I put out a post a week ago with a couple of ideas for Hive Engine Token Markets that I thought would be useful to the community (you can check out that post here). I have been browsing the markets again the last couple of days and came up with another idea that I think will be extremely useful for consumers if implemented. Again, I don't know how difficult it would be to program into the market but if it's possible I think it would be beneficial.
The Idea: One thing that I have noticed, and paid attention to, more recently is that the price of tokens on the token page is listed at the highest bid, while there is no real data about the lowest ask without going into the specific token's buy/sell page. This means when buying tokens you have to go into the specific token's page to decide if it's a good price for you to buy into at. Sometimes the highest ask and lowest bid prices can vary by a very large amount, which for me generally leads me to go back browsing rather than buy that token. When that happens I have to reset the filters I was using before and re-find the place on the token list I was at previously to begin looking again, a small nuisance however the irritation does accumulate over time. I came up with the idea to add the ability to see the lowest ask price on the token page of markets, and potentially even scale that over time to be able to get the same data we have now for ask prices that we have for bid prices on the token browsing page. I believe that if something like this were to be implemented it would add a decent amount of utility and increase ease of use, especially for people looking to buy rather than sell . I also believe that increasing the utility and ease of use of common features, such as on chain token markets, will also help with onboarding and retention of new Hive users. The easier we can make the blockchain to use and navigate the easier it will be to successfully bring and keep new and old members alike, in my own humble opinion.
Let me know what you think and thank you for taking the time to read through my suggestion!