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By: @smooms
EDITORIAL
We ventured out of our usual environment (Editor's note: The basement except for @mary-me and her west wing.) to cover the HiveFest for you. What we experienced, you can read about in this issue.
As in every issue, this one can't be without the MVP. But what would HiQ be without a little self-congratulation? You can read what we have up our sleeves for you in this issue.
The Column was written by our roving reporter @kvinna, who unfortunately couldn't be at HiveFest in person. What was her perception about the HiQ team's trip? You can read it in this issue.
Diligent as we are, we of course watched every talk live. What was talked about there, you'll read in this issue.
For us, HiveFest was not only about presentations. Of course the background stories also had to be covered. You can read all about our sidequests and experiences at HiveFest in this issue.
You know what else you can read about in this issue? Yes. of course, as always, Gossip, Hivestyle for Hivians and our all-time favourite category, the reader's letters. What we've pulled out of the hat from our biggest fans, you can read in this issue.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
➀ HiQs MVP - Print-HiQ ➁ THE COLUMN - Highfhive (but with three of us)
Cover Story ➂ HiQs HiveFest 2022 summary ➃ Moments of HiveFest 2022
Hivestyle ➄ Gossip ➅ Hivestyle for Hivians ➆ Reader's Letters ★
By: @smooms
➀ MVP
One month, 2 MVPs. But in this digital edition, the stars are once again aligned for "patting yourself on the back" with FOMO as the ascendant. In this issue: The physical HiQ edition of HiveFest7.
Of course, we would have had a massive selection of users who could have been crowned MVP in this issue. But we also have to see that the cash still flows. As mentioned in the teaser, the MVP in this issue is the physical HiveFest magazine itself. HiQ - The Hivestyle Magazine - HiveFest Issue №1.
Nearly 3 months of stress, blood, sweat, tears, fomo, stress, finding advertising partners, busting the printer's balls, and stress got to us, but this issue is real. Really real. To touch and really turn the pages. A physical NFT with an exorbitant collector's value perhaps? Only time will tell. Based on the positive feedbaccak, however, it can be determined that this will not be the last issue. (Editor's note: Probably.)
At the HiveFest in Amsterdam all ticketed visitors got a free issue of HiQ in their goodie bags. However, we don't want to deprive the Hivians among you, who couldn't/wouldn't visit the HiveFest for whatever reason, of our high quality produced magazine. So we would like to point it out to you here once again:
HiQ - The Hivestyle Magazine (HiveFest Issue 1) is now available for purchase for EVERY HIVIAN. For only 5 HBD plus shipping (which is about 5 HBD) one of the copies can be yours. Just send us a mail to hiq.redaktion@protonmail.com with your address (which we will of course treat discreetly and delete after shipping) and we will tell you the fixed costs in a reply.
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By: @kvinna
➁ THE COLUMN
Most of you probably know that the three ~~???~~ from HiQ were at HiveFest, but you can now find out one or two personal anecdotes exclusively in this column.
HiveFest is now over again, along with all the excitement and preparation stress. Most relieved @roelandp should now breathe a sigh of relief and look back on a very successful conference. On the Hive blockchain, the posts of the visitors are still resonating, reporting on the impressions that are most important to them, to share with those not present.
I think the most interesting thing for you is definitely how the HiQ team did with the HiveFest, here from my observer role as an editorial expert. What was certain relatively quickly was that there would be a real physical print edition to touch, and as you know, there is. But other things were often discussed, discarded, taken up again, and so on and so forth.
"We're going, oh no, we're not, because it's too expensive, after all we want to go to THE event hotel." My suggestion with private accommodations was rejected indignantly and tents do not go at all. They gave me the bird because I dared to suggest something so inappropriate to the core team. Well, that's how it went back and forth for a long time. Houseboats and the risks of seasickness were discussed and what many of you probably know, the campsite won.
In the weeks before they were very stressed and the closer the print deadline came and created deadline pressure, the more stressed they were. Certainly also quite annoyed and easily irritated. They had retreated into hiding so they could work and be stressed undisturbed, so I hardly ever saw them. But anyway, almost all was well in the end, as we know.
Full of enthusiasm, camping by the water was now championed and how great that would be. @smooms who said he could sleep on a brick didn't, but feels that way and doesn't want to know about tents at HiveFest anymore. We can only hope that @detlev doesn't host the next HiveFest-Beer-Saturday in a beer tent and then @smooms bad memories come back to life. While @quekery took it all in stride with stoic composure, even the rain. He'd do it again, even if it was uncomfortable.
