruitment of Steem Representatives. The twist this time is that the new Steem Reps will now be responsible for selecting the posts for support from the 1.7M SP @booming accounts. The closing date for applications is Wednesday 21 May 2025... * [**Steemit Update [May 6th, 2025] : Steem Reps & Booming - Applications Invited**](https://steemit.com/steemit/@steemitblog/steemit-update-may-6th-2025-steem-reps-and-booming-applications-invited) There have been two applications so far... * https://steemit.com/created/steemreps2025 --- ---

2. The Steem DAO Gets Active

Previously the Steemit Improvement Project run by @the-gorilla was the only project being funded by the Steem DAO. But in the last couple of months there has been a mini-explosion of projects receiving funding. There are now four projects active and already receiving funding... @futureshock / @hightouch is building Echelon, a sidechain built to integrate seamlessly with Steem - similar to the old Steem-Engine. > This sidechain will focus on enabling token creation, trading, and management, with functionalities that empower users to create, swap, buy, and sell tokens (including NFTs) using custom_json operations on the Steem blockchain. * [**Proposal: Bringing Steem Back to the Future with a Decentralized Sidechain for Dapps & Token Economies**](https://steemit.com/steemdev/@futureshock/proposal-bringing-steem-back-to-the-future-with-a-decentralized-sidechain-for-dapps-and-token-economies) * [**Sidechain Proposal - Real-Time Notifications, Smarter Consensus, and Uniswap-Style Liquidity Pools**](https://steemit.com/steemdev/@futureshock/sidechain-proposal-real-time-notifications-smarter-consensus-and-uniswap-style-liquidity-pools) _[This project is receiving 205 SBD per day for 245 days]_ --- @roadofrich is working on Cryptid Hunter, a P2E, mini Trading Card Game. They have already built this game as a Telegram Mini App on the TON blockchain. Now they are developing a web version for the Steem blockchain... * [**Cryptid Hunter – STEEM Blockchain-Based TCG P2E Game Migration Proposal**](https://steemit.com/steemdev/@roadofrich/cryptid-hunter-steem-blockchain-based-tcg-p2e-game-migration-proposal) _[This project is receiving 245 SBD per day for 92 days]_ --- @symbionts are working on improvements for the Steem Wallet... * [**Symbiont{s} | Steem Proposal | Advanced Improvements and Implementations to the Official Steem wallet**](https://steemit.com/witness-category/@symbionts/symbiont-s-or-steem-proposal-or-advanced-improvements-and-implementations-to-the-official-steem-wallet) _[This project is receiving 136 SBD per day for 365 days]_ --- @the-gorilla is continuing his work on modernising steemit.com for another year... * [**Modernise steemit.com Interface (DAO proposal-89)**](https://steemit.com/hive-151113/@the-gorilla/modernise-steemit-com-interface-dao-proposal) * [**Proposal-89: Change Log - Communities, FAQs and Bugs**](https://steemit.com/steem-dev/@the-gorilla/proposal-89-change-log-communities-faqs-and-bugs) _[This project is receiving 109 SBD per day for 365 days]_ --- There are also two proposals that have received the required amount of voting support and will be starting shortly... @alejos7ven / @steem-seven will be building a new video hosting and streaming platform called Speak on Steem... * [**Speak On Steem: Steem DAO Proposal & BETA version released**](https://steemit.com/steemvideo/@steem-seven/speak-on-steem-steem-dao-proposal-and-beta-version-released) _[This project will receive 84 SBD per day for 365 days]_ --- @justyy will be working on fixing Steemd build dependencies... * [**Proposal: Fixing Steemd Build Dependencies in the Latest OS**](https://steemit.com/sps/@justyy/proposal-fixing-steemd-build-dependencies-in-the-latest-os) _[This project will receive 123.456 SBD per day for 236 days]_ --- Additionally @rme has taken the initiative to establish a DAO Reserve Fund to fund smaller projects that might find it difficult to access DAO funding through the usual process. This will fund projects for up to 100SBD per day... * [**Proposal for STEEM DAO Reserve Fund**](https://steemit.com/proposal/@dao.reserve/proposal-for-steem-dao-reserve-fund) _[This project is receiving 300 SBD per day for 3651 days]_ --- There are a number of proposals that have not yet received sufficient support to receive funding from the DAO. The full list can be seen at... * https://steemitwallet.com/proposals * https://steemworld.org/sps-proposals --- --- ### _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) **@pennsif.witness is now at #20. Thank you to everyone who has voted to help get to this position.** --- ---

