RE: Justification for 104 week Power Down
The Steemit ecosystem is made up of a few thousand users , a single wallet service, and few exchanges. We are not mentioning the potentially revolutionary off-shoot projects that could be inspired in the next 104 weeks. The price of steem is falling, yes, but the technology will stay on.
For an economic experiment born a few months ago, it has achieved remarkable success. We just have to think how to bring as many users as possible and keep them happily stick to the site. I read about a Bar yesterday by stellabelle, amazing thought! The possibilities are just endless as steem very very mainstream.
If you want 1 year of prosperity, powerdown. If you want 5 years of prosperity, create content. If you want 10 years of prosperity, grow the network.
The possibilities are indeed endless for Steemit and it is very exciting to be in early. As you mentioned, the most important for Steemit to become a permanent success is to keep existing users and attract new users who create good content. I am on steemit for a few weeks now and I am happy to see that work on the platform is progressing, this shows already that we are on the right track to success.