Guide to the Hive and Steem Ecosystems

This unit begins Section 2 of the course. This unit describes and explains how to navigate the steemit.com and Hive Blog (see additional material websites. The unit focuses mostly on the user’s channel/page.

This unit is a continuation of the previous unit. This unit explores the rest of the steemit.com and Hive Blog websites beyond just the user’s home page. Pages such as the trending, hot, and promoted are explained. The unit also briefly discusses advertising on Steemit.

This unit explores busy.org. This is an alternative user interface for the Steem blockchain. It is similar to steemit.com but has a slightly different feel to it, which some users might prefer. Currently, Hive does not have an equivalent user interface.

This unit looks at Steemit and Hive Wallets. Steemit Wallet is the website where Steem users engage with their wallet. Likewise, Hive Wallet is the website where Hive users engage with their wallet. The websites allow transactions, powering up or down, delegating Steem/Hive Power, change passwords and even change profile settings. This video explains how these actions can be done using the Steemit Wallet website and the additional material explains how these actions can be done using the Hive Wallet.

This unit continues exploring Steemit and Hive Wallets. This unit looks at curation rewards and author rewards displayed on the website. The unit also looks at the dropdown options available at various parts of the balance page. These dropdowns enable users to access some important functions. The unit finishes up with a quick look at the internal market for Steem and SBD, which can be accessed from Steemit Wallet. The additional materials explain the same process for Hive Wallet.

This unit explains and describes the additional functionality Steem Plus provides Steemit. The video covers features such as additional links, additional user information, and how to acquire Steem Plus Points (SPP). Currently, Hive does not have an equivalent add-on.

This unit introduces the course student to SteemPeak and PeakD (Hive equivalent). This unit covers the broader features of SteemPeak and PeaKD such as explore and favourites. SteemPeak is also the gateway to many of the Steem Engine Tribes. PeaKD offers a gateway to Hive communities.

This unit explains and describes the options available on the user’s SteemPeak and PeakD profile pages. SteemPeak and PeakD have many unique features not available on many of the other Steem and Hive user interfaces. These features include tools, lists, and unique settings functions.

This unit continues with the exploration of the SteemPeak and PeakD profile pages. The unit focuses on aspects such as accessing the proposal page and information available about witnesses. This unit also completes Section 2 of the course.

This unit begins Section 3 of the course. This unit looks at various types of users that the Hive and Steem Ecosystems are likely to attract. The unit explains briefly, what the ecosystems have to offer and introduces the rest of this section.

This unit explains how users can post content on Steem or Hive. This unit focuses on the SteemPeak and PeakD user interfaces because of the large number of options available that other user interfaces currently do not have.

This unit continues from the previous unit by explaining how to post content on Steem or Hive. This unit explains how to post on both steemit.com and Hive Blog. The unit also explains some of the follow-up actions once a post has been submitted to the Steem or Hive blockchains. These actions include promotion and addressing user comments.

This unit briefly explains Markdown and how it can be used to format content. The unit is not a comprehensive guide to Markdown. However, it should provide sufficient information for a new user to get started.

This unit explains how a user can get more engagement for his or her content. Most of this unit is based on my personal experience and how I managed to gain a larger following on Steem/Hive. Different strategies will work differently with different people but this unit contains many good ideas that a new user could adopt.

This unit continues from the previous unit. This unit focuses on utilising tribes and communities to gain more attention for content. The unit also discusses the use of bid bots (not used on Hive). Several other courses encourage the use of bots. This course strongly discourages the use of bots and explains why in some detail. There is a unit later in the course that explains how bots can be used if that is a route a user wants to take.

This unit explains how a user can vote for content. The unit is explained using previously described user interfaces such as Steemit (Hive Blog for Hive) and SteemPeak (PeakD for Hive). This unit also provides some additional technical information, which explains why different users have different vote values. The unit also explains why vote values vary depending on when a user upvotes a post.

This unit explains how to curate content. This unit contains information based on my personal experience curating content since Hardfork 21/22. Curation is a great way to use Steem or Hive Power to earn rewards. However, these rewards vary depending on how and when a user curates content. The unit also explains that curating content is more than just trying to obtain the highest return per a vote.

This unit begins a mini three part series regarding investing in Steem and/or Hive. The unit explains the different investment ranking based on number of vests held. The unit explains the difference from obtaining a return from changing Market Cap value and returns in Steem or Hive from holding Steem or Hive Power. The unit also looks at earning returns from delegating Steem or Hive Power to initiatives, DApps, and bots.

This unit investigates curation from the perspective of the investor. The unit considers returns from curation in respect to inflation, Steem Power (Hive Power on Hive), interest on Steem Power, and inefficient use of Steem Power from other stakeholders. The unit also explains how it is possible to earn a return greater than the current inflation rate.

This unit looks at what investors can do to influence the Market Cap and price of Steem and Hive. The unit focuses on supporting good witnesses, good projects, and giving Steem and/or Hive as much exposure as possible on other forms of social media.

