What goes up must go down?
Out of all I've read to date,
A mysterious figure in a dark alley convinced me that the high price of SBDs has sparked a grassroots growth of the platform. It's a completely serendipitous marketing campaign of sorts. This is invaluable, because there hasn't been enough done to promote Steem or maintain a presence on high-traffic channels like FakeBook or Twitter. [Update: More is being done on those fronts, it seems]
It's within the realm of possibility to believe if the price of SBD didn't spike, you'd see only a fraction of the growth we've seen this year.

To quote
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I’m not sure why they want to kill what is the best possible growth acceleration asset right now.
It’s too early to care about the peg. Besides, it can only erode trust and possibly make the whole chain collapse for some months.
We are nowhere near critical mass nor is there enough SBD either.
