I don't mind that this blockchain requires users to invest a little bit into steempower if they want to transact more than 3-5 times a day.
This is not facebook, this is not instagram, this is not youtube. Here you are not the product. Here your data won't be sold. Here you won't find adds.
You invest in Steempower because you love the products that are build here and because you want to use them. You also have a chance to earn some ROI.
And you only have to invest in the amount of Steempower that you use per day. It regenerates 20% every day all by itself.
Also, this money is not gone, the investment can always be changed back to fiat (how much does depends on the Steem price).
The fact you can transact here for free (even when it's very little) without having any of the token makes it unique in the crypto space already.
There is not a single blockchain out there where you can do that and it should not be underestimated.
And it's a feature that will be build upon. And it will.
Look at this:
This was a comment made by Ned yesterday.
Source: here
It appears it will be possible to delegate RC separate from Voting Mana in the future.
This is great news.
It means that it will be possible to help projects or new accounts with RC's so they can transact without losing your own voting power.
Right now it's not the case though.
You need to have some skin in the game to be able to use the blockchain.
But this is now.
In the future it will most likely not be needed when projects can delegate their RC's.
Everyone is free to wait for that time.
But I know where I rather be. I haven't touched Facebook or Instagram since discovering this blockchain and there is not a day where I miss any of them.
I talk about it more in my vlog
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