Thanks again for the mention!

Gemini's 2^nd and 4^th point actually helped me to recognize another point that I hadn't fully appreciated before.

"Now you can win first place by sending only 0.001 STEEM", but when a game that introduces this mechanism becomes popular, the situation completely changes.
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The main advantage of this mechanism is that it is "too easy to develop".

What I realized is that the individual's benefit from token burning can only grow with each new app/game that arrives.

The base value has always existed for post promotion. Even as simple as it is, Phoenix Prime adds a tiny bit of new value without taking anything away from post promotion. In the future, each additional application will benefit from and also amplify that foundation.

If a few other apps start deploying this concept, it might have the natural potential to usher in something like a snowball effect.