Ask Me Anything - Marky Edition - September 2021
Have you always wanted to ask me something?
Now is your chance, there won't be another!
(ok, ok, there will)
Hit me up in the comment section with a question and I will do my best to answer it. I post a new AMA post every 2 months or so.
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What is an AMA?
AMA is a format popular on Reddit where one person offers to answer questions for a limited period of time.
How long will I answer questions?
I will usually answer them pretty quickly, and I should be around for a few hours. I will continue to answer them as they come in.
What type of questions can you ask?
I'm open to pretty much anything but my interest fall in the following categories:
- Hive
- Hive Witness
- Crypto
- Gaming (Video & Board)
- Saving my team in Hunt: Showdown
- Ape Mining Club
- Photography
- Development
- Technology
- Productivity
- Movies & TV
- Comedy
- Memes
- Waiting for GPUs to come in stock
Don't feel limited to the above categories, just things I generally know about.
Kitty will be helping out answering any questions.
This AMA brought to you by Dandelion by Galantis, JVKE
So let's get this shit started!
Why you should vote me as witness
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What are your thoughts on dcrops?
I don't really have any as I haven't really looked into it. I skimmed it briefly when I first heard of it, but never got around to looking further.
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Hey, after the splinterland success, do u see Hive more of a gaming platform ?
Not until we have native smart contracts and a larger user base. Even then, content creation will still be the core of the platform.
I've been talking to some people who feel that long-form blogging is a minority interest. There have been some attempts at short-form, i.e. Twitter/Insta-like, but it seems some of the community are not keen on seeing that get rewarded well. I don't think we should try to exclude any particular sort of content as we need to be inclusive and short-form does really well elsewhere. Of course there will be differences of opinion on what it's worth, but it should be up to the community to decide that.
So do you think Hive can become an attractive place for the 'yoof' market with their short attention spans? Not that I have anything against young people. I used to be one :)
There are communities for short form like dbuzz. I think there will always be an issue with short form content because they typically won't get short form rewards. The only way to prevent long form rewards on short form content hurts curators as there is no effective way to prevent losing a big portion of your curation rewards without just not voting posts that use the feature to limit rewards.
While Reddit does really well with short form content like link sharing, there will be a lot of drama and frustration when popular people get more rewards for posting a link or just leaving a meme than people spending hours on their content.
There is an option to build something based on Custom JSON which opts out of the reward pool all together, but would require a custom application to be built to support it. You could even tack on a token to support it, but without voting, it kind of loses any utility and would likely have almost no value. I have considered a few ideas but it's a lot of work to build and the last time I built something like that (using open source Mastadon project) there wasn't a lot of interest.
In short, I don't know of a way to make it work without people getting upset.
On another note, I can't seem to find your comment on LeoFinance under my replies, but I don't see you are banned from Leo either. Makes no sense, must be another glitch.
We know that rewards are not necessarily related to the effort that goes into a post as it can depend more on who you know. Some people will get good auto-votes regardless, but many of them will try to keep their standards up anyway. I have a bigger issue with people who try to game the rewards with low effort posts.
It would get interesting if someone like a Kardashian joined up and started getting $100s for a selfie. Certain people could wipe that out, but should they? As it is some people do really well here with no real profile elsewhere, but if Hive got to millions of users things would probably shift. I am pretty happy with how I've done so far, but I'm no Billy Eilish (in so many ways).
I'm responding using peakd. I don't tend to use LeoFinance.
Doesn't matter, it should show up on LeoFinance as the post is on Leo.
When people say "low effort" they usually mean to say "low-effort with no-value added".
Kardashian is a great case study as she can post valuable content with low effort. It is not valuable to you or me but it is demonstrably valuable to general public.
Due to your very hypocritical downvote-crusade against some accounts, which you maybe want to continue forever, you get some downvotes back. Best regards.
agree!
Hi Sir, How are you doing?
What it really takes for a Token Price become stable? We see constant fall in LEO and POB token price, how could it achieve stability. Do you think Leo and POB be equal to 1 Hive someday?
Demand, this is usually the result of a use case or just primative fomo.
One of the big reasons is the price of Hive going up forces Hive Engine tokens to go down unless they have a lot of buy pressure for some other reason to keep up with the Hive price.
The main reason that won't be a popular opinion, but nevertheless is a big factor is the buy pressure cannot keep up with the sell pressure. Unless you stake LEO/POB to get more voting power, the only use case of LEO and POB is to sell it to take profits. Just like on Hive, most people tend to sell tokens to cash out, this pushes the price of a token downward unless there are more people buying the token.
More use cases creates more demand to buy a token, if that buy pressure is higher than the sell pressure to take profits, then the price will go up, if they are roughly equal the price will stay around the same.
