I don't have any issue with the idea itself, but where this loses me is that it's a solution to the problem of being too heavily reliant on Steemit, but it's also dependent on action from Steemit. Unless someone is able to pull a hostile takeover of the Steem blockchain Steemit holds the keys to change. Has Freedom ever gone against Steemit? Any of the other top accounts?
I think a more immediate solution would simply be that if a developer has an idea and wants to request funds from the community, start a @fundition campaign. Fundition is already set up to accept payments in Steem, upvotes(stake), other cryptocurrencies and payments through paypal. They also have a site where the progress of a project can be tracked and where if people liked what they saw they could give continued support through any of the ways previously mentioned.
If somewhere along the line we don't like what's happening, we withdraw our support, and cut our losses. We can do this now, today, without needing anything from Steemit or any change at the blockchain level.
I think it would also be good as a support for @fundition because it might enable them to add even more features faster, like building their own exchange, which would allow them to do even more in regard to payments.
Excellent points. I think we can handle small projects, the larger ones are more of an issue.