I listened to this also and I thought @ned did a good job.
Yes Steemit was under attack, and to some degree so was his integrity.
But he kept calm and answered their questions as best he could.

It was clear that those interviewing him didn't get it. Their focus is all about crypto and its intricacies.

Ned is all about the community and what crypto means for people and content. For him crypto and the blockchain is a means to an end, not the reason for getting out of bed in the morning.

At least that's what I got out of it. That, and his quiet passion for this to succeed.

If I'm going to invest a huge chunk of my time (and soon my dollars) I'd rather it went on something Ned is building than something his interviewers are building. In the end, both projects may fail, but Ned's project will not fail because he didn't put his heart and soul into it.

As for their comments about him getting rich off the platform - these guys came up with an idea, had the guts to run with it, did the work to make it happen, earned a bunch of money, and are still in the game!

That's not a pump and dump scheme. They now have the fiscal proof that this can work, and the comfort that they can invest in developer time to make it better and better.

Those people knocking Steemit and STEEM are going to be kicking themselves in a couple of years. And Ned probably won't even remember the interview.