This unit explains the role of witnesses as well as why it is important to vote for good witnesses.

This unit begins Section 4 of the course. This unit introduces and explains Steem/Hive Economics. The course uses the three categories of tokens, reward system, and resource credits based on information found on SteemPeak (PeakD on Hive). This unit focuses on the token and the information available about the token on various websites such as coinmarketcap.com, coingecko.com, and CCID.

This unit continues the exploration of Steem/Hive Economics. This unit focuses on the rewards system, which looks at steemd.com (hiveblocks.com on Hive) and steemdb.com (hivedb.com on Hive). This unit also looks at resource credits. The unit explains the function of resource credits as well as where the user can obtain more information about them.

This unit explains how the Steem and Hive Ecosystems pay different contributors. The unit revisits the rewards pool and explains how the rewards pool is distributed to different groups of users such as content creators, curators, developers, witnesses, and holders of Steem Power (Hive Power on Hive).

This unit explains the differences between Steem, SBD, and Steem Power (Hive, HBD, and Hive Power on Hive). The unit also explains their functions and why someone might be inclined to hold one over another.

This unit explains which interactions and content is stored on the blockchain and which remain with the user interface or DApp. Hive explained in additional resources.

This unit explains the Economic Improvement Proposal (EIP). The three key changes of the EIP are explained as well as their desired effect. These changes are increasing curation rewards from 25% to 50% of post payouts, a separate downvote mana pool, and a new convergent linear rewards curve. Hive explained in additional resources.

This unit begins Section 5 of the course. This unit explains key and password management. The unit describes Steem Connect (Hive Signer on Hive) and how it is used to access to access various DApps. The unit explains how to navigate Steem Connect and Hive Signer to access more features.

This unit continues with key management. This unit takes a closer look at Keychain. The unit explains how Keychain can provide easy access to DApps and features that require the use of keys. Hive Keychain explained in additional resources.

This unit introduces Steem and Hive DApps. The unit focuses on websites such as state of the Dapps, Dapp.com, Steem Apps. These websites offer access to the wide variety of applications using the Steem and Hive blockchains. These websites also rank and compare Steem and Hive DApps with DApps from other blockchains.

This unit takes a quick peep at a very popular DApp on the Steem blockchain. This DApps is Splinterlands formerly known as Steem Monsters. Splinterlands is a digital card game that utilises the blockchain to provide users with a fun gaming experience as well an opportunity to own Splinterlands cards, which can be considered an investment. Splinterlands has moved to Hive and no longer available as part of the Steem Blockchain.

This unit also explores a very popular DApp on the Steem blockchain. This DApp is SteemHunt. SteemHunt is a DApp that encourages users to write about and describe products. The DApp has a unique user interface, which provides users with a different experience than most other applications. SteemHunt is currently not available on Hive.

In the additional resources, the Hive DApp STEMsocial is explored. STEMsocial was created for the purpose of sharing Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics content.

This unit describes and explains the mobile fitness DApp Actifit. Actifit offers users an opportunity to be rewarded for physical activity. This activity can be recorded with the DApp itself or with a FitBit. The FitBit transfers data to Actifit. Actifit also rewards users in AFIT tokens (Steem Engine Token). Actifit posts to both Steem and Hive blockchains.

This unit looks at the mobile Steem interface Partiko. Partiko enables users to use and explore the Steem Ecosystem from the ease of their mobile phone. The unit explains the various functions of Partiko as well as how users can earn Partiko Points, which can be used to obtain upvotes. The unit also briefly mentions Esteem, which is another interface that enables access to Steem from mobile phones. Partiko no longer operates on Steem.

Hive has the Esteem (soon to be called Ecency) mobile phone DApp. Esteem migrated from Steem to Hive. It has very similar features to Partiko. The DApp is explained in the additional resources.

This unit explores the 3Speak video platform. 3Speak offers video creators that have faced censorship on other video platforms such as YouTube a place to gain exposure and earn rewards. 3Speak also has a strong cryptocurrency emphasis. The unit explains how users can navigate the 3Speak website and explains some of its unique features. 3Speak has migrated from the Steem Blockchain to the Hive Blockchain

This unit continues exploring video platforms on the Steem and Hive blockchains. In this unit, Dtube is explored. The video explains some of the interesting features DTube offers as well as explains some of the differences to 3Speak. DTube is available on both Steem and Hive blockchains. The unit ends by very briefly introducing several other DApps such as DLike, SteemPress, Appics, SteemStem, DPoll, Tasteem, DSound, Musing, and Engrave. DPoll and Engrave have migrated to the Hive Blockchain.

This unit revisits the Steem Plus version of Steemit to explore some of the links to various tools. The unit briefly explains each tool and how it can be used.

This unit also explains, using 2 examples, how the rewards calculator found on Steem Supply operates. This section is important as it explains how your rewards in STU can be converted to a US dollar value.

