Quick thoughts on Steemit Inc being Sold to Justin Sun

My initial reply which I clarify further below:

My suspicion:

Of course, it's too early to say definitively what is going to happen but it doesn't look great.

If StInc pulls their nodes, this means more pressure on others offering public RPC nodes (such as Hive account@anyx, Hive account@themarkymark and Hive account@gtg) that have been offering free services to the chain. This has been done most likely at a loss from what I understand per discussions w Marky.

God bless you kind souls

This means the load on other RPC nodes will be increased. Again, this is only speculative that StInc will pull the plug but I believe it is certainly a possibility that should be considered.

How long can we expect others to shoulder the weight to keep this chain going the way it is currently?

Hope for the Best. Prepare for the Worst

I'm not saying we need to start panicking. What I am saying is we need to plan accordingly. This means we need an archive of all meaningful data, all repositories and anything else that could be lost during the coming phases.

Good luck everybody!

Let's not allow Hive account@ned to determine our destiny. We can choose for ourselves.

_{P.S. I haven't carefully weighed out the market implications but the notion of a token swap seems suspect. May cause some weak hands / potential buying opportunities for Steem. (Possible P&D coming). This is not financial advice!}