Great article, 100% upvote from me and you have a new follower for sure; fwiw though, where did you get the information about:
'word is @ned said SMTs are going to be out the end of Q2/beginning of Q3. This would place it also at the end of June, into July time period.'
I think that the quick release of SMTs is an extremely vital part of Steem's positioning for a bright future. Now, they could be late to it and still be okay, but if they get in very soon, they'll be in a much better spot, which is why I'm wondering where you heard that? Was it directly from an @ned post and/or via one of his interviews/talks, or was it second hand info? :)
Some who was on the STEEM telegram chat posted that was that @ned said.
Do you have the link to their telegram/the steem telegram channel, by any chance? No worries if not. I'm just an interested party who has put quite a bit of faith in Steem and want to remain fully informed. :)
No I am not on it either...it was a post I read where someone quoted what @ned said in the discussion.
I am not sure if it is a steemit or a steem group on telegram.
Ah, alrighty. No prob; thanks for the info!
@ned has already guaranteed that SMTs will be here before the end of the year. End of Q2 is probably his optimistic guess. Mid/End Q3 is more likely. Developers are always wrong about how long it's going to take. Soon™