Good to hear your thoughts on the matter. It's an interesting scenario to learn from. I'm currently working on my own dApp project, and am largely coming into it kinda blind (not a developer by trade... I just like plugging away at this stuff as it relates to my hobbies).

I have some thoughts on how to be as open, honest and transparent as possible -- which I think will be more front and centre with a lot of projects as they move forward.

Hopefully this event serves as a bit of a lesson for the no doubt many untrustworthy projects that will inevitably follow if STEEM continues to grow as much as everyone hopes it will.