Very interesting.
What options are there to distribute dividends with other currencies (say maybe Nubits or something like Grantcoin) while still retaining the network effects? Or will this require a fork, with all the associated dilution.
Simplicity is compelling in a protocol. For that reason we expect shareholders will continue to only authorize Bitcoin dividends because it is the most liquid cryptoasset available. Liquidity preserves dividend value transfer to shareholders.
Once dividends are distributed, shareholders can easily convert Bitcoin to their preferred cryptocurrencies/cryptoequities.