Excellent summary, thank you. I see big challenges with the Steemit, Inc brand and business favorability in that promises about things like SMTs and easy onboarding are made, but businesses can't stick around for 2+ years in this space without seeing results. The lack of clarity on Steem vs. STEEM vs. Steemit is still a problem to overcome and those building this stuff haven't made it super easy to figure out (though I do think at the very least, Steemit having a separate logo was moving us in the right direction).

As you know, I've been working hard lately on building some real-world examples of on-chain governance systems (DACs) that work using smart contracts. My hope is, someday, they will be battle tested enough to possibly use to help the Steem community as well. I don't care about which blockchains are involved, I just want outcomes that benefit all of us. If we use Discord, or a DAC system built on another chain, or something else, it doesn't matter as long as we get the organized results we want.

Thanks again for a great write up and the work you've been doing for a long time to get people together.