Hello.
Hive was spawned quite early due to potential risks of staying on Steem, which is why things are not always working and need regular attention. There is a lot of work remaining to do and the team is putting a lot of effort. We are also learning how to all work together as this is the first time that the whole ecosystem is now handled by the blockchain users instead of a commercial entity.
My response to your points:
- That is true and it was expected due to the reasons mentioned above and I have been logging issues I personally noticed into our GitLab public repositories: Condenser and Wallet and I recommend anyone who has time to do the same. Logging issues in one of the repositories available will help the developers involved manage their work.
- We do lack of a structure I guess but again, we are a single commercial entity like it was with Steemit Inc. We have to work with who ever volunteer to do whatever is required. At least this is how I perceive it.
- Good point. I personally don't know where it is at either. I know there was some discussions on various options but not sure if there was a decision yet.
- I totally agree. I think people who moved away from Steem should stay away from Steem. Whatever happens there is not our business anymore. However, a lot of users still have some stakes on Steem and are waiting for the 13th week of power down before they can fully let go of Steem. Some of them can't even let it go as they are now blacklisted from powering down.
- Correct. Please note that running an API has never been the responsibility of a witness, Top20 or not. Anyone can invest in an API node and make it available to the community. API I know about: https://api.hive.blog, https://anyx.io, https://api.openhive.network, https://api.hivekings.com. Being decentralised means we have to rely on the users (that includes witnesses and anyone really) themselves to contribute. Maybe large investors or a group of users on the platform should spend some money into hiring a technical person to setup and maintain an API node.
@jackmiller has got me to log into Gitlab and begin learning how Gitlab works. Something totally new to me.
In every thing you have said though, it does confirm a theory of mine that we need to invest Hive to ensure Hive blockchain is successful long term.