Thanks Tim for your support!
My suggestions for moving forward would be:
1st: The witnesses make a public statement, assuring exchanges that the funds will absolutely be safe, and requesting them to: 1. respond, 2. power down. The post should explain how power down works. Open a direct public line of communication with the exchanges.
2nd: The community buys the TRON 70M stake over a period of a few years, through the Steem Proposal System: https://steempeak.com/hive-111111/@borislavzlatanov/proposal-resolving-the-stalemate-with-tron-steemit-inc-a-concrete-way-of-moving-forward
Let me know what you think.
A lot of communication is already taking place with exchanges. At this point I think they know what the should do, but it is up to them to make the decision.
I don't see consensus around the second idea. It is a good suggestion, but both parties (Steem stakeholders + Tron) would need to agree to it, which I don't see happening.
I see. Thank you for answering!