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RE: Larimer Resigns from Steemit.inc DAC. Reading between the Lines...?
A very reasonable summary and suspicion fuzzy :) Dan is at the bleeding edge and it only makes sense that as he continues to learn, he needs to innovate and build out the tools that will realise his vision at the level only he can operate. If we believe in Dan because of his obvious skill and vision, there will be ample opportunity for an ever growing host to follow and support his work. This is what i've been doing for several years now and it's been one of the most rewarding experiences of my life.
"If we believe in Dan because of his obvious skill and vision"
His skill isn't in question but his vision appears to be fuzzy.
That is certainly a matter of perspective. In my opinion the evidence and toolkit is certainly stacking up in his favour. :)
I think its clear he has vision as well. I WILL say though that I prefer he build the gitchain and stick with THAT vision for now :)
Yes, the actual "vision" of Steemit is far more glorious than its execution.
But I don't blame Steemit. This is a very rough beta, and there's nothing wrong with a little trouble along the way. The idea itself is worthy of praise.
"Cryptocurrency mined by upvotes towards content" is an idea that shall not be forgotten.
So true...
It's sheer genius that such a novel concept could even work. That "AHA!" moment when it was first realized must have been something else. When and where did it happen? Dan's needs to write an autobiography for these things one day.
Well we are at the 17th hard fork and he's calling it quits, so his vision is obviously not on the mark.
It's quite simple, you can either accept Dan's choice and reasons at face value....perhaps noticing that Steemit is one of the most remarkable and unique pieces of tech that has ever graced this planet, enabling free, uncersorable publishing for anyone with an internet connection. Or you can claim to know better...which is of course your right, not that it matters a hill of beans. I choose the former because Steemit is clearly not a complete solution to a whole world able to secure life, liberty and property, it is a part of the solution. There are thousands of others who can take Steemit to where it needs to be. Dan better serves himself and everyone else by continuing to innovate and launch other parts of the solution.
"accept Dan's choice and reasons at face value"
Well I am commenting under a post titled 'reading between the lines...?'.
"the most remarkable and unique pieces of tech that has ever graced this planet, enabling free, uncersorable publishing for anyone with an internet connection."
That quote is hyperbolic to say the least. I'm not trying to slam the guy, I'm just saying he isn't perfect and his vision had issues and continues to have them. His departure at this point seems premature.
Fair enough, you think it's premature, I think it's the right time. We'll probably never know who was right. Certainly him staying on at Steemit.inc is no guarantee of the success of Steem (which is ultimately more important than the success of Steemit, though presently closely tied to it.) Most of Steem and steemit's issues come from the current distribution of Steem. That is changing rapidly though not fast enough for most. The majority of issues are around influence and rewards, well isn't it true that in traditional companies, the equity is highly centralised and over time it is more widely disbursed? We have felt the effects more acutely within Steemit because of the transparency, incentive structure and expectations of many. Dan's talents are wasted by working on adjustments centred upon how to please more people more rapidly. I would rather we sort that out for ourselves buy using the extremely robust, efficient and fair DPOS system he's provided :) There are many who would use Steemit without the rewards because of its utility, cost, security, efficiency but for now, I guess there are not enough of them. I hope Dan continues to innovate and build for the Steem economy, the bitshares decentralised market and for the graphene principals. His innovations protect us from the threat of other, less benevolent implementations of blockchain technology.
What makes that obvious to you out of curiosity?
I agree that his work on steem is largely done if his goal is to launch many chains and do what satoshi did after creating btc: giving it to the community to govern and either float or let sink.
Like Dan said, steemits biggest hurdles right now are UI and that is not his skillset.
Thanks for your response and i look forward to hearing your thoughts.
I think we have different perspecitves on forking. The only reason btc hasnt had that many is because they know they can never gain consensus like we can.
Hard forking is nwither good nor bad. When it is necessary it is necessary but that depends on the community.
Well look at it the other way, if his vision had been perfect then we wouldn't have had any hard forks.