Thanks again @oldtimer. I read and commented on @dragosroua's posts about this and also took the time to read the whole rest of the white paper which actually answered this question directly.

I made a follow up post with what I think is the answer to this question based on what is written in the white paper here: https://steemit.com/steem/@yabapmatt/how-will-smts-send-steem-to-the-moon