It's hard to pinpoint exactly where we are on this graph. I would think that we have past the innovators zone and are in the early stages of the early adaptors segment. Some people might argue that we have past this too but most of the tech behind crypto and blockchain is still so far form user friendly that the majority of people haven't touched it.
The earliest innovators behind all of this tech have already made their money. As the early adaptors here now, we stand to do the same if we back the right crypto's. This is still in the zone where I expect people to make large numbers. 100x on their original investments. Life changing money. Money like backing Facebook or Instagram in the earliest days while everything was still being built.
You can still invest in these companies now but their price is so high and so steady that there are minimal gains to be had.
There are gatekeepers to all of the existing platforms and services. People who say whether you are allowed to make money or not. If it's content, there are moderators that decide who can post what. If it's sales there are terms and agreements that you must follow to take part. The money is very structured and while some of the top earners make a lot of money. The lions share goes back to the top guys in the company and it's shareholders. The early investors. These are the people who make the most from any project and the rest of us are left to beg at their table.
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Just look at the rich list and see who has the most tokens. Your earliest adopters and stakeholders. Myself included thankfully. Not everybody will hold to the end and some people can still buy in at a low price but those days are fast reaching the end. If the token price is $1 next year then we have already had a 50x. And to reach $10 there is only 10x from there. I've bought a lot of LEO but I've also earned a lot too. My delegation of 20K Hive power used to earn 200 LEO a day. Now it's 28. That was a huge advantage over the next wave of users. Sure the price is higher now but I've already got the tokens in my wallet, gaining in value.
At $10 I will be able to live form the curation rewards alone. That's the benefit that comes form being early in any project.
This is where micro earning comes into play. Most people wont be part of the early adopters for any project. Very few are.
What they will be able to do is earn small amounts from multiple sources. If the normal user can earn $10 per week from their app isn't that a great result? If they can do this from 5 apps isn't it a nice bonus to their wages? I think so. $50 a week would be $2600 for the year. You can do a lot with that kind of money. Especially if it's earned form doing what you are doing every day anyway.
This will be the main difference between legacy apps and the next wave of crypto backed apps.
@liketu. $10 from comments and posts.
@splinterlands for earnings.It doesn't take much of a stretch to see this happening.
The tech isn't quite ready for large scale adoption yet but now is the time for early adopters to position themselves to make the big money. Then when the rest of the people join the party they can take part in the micro earning culture that we will see formed around a crypto payment system and tokenized rewards.
It's up to the apps now to build a seamless web2 experience so that users can join in the next phase of growth. Easy onboarding, simple interfaces and generate enough revenue to to fund their tokens. If it's easy and fun then people will come.
