What do you mean by 'locked'? I don't quite understand what you're trying to say with that?
Yeah, the different applications built on Steem are definitely an asset to the platform.
typo, I meant to say "unlocked" .
I personally feel that free transaction that confirm instantly make it good payment platform and good dapp building platform.
Ah yeah that makes more sense indeed

Yeah they haven't done too good in the marketing department.
They should really start thinking about telling the world about Steem, I mean they can have the most amazing features all they want, but if no-one knows about it, it's going to waste.