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I think there are statistics for that. But remember that whales hold the most risk, as they need to power up the stake in order to earn with it, while dolphins, minnows & red-fish hold the least risk.

well more stake more risk or more gain, that is how it works.
than there is a question of is Dan's risk and freedom risk the same, but that is totally unrelated question.

you just came from the standpoint of small accounts just sell and they don't care, but i think you are wrong, i think most of accounts that got to dolphins and "survived" here for few years care as much as whales do. most of the red-fish have no idea what is going on, they just swim randomly and part of them will learn.

again i am a noob in this, so i have no idea should hive go to just witnesses and stakeholders and move rewards to second layer. From people who wrote about it, think that is the road map (maybe not officially).
What will happen with social network part of hive if that happens i don't know. will app owners, community owners be more motivated to make things work, will content creators stop posting because HMT? will have no value and everything will start from beginning... do developers even care about that?