The Kingdom powered by Hive. DHF proposal

in KBK3 days ago (edited)

TLDR;

  • The Kingdom Without Limit (@krolestwo) is a non-commercial meeting place in Krakow. It combines elements of a cultural center, cafe, school, museum, library and coworking space.
  • The Kingdom is the only place in the world that demonstrates the usefulness of the Hive blockchain on many different levels with its daily operation.
  • No one can actively participate in the life of the Kingdom without having a Hive account.
  • The Kingdom has been promoting Hive since early 2018, but needs support to be more effective at it.
  • Recently, the Kingdom has been visited by many programmers. We want to encourage them to code on Hive by organizing Hive Coding School.
  • The three-month support for the team's work will culminate in the release of a detailed report on the achieved results.

1. What exactly is the Kingdom?

Kingdom Without Limit or simply KBK is a non-commercial meeting place in the center of Kraków, Poland.

It combines elements of a cultural center, cafe, school, museum, library, coworking space and social technology startup. This rather unusual combination probably makes it the only such a place in the world.

You can come to the Kingdom to meet new people or meet old friends, play board games, paint, make something out of clay, read books, work in peace, discuss, attend a thematic meeting, sing, have beverages from different parts of the world (including those made to our own recipe), eat homemade chocolate or set up a Hive account. It is a place where many ideas are born and later realized.

The Kingdom attaches great importance to making everyone feel comfortable. It tries to get involved in various charitable activities, such as helping war refugees or victims of natural disasters. It runs free Polish language classes for foreigners living in Krakow. It provides space free of charge to all those who want to hold open meetings and share their passions with others.

Polish Hive community meeting. You can find here: @jocieprosza, @lesiopm, @asia-pl, @wadera, @rozku, @szmulkberg, @mynewlife, @dobranoc, @gwyddpel, @gtg, @prawdawtvmowili, @engrave and @hallmann.

HiveBeeCon 2023. You can find here: @anialavender, @asia-pl, @blind-spot, @deepresearch, @delishtreats, @dobranoc, @edje, @evelynchacin, @growandbow, @gtg, @hallmann, @hiacynt, @jocieprosza, @justynao, @lemony-cricket, @litosci, @livinguktaiwan, @llunasoul, @lpa, @m31, @mipiano, @mynewlife, @osavi, @ph1102, @phortun, @priyanarc, @psypek, @thebeedevs and @zirochka.

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Open Studio. You can find here: @bureczko, @emiliagarbien, @foggymeadow, @fsroka, @hallmann, @marmoladka, @minary, @nowara and @thedarzya.

Blockchain Friday. You can find here: @ania-es, @arseniusjigger, @azes, @foggymeadow, @goroc, @hallmann, @janekrzodki, @kesilgonzalez, @mynewlife and @prawdawtvmowili.

Polish classes for Ukrainian refugees. You can find here: @hallmann, @makaroshka and @szmulkberg.

Bitcoin Pizza Day. You can find here: @deepresearch, @grigorijj, @hallmann, @karolkonopacki, @kesilgonzalez, @rdr97 and @twisniewski333.

Hive workshops. You can find here: @azes, @foggymeadow, @gtg, @hallmann, @katetravel, @kjensen, @mindmat, @nieczyne and @osavi.

Creative Coding Tuesday. You can find here: @annawo, @szmulkberg and @wieprz.


Everyone has their own story about the Kingdom. Here are some of them:

Just looking at how KBK is operated and run through the hive blockchain and how passionate every member was sucked me in immediately. They were more than welcoming and never made me feel like an outsider. Very quickly I felt like I was among close friends.

Story by @blind-spot

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KBK is not just confined within the Hive community, it has a connection with the outside world as well. It's a creative place based on the Hive blockchain and world.

Story by @priyanarc

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A place I could not explain well with photos and words, as one just has to be there and feel the vibe. Experience the different approach - I simply loved it. I think we all truly loved it, with every little detail and in global, what it represents.

