@doriangray. You are right. Many will loose confidence in Steem with Daniel Larimer leaving the project. Why did he leave and in what manner did he leave? Did he slowly dump all his coins and then declared he is quitting when he was out of coins to dump?
This looks like another flagrant scam if you ask me. I heard Dan is a good programmer. He will regret doing it like this.
Larimer I suspect has other big things to start working on in the Cryptonomex eco system. Steemit is a piece of a big puzzle imo and everything Larimer has done will be great. You wait and see my brother. Cryptonomex is a dark horse and has created great tech.