I can fully get behind the tax for powering down(even then 10% is too much.) but not the rest.
I know this opinion won't get much recognition but as the last Rwandese in a community that at point approached 20, who knows and understands why most of them left, I can confidently say that the more you guys will keep chasing whales, the more you will keep chasing away the little guy.
Paying attention to the apy, inflation and all the other economic aspects is cool and dandy, necessary, but at the end of the day it's how being here affects users pyschologically that will determine if they stay/leave, or spread awarness, whether through positive or negative word of mouth publicity.
It's already hard enough to get a leg up here, don't make it any harder.
This whole proposal is to help every long term Hiver, big or small. This gives serious accounts of all sizes a way to leg up.