HIVE isnt only for creators // The investment side of things.

For as long as i know HIVE has been promoted as a Mecca for content creators, which it is :), but at the same time i feel we have sidelined the investment side of things.

That prolly stems from the fact that there are much more users then investors out there so we cast a wider net.
Not saying its wrong, not saying i havent done it, im just saying that we should flip a switch now in our minds and start reaching out towards the crypto world with the advantages of being invested in HIVE while at the same time working on our own shortcomings.

Our strengths are pretty obvious.

A Die hard community of versatile and driven individuals that "takes no shit" and stands for true crypto values. Free 3 second transactions, huge tx/s potential, community driven decentralized chain, real engagement, real people.
These are known things. But theres also the massive potential for passive income. Curation that offers large returns. Ive seen it go up to 25%-30%. Dlease delegation market.

2 days ago i posted a tweet with my portfolio. Its not a big portfolio by any means but a few folks chimed in and discussed a few things. There is this crypto vlogger i follow that chimed in with something i think we forgot about during all these TRON dramas.
13 weeks is just too long. Now, ofc he isnt a major investor but i wanted to showcase his opinion since i see it as the first thing anyone in crypto will notice.

Now, its important to note that while other coins might have staking like HIVE does, due to the social aspect of hive, the value staking provides to you as a staker goes beyond that of your APR, 2% + curation 10%-30%...
While HIVE apr is the largest or among the largest in crypto you have chains like EOS that come close to our average through exchange staking. While EOS, the chain, might provide something like 1% APR the exchanges like Binance offer up to 8% for 4 weeks which comes close to HIVE apr. In the end a investor will mostly care about the numbers.

The issue i think we are facing is the staking length and how rigid the staking is. Before Steemit was purchased i was in favor of a reduced powerdown time. Those discussions were later sidelined. Now, we could do what steemitron did and go with 4 weeks, that would be fine, but what i think we should do is be more flexible.
There were a lot of good ideas during the discussions and weve seen some unique staking methods on other chains as well.
HEX for example. Looking at it overall, HEX is just a inflationary token with no use case but it does have a interesting staking model.
You pick the staking length and can cancel the staking at any time for a fee that can become very large depending on your original staking length.

Im not saying that is the way to go for us but ideas like this should be looked at. Security has been an issue for a lot of Hive investors but i always considered the risks to be inflated a bit. Unfortunately (fortunately) Hive generally isnt something you just buy and leave in some wallet somewhere and never use like is the case with 99% of tokens, its used, and when something is used as much as Hive is, security can become an issue.
I think both things should be developed side by side when wer considering a change in the staking model

A creator gets 50% of their rewards liquid after 7 days. Investors wait 13 weeks. Its time to think about how we can get those times closer together.

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