RE: Hive: What Kind Of Progress Are We Really Making?
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It was definitely a surprise to suddenly see a post from Dan (Larimer) show up. I'm still not clear on what motivated it — aside from promoting his book — but I suppose time will tell. Is Dan an idealist who envisions change, or is he just a shrewd businessman who walks from one project to the next with some fresh millions in his pocket? BitShares, Steem, EOS, BlockOne, Voice... what's next?
This is definitely a long-term gig. I fear people spend too much time "ticker watching" and judging failure/success accordingly, rather than looking at the big, long-term multi-year picture. You wouldn't manage an entire baseball team simply around only the next game, would you? There are more games, and more seasons, and legacies way down the road.
As you may know by know, my own soapbox issue is the marketplace... a way to provide a solid and ongoing use case; a base demand for the token. Yet, it seems like a hot potato, and often earns the response "Nah, let's just build some more games!" (that 17 people will play) like that's the be-all, end-all answer to everything. Sure, every developer dreams of creating a blockbuster game, but for every great success, there are 10,000 failures long forgotten.
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Marketplace is surely needed. It is a major hole in the entire industry. Years ago, some were saying that Steemit Inc should built it on steemit.com. It fell on deaf ears. Nevertheless, I agree with you, shops are needed in a big way.
Technology is a long term process. People forget that Amazon spent 20 years building to the point where it started to make enormous profits. The same is true for Tesla which is now only starting to hit its stride.
This will take a while but it is evolving. Each week, we are seeing progress being made in the entire industry. Hive is certainly making some strides yet more could be done.
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