Personally I don't think there has been use cases that caught the attention of developers. That said, a strong case could be made that we are still lacking the tools to attract them. Ethereum and EOS both outpace Hive in that regard.
Hive is the epitome of a decentralized idea with many groups going in different directions. In the long run, that can give you much greater reach yet, in the near term, makes it tough since there isn't that laser focus. Many felt that marketing Hive to users was the answer, but what are you really marketing?
It all comes down to the developers. Why is EOS nowhere near the Ethereum Killer it was advertised as? Because the developers are still on the former.
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In many ways, I do think Hive is doing precisely what it's supposed to be... and the marketing issue is perhaps better left to 2nd layer communities who can have a tight niche appeal, and thus be more likely to attract the new users to their communities... which underneath are still Hive-based. Imagine 20 LeoFinance-like communities running, concurrently.
And maybe part of the answer lies there... the marketplace could even be a 2nd layer project.
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I certainly have and agree with you. Hive is the base layer, the power is at the second layer. That is what will give value to the first layer.
Leofinance is showing what the potential is like. A number of times today I mentioned what would things look like if there were a few dozen people who followed Real Madrid or the Los Angeles Lakers on Hive, operating in their own community. We know fans like that are passionate.
That is the true value of hive's future. Once people realize they can set up tribes like that are start to solicit people from around the Internet, then things take on a new meaning.
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