RE: Behavior and evolution of cryptocurrencies ten years after its creation / What to expect from them in the future?

[coinchaos]

I think you are wrong, steem needs both. People want rewards for the value they add to the steem network. It will not work without up votes and engagement. The two are not mutually exclusive.
I did not know about this .03 dust threshold for steem. ty. But that is another negative for the network in my book.