"With only 25-30 witnesses on Hive actually breaking even"

I'm rank #47 and make a $20 monthly profit so I think your calculations are a bit off.

"No one, NO ONE, or at least no one with any common sense, will use Hive when actual Layer 2 solutions are available on ethereum."

I mean, if you're inclined to pay inflated operations / transaction fees that are considerably slower with ETH over HIVE don't let me convince you otherwise. Go spend what is considered a decent sum of money in some places per action.

"Anyone who thinks they can "kill" ethereum or bitcoin is out of their mind."

Arguably ETH died as an actually immutable and worth while blockchain after they forked off to cover their asses after the DAO "hack". BTC won't be killed, I agree with you there.. but it will certainly be left to fade into obscurity as far greater technology is released as POW is not only wasteful but favours corporate takeover of chain security.

"Even if one did like DPoS for some insane reason"

lol, yeah DPOS has proven itself to be a hell of an experiment if one glosses over the obvious shortcomings of the system.. DPOS systems could certainly use some more thought and governance sharing going forward.

"Steem network represents the greatest consensus failure in crypto history."

It wasn't a matter of consensus failure so much as the usage of the what some would consider unfairly horded network stake created by steemit inc as a fail safe for them to be able to take over the network if need be. In a DPOS system that had a wide distribution right from the start shit like that wouldn't have been possible.

"Both STEEM and HIVE are a ticket straight down to hell."

Ah shit, now here I thought all the adultery and degenerate life choices were my plane titcket to hell.. Turns out it was my involvement in graphene based blockchain tech that sealed the deal. I'll be sure to send postcards.

"I've been seeing some absolutely delusional comments from Hive stakeholders lately," "So, here are some facts:"

You couldn't even fact check your own facts but to be fair I support your rant and FUD. This whole post made me smile a little bit after seeing how polarized you've become after the post steem/sun yuchen drama. Some of your points or arguments certainly allow for a person to latch onto where your perception of everything sits but at the end of the day the way you've written this post just makes it seem like you're doin' a rage quit pity party while at the same time accepting income from a blockchain you're trying your damndest to turn people away from.
(insert ironic trumpet noise here)

If you're honestly worried about the price trend in HIVE then you're looking at it from the wrong angle. Personally hope the price continues to dump to drive down my overall cost average on HIVE so I can hold a larger chunk of bag ready to catch next years venture capital boom that will come in on the coat tails of upcoming "killer apps" leveraging the zero cost and near instant transaction validation few if any other chains allow. If you lost cash on steem or hive I feel bad for you son, I got 99 problems but HIVE price ain't one.

All and all good rant though. Shaking out some weak hands in favour of that crypto going to someone else who isn't afraid for a 1-3 year hold until the ecosystem has a chance to build up into something formidable isn't a bad thing.

Anyways, good to see a post from you even if it was filled with whine. :D