BTS holders are still paying off the merger, the intent of which was to prevent the fracturing of development effort/code/chains/community.
Yet this fork receives official blessing and assistance.
It must be April Fools.
I support this fork even though I think it's sketchy .....
It's not like there is a legal contract in crypto , everybody can do whatever they want . Fixing the merger is not his task anymore . The more you realize that , the more you can drop the unreal hops about how he would fix it one day by magical wand ....And may be , you will be better off , at least you can adjust your hopes and take risk base on less hype or promise . When people want to make you a promise , ask them to write a legal contract , if they can't , don't rely on the promise .
Example : when 2.0 released , the promise was ---- All future dilution will be vested for years , removing selling pressures once and for all .... And ....There was a lot of people actually brought that promise ... Of course , there is always a reality where the promise didn't mean it and reality kicks in ----they need to eat now . But ....why would they make that promise then ? Why would you have believed in that promise ?
Had you not hoped that someone will fix the merger's lost with big thing and all , you could've sold BTS at at least 4-5 times more price than what it is now .
After all , it's not like it's easy to keep promise or make good on a promise , especially when the promise was based on flames . IF you take things too seriously , you'll believe it . Once you believe it , you can't help to invest more or resisting cutting lost base on your own financial situation or your opinion on the market .
Besides , it's not like if you dilute enough to them , it will make them stay for a long time . After all , no contract , remember ? Sooner or later there will be projects that pays more.
What , some want to dilute 100% speed to hope them stay ? Hmm ...Competition would offer money+stock+co-founder+401k+dental..... What then ?
But ....would you be pleased to know that despite its fancy new tech , STEEM would bear the name of BTS , and people won't take STEEM too serious because of what happens on BTS ......
Of course , there is also a slight chance of STEEM going to the moon . If then , don't fight it , "will not make a competition to BTS" is also not a contract . The society invented legal contract for a reason , people always want to flame the promise and do less or cut some corner of find a new way to interpret the promise ....If you don't have a legal contract , don't take to much risk to believe in a promise .
PS. It's good to see someone finally dropping the name with Bit, Shares , Coin ....Although it would be nice if it's not the same as the gaming platform STEEM .....