Remember that when you see $1 payout when hive is at $0.05, you are earning 10x more hive than a $1 payout at $0.50 hive. This is when new whales are born.

Absolutely. Since the price went down, I've earned more Hive than I did in the few years I've been here, when the price was high. The only benefit then was that one could make some money from selling them. Doing so now would be like "wasting the resources." Lol.