There's a few of us on this blockchain who have spent countless hours writing pots about token distribution. It's somewhat of a popular belief that the main problem with tokenomics is that in most blockchains the minority of wallets hold most of the coins, and yes this is obviously something that we see. However, the experiment of Palnet is showing us that it's possible that even starting with a better distribution, does not equate true "equality".

I should caveat the word equality here, because of course I do believe in equal opportunity. Which is to say that a fair system should allow for anyone who is willing to put in the work to get ahead. But we can't really discard the fact that some people are not interested in long term thinking or can't afford it.

As it turns out, after the PalnetCoin airdrop, there's been a considerable amount of users dumping their tokens on the market. I'm going to go on a limb and say that those users are likely to be small accounts, and are also likely to have cashed out completely. Of course, there's likely to be exceptions, and before someone shows me anecdotal evidence that proves me wrong, know that I understand that some people powered up, key word being some.

A year from now

I'm going to make some predictions, and I know they might be triggering for some. But, I'm confident at this point in time, that we will end up with a skewed distribution yet again. I'm pretty confident that people who favor short term treats over long term wins, will end up selling all their tokens and remain small yet again.

Let me be clear, there's nothing wrong with people who need to cash out, I know full well that priority number one is having food and shelter. What I'm saying however, is that the majority of people who cash out aggressively for one reason or another, won't all of the sudden change their behavior just because a new token is in play.

Take some mental notes, draw some parallels between those who've worked hard to build their accounts on STEEM, and those who are active on Palnet at the moment continuing their efforts. Take a moment to realize that the starting point has been carefully crafted as to provide all of us with a fair position, and make it a point to check back in a year; Who will be a Palnet Whale then? A dolphin? a minnow?

I guarantee we will have people complaining too, about how they don't get enough support, about how they didn't get a chance to start right when Palnet was launched, etc.

Thinking about this, at least for me, gives me the necessary perspective to be grateful for the opportunities I've been given, and for everything that this little journey of mine has taught me.