Sometime over the next few hours we're expecting the Hive-Engine airdrop to commence. Here's the short of it. We're going to do essentially 12 discrete airdrops for the next 12 weeks.
Each Friday for the next 12 weeks for every ENG you have staked you'll receive 0.01 BEE. For every EM you have staked you'll receive 1 WORKER BEE.
1 ENG is worth 3.7 cents.
1 BEE is worth 40 cents
If you have 100 ENG ($3.7) you'll receive 1 BEE per week ($0.40) per week for 12 weeks ($4.80). The airdrop is currently worth more than the ENG you hold.
Immediately or after the airdrop is complete you're welcome to unstake ENG and EM and use this tool to convert your EM and ENG to BEE or WORKER BEE.
https://converter-api.hive-engine.com/convert/
Please start with small amounts to make sure you're familiar with it and understand what you're getting before you use larger amounts.
If you unstake during the next twelve weeks of airdrop whatever you are unstaking will be ineligible for the airdrop.
Mining has commenced already
If you're interested in mining BEE you can do so already. WORKER BEEs are active and people who have staked WORKER BEEs are mining BEE right now. There's approximately 274 available per day to the miners and every hour 10 different miners receive BEE, which is automatically collected the next day.
Use case for BEE
We're working on a number of things simultaneously. We're tweaking a few more things to make sure everyone has a good experience with hive-engine.
We're working on NFT creation.
We're working on our marketplace creation.
We're working on a convenient tool to swap cryptos using the DEX. That's in conjunction with a smart contract market maker. People swapping save money. People providing liquidity make money. Should be a good system.
We're exploring a pathway to allow Unity games to incorporate Fungible and Non-Fungible tokens from Hive-Engine.
We're exploring building an opensource game to show how to utilize all the tools and features available through Hive-Engine.
Fungible token creation,NFT creation, smart contracts, and shop/social upgrades will all utilize BEE.
Tribes
Tribes will continue to play a pivital role in the Engine ecosystem. As you build your business you'll find attracting customers is the hardest part. Combining micro payments to users to share content and then accepting those payments back for goods and services helps you build a loop to grow your business.
If you're interested in growing a blockchain based business and realize the power of combining social media to it please contact me and we can go through the benefits, details, and costs. Combine that with a marketplace where it's easy to create and list your goods and services for sale, and then think about all these people market making and token swapping, and hopefully you'll get the vision.[Discord](https://discord.steem-engine.com]
Should be fun!