Me too, the utility, use-cases and the stuff I can build, have built, with Hive are WAY better than the opportunities presented by pure PoW coins. I've been working in the point of sale world since around 1993 though so I am a bit biased towards the merchant and businesses side of things.

Yeah these youtubers have traditionally made their living by relying on paypal, and patreon. Now that both of those companies are banning, shadow-banning, and even holding their funds (and i've heard of much worse), the youtubers are desperately seeking more income, but the majority of them are still thinking that all cryptos are a scam.

By getting at least 1 or 2 famous youtubers or podcasters to say publicly how much they like crypto (let alone Hive), is a really tough uphill battle because it is easier for them to just dismiss it and even poopoo crypto rather than actually looking into it for a day or so and giving it a try. The learning curve of crypto scares away a lot of people.. "the fear of the unknown".

Frame Order was the first major Influencer that I know of who made the leap to at least try Hive, and he is still with us, so that says something. Once you send and receive your funds in 3 seconds somewhere without anyone being able to stop you or make you pay fees, you're hooked. Especially once you pay a couple of bills with your Hive, that imo is when it really hits home. Hell, I can remember making over $7000 USD PER POST on steemit in the early days and that's what hooked me on the PoW/PoS hybrid of Steem and now Hive, exclusively. Granted, I still love the DEX over at Bitshares, but being able to earn Hive and spend Hive completes the economic circle which is what the world really needs right now imo.

Free of the central bankster constructs.