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Hello Hivers! The February Newbies Initiative is still on and we have our third task - to write about our favorite Hive dApps. When I came onboard Hive, I did not understand the use of the term dApps till I checked the meaning online.
According to investopedia.com (my go to for any finance terminology), decentralized applications (dApps) are digital applications or programs that exist and run on a blockchain or P2P network of computers instead of a single computer, and are outside the purview and control of a single authority. Without these dApps, we cannot carry out any functions on the hive blockchain. Let me take you through the dApps I work with.
What are the Hive Dapps you know of?
Upon signing up, I was presented with a list of Hive dApps such as hive.blog, ecency.com, peakd.com, leofinance.io, etc. I have used these mentioned dApps to blog, alternating them, depending on the use. For making and uploading vidoes, I am aware of 3speak and dtube though I have not used either of the two.
What is your favourite Hive front end or dapp?
Well, I had a bit of issue deciding which one to stick to at the beginning as I alternated between peakd, hive.blog, leofinance.io and ecency.
I mostly use peakd to create, edit, format my posts. The features on the editor page of peakd is easy to work with and understand. I also access my profile, wallet, settings and other parts of my account with peakd if I need to update any part or understand any of the notifications I get.
Peakd is quite detailed when it comes to giving notifications and explanations of all aspects of my account. For example, in my wallet, I see the reasons for the rewards, the tokens I earned, where it's stored, whether or not it's staked, what my next payout is etc. all from my dashboard.
On the other hand, I use @ecency to read posts, comment, vote, reblog etc. An encouraging reason for using ecency is that it awards points to its users for using its app. The more I use this dApp, the more I earn points. This has really been helpful as I use these points to boost and promote my posts. Cool, right?
I don't blog much on finance and crypto as I am just coming up in that department but I have used leofinance.io a few times to check my wallet and also read crypto related posts.
So I could say my favourite dApps are peakd and ecency because I use them both a lot.
What features do you hope to be added to your favourite Hive front end/Dapp?
Peakd and ecency dApps are working fine for me and I don't have any reason to complain except for uploading vidoes. I have not uploaded one yet but I searched for ways to do so and was told I could use dtube or 3speak for that. So instead of moving to 3speak for the vidoes, it would be convenient if an uploading feature is added to peakd and ecency dApps. Unless of course, if this feature is already there and I have not discovered it yet.
I am still familiarising myself with these dApps and I am sure there are still more features to discover. So I'll keep using them till I become perfect at it.
Thank you @starstrings01, @tripode and entire team behind this Initiative. You have been very supportive.
Thank you for taking the time to read through.