RE: RE: Hive Whitepaper
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RE: Hive Whitepaper

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Section I introduction line 4: typo
it sports three second
Should be "it supports"

No, it's meant to be 'sports', meaning 'it has'.

Section I introduction:
Hive also aims to overcome mainstream adoption and inclusion shortcomings in blockchain technology and content publishing by improving on their accessibility.
Would personally prefer to remove "and inclusion" as it makes the sentence overly complicated and the meaning is also not very clear.

Done, removed

Section I.1: I don't like this whole section. First, I think it doesn't have a place in a whitepaper, as the goal is not to shill the coin but to explain it and its technicalities. If people insist on having that section, then a lot of aspects are not mentioned such as censorship resistance, scalability, good ability to host second layers, the freemium model, and upvotes. None of this is mentioned. If it was my decision I would remove that subsection completely.

I've removed it and I'll have it transferred to different info points. You're absolutely right.

Section I.2: Great background explanation, which I believe could be merged into the introduction. It fits perfectly at the start of the introduction. If this change is implemented along with the removal of Section I.1 it would make the whitepaper way more "clean" as the intro is now a single section.

I've removed the title 'background' and merged it into the introduction. However, it can't be at the start. We don't want readers to instantly see Steem upon starting to read the whitepaper. Hive, not Steem, is the focus of Hive.

Section II: This section as a whole is very polished, and should be in the final version as it is. Good job.

Thank you.

Section III: Also very polished and ready for the final version. I would only suggest explaining that "witness = block producer" at any point during the section. All subsections mention either block producers or witnesses, so lots of opportunities to explain they are equivalent.

Clarified that, good catch.

Section IV: Ready for the final version.

Perfect.

Section V.5: The first paragraph is great. The second paragraph is a bit of a useless digression into how post values are affected by the "demographics" of hive. This is not certain to be accurate and I am sure that a lot of people would debate whether what is written is true or not. I personally have no idea whether it is correct or not, but I see no value for the reader in adding that second paragraph.

I've included it following numerous issues with misunderstandings within the community. It clarifies some points and particularly addresses the assertions that everything is a conspiracy. It doesn't have much to do with the technicalities of Hivw but it doesn't hurt anyone to keep it in.

Other subsections of Section V: ready for the final version.
Section VI: ready for final version.

Thanks.

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