Blockchain profile
Steem STEEM
Steem is a blockchain focused on content, social networks and community applications. It remains tracked for STEEM, account activity, transactions, votes, historical applications and explorer-visible data.
Neutral information, not financial advice. Updated : 2026-07-05
Key characteristics
- Native asset: STEEM, used in the network economy and some account, content and application operations.
- On-chain social model: posts, comments, votes and community interactions can be recorded or referenced depending on the interfaces used.
- Delegated architecture: Steem relies on elected witnesses and public tooling to monitor blocks, accounts, operations and network parameters.
Use cases and ecosystem
- Social and content applications: publishing, curation, communities and Web3 interfaces built around Steem accounts.
- Market tracking: monitoring STEEM, volumes, liquidity, transactions, active accounts and network activity through explorers and crypto dashboards.
- Development and analysis: documentation, APIs, nodes and official repositories useful for auditing or integrating network data.
Consensus and security
Steem uses a delegated proof-of-stake consensus with witnesses responsible for producing blocks. Security depends on governance, vote distribution, nodes, software upgrades, account keys and the interfaces used.
Fees and performance
Costs and resources on Steem depend on the network resource model, activity, operation type and interface used. Real limits and timing should be checked at time of use.