11:00 A monkey picking another monkey's eyelid will throw anybody off, but your energy does not get thrown off.
21:50 HIVE already has great utility as it is. It works very well for sending and receiving value, but people want to move the magic internet money that they know (Dash, LTC, Bitcoin...) All of which have larger and more recognized brands than HIVE.
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When it comes to decentralization, HIVE is moving in the right direction, but we need, at the very least, ~300 orcas with 100,000 HP each with varying opinions, willing to vote on DHF and governance. We don't have to agree, but we need a larger, active middle class. LTC's founder, Charlie Lee, also sold a large part of his coins which he mined fairly just so he didn't remain a large stakeholder. Could we talk to some large whales to do an OTC deal with the community in the name of decentralization?
You talk about people not having to buy $HIVE and $HBD; they can earn in. This is true, but isn't it also true that having skin in the game also makes you a hard-core, committed Hivean?
Good to hear your voice and thoughts again, Dan.
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