Asking the community for insight into the @steem.dao account

Hopefully this post is fit for this Community and not too overloaded. I've been away since mid 2019 and I figure this has all been previously discussed, but I have a few questions and would love some education from the community.

Hive account@steem.dao owns A TON of coins (roughly 23.5% of circulating HIVE supply!) and I see it also being used for the DHF. I won't get into depth in this post with my thoughts on the DHF, as I find it highly awesome and beneficial, but also ripe for exploitation in its current form. But with this account as an integral part of the blockchain in general, one should know what it's about.

• Who controls and/or owns this account?
  • If it is truly a DAO then the keys must be distributed in some fashion amongst a set of federated users.
  • With that being the case which contributors are part of this user group?
• Where did its initial funding come from?
  • In addition to that it also receives a 10% cut from the inflation pool to help drive the DHF, correct?
• Why is it paying itself from the DHF (just today it received $2644 HBD and even more in previous days)?
• What other purposes will this account used for?
• Any other thoughts or information useful to know?

The last thing we want is another centralized liability in this brand new network, so hopefully any concerns can be alleviated.