I'm glad that their priority at the moment is to make the steem blockchain more scalable. It is one of the most fundamental element that you need since what is the point having millions of users if they struggle to access the site or the site begins to slow down.
It blows my mind how platforms like facebook and other social media platforms can handle so much concurrent traffic and the sheer power and a number of servers you need for that is absolutely insane.
A really good analogy with the cars to explain the necessity of scaling. I guess steemit is going to turn into a 6 lane autobahn with a lightning fast and efficient blockchain haha
The blockchain has still been pretty fast but I have experienced some jitters and jerks which will hopefully be remedied in the end in the near future and I'd rather have a scalable steemit blockchain rather than an aesthetically good looking steem GUI.
Well I hope you have a great time in London @exyle as well as I'm wishing you a safe journey haha.
I can't wait for the post about it :)
Thank you, I'm looking forward to the trip a lot!