75% of tokens are not around any more
This. Hive is chugging along like clockwork. I hope more people will realize that Hive's power is WAY beyond "come, blog, earn" It's a powerful Swiss Army knife of tools for anybody to create a business, a game, a solution and like you said: A community.
Fortunately, we have many folks (and teams) who know this and are building these now. Short-form platforms, payment and rebate tools, DEXs, pools, you name it.
You're very fortunate to have attended Hive Fest this year. I Couldn't afford the time or money this year, but I will make it one day.
I was pleasantly surprised by the level of motivation of developers on HIVE. Some great stuff is built, and some other stuff is very close to being finished... We will see what happens...
Btw. HiveFest was great this year! I hope we will meet in the next one!