This is what my issue is, the Hive blockchain pays money out to witnesses but they are also our devs. You guys are the lifeforce of the Hive blockchain, Hive has to be #1.
There should be a commitment that is unique to Hive, and that is what helps us to be able to build and be different.
We can't just get cookie-cutter duplicates of things from other chains and think we will be able to create any kind of difference between our product and others.
That is straight-forward business stuff, and should be embraced by everyone because it will create a stronger Hive.
So what is going to make us different? Because that is how we get stronger.
One Hive
Hive's next big thing is people actually interacting with one another's content on a deeper level than automated bots giving each other automated thumbs up and acting as a mechanism of distribution.
Where are the stories of HIVE keeping people floating above the poverty line, or giving people the ability to choose between being without electricity, or being with out food, and allowing people to have both.
There's so much crap out there about rugpulls donating to charity, but not a single good news story about how hive allowed running water in some remote village, or funded optometry for someone going blind.
We're not go fund me, we're not kickstarter, we're not patreon, we're not anything like that, but we have the potentital to make an impact on people's live's that are far greater than all of these things combined... but we don't do this.
We don't celebrate these things, because they rarely happen.
I cashed out STEEM before the fork. I got some nice cameras. I take some photos. I post them to HIVE. I make a difference in people's lives by capturing moments of their time on the planet. Crypto let me do that, because I chose to use it that way.
It already happens everyday by each upvote you give to "not whales".
Everyone on this chain should get a freaking tax credit for upvoting because it's really fun to give out 50% of the inflation to "not yourself" and expect the recipients to somehow bring more capital back into the system.
If it's not sustainable, Hive is just another glorified Ponzi like legacy financial systems, but with clicks of buttons instead of convoluted bs at every level.
As it stands, it's first ones to cash out win.
Hive definitely could help to create some amazing stories where we help communities build out of poverty, or fund art supplies, or some other way to inspire hope.
There has to be things that we can improve to increase decentralization and strengthen our blockchain, the potential that Hive has is immense.
Hive will be what we make of it.
Add another 300 hours to your research. That oughta do it.
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communities
I agree communities are a great way to build, but we still need tech advances that are unique.