Important question: how will you credit ICO participants in the new blockchain? Will new blockchain claims be done with our Steem private keys?
If so, it's extremely important that you make people aware that if they change their steemit password, their old private keys will be erased and they need to keep a copy of their old password to make the POD claim.
You are correct that we need to verify a person's identity when they claim their PODs, but it won't matter if you changed your password because the new password will authenticate you on the Steem blockchain. We are also looking at doing email verification.
Good to know. Is this a fork of Steem?