I dare to say that Steem doesn't need "investors". It needs applications that leverage the natural use case for the base token...resource credits.

Those applications need to appeal to the mainstream users. If we had applications that need 5-10 vested steem per user then the supply would dry up and the market forces would start to kick in.

And when I say mainstream I mean millions of users.

It's actually very "simple", we don't need rent seeking so called investors. We need entrepreneurs that are able to take advantage of the properties of this blockchain for real world use cases.

In my view steem power is just a vehicle that can help such businesses operate and in the process appreciate the value of the token.