Hey, @bashadow.

You would think that investors would like to see some upward price movement. We've been trending sideways or down for so long if they wanted to buy in at low prices they would have done it by now. As it is, I'm conflicted about big investors, or institutional investing anyway. There will be governance issues either way, and regulatory issues that I don't think are in the best interests of any cryptocurrency that actually intends to be used as currency rather than just as an appreciable asset or investment.

re: HIVE

I think you're one of the few people who have actually said HIVE or STEEM before it is actually social. I believe it to be so, too, but the community does a lot of its socializing off the platform, in Discord. Still, as a community its all of those things you say it is, and much better than Twitter for sure, and while I think Facebook is better than Twitter, both have their censorship issues, not to mention what they do with user data and posts.

re: time

Yeah. I'm getting impatient in my middle age. :) There's a lot of good things going. I tried to acknowledge that. There needs to be a balance. All of that work needs to be done AND there needs to be more people to use it.

Unfortunately, people aren't going to see what's under the hood. They're just going to expect that it all work. What they will see are the front ends, and while there are some that are truly trying to create a better user experience, all of what you mentioned and more needs to come to pass.

re: price

It amazes me that three years in I'm willing to settle for something still under a buck, as long as it's at least 75 cents. :)