The questions and comments are great. The response to each suggests a well thought out proposal. But, unfortunately, I lack the knowledge to evaluate its specific merit. Nonetheless, I do agree with @timcliff on the need to have greater depth in developmental options. This is to not to diminish the Steemit.com role, past, present or future. But, the need to expand the developmental pool by encouraging more "talented community developers to work on changes to the Steem blockchain code", can only lead to increased options, wider discussion and less dependency.