And please – let’s not just ram them through simply because Steemit, Inc. can stack the top-19 witness slots with those who are favorable to Steemit, Inc. and will approve anything that’s proposed. We need an honest consensus on platform changes. There are many witnesses who dislike these practices and have expressed their concerns repeatedly about them.
Also, its worth noting that at least some BTS major stakeholders (@blocktrades has said h e does) feel that these kind of changes were one of the reasons that currency didn't do very well.
Also also worth noting that the timing of this proposed hardfork (the day before the 3-month non power down pledge begins ends) is troubling.
What sort of significance are you attaching to this? (BTW, did you mean ends?)
yeah, i did.
It seems like its timed so that Steemit inc (which is where the changes are coming from) can exert maximum influence on witness voting.
It seems like most of the top 19 serve at the pleasure of blacksburg. A month after blacksburg starts to power down, that might not be the case.