This is one more reason I say the whole Justin Sun mess was for the better. We have almost twice the amount of SP voting for witnesses and now the devs are showing off what the power of the community is. All of this will make STEEM look like one of the most decentralized blockchains on the plant.

I was going to Hunt this. But you beat me to it. These articles will help the readers know more about the project and the situation surrounding it:

https://steemit.com/steem/@blocktrades/why-i-won-t-be-compromising-with-justin-sun
https://steemit.com/communityfork/@hiveio/announcing-the-launch-of-hive-blockchain