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For me, Hive is fun, interesting platform where you can learn a lot. Also, as English is not my 1st language, this is a great exercise for me to practice pronouncing words because I read posts out loud. I also like that the content of the posts must be original because I really value authenticity.

Hive is, for me, a blueprint of a possible future: decentralized, community-driven, and shaped by people who believe in co-creation instead of control. A place where humans and technology evolve together instead of drifting apart.

For me, Hive is an infinite source of learning material and a place I can freely and easily experiment, have my own ideas, get feedback and spend a good time connecting with people.

It's a place where if I wish to support anything I like or feel identified with, I can just do it! The people around it are the ones making me so fond of exploring, educating myself about it and making sure whatever I can share has value for others on their own paths.

The community aspect of this social blockchain has the utmost potential in my view, and the people participating in it have made a real difference in my life.

For me is a digital back up for photos and online journal for memories and ideas.

In a way its also like a digital playground to meet and connect with other people around the world. Like having a pen pal 😂

I should also include a crypto investment opportunity

For me, it is an integral part of my online activities. Collaborating with others across the Hive ecosystem gives me a sense of familiarity and freedom without the fear of being blocked.

Only been around for 4 years.. Here's my thoughts:

What value propositions truly define Hive?

I think it's very fascinating that there is a social media that has a cryptocurrency and a stablecoin mechanism incorporated within it. I always think people will one day realise how amazing this set up is, to be able to earn rewards from writing posts and even reward others from reading and commenting.

What deserves to be highlighted on the landing page?

Hmm not so sure about that.. Maybe the awesome communities that we have, from gaming to food to travel to even pages that allow you to reflect about life or rant about work! There's something for everyone to engage!

What genuinely sets Hive apart from other cryptocurrency and blockchain projects?

Definitely the people. While some people have left in recent periods, I think from a "glass half full" perspective, there are still people around who are posting, who are commenting, who are building, and some of them have even taken the opportunity to buy and power up more Hive.

For me, Hive is a digital sandbox - a place to build, experiment, and grow. It’s the space in the crypto and blockchain world I genuinely call home, shaped collectively by its people and free from the control of any single stakeholder.

Hive is a place you can blog where you can get engagement (speaking as someone who ran their own blogs).

What is on Hive will endure. I've used several other platforms that got shut down (Google!!).

Yes there are rewards too and that matters for many.

Anyone can build on Hive for free.

Hive for me it has been also an avenue to see and equally learn new things in life 👏

Hive is another name for me that I love because it truly gives me freedom and at the same time I can freely share my favorite photography and engage with people from all over the world and learn a lot from their posts and at the same time it helps me financially.

Hive for me is a platform where I can express myself freely and original without any judgement. I started taking my singing videos seriously all because of Hive and now look where I'm at.
Started writing all because of Hive and I've grown beyond measure😊. Hive is a place of growth, reward, and contribution. I love that I can contribute my two cents to just any topic as long as I understand.

And yes! Because of Hive, I got to sponsor myself to college and get things done for myself . So yes! Hive is more than a writing platform to me, it's a platform that has changed my life for good in many ways ❤️❤️

Thanks to Hive I learn something new every day, I visit corners of anywhere in the world as if I had travelled there, I have a place to express my thoughts and emotions, I make virtual friends who become real, I feel useful helping other users... and I only use their social part!

For me:

Hive was the place where all the theory behind “Web3” finally made sense and came to life. Even as a non-technical person, I was able to do things like permissionlessly use other projects’ assets in my own endeavours, be 100% sure that those efforts would persist through crypto tech.

Hive was a place largely free of all the cryptobro hype circus, instead teeming with a really diverse and wonderful community all using the chain in unique ways.

No gas fees was big big deal back in 2022 or so. It’s a less competitive idea now that we have loads of very low gas chains… but what that did was give Hive a huge head start in attracting a way more interesting userbase.

