In the previous months, I couldn't put away the feeling that there was a lot of talk about how to change Hive. There was the discussion about the interest rates on HBD, then there was the discussion about the DHF that should have better checks and be more efficient. Then we had the story of taking away the reward pool on the first layer. Then there was the problematic of some Hive-Engine nodes that weren't working properly.
Ideas for changes can be perceived as decisions
I believe that it is important that we talk about the things that can be improved and I like the fact that these discussions are taking place. We shouldn't forget however that a lot of people don't understand the difference between a discussion on a topic and the real decisions regarding it. Let's not forget that we are working in decentralized framework where it's difficult to discern who takes decisions.
For some people, if we talk about interests on HBD, they already see their income from their savings going away. If we talk about taking the rewards away from the first layer, they already see their business model in danger. If some nodes don't work well and they follow the discussions on discord, Hive suddenly seems full of scams and not trustworthy infrastructure.
On one side I feel it's important to talk about the things that could be improved on hive, on the other side we should also take care not to come up with ideas that might scare people off.
Hive doesn't need to reinvent itself. It should rather offer a stable framework to build upon
If we want dapps to come to hive, people to invest or build businesses, the most important thing that we should provide is planning security. You can't build a business or an app if you don't know whether the metrics will suddenly change. We have something that is by far not perfect but it's much better than many other things that I have seen. Trying to change it or simply giving tons of ideas how to change it only brings insecurity and instability. If I was a business that wants to use Hive or an app developer that wants to develop on hive, I need to know that what I do will still be possible in one, two or five years.
A business needs to know that things won't change
If I was in the shoes of a business that was looking for the best blockchain for its product, I would be scared off by discussions about changing the key metrics of the ecosystem. Even if these discussions have nothing to do with the real decisions. People can't build a business without being sure that they have the security that things will remain as they are.
I believe that we should stop pointing out all the stuff that is not perfect on Hive. We should point our energy towards what we can built with the infrastructure the way it is. If people are not happy with how the DHF works, why not create a 2nd layer solution with another DAO? If some people have the idea to take rewards of the 1st layer, why not first build a second layer that could take over things? If people are not happy with hive-engine, why not build something better or support the HE team?
Hive will grow if we manage to bring value to the blockchain from the inside
I believe that hive is really a great blockchain that offers things that few others can. We don't really need to market hive to the outside, we need to improve it from the inside. When Splinterlands took off, why did so many people sign up with Splinterlands? The people were attracted by the income possibilities of the game. Splinterlands didn't do much marketing. When something works well and provides value, people will come by themselves. We should make sure that people can earn good money when they create content on hive, they should be able to earn while playing games or doing other stuff. The more income opportunities are offered, the more people will come.
To bring people to hive we need to provide value and make the blockchain even better than it already is with more apps, more services, more solutions but not by changing things that are working pretty well...
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