Hey, @bashadow.
You would think that investors would like to see some upward price movement. We've been trending sideways or down for so long if they wanted to buy in at low prices they would have done it by now. As it is, I'm conflicted about big investors, or institutional investing anyway. There will be governance issues either way, and regulatory issues that I don't think are in the best interests of any cryptocurrency that actually intends to be used as currency rather than just as an appreciable asset or investment.
re: HIVE
I think you're one of the few people who have actually said HIVE or STEEM before it is actually social. I believe it to be so, too, but the community does a lot of its socializing off the platform, in Discord. Still, as a community its all of those things you say it is, and much better than Twitter for sure, and while I think Facebook is better than Twitter, both have their censorship issues, not to mention what they do with user data and posts.
re: time
Yeah. I'm getting impatient in my middle age. :) There's a lot of good things going. I tried to acknowledge that. There needs to be a balance. All of that work needs to be done AND there needs to be more people to use it.
Unfortunately, people aren't going to see what's under the hood. They're just going to expect that it all work. What they will see are the front ends, and while there are some that are truly trying to create a better user experience, all of what you mentioned and more needs to come to pass.
re: price
It amazes me that three years in I'm willing to settle for something still under a buck, as long as it's at least 75 cents. :)
I actually do see growth for Hive as a currency and as a social platform. We are one Hard Fork away from being completely severed with the past called steem. When we get our own decaying witness selection retention process I think that is when we will see Hive making gains to around $1.50. I look at the gains and the inroads that apps like PeakD, and LeoFinance, and MSP waves radio, are doing, and then the increased use of and general liking of the NFT showrooms for artist, we are getting some real use cases for the people that have and use and enjoy Hive.
There has been no rush to fix what is not really broken, it may not work perfect but the reward pool does work. Every hardfork prior to Hives first stand-alone Hard fork on steem seemed to be attempts to fix and jury-rig the reward pool. I just hope the people of Hive can continue to avoid that until everything has a more solid foundation. Something that prospective developers can count on not changing every 2 or 3 months.
I think Hive will be at or very close to it's ATH on the first anniversary, and we should be very close to settling the witness selection and retention system by then.