I can't say that I understand all of that, but I definitely want to see Peak as a hive front-end. As for keeping a Steempeak front-end, I figure that you'll keep one there unless it becomes unviable. If I feel I need to use Steem, then I can just add easily use Steemit if you drop things there. Hive is where the communities I've come to know and love are headed, so that's where my heart lies.

Peak.network and Peaksocial.com have a nice ring for me.

I'd support a Peak witness on either network, but I don't see JS allowing anything other than his own near the top 20 to have any influence.