Just some probably naive comments, but as a new Hive user I feel that some of this is in place already - I admit I don't fully understand things yet but it seems I'm having a Web2 experience by using keychain to login and using the websites to see my balance etc. - I bought a Hive account from Blocktrades so they are like a custodian and IMO I don't have the privacy I expected from a blockchain as my private key isn't what I consider private. there is also the necessity (as I found out) to purchase some Hive and then Power Up to have the ability to comment etc. - this may seem obvious to accustomed Hive users but it is like a debt we have to go into already, personally I really like the explore aspect of Hive and can imagine in a few years an exponential increase in the diversity of content. I like your article.