RE: Preliminary Announcement of Proposals for Feeless SWAP & Hive Onboarding

I read what you're say'n...but if the proposals along the way benefit all of the Hive ecosystem, not solely the game they're making, I'm not seeing the connection to your example of a con-man. If the first proposal, as an example, is to build a bridge from one main coin to Hive or even a 2nd level token like LVL, it either works or it doesn't.

Then, if the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th proposals are to do the same thing, and they're built...again, this of course helps the game, but it helps all of Hive, does it not? Here's the folly with your argument: Any business has to gain the confidence of their investors. They do this by showing levels of completion in the project. Legit or not...it's done the same way. What you're describing to me, or explaining to me is not a mindset of an investor, in my opinion. It is the mindset of all or nothing and that's not what presented. I understand you want to see the game released before being willing to vote on a proposal to release funds. By the time the game is released, it'll be too late to provide the RC's. The goal is never to provide a AAA game to the public and have the site shut down because you can't get enough people on...because they can't create accounts fast enough. That's kind of like Coinbase saying, "Let's advertise free bitcoin at the SuperBowl" and then have the site go down in a few seconds because they weren't expecting so many people to come.

Obviously you believe enough in the game to put your own funds at "risk" and I respect that. You've brought to light your concerns. I respect that, too. I've also seen where @psyberx has stated they won't put out any proposals until at least the marketplace is up and live. While some would say that's also a con-man's method...give you a way to buy into a project before the main attraction is released, it's also what all major blockchain games are doing-have a way to buy NFTs before the game is released.

They should deliver the fully funded game.

What good is the game if you have 1,000 people who can play it while the rest of the world can't come in, but by 1-3 per day. That seems silly to me at best.

Good thing is they are opening the Alpha version to people with Founders titles...With a commercial plot, I think I saw your name on that list, you will qualify to play before everyone else in June/July. Maybe then, you'll feel a little more confident. Only time will tell...

too true, I was referring to the time we were almost 5 million market cap yet they would only pull a bit more out as the orders are not there so you are correct.

The part that is hard to understand is you say it is nobodies, which we have openly stated he started as an independent studio developing a few cheesy play store apps with a dream, a risky dream that would require massive funding to become something like Fortnite yet you want to see something like Fortnite before they ask for funding...? There was no funding for development proposal mentioned, this was for onboarding and a feeless swap... things that improve and grow Hive whether this game fails or not.

There are games with less plans, transparency and content given out and yet tens of millions invested into them, many rug pulls, some just suck yet here we are on Hive not taking the possible millions in funding several chains are offering games to come develop on their protocol. See Ackzas past pleads for us to mint our next token and bridge TELOS as their proposal system sits idle with easy funds to grab in which he has successfully done with a few proposals.

Our DHF system maybe has just a bit too much of an expectation of bringing in wealthy folks only to bring value that way, we can't build value and attempt to bring a game? We will adjust and lower numbers greatly or even scrap the proposals, it was my idea as these plans are there yet pushed back due to the focus being on the game and marketplace development. We will consider just asking for Bridge proposals that would go directly to the Hive Developer if we can come to terms with any qualified and available which is the primary purpose of this to find more developers as team and needs are growing.

In business school, we teach quite a bit about the freemium model. It's nice to point to fortnite as it's a very successful game. There are many freemium games and apps that do well, also.

The concept of ring a game to the blockchain may have its complications, but in the programming I'm familiar with, it's just an added layer. The game itself is not played on the blockchain. A blockchain simply records the transactions. The concepts being discussed for the game are not outlandish. Which is why they have my backing.

What seems naive to me is for folks to believe that making an electronic coin would be valued by anyone... but then again, trillions of value have proven that naivete to be unfounded. What's the purpose of the dhf? Isn't it to find big ideas? Or is it only to give funds to people who've already done the work? Seems counterintuitive to only find proposals that are finished. Perhaps it's the size of the ask... that's where having multiple proposals with strict milestones is appropriate.

When I built my house, my lender required me to ask for funds matching needs as described in a building plan and proof that the previous work was complete. It makes sense to have a plan and to present it. Now, if you feel that none or parts of the plan are unnecessary or are asking for too much, say so. As someone who professionally approves millions for projects, I require plans and milestones. If I disagree with a part of the project, it's good to note those issues before anyone starts the project. As they say in the military, "Prior planning prevents poor performance"