Transparent, Open & Public (TOP) Business practices.

Applying the above motto to everything we do, the following internal tracking and recap of 2020 (and the lead up to 2020) for HiveTips is being publicly posted on Hive. This document is in accordance with our DHF proposals accountability section and it serves as an update to ANNEX A (for 2020).

2019 - Q4

Hive account@guiltyparies and Hive account@jackmiller

• Discussion of potential for a micropayments/tipping project to be introduced and weighing up the benefits of such an option on the open market.
• Finding and looking into the existing “tipping services” on the crypto scene.
• Results of research: All of the services on the market exclusively use a pay in advance “honeypot” approach and are not open source. None offer “feeless” services.
• Reviewing of the numbers of people who are on the internet and what all websites they utilize on a daily basis, it was clear that there is a huge potential in the micropayment scene, with an emphasis on the gratuities market place which is a common online practice for content creators, artists and good will (donation) types of niches.
• Defining the parameters of what options exist and how to implement the most user friendly of them in line with the expectations of the market/users/consumers. While keeping in mind that the services provided have to be above and beyond what the old fashioned “bot tipping services” that are already on the market have to offer.

2020 - Q1

All projects were put on hold due to the fork.

2020 - Q2

Hive account@guiltyparties and Hive account@jackmiller

• Went over the discussions, topics and information gathered in Q4 of 2019, decision to go ahead with the screening, interviewing and procurement of a qualified coder for this project.
• Decided coder should be able to dedicate their time to this project only to ensure best results in a timely manner.
• The screening and interviewing process was managed and handled by Hive account@guiltyparties.
• The choice was made to hire Hive account@lightproject, based upon his qualifications, experience and ability to dedicate himself to this project.
• It was discussed and presented to the other members of the FullAlt team, covering topics of how this service expands the overall outreach of Hive to the whole of the internet and giving HIVE & HBD a tangible use case within the existing gratuities marketplace.

Hive account@enginewitty

• Initial testing of the application handed off for review and suggestions. Witty is able to pick things apart in an unbiased fashion.
• Much more testing was done with a small team of volunteers before finally announcing it to all the hiveminds on the blockchain via the Hive account@fullalt primary Hive account.
• Market research and analysis begun for potential reach of the HiveTips audience and the impact it can have. Data collected would be further used to portray in the upcoming proposal.
• Promoted the new app on multiple channels and got it listed on a few dapp ranking sites.

Hive account@inthenow

• Created a theme for graphics and videos related to Hive Tips.
• Helped test HiveTips on Twitter.
• Graphics and promotional videos for Hive Tips completed and uploaded to the main FullAlt website.

2020 - Q3

• A review of invested funds was completed, the overall positivity within the community was assessed and the clearly definitive need for such services along with the benefits it brings to Hive was discussed at two team meetings in a row.
• The conclusion was that we do have grounds upon which to submit a DHF proposal.
• The parameters of the project were by this time defined clearly in particular the duration of the project so as to cover as many of the mainstream sites and platforms on the internet.
• Tokenizing the internet with HIVE (& HBD) without dipping into the “rewards pool” while offering a fast and feeless competitive solution, which can only be expanded upon in the future, was definitely something that we concluded as being a must for Hive.
• Constructive feedback from the community on the HiveTips extension was all noted and reviewed as it came in. Some issues with the centralized sites were overcome during the course of this time frame. A solution was found, tested and implemented. Shown to be effective. Hence a ‘template’ for the future sites/platforms is now in place.

Hive account@enginewitty

• Primary focus was to compile and do more research for (from a professional marketer’s eye) a meager marketing budget to promote Hive and HiveTips on a massive scale without ‘breaking the bank’.
• Upon completion, was added to the proposal and submitted for all of the Hive community to discuss.
• Edited and fine-tuned the entire proposal before initiating submission.
• Proposal submitted on 29 August 2020:
• • https://hiveblocks.com/tx/df6c0f9fb5a5b5cc873372f81a31f1f5191b1010
• Got HiveTips listed on other dApp review sites and started to emerge on other social venues to start spreading the word of our dApp and give eyes to Hive itself.
• Tested HiveTips on YouTube and discussed improvements that could be made for a more fluid user experience after the testing phase of the new Twitter paradigm is completed.

Hive account@inthenow

• Edit and render videos on the progress of Hive Tips and upload them to YouTube.
• Helped test HiveTips on YouTube.
• Recorded meeting of Hive account@jackmiller and Hive account@lightproject and Hive account@inthenow and uploaded to YouTube.
• Continue to make promotional materials for HiveTips.

2020 - Q4

• Integration of follow on services, such as a wallet service on Telegram and elsewhere, discussed and approved as a large percentage of people in the crypto and blockchain scene utilize Telegram.
• An account creation service has been added and shall be expanded upon (as requested by members of the community).