Someday, maybe, but could be for any number of reasons. I firmly believe anyone who tells you what they think the price of a token will be in the future is generally full of shit.
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These are really nice points to consider. I will share it in POB Community. Thank you and Have a good day 😊🙏. !PIZZA
@themarkymark! I sent you a slice of $PIZZA on behalf of @vikbuddy.
Did you know PIZZA team has a curation trail with 29 followers? (2/10)
How stable do you think HBD can be? Do you think it's currently doing well for a stable coin?
I think anything more than $1.01 is not a stable coin and greatly impacts it's ability to be used as one.
I used to think the point of HBD was for commerce, and even 5% fluxiation has a huge impact on a business's bottom line when they work with 10-20% margins, but I don't really see HBD being used for commerce much at all and it's more similar to how other stable coins are used.
I do not believe it is stable at this point, but it is a lot better than it used to be and there is a lot more pressure to bring it down to $1, something we haven't had in the past.
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Well thanks for that clarification, I use to this 0.99 to 1.20$ could be counted as just right or okay.
I guess it'll take time to actually get there. Thanks for the reply.
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Would you be launching more games soon?
Will you be creating a post as a guide for Hive and HBD conversion?
I have two other small games I have been planning on, one has already been started. I am not sure if I will release them both or either. Ultimately I want to build something bigger on a Splinterlands scale.
I may, haven't thought of it, but I may if people are still having a hard time understanding it.
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👁👄👁
Please do when you got the time and thank you. I've read posts explaining it and got the general idea of use and when to convert but then I'd go back to these posts to be sure if I understood whenever I see the market prices swing.
What do you think of Anime?
Indifferent. I prefer live action, but I will watch anime on if they are of interest. For example Cowboy Bebop as it has a lot of similarities to my favorite show Firefly.
I recently watched Dragon's Dogma as it is based on a game I like.
I don't go around looking for new Anime, but if I see something I like, I will certainly watch it.
I will likely watch Nightmare of the Wolf soon as it is part of the The Witcher universe.
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Thanks @themarkymark,
Lately, Hive seems to be so stable with price varies around $0.7 to $0.9. Which is a happy sight. Was it a planned pump or Hive as a token started to get some recognition from outside traders.?
I can only guess, I have no clue what the real reason is. I believe a big factor is the buy pressure being placed on HBD has been pushed to Hive due to the HBD conversion.
Anyway, the pump really making all Hive user happy....might help in user retention as well...thanks for all the effort and support in making Hive a better place.......hat's off dear ....🙏
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Is there room for new hive blogging front-ends considering the current options available?
Always, especially if they have something unique or help onboarding.
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Thanks for the answer, man. Have a good one.
When APE Mining Club update?
Update for what?
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When Quantum?
Not for a while, I will update the other pools to run at 100% before I introduce Quantum. I think I will give it more time before introducing either.
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I am not sure if you published a roadmap for Apeminng, how about publishing one?
How APE tokenomics is sustainable?
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I do not have a roadmap right now, just the introduction post.
The only thing publicly on the roadmap right now is increasing the pool rewards to the full emission (currently running at half) and introducing the Quantum pool.
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What's your favourite genre of music?
I don't really have one, I listen to a wide variety of music from Nine Inch Nails, Eminem, Jason Mraz, Kenny Chesney, and Mumford & Sons. I generally don't like country though
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Somehow, I don't know any one of them. for me I like jazz music, Rnb, but some how don't listen to music often.. Hmm I can ask one than one question right?... In that case, what do you for fun when not doing anything STEM like?..
Hanging out with my wife and son, playing video games, playing board games with the friends, swimming in our pool, not working for anyone.
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In your opinion, could ammasing large amount of HBD during bull market be possible attack vector on Hive by converting in for cheap $HIVE during bear market? Do you see raising HBD limit as a potential threat to the network?
Setting the haircut too high could potentially be an issue, and that's why any changes to the debt ratio will be done with a lot of consideration.
That being said, I don't think the current 10% is too high, nor do I think 20% is.
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So far I've tried out Splinterlands, Cryptobrewmaster, Rising Star, and SoRare - I might try Rabona if I can figure out how to buy 7 HIVE. Now I'm testing Gods Unchained, while keeping Monsta Infinite on my watch list. I played around with Upland as well but I just can't wrap my head around the metaverse meta with massive investments required to own digital land in a video game so you can....um not exactly sure. I predict a TCG or Pokemon-like battle game based on NFTs to be a sucessful model for the future myself.
Bittrex is usually what I recommend, there are really many options for avoiding KYC, it will be everywhere eventually.
