There are very important reasons to keep the power-up period this long and it's great to have an alternative for quitters soon. It's a good compromise.
I could argue why 13weeks is better than 2-4weeks.
Another side of this fear of the dump' coin is predictability and stability brought by longer power-down. It brings commitment and acknowledges the value of the community. This is what we need at this point I believe, committed users willing to take some risk, people thinking in the long term perspectives.
Anyway, who among speculators would power-up anything for 20% year to year if the market is full of better options. Anyway with the incoming open-source, DHF funded Hive Loans power-down period became an irrelevant issue IMO.
There are very important reasons to keep the power-up period this long and it's great to have an alternative for quitters soon. It's a good compromise.
Basic functionality shouldn't depend on some added feature that may be available in the future or not.
Most reasons given for 13 weeks power down time come back to a fear of dumping.
Can you make an argument why 13 weeks is better than either 14 or 12 weeks?
I could argue why 13weeks is better than 2-4weeks.
Another side of this fear of the dump' coin is predictability and stability brought by longer power-down. It brings commitment and acknowledges the value of the community. This is what we need at this point I believe, committed users willing to take some risk, people thinking in the long term perspectives.
Anyway, who among speculators would power-up anything for 20% year to year if the market is full of better options. Anyway with the incoming open-source, DHF funded Hive Loans power-down period became an irrelevant issue IMO.
I can't really square off a basic feature of a decentralized blockchain against a centralized add-on that might be available in the future.