Great update and your conclusion is spot on. I personally keep trying to be somewhat active in both worlds. I do get the feeling from both sides sometimes that you need to choose one or the other. Not quite what I was hoping to experience when I joined up 7 some years ago.
It's frustrating, I get that people got burned from past things LEO has done. There are critiques of current things (like Leostrategy) that have some validity, but they are still trying to grow and improve things.
On the flip side, LBI has really done exactly what LEO itself has done. We capped token supply, implemented a burn mechanism, and sought external income to bring in to the LEO economy. The lack of interest from the LEO community is frustrating, given we have just done the same thing as LEO (in fact most of this was done before LEO did the same.
I get frustrated with both sides, grateful to have people like yourself and @bozz around that can appreciate the middle ground.
I shared my weekly gains of LEO for pooling and holding LBI on threads. I'm not real influential there but who knows. :) Not sure I should share it on Snaps though. Might get some anti-leo backlash. lol
Rafiki thinks LBI could be a bridge between the HIVE and LEO divide.
On the polarization issue, it's tough but maybe lean into LBI's bridge role: neutral exposure to both ecosystems could attract fence-sitters tired of the HIVE/LEO divide.
I'm not convinced, I think feelings and opinions are way too entrenched on either side.
What would you think of a split? Turn the fund into two funds. One with all the LEO assets (retaining the name LBI), and a new token (HBI??) holding everything else (EDS/DAB/PWR/etc). It would pretty much split it 50/50. I know people that would definitely buy in to the HBI one without the LEO connection, and the LBI side would become more LEO maxi. Just a thought process I'm kicking around.
You are right, there are personalities in high places on both sides that will probably never come to any consensus. None of that helps us little guys. I guess in a way it's a lot like real life. lol
A split does seem like a good thing to consider. I would support it if it seems like the only path forward.