The problem of such a system. From my vague point of view and from my ignorance.
We would all have to start mining; and that reduces the number of Steemit users.
For a minimum of users, those with technological knowledge? And that they should also feel the project as their own, to see how they get involved in it.
It would not be much simpler. Simplify everything to the fullest, try to win users in bulk. Clean the visual face of the platform. Insert ads and pay witnesses with your money for honest maintenance. If necessary.
Talk to witnesses and promote changing the way you donate the Steem Power. Support more new users and fight because they become continuous time users.
It offers a platform with better content for them.
You have to try something new ... And although there are still 100 voices of witnesses who defend their small interests.
It seems that it is impossible for the platform to float again.
Not to mention the visual damage and marketing that all that does. The feeling of a flimsy project is transmitted, for every pore of Steemit. For each witness that opens a new "spectator" or "fork" (steam peak, busy, etc., etc., etc.)
I have been in Steemit for two years.
They have been making changes almost compulsively all this time, I don't see the improvement anywhere.
Maybe. It is time to look for an alternative path, or not..