3. Games on Steem

The last couple of months has also seen a significant burst of gaming activity on the platform. --- Steem Retrogames, run by @girolamomarotta and @ilnegro, is still going strong… * [**CONTEST: STEEM RETRO CUP WEEK #15 - SETTIMANA #15**](https://steemit.com/italy/@italygame/contest-steem-retro-cup-week-15-settimana-15) --- The World of Xpilar now has 386K SP voting power to support people playing Steem-Bingo… * [**Play Steem-Bingo, win Steem, and boost your posts at the same time!**](https://steemit.com/world-of-xpilar/@steem-bingo/play-steem-bingo-win-steem-and-boost-your-posts-at-the-same-time-congratulations-to-the-winners-of-steem-bingo-round-26) --- @kafio is making good progress with his Steem Memory Game, now making the login easier and improving the leaderboard… * [**Steem Memory Game Update: Advanced Leaderboard Filters & Smooth Login**](https://steemit.com/steem-dev/@kafio/steem-memory-game-update-advanced-leaderboard-filters-and-smooth-login) --- @httr4life has expanded his Daily Jackpot to now include guessing the STEEM price… * [**Steemit Daily Jackpot: Double Down | Predict or Win Big! – May 8, 2025**](https://steemit.com/steemitdailyjackpot/@piggybankbot/steemit-daily-jackpot-double-down-or-predict-or-win-big-may-8-2025) --- @sbgames is now on Season II of the Miner Games that runs across Steem and Telegram… * [**Games | Miner Games | The reward is growing | 637,884 STEEM (+0.18%) | Season II**](https://steemit.com/world-of-xpilar/@sbgames/games-or-miner-games-or-the-reward-is-growing-or-637-884-steem-0-18-or-season-ii) --- The World of Sports community is launching a Sports Parlay game… * [**Steemit Sports Parlay: Round 1 Begins May 7–9 | Predict 3, Win (80 STEEM/SBI Prize Pool Plus Bonuses)**](https://steemit.com/the-world-of-sports/@hive-199189/steemit-sports-parlay-round-1-begins-may-7-9-or-predict-3-win-80-steem-sbi-prize-pool-plus-bonuses) --- ---

4. Developer Updates

Witness Developer @etainclub (#15) is developing a new app. This time it is a political game called PolyPunch... * [**[PolyPunch] Developing a new app**](https://steemit.com/steem-dev/@etainclub/polypunch-developing-a-new-app) * [**[PolyPunch] Status of A Political Web3 Punching Game**](https://steemit.com/hive-151113/@etainclub/polypunch-status-of-a-political) --- Witness Developer @faisalamin (#16) has now added Community Chat to SteemPro... * [**SteemPro Launches Community Chat – Join the Conversation!**](https://steemit.com/steem-dev/@faisalamin/steempro-launches-community-chat-join) --- Witness Developer @bountyking5 (#20) continues work on SteemX, now with some improvements for communities... * [**SteemX Development Update -- Explore Communities Page Dynamically**](https://steemit.com/steem-dev/@bountyking5/steemx-development-update-explore-communities-page-dynamically-1746543840821) --- Top 20 witness @dlike (#10) has added AI Voice Generation to his DLIKE app... * [**Free Unlimited AI Voice Generation for Steem Users by DLIKE**](https://steemit.com/hive-151113/@dlike/free-unlimited-ai-voice-generation-for-steem-users-by-dlike) --- Witness @ety001 (#23) has announced that a new version of Steem JS SDK has been released... * [**[Notice] The Steem JS SDK Release v0.8.0**](https://steemit.com/witness/@ety001/notice-the-steem-js-sdk-release-v0-8-0) --- @michelangelo3 is working on updates to his SteemSearch... * [**Planning SteemSearch update, two questions**](https://steemit.com/steemsearch/@michelangelo3/planning-steemsearch-update-two-questions) --- @remlaps has posted updates on his work on his Steem Curation Extension and his Thoth project... * [**Programming Diary 37: Harnessing AI for lifetime rewards and to enhance the Steem ecosystem**](https://steemit.com/steem-dev/@remlaps/programming-diary-37-harnessing-ai) * [**[Announcement] Steem Curation Extension graduates to beta: Find it now in the official Chrome Web Store**](https://steemit.com/steem-dev/@remlaps/announcement-steem-curation-extension-graduates) --- ---

