freezing stake by 17 consensus witnesses will result in Steem losing all respect by the rest of the crypto industry.
Doubt it, most of the crypto industry seems to be behind us atm. Plus in the early days of steem we were the laughing stock of the crypto industry BECAUSE of the existance of the ninja mined stake. You can find any nunber of articles calling Ned a scammer back in 2016 and 17.
RE: Meeting between Justin Sun, Korean Stakeholders, Steem Witnesses and Steem Foundation 12/03/2020