Thorough and interesting read that I largely agree with. I believe the absolute key is simply growth in the userbase. While I don’t expect most casual users to purchase Hive, and drive price & demand directly; businesses will follow where the people are.

I’ve always found Waivio to be very interesting and the vision presented in your initial proposal was right in line with my own future expectations. I fully believe in influencing behavior and rewarding people through upvotes. The fact that businesses and brands could direct their ad spend into purchasing Hive Power and voting on favorable content is incredibly powerful. Hypothetically a business could increase the visibility of positive mentions of their brand, while simultaneously rewarding their customers and promoters... and feasibly end their “ad campaign” with more capital than they started with... 🤯

We just need the bodies & eyes here to add value to this attention economy.