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RE: 'Around the Block' with guest @andrarchy of Steemit Inc. - Episode 2
The question for the show: Is Steemit Inc considering reducing the number of witness votes an account has to 10, to improve the decentralization of the witnesses and reduce the power of the accounts which currently almost solely decide who becomes top 20 witness?
Yes this needs to be done ASAP.
I don't think they're interested in it, nor are the top witnesses, as far as I can tell. Received pretty much zero discussion about it from them last fall. One responded and basically said, "There may be security concerns." When asked to elaborate...no response.
https://steemit.com/steem/@ats-witness/steem-witnesses-vote-number-and-decay
In my opinion, the current numbers are a serious enough concern to merit serious discussion. Unfortunately, as a Steem witness, I seem to be quite alone on this subject. I'm sure that in another couple of years some other more "popular" voices will mention it and then it will be discussed off-chain somewhere...then the solution offered to the community will be worse than the original code.
Meh...such is Steem.