I agree with everything you have written here, and that doesn't always happen, so good job my man, lol.

We definitely need a base level AMM liquidity pool instead of bonds. I get the idea of a time lock, but it would HAVE to be an option. Say something like a higher APY or something for staking longer, but certainly have an option to get out immediately. I get the 'security' aspect of it, but I was also locked into 14 day pools with LUNA/UST, ATOM/UST, and OSMO/UST earning some crazy yield when that ponzi bubble popped and I lost over six figures, so I would say it's more of a PTSD thing for me, lol.

Hell, I am one that really doesn't care for the 13 week power down model of Hive. I would like to see an option for a 4 week or 1 week power down with a fee or something. But I know, I am going down a whole other rabbit hole there.