I however don't think we'll see them do something similar this year. They must have noticed that there isn't much community support for such an event. You'll only see so called Bitcoin maximalists bark on social media, but I'm quite sure they aren't withdrawing funds themselves.
nobody in the community cares about this event because it is very flawed, verging on idiotic.
it is one thing to tell newbies not to "store" their coins with third parties when they don't control the keys, but it is another to tell "everyone" including traders to stop trading and pull their coins out of exchanges for no reason!
it is like telling everyone not to go out of the house because they may have a car accident!!!
Nobody is saying to stop trading completely, or to disavow from all exchanges.
Proof of Keys suggests to withdraw from exchanges, sure -- but does not say to do so permanently, nor to stop trading.
The particular undertaking I'm advocating for is a lot more specific.
The fact "nobody cares" (which isn't true -- this has gotten a fair bit of traction, but perhaps you're remarking on the ratio of interest on this topic relative to moonlamboprice talk) is a problem in the industry.
Your analogy has zero foundation.