{"id":19509,"date":"2020-11-30T12:01:29","date_gmt":"2020-11-29T23:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/?p=19509"},"modified":"2021-07-18T10:30:07","modified_gmt":"2021-07-17T22:30:07","slug":"checking-out-the-competiton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/cryptos\/checking-out-the-competiton\/","title":{"rendered":"CHECKING OUT THE COMPETITON"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Although I’m committed to the Hive platform , I like to keep an eye on the competition – other sites that offer payment for posting.<\/h3>\n

So occasionally I sign up on one, and have a look. But although some people say Hive sucks, I always end up thinking, “OK nothing to worry about here”<\/p>\n

Yesterday I was reading an article by a guy who posts on “40 – 50 platforms”<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.publish0x.com\/at-scottcbusiness\/earn-crypto-the-best-crypto-monetized-social-platforms-xmkppxv<\/a><\/p>\n

WHAT THE FUCK? – that is not blogging, that is a mental disorder!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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So what did he say about Hive?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hive \u2013 Hive is the successor to Steem. I use the ThreeSpeak interface to upload videos and post to the LeoFinance community to maximize my earnings on the platform. It\u2019s fully decentralized, censorship-resistant has no KYC or verification, and you have full access to your funds all the time. They have quite a large userbase and the platform is great. You can access it via the many interfaces that access it such as 3speak.online, Peakd.com, Hive.blog, or Leofinance.io.<\/em><\/p>\n

OK, fair enough. The other platforms with payments he talks about are SoMee, LBRY, Publish0x, Read.Cash, Uptrennd, and DTube. His article is well worth a look.<\/strong><\/p>\n

But if he is posting on Leo he will probably hunt me down now for saying he is a rabbit boiler so this could all end horribly.<\/strong><\/p>\n

All this frantic sniffing about started because a friend suggested I check out Uptrennd.<\/strong><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.uptrennd.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

This is what the rabbit boiler guy said about Uptrennd:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Uptrennd \u2013 They use an ERC20 token called 1UP. You can withdraw at any time, but they will time it based on gas costs which takes between 7-12 days or so. They don\u2019t have a huge userbase and their only use of the blockchain is for their cryptocurrency, so they aren\u2019t super decentralized or censorship-resistant, but they have great values behind the platform and my experience with moderation, etc. has been very great. I do recommend Uptrennd, though I\u2019ve earned the least on here. Navigate to Uptrennd.com to get started.<\/em><\/p>\n

So what is my own impression of Uptrend?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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It seems to have taken a lot of ideas from Steemit, but despite all my years on Steemit I don’t understand the payment system at all.<\/p>\n

The content is not much chop, and after having a quick look around I concluded Hive has nothing to fear from Uptrennd.<\/p>\n

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https:\/\/peakd.com\/hive-167922\/@frot\/checking-out-the-competiton<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Although I’m committed to the Hive platform , I like to keep an eye on the competition – other sites that offer payment for posting. So occasionally I sign up on one, and have a look. 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