Rant? I see my posts on this topic over the years more as analysis of the data, with a personal anecdote added to provide flavour and perspective to the facts. Perhaps you would understand my position better if you knew that I'm not an investor, in fact for the most part I don't like investing or people who invest. I'm a monetary theorist, and also somebody who believes in savings (a store of value) like gold/silver. I've also got some of my meager savings in crypto, but as I've explained, that was mostly lost through my participation in the Steem/Hive blockchain.

I'm not trying to make profits, though. I'm trying to preserve my purchasing power. If what I'm holding appreciates in relation to other currencies, fine, but that's not my main goal. But am I retaining purchasing power? Despite adding value through my content full-time, where 3 years ago I had enough to buy a used car full of food and equipment, now I have enough to buy a bicycle and backback. 3 years ago I had enough to buy a few ounces of gold, now I've got enough to buy a half ounce. No, I haven't preserved my savings. I had it in the wrong currency.

As for LEO I don't own any, so have not participated in this recent run-up in price.

More than simple rants, perhaps my posts will help others make informed decisions. For example, maybe people who believe the myth "it has to bottom some time" will read this and come to their senses. Unless someone can provide some evidence for that statement, in my opinion, there is NOTHING stopping the price and/or value of HIVE from dropping by 90%, every year, forever. It can always lose another 90%, and we can always add more decimal places and zeroes. There may actually never be a good time to buy/hold/earn HIVE, and it may be like a hot potato that is forever bleeding away purchasing power. So far we've seen nothing to indicate otherwise.

Trust me, I'd love to be proven wrong. When I transferred in, HIVE was nearing $10, and the common belief was that next bull run would see $100. It has been a nonstop bloodbath ever since. EVERYTHING has done better than HIVE, even completely unknown garbage tokens with no infrastructure or community.

But if $100 ever happens, even if I don't earn another token from today, I've already got 10k which would be $1 million USD. So yes, I'd love for things to turn around at some point, believe me :))