Hey @ackza I see I finally get a reply from you, albeit a little heated it seems.

I don't ever recall @dan or @ned ever really explaining what happened to their fallout. @dan did leave the Steem blockchain to create a new one in EOS. I am not sure how Dan is going to fix Steem by "doing this" which I think is launching EOS Voice. If you could explain this that would be great. I really can't speak to what Steemit, inc does or doesn't do, although I do agree that they lack the degree of network support and governance that maybe the Bitcoin or Ethereum foundation do to their perspective networks. I do think that the fallout between Dan and Ned hurt the Steem blockchain tremendously, and that ultimately the Steem blockchain community was hurt the most without Dan's amazing talents to drive optimization of the blockchain.

I do apologize for saying that Dan was going to kill Steem. I think it was something that I heard or read a while ago, and looking at it now, probably confused it with a title to a post from Jeff Berwick about Dan called [Steem Co-Founder Dan Larimer On Why He Left Steem & His New Potential Ethereum Killer Cryptocurrency EOS](https://steemit.com/steem/@jeffberwick/steem-co-founder-dan-larimer-on-why-he-left-steem-and-his-new-potential-ethereum-killer-cryptocurrency-eos). I don't recall the video, but the title has "Steem" and "killer" so that is probably where that came from. I apologize for the mistake.

I do agree that it is software, but it isn't just Any software.... it is a blockchain with an online community of people. I do agree that he has no actual contractual obligation Steem, but just think how many would now feel if he suddenly had a fallout with others on the EOS platform and he decided to leave to create and work on another blockchain that wasn't EOS? I am sure you and many others would not be happy. You might not be upset or angry, but you also would not be cheering him on as he would no longer be working on EOS to work on some new blockchain.

I highly doubt this happens since Dan now is extremely crypto-wealthy with his EOS holdings, and believe me, I have no problem with him increasing his wealth status as EOS price climbs, in fact I cheer too (hint hint).
 
And yes EOS does have network congestion. I am not spreading FUD. [ EOS CPU Congestion Solved?! REX Upgrade Successful! Top 21 BPs Enacted Upgrade in Just 48 Hours](https://www.reddit.com/r/eos/comments/ejwp3p/eos_cpu_congestion_solved_rex_upgrade_successful/), and it seems that it still might be having problems for a bit longer until this gets implemented. We shall see I am on the EOS blockchain in a few hours whether it is truly fixed or we are still waiting for a month or so for this to go into effect. 

@ackza this has nothing to do with jealousy or lack of any coin that I can assure. I haven't re-staked in REX and don't plan to for now, as I know that there are currently some temp solutions via some different EOS wallets and projects but for now I am just waiting, seeing as I can't transact as I used to. I suspect I will be able to again soon but again, I will check that later tonite. 

You are right about now needing a stake in Steem in order to transact, something that is newer I believe but also as a counter against spam and other nefarious acts. 

I appreciate all you do for crypto @ackza I always see you doing all kinds of mad crypto stuff, it actually blows me away how you keep up with it all. 

Anyhow, apology accepted, and I also know you are heavily enthused about all of this so no harm no foul, all good my friend. Take care.