Thanks for these updates. The technical end of steem can be very overwhelming, but thanks to you and a few others I am starting to learn more.
I didnt even know a fork was coming, but all of the updates sound good, especially making it easier for new people to sign up, everyone has been complaining about that.
Also as far as SMT, it seems like it would only make the steem blockchain more valuable.
Yes, it is also for me overwhleming to research all these little details. But it is also cool because I think they are on to something really big.