I read a specific post about Hive-Engine some time ago and I was thrilled by the huge undertaking that they are willing to take. The HE team has always been progressive about their moves and they have brought many of the best use-cases of steemitHive.
What I'm most excited about is the "modular code" which anyone could use to create apps without knowing anything about programming languages. If coupled with effective marketing, this product will have a good chance of resulting in many many good applications for the Hive community.
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It is true that, while many are down on H-E due to the centralization, it does offer some great potential.
We will see how they progress. They are well aware of what the view is and why people feel that way. The fact they mentioned decentralization in the second presentation shows that they will unroll it at some point.
Their vision does look to bring a great deal to Hive.
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