Look, I’ve built on a few different blockchains over the years, and I’ll be straight with you: most of them are a pain in the backside. Gas fees that’ll bankrupt you, smart contracts that feel like you’re programming with your hands tied behind your back, and consensus mechanisms that move slower than bureaucracy. But then there’s Hive, and it’s a completely different beast.
Hive is hands down the easiest blockchain to build applications on. Not because it holds your hand or abstracts away complexity, but because it gets out of your way and lets you actually build things. Here’s why it’s become my go-to platform for blockchain development.
The buzzword of 2021 was unmistakenly Web 3.0.
Facebook, Instagram, Medium, TikTok, Twitter: Web 3.0 dominated the discourse. Investment funds were flocking to invest in any company loosely affiliated with the hottest new trend on the web.
Depending on who you spoke to or what you read, Web 3 would kill Facebook, Twitter and every other popular website and application. In its place, Web 3 decentralised alternatives would take their place.
The music industry in the last couple of decades has undergone serious change. Some might say for the better, and others might say for the worse. The music industry is not the illustrious money printing machine it was in the 90’s, thanks in part to the internet.
The truth is, labels and bands were slow to adapt to the change the Internet brought. Metallica famously sued Napster in the early 2000s. While they won their case, ultimately, they changed nothing.
As interest in blockchain and cryptocurrencies heats back up in 2021, there are more blockchains in terms of choice than you can poke a stick at. It just so happens that many of these blockchains are not a beginner or intermediate friendly, requiring tooling and other steps.
If you currently want to build on Ethereum, you need to write smart contracts using Solidity. It’s a whole song and dance. For EOS and other blockchains, it’s a similar story.
Or is it already dead? The once-promising blockchain and beloved smart contract project seemed to be at the top of the world. From a high of $1431 in January 2018 to its current low of $126, it seems whatever hopes people have for Ethereum have faded quite a bit.
Despite the fact that Ethereum still holds the number two spot on Coin Market Cap Ethereum has fallen out of the limelight somewhat with developers. On State of The DApps, Ethereum accounts for only three of the top ten applications. Klaytn accounts for four of them, Steem accounts for two and NEO just one. In the top five, Ethereum only has one DApp.