It seems that things are finally returning to normal here on the Steem blockchain. I've heard a few people mention that they are still having issues, but each day that passes I feel like I hear less and less issues and complaints.
Overall, I think the Hard Fork could have gone a lot smoother. I feel as though it may have been rushed, even though errors and bugs were known at the time.
Being pushed back a few days or weeks wouldn't have been a big deal to me. But as I like to say, I'm no developer and the people who are developing this blockchain are far more knowledgeable than I am.
While I think it could have gone smoother and without as many issues, I do think it was still worthwhile. I'm happy that we only had to sacrifice about 5 days of normality on the blockchain now so that we may have a more prosperous future.
Progress and challenging yourself and your project to reach new heights is far from easy. There are bound to be issues and speedbumps along the way. Once we accept that and look at the positives, we may find solace in this upgrade to the blockchain.
RCs are something that didn't really make much sense to me before the Hard Fork. I had an idea of what they were and a concept of how they might work, but their value really didn't cross my mind.
It was hard for me to visualize what the Steem blockchain would look like with RCs as a driving force for value.
But now that we have RCs in place and a few people on the blockchain have blogged about them, I think I have a much clearer idea of the value of RCs...
Now I see that RCs are not just some useless additional layer of complexity to the blockchain. I see that they can and probably will end up being a main growth factor for the STEEM token.
Why is this?
To put it as simply as I can, RCs will be highly desirable by future DApps and SMTs on the blockchain. Entrepreneurs will need RCs to run their operations on the blockchain and they will need to buy STEEM or rent RCs (by renting a delegation of SP) from SP hodlers like you and me.
It's all very exciting stuff and I'm glad that the picture has become much clearer. I'll continue to write about RCs as I learn more about them and brainstorm their use cases. I think this is all really interesting stuff and I'm glad to be a part of the blockchain that's bringing true utility to tokens!