you're surely aware of the messy bitcoin forks and the unending developer wars.
Surely you're aware of the timelines you're comparing when it comes to hardforks and surely you're not counting hardforks by outside developers to create a new shitcoin?
If so, then also count the numerous Steemit clones in your numbers and timeline and reassess. And when you're done with that, realize ...
Steemit has changed the entire economic model when they hardfork, repeatedly.
The project you invested in yesterday may have an entirely different model ...
SOON!
But flame wars don't help the image because they're permanent on the blockchain.
I feel this viewpoint is naive when we're talking about "serious investors".
that can be addressed
Let's deal with reality first.
Steemit has to abide by the witnesses' decision