Interesting thoughts - Maybe I didn't make it clear that I don't think Hive is going to replace those fremium models?
I mean I'm nowhere near moving my own business to Hive - WordPress is far for suitable for me.
But I do think I could leverage Hive to get me more interaction by offering a further layer of rewards to my followers, it's something else. Just an addition.
Hive has a lot of work to do to make it work for people running small businesses for sure.
I make a sharp distinction btw between daily life posts which are worth 0 for the most part and lifestyle or informative posts which may well have some value.
TBH i think people should be happy with zero rewards for the former as that's what they're really worth!
I'll have to check out BTCMYK I don't really know much about the project.