After what ended up amounting to an interesting experiment and a somewhat demoralizing shakeup within the HIVE developer community for a bit there, it seems that steps have begun to be taken to restore a sustainable equilibrium between developers funding and the HBD Stabilizer experiment after a tense number of weeks filled with uncertainty amongst the community. Prior to a few days ago, basically the entirety if not all of the DHF/DAO daily HBD funding allowance was being used to fuel the HBD Stabilizer experiment, which lead to developer proposals regardless of being located above the payout threshold line not being eligible nor receiving funding due to proposals above it belonging to HBD Stabilizer utilizing the entirety of funding taking precedence. Glad to report that DHF funding is once again finding its way to our development group.

DHF Funding and The Future of HIVE

Now while the dust of this whole situation begins to clear the room it needs to be put forward that I don't truly believe that the HBD Stabilizer experiment was put in place and supported by the governing stakeholders in order to enrich themselves, but rather served as an experimental attempt at wrangling the peg price which wasn't particularly effective but that as a side effect of it's action did some good in regards to "refueling" the funds within the DHF/DAO present here on HIVE. As a community it is vital to keep replenishing the DHF/DAO fund in order to be able to support the individuals within the developer community that lack their own personal funds to offset what can sometimes be lengthy R&D cycles put into projects before they are completed and begin to provide income for said developer. While I have my doubts on if the top tier stakeholders will ever consider supporting my own project proposals in the future due to me being extremely vocal against their decision making and possible motives, it's quite a weight off my chest to see that DHF funds being rerouted back into the developer communities pockets where it's most needed.

As we move forward it's something to keep in the back of all of our minds, the fact that in order for HIVE as a network to succeed it needs to have not only a numerous userbase, attractive use cases to drive demand and proper marketing, but also a dedicated core developer group, as well as a greater 3rd party / non-core developer group responsible for building and operating prior mentioned use cases to drive demand.

A network without a compelling reason to purchase it's currency not only serves to act as a drain of prosperity and time, but ultimately serves to effectively prove all involved as fools for not focusing on the various aspects required to make a network such as HIVE not only sustainable long term but also profitable for all involved, not just those at the top percentiles of token / coin holding. If and when a system is setup and exists that's action directly or indirectly serves to extract wealth and time from its users and transfer it to any entity besides the greater community, then said system will always end up collapsing due to the fact that neither wealth nor time are infinite assets and will eventually be exhausted if not reinvested towards the source. The DHF/DAO here on HIVE is no exception to this reality and I hope to see a shift towards sustainability being baked in to successful proposals in the form of revenue generated by projects seed funded by DHF in some percentage being pumped back into it.

A Golden Thorn Stuck Waaaaay Up HIVE's Ass

I am not the most respected, talented nor appreciated member of the developer group active here on HIVE. If you took a poll amongst the top 20 you'd likely find that a pretty decent percentage think of me as some over-opinionated loose cannon asshole, perhaps they are correct. Arguably some would consider me to be the pond scum that floats on top of the developer pond which the others swim amongst each other in.

However, regardless of how large stake holders (or anyone for that matter) perceive me or tend to think of me as, that doesn't negate the fact that not only was I the first developer in our community to prototype the idea of implementing permanent DHF sustainability payments, paid for via future project revenue into DHF from their upcoming service, but also one of, if not the only (I'm sure I wasn't though) developer to publicly say to hell with silence and complacency towards the decision making of the top tier stake holders proceeded by launching a campaign that less than eloquently raised the issue to those responsible for putting the HBD Stabilizer experiment priority ahead of the development community support.

If this had any effect beyond me getting yelled at and it being hinted at that I'm retarded.. I cannot say for sure, but seeing that developers on HIVE today are once again getting paid, regardless of if my actions had anything to do with it, served the intended purpose that expressing the concerns myself and the community had hoped to achieve. The title of this section sort of says it all..

While I might not be the most popular amongst those in power due to taking my crude method of communication of concerns personally or simply viewing me as a threat to their business or power it stands true to say that I'm bringing forward good things here and actively working towards making our ecosystem not only sustainable but competitive against other crypto networks on the market.

Between the soon to begin testing Hive.Loans service which will all but erase the powered up HIVE liquidity issue caused by having to wait 13 weeks for a powerdown, ultimately side stepping what in my opinion was from the start an incredible deterrent to outside capital investment, to the introduction of sustainability of the DHF fund through projects tithing back some percentage of future revenue, to my Hive Smart Chain project that will not only bring industry standard smart contract support to HIVE but actually make it competitive in todays crypto ecosystem... it's not like I'm some absolute shitbrains troll here harassing people for no reason other then to get a boner or cause chaos, I'm bringing change, innovation, talent all while trying to fix shit around here that were long held as things we were simply expected to accept and not question.

And if that isn't worth supporting just because at some point I was questioning whatever motives or justification someone or some group had, and they took it personally and got soured resulting in them deciding they'd no longer support me in some lame attempt to starve me out and force me to go to another community... then that's their own ego or butthurt standing in the way of our entire communities future growth all the while them failing to realizing exactly how god damn important it is to have out of the box maverick innovators in your ecosystem, even if they are downright asinine or going off on things in a mis-informed or incorrect way at times.

Love me or Hate me.. That's fine, the amount of fucks I give about what people think of me is null. But at the end of the day, even after all this, and it should really go without saying but I'm gonna re-iterate it again: if you don't support developers, innovators and inventors.. you know, the sort of people who ultimately are not only passionately dedicated to the network and community but who also are able to bring far more value both in terms of generating completely paradigm shifting ideas and the ability to code them into useable services than some comfy whale whose beyond the point of being hungry enough to be truly innovative.. Then you're ultimately letting your own egos and ability to power trip and dictate who will be a success blind you, all the while hurting the whole community and effectively barring everyone from the benefits this absolute fucking gold mine of talent and future potential you've got currently on HIVE will yield.. And that's just god damn silly no matter who you are or how big your stake is.

With all this being said, I'm glad the development group here on HIVE is getting paid again. Developers are effectively the ones at the end of the day that will build use cases that give people a reason to buy or hold HIVE.. And without a fleet of developers building and innovating there will be next to no reason for anyone to buy HIVE or find justification in investing their capital into this shit, because as it sits HIVE isn't particularily attractive nor compelling to buy.. But there are people working towards flipping the tables on that, you just have to support them and let them in turn support creation of demand. It's stupidly simple concept, costs basically nothing out of pocket due to DHF footing the bill and ultimately ends in the entire ecosystem as a whole benefitting from the largest whale right down to the brand new noob account. If we could muster up support to dump $50K a day into the god damn markets to pump the price or wrangle the HBD peg or whatever, why doesn't $50K a day get thrown at project development which is almost certainly going to produce waaaaay more value..? Seems like a fuckin' no brainer to me.

Put any ego or hurt feelings aside, and invest into our developer community if you want to help HIVE thrive. .

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