You’ve struck the main problem. When i started on Steemit, Steem was at 0,23. After few months it settled down in between 1-2 bucks. The community seems to see the value over 1 dollar peg, since the only time it ever dropped lower was when BTC droped (but that imo doesn’t count because every crypto goes down during that time). I agree though that the 2 dollar peg can only be surpassed when the issues you have mentioned will be dealt with.