Thank you to everyone who took the time to create amazing Cross-Chain Synergy Art, we saw lots of creativity and unique concepts submitted in our first synergy art challenge.

As blockchain technology continues to evolve at break-neck speeds and push the limits of decentralized data storage, transaction speed and self-governance, we don't have to look too far to see the true industry leaders in STEEM, Bitshares, and the soon-to-be-released EOSIO. All of this week's entries nailed the synergy theme, but there were some standouts.


## 🏆 Now on to the winners... ##

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## 1st Place ##
<img src="https://steemitimages.com/DQmb42KQS9CFMS8fCdyGfMSHcbBN7KodUosWGinPCuSKKpE/cryptocrosschainsynergy.gif"><br>**@ckurtish**
<sub>**PRIZE:** 50 BeyondBits + 5 STEEM + 1 Open.EOS</sub>
This was a really great concept using an animated gif to demonstrate cross-chain transaction synergy between  STEEM, BitShares, and EOSIO - we imagine the cubes to represent BeyondBits and EOSBits exchanging benefits between chains.
https://steemit.com/cryptoart/@ckurtish/my-animated-entry-for-the-cross-chain-synergy-art-challenge

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## 2nd Place ##
<img src="https://steemitimages.com/DQmbuyyaoe8Yn7dbNNzbCxAUZvDX4A5PUwJ8DQMVjHibrN4/synergy-art-final.jpg"><br>**@daltono**
<sub>**PRIZE:** 25 BeyondBits + 3 STEEM + 1 Open.EOS</sub>
You can almost feel the energy pulsing from this design by Daltono, the design is high impact and stylish and believe it or not - was posted within an hour of the contest being announced.
https://steemit.com/eos-project/@daltono/cross-chain-synergy-art-challenge-1

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## 3rd Place ##
<img src="https://steemitimages.com/0x0/https://steemitimages.com/DQmYcbsBbvgNnJ2j9wyJ4udZvWDg7NieoWMtQTUwPKA3fJz/synergy.jpg"><br>**@reinhard-schmid**
<sub>**PRIZE:** 15 BeyondBits + 1 STEEM + 1 Open.EOS</sub>
Another inspirational design from Reinhard this week. We love the visual message of peaceful harmony being harnessed in the synergy between chains.
https://steemit.com/art/@reinhard-schmid/my-ebtry-for-the-cross-chain-synergy-art-challenge-1

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*Plus, ALL other genuine entries recieved generous upvote rewards.*



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### What are Beyondbits and EOSBits? ###
Beyondbits and EOSBits started as a conversations in the **BeyondBitcoin** hangout series shortly after Steem was launched historically in those very hangouts. It began as "community tokens" or "tag coins". These cross-chain tokens give their holders the power to Summon a Whalevote to posts without having to pay for attention. And they are only given to people who Win Contests and do other things of value to the community!

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