Let me ask a question:
If popular Web3 games, like Pixels or Parallel, decided to start blogging on Hive or hold an airdrop for Hive stakeholders, what would your reaction be?
Would you dismiss them because their game isn’t built on Hive? Or criticize them for requiring gas fees to interact with their platform, even if those fees are minimal? Or would you welcome them with open arms for their decision to blog on the OG Web3 social media platform?
These questions came to mind after the Ethgard Legends Airdrop, which was met with overwhelmingly positive feedback! But also some critiques that seemed to dismiss the effort simply because I use a mix of technologies. Sometimes it feels like I’m in a Hive echo chamber, where anything outside of Hive is viewed as irrelevant or unnecessary.
On one hand, people in this community often discuss the need for Hive to achieve mainstream adoption. Yet, on the other hand, there’s a reluctance to engage with or acknowledge innovation happening in other parts of Web3. It’s nearly 2025, and the crypto/Web3 landscape has changed dramatically since 2020, let alone 2016. Technology is evolving rapidly, and standing still is not an option.
If Hive is going to thrive, I believe it needs to embrace innovation and be willing to integrate and collaborate with other technologies when it makes sense. For Ethgard Legends, that meant using Hive as its blogging platform while also leveraging EVM smart contracts to deliver scalable, onchain assets that integrate with major platforms like OpenSea and — most importantly — are chain agnostic, meaning they can run on any EVM-compatible blockchain (even Hive, if it gets EVM compatibility).
This doesn’t make me 'anti-Hive' — it’s about giving people the best possible product by combining the strengths of different technologies. Let me repeat: YOU deserve the best possible product.
Hive is an incredible ecosystem, and I’m proud to be a part of it. And I believe its future success lies in openness, collaboration, and innovation — not in isolating itself.
Let’s work together to make Hive a bridge to the wider Web3 world, not an echo chamber.
Wolf
PS: My dream would be a gas-free, EVM-comptible Hive - I'd be the first one to build on it.
Do you believe that my work is valuable for Hive? Then please vote for me as witness.
I was very surprised to see all that negativity on your previous post. Very sad that much of Hive community prefer to be toxic towards the opportunity for outreach & potential growth. I see absolutely no problem with it & would like to see as many bridging opportunities as possible considering I operate on multiple chains. For example was extremely excited for the recent swap.sol bridge that is now possible. Finally have another way for myself to onboard funds into Hive without going through a centralized exchange.
What outreach? Lol, hardly anyone plays the game judging from it's social media presence. Meanwhie, Mr wolf boy saint is dumping hundreds of thousands of hive every year.
My apologies. You are right. I shouldn't have pointed out that he is an incompetent leech that brings nothing of value here but instead only extracts.
Games don't generally pop off immediately w/o proper marketing. & if you can't afford that is usually slow growth. Can't call it unsuccessful so early on & that it doesn't won't benefit Hive exposure at some point. On your other note, I could care less what people do with their crypto, they can buy it or sell it at their own free will. Everyone can. No point in judging others for how they decide to use their own money. Being a bully calling people names only makes Hive community look toxic af. That will drive more people away if anything so you yourself are doing a dis-service to Hives potential growth as well.
He is a top witness he should have skin in the game imo. Keep rooting for the leeches
He's got plenty of HP if you ask me. Argument is invalid regardless.
Perpetual power down of hundreds of thousands of hp he has earned and keeps earning as a top 20 witness. A witness per year earns over 120k hive per year last time I checked. And he has been one for multiple years. Anyways, I give up.
It's all good Bro, at the end of the day we're all allowed to have our own opinions and operate accordingly. I just prefer to be positive overall for the sake of my own energy and those around me.
If you want to flag though I can flag too 😀
What's flag? (genuinely curious)
Ohh assuming you mean as in Dis-liking? Don't get the wrong idea, I don't use it as a personal attack like you seem to do. I just disagreed with your statement is all. Feel free to use your HP in a Hostile manner if you like, that freedom is yours; just don't assume everyone else uses it with the same intent haha! Hope you find internal peace & healing within. Namaste.
Hey @silentriot, thanks for the kind words!
Having built multiple projects over 7+ years on Hive, I’ve grown used to receiving criticism on pretty much everything I do here at this point. Criticism comes in different flavors, though. Some people don’t understand why I’d ever use another blockchain besides Hive (which I’m always happy to explain), some dislike the fact that it "costs" to transact (like claiming the airdrop), and others love me so much they follow every post and comment I make. 😉
Overall, I’m quite happy with the resonance so far. The player base has grown significantly over the past few days, and people seem to be having fun—which is what matters most. There are more updates coming soon, and I’m not planning to stay within the limitations of "just being a Web3 game."
