Id' love for someone to tell me where the dollar value from hive and HBD comes from outside of just speculation being that there's zero fees on the chain and zero ad revenue. Then explain to me how without those things hive would survive rewarding content when it has nothing dollar wise to subsidize it outside of what investors have put in or keep putting into hive. (This is not a shot it's a legitimate question and concern of mine that I would like to understand others viewpoints on and see what things really need to be done to continue to add value)
I've talked about this a lot.
3 pillars. Distributed database = censorship resistance = value.
Min validator count of 20 + backups = small amount of inflation for security and distribution = no fees needed.
No fees = superior product.
Hive dollars, instantly send a dollar anywhere in the world for free. = value
Basically, when push comes to shove most chains can and will be censored through their premines and VC backed infrastructure. Thus, they have no real value.
If Hive can preserve true censorship resistance, well that has value. How much value? We shall see.
I need someone to AI my content so you can just ask these questions and get better answers, because it takes a book to understand (which me and matt wrote one actually) so hard to give an informed answer without writing a ton.