RE: A little analysis of the Steem economy
Interesting analysis. The size of the "Hodlers" category seemed surprising to me. I wouldn't have expected a substantial chunk of SP to be in inactive accounts.
I was able to identify 22 accounts belonging to exchanges. They hold 52% of all STEEM and 55.7% of all SBD.
Having a list of exchange accounts might be useful for other people who want to analyze things. It would be good if there was some sort of canonical, maintained, publicly available list of them.
These accounts do not harm the economy, quite the opposite, as they prevent the sale of large amounts of STEEM/SBD. At least for now.
I guess it's a good thing this SBD wasn't sold
Selling things isn't necessarily bad, in order for a sale to happen there has to be a buyer on the other side, so why be opposed to coins changing hands? It's not clear that currency sitting unused in hoards is good. And if big accounts never trade or transfer their coins then the distribution will stay very concentrated. It seems to me that economies work better when things flow, not when everything is static.
I was also very surprised. It's amazing that someone left the accounts with such large sums of money. I think most of them have lost their access keys. Although this is also strange. How can keys to accounts with thousands of dollars be treated so lightly.
I think you are right, at least you have convinced me of your point of view. Cryptocurrency must "live", circulate. Having a huge fund will always be a threat, because there will be someone who wants to get access to it.