The most important thing you said is all this anarchy and crypto currency isn't going to attract people interested in steemit as a concept and who don't care how it works, don't think crypto currency is awesome. This is my biggest worry. I know because I'm one of those people
When I joined, I was picturing something like reddit, I'd be on reddit but if I made a witty reply to someone I'd earn $0.50. Sixteen thousand active users is an insoler
community. Too small! Bringing in new users should be the number one priority.