Hive Blog does not have an equivalent list of tools.

This unit explores the Minnow Booster website. The unit explains some of the features on Minnow Booster such as delegation, the delegation market and vote selling. MinnowBooster has since been disabled on Steem. Hive has DLease which performs some of the financial functions of MinnowBooster, see financial tools in Unit 54.

This unit explores a variety of tools available. These tools included Usesteem, Steem Projects, SteemitBoard Rankings, SmartSteem, Operation Curation Bot, LikWid, GitHub, and information offered by accounts that provide frequent in-depth analysis of the Steem Ecosystem. Many of the above tools have been disabled for Steem and/or have migrated to Hive.

This unit takes a closer look at the tool Steem World. The unit looks at all the types of information available on Steem World. The unit explains how the information is relevant to the user. Steem World contains almost every bit of information publicly available about any accounts activity and interaction with the Steem blockchain.

BeeMe operates on Hive and has the same functions as Steem World, see additional material.

This unit takes a closer look at Steem Reports. The unit explains the types of information available on this website. Steem Reports provides a broad overview of account activity ranging from voting patterns to witness delegation.

The equivalent to Steem Reports on Hive is Hive Report. Hive Reports has all the same features as Steem Reports. I believe Steem Report has been disabled for Steem. See attached PDF for more information.

This unit explains autovoting and curation trails. The unit focuses on the website SteemAuto (HiveAuto on Hive). The unit explains how to navigate SteemAuto and HiveAuto websites. The unit explains how to follow trails and support your favourite content creators as their posts are released.

This unit explains the difference between off-chain and on-chain communication. The unit explains the various types of off-chain communication such as steem.chat and Discord. Steem.chat has migrated to Hive and is currently referred to as Hive Chat.

This unit explains Steem Engine Tokens and Hive Engine Tokens as well as the Steem Engine Hive Engine websites. The unit explains how to transfer Steem to Steem Engine (Hive to Hive Engine) and how to buy and sell Steem Engine Tokens (Hive Engine Tokens). The unit explains the Steem Engine and Hive Engine Sidechains and how to access information stored on the sidechain. The unit briefly explains how to create Steem Engine Tokens. The unit also explains the link between the tokens and tribes.

This unit explores Steem Engine Tribes and Hive Engine Tribes. The unit explains how to access tribes using SteemPeak. The unit also looks at Palnet and LeoFinance as examples of tribes. The unit explains how these tribe websites operate. The unit explains some of the features available on these websites. The unit also explains how to access information regarding voting power for each tribe and the relationship tribes have with Steem Engine and Hive Engine.

This unit looks at bots and bid-bots in particular. The unit explains SteemBot Tracker and the functions it offers. The unit explains how to buy votes and how to use information on SteemBot Tracker to select a bot and time votes. The unit also explores how a user can delegate to a bot. The unit also briefly describes the website isteemd, which provides more information about bots. The unit also emphasizes the risks involved in buying votes from bots.

Currently, Hive does not have Bid-Bots.

This unit looks at some of the financial services offered by organisations operating on the Steem blockchain. Services such as Fundition, Steem Basic Income, Steem Gigs, and Steem Ninja are discussed. The unit describes how these services can be used as additional forms of revenue as well as offer unique services.

In regards to Hive, the delegation and investment service DLease is explained in the additional material.

This unit summarises the key points from all sections and units. This unit rounds out the main body of the course and thanks students for their participation.

It is important to note that many DApps and tribes have migrated from Steem to Hive. This trend is likely to continue. Therefore, the additional material is very important.

This unit offers some insight into Smart Media Tokens and Communities based on information provided at SteemFest 4. This unit also contains links to all the video presentations from SteemFest 4.

This unit takes a peek at Steem communities on beta.steemit.com. Communities are the latest addition to the Steem Ecosystem. The unit briefly explains how to navigate and engage with a community as well as how to create your own community on Steem. Communities add an extra level of content discovery in a similar manner to subreddits for reddit.

This unit explores Steem and Hive communities using the SteemPeak and PeakD user interfaces. I introduced communities in the previous video using the beta version of Steemit. Since then communities have been released and can be accessed from both Steemit (Hive Blog on Hive) and SteemPeak (PeakD on Hive). This video covers how to navigate communities, join communities, post to communities, manage your community and even post to several communities using the SteemPeak and PeakD cross posting functions.

This unit explores Steem and Hive communities using the Steemit and Hive Blog user interfaces. I have presented communities in the beta version of Steemit (Hive Blog on Hive) and in SteemPeak (PeakD on Hive). This video returns to Steemit to highlight the community features on the released version. This video covers how to navigate communities, join communities, post to communities, how to create your own community as well as how to manage your own community. The additional material contains information about Hive communities.

This is likely to be my last video update to this course. Udemy has made some rule changes in regards to free videos. Unfortunately, this course will not meet these requirements for updates. However, once I have more content I will put together another course that will contain any new features, applications, tools etc. on Steem.