Based on Dan's history of starting projects and then moving onto the next, it could be pretty surprising for him to turn around and come back to work on Steem - perhaps especially in consideration of the recent controversy around his clashes with Ned. It might be deduced that the "Steem 2.0" comment was not necessarily to mean an updated version of Steem, but a similar, improved concept/platform.
But then again, maybe not.
You have done the analysis and wrote it well. But I feel confused with the above sentence. How is the continuation of this story? I think you should go back to doing an analysis on this. I look forward to the next edition. Thank You .. I dare not respond and predict what will happen next with steem. Thanks @rok-sivante!
Brief history:
Dan Larimer first created Bitshares. (And was the first to publicly talk of the concept of a blockchain-based "Decentralized Autonomous Corporation" - which later got picked up by mainstream as the DAO - Decentralized Autonomous Organization.)
Then, he left Bitshares and went onto create Steemit.
Then, he left Steemit and went onto create EOS.
He never did go back to Bitshares, but left it to the community to continue. Same - so far - with Steemit. Thus, it "could be pretty surprising" if he were to come back to work on Steem - in particular, because there was apparently some differences between him and Ned, Steemit's CEO.
No further analysis required, or no further story to report. Just have to wait and see what happens...