I have a different perspective on this. There are zero sum trades that require winners and losers and then there are mutually beneficial trades where both people win.

For example, I think investing in stocks are mutually beneficial trades because if you are the buyer you get some stock and if you are the seller you get some cash. Win win.

Option contracts are zero sum trades. There is 1 winner and 1 loser.

Most of crypto is zero sum trades. I think Hive "can" be one of the exceptions but I want to put an emphasis on "can."

In my opinion, Hive can be a mutually beneficial trade if people are investing in the ecosystem vs trading the token. There is a difference between trading and investing.

So it really just depends on what the average stakeholder is doing. Not all stakeholders but stakeholders on average. In my opinion anyways. 😅