I believe it to be in the best interest of everyone to take a step back and look at the whole picture for a minute. The conversation should start from one basic notion and then move from there.
If there's anyone approaching the conversation table assuming bad intentions, then whatever solution was there to find, will be missing from the discussion.
Yes, this includes the all mighty 
That being said, a conversation does need to happen, and it should happen as soon as possible. Speculation may not be the main ingredient for resentment, but I'm sure most of us can think of how the recipe gets spiked when it forms part of the menu.
I can't remember when I learnt this concept but it truly cleared up my head. We tend to think or I should say that I prefer thinking in binary. Something either is or it isn't, but in reality most things are somewhere in between.
This rule applies very much to decentralization. If we now make the assertion that Blocktrade's actions prove once and for all that this blockchain belongs to one man, and thus is centralized, then you are failing to understand the concept.
On an ideal scenario, if this project of ours is to succeed, the progress to decentralization would chug along a righteous path. More people joining, more people powering up, more people participating of our democratic model. But, as things stand now, we are still attempting to workout the kinks.
I can't say I don't empathize with those who right now feel that Blocktrades has ruined a perfectly pleasant Sunday, but I think we ought to tackle this whole thing with stoicism.
Maybe there's a conversation that needed to happen long ago and for many reasons had been postponed. Maybe there's a distrust brewing amongst our ranks, and possibly this is the very thing we need to eradicate first.
But, even with all this, I remain in good spirits. Because instead of allowing myself to drown in the ideas of all the things that now will not happen, and succumb to FOMO and anxiety, I choose to step back and admire all the times this little blockchain has been battle tested and survived.
To fight, to point fingers, to blame others and speculate. Any of those things will only bitter our hearts and minds, and do absolutely nothing for us. It won't help us find solutions, it won't help us find alliances and certainly won't help us find peace of mind.
MenO
