Hard Fork 20 was a huge mother of a hard fork. Many major changes to the blockchain all at once, so problems were to be expected. Why did all this stuff have to go into just one HF? Why wasn't the HF roled back when it turned out that the HF had just kicked everyone but the whales and a few select orca's from the blockchain? Why did the official blog report a success of the HF while we were only at the start of the dolphin/minnow/redfish lock-out? Why, even now, that minnows are back, but we are still only at about 15% of normal when it comes to transactioning account count, isn't what turned out to be a potentially disastrous HF still not rolled back?
Well, the people to ask about this would be the top 20 witnesses. What went wrong? What did you guys learn from this ordeal? How do you guys intend to prevent it from going wrong at this scale the next time around?
I think we need an explanation from each of them and a statement like this one by @reggaemuffin.
As for us mere steemians, whatever our stake is, I think today is the moment to use our witness votes. Remove our votes from top 20 witnesses who have not shared a @reggaemuffin style statement with the community yet. For now, blindly vote for the 21-45 witnesses to give out a signal to the top twenty that we as a community take this shit serious. Also, if you have never voted for witnesses before and believe the top 20 witnesses are accountable for an amateur hardfork, now is the time to start voting for witnesses. Vote for the ones currently listed at 21-45. If enough of us show our discontent like this, the top 20 is bound to react and issue statements that should help the community get behind those witnesses that truly mean business when it comes to the future of this blockchain.
Please, everyone. Especially those with a fair amount of SP to their name and those who have never voted for witnesses before, consider the folowing:
- Check out any top-20 witness votes you might have made. Check out their recent blog posts. If they didn't create a @reggaemuffin style statement, disaprove them as a witness.
- With whatever you have left in witness votes, start voting for witnesses that aren't and weren't top 20 witnesses at the time of the hardfork (the 21..45 listed witnesses).
- Revisit your witness votes in two weeks. Check all top 50 witnesses for @reggaemuffin style statement and cast your vote for the ones you feel you can trust can make the next HF go better.
