The technical benefit can be obtained by increasing block-time to 6 seconds and doubling blocksize (while doubling the top 20 reward).
Yep but user experience would get worse... Better we decrease our rewards , because in reality indirectly we increase it. I want steem @ $10 with "less" rewards instead @ $1 with "huge" rewards :)
RE: Clarifying Roles And Expectations In The STEEM Ecosystem - A HF 20 Post-Mortem