It is by definition not stealing if we pay people based on their proposal.

I do not have the power to change the standard of how DHF proposals are made. The only people who can do that are the people actually making the proposals.

I think the current reaction by many people on chain to try to "shut down" or inhibit the DHF and HBD is a knee jerk reaction based on emotion as opposed to logic. This is my opinion and it is always possible I am wrong.

I think the DHF and HBD work very well in function. It is easy to support or not support things on the DHF and easy to support the return proposal.

Some people are frustrated with how the DHF operates and the return proposal has been going up. Things that historically easily got funded are now no where close to being funded.

The ecosystem naturally tries to defend itself. There is a clear correlation between HIVE price performance and DHF funding; this is really interesting and unique in crypto world in my opinion.

The world is in hard times; not just HIVE.

Things might feel “hopeless” but there are plenty of signals that show we have the ability to head in the right direction.

Signals are not enough though. I cannot DO anything on HIVE except power up and talk. This makes me one of you because we share this commonality.

I do not recommend people power up unless they are doing it for the right reasons and it makes sense for them financially. This is not financial advice but how I operate.

The reasons to power up WILL be different for each person.

Happy New Year!!!