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RE: [Tron and Steemit] A marriage that is announced on February 14 on Valentine's Day

in Project HOPE • 6 years ago (edited)

Dear @lanzjoseg

Many people seem to worry if this will be some sort of hostile takeover. I worry too, however I remember in the past Instagram users were also worried once Facebook bought over. Similar story.

Any idea how much did Justin pay for this transaction? Most likely he could spent less money on building similar userbase by hiring several professional marketing agencies across the globe. I may be wrong, but I like to believe that he wouldn't spent much just for that reason. Especially knowing how badly STEEM userbase shrinked after recent fork.

Im afraid that if we would need to do SWAP and exchange steem to TRX, then it means that everyone need to power down to receive liquid steem. And that would mean cancelling all delegations.

All curation trail and network of auto-upvotes would be distrubted. All of it would be gone. For many large projects out there (like curie, ocdb, tipu) it may be a very challenging time.

What a year so far. Iran , coronavirus, chinese economy and manufacturing in chaos, printing record high amount of money by central banks, upcoming recession and now this news about steem and tron.

Interesting and challenging times ahead of us.
Yours, Piotr

@tipu curate

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     6 years ago 

    I have been worried since the announcement was made but i will be waiting for Justin video in less than 1 hour from now.

    Also, TRON and EOS have been competitors and i will not be surprised that buying steemit.inc and announcing it on Feb 14 has something to do with EOS launching its social network VOICE on the same Feb 14.

    Let's see how this goes

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     6 years ago 

    Hi @gbenga, @lanzjoseg, @vikisecrets, @juanmolina, @deathcross

    I watched video with Justin and Ned. And in my opinion it did serve great purpose - it surely reduced tension. Building plans and roadmaps can take place in the future.

    Right now proving some communication skills and lowering tension is surely a priority.

    Wouldn't you think that Steem with @ned as a captain (the way it has been for very long) was kind of going nowhere? I surely didn't have much hopes earlier on for better future. Justing most likely will care more about our community than Ned did.

    For many "small people" current takeover may be nothin more than changing 'ruling party'. Those in power will change, but show "must go on". And it will. With current whales (of which many are very hostile towards users) or without.

    I decided to be optimistic.

    Yours, Piotr

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       6 years ago 

      To be sincere, since 2016 that i have known Ned to be the captain of steem, it has been a ship heading for an iceberg. Although, Justin has acquired a few project and in the years but i haven't seen much changes... tron has a lot of dead dapps, dlive hasn't changed from how he bought it, BitTorrent is still the same when it comes to product.

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         6 years ago 

        Hi @gbenga

        If I was researching and I share your opinion. I also learned about the war he has with the creator of ETH he says that Justin, the only thing he knows how to do is use the Ctrl + c keys and then Ctrl + v

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           6 years ago 

          Dear @crypto.piotr

          I decided to be optimistic.

          I will share your optimism, Someone told me there. words more words less, but of something I am sure nobody invests to lose.

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             6 years ago 

            Dear @crypto.piotr:
            Thanks for this update.

            As for Ned. It seems to me that he never appreciated Steemit, it's
            just a business, a merchandise.

            I hope Sun doesn't see it the same way. We know that the main
            objective for them is capital, business, but behind Steemit there is a
            very important user base: there are other industries involved,
            communities and individuals who trust the platform. In fact, we can
            talk about a "feeling" towards the platform. This feeling is a PLUS
            that no other blockchain social platform has. Therein lies the great
            intrinsic value of Steemit.

            Would I rather move away from current "rulers" or would I rather stick to them? I know my answer already. Do you know yours?

            We think the same

            Your friend, Juan.

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               6 years ago 

              Hi, @crypto.piotr. Cheers

              Regarding this question

              Any idea how much did Justin pay for this transaction?

              Sincerely I dont know. but I am sure of something in the Blockchain there is nothing hidden.

              This is very worrying.

              Im afraid that if we would need to do SWAP and exchange steem to TRX, then it means that everyone need to power down to receive liquid steem. And that would mean canceling all delegations.

              I don't want that to happen at all. just as you mention all the curation trail would be lost, and many of us will also lose.

              I hope this change is to improve.

              Regards-

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