Story by @mipiano

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There are several rooms in Krolestwo and each of them was literally buzzing with lively conversations. Everyone was fascinated by the unique decor and very special atmosphere of the place so there was a lot questions about Krolestwo and Dawid was busy answering and explaining everything but he still somehow also managed to make sure that everyone felt like home.

Story by @phortun

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Some of the locals came to the event and stayed a short time which was another obstacle to enjoying their company... While others, like myself, @mipiano, and @edje were coming over and over again to the KBK for 3 days in a row...

Story by @ph1102

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My favourite part of the venue is this big wardrobe by the kitchen on the left and toilet on the right. It's a logical place for people to hang their coats and bags. Or so I thought. Except I couldn't be more wrong!! I opened the wardrobe door and it took me into another world. And I'm not joking!!!

Story by @livinguktaiwan

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I had such an interesting feeling in @krolestwo - you can pay Hive/Hbd for anything. If I look at it not from the point of view of technology (which is awesome), but in terms of the budget... Since I do not consider my Hive/HBD as profit, therefore payment in Hive/HBD is not an expense!

Story by @zirochka

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I instantly fell in love with @krolestwo. It's such a cozy place that makes you feel like home. There are so many small details that you don't know where to look first. When I get caught up in the moment I usually forget to take photos.

Story by @delishtreats

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A beautiful place where peeps help each other, where creativity flows, where game rules are made as we go, where homebrew drinks are served, and where peeps are super!

Story by @edje

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Krolestwo Bez Kresu is known for its friendly atmosphere and openness to technological innovations, which made it perfect for our event.

Story by @kesilgonzalez

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I participated in a ceramics workshop organized by @krolestwo - it is a unique place, very Hive-friendly. The workshops conducted by @hallmann were completely free, all thanks to funding from the @valueplan fund.

Story by @szejq

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And when we came here, we really saw very different and wonderful people here. Entering this room, you seem to be transported to another world, a world unlike any other.

Story by @darine.darine

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When I got to the Kingdom, I was under a very positive impression. After all, the retro space always fills me with a special harmony! Everything here smelled of antiquity! Candles, tables in the form of old suitcases, a cassette music player, paintings, chess, and a unique rocking chair, in which we all took photos :)

Story by @olga.maslievich

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Right from the threshold, I was captured by the atmosphere of the KBK. Seemingly dusty and somewhat ancient, the place is in fact bustling with life and teeming with micro-adventures and exhibits, each of which seems to have its own story.

Story by @deepresearch


2. Hive in the Kingdom

The Kingdom landed on the blockchain in 2018. This is where most of the meetings of the Polish Hive community take place.

Not only the only one in Kraków, not even the only one in Poland! Królestwo is the only place in Europe that accepts HBD, but also uses them to fuel its economy.

2.1. NGOs pain points & Hive solutions

However, Królestwo is not a business. It’s a non-profit community space. This fact makes KBK an even more unique place on the map of the blockchain world. The technology has become a solution to many problems inherent in NGO world:

First of all, the Hive blockchain has made it possible to create its own token (Rycar • RCRT), with which KBK can reward engagement.

It can be exchanged for various rewards or held and staked, as it represents voting power during the legislative process. There is no doubt that it is this mechanism, inspired by the operation of Hive, that has allowed the Kingdom to survive for nine years.

This is a major achievement, as most non-commercial venues in Poland manage to survive for no more than 2 years.

Tokenization has also made it possible to effectively stimulate community activity.

A perfect example is the Facebook campaign launched in May of this year, where you can receive RCRT for likes and comments. This has led to a several-fold increase in the number of responses, which in turn has greatly expanded the number of new visitors to the Kingdom.

Book Club by @lpa.

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A Ghanaian Hive tale by @mynewlife.

Chocolate making workshop.

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Night of Museums.

