This is going to be a little different than what I've been writing over the past few months...But it'll fall right in line with my 'content' over the past 6 years on this blockchain.
It's no secret, I haven't been the biggest fan of Hive over the past few months. I've seen promises over more than half a decade, but the same powers that be in charge. Gatekeepers that are very content with making sure they control governance and proposals....While claiming this place is 100% decentralized.
I drank the kool aid for years, but what always attracted me to Hive wasn't the fluff what is usually promoted about this chain. No for me, it was always the people. The communities!
And for better or worse one of the greatest features of this chain has been Hive Engine / Tribal Dex. The ability for communities to create their own token and tap into their members, while growing real value has been amazing. Yes yes, nothing is perfect and we are seeing many more projects pop up that are showing even more options than just Hive Engine...
But what we have here is pretty cool! People are the life blood of this blockchain, and the communities are and have been driving engagement since day one.
Which brings me to something my good buddy @taskmaster4450le has been preaching here for years. I'm going to paraphrase it but hopefully the message is loud and clear.
Becoming a whale and or a person of influence on Hive directly, is a tough gig. You aren't going to get it from upvotes, so basically you need to be crypto rich to buy enough Hive Power to influence the main chain.
But what about the projects being built here?
Take for example $LEO
You guys know my story, I don't come from wealth and the past 6 plus years of my life has been 'survival mode' but I still managed to accumulate quite a bit of LEO. By being active and yeah, buying some of my own with fiat.
Now I'm not what you would call a whale here, but I'm a lot closer to being a huge person of influence on $LEO than I could ever hope to be on $HIVE
But see, it's not just LEO, there are so many projects out there for us to focus on. Another really good friend of mine on chain is @bradleyarrow and he's been quietly building his own project and community with the BBH token.
Here's why I'm excited about this project and why I plan on focusing on it over the next few months.....I can quickly become a person on influence on that community, without much effort and fiat out of my own pocket. Here's an example:
This new token is the reward token for Bradley's front end community. It's really new. And if you go and check out the buys and sells on Hive Engine / Tribal Dex you won't see much activity. Mainly because of two reasons...No one is selling, and rewards are generated from creating on the community alone right now.
I've been using the BBH tag in a lot of my content these past few weeks and slowly accumulating tokens for cheap and look at that, already in the top 10 token holder list. That's pretty cool.
Now, does this mean BBHO and the entire BBH project is the next sure fire smash like LEO? Not at all, that's not the point. Remember, it's about PEOPLE...And if I can build my stake on projects like LEO and BBH that always put people first and community as king, I believe that is what Hive was always designed to do.