Greetings, Fellow Bees!
Nice to meet you all! Most people call me Bee. I am relatively new to the platform, but I am very familiar with hives 😇 I've been following the whole backstory and birth of HIVE for the past weeks. Though I don't know all of the details, I've wrapped my head around the general idea and it appears to be pretty obvious what has happened. A community that stood up to a professional charlatan and scam artist? Those are my kinds of people... 👾
Background, Experience, and Hobbies
I've been working in the field of blockchain/crypto for about 3 years now, but before that I spent the past 12 years contributing to many non-profit projects around the world and using my skills to support people and projects that I found to have positive missions and most importantly, their actions were in unison. Many of these projects revolved around environmental protection/regeneration, permaculture, endangered wildlife conservation, etc. I have always been fascinated with designing and engineering systems that are more in balance with nature/natural laws. Currently, most of my time is dedicated to ZENZO, but I work on a handful of blockchain-related projects. I don't have much time for freelance work, but occasionally take opportunities where I really believe in the team, vision, and project.
Most people are familiar with me as a designer, but I really enjoy bringing good ideas to life, regardless of what phase of the project or conception. I see it as a form of alchemy, manifesting a concept or mere idea into something tangible. I've spent a majority of my time working as a brand developer, really laying the foundation for new projects, organizations, and businesses. Some of my most used skills are 2D design, UX/UI, 2D animation (basic), pixel art, 3D design, writing, and revision (English).
I love many types of music, art, design, technology, games, nature, animals, ya know... life, basically. I enjoy outdoor activities like hiking, kayaking, rock climbing, and really anything outside, as I spend a majority of my time on the computer (gotta have that balance). Currently, I am spending most of my time in the realms of gaming, cryptocurrency, and blockchain.
My "Hive" - ZENZO Ecosystem
For the past 2 years or so, myself and a bunch of amazing people around the world have created our home away from home. This home is called ZENZO. ZENZO is a project that has quite a similar backstory with Hive, a community standing up to face the day and say "Nope, it doesn't end here.". So, what is ZENZO? It is an all-encompassing gaming ecosystem, driven by blockchain, created for gamers and game developers. We are working on a plethora of tools and our own solutions to help solve some of the largest issues currently in the space with blockchain gaming. One of our primary goals is to help push for the adoption of both blockchain and cryptocurrency around the world, specifically through the gaming industry. PS: Don't worry, we're friendly. We see ourselves as allies with all other blockchain/crypto projects as long as we don't find them to malicious and of ill intent.
What Can I Contribute to HIVE?
Well, for starters, I am happy to contribute good energy to good people and good projects. I'm still really new to Hive and not fully sure how everything works and what all this ecosystem offers. I would like to dabble more on the side of the blockchain infrastructure and learn more about this system, as recently I have learned some very interesting things about Hive.
(Regarding the Hive Ecosystem)
If anyone needs help, you can contact me for:
- Brand Development & Content Consistency
- 2D Design (Essentially Anything)
- UX/UI (but not frontend coding, not quite up to par)
- English Revisions & Peer Review
(I already started on the developer docs on GitHub (my PR). Sorry devs, I should have compiled in 1 PR.)
👾Hive Wallpaper👾 (1920x1080px)
I look forward to connecting with you all and maybe working on some really fun projects. I am also in the Hive Discord (@yuurinbee#3113).
Warm Regards,
YuurinBee
Welcome to HIVE, Bee! :3
Yay! Welcome Bee! Really nice introduction. Damn, the rest of you guys making your intros much slicker than my awkward mess and rightly so ^_^ These Hivers would be lucky to have your help :) Great job!
Welcome Bee! 💙
Wicked awesomesauce intro post, YuurinBee! Welcome to the community, and please feel free to shout out if you have any questions. Happy Hiving!
!tip 0.5 hive
Thank you so much Traci, for the tip and compliments. I have some questions, do you know if the Hive has any infographics for how everything works or a directory/database/site that shows how the blockchain and connected platforms operate together? I know Hive is very new and done so much in a short amount of time, I'm just trying to see from an overview level how it all functions. Very cool stuff!
Nice introduction, welcome to hive.
@yuurinbee-znz welcome here on Hive
thank you, brother!