2.2. Hive as a database

Blockchain is not just about tokens, however. The Kingdom also uses Hive as a database. Here are examples:

  • The @krolestwo account publishes daily reports with basic statistics. For many people (especially those who don't use Facebook), this is the main source of information about what's going on at the property.
  • On the @krolestwo.prawo account, the rules of the KBK are published. Thanks to blockchain, any attempt at an unauthorized change to the law will be noted.
  • On the @ksiazki account, a library system is created so that people can borrow books. Everything is recorded in the blockchain and it is known exactly who borrowed a particular book.
  • The @muzeum account publishes a detailed description of the exhibits that are housed in the Museum of Tinkering and Thievery located in the KBK restroom (you will find Justin Sun there, for example).

The rewards from the entries published on the aforementioned accounts contribute to the Kingdom Development Fund. In recent years a dishwasher, a piano, an air fryer, a speaker and new tables have been purchased thanks to the HBD collected in the Fund.

And while the KBK survives primarily thanks to donators, whose gifts help pay the bills each month, it thrives mainly thanks to Hive. It is a very important fundraising tool.

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Ceramics workshop.

Concert of @margrzeta and @justynao.

A lecture on bees.

A lecture on languages.

2.3 Hive Aid

The Kingdom uses it not only to meet its own needs, but also for humanitarian aid. Such is the role of the @hive.aid account, which uses the collected HBD for charitable activities and, with the collected HP, creates new accounts (with RC delegations).

Onboarding is an important part of the Kingdom's activities, as Hive is the main platform for KBK’s communication. One cannot actively participate in the life of the KBK without having a Hive account. If a person wants to submit a proposal or vote, then must have an account. The same goes for voting on books at a Book Club, receiving prizes in various contests, or borrowing books.

All this makes the Kingdom the only place in the Universe where Hive is used (and tested, by the way) on many different levels, and not just for payments.

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The first aid transport to Ukraine.

Piano purchased for HBD.

Speaker purchased for HBD.

"This place is growing thanks to blockchain."


3. Why this proposal?

The Kingdom has been promoting Hive from the bottom up for many years, showing with our daily work how useful the technology is. Until recently, we did this without any funding.

The situation changed in April this year. The Kingdom received support from the Value Plan, which was used to organize events and promotion. The effects appeared very quickly. You can read about them in the reports (1, 2, 3 and 4).

The 6 months of cooperation with the Value Plan have shown that the additional funding of the Kingdom has produced amazing results. Thanks to the actions taken, the place is visited by more people, who naturally learn about Hive.

Unfortunately, there is one problem. The Value Plan, as a rule, does not cover labor costs, and anyone who has ever worked in an NGO knows that no activity will sustain itself for a longer time period if it is based only on volunteers. Maintaining the current pace of change (let alone increasing it) requires paying people for their work. This is necessary if we want to promote Hive more effectively.


4. What do we want to do?

4.1. The Core Team

Firstly, we want to develop and implement a marketing strategy focused on using Hive in the Kingdom. There is no doubt that a systematic, more thoughtful and organized promotion will yield much better results than the occasional one we are dealing with now.

To this end, it is necessary to create a permanent team that will meet regularly and share the tasks of promoting KBK and popularizing Hive. We call it The Core Team.

The team will deal with, among other things:

  • stimulating the involvement of KBK’s regular visitors and their use of Hive-based tools;
  • exposing the use of the Hive blockchain in KBK and building trust in the technology, which in Poland is mainly associated with speculation and scam;
  • promoting KBK in the blockchain community as a unique venue using the technology;
  • showing KBK as an example to various NGOs of how blockchain can be used in social activities;
  • using tools available for free to NGOs (e.g. Google Ad Grants, Google Maps for nonprofits) for promotion;
  • increasing the production of chocolate from cocoa beans sourced from villages where Hive builds wells;
  • combining the escape room at KBK with a blockchain-based game and using the thousands of postcards already printed for promotion;
  • exploiting the advertising potential of the KBK’s street-facing windows and screen;
  • strengthening the KBK tokenomics.

Participation in the working group has already been declared by: @foggymeadow, @fsroka, @hallmann, @lpa, @mciszczon, @mligeza, @szmulkberg, @wayward-dreams and @wstawarz.

