@inertia

@inertia

Well looky looky! Seems like all the witnesses are coming together and telling @ned to stop powering down!

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@timcliff
Open Letter To Ned/Steemit

@lukestokes
Is Steem Centrally Controlled?

@aggroed
deescalating-and-working-towards-a-mutually-beneficial-solution

@therealwolf
Dear Ned
Public Witness Statement

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Gee whiz @ned, seems like the community really doesn't want you to power down.
What will you do?

+5 whales

Tomorrow Steemit Inc's first powerdown will commence, unlocking 2.6M Steem. This is the equivalent of 5 whales and almost 1% of all coins in existence. Take a moment to let that sink in.

@ned shows weakness

This perceived empty threat was never going to happen. The witnesses were never going to fork your stake, @ned, but now you've got them all thinking about it.

Self-fulfilling prophecy?

I realized I'm probably not the only one to think of this, and I was right! A quote from @aggroed's #stopthepowerdown:

Your choice to powerdown is literally enhancing their need to leave immediately or fork you out immediately.

Yep, @ned you are playing yourself. Every week that ticks by you actually make the scenario you are trying to avoid more likely. Oh, sweet irony.

#stopthepowerdown

What would happen if you stopped the powerdown? Don't you see how good that would be for the platform? It would be so good that all the conspiracy theorists here would accuse you of having staged it all on purpose. The value of Steem is already going up in the wake of Hivemind being released. Stopping the powerdown could be the boost we need to get back into the rank #30s.

Compromise

@ned, tomorrow 2.6M coins are going to be powered down. That's enough stake to create 5 whales. Cancel the power down immediately after. This is fair. This will make a lot of people happy and increase their confidence in these times of hazard.