A word of wisdom and expertise, great! Thank you very much for your input.

I see that Steem is full of people with practical knowledge. Putting this all together will be an interesting adventure :)

Are you familiar with the RChain Coop? They've already done what we are trying to achieve here -> https://www.rchain.coop/community

Disclaimer: I love to promote RChain since I am a community member there too. Membership is official and with paid fee...