This is a great idea. (Liscence not merger)
I think steemit should never be like medium but a license model is brilliant! (Like golos)
- uses steemit assets already developed
- creates use for steem dollars
- gets some interesting people (medium writers to open accounts
The other option I could see is if Steemit is able to outsource its Steem currency monetization and blockchain technology to Medium so that it can finally become monetized. I could see that greatly boosting the demand for Steem which would have a very positive effect on the currency
I bet medium could use the voting software (maybe you don't logon to vote) the sbd payments and the wallet. Maybe they could run their own rewards algorithm based on views and votes and agree to send the payment to the writers steem wallet. This uses steels money transfer capabilities.
Yes, licensing the technology would be a really smart move for both platforms I think
Yes, there would be an entire ready-made market. Seems like a no brainer to me actually if I was a business owner....