I also feel it is just work on the back end.
Don’t freak out. Just do like you said and check the blockchain on steemworld.
As long as your funds are on the blockchain you are fine.
Also I feel there a lot of new apps on the steem blockchain (steepshot dtube dlive dporn MinnowBooster ) to name a few.
All of these take bandwidth.
But I would love to believe it is for SMT’s or Hive.
I think both will help authors to be discovered.
Absolutely! I really feel that it has something to do with all of the new things going on in the backend. Nothing to worry about. Just gotta be patient during this time of growth. :)