As usual a reasonably well conceived post. The one point I might make is that Musk is already a fan of Crypto, (look at his connection to Doge Coin), I see the potential for a collaboration between Hive and Twitter. This could greatly speed up the transition to that financial system you spoke of while putting content ownership directly into the evolving system. Such a collaboration, I believe, is inevitable as blockchain continues to move forward and global finance evolves.

I know a lot of folks dream of total decentralization however human nature is such that there will always be a need for some level of centralization. We are certainly moving away from the old model of total centralization however I do not see any way in which we can ditch that element of the human condition entirely. Ancient Athens eventually realized that 'pure' democracy cannot survive once a population exceeds a certain size. This is why America is established as a democratically elected, representative Republic.

Despite this, I agree with your assessment here. It will certainly be interesting to see what emerges. I can only hope that the Hive community sees the potential I do and that our ecosystem will soon invade the Twittersphere.