The News

As @coingecko seem to have killed the free API access I shall resort to screenshots for my charts. I cannot justify paying $100/month for what I was doing.

As you can see the $HIVE price has not changed much over the year. That is good as it means it has steady support and some people will be keen to buy more, but it will disappoint those who hoped for more interest in it. It has fallen out of the top 300 coins and I find it hard to believe that many really have more value. Is it just that $HIVE is seen as old now and people go for the latest shiny thing? There seem to be a lot of 'memecoins' out there that are just seen as novelties.

Using the charts that @arcange posts I can see that we gained about 50,000 accounts over this year, but only have about 100 more minnows. That shows that people are not sticking with it and that should worry us. Hive needs engaged users. Part of that is to drive the development of the dapps. Many of the developers will not be making much, but having a bigger set of users will encourage them to keep going.

I think the social side of Hive matters a lot. I know some people are driven by the money, but billions use other platforms where they make nothing. That is down to the content available there, but also the social experience. I think you have to encourage the sort of content you want to see more of. That may be music, travel, photography, food, or something more niche. Fill your feed with what you enjoy and then Hive becomes a more fun place for you.

Friday Follows

• Some years ago I was part of a guitar community called Six String Bliss. A friend on there from India, @brijwhiz, is now active on Hive. I met @stav there too.
• This week I joined a Zoom call run by @alessandrawhite where creative people can chat and exchange ideas. We had a performance of a classical piece composed by one of the group. Very inspiring.
• @groove-logic shared some electronic beats for Christmas.
• @nupulse also had some seasonal music

These folk get a share of the post rewards. Being able to set beneficiaries is such a cool feature.

The Dog House

We need to look out for abuse of Hive, so watch out for the following that will put people on the naughty list:

• Plagiarism: Trying to earn from the work of others is not cool.
• Impersonation: We have had a few famous names crop up here, but they mostly turn out to be imposters. The real deals could prove themselves by linking to Hive from other platforms.
• Generated content: This is becoming more of an issue where people generate text and images using the various 'AI' tools. Those tools keep improving, so we need to do our own Turing Tests to see how real the authors are.
• Scammers: Beware of links that ask for your keys. You could lose control of your account. Report any instances you see. They will try to tempt you with 'airdrops' and other freebies, but do some checking first.

The End

It has been quite a year, but I hope good things have happened for you. Did you meet your goals? What do you hope for in 2024?

Hive five!

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