If you have read anything about EOS, then you may have concluded that it just might present a significant threat to our young Steem network and economy. The threat comes from the fact that EOS, should it deliver (and I have two or three powerful reasons to believe it will....bitshares, steem, peerplays,) it will offer unrivalled performance, scaling and interoperability to the platforms and applications that launch within it. I could very well be wrong, but that leads me to consider that someone could very easily launch a Steem competitor with EOS. They may even attempt to split our community by offering one thing and another in order to poach network effect and create disharmony within steem. Given that is a possibility, I think Steemit.inc and all Steemians should consider the value of using some Steem to buy a stake in EOS over their year long distribution.
If EOS delivers, then at the very least we will all share an equal stake in what may well be the blockchain technology that finally asserts itself as the premier solution. The stake could be used as a buffer from competition or could directly pay for us all to migrate into EOS, thereby protecting our community.
Naturally it is for whoever controls the Steemit account to decide. I hope they are open to discussing a suggestion like this. A lot of people have strong ideas about the Steemit account, I'm no different. I know that further development of Steemit will not need anything like 134 million dollars. That level of dominance in the Steem economy is in danger of becoming an obscene liability to it's viability. This fact has been, I believe acknowledged by Steemit.inc and there may be plans being made on how to address it....I wished they moved a little faster but I guess it is quite the challenge.
The idea has already been floated within the bitshares community. We should start discussing it now as there is no time to lose.
Happy Steeming