I have been watching the recent developments in the ”Proof of Brain” (POB) tribe with a fair bit of interest.
Since PalNet — the original reason for this account — is really not a creation/curation proposition anymore, I figured I might as well cast about for an alternative. Proof of Brain seemed promising.
Once Upon a Time...
Proof of Brain certainly did take off running... even though my small acount was entirely based on commenting and curating, I managed to build a small stake.
I liked that there was a high level of engagement, and the dialogue was quite intelligent, most of the time.
But something seemed to happen, along the way. Like many promising projects, things gradually seemed to grind to a stop.
VYB... New and Improved?
So now there's going to be this new tribe — or maybe it's just a new coin(?) — called ”Verify Your Brain” (VYB) which is somehow part of, or adjunct to, or parallel to, or separate from the original POB tribe. Or is it coin?
It was with somewhat of a chuckle that I thought to myself "so they're already verifying people's brains by making the system so convoluted and complex as to be virtually incomprehensible!" Unless you have a huge pulsating brain!
I also thought it was a bit amusing that the structure itself is an efficient sorting mechanism, perhaps in a slightly different way: it's not that I'm not capable of understanding how this all works, it's that I don't have a couple of hours of study time lying around to do so.
Software Rules...
It brought me back to a time when I used to work a lot with developers and one of the acid tests for someone who had coded an extremely complicated bit of software was ”can you eloquently explain what it does in 30 seconds or less, so that anybody can understand it, including your grandma?”
There were a lot of epic fails in that particular department, alongside some deep insights when extremely accomplished coders suddenly "really got it" that the rest of the world really doesn't think like they do.
But I digress!
Airdrops, Oh My!
Anyway, what got me excited about this project again was casting an eye on the recent posts concerning the airdrops of VYB tokens to current POB stake holders.
And I was surprised to find myself in the preliminary running to receive an airdrop of 488.2 VYB tokens in spite of the fact that I mostly comment rather than post top level content on POB, and I only have 144 POB tokens staked.
Not that I am looking the proverbial gift horse in the mouth, mind you! It was just a really nice discovery!
Problems... and Solutions?
I have no idea whether this new approach will save POB from itself, or make no difference. And I have no idea whether or not VYB will go anywhere.
What I do like is that there is an attempt at solutions in the works. Too many formerly great projects are allowed to simply atrophy, rather than being revived.
That's one of the cool things about Hive's 2nd layer projects: It can serve as a "sandbox" of sort to experiment with different approaches to community building.
What I really like about the VYB initiative is the focus on long term staking. I'm all in favor of that!
So anyway, it'll be exciting to see what happens, and I look forward to being part of it!
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CuratorCat 15-DEC-2021