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We're planning to have some form of framework for user-created tokens. Right now I'm leaning towards one based on smart contracts, for maximal flexibility.

+1 for smart contracts tokens

What about the code that was from the former steemit team? Is the onchain code that useless? I remember there was a testnet with some stability problems.

Is at some point planned to get more on the first layer or should it be all second?