This is not a closed group and will be expanded if necessary. Its members will be billed hourly.

5 windows of the Kingdom.

One of the board games created in the Kingdom.

4.2. Arts&Crafts Workshops

Second, we want to continue the art-related activities powered by Hive and expand them to include linocut and other simpler forms, such as collage.

The past months have shown that the workshops are very popular and build confidence in Hive. They gather creative people, so they are an ideal opportunity for onboarding every time. Thanks to the work of the marketing team, their effect will be even greater.

The arts&crafts workshops will be guided by @hallmann and @foggymeadow.

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The first fired works that were created during the ceramics workshop.

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Open studio.

4.3. Hive Coding School

Thirdly, we want to organize the Hive Coding School, which is multifold project consisting of:

  • Regular weekly workshops taking place in KBK in Kraków, Poland. There we will learn about the blockchain and how to build tools and apps on Hive.
  • Published video courses, which will be recorded during the lessons in KBK.
  • An online documentation and a set of tutorials. All the knowledge and materials from the Coding School will be shared as a hypertext documentation, so all the community can make use of it.

We expect that an important effect of the activity will be to familiarize at least a few programmers with Hive, who will join the Kingdom's activities and participate in future hackathons we organize.

These activities will be published under the @hive.coding account.

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Talking about Hive with witnesses: @gtg and @blocktrades.

4.4. History Witnesses App

@mciszczon is going to build a specialized Hive app for publishing and rewarding recorded relations of witnesses of historical events, such as Second World War.

There are multitude of positive outcomes:

  • The app will connect the cutting edge Hive blockchain technology with a history-oriented purpose, proving the usefulness of the blockchain.
  • It will also help popularize Hive in history-related NGOs in Poland and outside of it.
  • Hive Coding School attendees will help build the app, giving them hands-on experience in building Hive apps.
  • During the development of the app, we will use many tools (such as wax), for which we can give valuable feedback to its developers and report any bugs.
  • We will also create documentation for these tools, and tutorials on how to use them in practice.

The Core Team will help with the marketing aspect of the app. Also it is worth noting, that a large group of friends of the Kingdom are history teachers in high schools—which will make it easier to find users and onboard them.

4.5. Summary

The activities included in this proposal are planned for three months. If they have the intended effect, we will want to continue them.

Of course, all three elements of the proposal are closely intertwined and require professional coordination:

  • For example, creating an app without proper marketing misses the point, because an app without users will be dead.
  • On the other hand, the Hive Coding School activity provides a basis for the working team to think about new tools based on Hive.


5. Expected results for Hive

  • Enlargement of the Polish Hive community by at least 100 new accounts.
  • Doubling the number of @theDistriator users in the Kingdom (currently there are 10).
  • Organizing at least 20 events powered by Hive (including at least 6 artistic ones).
  • Creating an app to publish accounts of witnesses to history.
  • At least 6 people to learn how to code in the Hive environment.

Of course, one of the expected outcomes is also an improvement in the economic situation of the Kingdom itself, resulting from increased attendance.

Currently, the KBK is balancing on the brink of profitability. Reversing this situation with DHF will build positive PR for Hive.

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Presentation at Hive Fest in Split.


6. Budget

The desired budget for three months is 23,500 HBD, which is 7833 HBD each month. Below you can find the details on how the budget is going to be split between all the projects:

CategoryHBD
Core Team rewards7000 HBD (700 hrs x 10 HBD)
Reward for contests and promo actions4500 HBD (3 months x 1500 HBD)
Materials for art&cratfs workshops, ceramics firing2000 HBD
Running Hive Coding School2700 HBD
Building the History Witness App1300 HBD
Coordination6000 HBD (3 months x 2000 HBD)
In total23500 HBD

7. Transparency

In the period between the publication of this proposal and its activation, we plan to hold a live stream during which we will discuss the Proposal and answer any questions from the community.

You can submit your questions in advance, too! Just leave a comment here and we will answer it during the live stream.

