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Basically, Ned sold out, and Justin bought.  It was a legitimate purchase of an illegitimate stake on the STEEM blockchain.  Welcome to the upgrade, from Steemit to Steemi.  

<h1>Ned Gave Us A Hint</h1>

Ned basically gave us a little clue at the beginning of the AMA (ask me anything):

>Obviously, yesterday was a little crazy, announcing basically Steemit has partnered with Tron.  I basically sold all my shares of the company, I absolutely sold all shares in the company and it's `moving on to a new place` and it's going to be evolving and it's super exciting.

The new place is Tron.  It's just a matter of time.

<h1>Moving on to a New Place</h1>

Some say Justin struck first by declaring on Twitter that he's moving dapps to the tron blockchain and issuing steem token swaps.  

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Then he backtracked and assured everyone on the AMA with Ned that he would support the STEEM chain, but then when asked this:

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>" ...at least for now we don't have any plan to use our stake to vote for the content or the witness"

<h1>At Least For Now</h1>

This was the beginning of the whole mess.  It came down to the witnesses' interpretation of four words:  "at least for now".  They believed he plans to vote out the witnesses... just not now.    So they flipped out and implemented the soft-fork, preventing Justin from using his stake that he purchased with real dollars and the rest is history.

So did Justin really strike first?  The witnesses clearly believed that a "hostile takeover" was imminent.  Before they knew it, a hostile takeover happened.   Self-fulfilling.

What do you think?  Did the witnesses force his hand?  Was he planning a hostile take over and assimilation into Tron? 

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