I have been on Hive for a long time and during that time I have had one big criticism of everything hive related. Not only because it wasnt worked on in the past but because there has been open rejection of there ever being a problem.
Im ofc talking about the lack of focus on user experience (UX) on Hive.
You can see that from the point of creating an account. Hive.io still provides terrible options in that regard that I would scrap instantly if I had any control there.
This further follows to the lack of a tutorial system. AI is here. Programming a ChatGPT assistant to provide info is something simple to do. Pop-ups in page windows can work, anything really.
Then you have our terrible content discovery system, lack of any algos... content search features.
All tie into a bad user experience.
Many projects never take off because they dont focus on UX and ease of use. We never force our dapps to do anything while paying out hundreds of thousands of HBD per year, because most times its hard to even know whats needed.
My 2 year old knows how to turn on a phone and find cartoons on youtube. Going from point A to B.
My 30 year old friend couldnt make a #Hive account without me explaining for half an hour how it works.
The Hive developer that finally realizes that will be king.
A shit product with great UX beats a good product with bad UX most of the time.
Always consider:
“How can I make my end user have to think less and feel better when using my product.”
Right now the biggest thing Im bullish on when it comes to Hive is 
One of the products theyre building is the BTC bridge.
Smart Contracts that are important for sure, aside for this dicussion.
But its a BTC bridge only from our perspective. I see it a bit differently. I see it as a full fledged Lightning Network alternative. which is what I will call it going forward and what I think it should promoted as.
Calling it a Bitcoin bridge, or bitcoin wrapping, generates interest only on Hive and its a bad sell imo. Its uninteresting, lacks gravitas or wider importance which it can have.
This "Lightning network alternative" being built on VSC simplifies everything and makes Bitcoin finally something usable that you dont just stick in a wallet and look at because fees are absurd and transactions slow.
Feeless, fast, intuitive and easy to use.
Feeless and fast being valid attributes worth mentioning but it will be the UX that will make or break it.
@Starkerz sent out some free BTC during CTT a few weeks back while showcasing just that. I can already envision in my mind what the website for it should look like, the UI, what the user faces coming in.
