#13 Hive Meetup Aachen - @achimmertens Projects

🎉 Introduction

@achimmertens, a long-time member of the Steem/Hive community since 2018, shares his journey and projects within the blockchain space. Initially involved in community building in Uganda, Achim later shifted his focus towards technical aspects and blockchain programming.

🌍 Background and Initial Involvement

Achim's engagement began when his daughter was in Uganda, leading to the formation of a small community.
This community was supported by distributing T-shirts and educational materials at universities.

💻 Technical Orientation and Project Development

Achim learned programming and found Hive to be an excellent platform for experimentation.
He started integrating AI with blockchain, working on automating article reading and filtering for content with charitable themes.

🌐 Hive and Web3 Opportunities

Emphasis on Hive’s capability to facilitate decentralized advertising and job creation.
Achim developed the "Advertising Bot 2" to create small contests for decentralized advertising, encouraging community participation.

🛠 Project Mechanics and Goals

Contests involve writing posts with a specified advertising line, fostering decentralized promotion similar to a grassroots approach.
Achim sponsors these contests, offering Hive tokens as prizes, and uses automated scripts for managing entries and payouts.

🤝 Community and Collaboration

Achim highlights the need for a centralized job board within the Hive community to streamline job offerings and requests.
He calls for ideas and collaboration to expand the project's scope and improve its implementation.

📚 Lessons Learned and Future Vision

Achim shares insights on handling content verification and reducing plagiarism in decentralized projects.
He envisions expanding the use of decentralized advertising and job creation, integrating AI, and improving project management within the Hive ecosystem.

🎤 Conclusion

The presentation underscores the potential of decentralized technologies for creating transparent and efficient marketplaces. Achim invites the community to collaborate, share feedback, and contribute to the ongoing development of decentralized applications on Hive. 🚀

✅ Key Takeaways:

Community Building: Started with community support in Uganda.
Technical Growth: Transitioned to blockchain programming and AI integration.
Decentralized Advertising: Developed tools for grassroots promotion.
Collaboration: Emphasizes the need for community input and centralized job boards.
Future Vision: Aims to enhance project management and integrate AI within Hive.

Thanks for exploring @achimmertens' journey and projects on Hive! 🌐

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