RE: The 2nd Layer and losing rewards
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The first time I heard about removing rewards from the first layer and putting them on the 2nd layer, I got really excited and increased my hive stake by about 3X from selling other cryptos (also the price was right). Although the 10,000 or so tokens is not a lot from an investor's viewpoint, compared to my crypto portfolio at that time it was significant.
I believe this is also what got Tron interested in Steem (it's a shame it wasn't a company with a more competent leader).
Fast forward, it caused some issues and people easily hijacked the discussion by trying to say removing the reward pool is stealing. I powered down and will again watch from the sidelines.
It's a discussion we need to have. The people who plug their ears and scream NONONO will not be a part of the discussion and will probably not like the results.
If people want to continue to earn rewards from posting memes or blurry pictures of lunch, they better join the discussion. If this is viable, I'm sure a 2nd layer solution will exist for them as well.
I don't see rewards for good blogs, art, high-quality writing, or sincere photos being affected much by a second layer. What I do see being affected is people trying to 'maximize' rewards which while benefitting them the most, minimizes value for the chain.
It is interesting to think of it as stealing, considering everyone on the platform understands that this is a stake-based platform and, the pool is a future amount of HIVE that doesn't even exist yet and is owned by no one until it is in an actual wallet.
I think this is what scares people the most - if what they are doing is valuable it is valuable and will continue to be so. If it isn't.....