I'm all about having yes and no's about this proposal but imho a coin not being in top 50 should not disqualify it's infrastructure of in this case a decentralised worker proposal.
Furthermore IMHO BTS worker system is not hindering it's progress? I feel it is a great example of a truly decentralised organisation. All development is paid by the blockchain itself. The alternative would be a centralised authority paying developers, but there is no such thing (anymore?) on BTS.
For example:
- There is a core team worker which works daily on the code of the chain and one on the UI.
- And just checked: Happy to see that the No 1 voted in worker atm is actually a Mobile app for BTS :)
I think Steemit Inc and this worker infrastructure can co-exist.
Imagine Inc would actually get paid through a worker :)
In reality, the BTS worker proposal system is just recently displaying some good movement with the BBF and (yet another) mobile app which will hopefully work this time. But in general, the WP system should still be a plan B if Steemit Inc completely turns is back. For now it doesn't make much since, and BTS WP system hasn't been too good in the longer history.
@aggroed has discussed how Hardfork 20, and a few other updates ultimately cost 10 million Steem in 2018 (Steem traded in a range of $1.00 to $6.00 USD for that year, so they sold about $10,000,000 to $30,000,000 USD worth of Steem, give or take).
I think one of the concerns is that @steemit Inc. might be somewhat incompentent in terms of getting their money's worth, and developer groups outside of Steemit Inc. (I.e. @blocktrades) might be able to do a better job, faster and for a cheaper price - if @ned @elipowell and @steemit Inc. agree to this proposal, I think it would confirm that. It would ultimately be a wise choice for them though, to admit their short comings and hire outside talent if it gets a better bang for their buck - Afterall, they have quite a large stake, and whatever is good for the Steem blockchain and Steem, would reflect in their net-worth.
I also think it's foolish to create a Plan B once Plan A is unworkable. The whole point of having a Plan B is to prepare, in case something unexpected happens to Plan A!!!