hive needs fresh new users but we also need to look outside more. other dpos chains like l1 tezos + l2 etherlink are interesting to me. maybe we need to figure out why the market is putting so much money into them and not hive. yes valueplan seems to be spending a lot. but i also see it as the only opportunity that's gonna open hive to the outside world (starting with evm compatibility and btc-hbd pool).
or one look at defillama would have you knowing that there's 100s of pools that are at around the same 15~20% apr range that's getting way more attention. to me hive's biggest problem is isolation + incest of ideas. we need more focus on what makes hive a no brainer for newbies. and by newbies i mean both crypto newbies + people from other chains.