It is sorely needed.
Silence is not golden in this case. The more information that the development team shares, at least in broad strokes, the higher the comfort level will be.
It is when months go by without communication that people start to believe the development team does not care (an absurd conclusion in my opinion but one people make).
With SMT release STEEM not only join the fabric chain but also it has proven platform with almost million userbase (e.g. Steemit, Dtube) and record transactions with its side while EOS/NEO has to prove they can deliver the product. With SMT, STEEM could (should) have advantages over other fabric chain with lofty promises but no proofs yet (e.g. userbase or DApps). STEEM also has advantage of solving the issue of distribution being the early mover and on-live for two years where is no silver bullet for fair distribution (e.g. PoW, PoS etc.) other than dilution with time.
Fabric is releasing a SMT?
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