Yep. Totally and completely. As far as I know, there's nothing else involved.

I agree. HIVE has been doing a better job, especially within the last few months, of getting a greater variety of content up there. We still are little HIVE or crypto-centric, but I guess that's the way it's going to be while we're waiting for "the masses."

I'm not quite halfway to Orca, and that still looks a long way off. Like you say, though, who knows. I didn't think I'd be this far now, but a new blockchain later and voila. :)