5. New Witness

Tunisian developer @kafio has announced that he has set up a new witness @kafio.wit. @kafio has recently been working on several projects including the [SteemHub](https://steemhub.tech/), and the [Steem Memory Game](https://memory-game.steemhub.tech/)... * [**Announcing My Steem Witness Candidacy – kafio.wit**](https://steemit.com/hive-139765/@kafio/announcing-my-steem-witness-candidacy-kafio-wit) --- ---

6. Contest Corner

@disconnect continues to publish his comprehensive daily list of current contests on Steem. There are 113 contests in the latest list with over 1100 STEEM in prizes... * [**Contest Alerts : Active Contest List on 08th May 2025**](https://steemit.com/contestalerts/@disconnect/contest-alerts-active-contest-list-on-08th-may-2025) --- ---

7. Steem Atlas Update

Steem Atlas is progressing well with a new update due in the next few days. The Atlas Challenge is proving extremely popular now with a weekly prize pool of 550 STEEM... * [**STEEM ATLAS [13 Apr '25] : The Atlas Challenge - Prize Pool increased to 3300 STEEM**](https://steemit.com/steematlas/@pennsif/steem-atlas-13-apr-25-the-atlas-challenge-prize-pool-increased-to-3300-steem) --- There are also a number of regular Steem Atlas contests run by the Atlas Ambassadors... * [**Contest Announcement & Winners | Steem Atlas Challenge Vii - Pin Your Favorite Spot**](https://steemit.com/hive-133716/@damithudaya/contest-announcement-and-winners-or-steem-atlas-challenge-vii-pin-your-favorite-spot) * [**Hot News Community Contest - Steem Atlas XII**](https://steemit.com/hive-111300/@fantvwiki/hot-news-community-contest-steem-atlas-xii) * [**Contest! 1001 Holy Places on the Steem Atlas Map 8 & Winners 7**](https://steemit.com/hive-161285/@miftahulrizky/contest-1001-holy-places-on-the-steem-atlas-map-8-and-winners-7) * [**Pin & Win: Map Your World on Steem Atlas - Week 4 and Winners of Week 3**](https://steemit.com/traveling-steem/@mohammadfaisal/pin-and-win-map-your-world-on-steem-atlas-week-4-and-winners-of-week-3) * [**Contest 08 - Become a local guide by sharing the places you visit often! | Winners of Contest 07**](https://steemit.com/steem-for-pakistan/@mohammadfaisal/contest-08-become-a-local-guide-by-sharing-the-places-you-visit-often-or-winners-of-contest-07) * [**Recreative Review Contest - XI Edition - 25 Steem Pool Prize!**](https://steemit.com/recreative-steem/@willeusz/recreative-review-contest-xi-edition-25-steem-pool-prize) --- Three of the Ambassadors are also part of the weekly Steemit Challenge to teach people how to use Steem Atlas... * [**The Steemit Challenge Season 24 Week 03 - Educational Institutions**](https://steemit.com/teachers-students/@miftahulrizky/the-steemit-challenge-season-24-week-03-educational-institutions) --- ---

KEY DATA [ from CoinMarketCap ]

STEEM price	US$ 0.14	08 May Jan '25 6:59pm UTC
CoinMarketCap Ranking	#428	08 May Jan '25 6:59pm UTC
SBD price	US$ 0.84	08 May Jan '25 6:59pm UTC
Unique visitors (steemit.com)	82,136 / day	08 May Jan '25 6:59pm UTC
Page views (steemit.com)	132,777 / day	08 May Jan '25 6:59pm UTC

--- --- This is #557 (8 May '25) of this news service. --- --- [ graphics by @pennsif ]