I'm a bit late to the party, but hello and welcome to the Hive, Bee :-)
You've got quick an amazing background, and the design works that you've done here are amazing! We're always welcoming of new users, and I hope it's been alright for you trying to get used to how it all works. A great tip to help find more people, including the stuff that you like, feel free to join a Community. Since you're into artwork, the OnChainArt Community is a great place to enjoy illustrations other like-minded creatives like you!
I see that you've asked for some ways to show how HIVE all works. I believe there are some great onboarding initiatives to help new users settle into the Hive. Not sure if you've got that working, since I came here 4 days later, but there are some neat sites for that. For starters, we have HIVE Onboard, where you can learn a bit more on how it all works. If you have other mates who are joining in, and they're looking to create accounts on HIVE, this is a great site to show them first. Then, there's the simple Hive.io, where you can have a preview of some of the more popular DApps that run on the Hive Blockchain. You can also find some useful links to group chats and other social media pages to find fellow Hivers (Twitter, Discord, Telegram, etc.).
I hope that's been useful, and welcome aboard the Hive.
Hey Zack!
Thanks for the warm welcome, mate. I appreciate all of that. I actually have already followed OCA, but I'm really not sure what exactly it is that's on chain? Is it just posting on PeakD that makes it "on chain"? It seems like you can just upload art there, not like you have to make your art into an NFT or anything. Really amazing artwork on there, I'm enjoying it.
This is all great news. Thanks for sharing those sources with me. I have been to Hive.io, but I will check out the Onboard site as well. Good stuff here. I am also in the Hive Discord, feel free to say hi if you see me around.
All the best brother and hope to see ya around.
Cheers, I'll try to look for you on Discord :-)
When it says on-chain, it means the Hive Blockchain. Peakd is another front-end of Hive, just like Hive.io. You know those third-party apps for Reddit on mobile that gives you a whole different UI, but still running Reddit underneath? That's pretty much what Peakd does for Hive.io, and I do love the general user-experience over here, with all its neat features and creature comforts compared to the more basic Hive.
On-Chain would mean that all of your artwork, or anything that you post on Hive in general, is recorded on the Hive Blockchain. Forever yours, and it belongs to you. One really cool site that I'd like to show to newcomers is HiveBlocks, which is where you can see the whole Blockchain in action. Here, everything (input, comments, replies, posts, up/downvotes, transactions) are publicly and transparently recorded, available for anyone's view.
I can even search for people's usernames, like yours (pics below) and see what's going on with your account. Every action that involves your account, whether you or others are interacting with it, can be viewed and verified. You can even see some stats related to your Hive user-account as well. Ah, the awesomeness of the Blockchain... I hope this all helps :-)
Cool, thanks a lot for that breakdown. I'm beginning to understand a bit more how it works. That was pretty helpful and that's a really nice explorer/tool ... HiveBlocks. 😎
You're welcome! I hope you've been able to put this to good use :-)
100%, Zack! I'm working on my first infographic (basic blockchain stats) for now and will share with the community once I'm done. Then I will try to highlight other aspects of the Hive Ecosystem! Cheers man. I gotta load up on some HIVE so I can tip as well, I haven't even purchased any yet.
That's brilliant to hear! I'm hoping to read it soon, mate. There's quite a few exchanges now that support $HIVE, so loading up on it should be easy, though mind the deposit process. But, it's not necessary,and once you start earning more from posts and curations, you'll begin to have enough balance in your account for tips aplenty :-)