For me, Hive is a place where we can build something cool, whether it's creating content or just interacting and engaging with people. We can make lots of friends here. I've always dreamed of creating content, but on web2 it's hard to break out of the bubble. Meanwhile, on Hive it's easier to start sharing what you like, your passions, and everything else.

I've been on Hive for four years, and I can say that what makes me happiest here are the connections I've made, the friends, the conversations. My network isn't the biggest, but I value every person who interacts with me, not to mention that I always try to have fun in the process!

It's a place to meet some cool people, on-chain and even better, off-chain in different meetups... People who believe in an "alternative" way of living and those who care about the freedom of choice, speech, etc.

On the other hand, it's also a great experiment to see whether the greater good can win over the short-term greed of certain individuals... This is pretty much tested exactly in these moments... 🙂

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To me it's a place to post my photography and share it with others and get inspired by other photographers, and learn about their culture.

I help where i can with curating posts warn people if they cross a line and if they ignore it report them to hivewatchers.

Being part of the community and a big part of it is the interacting on Discord, but since 2 weeks i also have a witness running to learn and understand what that is all about.

I will asking myself the same question. Came for money, stayed for the community, community left, I am still here. No idea why. For sure not for the money. So probably just a habit. Funny enough a wrote a post about this on Tuesday. The question was: My Hive community is gone... So what am I still doing here? Still haven't figured out the answer

I stand for justice. For decentralization. For the idea. I understand that our community is an example of true decentralization. I want to support the idea. I want us to be able to compete with the monopolists of the market. I want us to store all our data ourselves. I want 3speak to gain its popularity. I want people to be creative and monetize their work through our community.

Hive account@therealwolf,Hive to me is a place of truth and transparency!!! I am certainly re-blogging this 🙏

To most, I believe it is a cash register.

Personally I love the technology, the people not as much although there are exceptions.

I wanted to start a YouTube channel but saw dark side of it too. Upon searching alternatives, I stumbled upon DTube & other chains. I am glad that I finally landed here. Instead of staying limited to blogging, I thought of contributing more & more. I kept investing my time, my skills, money & everything which is possible because this is not just a blogging platform. It's a mission "Freedom of Speech". It's a journey & I am glad that I am tagging along with like minded people in this journey.

censorship resistant townhall. at least it can be.

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2. the place to read their updates
3. Also place to say hello to people like yourself from time to time,Hello!😄

None of the above require hive to be paid to people who write stuff. :)

Hive, for me, is more than a blockchain. It’s a place to build, to grow, and to connect. It’s where digital friendships turn into real ones, and where ideas become projects that impact people’s lives. It’s a community I believe in deeply — one that’s worth defending and fighting for. In many ways, Hive has become my ikigai: the intersection of what I love, what I’m good at, and where I feel I can contribute something meaningful.

A place where no one can apply censorship

A place where you can earn with blog and comments without even have followers

A place without gas fees

Hive is:

• A place to back up the internet
• the best payments system in crypto, by far, no gas, no joke
• a place to store data, for free
• a place to build truly serverless apps
• no servers to maintain, no upgrades, no costs, no maintenance, all of this is handled by the blockchain
• a place where real world actions can be measured with crypto
• the only place where you can build truly self sovreign digital communities for Network States
• A Social Media Hub
• The easiest way to get crypto into the hands of ordinary people so that they can have a shot at social mobility (no other chain can do social mobility directly from the LI like Hive can)
• a place to store history for free
• a place to send large amounts of encrypted data, for free
• a place to run public databases of content feeds such as podping

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Perhaps I am a bit romantic in my thinking, but HIVE has given me something I had been searching for a long time: a place where I can be myself, where I can share what I experience, my experiences. In fact, I see it as a site for social experimentation, far from the relentless violence of Web2, from the alienating social media.

On HIVE, I am myself: the neurologist woman who loves poetry, plants, and her daughter, and who is also read and rewarded.

I call Hive my box of Legos....