Moreover:

  • For the duration of the Proposal, we will regularly report our activities—especially those related to the work of the Core Team.
  • On @hive.coding account we will release the recorded Hive Coding School lessons, as well as publish additional materials, documentation and tutorials.
  • After the Proposal duration is over, we will also publish an extensive summary and an account statement of everything that will have happened.

Our aim is for our work to be as transparent to community as possible. This is in line with our values and the values of Królestwo Bez Kresu, which is a community-first transparent venue.


Help the Kingdom!

Despite six years of activity on the blockchain, as well as a presentation at HiveFest in Split, there is still a large part of the Hive community that does not know about the existence of the Kingdom. Therefore, in addition to voting for the proposal, you can help KBK spread the word by reblogging it or providing information in other ways.

Vote for this proposal: Ecency | Hive.blog | Peakd

Thank you for your support!

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I don't support very many proposals (I take a very hard-headed business-oriented view when it comes to spending DHF money), but I've voted for this one. It is the first proposal I've seen for a very long time that looks like someone has put together a actual detailed business case. 😀

The reasons I like it, and would say to any of my friends reading this that it's worth voting for, are these;

  1. The objectives are measurable and tangible, not some vague "yeah, it'll be good for Hive" waffle. That means that by the end of it, we'll know if it's been successful, failed, or nearly got there but needs some fine-tuning.
  2. It is time limited, not open-ended.
  3. It builds on pre-existing success and has a strong focus on marketing Hive to non-users.
  4. It explains how the funds will be spent, in enough detail to tell me someone has actually sat down and thought about it.
  5. It supports @distriator which is a project I am a big fan of.

But I do have a couple of questions/thoughts, mostly based on curiosity....

  1. How many new Hivers has the project onboarded so far, and how many of those are still active ?
  2. While appreciating that most of what you do is non-profit, has any thought been given to non-core offerings which could reasonably have small charges applied (e.g. a small commission if anything made in the arts & crafts or chocolate-making sessions is sold to the wider public, or offering one-to-one support with Hive coding for a fee ?) This would then help fund any extension of the proposal to slightly reduce the funding required from the DHF.

So all in all, well done on the professional way you've presented this proposal, and I hope you get enough votes to get the funding. I'll be watching with interest !

I've started my adventure with blockchain throught this marvelous place.

Thank you, and welcome to Hive ! It's always good to get a first-hand view of a project 😀

 3 days ago  

Thanks for your comment! This proposal took dozens of hours to prepare, so it's nice that someone appreciates it :)

How many new Hivers has the project onboarded so far, and how many of those are still active?

It's hard to tell, because we don't keep statistics. Nevertheless, we delegate RC to new accounts that do not have enough HP from the @hive.aid account. There are 131 such accounts. So the total may be 200, because the delegation was withdrawn from those accounts that have reached a high enough HP level.

How many are active? Here it is also difficult to say, because it depends on the definition of activity. If it is publishing posts, then certainly about 20. If we add voting, commenting and transferring tokens then 2x (or maybe even 3x) more. In my opinion, that's still not enough, so that's what this proposal is supposed to focus on as well. Especially since a large group of people who don't have a Hive account go to @krolestwo account regularly and read what has been happening or what is planned.

While appreciating that most of what you do is non-profit, has any thought been given to non-core offerings which could reasonably have small charges applied (e.g. a small commission if anything made in the arts & crafts or chocolate-making sessions is sold to the wider public, or offering one-to-one support with Hive coding for a fee ?) This would then help fund any extension of the proposal to slightly reduce the funding required from the DHF.

We didn't want this proposal to be the size of a book, so unfortunately not everything is described in detail. In any case, we currently cover about $1,000 each month. These are basic costs such as rent, electricity, Internet. We are successful because the supporters for the tokens can get various rewards, such as tea, snacks, our ceramics. They can also rent space. This motivates them. This system, based on our own tokens, works, but it requires a much larger scale if we want to grow and do big events, for example.

