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RE: How is this even legal?
I don't like generalizing all witnesses as all thinking the same, although I agree some may not and it's not hard* to spot which ones. I'm guessing the basis of this comes from most having to cut their rewards for it to go toward the SPS and thus the hate that witnesses didn't cut their rewards, for what its worth I voted to take some from the witness rewards too but people seem to forget that witnesses also had their rewards cut already in a previous hardfork by 20-25%.
Not to mention it becomes a security risk if prices drop too low and witnesses can't maintain their shit.
It's a BS argument which only showed their true color. That said, not surprising if voiced by one of the leading vote buying operators.
At least 70, those outside of the top 20, disagree with that statement. You witness because you're long in the game. If for any other reason, hasta la pasta and don't let the door hit you in the back on the way out... oh, and don't worry about the light, we've got apps for that.
If they had contributed 2% they would still have 13% and sacrificed only 20% of that what those who give them a reason to witness, creators, gave up. The perception would have been totally different.
Not sure but I believe that comment came from @smooth, and it's not just about not being able to pay for servers, it's also a different security risk - think competitors, bribes and all that other nice stuff. Not saying that's what smooth was pointing at but I'm sure it's something that can happen/has been attempted, even though I doubt enough witnesses would go for it for that to be a possibility.
I saw it publicly first voiced by TRW.
I do understand the reasoning and would have been totally fine with 8/2 as it would have shown that witnesses, several of them also involved in development and thus potential benefactors of the DAO, were open to also contribute a (small) share.
After all, while the Steem blockchain could be used just for its fast tx and easy wallet which doesn't require any additional app download, the core of the chain is creation rewards. Ergo, without creators... don't need all those witnesses either because very little raison d'être.
As I said above I was a proponent for sacrificing witness rewards for the SPS, also I have been of the opinion to thicken the tail for the rewards between the top 20 onto 21-50/100.
I'm still not sure this is something to focus on and keep shifting blame when there are blockhains out there who only reward their witnesses/miners/validators.
I'm not putting blame, I'm still here and still contributing daily. But the perception thing is a valid sentiment members may have.
I don't see the future in $TEEM but in
shittokens. Through all my intarwebz travail I am yet to see a dapp which tells me I should get a TRX wallet despite Justin less than a day ago claiming 3m accounts on TRON. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯If a Dapp like BUZZi and the realityhubs tribe could have a lovechild. User generated product reviews... imagine how the Big G which still dominates how traffic flows, would eat all those [product name + REVIEW] titles and thus send traffic. Traffic is transactionable. Very transactionable. Queue lite accounts.
PS. I don't see witnesses complaining why they can't witness shittokens. :P