Changes are happening all over the world. As we celebrate our 5th anniversary as Hive and are approaching a decade as a community we continue to push the boundaries of blockchain possibilities and technical excellence. Over the years through dedication, ingenuity and perseverance, the Hive community has built a true beacon of Web3. The Hive ecosystem is a vibrant embodiment of decentralization and accessibility and it is all of us here on Hive who have collectively made it happen.
On this special day even the Hive Whale has come out of hibernation after a chilly winter! https://hivewhale.com/
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Revolutionary Web3
Hive was created out of the love for decentralization and digital freedom. Unlike its competitors, Hive was never about the money. Hive is all about the vision. About true Web3.
All of us take special pride in Hive. Hive is built by its users for its users with no corporate influence. It rose out of the flames of an unprecedented attack on decentralization and open source principles and has from that time vowed to champion those key tenets and ensure that corporate greed has no place in its segment of Web3. The Hive community was not for sale five years ago and it never will be. No single entity has control of Hive -- it is decentralized, auditable, transparent, and barrier-less. It is a beacon of creativity, innovation and endurance among the greater blockchain-based technologies landscape and the cryptosphere. Its ecosystem has flourished organically, with myriad dapps, services and solutions for every need, from sharing videos to buying dinner.
Hive is built to last. Growth on Hive has never been about financial gains but always about exploring new opportunities to pursue innovation and build the best Web3 experience possible. Integrations, partnerships and onboarding all constitute the key milestones required to promote mass adoption. Not only do they allow new users to discover Hive but they also provide a gateway into data ownership and personal freedom and actualization.
“Hive makes an escape route possible,” wrote one Hive community member. “Not just from being an early adopter, but also because you can earn it by participating in the game. You make a post, you might get some HIVE. Once you have some Hive Power, you can vote that power and earn HIVE. This is what makes Hive different than most any of the other cryptos on offer, distribution is built into the first layer. You don't need a rack of servers or 4 digit electric bills to mine some hive, just something to say, the ability to type it out, and some networking for friends.”
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Hive Changes Lives
Hive has consistently remained resilient despite being faced first with COVID-related challenges and then a highly-volatile market, which still persists. Despite this, it is listed on over 40 exchanges and both HBD and HIVE are used as currency for B2B and B2C transactions worldwide. Hive has come from wondering what can be done with it in terms of use-cases to being welcomed in everything from grocery stores to entertainment venues to real-estate as the preferred cryptocurrency. Purchases can already be made without delay with only a phone with the help of the Hive Keychain and Distriator and now Hive Debit Cards are becoming available. The Virtual Smart Chain (VSC) is also currently in the final stages just edging towards launch, making integrations even more seamless.
Hive brought tangible change to the world. Freedom of expression is a universal human right along with an adequate standard of living. The Hive community does not wait for change to happen; it makes change happen. Hive community members brought water to remote villages in Ghana, Venezuela and Nigeria. In Ghana, the twentieth well is presently being constructed. Ordinary people who had no understanding of the true capabilities of blockchain technology and parallel economies are seeing their effects when their own neighbors have successfully used Hive to resolve problems in weeks that the local governments failed to tackle over decades.
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Feeless and Limitless
Hive is currently positioned as one of the most accessible blockchains to develop on. It makes development simple and fast. It has been transformed from the baseline DPoS blockchain technology it started out as into a light-weight solution suitable for any project or industry application. It did this while improving on security mechanisms to ensure that data integrity and decentralization remain paramount.
Hive has not only improved on existing DPoS technology but has made it truly limitless by crafting an extensive layer-2 capability and supporting cross-chain integrations. The HAF API Note Suite now bundles together the innovative Hive Application Framework (HAF) with HAF Account History (HAFAH), Hived (core protocol), Hivemind, a block explorer and more. While Hive sports 3 second blocks, its one block irreversibility (OBI) means that confirmation is near-instant, making transactions final without any waiting. Every part of Hive has been continuously optimized to limit the required resources in relation to all types of transactions and to lower the infrastructure requirements to run the most complex of operations. Everything is designed for scalability and efficiency.
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Changes are happening and changes are also sought after here on Hive too. We look forward to the next five years as we make those changes and pave new roads through Web3. Hive on!
Hivefive everyone!
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Happy anniversary to Hive, and everyone who made the decision to BE HIVE when the choice came five years ago. It was not a light decision to fork the chain, and some of us left friends behind ... but my personal decision had to do with standing up for freedom for myself and others. So long as Hive stands for those things for all of its communities, may it stand until the end of the world!
