Some good concerns and suggestions. Nobody ever went wrong sharing ideas.
I especially liked the idea of tutorials, and other orientation materials.
New users also need to be presented with some recommended accounts to follow.
Or a write-up on the most important actors (like @blocktrades, for example) and their contributions over the years. What's our history? Could be very instructive for all, and all good Follows!
Cheers
Why not do both?
Personally I feel like Blocktrades has a little too much power here and ultimately harms decentralisation. I'll be making a post soon about some major centralisation problems Hive currently has, though admittedly Blocktrades is pretty far down on that list of problems.
If one entity can single-handily ruin something, they have way too much control over that thing.
Sometimes we run the risk of stating the obvious and coming off a bit less informed than we really are. The centralization issue is well known and being actively addressed, by one and all. We're still working to get witness op costs down, for example. The whale-minnow imbalance is something that's been talked about for years and that has been correcting nicely in a very organic way over that time as well.
I can tell from what you write that you are very tech savvy, and I'm sure your input and contributions are more than welcomed; however, I would caution against singling out - avoid getting personal and stick with the issues, and be patient.
One other thing, in the vein of friendly advice: in the course of human events, seldom is attention paid to critics who have no skin in the game. 😉
(A good background read on what some of these people mentioned really mean to HIVE: https://decrypt.co/38050/steem-steemit-tron-justin-sun-cryptocurrency-war )
The biggest centralisation issues have nothing to do with the blockchain protocol itself. I'm also well aware of the reasoning behind the fork.
The biggest issue also applies to Steem as well, and is something that can be resolved in an extremely short time as it is completely unrelated to the Hive blockchain itself.
That's a good example of what we all know. 😉
Looking forward to seeing that post!
P.S. Sounds like you've got a lot of ideas ... material for a lot of posts.
P.S.S. If you're thinking about investing and really getting your feet wet, you might not find a better time than now to pick up HIVE at bargain basement prices.
Edit: The article is not recommended to understand "why", rather to understand "who": it's a human story, and the folks behind it are literally heroes, nothing more and nothing less, and I think they deserve our utmost respect. Hence my reference to the people involved.
Sadly I don't have anything to invest other than my own time. The fact I've been able to join in at all shows just how far Hive has come in comparison to Steem.
I almost missed this edit, and would have if it hadn't been for Electron randomly dying and making me re-open Esteem.
That does make it more understandable why you linked it. I don't think I need to ramble on about how we're all human though as work is already being done on the blockchain to prevent anything similar from even being possible. Hence why it's nowhere near the top of what I consider to be serious issues.
Also, fuck Justin Sun.