Hey @howo thanks for the update.
What do you think about the idea to make HBD a second liquid gas token for Hive. It would act similar as eth and the other evm chains. Example a tx cost 0.01 HBD. The chain first check if you have enough rc fron hp and if not then tries with hbd. All hbd spent on gas is burned. This will allow more flexibility for anyone that want just to check things around without locking hp. Just an idea for a long term plan :)
There is already a concept like this working on other chains as luna, where you cab pay for fees in multiple native tokens.
the idea is good, I write about that a long time ago but my conclusion is, the secondary RC market will price it better than on-chain ones.
I am very afraid that it'll end up with people draining HBD out of their account. From an user experience it makes me worried. I think overall people who want to check things around without locking hp will do so by renting RC :) Once rc delegations become live, we'll probably see some market for leasing RC.
I can see how RCs will imporve the situation and overall this is not something like a top priority. Just a handy option if we can make it possible.
Another improvment would be if we can price the hive accounts creation fee in hbd instead of hive :)