It was indeed. That's an overkill in my opinion. The two-year powerdown forces stakeholders to choose with how much they want to control the inflation and with how much they want to trade with and make

That is changing. We are seeing innovation in this area whereby the potential exists to monetize everything someone does. In the past I used the idea of monetizing going to the bathroom. Human waste has

You're absolutely right about the threats you mentioned if/when HIVE goes up 10x to 100x. The feature set we already have is pretty awesome and exceptional in the blockchain space. Pseudonymity and privacy

Enjoying it means the ability to buy HIVE at a discount with your author rewards, which you can opt to receive 50% in HBD. That's a hidden tax on speculation on HBD.

It would be prudent to not split the funds by direct on-chain transfers from one account to another because they're too easy to follow.

This is a very good write-up! The long powerdown is an important security feature not only for chain security but for individual users as well. Suppose you leak your password and criminals get access to

Naysayers are important also because true price discovery is impossible without all viewpoints being taken into account.

I think we can conclude that the media is clueless or clickwhoring, which does not preclude cluelessness.

Software engineering is a prime example of what accelerating technological gains are essentially about. Each newer generation of tools will usually be more powerful than the previous one, which leads to

There are many ways in which technologies and economic factors converge. Consider, for example, that the sheer number of engineers and scientists has gone up tremendously only in the last 20 years. Not

The halving cycles would put the most likely time for the peak in early October. But you never know.

At least there's usually a narrative making up a value proposition. For instance, BTC is seen as an inflation hedge/stored of value going forward. HIVE is the main utility token on the Hive blockchain

That is a really good question. I have a forever HODL stack that I'm not touching or at least I'm prepared not to touch unless BTC touches a really absurd level. @louisthomas has good material on this

You may be right. It will be most interesting to see how the institutionals will handle the bear market after the big crash in the second half of this year. I agree on the altcoins. Investing in some

Underlying all this are the accelerating gains from technological development. Few people are able to clearly see this. Non-linear changes are difficult for humans to grasp.

Certainly not anywhere near the market cycle top. BTC is running away from exchanges en masse. Heavy accumulation. Halvening cycle theory suggests the top is probably around 7-8 months away.

Most of the volume is on Upbit in South Korea. Hive is going up on the dime of crazy Korean speculators again. They're buying it in hopes of a big pump (by greater fools). The token has no other use case

I recently watched a video interview of Cathy Wood, the founder and CEO of Ark Invest. What she brought up was the idea of what industries might be in harms way next. People say investing in disruptive

Supply on exchanges is definitely something to keep an eye on. Keep us posted when the time comes.

Yes, that's one of the use cases of blockchain.