We were anxiously awaiting some developments coming out of Steemit. It appears that some of our wait is almost over.
The Hivemind feature is going to come out in two parts.
First, we have Hive 1.0.
This is the core and, quite frankly, the boring aspect of the process. However, this is crucial for the test of compatibility and load issues. Up to this point, all the functions that this will handle are done by STEEMD.
The core indexer and API service are nearing completion. Because this is critical infrastructure, we need to ensure reliability and consistency. Currently, work is focused on launching the production environment and tuning performance. Then we begin integration and API testing. Once stable, condenser (powering steemit.com) will be switched over to the new hive endpoints; if everything is integrated properly, users will not notice a thing. It’s akin to upgrading an airplane engine mid-flight while making sure there are no hiccups and all controls work as usual.
After that we get Hive 1.5.
This is the communities function. It is where interaction will be done on a completely different level.
The key thing to understand about the Hivemind concept is it makes development much easier. The present system does not allow C++APIs plus all code changes need to go through review since they take place on the consensus level. With Hivemind, we will have a develop friendly layer on top of the blockchain itself, bypassing the full nodes for the information.
Also, this is open source which means any developer can utilize it. The goal is going to be a consistent user experience.
Along with the communities idea, we see these features:
- reactions, bookmarks
- comment on resteems
- indexing of custom profile data
- reorganizing of old posts (categorize, filter, hide/show)
- voting/polls (democratic or burn/send to vote)
- modlists: (e.g. spam, abuse, bad taste)
- crowdsourced metadata
- mentions indexing
- full-text search
- rich statistics
- follow lists
- bot tracking
- mini-games
- community bots
- and much more
https://steemit.com/steem/@steemitblog/update-communities-hivemind
The post put out by the developers adds some more details but I think I hit upon the keys points.
This is exciting news. The fact that it is in Alpha stage and they are running their first test means we are getting very close to the blockchain forking. Once that happens, we will see a totally new STEEM with new features that really enhance the user experience.
Perhaps we need to delay the death of STEEM talk a while longer.
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