"And it is aimed at the inner circle, the Hive users, or those who have the most Leo tokens."
Incorrect as you can come in with 0 LEO POWER and earn revenue by sweat equity: make blog posts that get views and you get 80% of the revenue of those views. Only 20% goes to LEO POWER holders from your views and that is to support the people who curate / upvote you.
"but only if he stakes them"
Again, you can have 0 staked.
Please read the post to gain an understanding - https://labs.inleo.io/@leofinance/the-first-ever-leoads-distribution-hive-creators-on-inleo-are-earning-100-of-ad-revenue
I admit I haven't read all these terms, but it's clearer now. Anyway, I mentioned that as far as I am concerned, I don't see anything wrong with the payment being made with a second-layer token. It's yours and you care for its tokenomics.