played a large part in creating by the installation of HF22.2.
I don't know that we can really say that. I mean, all of these accounts were created before the soft fork was implemented. I think the plan went off too smoothly to not have been in the works before the SF took place. The SF was implemented with the publicly stated goal of being a temporary measure and by my understanding reversible by simply putting a ' in a few lines of code.
HF22.2 was installed yet nothing, nothing and more nothing has transpired. HF22.5 has neutured the HF22.2 account restricrions. HF22.2 was simply an escollator. Reminds me of Russia Gate - The Blockchain Edition.
True. I think you have to take into account the amount of interaction created to vote in the witnesses to create a stalemate. Thus nothing.
There is definitely not a single point of escalation in this. There are multiple and ignoring some points doesn't make the other points more severe. While 22.2 could be considered an escalation, it had a public stated goal and rationale of being temporary. There could have been some communication from Justin's side, but there wasn't.
This is all from after 22.2. There were other escalations beforehand including:
All of those factor into the current situation.
It broke the trust of the Chain by individuals restricting account options on specific accounts, as opposed to a universal change, like no powering down for anyone.
It was an escalation by witnesses taking arbitrary decisions against specific accounts. There is EOS for that kind of shit.
It just pissed off a billionaire from my perspective.
Let that sink in.
Let what sink in, exactly?
Heck, no. My point; which seems to have been missed; is that v. 22.2 achieved nothing, nothing and more nothing EXCEPT to piss off a billionaire.