Our goal is to become fully self-sufficient in future projects. This, however, requires reaching more new people with information. A year ago we really had a huge problem with this. The situation was improved by the support of @valueplan. Now we want to take more steps forward. To sum up: we want all elements of this proposal to become standard at the Kingdom and be able to continue in the future without any support from the DHF.

This is going to be worth every penny spent from DHF. Long live KBK! Long live Hive!

 3 days ago  

Thanks! :) Long live KBK&Hive!

One of the most deserving and easily verifiable projects on the chain.

I remember talking to gtg during HF Amsterdam, and I said him the same thing I say to every one who doesn't initially click with the idea of the Kingdom - "you have to see it to believe it". This detailed proposal lets people see the Kingdom and believe in it, leaving very little to the imagination. Extremely well done.

I support it 👏 👍

 19 hours ago  

Thank you @blind-spot! You are without a doubt the best ambassador of the Kingdom. We have even begun to think about a formal such function. The first nomination will definitely go to you!

Can I vote for myself during nomination? 😆

 19 hours ago  

There will be no voting. You will be nominated by acclamation :P

You have my full support - KBK is like a Bitcoin embassy and its bringing real people to Hive

 3 days ago  

Thanks! I believe with this project we can do much more.

I support this collaboration with all my heart ❤️ also, as mentioned shortly, @hallmann was invited as a speaker to a conference about blockchain sustainability and wider usage for NGOs in Poland. In other words, Krolestwo’s actions with blockchain technology make an impression and interest around, so with better support, as this presented, it could reach many more. 🐝

This is incredible! I very much appreciate all of the information shared here about this amazing place, and the people that run and participate in it. I'll happily support your proposal! Very exciting stuff indeed! 😁🙏💚✨🤙

 3 days ago  

Thank you! :)

You're deeply welcome, of course! Thank you! 😁 🙏 💚 ✨ 🤙

This is such an inspirational project. We need many more places like this where people can gather to enjoy the benefits of Hive.

Good luck with the proposal.

 3 days ago  

Thanks! I hope you will visit us someday!

I'd love to.

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Good luck on your proposal. I look forward to seeing your posts about Hive Programming.

 3 days ago  

I hope the plan will work out and we will create the Hive Coding School. It's really a lucky coincidence that @mciszczon came back to Krakow and we can do some ambitious project. So far, we have sorely lacked a technical person in the Kingdom.

Well, even if things don't work out how you think, you still just have to keep moving forward. Things could end up better than you expected, and you have to adapt, or might get out of hand a bit with the growth, or might not quite get the funding you hoped for. For better or for worse, we all must adapt and keep moving forward.

 3 days ago (edited) 

Hive is an important part of our place, so regardless of the situation we will go forward. The question is whether we will walk very slowly, like a small child (as we are doing now), or start running reaching goals much faster.

PS. There is also the option to take a bicycle, but that maybe in the next proposal ;)

At last!!! A project that connects with real people extending into community and has already delivered tangible results. I look forward to hear more about the great work The Kingdom will deliver in the future.

 2 days ago  

Thanks for your good word and encouraging us to submit this proposal! I remember our conversation on the bus on the way back from the castle. It was one of the signals that gave me hope that we might make it!

Great job! :)
Super inicjatywa i działanie. Sam staram się promować Hive bo ludzie to podstawa działania całej platformy, trochę ludzi z mojego reflinka się tu pojawiło a część z nich jest nadal aktywna co jest moim malutkim sukcesem.
Pozdrawiam Wszystkich i życzę wielu sukcesów!

 2 days ago  

Dzięki! Wpadnij do nas jak będziesz kiedyś w Krakowie :)

Chętnie - niestety dystans sprawia, że nieczęsto bywam na południu Polski :). Ale obserwuję i wspieram z odległej Warmii!
Pozdrawiam!

@tipu curate 8

 3 days ago  

Dzięki @sarmaticus!

This is awesome. I’d like to set up something similar here in Canada 🇨🇦

 2 days ago  

Thanks!

