The death of steepshot.
A lot of people use this app, including me. I think its an amazing app with good ideas behind it. But unfortunately it is now completely defunct. It brought huge potential as an instagram like alternate. I feel this is an extremely import topic we need to have a discussion about. There was a MSP waves podcast with @crimsonclad discussing what we would do with our crypto when we die, following the supposed death of the quadriga CEO. Sounds morbid right? But thats the hard honest truth. What about DApps? What happens if the DApp owner(s) administrators decides to bail or suddenly disappear, what happens to the DApps and the users? What about @dsound or @partiko?
Nothing is displayed on the app except a single post from 4 days ago. They are powering down and transferring steem to another account (@korzunav). There was nothing posted about steepshot shutting down, and the sketchy transfer to an account I have never heard.
Nothing is displayed on https://alpha.steepshot.io/ empty and devoid of life.
View full image The view from @steepshot, sending to korzunav.
It definitely seems that they plan on not coming back. Although the source code is open source and available to anyone who wants to setup a server and operate it.
View full image An overview of transactions to @korzunav in the past 4 months.
After doing some further research, the account seems to be related to steepshot. Though not a lot of posts, so no real information can be discerned from just an overview.
The solution?
Why not IPFS, why not more people developing? There needs to be a core working group of developers dedicated to keeping every open source DApp alive and active. And have a small percentage of the fees go to maintaining an active development. Some sort of election system if the developers aren't doing what the users want and neglecting the DApps.
Public transparency is a bitch to those who are the most corrupt.
Final thoughts
A post started out of a gripe with steepshot shutdown. To end my rant, I encourage readers to do research into the DApps you use, get involved in their politics, if you are a developer look at/modify the code. The community should be involved in the open source DApps and have the ability to host/provide content to other users. That is the only way for a platform to withstand the long passage of time through the ups and down. Its not about the money or rewards, its about the ability for users to use
