I disagree that writers who are creating original and unique content have to verify themselves due to the declining price of steem tokens despite the current 'economy'. 5 months into any new cryptotoken project is nothing. Steem has more potential than most other projects that I have encountered, some of which (like Ethereum or even Lisk) didn't have basic features beyond a blockchain.

Give it time.

I don't think we need to sacrifice principles of people choosing to remain anonymous because they've managed to achieve some level of success because the economy is going down the drain.