RE: I used to want to be a whale.
I'm not saying I wholly trust either party. I'm just saying undermining the integrity of the chain while saying you're protecting the chain is duplicitous.
I don't think they will understand that statement. They failed to understand how not everyone was going to be able to make free accounts from hf19. Even though it was pointed out, at that time everyone was only those of Dolphin status or higher at the time. That worked for them, then the next hard fork they pretty much forked out the lower dolphins with the reward curve clearly providing the most support/benefit for the orca crowd, and now the have gone and poked the whales with a soft fork.
Kind of makes you wonder what the next hard fork will really be, will it really be a stand alone often schedule missing SMT hard fork, will the stand alone SMT hard fork now include all the other little things that have been mentioned such as the shorter time to power down?
The fact that you say you don't think they'll understand..... makes me sad
Not because you said it - but because I think you're probably right.
They've been in "that world" for too long, I think. I did have high hopes that when @justinsunsteemit came - that he would do great things.
And... who knows? Maybe he still can (if he's willing to overlook this powerplay show of force... but wow. if he can - then I DO have hope!!!)
I think we have a strong dev team, the powerful directing presence of @elipowell as managing director and now Justin's ability to hype and his willingness to throw some money behind this - and his clear ability to get things moving.... it really is the perfect storm of potential! (potential, i say)
Now if we could ALL just get the egos in check.....