We are really lucky to still have our @quekery. By his own admission, he almost starved to death. Either the passionate explainer bear was talking to the other Hivians or the food ran out. Why weren't the other two in danger, you ask? Well, they had grabbed a kebab on the way when they were out on the town for reporting @mary-me's stolen bag. Plus, they were able to keep their heads above water with candy.
While @quekery certainly represented the HiQ team gracefully on Beer Saturday, @smooms took the exhausted @mary-me home, both showing chivalry and getting more much-needed night's rest. What do you think happens when a gamer and a woman are in the same room for a period of time? The gamer games and the woman falls asleep, it's as simple as that - with gamers, I guess you can safely be alone.
The blue rabbit is also said to have been there, he was at least seen by the core team from time to time. However, they allegedly searched for him more often than they found him, but that's how it is with the hare hunt. Who knows if @blue.rabbit doesn't even have a travel rabbit hole where he can disappear whenever he wants to and then enjoy @free.fall.
The conclusion I can draw is that when the three of them returned, they seemed tired and exhausted, but also happy as new parents who haven't had enough sleep for weeks. Who saw the joyful face when @mary-me held the HiQ print issue for the first time, or the beaming relief after Batman's presentation. There are many more funny and beautiful stories about all the many encounters and events there, but we don't want the column to be longer than the rest of this virtual issue. ★
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By: @quekery, @smooms, @mary-me & @manncpt
➂ COVER STORY
We didn't miss a single lecture, always watched diligently and absorbed everything - that's the only way we could write this. (Editor's note: Thanks @roeland for the YouTube videos. LOOL)
Hive.io CoreDev
After a successful intro by @roelandp, the first day of talks started with a BlockTrades Hivechain update talk by @howo, in which he presented the new tricks and development advances of the HF26. Some of this was already revealed to us in the interview, which can be read in the physical edition (Editor's note: Buy the physical HiQ.), and can likewise be found on the Blockchain in various posts.
When Dan (@blocktrades) sat down at the piano, some Hivians were hoping for a snappy jam session, but unfortunately the piano remained silent. However, the presentation made up for it. @howo talked about OBI (One Block Irreversibility) during his presentation, which would bring scalability improvements to the 2nd layer by reducing the visibility of entries into a block from the APIs from 45 seconds to under 1 second. He also talked about block compression, which is interesting for Node operators as the blockchain already takes up a lot of storage now. Also, the RC cost for custom JSON transactions on the chain is to be adjusted and the ability to delegate RC mana is to be added. Much more was announced. If you want to watch the talk again, you can go to the YouTube video recording of the livestream here.
NFT for Peace
Afterwards @arcange interviewed @zirochka. It was about the project NFT for Peace and how @zirochka processed war experiences in Ukraine on Hive. With NFT for Peace, any user can buy badges on hivebuzz.me. The proceeds act as donations that benefit Ukrainians who are suffering due to the war situation. Just enter your name on Hivebuzz and click on the NFT for Peace tab. Then select a badge, the amount of your donation and you're done. So far the project has raised 4750 HIVE and 4526 HBD.
There is more to come! The badge with 4 stars costs 100 HIVE. If @manncpt can afford it, surely one other Hivian should feel motivated to obtain the five star badge. Any takers: @balte?
LasseCash
@lassehlers told us about the first Outpost in Hivestory. LASSECASH is a Tribe token including Outpost. The motto is Anarchy, Crypto and Truth. So to enjoy LASSECASH, you could post about one of the 3 themes and tag #lassecash.
Winalab
@manncpt presented @globalschool in his talk, as he did at Fest in Krakow 2018, and what has happened since then. The @cryptobrunch and @winalab projects are brands to bring newcomers to Hive. For @schmidi, it worked. He is now a face of Austria's "Crypto Bloggers" himself. And all in the wake of Meetups in Vienna.
