Let me ask a question:
If popular Web3 games, like Pixels or Parallel, decided to start blogging on Hive or hold an airdrop for Hive stakeholders, what would your reaction be?
Would you dismiss them because their game isn’t built on Hive? Or criticize them for requiring gas fees to interact with their platform, even if those fees are minimal? Or would you welcome them with open arms for their decision to blog on the OG Web3 social media platform?
These questions came to mind after the Ethgard Legends Airdrop, which was met with overwhelmingly positive feedback! But also some critiques that seemed to dismiss the effort simply because I use a mix of technologies. Sometimes it feels like I’m in a Hive echo chamber, where anything outside of Hive is viewed as irrelevant or unnecessary.
On one hand, people in this community often discuss the need for Hive to achieve mainstream adoption. Yet, on the other hand, there’s a reluctance to engage with or acknowledge innovation happening in other parts of Web3. It’s nearly 2025, and the crypto/Web3 landscape has changed dramatically since 2020, let alone 2016. Technology is evolving rapidly, and standing still is not an option.
If Hive is going to thrive, I believe it needs to embrace innovation and be willing to integrate and collaborate with other technologies when it makes sense. For Ethgard Legends, that meant using Hive as its blogging platform while also leveraging EVM smart contracts to deliver scalable, onchain assets that integrate with major platforms like OpenSea and — most importantly — are chain agnostic, meaning they can run on any EVM-compatible blockchain (even Hive, if it gets EVM compatibility).
This doesn’t make me 'anti-Hive' — it’s about giving people the best possible product by combining the strengths of different technologies. Let me repeat: YOU deserve the best possible product.
Hive is an incredible ecosystem, and I’m proud to be a part of it. And I believe its future success lies in openness, collaboration, and innovation — not in isolating itself.
Let’s work together to make Hive a bridge to the wider Web3 world, not an echo chamber.
Wolf
PS: My dream would be a gas-free, EVM-comptible Hive - I'd be the first one to build on it.
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