I have taken the time to think about this, read through your posts, and I would like to tell people how I feel and what I believe.

It is important that people who want to judge my character take this into account.

When I say or do things, these are not facts but my beliefs at a given point in time. I am human and incredibly mailable, my beliefs will change and they will not be consistent over an extended period of time.

I am only human.

I can be wrong and I am more than happy to be proven wrong in the battle place of ideas.

However.

I will only debate and communicate with people I think are doing so in good faith. And it is literally impossible for me to always be correct when making this assessment; I will make mistakes.

These are my beliefs. And nothing I write here from the strokes of my keyboard is a "fact."

I am using HIVE and I am telling people how I feel and what I believe.

But.

You do not have to listen to me. You do not have to believe me. I DO NOT want you or anyone else to "trust" me; because, you shouldn't have to. This is HIVE. This is the internet.

I believe that many people who primarily spend their time on Discord and Hive Engine have an inherently flawed view of what HIVE is.

The most concise way I can articulate this is with the below bullet points:

• Discord <> HIVE
• HIVE Engine <> HIVE
• HIVE Engine Tokens <> HIVE Coin
• Spl <> HIVE

(I am not saying anything new, this has all been communicated by many other people besides me that have way more power and influence than I do.)

I believe Discord, Hive Engine, Hive Engine Tokens, and SPL can coexist. These things can all be important to the HIVE ecosystem in my opinion.

You are not being attacked, but if you primarily operate on Discord and Hive Engine, I understand why you would think this. There was a point in my life where if I was in your shoes right now, I would probably be having a similar reaction as you. I believe the people I am most "friendly" with on Discord would agree with that.

Remember, these are not facts, they are my beliefs.

I believe you created the marketcap of your token as a marketing trick based on what I have read from your other posts.

You should not be surprised when you post on HIVE, that a large HIVE stakeholder has a reaction when you are doing something to get people's attention. (That just means HIVE is working if anything).

I also believe you are operating under the false assumption that large HIVE stakeholders do what we tell each other. I do not do this and I do not believe it is true. Large HIVE Engine stakeholders do this because those projects require a level of trust that HIVE does not.

I do not believe it is true HIVE Whales are "in this together" because the theory is inherently flawed in my opinion.

When people propose the idea that large stakeholders are working in tandem, they are ignoring human nature and how we as humans respond to incentives.

I do not believe that the people with the most "power and influence" on HIVE, or anywhere else in the real world for that matter, get along. I do not believe powerful and influential people like doing what someone else says. I think a powerful and influential person has a gut reaction to do what is in their best interest and try to have more influence than other influential people.

Power is intoxicating and it is normal for humans to want more.

I have a very addictive personality, when I get excited about something it consumes me and it becomes my reality. I am an addict and I always inherently want more.

I am only human.

Anyone can buy HIVE all over the world. It does not make me special just because I bought some. Not everyone will and not everyone should; it depends on the person and what they have going on in the real world; not everyone has resources readily available either.

Buying HIVE does not necessarily make someone powerful or influential. However, it does make them a part of a process that is inherently different than the process of an L2 project which requires trust. I would like to be a part of this trustless process and I do not want to trust other people on the internet.

You are welcome to believe what you want but I do not just do what other big stakeholders say. If another big stakeholder advocates for something I will listen, because they have some of the resources necessary to get what they are trying to do across the finish line.

I should be able to look at their stake weight and not have to "trust" them. On HIVE I can do this.

I want to repeat, I think all these things can exist. I am rooting for Zing. Even if I have a general disdain for L2 projects right now; this disdain will change at some point in the future I am sure. I am not a part of your project. I am not endorsing it or saying it shouldn't exist. You already made it anyways, it's not like we can turn this stuff off, it is on a DEX now, anyone can buy it. You seem like you don't like me, I could buy it if I wanted to. I will not but I could. And that is something weird and interesting that is not normal for humans.

We now have the ability to create things that have the potential to be perpetual..... This is fascinating in my opinion.

Based on the way you communicate, clearly you are intelligent. Clearly you are creative. You appear to be very good at developing new frameworks. I think you are interesting.

Good luck in cyber space.

I wish you the best.

PS. If you thought the discord you joined was crazy and hard to follow. That makes you normal. No one has any idea what the hell is going on in there. It is a wild place and I really enjoy going in there for its wild side. But I am weird and I don't expect most people to be like me and enjoy it 🤣

Cheers man. Seriously. Good luck.