I’d like to set up something similar here in Canada

Good luck! :) I hope there will be more places like this in the future.

I never heard of this but seeing all the pictures and reviews from others, this is a great project and seems super valuable.

Although I stay away from most proposals seeing the politics going on lately around them, I voted this one because I believe this can be valuable for Hive.

Good luck!

 2 days ago  

Thanks for the kind word and your vote. Hope to see you in the Kingdom someday! :)

When I'm in the area, I will make sure to visit!

Really glad to see such a lively and positive feedback here. How is the proposal going? I hope it will eventually get funded. Ať žije Nekonečné Krakowské Království! :)

@tipu curate 8

 2 days ago  

Děkuji mnohokrát! :) When are you planning a trip to Krakow?

Snad zase brzy :)

I rule the Principality of Bastion also since 2018.
I share the same project idea even if I call it Micronation and Principality instead of Kingdom.
Voting for my Polish neighbours, hoping you have plenty of success.
On my side, I will have to wait a long while I guess :)

!PIZZA

 2 days ago  

It's interesting, because a week ago I was thinking that Hive was the perfect environment for micronation development. I made mine in 2001. It existed until 2007, the Principality of Gotzland. Unfortunately, those were less online times than today and there are not many traces of its existence. Thanks for your support!

Most Welcome :-)

You have my support. This kind of place is needed in every country. Keep going!

 2 days ago  

Thank you!

This kind of place is needed in every country.

Definitely yes! I hope we're paving the way.

If not now, just keep going! But I think you will. 👍😎

I learned about Kingdom today due to this Proposal. You have done some amazing work over these 6 years. I wish to see more people from countries around the world replicate what you are doing here. You have my support for this Proposal.

Best of Luck!

 19 hours ago  

Many thanks!

I love the example of Justin Sun in the bathroom. The kingdom sounds like a wonderful place! I hope to visit some day

 2 days ago  

Thanks! See you at the Kingdom! :)

A great place where I would like to visit more often.

 19 hours ago  

Thanks! I hope there will be more opportunities to visit.

I like the pictures my friend, and I hope to check on you next time I visit Poland, as I told you in Split.

I will read the proposal in detail and lend you some support too. I want to check the chocolate too, if you manage to get the stuff from Ghana. Oh, by the way, it may be me, but I was expecting to see a link to the proposal at the end of the post, to vote, in order to make it easier. Save some extra search for us, the non-tech people.

 2 days ago  

Thanks! See you at the Kingdom!

There are links separated in the last line to different pages - Ecency, Hive and Peakd 😊

Thanks, i am not that bright when just waking up. :)

I hope you get the funding. It's a place that connects people and I've really liked everything I've seen about it.

 2 days ago  

Thanks!

More power to your projects and everything you have started doing. Looking forward to your success and cheering for you all. ❤️❤️❤️

 2 days ago  

Thanks!

I love this project, I would love to be part of it, but I live a little far from you (I am from Venezuela).

You have my support, we Hivers must be united, and here you can see that you are a very united community.

 2 days ago  

Thanks! I hope that one day something like this will be built in Venezuela. Greetings from Poland!

I appreciate there are clear deliverables set. The keen one is the number of onboarded users. Would you consider refunding a portion of the funfs to the DHF if the project fails to meet this goal? Inleo Proposal goes this way, and that's why it was a no brainer for me to support it.

 15 hours ago (edited) 

We can think about it. The only problem I see is too much pressure. We want everything in the Kingdom to happen naturally. We promote Hive whether we have the funds or not. This month is an example. We no longer use funds from Value Plan, but we still hold “powered by Hive” events. We onboard people every week. I wouldn't want the pressure of returning funds to lead to a situation where we wait with onboarding for November, because then we'll have better statistics...

On the other hand, professional marketing should bring a much better result than 100 new users. We can talk about it on the planned live stream.

I understand your point. On the other hand, I believe we shall have certain accountability for all DHF proposals, with a possible exception of 100% charitative ones.

