The assumption is that we get what we deserve, yet so much of life is literally beyond our control. This isn't to say we should stop trying.

I don't look at those numbers and say that life is not fair. I'm playing a long game. Every day I earn a bit of Steem here, Steem Power there, SBD, and so on. Over time, that will compound. And as users adopt this system whatever I earn today could be worth far more later.

We just hit 1 million users. When the Steem blockchain has 100 million accounts, a significant portion will be active users, and that will create transaction demand on Steem and SBD. This is what we should be banking on.

"For us, there is only the trying. The rest is not our business." -- TS Eliot.