the new beginning that Steem so desperately needs.

I'm calling bs on that, other than stinc not delivering smteees! and 'communities' being better than nothing at all for the true belibers that are currently holding Ned, et al,'s bags, we were progressing just fine after we forced HF 21 onto the chain.
Delivering long promised code that has already been paid for is supposed to be par for the course, not super amazingly, stupendously, death defying lying to us about the reality behind the curtain, eh?

could help Steem and TRON explode into the mainstream

Unlikely.
Honest, responsive leadership will do much more for us, IMO.

Who sets the exchange rates on these 'atomic' swaps?