I hope that most people are focusing on the positive aspect of this whole conundrum. Justin Sun is literally the best thing that happened to STEEM (now Hive). You see, before he came along the community was so divided, it was hard to focus on anything positive at all, but this is officially not the case anymore.
It seems we needed a Nemesis, someone who would flip the whole thing upside down and remind us of things that truly matter. I won't say I lost faith, but I did come close at times, more so because the bickering over petty things became unbearable to me.
But today, today my friends, beauty has revealed itself in the form of comical stupidity. The fork, the quick removal of dissenting voices, and the freezing of an exchange that holds a big stake because it's hostile proves once and for all that those who warned us about Justin's tactics where not being alarmist, but more akin to a modern Paul Revere.
I'm truly grateful to Justin, I am, and I'm not being sarcastic. His childish stupidity has revived in me the driving force behind my exploration into cryptocurrencies. It's shown me that he's no different than the "governments that protect us", that even in this space there are Trojan horses we must look out for.
I'm here, I Bitcoin (as they say), I hive, because I understand the concept of sound money, of permission-less transacting, of being your own Bank and truly flipping the bird to the powers that be. He is here because he wants to build an online representation of the status quo, and I could not be less interested in what he has to sell.
I will end by saying I'm not upset at all. He's truly the best promotion we could ask for Hive, and the articles that will be written about today's events will once again put us Hiveans (our name these days) front and center once again.
Chin up my friends, we won!
MenO
