In many ways, things could be viewed as a new start. I don't really see things like that.

Just about everything is being powered down.

Just about everything. I should be left with about 3K or a bit more HP by the end of power down.

Building up again might not be as easy as it first sounds. I don't expect there to be a Hard Fork where I get to double my stake again. At best I will be at 40% of what I was at when Hive formed. Or a bit less than the Steem I held at that time.

That being said. The future looks brighter.

It started long before the blockchain with a theory. At that time it would have to remain a theory. I have no doubt the same theory was thought of many times before I thought it.

The blockchain and technology that surrounds it, now enable the theory to work. Previous prevention, or barriers were finance and governance. These obstacles can be removed by general consensus utilising the blockchain and the tokens on the blockchain.

Currently the opportunity is ripe to be plucked from the tree of possibility. An alternative structure can be built to run alongside current systems. Integration of of both systems to work together is a natural course of events.

The biggest obstacle for change has been a consolidation of wealth. This has been extremely exaggerated over the last 200 years. With industrial age and advances in energy and technology.

There are also various other interests involved in decision making that assist beneficiaries. Inflating costs, indirectly preventing competition. Decision after decision that puts greater controls in the hands of a few.