No I really don't. I invested a lot into Splinterlands and Gods Unchained but I don't play.
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I would say make some good content then no need at all to worry about kyc or for that matter buying.
I use stealthex.io.
Your account here is your keychain wallet.
Keychain simply handles the signatures from this wallet.
Selling some of your Splinterlands assets and withdrawing DEC token from game to Hive Engine should work just fine for a Rabona-sized purchase.
How are WORKERBEE produced what is there total limit if any? Any documentation if you can point me, on WORKERBEE other than that it is used to mine bee token. I have tried discord now I am bugging top rep hive users about it, so far I just got vague details that it is used to farm bee tokens.
I don't know much about WORKERBEE except that it is the miner token for the BEE token so you can earn BEE passively.
It takes around 10.5 years to break-even buying WORKERBEE right now.
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My intrest seems to be fading away a little now, but do you have any idea where I might get more info about it?
I do not, but it is really simple, you stake WORKERBEE you get BEE, not much else to it.
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Dude 9 out of 10 of my posts are about HEX, why you downvote those too? I know that you are a BALLHEAD but why you downvote posts about the number one cryptocurrency in the world HEX? Are you stupid? Oh that was a stupid question... how did a stupid person get so much money? Oh another stupid question, the Illuminati fiat money system gives most money to brainwashed sheep!!
Come defend yourself, why you downvote all my great content, lets come with an example:
https://www.lassecash.com/@lasseehlers/her-boyfriend-was-wrong-about-hex-and-you-might-be-too
Defend yourself BALLHEAD!!! Its an AMA remember!?!?!
Lasse!
PS: I am apparently the only one here that dare to tell you the truth, everyone else is sucking your whale balls for a few upvotes, how pathetic?
@themarkymark, you never responded to my questions, discriminating again??? Flat is flat, research it!
FAKE AMA!
If you need attention, I recommend getting a dog.
This Hive/LasseCash is the best of all evils of social media that exists. Its painful that a brainwashed BALLHEAD like you are on here, with so much stake probably from corrupt fiat money!
What was your first reaction when the price of hive rose to over a doller last week and what do you think was the cause? Do you think it will rise further or even more anytime soon after it dropped a few days ago?
What are the top 5 coins in your portfolio? 🤔 And why do you hold 'em?
I don't typically talk about what I hold as I am not a financial advisor, but BTC is the majority of my holdings.
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Oh great 😊
You mentioned in one of the comments that Hive doesn't have native smart contract capabilities. I have never heard of Leo Finance before. How does it work?
Leo Finance is a tribe (community with it's own token). In this, it has it's own reward pool where you get LEO token rewards for posting and curating similar to Hive and in addition to Hive rewards.
There are a lot of tribes on Hive Engine, Leo Finance, STEMGeeks, Proof of Brain, and so on.
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How is it possible to create tokens for communities built on Hive Engine if Hive the blockchain doesn't have smart contract capability? Please clarify 🤓
Hive Engine is a third party (@aggroed inc) project that has pseudo smart contracts as a bolt-on solution.
Hive Engine supports erc20 like tokens, NFTs, and rewards pools as well as a few other things. Many projects use this functionality for their projects.
Tribes is a solution provided by Hive Engine which allows users to have their own community and token with the technical aspects mostly managed by Hive Engine.
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With such a large holding of hive and hive-engine tokens, what steps do you take to avoid being hacked?
I don't be stupid. Being hacked is largely the result of stupidity or ignorance.
I use a cold wallet which is rarely ever logged into, which is the only place I typically keep liquid funds, I never use my owner key, and I don't click links I don't trust.
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You mentioned you use a cold wallet to store your liquid HIVE and HIVE-Engine funds. Where might I be able to find a cold wallet with HIVE compatibility?
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A cold wallet is as simple as another account you send funds to that you rarely ever log into. Sending funds to it never requires logging, and if you keep enough funds on your main account you rarely need to log into the cold account.
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Let’s say someone wants to crash 💥 into Hive / Hive-Engine development and is eager to invest to required time and effort. What‘s the roadmap, where to start, which DEV tools / editors and frameworks, what’s critical base knowledge?
I would first choose Javascript or Python.
Download VS Code, follow my VS Code tutorials or any others.
Learn the basics of JS or Python, lots of free resources.
Then think of a small project to work on, you will learn 100x more just doing something than doing tutorials forever.
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Here you go
Great!
What'd the chickpea say to the humus when asked on a date?
Not while I'm peeing?
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"I falafel."
What's the difference between a chickpea and a garbanzo bean?
Tuxedo cats ftw
Do you think we will see some "social dapp" for hive in the next time that rocks?
Something the user experience doesn't suck?
I don't see it soon. You?