Fun fact: Did you know that “Ethereum” originally came from a concept within World of Warcraft? That might give you a hint about my ambitions and why
Ethgardisn’t just a nod to Web3’s Ethereum. 🙂You can pay with Hive in the game without any problems. So, in my opinion, it is welcome on Hive.
I fully agree that Hive finding thrive means embracing interoperability. Working with other platforms and cross pollinating is wise in my view.
If in your heart of hearts you feel good about your choices, then I wouldn’t be to concerned about critics. Hive loves its snarky corners, not sure if that will ever change here.
That being said, im not aware enough and dont really care to be, but i do hope for Hive’s sake that you dont only drain from the ecosystem.
Hey @buttcoins, thanks for the comment. I've build a lot of projects over the years, many exclusively on Hive, and have written a lot of posts over the years about Hive. I'm fairly contempt with my decisions at this point and know that I'm building the best possible game. Posts like this are for those who want to know & learn more and who have an open mind. 🙂
!PIZZA
I certainly agree that Hive has to be outward-looking. But I'll admit to being something of a Hive enthusiast, so I'm kind of hoping that one day we'll see another Splinterlands effect, where a game brings people onto Hive in large numbers.
I'm not an IT person at all, my specialisations are more around e-commerce, logistics and accountancy, but you might be able to help me understand (ideally in layman's terms !) why Ethgard Legends runs on Ethereum rather than Hive.
I always though a blockchain was basically just a way of storing data; is there something Ethereum can do that Hive doesn't that makes it worth paying gas fees ? Is there something that Hive doesn't do that is necessary to make the game run ? Or is it purely a case of looking at which has the larger user base and going there ? I guess I'm really just trying to understand what it is that stops Hive being a suitable platform for designing or running games.
!BBH
One of the things stopping hive is people like therealwolf earning hundreds of thousands of hive For Free and dumping each and every last penny, and hence the price. And in crypto, the best advertisement is price.
I'm not trying to start and argument or make enemies. But i am curious why you feel so strongly.
In general therealwolf seems a person who has put a great deal of effort and energy into the hive ecosytem. Dont many witnesses and devs cash in there earnings? Are you saying he is selling more egregiously than others?
It seems that for many years so many have taken post earnings and left Hive.
I guess my POV is any hivian has the right to do as they please with their earnings. 🤷♂️
Of course id prefer people invest and hodl... but i get the feeling Hive will always be a leaky ship.
Have you ever heard the phrase lead by example? He is a fucking top 20 witness, he should have at least some skin in the game instead of cashing every last penny and pretending to be a hive saint just because he developed a shitty game (using hive witness funds) on a different chain that nobody plays.
Great questions. I'll cover these in a seperate post as I'm sure others might have similar questions.
Dude, Ethgard Legends is one of the best running-, designed & playable games which have a Hive integration.
It seems like we can't do "good" games on Hive, if its only coded for Hive.
Alot of People on Hive, properly isn't ready to spend any gasfees though :p
It makes me wonder why more web3 platforms don't use Hive instead of the awful medium for their blogging and updates. That's what it's designed for.
You have earned hundreds of thousands of hive being a top witness and dumped all of them. Cut the bs, you don't give a shit if it dies tomorrow. Actually you do, cause you will lose the cow.
You are a leech, don't try to spin yourself as some short of hive saint just because you built a shitty game with a shitty worthless airdrop that nobody cares about.
Thanks for the comment. Hope you have a peaceful christmas holiday.
@therealwolf! @alonicus likes your content! so I just sent 1 BBH to your account on behalf of @alonicus. (5/20)
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@danzocal(1/10) tipped @therealwolf
LFG
It worries me that Hive does not seem to support smart contracts. Even a giant level one blockchain like Solana that runs Solana Virtual Machine has Neon EVM that makes it possible to run smart contracts from ETH on SOL.
Is Hive going to have something like that? Seems like it is a prerequisite for chains to be EVM compatible to be taken seriously by the market
I'm happy to see projects and games built on other chains come here and blog, advertise or even create interoperability.
These are all positive things for the projects and for our community. We will only grow if we can adapt and create bridges to new communities.
As somebody who has been here for a long time i don't have much interest in playing games on other chains with gas fees and other impediments to play.
We have been spoiled on hive with keychain and zero fees so it's hard to enjoy a worse experience. I understand that hive doesn't have everything that some developers need to create the projects they have but until they can create a better gaming experience it's hard to jump in.
Best of luck with your new game and hopefully it is successful. Hopefully that can spill over into hive as well through blogs and integration but don't let others bring you down if that's the route you think works best for your project. Keep up the work here and bring people along who are interested.