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     4 years ago  
    I think if you kept reading, you'd realize that I am informed on the topic, however, I am not a mind reader, and I don't know what you find that's uninformed about the above statement. I was referencing soft fork 0.22.2, which froze Justin's assets. At that point, his stake was in limbo. Had he not conducted the "hostile takeover," there was a very real threat that the community could have hard forked him our of his investment. It was rumors of that very idea that chased Ned's stake away and into the hands of the exchanges. So, it's no wonder why he sold it under the table. These chains have to be coded to respect property rights, or nothing means anything at all. Else it's just a big game of who can steal what from who, or limit the abilities of the other.
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       4 years ago  

      Justin Sun only proved the community witnesses right that he was going to take over Steem eventually anyway. He had just done the same thing to his own Tron network. He has the typical insecure personality of a tyrant and removes anyone who isn't a thrall to him. https://peakd.com/steem/@pfunk/the-case-for-the-temporary-soft-fork

      My point of view is a witness who has followed this story since its beginning, the 2016 beginning, until now.

      Ned's a greedy idiot of his own kind, by the way. He skimmed enough off the Stinc balance sheet that selling Stinc for pennies on the dollar wasn't really necessary. Greedy idiot though. Selling it to the worst buyer he could find at the worst price he could find with a stupid contingent deal attached to it proves that alone, but there was plenty more evidence.

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         4 years ago (edited) 

        Yeah, I wouldn't vouch for either of them. It just torques me that real people have bought into a system of property that was a mirage. Just venting, I know there's a myriad of ways to view how this thing played out, but so many little guys are getting murdalated in the process. It's just sad is all. You might want to consider what this platform would be like if it was only full of witnesses and blockchain fanatics who specialize in the geeky intricacies. Sure, you'd have a group of people who know that the sky isn't really blue, that it only appears that way because of some hootie hoo blockchain voodoo. But in the process of that, you'll lose out on anyone and everyone else that cares to express themselves in a decentralized way. This is why I think that in the long run, it's worth retaining every single individual that we can, especially those like this guy who clearly got caught up in the mix because he had the intention of helping the blockchain with his little vote.

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