RE: Steem is Dead. Long Live Hive!
Just to name a few, I want to give a big THANK YOU to @aggroed, @blocktrades, @lukestokes, @theycallmedan, @ura-soul, @roelandp, @therealwolf, @acidyo, @someguy123, @steempeak, @minnowsupport, @r0nd0n, and many others! (If I didn't mention you, it's just because these were the first few off the top of my head)
Let's get @r0nd0n in the Hive Witness top 20. The only one of the group you mentioned who did not sell out on their ideals to install 22.2; as well as @timcliff the only pre-22.2 witness not to install that version. (Not sure if @minnowsupport even had a witness node)
Call it a freeze or precaution or whatever the hell you want... it broke the trust of the chain by restricting account options from targeted accounts instead of seeking a universal solution and achieved a fat nothing with 22.5 undoing its restrictions.
This chain fork was always the real ultimatum which could have been delivered to Mr. Sun. With such an ultimatum Mr. Sun may have seen the error of his ways and the STEEM blockchain may not have begun descending into shards of itself.
Interesting. I'm on the other side personally, timcliff was the only witness who didn't support 0.22.2 that kept my vote.
I believe that was the correct move, in response to everything that had been said & published by Justin & Tron to that point. The fact that his response was to bring in custodial funds and hostile take-over our governance after saying he wanted to talk and setting up a meeting, makes it clear that JS is a bad actor, and we were correct to treat him as such.
Not sure what you're talking about here? The community is more active & connected than at literally any point in the 4 years we've been here, and this HF was long-needed. I'm just glad this ridiculous situation was finally the kick in the butt that the Steem community needed to make the move.