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RE: Is Steem Centrally Controlled?
The witnesses at that time supported the fork (HF9) in order to protect property rights (at least, that's my impression, I wasn't a witness at the time).
Not the case. The fork was pushed through by steemit replacing all witnesses using their stake. This is recorded on the blockchain and not that hard to find because the steemit account history is fairly short.
Witnesses were not allowed the option to support it or not support it.
I replied to your comment here as well.
I was describing the intention of the fork, not the mechanism for how it was deployed. This highlights exactly why a central organization holding so much stake and using it to control witnesses is not what we want going forward.
Replied elsewhere. Certainly agree that a central unaccountable entity holding so much stake and using it to control witnesses is not what we want. I would go farther and say that it constitutes an existential threat.