I percieve DHF projects as investments of a kind; and we as a community are basically business stakeholders trying to allocate the money the best possible manner. I also find a $23k proposal spanning over just 3 months rather bold, as it must deliver outcomes super-fast in order to ask for possible further support. Maybe a more elaborate plan, with a focus on onboarding activities and retention, could come in handy. This is what most of the community likely cares about more than about cultural and social events, with all due respect to them.

 12 hours ago (edited) 

This is what most of the community likely cares about more than about cultural and social events, with all due respect to them.

In fact, every cultural and social event in the Kingdom leads to onboarding. Because you can't be an active member of our community without a Hive account. So sooner or later people want to create an account. This is the best way, because people's activity is not related to the price of the token. How many Czechs are active authors now? 10 Czechs out of 10 million? (BTW, it is similar in Poland) I suspect it looked very different in 2018. Even if the infrastructure was much much worse.

What is my point? Blogging is dying. And it will get worse because of AI. Unless Hive finds new fields of usefulness it will get worse and worse. The Kingdom is a unique experiment where this is happening. We set onboarding goals, but they are not the most important. The most important thing is that people want and use Hive regularly (and naturally). And then we can make it into a story that will interest other people. Today, narrative matters. Especially in the crypto-world. Is the Kingdom an interesting story? Ask @phortun. Been there, seen that.

Marketing is a very complex subject. Without good (i.e. interesting) marketing, nothing will sell. Even if it is good. This is what we want to focus on. I believe that the fruits will appear sooner than we expect.

PS. Česko není daleko. Mohl bys nás někdy navštívit :)

Not many, about 20 people post weekly, including Actifit reports.

I have no doubts about how interesting Kingdom is. My point was spreading of risk, if I may use this terminology. There are deliverables set. Twenty events - fair enough. But it's active users what counts, the event attendees who come and leave don't really matter from the DHF point of view. Do you use them to onboard newbies? Cool. Break a leg!

I see a proposal asking for support. Fair enough. What happens if the goals are not reached though? I believe they will be, fingers crossed. Still, there is a possibility something could go wrong. Perhaps refunding a portion of what the project recieves is fair. I guess I am not the only one thinking this way after the proposal clashes we experienced recently.

 12 hours ago  

Therefore, as I wrote, we will think about it :)

BTW, I wrote ‘20 events powered by Hive’, but that doesn't mean that there will only be 20 events in the Kingdom during these three months. I suspect we'll have over 50, and not every event is ‘powered by Hive’. But every one leads to onboarding people.

Then you need just 2 newbies per each event to reach the goal ;)

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This is a far better use of DHF funds compared to that other bullshit group with the race car and shit. I read most of this and find this much more tangible and appropriate in terms of ask, how the costs are laid out and you’ve got quite a bit of results thus far and meetups. I wish all proposals were written like this.

 2 days ago  

I wish all proposals were written like this.

Thanks! We worked on it for many hours.

good luck bro!

 2 days ago  

Thanks!

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 2 days ago  

No idea why you have this issue. I spoke to @engrave. He suggested changing the API.

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I am witness to how @krolestwo changes across the year. Heard about the place somewhere in 2015, maybe it was already 2016. Been in first place in Rzeszów in 2017. Now since move to Krakow, I see how this place grows - and in this year this growth accelerated. There are obviously multiple reasons to that, which I can sum as: finally there is a correct formula. This formula still might improve, however we have this in place, as our Great Leader @hallmann focuses on continuous improvement. This proposal, once it passes, will benefit not only the community, but the Hive itself. And to be honest, I know this won't be the last word. This is just starter, to make most out of recent acceleration pace. And I can ensure you, all support provided to KBK will bring effects and value.

I can also be a proof of how KBK is attracting new people to Hive - my adventure with this network started only because I learned about the Hive in KBK. Now I am using this place to put my ideas and thoughts to e-paper, and therefore developing myself.

The Kingdom is a community that we did not earn but yet we've built it.

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