RE: The recent controversy between Steemit Inc and the community - the premine, control, and where it leads this blockchain

[spectrumecons]

Upvoted for visibility. Conversations indicate this is a credible threat. I think it is important everyone gets a balanced picture of what is happening.

It is very disappointing to see so many witnesses pushing for such extreme measures. Clearly it is not improving the situation.

@ned do you have the date of the above conversations? I think it would be useful to see this in respect to the timing of the witnesses open letters.

Comments

[jesta]

Happy to share dates:

• The conversation started on Sunday the 13th, and on the 13th the conversation ended with @therealwolf's comment about "putting pressure on Steemit Inc".
• The conversation resumed on Friday the 18th, with @timcliff's comment of "Is someone able to clarify which account(s) Steemit, Inc". The entire rest of the log is from the 18th.

[spectrumecons]

Ok thanks, that helps with context.

[therealwolf]

For context: putting pressure regarding the power down.

[jesta]

Good addition to context.

I'd also like to add that this conversation/channel is only a small fraction of the discussions that were going on at the time, conversations that add a LOT more context to everything.

[spectrumecons]

So all these conversations started after the power down started?

To clarify, were there conversations of similiar nature made prior to the ones above?

[jesta]

The conversations started 2 days before the power down, as a "what if" with literally no commitment from anyone.

The discussion about "how" (implementation), mentions of negotiations, and "pressure" occurred after the power down began.

[smooth]

The power down started 2019-01-13 03:12:09

https://steemd.com/tx/f48ee1e8ce602a2884dd3a38308df77fa1ca120f

[jesta]

To comment on the substance of your post (beyond asking for dates), if I said:

I wonder what the blockchain would be like without @spectrumecons, if we were to do this, what accounts does @spectrumecons control?

Is that a threat to you, enough for you to powerdown and make a stink about it?

No one was pushing for anything, ideas were being explored and no one expressed support for the actual implementation of this.

[spectrumecons]

That feels like that could be a threat. I would seek further clarification before powering down.

[jesta]

That'd be the smartest move, I'd applaud you for wanting to learn more. Unfortunately that didn't happen in this situation :(