Good to see you blog again! 👋

1. It was not designed for developers
   https://developers.hive.io

2. Broken consensus
   Consensus is working fine. Even in extreme situations Hive was born out of Steem.

3. Gamebale rewards
   Welcome to game of stakes, proof of stake always plays by the rules of stake.

4. It was not optimized for search
   https://hivesearcher.com

5. Initial distribution was suboptimal
   Welcome to Hive, where development allocated funds reside in Decentralized Hive Fund. https://ecency.com/proposals

Regardless, interesting to read about your journey and good luck with project... do share your thoughts or progress on https://ecency.com time to time.