Whales are stronger than ever as well.
I don't think of HIVE as decentralized anymore. The power whales have means they decide what our fate is. If HIVE were 1 account, 1 vote, it would be decentralized. Many approved DHF proposals have fewer votes than the return proposal.
The KYC thing was just the first way I could think of to stop the abuse of a promotion idea explained. I understand adding KYC to HIVE would be the last nail in the coffin.
I dont have alot of hope for HIVE in 5-10 years time if we cant move on from being a blogging platform into something else involving SMTs. But thats the dream. lol.
Checks for checking out the post and feedback some good feedback.