RE: We shouldn't be discouraging people to power down. Being able to earn crypto (=Bitcoin) on Steemit is one of it's best features that could draw in millions of users

[pandorasbox]

Indeed.
I personally think as STEEM we should seek to be part of the wider crypto community, not just focused on STEEM. People who love ETH, could end up on Steemit blogging for STEEM which they sell (in part) for ETH. Everybody wins