RE: HIVE Tokenomics Many Important Things Need To Be Addressed
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The irony is that a lot of what’s framed here as reckless spending is actually the cost of pretending this thing is alive. Cutting incentives, cutting visibility, cutting reasons to stay does reduce inflation. It also reduces everything else. You don’t fix a leaking bucket by congratulating yourself for pouring less water in while the hole stays open.
The bucket is leaking because Hive mints value before it proves demand.
The solution (the part nobody wants to say) is boring, uncomfortable, and politically toxic.
Move rewards and funding from entitlement to conditional performance.
Concrete examples:
– Proposals that unlock funds in tranches only after verifiable outcomes
– Automatic downgrade or expiration of recurring payouts
– Visibility rewards tied to external usage, not internal applause
– Reputation that decays without ongoing contribution
– Soft caps that scale with real demand, not social standing
Less social policing, more mechanical enforcement
In short:
pay for results and not for "presence".
The reason this doesn't happen is because it would threaten the incumbents, break social alliances at the top, reduce free money for popular actors, remove plausible deniability,and force people to justify their continued extraction. But instead, "the system" chooses austerity for everyone else.
The solution isn't complex, it's just... inconvenient. That’s why the debate never goes where it needs to go.
This had got to a point where things need to be addressed or those who have invested into HIVE and are earning HIVE will have no value left. The individualist mindset cannot continue along this path as it is self destructive long term and this is more about community and making something work they way it should that is inclusive of everyone. I am rightly concerned and why I voiced my concerns not to create a problem or upset anyone in the process, but more about stating the obvious and lets find a way to fix this before it is broken.
You’re right to be concerned, and I agree this isn’t about attacking individuals. My point is that “community” only works when incentives are aligned with outcomes. If we keep funding presence/vibes/popularity instead of results, we end up protecting the system from accountability rather than protecting the value people are investing their time and money into.