It doesn't take much for one to see the growth HIVE and its ecosystem has been exhibiting since day one of its birth, the rate of growth has remain consistent, the chances of missing out on new projects is quite high even if one engages with the chain on daily basis.
And this has reflected on the price of HIVE hitting ATH $3.41 back in November, a further look back at this time last year, HIVE was exchanging hands for $0.22 a tremendous 256.4% growth based on the current state of the market according to Coingecko
You just can't ignore Splinterlands's impact on HIVE, the growth of the game have impacted HIVE in various ways and by the looks of things the urge for growth remains constant. Another Splinterlands(s) on HIVE could send this place through the roof but Splinterlands itself could be breaking records after records here as the it continues striking partnership deals that could potentially push its growth further.
Splinterlands was founded in 2018 and is the creator of a blockchain game of the same name. It is a one-on-one skill battling game where players buy, sell and trade their cards freely, with all transactions recorded on the Hive blockchain.
The game currently has 1.8 million registered users, including 450,000 daily users, and recently surpassed the milestone of 1 billion battles. According to DappRadar, it is the most popular blockchain game based on the number of users over the last seven days.
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The days of HIVE flying under the radar is gradually coming to an end, having Cointelegraph publish a news about Splintelands on HIVE is one of those needed to put HIVE out there.
Splinterlands aside there are other games being developed with great potentials to them, for the gamers it is already looking like we are going to have our hands full and being unable to get involved in everything around here which is good.
We are still early into 2022 but the activities around here promises a better year, come end of 2022 we could be looking at growth in various parts of HIVE.
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