If only we all knew what was in store for the world of crypto post 2017. My steem is nowhere near 10k but even I was impressed that at one point my measly amount was worth a few 1000 dollars. Its like you said though hindsight is 20/20 and who knows what would have happened if we cashed out then. Would we be better off? Who can say? "The dice has been cast." We can only go forward now.
With Hive it feels like we all have a second chance.
Going on those I know who did cash out, at least they don't seem to be any better off. If you sold Steem at 5 dollars, but have less Steem even though it hit 9 cents, what does that say? that is 1/50th the value of what you sold, so 2% of the gains would have bought the same amount of what you had sold.
Most will likely squander it, thinking there will be a third and fourth chance.
Hahaha You're probably right. Most will take the short sighted route and cash in some free tokens. I have a good feeling about hive though :)
Hopefully, your good feeling works out for us all :)