We have discussed this several times in the past. Many people have shared their views on this topic both the affected individuals as well as common people. I still see many people defending Steem so much for what they have done. I did try to stay neutral on this topic but I cannot accept the fact that Steem tried to broke people's wallets and stole the funds. Whatever the dispute was, they should have handled it with a talk or in an ethical way. Stealing funds from the wallet and pushing people out of the chain is something against decentralization and unethical.
I'm not talking for any witnesses or accounts who were personally involved in this or the ones who had their account funds stolen. I'm just looking at it as a common man.
Today I was having a conversation with someone on this topic. Today is not the first time I'm having such conversations. I end up having this conversation multiple times with different people. I'm not a whale or a big guy here. My thoughts may not even add any value to anyone. But I wanted to make my point clear. I still have lots of money needs in my real life and a big loan to pay off. I used to think that I should find and make use of all opportunities to make some money. But even then I think that going back to Steem or earning from Steem is not an ethical way to earn some money.
While doing discussions some of my friends also suggest that we can still earn from Steem and sell that steem to buy Hive or other cryptocurrencies. I don't even want to do that. Every time I have this conversation, the conclusion will always make me feel that Steem is a scam and if I have some ethics and values left in me, I wouldn't go back to steem anymore.
Breaking the wallet and taking the funds
The basic concept of blockchain and decentralization is all about protection against theft and security and all other things. People who govern the chain should be someone who gets elected by the stakeholders of the chain and not someone who was made top 20 witnesses take control of the chain. If I remember the events that happened in 2020, that's what happened. It is such a shame that Binance, being one of the top exchanges people, use was also involved in this theft.
Though Binance did not do the theft, I would still blame Binance because they used customer funds to power up and change the governance of the chain. That ultimately led a group of sock puppet witnesses to take control of Steem Blockchain under the guidance of Justin sun and stole the funds of a few people.
Until the fact where the governance was altered and changed, I was watching it and taking a neutral stand on that. But when I saw them stealing the funds from a few wallets by breaking into their wallets, it rang a bell that Steem is no longer a good place to stay and it was a scam and people don't have a safety over their funds. When 10 people can join hands to push some code to break people's wallets and take away the funds, how can that be a reliable blockchain? Is it even a blockchain if stealing like that can happen?
I feel sad that people don't understand this fact. Especially the new people, those who were not here, and witness the events that happened last year during the chain split. As of now I still don't have any hatred towards people who think Steem is the best place. But I'm sure they will understand the seriousness only if their own funds get stolen in a similar fashion.
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