Scarcity without demand is pointless.
Stagnation is also a business killer and a project killer.
If you want more users make it rain on them. If they feel successful they will want more. The idea that users didn't buy is provably wrong. It's just that Fuzzy and Dan and several other large accounts were powering down fast than they bought.
Great article with excellent points.
Inflation doesn't hurt staked stakeholders.