I ran into @revisesociology's post about the distribution of Hive stakes between the various cadres of stakers and it had me thinking. According to the finding, Whales and Orcas hold slightly more stake than everyone in the dolphin category and below.
Seeing that we're a Proof of stake chain, this means that fewer number of people that hold a large stake, the more centralised the chain becomes.
In terms of Decentralisation, I totally get why anyone would have a problem with this situation. In some way, we could say it is an indictment on the distribution model around here.
Let's start from the fact that while coins can be bought at exchanges and staked, distribution is mostly based on the proof of brain concept. People use their stakes, combined with timing and all that stuff to distribute, as well as earn coins in the process. Which means that the more stake you have, the more coins you'll earn.
What you expect
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In theory, decentralisation is possible and can work in a utopian sort of setup where everyone caters for everyone. However, the reality is that big bank always takes small bank.
Hive is no too different from the real world. The rich have a higher chance of getting richer, while the poor have to struggle twice as hard to earn crumbs. That's life though and I'm not mad about it. We're all trying to climb up the ladder after all, sorry for digressing.
Now coming back to the point, the fact that Hive is seemingly top heavy could work in our favour if the people at the top have good intentions and ideas that will improve the platform.
Yes, it means that decision making is a becomes more centralised but I also know that rich people at the top will try to maintain their riches and in context of Hive, and unlike the real world, those decisions will most likely have a positive impact on everyone, IF they aren't stupid of course.
A quick look at Leo that is very successful and very top heavy makes the point for me. Most of the top holders of the coin have unconsciously created a hegemony between themselves that while it can be frustrating, also ensures that the token is in strong hands and doesn't go down the toilet.
Now assuming Hive had something similar with an even heavier top filled with strong hands and business-savvy people, I believe things would be a lot better than they are now.
I know, it sounds like communism, dictatorship or whatever but frankly speaking, no one would care if we're winning. If it works out, we'll all celebrate the victory but if it doesn't, then we can all just blame it on the villain by default; centralisation 🤷♂️.
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Imagine a pyramid standing upside down. Does that seem viable to you?
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Well it's not a pyramid anymore, that's for sure
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lol to be that gov system
I see that people who have power are hardly going to let go of it and the same happens with coins and those who have them,Then it will be politically difficult for you to make a decision that does not benefit them tremendously,hopefully in the future at least in the medium term this vision changes and they focus on a general benefit to really give a sense of real decentralization to this platform.
Hopefully, it happens sooner than later, or else, we will be wasting the immense potential of this platform. For now, we have to keep Building and improving what we have, so investors can look at the project and think it is worth their time.
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I also want that hive move like leo. I think curators need to give some time to check the good content before curating. Everyone work like a owner then the things will be easy.
It is about creating demand.
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Secretly wishing that the mechanisms employed on leo can also be applied to Hive? I wish so too sometimes. Nevertheless hive is the mother chain and sometimes the witness stuff makes decision making rather impossible.
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Yup. Plenty bickering and arguing about this and that. They also have secret meetings between big stakeholders and then still do whatever they like anyways.
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Exactly, the process is redundant and this could have been a peroid where Hive could have thrived in the neare bull run. But no! Nothing is seriously done.
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Second layer projects will swallow up plenty Hive and create scarcity. Since Hive is the entry point with least resistance, they will also create demand for Hive, thus increasing the demand. Well, that's the best-case scenario anyways
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that why I hate people who try to control all that shouldn't be controlled
I wish that to happen too and I think it's not too far off
bro that's real-world rich get richer and the poor have to work harder to get some decent outcome well that the reason to make good content I guess that a good point too.
and upvoting and finding good content creator's is also a different thing
Even Bitcoin is centralized to some extent when it comes to its distribution so what can we expect from Hive.
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Yup. The main thing is to find a way to create demand and that's what Leo is doing right but Hive hasn't figured out.
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