I feel that a lot of the talk around lowering inflation (beyond the set rate now) is a knee-jerk reaction to the bear market trying to engineer price increases, even if it is not in the best interest of the long-term view.
While tweaks are needed here and there, Steem has a strong running and air game and the applications are shaping up to be some pretty hardcore RBs. What is needed is a line that holds under pressure.
RE: How viable is Steem as a currency as the Steem network must constantly create tokens to reward bloggers and enable votes (causing lots of inflation)?