Maybe things were a bit too calm in the Steem ecosystem.
Last evening there were 3 posts coming either from Steem Marketing or from Steemit Blog. I saw briefly what was about in the Steem Marketing posts, but I didn't have time to watch the podcasts or to read the posts last evening.
So, Steem Marketing posts brought a pretty cool news: that a project from Etherium (a game called Cache) will start to migrate on Steem, mainly for the lack of fees and speed of the blockchain, compared to Etherium. Funny part is that Cache was also inspired by the old game DrugWars, but is different than the game with the same name from Steem.
Like our DrugWars though, from what I understood, Cache has a game server, which means it runs very fast there regardless of the blockchain, it's when the player exports or imports assets when the blockchain gets involved, and maybe at the rewards level.
So, a game is coming from Etherium... Could that start a trend? Will this improve the perception of Steem out there? A positive answer to either question would mean a lot for the Steem ecosystem.
Why on earth would Steemit choose the same day to publish a post with a subject so controversial such as changes to the blockchain economics (nothing decided, only a discussion)?
Why would they even start this discussion now?
I understand there are some people very much pro these changes, and they make sure everyone knows it. As there are people against them, some also voicing their concerns. As well as a large majority which has no real idea how much those changes would affect them.
Basically the changes would favor popular authors, where the bulk of upvotes concentrate. They would get even more upvotes, while unpopular accounts would get less if any. Plus there would be a separate downvote pool which I believe would fuel even more the perpetual flag wars (now rebranded to downvote wars).
But how about the timing? You've got SPS hardfork coming, MIRA, plans to resume work on SMTs and communities and you start rocking the boat? Why would you do that?