An interesting logical take on this. Thank you. The takeover of STINC's stake with the power and resources to aggressively rebrand/remarket Steem, or steer things towards Tron, creates a large conflict of interest with the prior stakeholders (no surprise there). STINC was on the Steem side of things to perhaps lull us into a false sense of security. Who knows what to expect now, regardless if DPoS was doomed anyway.