Investing depends on having a perspective based on what is actually occurring, not sentiments or preference born from things other than this.

So telling it like it is, is important. That said, I'd give it better than 50% that this ultimately does not matter. However, we could also say that it has already mattered. The reasons SMT's have not launched yet, is visible in this poor update with HF20.

From what I remember Dan may have still been consulting with Steem even though he had left. I'm not totally sure. He was still helping patch Bitshares in the last 12 months because he was talking about helping them on the side. If this was the case with Steem's prior update, makes sense, but you may be right, may have not been the case. Either way, it was smoother last time.