I'm not much of a screamer but I have written before that my greatest concern here was how centralized it was. Everything you're saying about how Steemit has used their stake is true as far as I know, but I just never liked the idea that at any point in time they could choose to not be fair stewards. They COULD become total tyrants even though they don't and it would be stupid to do so.

But I've mostly gotten over that as it's just the cost of freedom. It's their stake. That's what it comes down to. I don't think they will, but if they wanted to they could just dump it all and go do something else, and as long as we're here knowing that's an unlikely but possible scenario, that just is what it is and it's on us whether we want to be a part of this journey or not.

I'm still really excited by the possibilities here, so I'm down to take the leap.

I'd also be super down for a developers trust. Sounds like a great idea.