I agree it deserves a serious look but not sure how its proposed Governance will be received - the Ricardian contract in particular and the role the Arbitrators will play, both of which may be roadblocks for early developers. Yes, build It... but they don’t always come.

Also it’s clearly positioning itself as the ‘enterprise’ platform which misses the mark in my opinion. We’re simply moving from plutocracy (old school Rockefellers, currently the Koch brother types ) to technocracy (the Dan Latimer types). So much for decentralization and the growth of humanitarianism. No real re-distribution of wealth there - just a massive transfer of fiat dollars, in my opinion.

On the other hand, Steem’s promise is vast and worldwide as a grassroots platform for the arts, health, education - in fact all of culture worldwide. So in my opinion, Steem and its SMT and Oracle expected launch is more worthy of taking seriously if for no other reason than as a tool to bring about real re-distribution of wealth the likes the world has never seen.