I feel like this is something that should have been done against the steemit stake from the very start. I will take it one step further and say that:

# That **PRE-MINED** stake does not represent governance rights, it has always been an attack vector against the the true governance rights of the community.

I have read the comments from some of the detractors in regard to censorship and I understand them.  I disagree.  The reason I disagree is that the original intent of this stake was made clear.  It was to be used as a funding source only, and would not be used for governance.  That expectation of this stake continues regardless whether or not that stake was sold as part of the Steemit Inc. purchase.

Steemit, by their own definition, does not qualify as a stakeholder in terms of governance.  Steemit being sold to Justin Sun doesn't absolve them of this compact they made with the community.

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That being said.  I am a man of my word, and this was the exact kind of signal I was looking for to restore confidence in this endeavor we call STEEM.  

# I am therefore halting my powerdown, and will continue to accumulate STEEM and participate as previously.

There are no guarantees in life,  but this sends a clear message that the STEEM community does not want a TRX-powered Publish0x clone, which I believe would have been the end result of a Tron-powered STEEM.

Thanks to all involved for finally enforcing the covenant to which we have all relied and agreed on.  I hope in time, that inflation, sales, and airdrops will render this measure moot.