RE: If we want Hive to grow? Then why is joining Hive so difficult?

At this point I don’t care about powering down to get value out, I powered down only twice, in 2021 selling 100K hive above $2.00 & Jan 2025 above .44, it was obvious we were having ridiculous unsustainable pumps both times so I sold 90% of stake both times.

Now I don’t see much point as I left 5K for giggles when I powered down 33K stake to sell above .40 15 months back. But that said I’m powering down in protest of DHF fraud & abuse & waste anyway. I knew leaving stake would likely collapse but as a daily hive user until recently I wanted to keep some. Now I am just disgusted by what I see from many whales & witnesses. Total denial from devs on where we are & DHF slush fund style proposals are rejected by 90% of accounts but whales keep supporting & pushing them above return. I’m left with one thing to do to show my own vote, powering down all of it. We will decline another 50% plus next two years so maybe at .02 cents I’ll buy some for giggles & fun but right now a signal needs to be sent since those in governance roles keep going down this road. HBD APR is way 2 high, DHF needs heavy reductions since we are bleeding in every metric, instead we get milk it and It’s very clear they are milking it for selfish reasons. I got my original investment out of 125K hive I bought mostly around a dime In 2020, for $2.00 average on most of it years back, and got most I earned since 2021 out at pump to .67 in early 2025. So I’m house money 20 times over, but still I feel I’m left with only powering down as a way to vote what I feel is needed.