I agree 100% and enjoyed the post very much, but I would add something else...
I have tried to onboard some people recently and they simply can't believe what I am saying is real. Why? Who could possibly believe that you can create an account for free and start giving away money, without losing money, and make money because you're giving money away? In a way, it can be a problem that HIVE is in fact incredibly amazing.
To be able to benefit from HIVE you have to believe in it. Trust but verify, right? You can verify on HIVE, but you need to trust HIVE too because if you try to understand every single possibility you'll spend more time thinking than acting, and this network requires action.
Sadly, people don't want to act based on a vision, not even their own vision, not unless that vision is becoming wealthy with little to no effort. They want to know exactly how much they can make on HIVE and how quickly...if they could only get over this "how much and how quickly" mentality, the reality is that there is no cap on how much you can earn from using the wonderful tool that is HIVE.
Yes, I can relate to that experience. Hive is too good to be true, and that is why people find it difficult to believe. Also, people's questions about "how much?" and "how can I cash out?" Unbelievable! I happened to share Hive with several people who raised similar questions. They didn't know the thing in the first place and yet they are immediately thinking of cashing out? So I thought, perhaps, it's not the right time for them. The mind isn't ready yet.
I can't tell you how frustrating it is when I hear them ask about cashing out when they haven't done the first thing, they haven't even registered and don't know what it is and are asking how to cash out. That should be embarrasing for them to ask that question, that's like going to an interview and before you get the job you're asking the interviewer how soon before you get your first paycheck.
Yes, that's really frustrating. In traditional finance, they tend to adopt a more conservative approach, but when it comes to blockchain like Hive, perhaps they thought it's easy money. Just thinking, perhaps that's the impression they get upon the whole industry after listening to all these bashings from mainstream media and the mooning people in the industry itself.
That's exactly the return I get as well. People tell me that it must be a scam because it seems too good to be true lol.
I have a question about this...
Does this mean you can create tokens on top of HIVE? I was unaware of this, if anyone could help me find more info I'd really appreciate it.
https://tribaldex.com/
You can create tokens on tribaldex. It costs around 100 BEE and there you have your own crypto currency that will directly be linked to hive-engine:
https://tribaldex.com/tokens/create