[DrewADesign]

> They can only do that if they're a monopoly, which they're not

Why do you say that? I reckon lots and lots of companies sell software that aren’t monopolies. Having competition, even stiff competition, isn’t anathema to running a business.

[energy123]

You said "They wouldn't be selling tokens directly ... They'd hoard them"

But they can't do that because they aren't monopolies.

[DrewADesign]

> You said

Just to clarify, I’m not the person you initially replied to.

> "They wouldn't be selling tokens directly ... They'd hoard them" But they can't do that because they aren't monopolies.

Hoarding them— not selling any of them, but instead using them internally and selling the products created by them — doesn’t at all seem like it would require a monopoly.