https://moreequalanimals.com/posts/How-to-Launch-a-Crypto-Currency-Legally-while-Raising-Funds
https://peakd.com/steem/@joseph/the-history-of-steem-steemit-launch-in-the-words-of-dan-larimer-from-the-early-launch-days
https://apnews.com/general-news-5df532ac67074684938590448f2a3460%20
https://peakd.com/steemdev/@adept/will-steemit-complete-project-xanadu-s-vision-of-what-the-internet-should-be
These will shed some light on parts you might not have known.
Not all of the 'ninjamine' went away with the fork, much of it is still in very well known accounts.
Anybody that was here during that time, and didn't side with jsun, kept that early adopter advantage in hp balance.
You can look around and see how well that privilege has served us.
Time was we were the #3 crypto in the world by market cap.
Not so much now.