Thank you

They are not "yours" until consensus is reached, which includes stakeholders being allowed to downvote.

I am obviously not in direct support of what was done, but at the same time I can say that it was not a decision that was taken lightly, and the people making it perceived a very real and credible threat

Nobody has stolen anything at this point.

Acknowledged, and appreciate the position. While it does not change my mind, I am not going to argue against anyone who holds that view.

Thank you.

They would still have enough to enforce a witness supermajority.

Thank you. I read the proposal. It is an interesting idea, but unfortunately it would not solve the current situation. The problem is with ratios of STEEM. The Steemit, Inc. accounts have more STEEM than

If the stakeholders disagree with the decisions the witnesses are making, they can vote in new witnesses.

For the record, Tron now owns Steemit. I think what you mean is Steem.

Yes, it is a very real concern. I would like to see them voluntarily agree to make updates to restrict the use of their stake in a way the Steem community and stakeholders are comfortable with. I outlined

It would cut other stakeholders votes by the same amount as well. The Steemit, Inc. accounts would still have proportionally the same amount of advantage.

It may take some time for stakeholders to update their votes. It remains to be seen what the net effect on my witness position will be, although I suspect I will likely go down.

I assure you it was not rash. It was heavily debated and days of discussion went into it. Nobody took the situation lightly.

There is definitely discussion about it although it does not nullify the current situation. They could just divide it up across two accounts and vote in 10 witnesses each.

My position on the soft fork: I do support the overall mission that the top witnesses and community/stakeholders are trying to achieve: Finding a way for Steem to progress in a way where the security of

Does one need to have an official government registered business to be listed on SteemEconomy.com? No

Users and stakeholders always complain about a lack of testing prior to hardforks. @steempress witness is actually doing something about it. If you appreciate our contributions as a technical witness,

Curious, what is your concern with having the separate downvote pool? It does sound like you are OK with having downvotes, just not the separate pool. What do you see the difference is?

Cool, will review soon.