I might be missing something, but i don't see the problem here.
Lets say i buy the account from blocktrades. So asheigh has 66K steem, which is guess is $120K.
What have i really really obtained that i couldnt get by making a new account,, purchasing $120K worth of steem and powering up.
If he were offering steep discounts on SP, i would understand the concern (id probably be getting out the old checkbook too)
But the fact is anyone with money can already have an account this big, blocktrades' willingness to sell notwithstanding.
side note, if the concern is this whale has a bunch of whale mini accounts, the reason for this is most likely that theyre mostly old miners, and its no longer profitable to run them. Miners are rewarded with steem power, so its not like he can xfer the SP out after hes done using the miner.
Im pretty sure this guy had a ton of miner accounts... cause theres a whole family of them that are just girls first names... he should turn them into catfish
hahaha just seen this comment :P !!
i would personally like to see some tweaks in regards to normal users upvotes being worth abit more to counter balance. I actually agree with most of what you say!