But Hive is celebrated as superior.
So then why aren't the other projects coming here saying "let us connect to you" instead Dan spins bullshit that Hive is "a popping island" and that bridging is a future possibility. It's rather hopeless too. Because just like someone said in another post. Steem had ability to do DeFi long ago and now that others make success with it, Hive wants to ride them coat tails.

4 years and this blockchain still doesn't know what it is our what direction it needs to take. Just speculation and selling hope to a shrinking community... AND a shrunken whale club.

That's why I call it a life line.
It's nothing definitive. Investors seek true commitment to a goal a roadmap detailing that path and past achievements proving a capable team.