HiveMeetupVienna is the only local meetup in the DACH region, which has been held every month since Hive existed. The next Meetup is on 06.10.22. The community strategist called for organizing more "City Meetups" or "Stammtische", all it takes is two Hive friends to start. More about this in his talk - listen for yourself. (Editor's note: And we learned that @manncpt & @schmidi love WORKATION. And we love the word. From now on, we don't just work, we do Workation. LOOL)
Freechain Movie
Petite @lordbutterfly (Editor's note: Pictured left.) and @little.lamb gave a talk about the film "Freechain". @freechain will be a professional documentary film about Hive. In the lecture we did witness a new teaser, which made us want to see more. The special thing about the film, according to @little.lamb, is that during the film the narrator gradually learns what Hive is and what makes our chain and the community around it so special. This is meant to create a special immersion.
Now the only question is when the film will come out and where we can admire it. @little.lamb said that it could be a good 6 months before the film is released. Various streaming platforms like Netflix and Amazon are being targeted as the place to watch it. And because it was so nice, there is now the HiveFest film footage in your face - look here.
Visionary Studios
@jeffjagoe is one of the co-founders of @visionarystudios a Web3 Project Developing Company. Visionary Studios supports many different projects. Most of the projects are on Solana and focus on NFTs. Everything from a chicken restaurant to a game is included. In principle, he does not rule out Hive for future partners. Currently, however, Hive is only used as a social media presence.
Coinzdense
The blogger on Hive may not be aware, but whenever you make a transaction, it is signed. Signing is a crytographic process and on Hive and other Chains, ECDSA (Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm) is typically used. (Note from @quekery: You won't believe how I have to pull myself together now not to babble about elliptic curves). If one wanted to bruteforce ECDSA, the computational effort is so high that today's computers would have their problems with it. Quantum computers, however, would change this. How we could make our chains quantum safe is explained by @pibara in his talk. @quekery would have liked to hear more about the topic, but the idea could only be touched on briefly in this short presentation time slot.
Hive Marketing
@behilarious presented how her agency promotes Hive to attract developers. Watch the presentation and form your own opinion about the project. It's not easy to design a centralized communication strategy for a platform that is so diverse and whose strength lies in its decentralized structure, made up of so many different projects.
Beerverse
Did you know that the game CryptoBrewMaster is not just a game anymore? A whole beerverse has formed around the game. @rollie1212, who works in the alcohol industry himself, gives an overview of the activities away from the game. Mainly, it's about providing real breweries, whiskey producers, or even wine producers with the know-how they need to gain a foothold in Web 3.0. Beerverse organizes virtual tours of breweries, online meetups and supports producers with online marketing. If you want to know more about it or just want to get a promo code, you can check it out here.
Cold Beetroot Soup
@minigunner and @artakush presented: @coldbeetrootsoup. Cold Beetroot Soup is a national dish from Lithuania. The creative minds behind the project make funny puns out of the individual ingredients of this delicious soup, which every HiveFest participant even got to try the next day.
@k31ci3 is responsible for the unbelievably awesome design. Beet it and Beetles... LOOL. The laughs were on their side and the mood was visibly lightened. See for yourself.
STEMsocial, citizen science
@lemouth brings us up to speed on @stemsocial. STEMsocial is a community that, as the name suggests, is all about Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. (Note from @quekery: Finally, it's about Math, LOOL.) Even though it's gotten a little quiet around STEMsocial, it's the curation system, which has long been of interest to STEM bloggers. By the way, @quekery got his first big upvote here in 2018 and that too with a math post. There used to be a frontend too, this one @lemouth would like to bring back. So he is still looking for programmers to help with that. What else @lemouth has planned, you can see here.
How to maintain a community on Hive
@detlev talked about communities and how to "accidentally" start a new one. #Beersaturday is the beer community of our blockchain. Using his example, you can see how it works to build a community around a topic. A must watch for all beer lovers and community builders. Detlev is a Hive veteran and an indispensable part of HiveFest. Afterwards we opened one or the other Heineken and toasted to the end of the first day. If you are also planning to start a community, you should have a look at Detlev's presentation.
Day 2
HiQ Magazine
@smooms presented our much sought-after HiQ magazine and everything else that goes with it. If you want to know all the details, you'll have to watch THE presentation for yourself. We are proud of him and how he made our project shine in the light. Now some things should be clearer for all of you who are interested in the HiQ.
Just so you know, it was short and sweet and yes, there could be more international articles in the HiQ if English and Spanish speaking scribblers come forward and get involved. Because putting out a magazine like this takes time, energy, research skills and expressiveness. This is not everyone's cup of tea. For exampl