Thank you, @quillfire, for this outstandingly written in-depth post. I would love to see more of that caliber. I agree with you that corruption (vote-abuse, smart reward pool drainage, etc.) is a problem that will wear people out over time and therefore need to be solved. The EOS/STEEM swap offer makes sense for EOS on many levels, and it seems to be such low-hanging fruit. However, for it to work, you would still need liquid steem as you would have to spend or burn STEEM it in the migration process. So the 13 weeks wait is unavoidable for an unfriendly takeover. But then I wonder: Did @dan start EOS only to find out that Steem is the essential application after all? Would that not be the most positive message for Steem ever - that with all their billions and devs and in the light of all the other unsolved problems on planet Earth they don't find anything better to do than run after Steem? And if your argument is correct and EOS can just buy STEEM then @zuck (not sure he actually owns this account 😉 ) would just buy EOS using the exact same mechanism. Yes FB is centralized and, compared to Steem, so is EOS. I think Dan Larimer is a brilliant mind and whatever will be released will further the crypo space in general.