It's frightening to think of how things would be if Steem were to jump to a value of $5 per Steem

I think about this a lot. Money changes people. For the last year, my $ payouts have stayed about the same but the price of Steem has tanked. I've essentially already made it and will be set for life if we get back up to those all time highs and stay there.

Pretty crazy to think about. 50 Steem is a lot, especially when we look at the scaling limitations and RC costs of the network. If Steem becomes popular enough some people will barley be able to afford renting RCs from a pool, let alone actual coins.