I agree with the individuals that mentioned the Witness Vote Decay. I think we need to finish the foundation layer of Hive before moving on to changes of the reward pool and withdrawal rate. There have been a lot of post and discussions during the life of the Hive Block Chain that everyone should understand that the Witness retention system does need updating. It will be contentious, that is a foregone conclusion I think, but in the minds of many it does need to change.

The other thing I feel that would aid in the foundation layer is the completion of the SMT/HMT system. I am not a developer nor an investor, nor do I fully understand it. What I have been able to glean from reading about it is that it will provide a means for things like NFT's and Hive Engine style tokens to be developed and make it easier for game developers, front end developers, and others to provide a basic reward system to their users.

I do not feel that any changes to the reward pool or the draw down rate need to be included in the next HF (25). Any changes to it should be done on it's own stand alone HF, may HF 26 or 27, but any changes to the reward pool or the rate of withdrawal, (liquidity). Any changes to those should always be their own Stand Alone HF. 

It seemed that steem chased the perfection of the reward pool/draw down rate with every hard fork. Changes that effect the **perceived** viability of the strength of Hive Token, should always be their own fork. This will let the investment market know that yes we have a longer term withdrawal rate than several other projects, however you can see that we also have a more stable reward system than other products.

I am ready for the next layer discussion, we all need to be involved if we want to maintain a place on the Hive Block Chain. **WE** being the developers, the game players, the social bunnies, the ROI chasers, all of us, we are a very diverse group and not all changes are going to be compatible with all of us. Such is life, lets see if the first possibly contentious HF (25), will be all cuddles and hugs or knives and shotgun marriage.