Wow, there's so much info here that my brain is too full for a reply to most of it. Thank you for all the leads to other content, I appreciate you explaining Witnesses in a way that made it more understandable. I feel a bit more confident voting for people now.

While there was a lot of meaty stuff here,
the one part that really stood out to me is: "Steem is challenging the business model of every existing websites or at least eventually will." I absolutely agree with you & I'm frustrated I can't get my friends to see what a game changer this could be. Enough adoption & it could change everything about how we use the internet!

Thanks for a great read, I'll be over here digesting everything.