Congrats on six years in! I too started with the blockchain which shall not be named, but migrated here after the attempted takeover/buyout.
With the ROI on HBD being 20%, and with Hive being more of a creative outlet as opposed to an investment opportunity for me, I've decided to just dump a bunch of HBD into savings and re-invest the interest. My main investments here have been to gifting HP to curation trails like @curie and incentives like Hive Basic Income to help grow the value of the ecosystem more organically, since it's unlikely I'll ever earn enough here to be a whale.
Thanks for the update, and sharing your thoughts on where Hive can go next to keep being a solid platform and compete with the other ones out there. This was a great read, even if some of the stuff went a little over my head. :)