I confess that I don't understand the two quotes that you've posted above. It must be a dev talk thingy :)

I remember the option of mining the account into the being. Is this still possible? Probably not because mining as such does not exist any longer ...

Thanks for bringing up these questions. It is important that at least somebody is stirring up the scene. We need you and people like you :)

Ps: isn't it interesting - the usage of we as in mine we need and your we opened. I am afraid that this is still Steemit Inc's playground ...