'sif they will accept any PR I were to put up anyway. Pretty sure I'll get that neat little error for any attempt to contribute.

The problem is how you approach people, they don't have to contribute with you if they don't like you.

As for forking, from a technical perspective, steemd is a nightmare. If you've ever actually tried to work with it, you would know what I mean.

You can still fork it.

Your work looks very promising, I will be following you, I'm sorry you've had problems with the developers, but I've always been for competition, nothing makes people switch into high gear like someone beating them at their own game.