I noticed the other day from this Twitter account that Steem is being forked again, apparently due to Justin Sun of Tron's tyrannical moves in the past month. There will be a 1:1 airdrop to Steem holders, but before you rush out to buy Steem, a snapshot has already been taken. This means buying Steem now won't mean anything. You may even end up buying the Steem pump, which will inevitably crash immediately the fork goes through.
Hive has been a net positive for most people involved. I am struggling to see how Blurt with replicate that success, since it will again be the same people on Steem that will now how Blurt accounts. It will be interesting to see what changes are made and how different the new chain will be to Steem.
Hive has already quickly differentiated itself from the mothership. Even the currency $HIVE has outdone $Steem very quickly, including attaining a $USD pair in Bittrex. Value-adding development appears to have stalled on Steem, while Hive is bustling with new tools almost on a daily basis.
Contrary to what some may believe, Hive wasn't the first Steem fork. There have been multiple forks of Steem in the past including Whaleshares and Smoke. The success of a Steem fork seems to depend on who and how many community members make the jump. Hive was able to drag the majority of the OG community along.
It's exciting times for blockchain technology, DPOS and Web 3.0. As a content creator myself, the whole debacle has been a net positive.
Peace & Love,
Ade虂
