Week through Adrian's Lenses (23-29 December 2023)
This is the #51st edition of the "Week through Adrian's Lenses" weekly Hive and crypto news roundup. From now on on Fridays instead of Sundays!
Let's see what we have for this week.
Week on Hive
11 of 22 tracked posts made it to this week's issue of the "Week on Hive" roundup.
Governance / Development / Dapps
Blocktrades Team Working Toward HAF 2.0
HAF 2.0 should be easier to deploy and maintain (both the backend server and web apps based on it), and it increases performance while decreasing hardware requirements.
The team worked on other apps and tools too (the HAF-based block explorer, Denser, Helpy, WAX, Clive, beekeeper, etc.), but Dan mentioned the devs involved should publish their own updates as they have something to communicate. Clive is a good example of updates being published, Dan remarked (and I agree).
HiveAuth Mobile Is Now Available on Android
This is interesting. A security-focused Hive mobile wallet, compared to Hive Keychain (mobile or browser plugin), which is ease-of-use focused. @arcange introduces HiveAuth Mobile, for now only on Android, but soon on iOS too.
Public HafSQL Service For Non-Production Usage
Allow me to expand that title a bit. Basically, @mahdiyari has set up a HAF server that is available for public access, but not to be abused by using it intensively. People with some understanding of SQL can check it out and see what is available on HAF and how to work with it.
Good Exercise of Dev Transparency
Have you seen how gamers record themselves playing (or do it live) and then upload it? And then, others watch how they play and maybe learn a few tricks.
Well, for the general public, watching code being debugged or written may not be as exciting as watching a gameplay recording. But for code geeks who are in a learning phase, it could be interesting.
It can also be used for strict accountability - some freelancing platforms require access to make screenshots every few minutes for projects with payments by the hour. They could be used in case of payment disagreements. I don't think this kind of strictness is very effective, and a reputation system that works would be much better.
@bambukah wrote a dev update, and the thing I haven't seen done before on Hive was the 'LiveCoding session', where one could watch him as he coded (it was recorded if one wanted to watch later).
Marketing / Awareness / Branding
Freechain Available for Public Viewing
Freechain can be publicly viewed between January 1st and 15th, during its first festival showing. @lordbutterfly says it's very important to have as many Hivers watch and vote for it to make the move to the next level.
INLEO Marketing Campaign - Winners!
The last Hive Zealy Marketing Campaign from 2023 ended and winners were announced.
Earn POSH by Sharing Hive posts on Reddit
This option already existed, but there have been some changes to the rules which are explained in this post.
Games
Splinterlands Updates
The last part of the Land 2.0 whitepaper draft was published recently. It refers to the Ancient Ruins project and the Secret of Praetoria.
@clayboyn also published a couple of new proposals for the DAO.
HoloZing Updates
On the game account, we have another post with a batch of designs for other healers and starter items.
@acidyo also talks about creature levels and delegations in one of his posts. One of the interesting parts compared to other Hive games is that creature owners could pay someone they delegate the creature to, to level it up (instead of the owner being paid for renting out the NFT).
Meetings / Events / Communities
The Annual Hive Highlight Challenge
@hiveio put forth their annual challenge to create a post with what is your highlight of 2023 on Hive. This is for regular people to participate, not dapp or project accounts. Check out the details!
Week in the Crypto World
Bitcoin Spot ETFs Must Have Cash Settlement ONLY
The SEC stands firm in its position and there will be NO in-kind settlement for Bitcoin Spot ETFs! That means shares in Bitcoin ETFs cannot be purchased with Bitcoin, only with fiat.
Nigeria Reverses Policies on Innovative Technologies
Nigeria is one of the countries that imposed a crypto ban (in February 2021). Now, the ban has been lifted, and banks and firms can deal directly or facilitate crypto transactions.
Moreover, they started a host of AI-related initiatives.
We are in the early stages of another race. Those who understand it quickly and take the right decisions (no decision is a decision!) will benefit, the others will at least lose the start, if not the race completely.
Want to check out my collection of posts?
It's a good way to pick what interests you.
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I love the fact that people are accumulating more $Zing and congratulations to @acidyo for staking up to three million $Zing
Yes, he's a major holder of Zing and has gotten them like anyone else, not through a founder's stake or something similar.
You are doing a great job man
Thanks.
Thank you @gadrian for your updates for this week! I will read it in more detail. I have already looked at how to earn POSH sharing Hive posts on Reddit. I looked at the HAFSQL article and the HiveAuth Mobile - Cool! Have a nice weekend! Barb
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Thanks for looking into each piece of news, even though some are more technical than others.
You are most welcome @gadrian Your news is important and good for others to see and read. I share your posts and reblog as many as possible. Sometimes I forget. Sorry I missed so many lately I had a lot of stress the past few weeks and had to rest. Have a nice rest of your week @gadrian 🌟😊👍🌟
No problem, Barb! I hope you are doing better now.
Thank you @gadrian Yes I feel better now. Have a nice week! !BBH !CTP
Thank you for the mention @gadrian.
Thanks for continuously finding niches to fill with new services or tools on our beloved blockchain!
It looks like a lot is happening with HAF and development. I also think a live session on code is interesting but I don't know if it would really appeal to that many people. It would require quite a bit of technical knowhow.
Sure, the target audience is quite narrow. I watched for a bit, but to be honest, the image isn't clear enough to pick up on the details easily.
Thanks for sharing these as always. I am very excited for Holozing, and seeing Acidyo's posts and explanations really help raise investor confidence in the game. I noticed you didn't mention the current Bronze Gladiator proposal in SPL. It is a bit of a shame that the whales have a lot of control over something that they don't even know the meta of, or play in.
I mentioned that clayboyn created a bunch of proposals for the DAO.
I voted FOR this one, in particular, because I believe it makes sense.
I also think it doesn't help that he creates so many proposals in a short period. I know they are requested and discussed before being proposed, but some will downvote them just because there are too many, they don't bother understanding the context, and there is no abstaining option.
Yeah, I believe he is going to change it up. Going for a stake weighted preproposal or something. Hopefully we don't get as much in the future.
keep it up
thanks for information.
I am definitely sure that holozing is the next big thing on the hive Blockchain
It sure is already very popular. And it will likely be... different.
hopefully hard fork 20 will bring positive changes in the hive ecosystem.
I see why you made the confusion. No, it's not hard fork 20, it's HAF 2.0 (Hive Application Framework). The next major hard fork will be 28, by the way.
You see all these people are working very hard in this and in the coming time we will see that this platform will become more popular in the whole world.