I’ve been building with it in so many ways for over eight years.

At first, it was where I shared poetry — then my voice and my songs. Over time, it became a tribe, a part of who I am. Later, it grew into the biggest challenge of my life, constantly testing me and pushing me to evolve.

But through all of that, it has always given me something rare: hope

Hence why I'm still around.

Freedom of expression. There is no censorship, and no state or dictatorship can do anything about it.
For me, Hive is the most valuable thing I know.

I did an article about the Hive promise and how it has performed well. The main point of Hive is being a social network that doesn't go down and that is immutable and censorship free. I think that although not perfect for everyone, it has been perfect for me. I haven't had any issues with posts missing, or being changed and haven't found myself in positions where people attack my content and want to silence me. That could change anytime, but for now, I have been free to post whatever I want and nobody have been able to prevent me from speaking out my mind. I've been on Steem and Hive since 2016 and since then it hasn't failed me so that is not nothing. Hive has become my most persistent blog I have ever used and still use.

On the economic part, I have never really read that this was a way to live. It was only getting rewards for your ideas. A reward can be anything from a cent to a hundred dollars but I never thought I would get thousands which would be a proper salary. And although the token is volatile and can grow, I don't think it will ever be one of the top tokens on the web. So the Hive economy is something good to have, but not essential to my digital life budget. Bitcoin and other altcoins have been great for that. I am glad that there are more mechanisms to send and receive Hive from different chain-markets.

A place to do what you love, a place to feel free 😃

Particularly for me, Hive was a lifeline almost eight years ago. I turned my leisure time into something productive and felt that my dream of being a writer when I was young could finally be fulfilled in my maturity.

It is a place where, beyond the rewards, you can discover yourself as an artist of any kind, building community with people of shared interests who truly value your talents in their proper dimension.

And you can also build a small capital if you strive hard enough, creating value for yourself, your followers, and the entire community, thus generating a virtuous circle. Hive is a lifestyle.

Crypto Social Media, how it should be, decentralized, censorship-resistant, and you can even earn crypto for posting and liking. Zero tx fees enabling web3 and gaming.

Hive is your door into crypto and web3.
A place to learn and earn.
A place to build and experiment.
Crypto for beginners.

From my end, Hive serves as a microcosm of capitalism—a transparent environment in which the dynamics of unlimited currency issuance, power laws, scale effects, and path dependence manifest in a manner analogous to the fiat financial system, albeit in a blockchain context and with full visibility. A phenomenon represents a microcosm of digital imperialism, intricately embedded within a blockchain framework. It is particularly compelling as it reflects the same structural dynamics observed in traditional systems. Ultimately, the principle remains: those who act promptly are rewarded, akin to the adage that the early bird secures the worm, or, more aptly, the blocks.
In light of the upcoming European Union regulatory framework set to be implemented in 2026, I'm somewhat surprised by the limited discussion surrounding this issue within our community - okay is basically non-existent. This new regulatory environment will pose significant challenges for all users operating within this chain throughout the EU.

1. How would you address those who argue that the community may be unaware of the regulatory framework's implications, leading to a lack of discussion?
2. Have you considered that some community members might feel overwhelmed by regulatory complexities and therefore choose to remain silent?
3. What would you say to critics who believe that the challenges posed by the new regulations are being exaggerated?
   Some discussions and decisions on Hive often lean towards a protective approach. This makes sense in a system where long-term stakeholders want to safeguard their contributions. However, it can unintentionally create hurdles for newcomers and make open experimentation feel less welcoming. Over time, this has contributed to a noticeable gap between the total number of accounts and active participants, with a much smaller group of builders really driving the ecosystem forward. This shift isn't coming from a negative place; it's just part of the structure. If Hive aims to remain vibrant and inviting, it would be great to ensure that a protective mindset doesn’t turn into inertia that may discourage new people from joining in and contributing.
   After all, not everyone is a Shakespeare or Goethe.