Steemit’s Fast Start
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<html> <p>[](https://postimg.org/image/fv1hb4151/)</p> <p><br></p> <p>Steemit was founded in early 2016 by Ned Scott and Daniel Larimer. Having worked together</p> <p>before, they met for a discussion in January 2016 and found that they shared a common vision</p> <p>for an online social economy. The social media portion of this, Steemit, is just the beginning. In</p> <p>the future, we hope it can be combined with other blockchain-based features, organizations, and</p> <p>third party apps, all geared towards improving peoples’ lives in measurable ways.</p> <p>Ned Scott is Steemit’s CEO. Based in New York City, he has a background in financial services</p> <p>and business operations. Over the last few years, he had been investing in the Bitcoin space and</p> <p>sharing its opportunities with Wall Street investors. After becoming interested in cryptocurrency,</p> <p>Scott approached Daniel Larimer about creating a blockchain-based social media site that would</p> <p>allow community members to create a mutual aid society. They soon decided that they could</p> <p>accomplish much more than this with Steemit.</p> <p>Larimer, Steemit’s CTO, is a programmer based in Virginia. He has been involved in</p> <p>cryptocurrencies since the early days of Bitcoin. He one of the few living people to have</p> <p>exchanged messages on Bitcoin’s public forum with Satoshi Nakamoto, the legendary and</p> <p>elusive creator of Bitcoin. Larimer famously told Satoshi that Bitcoin was not fast enough, which</p> <p>seems to have foreshadowed his achievements.</p> <p>Larimer went on to found BitShares, one of the most innovative Cryptocurrency 2.0 projects.</p> <p>BitShares attracted a team of talented programmers, working under the label of Cryptonomex,</p> </html>