Hey, thanks for your feedback, @bozz! You are most certainly correct in that growing your account and adding to your stake can give you greater capacity for passive earning down the road. However, if a stakeholder sells their stake to the market, it means they've successfully found a buyer, and now that buyer has taken from them their greater capacity to earn. If, on the other hand, we are insecure, and we don't treat people well when it comes to their autonomy to make market decisions as they see fit, they might find us rather odd, and it could cause them to leave.
And that's why I say if you want to buy HIVE, enjoy it, and check out the platform! There's something here for everybody. And if you'd like to sell your HIVE, there is no harm or foul in that either. Hopefully, it will work out better for the next guy. We should look at everyone like they are fellow stakeholders, and if we want them to feel comfortable here, we shouldn't be too nosey or judgemental about whether they choose to buy or sell.
Sellers are not extracting any value from the blockchain, but rather, they are offering new buying opportunities so people can get the token. And if they executed a successful sale, that means both parties are happy! In the markets, it's always a win! We literally cannot lose, but we can win even more if we don't disenchant fellow stakeholders by scolding them for selling or by downvoting content that showcases intelligence and effort. Thanks again for your feedback @bozz, it was great to get your ideas on this topic!
I think that kind of speaks to the current debate about the powerdown period. There are definitely pluses and minuses on both sides. If you are looking at it purely from a market point of view decreasing the period certainly makes sense. Those other ancillary factors are what seem to hang things up though and thus fosters much of the debate I think.
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