Steem is Dead. Long Live Hive!

So, Steem's dead... Now What?

Since it has become abundantly clear that @JustinSunSteemit and the Tron Foundation are totally untrustworthy bad actors, the Steem community has announced a hard-fork to a new blockchain, called Hive. This new chain will be a true hard-fork, meaning everyone on Steem will have the same account, keys, and balances (as of the snapshot at launch [10am EST, Friday, March 20th]), except for the Steemit Inc. Ninja-Mined Staked.

Hive has the full support of dozens of devs, witnesses, and the vast majority of the Steem community. I'm pretty sure that this new, more decentralized, more community-centric version of our chain will also lead to the return of thousands of folks who we haven't seen around recently. Combine that with the all-time high of media coverage we have thanks to the attack by TRON, and we are looking to be in excellent shape folks!

My Plan

Personally, I am extremely excited about this move, and think it couldn't have happened at a better time (except maybe sometime in the past haha.) I've got a pretty simple, but very specific plan for what I will be doing once the fork happens:

I have started power-downs, and will be selling off 100% of my Steemitron coins over the next 13 weeks. Depending on price differences, I may use these funds to buy more Hive and/or other cryptos during this nCoV fire-sale.

I will be editing all of my posts on the Steemitron blockchain, removing all content, and replacing them all with a short statement about the hostile take-over, the fork, and a link to my blog on @HiveIO.

I will be continuing to share my adventures, thoughts, challenges, and life with my community and the world, via the Hive blockchain.

I will be continuing the @TribeSteemUp project (though obviously with a new name), as well as the variety of other projects, contests, and programs I've created & supported during my time on Steem.

I will be getting back to my 2016-17 levels of promotion & recruitment, with the goal of bringing back my 200+ friends who joined Steem and went dormant, as well as many new bees for the Hive.

Gratitude

I'm feeling a lot of gratitude and respect for so many in our community, who have basically dedicated the last month of their lives to protecting our digital home, and creating this exit strategy for us.

Just to name a few, I want to give a big THANK YOU to @aggroed, @blocktrades, @lukestokes, @theycallmedan, @ura-soul, @roelandp, @therealwolf, @acidyo, @someguy123, @steempeak, @minnowsupport, @r0nd0n, and many others! (If I didn't mention you, it's just because these were the first few off the top of my head)

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Steem is Dead. Long Live Hive!

What Happened?

So, Steem's dead... Now What?

My Plan

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