Discovery-it Guides: How to Start a New Experience on Blockchain Platform

Hi! Have you just arrived on Hive and don't you know how it works? A friend of yours told you to sign up and you want to have an easy guide at hand?  Here it is! --- Hive.blog is the front-end web interface that allows you to interact with the Hive blockchain. In this guide, we will start from the main thing, how to create an account, and then we will deal with some other fundamental aspects: the keys (password), your Wallet, the differences with the other social networks and more.

Registration

There are several ways to register on the platform. In the site https://signup.hive.io/ you will find all the possible ways. Here we will report some of them below: - HiveOnboard: Within [HiveOnboard]( https://hiveonboard.com/create-account), you can create an account in a few simple steps and completely free of charge. However, verification by telephone is required;  - Esteem: Also through the [Esteem]( https://esteem.app/signup) app you can create an account with a few simple steps and for free, but you will be asked an email;  - Paid: [BlockTrades](https://blocktrades.us/en/create-hive-account) and [3speak](https://signup.3speak.online/widget.html) These services allow you to request a completely anonymous account and without the need for verification.   The differences between the various methods of registration are almost nil. In fact, each account is actually paid within this blockchain. As we will explain later, to carry out actions within the blockchain it is necessary to hold a minimum quantity of Hive in your Wallet, this will allow the account to carry out all transactions.

Password

Hive.blog interface

Once you finally manage to log in, here's what the Home looks like:  - Thanks to the left menu, where we find " All posts ", " My friends " and " My communities ", we can limit which posts we want to view; - At the center of the page, we find the posts of other users. We can choose how to categorize them thanks to the drop-down menu, which allows us to view them in chronological order "New", or based on " Trending ", or " Payout ", etc; - At the top right, we find two basic buttons. The first is the one that allows you to write posts, the second, the one with our profile picture, is a drop-down menu that allows you to directly access to your profile, notifications, the Wallet and much more. Writing posts on Hive is simple but, at the beginning, some things may be unclear. We plan to make a specific guide about it but, for now, the fundamental aspects to know are: - Hive.blog offers Markdown as a writing language; - It is possible to use the tags, of which the first 5 are the most important, which allow you to categorize the different posts to facilitate the search by theme; - You can choose whether to publish the post in a specific Community; - Links, photos and videos can be added, as long as there is always respect for copyright.

Why Hive is different from other social networks

The fundamental feature that differentiates Hive from other social networks is the fact that it is based on a blockchain. This has several consequences. First of all, the immutability of the actions, as we will see better explained later. Furthermore, the possibility of receiving rewards for your blogging activity is certainly a very innovative aspect. The rewards that the user can obtain derive not only from the activity of creating new content on their blog, but also from commenting on and voting on posts created by others. In fact, one of the fundamental things of Hive is curation, or the gesture of using the Up-Vote button to enhance posts written by other users. There is also a Down-Vote, which is mainly used to report abuse. The quality and originality of the contents are very important on Hive. In this regard, Communities were recently born, which have as main purposes: - Reorganize posts based on interests and macro-topics; - Be a meeting place for users; - Enhance quality content by offering support. Communities are many and there is no numerical limit for registration. [Here](https://hive.blog/trending/hive-193212) you can find ours: [Discovery-it](https://hive.blog/trending/hive-193212)!

Hive Power, Resource Credit and more

Within Hive, the ability to perform actions will directly depend on the amount of Hive Power (HP) present in the Wallet. For example, a newly created account with x HP will only be able to: --- While, as we see from this screen, an account with 1000 HP inside it, will be able to perform many more actions. --- --- You can control your Hive Power via [Peakd.com](https://peakd.com/) (through the "Tools" drop-down menu) or [Hiveblocks](Hiveblocks.com/@youraccount) and, on first access, your personal page will look like this:   Through the above-mentioned platforms, other very important parameters can also be kept under control: - Voting Mana: It is a bar that informs us about the residual content of our vote. In fact, starting with 100%, every time we go to vote for content within the platform, our voting power will be consumed by 2% and, moreover, the votes given with Mana lower than 100% will have less value. However, this parameter is recovered by about 20% every 24 hours. Another important aspect is that, as regards new users, it is possible to vote only with 100% of the voting strenght, while, from 500 HP onwards, it will be possible to adjust the weight of the percentage of one's vote; - Resource Credit: Every single action that is carried out in the blockchain involves, similarly to what happens with the Voting Mana, progressive depletion of the Resource Credit. For example, to publish on the blog, make Tokens transactions, actions such as follow and un-follow and comment, this parameter decreases significantly and it is important not to waste it, especially when you are a novice, as you risk being unable to do any action on the platform.

Wallet

 The Wallet is located in a different place from the Blog. When you open your Wallet, a scenary presents itself that in the early days may seem very confusing. In fact, we find some terms whose meaning needs to be explained: - HIVE: It is the main liquid currency of the platform. This can go to different fates: transferred to Hive Power with the process called Power-Up, negotiated for Hive Dollars or transferred to other accounts; - HIVE POWER: As previously mentioned, it is the measure of the influence of a user within the platform. It does not have a direct liquidity meaning, but through the process called Power-Down, it can be converted back to Hive; - HIVE DOLLARS: These are Tokens with a stable value compared to 1 USD. This is the internal stable coin of the Hive system and guarantees the balance of the platform; - SAVINGS: The safest place to keep Hive in case of account compromise; - Estimated Account Value: It is an estimated average of the value of the account; - HISTORY: The history of the latest transactions. You have surely noticed that in our wonderful platform there are no long alphanumeric addresses to indicate your Wallet, but, rather, your nickname will act as your address. What easier way to send and receive Hive?

A look at the Blockchain

Given that it is the foundation of Hive, it is important to know some general information on the blockchain. It is the backbone of the entire cryptocurrency system and mainly performs two tasks: - Allows users to perform transactions; - Guarantees security and anonymity. In practice, it is an ever-growing list of blocks, which are linked together and protected by encryption. This "collector" is shared by all users of the network and this is how transparency and trust in the system are guaranteed. Each time a block is completed, a new one is generated. Once recorded, the data in a particular block cannot be edited or deleted. So, the transactions, once stored in the Blockchain, are permanent! It goes without saying that: - It is necessary to share only original content, including photos and videos, paying attention to copyright. Plagiarism is taken very seriously; - The positive aspect is that nobody can manipulate, even after some time, the contents that have been proposed (immutability). --- We plan to make more guides later! Follow us for update. Thanks for your attention _{Special thanks to: @HiveOnboard @Roomservice @esteemapp @BlockTrades @threespeak @Peakd}
----  Eccola finalmente!

Le differenze tra le varie modalità di registrazione sono pressoché nulle. Infatti, ogni account è in realtà a pagamento all'interno di questa blockchain. Come spiegheremo più avanti, per effettuare azioni all'interno della blockchain è necessario detenere un minimo quantitativo di Hive nel proprio Wallet, questo permetterà all'account di effettuare tutte le transazioni.