If we want to do this in a way that was not super sketchy, one option would be to go ahead and create all the Hive tokens that will be created in the next say 10 years and then have the reward pool be drawn from that pool similar to how the Steemit stake is being funneled into the dao at a set rate.

OHHHH, ok ok. I like this. Once these are created, we will reduce the inflation because the tokens will have already been created!

This approach:

1. instantly increases our market cap
2. “lowers” our stated inflation rate to attract investors
3. doesn’t truly lower our inflation (just the distribution model) so everyone else is happy at the same time.

Boom. 🎤