I'm a bit late to the party, but hello and welcome to the Hive, Bee :-)
You've got quick an amazing background, and the design works that you've done here are amazing! We're always welcoming of new users, and I hope it's been alright for you trying to get used to how it all works. A great tip to help find more people, including the stuff that you like, feel free to join a Community. Since you're into artwork, the OnChainArt Community is a great place to enjoy illustrations other like-minded creatives like you!
I see that you've asked for some ways to show how HIVE all works. I believe there are some great onboarding initiatives to help new users settle into the Hive. Not sure if you've got that working, since I came here 4 days later, but there are some neat sites for that. For starters, we have HIVE Onboard, where you can learn a bit more on how it all works. If you have other mates who are joining in, and they're looking to create accounts on HIVE, this is a great site to show them first. Then, there's the simple Hive.io, where you can have a preview of some of the more popular DApps that run on the Hive Blockchain. You can also find some useful links to group chats and other social media pages to find fellow Hivers (Twitter, Discord, Telegram, etc.).
I hope that's been useful, and welcome aboard the Hive.
Hey Zack!
Thanks for the warm welcome, mate. I appreciate all of that. I actually have already followed OCA, but I'm really not sure what exactly it is that's on chain? Is it just posting on PeakD that makes it "on chain"? It seems like you can just upload art there, not like you have to make your art into an NFT or anything. Really amazing artwork on there, I'm enjoying it.
This is all great news. Thanks for sharing those sources with me. I have been to Hive.io, but I will check out the Onboard site as well. Good stuff here. I am also in the Hive Discord, feel free to say hi if you see me around.
All the best brother and hope to see ya around.
Cheers, I'll try to look for you on Discord :-)
When it says on-chain, it means the Hive Blockchain. Peakd is another front-end of Hive, just like Hive.io. You know those third-party apps for Reddit on mobile that gives you a whole different UI, but still running Reddit underneath? That's pretty much what Peakd does for Hive.io, and I do love the general user-experience over here, with all its neat features and creature comforts compared to the more basic Hive.
On-Chain would mean that all of your artwork, or anything that you post on Hive in general, is recorded on the Hive Blockchain. Forever yours, and it belongs to you. One really cool site that I'd like to show to newcomers is HiveBlocks, which is where you can see the whole Blockchain in action. Here, everything (input, comments, replies, posts, up/downvotes, transactions) are publicly and transparently recorded, available for anyone's view.
I can even search for people's usernames, like yours (pics below) and see what's going on with your account. Every action that involves your account, whether you or others are interacting with it, can be viewed and verified. You can even see some stats related to your Hive user-account as well. Ah, the awesomeness of the Blockchain... I hope this all helps :-)
Cool, thanks a lot for that breakdown. I'm beginning to understand a bit more how it works. That was pretty helpful and that's a really nice explorer/tool ... HiveBlocks. 😎
You're welcome! I hope you've been able to put this to good use :-)
100%, Zack! I'm working on my first infographic (basic blockchain stats) for now and will share with the community once I'm done. Then I will try to highlight other aspects of the Hive Ecosystem! Cheers man. I gotta load up on some HIVE so I can tip as well, I haven't even purchased any yet.
That's brilliant to hear! I'm hoping to read it soon, mate. There's quite a few exchanges now that support $HIVE, so loading up on it should be easy, though mind the deposit process. But, it's not necessary,and once you start earning more from posts and curations, you'll begin to have enough balance in your account for tips aplenty :-)
Welcome Bee to Hive.. just nest your rewards and you will enjoy this platform when bull run comes
Cheers steemitghana! Not really so focused on the financial returns as I am having some fun and collaborating with good people... but it doesn't hurt to stack some crypto along the way ;)
Hello! ✨ Welcome to Hive!!
🙌 Thank you Sam! Nice to see you here, too!
So cool to see the Zenzo team taking the Hive torch AND RUNNING WITH IT!
Welcome, so good to have you!
You know how we do! We're always looking for other good people, projects, communities and places to make some friends and build some cool things together. Hive certainly seems like a nice place for us. Thanks for the warm welcome, hope to see ya around!
Welcome to hive. Since you like gaming I would check out Splinterlands
Hey cryptictruth, thanks for the welcome. I actually have been playing it for a few weeks. Do you know who the lead creators of that game are and if they're on here? I'd like to chat with them about a few things. We also highlight other blockchain gaming projects on our monthly streaming event.
Cool @Yabapmatt created splinterlands
Cheers, mate! Hey @Yabapmatt, what is the best way to get in touch?
Welcome! 😀
bee here!Thanks @hivetrending, happy to
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