Hopefully, but hard to say.
I really love PeakD myself, and I hear there are some big improvements coming.
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We need something "retard friendly".
For generation " lost password". I think keychain can be the tool for that. The ultimate tool.
But IMO people need a way to use hive without ever need to touch a key.
And that's not so easy in terms of "lost device".
so they can use their 123456 passwords for keychain, because do we really think they use a better one?
Other than finance and gaming, do you see other applications for blockchain technology that will impact our lives in a big way?
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Blockchain will be used for ID and licensing. Countries like South Korea has already started this.
I believe blockchain would be ideal for election voting.
Governments are looking to blockchain and how it can solve their debt issues.
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I am a newbie here on hive and my question would be what advice would you give to me and what did you wish you did differently when you started?
I would recommend networking and getting to know people as much as possible. Find something that interests you and write about that. Maybe find a community that interests you as well.
Bought more when Hive was near $0.10.
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In a couple of years, this be like, "bought more Hive when it was at $1." :)
Thank you so much, I would take this advice to heart.
Hey Marky, can you give me some insights about the future of Ape Mining Club? ✌
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The next change will be doubling the daily emissions then releasing the Quantum pool.
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That's awesome Marky. Thanks for your reply! Looking forward to it.
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Howdy. I so wish I would've read this post the moment I found it. Was just stopping by to show you some !LUV
I'd like to hear your perspective on the tokens being built on hive. I'm asking what's your overall view towards them and how they're growing. The directions their talking.
I spent the day looking the different tokens I'd received through my blogging. So I'm curious your thoughts on them.
I think some of them are interesting and have value, a good many don't. Finding which is which is the challenge.
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Okay nice.
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@themarkymark, you've been given LUV from @dreamingirwin.
Check the LUV in your H-E wallet. (1/10)
Inspite of having APR better than even #pob why is #cine token not so popular on hive ? What can be done to increase engagement on #cine?
It all comes down to what people want to write about and what they think is more valuable, it doesn't always line up with reality.
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What efforts can be made to promote this community? I personally would like to see this community to grow
We have a $100k+ marketing proposal funded that is suppose to do that.
Hi. You probably don't remember me from the when I had my contest in steemit. Your whalebot was so helpful back then. I attempted a post where I tried to create a useful how to for the bots I'd spend the day looking into. Though research isn't my strong suit. Any pointers on where to go for that kinda research. I'm not a technical guy, I'm the know enough to make use of something person.
You mean vote bots?
No. Like !PIZZA !BEER and !LUV . Even though I thought I had them figured out. I've been struggling to get them under use. Honestly I should've given myself more time. I know the leaders of those communities are busy.
@themarkymark! I sent you a slice of $PIZZA on behalf of @dreamingirwin.
Did you know you can spend $PIZZA on games in the $Pizza Store? (1/10)
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@themarkymark, you've been given LUV from @dreamingirwin.
Check the LUV in your H-E wallet. (3/10)
I don’t think there is a single place to find them, people who create them write a post announcing them and people start to use them.
Okay. I was just being hopeful lol
Hi, @themarkymark
Thank you for this.
How many developer hours does it take to take open source project on Ethereum and transfer it to Binance?
How do you find developers who can do this work?
Where or how do you find out what the usual rate is for this work?
How do you have the finished product inspected for errors or exploits?
Thank you.
@shortsegments
A report from @interpretation states that #stem has outperformed other hive front-ends and #cine has underperformed on alexa rankings. I have read the reasons of #stem going up in prices due to the new coin and others as well, but what are the reasons for #cine underperforming. I am really concerned as the investor in #cine.
#cine is fine, it just needs more users. Also his report is incorrect.
My report is not in-correct. Please let me know what is wrong with my report. I have been tracking the progress of all the hive front ends since last few months. Can you please tell me what has gone wrong exactly ? The ranks change every day. You are checking it for today on alexa and you are seeing my 13 days old report. How would the ranks match ?
Not sure how you concluded the report is wrong, but the numbers in the report are very much in-line with the current alexa rankings. This is quite alarming and that is the reason I wanted to understand what is wrong with #cine.
Is it good to hold the tokens ?
Sorry it was my mistake, I read the chart wrong with the lack of commas in one column I miscounted the digits on quick look at it.
There is nothing wrong with Cine, it is one of the newest tribes and hasn't had time to get it's Alexa ranking up, but I highly doubt it ever will unless it onboards new users as most users post on Cine without using the front end. STEM & LEO have a penalty for not using the front end which encourages people to use it. Cine does not. Doesn't mean anything is wrong with the distribution, just the front end isn't as actively use, but I a custom front end is being worked on. Not convinced that will change this fact though.