"The bottom line is that Steem is less risky today, both as a blockchain and a token, than it was last week. Ned's announcement brought issues into the open, it did not create them. Everything that is being discussed now was present a week ago. We just were not aware about them."

This sums it up for me. I fully agree. I to interact with many committed people that will make sure they do what is needed to overcome the current and future challenges