As it was officially published an hour ago in the HF21: Release Tagged! by @steemitblog:
The Steemit blockchain team has officially released version 0.21.0 of Steem also known as Hardfork 21 which contains code for adding a Worker Proposal System to Steem (called the Steem Proposal System or Steem.DAO) and the Economic Improvement Proposal to Steem.
Where I come from these things are called upgrades. Well, I guess it's fancier this way :)
What will the upgrade bring? Assuming that the ...
this is contingent on supermajority adoption by the Steem witnesses of the suggested upgrade, as is always the case with hardforks.
... supermajority will be reached, of course.
Worker Proposal System should add a lot of life to the platform and bring new projects.
Economic Improvement Proposal? Is it really improvement or just change and experiment? We will see...
One thing I do hope is that the upgrade will be deployed swiftly, without hiccups and unforeseen effects.
You all know what I am talking about ... :)
Your thoughts?
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Sorry, couldn' resist using this great photo of a fork :)