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  1. While there are easily gained rewards it will always be a cat & mouse game. If the rewards are on an SMT, the game changes as a new investor doesn't have to flag abuse, create posts, and curate to just maintain their current relative stake.

  2. It's a toss between Prime Rib and regular old sirloin, a good sirloin with a good marinade is about as good as it gets. But a three day smoked prime rib like they sell at Texas Roadhouse is amazing.

so basically you are saying to me that the best way to deal with abuse is to shift rewards to SMTs so as to stabilize Hive tokens, and so the tokens that welcome abusers would sink themselves? If so I agree with you.
That being said, are SMT's coming by sea container or what?

so basically you are saying to me that the best way to deal with abuse is to shift rewards to SMTs so as to stabilize Hive tokens, and so the tokens that welcome abusers would sink themselves? If so I agree with you.

Not sure the best, but I don't think it is an attractive position to be in as a new investor in Hive to be forced to participate in those activities if you want to prevent dilution of your stake in addition to the standard 7.82% inflation. It's a lot to ask of someone who may only want to speculate on price, contribute to a dapp, or participate in a community. Paired with SMT & Contracts, this could be the difference that gets everyone talking about Hive.

That being said, are SMT's coming by sea container or what?

The current hard fork was suppose to be fairly quick but a lot of critical optimizations were included. A lot are still being worked on, but SMT's I believe are the #1 priority once that is done along with a few other cool things.

Finally, what is the biggest single challenge you see for hive to become a serious platform?

Finding a way to get in front of millions of people without spending millions.