RE: Steem/TRON impasse: time has come for Organisation, Information, Mediation, Negotiation
We absolutely need to start negotiating. The longer this goes on the more likely Sun will force a hardfork on us with only his demands being considered. He has more stake than us, and has more fiat (to get more stake) than us. The witnesses need to realise that he will win any standoff. They need to start negotiating to avoid this outcome.
I've mentioned around the place that we should concede on powerdown time for a concession from Sun regarding using some of the stinc ninja stake for development. Would a 4 week powerdown interest Sun? From our side, we've been reasonably open to this from previous discussions. Would Sun be willing to put some amount of the ninja stake (25%) aside for some amount of time (1 or 2 years?) to be used for community development?
Something like this should at least be attempted. But the witnesses seem intent on drawing a hard line in the sand and not giving an inch. This is a doomed approach, IMO, as Sun has the resources to do us over if we don't reach agreement with him.
When TRON/Justin wants, they can win indeed. It may cost them a whole lot of money thought. On Reddit I was reading this:
https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/fg03sx/steem_community_member_was_approached_by_tron/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
When seriously meant: Suggests TRON wants out. Wondering what the next step will be.
Can’t find the Tweet on Twitter though. Maybe deleted?
EDIT: I think Justin hinted at stepping out of Steem in the first town hall session with him and Roy.
yeah it sounds like there's a distinct possibility he wants out asap. On one hand that would be bad as we'd lose any hope of using some of that ninja stake for development, but on the other we'd be rid of Sun and inequality in the stake distribution would improve.
Well, if all Steem will be sold on the open market and TRON stepping away, no Steemit Inc anymore. Blockchain killed; At least no development. I asked the guys at town hall the other day: What then? Someone stated: Witnesses will takeover dev. I dont think so! Its not just coding; Its proper algorithm designing as well as it is highest level software designing to get the chain more scalable and faster performing. And will execute all the other tasks that needs to be done to grow the ecosystem? Who is good enough to think and run a business to market the chain? I can tell you: When it all plays out like that, our top witnesses killed the chain with SF22.2, not Justin.
Yeah, this is a distinct possibility. Hopefully some cooler heads will prevail.
Hopefully indeed :)