Very good @blocktrades. I sincerely appreciate you investing your time to respond. That means something to me. I also appreciate how you have laid out for us your perspective in this post, on why this decision to start over was necessary.
On this ...
"There'll be an official post tomorrow with full details about airdrop and timing."
... since it is my understanding that Dan Larimer is the one behind this account, I sure hope we read in tomorrow's post what lessons have been learned over the past 4 years, on the Steem blockchain.
And what, as a result, will be done to prevent these mistakes from being repeated. Trust has been damaged. It will take a very intentional and well-conceived plan moving forward to restore it.
I'm a different Dan, Dan Notestein, no relation except that we worked together on cryptocurrency projects for a few years. I stopped mostly because of that damaged trust you talked about.
I consider people's trust one of the most valuable things a person can have, and I try my best to act in a honorable way that will not lose it. Indeed, one of my own ideas for future technology is to build a system that lets people trust each other more, and punishes deception. Too often I see people abuse the trust of others, but trust is also essential in many cases to effective cooperation.
Excellent news! Very glad to receive this word of encouragement @blocktrades / Dan. And thank you for the clarification of who you are.
You have a lot of influence on ensuring we get Hive off to a much, much better start than Steem had (from all I have read about it). As you work through the coming days and weeks, you may wish to consider the "silent majority" of your fellow Steemians who will be rooting for you to "exceed expectations" in your efforts to bring your vision to life and rekindle some hope again about what is possible, as you take concrete steps to restore trust.
P.S. Not to be presumptuous, but given what you have said here, perhaps we are like-minded more than I might have had reason to hope. One of my first posts was on "The Essential Foundation for Good Business" in which trust and good communication feature prominently.