I'm still a newcomer to steemit, but this is a situation I quickly got aware of. Just earlier today I wrote a post talking about how most whale accounts are basically faceless and give no clear signs on who is behind them.

I'm sure a lot of the times it would not be just one person behind a high value account, but still its interesting how no whale reveals its identity. Would this be a reason for famous people not to join the platform?

This is an issue that needs to be addressed somehow by the Steemit Team and @ned, otherwise this might considerably limit the growth of the platform.

It's something weird and contradicting about blockchain technology. It offers both transparency and privacy. Can we actually have both at the same time?