There is actually no significant incentive to stake Hive.

3% APY is literally a joke for a halfway serious investor.

If you add the less than 10% APY that would accrue in a proper curation¹ in a decent and honest environment (neither of which apply to Hive), you'd come to (I'll be generous) a maximum of 15% APY for Hive staking.

That's not an incentive. It really isn't.

And 13 weeks for a powerdown (the topic has been discussed on Hive many times) is also completely out of the question in a highly dynamic environment.

Surely there will be understandable reasons why APY and powerdown are the way they are. But for me, as a small fish who looks at things from his ego perspective, it's clear that Hive staking is not a particularly smart way to grow into Hive. There are other (and possibly even better) alternatives.

¹ Mentioned only in an aside, but still referencable imho: https://www.1up.zone/@uyobong/usd3-12-worth-of-single-upvote-generated-from-7-hive-engine-tokens-no-3-is-shocking