I realize this is still a very sensitive subject on this blockchain of ours, and those who follow this little blog of mine, know that I was one of the loudest voices who spoke against Dlive's fiasco. That being said, I'm way past what happened and I'm more than ready to turn the page on the matter.

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To put it lightly, the fact that a mega youtuber, a celebrity of that caliber has joined a blockchain, a streaming blockchain, to me marks that we are not "in the fringes" anymore, but more accurately, we are becoming the path forward. Of course I won't lie, I would much rather see the Pew on VIMM or Dtube, but It's important we don't lose sight of what really matters: The tides have turned.

More eyes, more questions

Of course this is speculative, but let's think logically about the matter. In the hypothetical scenario where I'm an investor with deep pockets, and I've been hearing about this thing called blockchain for eons, only to find that nobody is really using it, just speculating on it; How do you think these events translate?

And that is precisely why this is overall a win. We can safely assume, possibly, that more and more people will find out about the history of Dlive, and thus stumble on STEEM and this whole idea of a blockchain that can bootstrap any social app. Just like that, we can find ourselves seeing a new influx of creators, developers and investors and being the path forward to the actual valuation of this powerful blockchain.

All in all, this is a win, it may not taste like it much, at least not right this second for many hardcore Steemians, but that's because we are too emotionally invested to be really pragmatic about this whole thing.

So my friends, don't look at this like bad news, quite the opposite, think of this like an omen of things to come, and make sure you've drawn a good plan so that when they do, you are ready.

@meno