RE: What if... Spork - Steem without SteemIt, Inc
Okay, so, I got the part of everyone having their own stake, except when you say the top four accounts would end up as a foundation. Is that something they do of their own free will, or just something that happens because of the SPORK?
And I'm not sure why those four are the only ones being singled out. Has it ever been confirmed who the Freedom account belongs to? Ned's on record saying he and Dan don't know. Folks have investigated but haven't been able to figure it out conclusively. Unless that's happened more recent than several months ago when I last checked.
It sounds like to me that this is meant to put the largest stake accounts that some might feel aren't doing enough with it into an account where it can do good, which doesn't sound like it's still their stake after that.
This is a NEW stake pool. It doesn't touch the old stake pool.
The freedom account is not confirmed, but it does control the witnesses.
Those four are being singled out because they control 60% of Steem and the hardforks and what gets rewarded and they earned their stake in a poorly executed mine.
Since this is all NEWLY created the only point in doing it would be to experiment with how the site functions without that stake's influence.
Nothing regarding STEEM changes. (Except maybe people would rather invest in spork)