Honoured to be first to be interviewed by Mr.@dhavey1 in his new series!

The sentiments and answers above are my own and may not be shared by @dhavey1

As anyone who actually reads the posts may pick up, the state and background politics of HIVE aren't exactly awesome.. And while I've 100% martyr'd my witness standing pointing this stuff out, at the end of the day I'm fine with this.

Let it be known the answers in this post by myself are not meant as a personal attack against the top witnesses or the network.. but rather an objective and "non sugar coated" relay of what I've seen happen since basically the start in the STEEM days.

Will me pointing these things out change anything? Probably not, but to sit by idle and or tow the line in hopes of financial gain is arguably more damaging and Machiavellian than calling out what I can only summarize as a monopoly of power.

Be it uncomfortable truths about the technology or the somewhat skuffed politics that are generally out of the public view, at the end of the day I gain nothing and lose basically everything bringing this to light.. But I'd do it again and again, if only for some glimpse of hope that one day things change and some of these new Top20 witnesses that are honest to go trying to keep HIVE as something neat eventually have the stake to move governance from a handful to a larger, less entrenched governing body.

Thank you again to @dhavey1 for allowing me to speak freely and not editing my answers.