Firstly this decision isnt a direct result of not wanting to process harmful transactions this decision is an assumtion of negative intent, that directly removes value from an investors assets without consent. Its a move resulting from fear and uncertainty left behind by the original founders. So you're saying the legally purchased stake acquired through the acquisition of steemit isnt legitimate? Is this because the original owners opted to not use it when it was their property ? Or is it because its now owned by Justin Sun? Even if its both, the reality is this softfork is illegal on account of the fact this measure is a directly unprovoked and negative action against the personal property of steemit inc and its new owners by a group of witnesses who are willing to throw out their reputations in the first two weeks after the partnership without any reason whatsoever other than fear of the unknown. I for one no longer believe steem blockchain is viable now to do obvious centralization issues and personally cant wait for steemit to hardfork to a TVM dpos based steem. Im sure witnesses will totally have no problem running steems old fork without steemit, even while their tied up in court dealing with the legal ramifications of this move.