Steem to Freeze Another $5M in Tokens Associated With Hive Supporters

The controversy surrounding Justin Sun’s handling of the Steem (STEEM) network continues to grow, with Steem moving to freeze another $5 million in tokens held by dissident Steemit witnesses and stakeholders. Network validators — called ‘witnesses’ — associated with Sun have sanctioned the move to freeze 23.6 million in STEEM tokens, accusing the account holders of posing an existential threat to the Steem network.

However, critics claim the hard fork vindictively punishes users who opposed the Tron founder’s takeover and supported the Hive hard fork in March — a community led-fork that froze the founder’s reward Sun acquired alongside Steemit, excluding him from the new network. In an interview with Joind, current Steem witness Triple A accused the account holders targeted by the fork of “spreading fake news,” “writing offensive and pointless spam comments,” and “publicly attacking users, collecting personal information, and threatening murder.”

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