I had mixed feelings, but always felt like I was doing the right thing. It was sad to let all that history behind, but it was the only way to move forward 🙏
Happy Hive Five!
!GIFU
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Same here ... we were never going to get out from under all the toxicity without a new start, and Hive was the new start, a new start free from the sheer evil that had been done, with people who also chose to be free. I do not hold hard feelings for those who were willing to fight for the best on Steemit, to reclaim what they could ... for some it was too much to give up on something for something as uncertain and relatively new as a chain fork. Some are doing well by their decision. But to move forward and get a new start, Hive was the right move.
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Thank you -- and thank you, @katerinaramm!
Where's my slice of cake? Little Hive is growing up fast.
!BEER
Hey @steevc I guess someone used your slice of cake to brew some more beer for the next HiveFest
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I like beer and I like cake so that's okay.
Wow, it’s already been 5 years! We’ve done an amazing job. 💪 a little champagne for everyone! 😄
Happy Hive Birthday be(e)loved Community! <3
Happy Anniversary everyone! 🎉 🍺
Five years already Amazing !INDEED
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Happy anniversary everyone!🥳
I just got here a month ago, and I am 100% on board. Def gonn see if I can summon the brain power to do at least one of these contents.
I guess @theycallmedan
I will do posts this week.
Happy Anniversary Everyone, friends, family and haters alike. I love you all.
Happy anniversary 🎈 everyone 😊 #happyhivefive
I pick @theycallmedan as the person who wrote this post.
Lovely to see this incredible chain to be alive and kicking!!
Even more alive with all the different activities
Happy anniversary to ourselves.
Congratulations all!
How cool, that Hive Whale!
I'm waiting for my spray gif 😂
hi, quess for @theycallmedan . Happy anniversary.
I was literally just telling Hive’s origin story as a, “Don’t downplay the power of the community,” cautionary tale on a tg mini app this morning, and I decided to come try to be long-form social again after a long time away(from everything, not just hive), and this was the first post I saw 😂
Happy birthday community! 🥳🎁🎊
Happy Anniversary to everyone
Happy 5th Birthday to Hive! It's tremendous for all of us.
I guess @theycallmedan wrote those quote. I'll try to join other contests 😅
Happy Hiversary! My guess is @theycallmedan.
Yuhhh it's incredible how fast 5 year quickly passed!
But it's our all anniversary!
So congratulations to all of us! 🥳🎉
In Hive we trust!!!
Happy birthday to this great platform.
HiveFive!
Happy anniversary to us 🥳🎉
Feliz aniversario a HIVE💪
Feliz aniversario para Hive 🥳🎂
Five years already?!
That was fast.
Happy hive anniversary friends.
Defo @theycallmedan quote
Feliz aniversario para Hive y todos Los que hacemos vida en el entorno digital y presencial, swc-hive.
Felicitaciones #swc-hive
Hivefive!!! ❤️
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Hello dear friends @hiveio
How wonderful it has been to accompany you on this great adventure; so many beautiful things have happened over the years.
I can't wait to celebrate a decade of life. See you there.
Happy anniversary, family and friends.
Feliz aniversario para la blockchain de Hive! Incluyendonos a todos los creadores de contenido que formamos parte de la web 3.0. #swc-hive
Thank you for all you have done in the last 5 years!!!
SO happy we made it here!
Excellent! Happy Birthday, thanks for what you do!
Hive five everyone.
Everyone needs to get a piece of cake for this 🎉🥳🎂
!BEER
HiveFive!
It's been five good years of hardworking, dedication and perseverance.....Happy Hivevarsary!
I guess @theycallmedan wrote the post.
Hive Five ! 🖐🏽
Happy Anniversary for The Blockchain, I hope we'll keep growing up ! Let's go for more.
Wooow very coooool
<3 Hive it's awesome
Congratulations
Felicidades 🎉
Happy anniversary to Hive!! 😃🤗💪👏🎂
Happy birthday Hive!!! ✨
An amazing place to be! 👏
I think theycallmedan wrote this quote 😊.
Happy anniversary to all!
Happy anniversary Hive!!! 🎉
Cheers to the amazing 5 years it has been.
Congratulations to me and every Hiveans who have impacted this community positively.
We are winners
Cheers to more wins
Happy 5th! Can’t believe it’s already this long! More to go!! 🍻