Thanks @davemccoy, appreciate you taking the time to set the record straight. I saw your original post and I have to admit most of it went over my head but will now study a bit more using this update post as a starting point. I don't think anyone who follows you has any doubt about your commitment to the platform or, more importantly, the people on the platform, so I tend to trust where you're coming from. Thanks Dave, @eoj / @starthere.
Thank you very much @eoj! That is a very nice thing to say! I do try to be as helpful as I can be and I was really bothered by HF20 a week ago... But after seriously going through all the practical effects, I realized that my fear that the rich were going to get richer was actually just misplaced. I was arguing for the right people (the common man/woman), but using a flawed analysis to determine what helped them most.
I'm very appreciative to Carl, Asher, Paula, and Daniel for collectively making an impact on my understanding. Carl in particular really went around and around with me, which was pretty awesome since he didn't need to do so!
ps... what happened to the @starthere account? Did you get locked out or just running a few?
@starthere is still going, I just felt like only focusing on crypto and humanitarian applications of blockchain to be a bit limiting so I ended up barely posting at all, just once or twice a month max. That is definitely not the creative side of my brain ;) I opened the @eoj account hoping it would inspire me to write more often. A little tough starting from scratch but so far it's working, I'm posting much more regularly!
Thanks again for writing on this topic. I still have a lot to learn on this, but between reading your post and the replies/comments I feel like I'm starting to understand...slowly! :)
Hope all is well, warm greetings from @suitcasemama and I from Thailand!