The Passive Income Agenda
Some people are investing in crypto because they hope to sell it later for fiat or for Bitcoin. This class of investors is mostly fueled by short term speculation because the only way to make a profit from volatility is to rely on technical analysis and other methods which favor a speculator mind set. Leverage which from some places I hear is as high as 100x further pushes this kind of trading. This agenda is the opposite agenda from what I'll call the passive income agenda.
The passive income agenda is a different set of priorities where investors in some cases buy for a lifetime hold. Holding for life is something unthinkable in the crypto space right now but this is very common in real estate, stocks, and other spaces. Institutional investors like to invest in assets which pay dividends because retired people rely on those dividends for income. In addition, young people who wish to take advantage of compounding will also benefit from what is called dividend growth investing. Dividend growth investing is essentially picking stocks which are expected to grow in value over time and increase dividend yield over time.
Tezos, Neo and EOS are some of the first crypto assets which will reward holders just for holding it. This is a completely new paradigm in the crypto space and I think it is this paradigm which will create the next big bull rush or "gold rush" moment in the cryptosphere. Let me also make it known in this disclosure that I hold one of these cryptos for the long term.
Tezos will be paying over 5% interest (yield) to anyone who bakes. Baking is in essence like staking in Proof of Stake where in exchange for helping to secure the network you get rewarded Tezzies (Tezos tokens). In order to bake and get maximum reward you must have 1 roll worth of Tezzies. A roll currently goes for $19,500 and is around 10,000 Tezzies. But you can also delegate and earn a reward which means even people who don't have enough to bake on their own can pool their stakes and be rewarded. This means from what I can see so far there isn't a lower limit or barrier to entry for anyone who wants to get some of the 5% interest and that is a big deal.
The more people who follow through and either delegate or bake their Tezzies the more the token gets locked up. This is similar to EOS or Steem. Steem on the other hand last I checked was paying around 10% interest so Steem is still the better deal but Tezos token price appreciation has more room to grow in the long term. EOS and Tezos in my opinion are the two main "Ethereum Killers" in competition right now while Neo in my opinion from a technological perspective is not as sophisticated.
Tezos is Proof of Stake from the start (unlike Ethereum) which gives it the ability to scale. Tezos also has a self amending ledger so they can adopt all the best features of EOS. EOS is focusing on performance and scalability from the start but has sacrificed decentralization. Whether this sacrifice puts EOS in danger is yet unknown. Will EOS become a security because of that centralization? In my opinion the centralization may or may not be a problem but currently it's not looking good for EOS.
From an investor point of view if the goal is passive income then any of these three tokens will pay a percentage which resembles a dividend to holders. This incentive is why I do not sell Steem (and hopefully never have to). The ability in essence to get "rent" from crypto puts crypto on par with real estate and stocks. The size of the real estate market is estimated to be over 4000 billion by 2025. If we think of crypto as a kind of digial real estate then the cash flow seeking strategy can begin to make sense.
Those who have more cash flow from their investments can reinvest to buy more digital real estate or diversify to buy more assets over time. In addition they are possible tax advantages. If it turns out that the IRS does see it like a dividend then it's possible we could get the dividend tax rare. If it's not seen like a dividend then it's the income tax rate. It's currently unknown how they'll be treated but I would say even if it's treated as income it still is income can be used to buy more tax efficient assets such as stocks and real estate.
Nothing in my post should be considered investment advice. If you do want passive income and you have spoken to an official financial adviser or if you have the ability to speak to one then ask them about these three sources. The benefit of passive income is that it can provide a stable source of income in the bear markets and as things go into the bull market it will provide a stable source of income which can be used to invest elsewhere. From my perspective it's a win/win long term strategy but it's also a strategy which requires patience. When Bitcoin goes up to $50,000 a lot of people will want to sell all their income generating assets but in the long term Bitcoin only spends maybe a month or two in those high prices before it comes back down and unless the amount of Bitcoin is extremely significant it might not actually make the most sense long term. Fact is, Bitcoin does not pay a dividend, or interest, or yield, and you cannot extract any kind of rent unless you're a miner. Tezos, EOS, Neo, let everyone participate.
See here to learn how the delegate system of Tezos works:
- https://www.cryptodelegate.com/
- https://medium.com/@bakechain/baking-on-tezos-34d952d79c9d
- https://medium.com/@Njord/tezos-in-a-dividend-income-portfolio-cd1107221ab3
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