I too am very encouraged by the rapid development of the Hive ecosystem and its future potential. Though one thing does come to immediately to mind; as Hive grows in popularity and captures the interest of the public at-large, moving forward, how will Hive be able to protect itself from competitive interest? As history demonstrates, there are those who may seek to launch legal challenges as a means of "protecting their turf" as it were?. The big players within this game will almost with certainty view Hive as a threat and take stances with hostile intent. And then there the patent trolls who will circle like vultures looking for weaknesses and ready to attack when the opportunity avails itself. I hope that this has been taken into consideration by the Hive team. As the saying goes, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
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To start, I dont think Hive is on the radar of any major player. Hive is doing well but we need to keep it in context. I can guarantee Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube are not even aware that Hive exists. Hell a majority of the crypto community doesnt even know what Hive is.
As for the patents, how are you going to go after a blockchain. What can they patent?
How do you sue something that is decentralized?
Possible trademark infrigement is one example.
https://www.cryptonewsz.com/oracle-sues-blockchain-startup-for-trademark-infringement/37358/
Other examples may include liability, intellectual property and data protection.
https://www.dlapiper.com/en/us/insights/publications/2017/06/blockchain-background-challenges-legal-issues/
And finally, does one's digitial assets qualify as a security?
https://www.coindesk.com/investors-suing-ripple-cite-sec-guidance-to-argue-xrp-is-a-security
These examples could apply to the blockchain's parent orginization or to those maintaining and managining it.