Apis Hive 2.75 month update

Hi all, welcome to the Apis Hive 2.75 month update. This update is slightly delay as I was attending the Hive Creator Days meetup at Graz last week. More on that in a minute.

If you're new to Apis Hive and want to find out more about this program, please checkout out https://apishive.blog/ and our introduction post.

Users

A total of 245 users have logged onto the Apis Hive website, and on average over 50 users log in every day to claim their Daily Bee drop.

Verified active users
36 users are verified on the Apis Hive program meaning their account fits all the program criteria and can claim Honey Pots.
@adaluna1973
@alohaed
@alstonsjournal
@arc7icwolf
@artofkylin
@bemier
@bighungrypanda
@bigorna1
@brayanmcy
@cabalen
@cherokee4life
@cositav
@cryptozeug
@duskobgd
@edgerik
@finpulse
@fjworld
@greensandpinks
@ladyaryastark
@leopard0
@lozio71
@mmonline
@nathalie-s
@new.things
@okarun
@pravesh0
@roswelborges
@shiftrox
@steveguereschi
@stradaxlaliberta
@talesandcoffee
@tanzil2024
@unitmaster
@xrayman
@ynma.andree
@yugadi

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Apis in waiting
Some users may not fit one of the program criteria, the main reasons are normally KE, delegation and self voting. There are 47 of these accounts. It could be that some of these users are not aware of the program criteria. Or they are not aware that they're on the Apis Hive program, ie they logged in but don't really understand what the program is about. These accounts are still able to claim and upgrade the assets, but are not able to claim any Honey Pots. You can see some of these users on the Apis in waiting leaderboard if they have logged on in the past two weeks.

Banned users
About one half of users who have logged into the Apis Hive website are excluded from the program due to their accounts not fitting many of the program criteria or exceed the limit by a big margin.

Honey Pots

Since we started, 30 users have claimed 236 Honey Pots between them. In total Apis Hive has delegated 9090HP to these users. Unfortunately we have had to undelegate to a few users this week and direct the support to some other users.

19 users have already claimed the maximum 10 Honey pots and joined the prestigious AHAH - Apis Hive Achiever Hub. Making it to AHAH doesn't mean it's the end of the journey for these users. You can see many are still active on Apis Hive, and are now claiming assets to support other users.

Project updates for the month

Last week, I @livinguktaiwan attended a meet up at Graz and presented the project to the audience. There's a live stream available, and you can watch my presentation (and other presentations for the day) here, starting from 05:32.
https://www.youtube.com/live/gisytf2M3Ck

The other exciting project update I want to share with everyone is our new gifting feature. Gifting Nectar and Hive Hub has always been an important feature of Apis Hive, and I know this has been very popular with the users. I wanted to take this one stage further and drop more gifts to users for them to gift to others.

All users who are not banned will get 3 gift drops when they log in each day. These will last for 24 hours and can be gifted to other unbanned users. Received gifts will also last for 24 hours. The gift drops are random and include a selection of items. They have no value other than as a fun and caring way to interact with your friends on Apis Hive. That, in my opinion is priceless. Next time you login to Apis Hive, remember to scroll down to the bottom of your dashboard to see what gift drops you have, and if you have received gifts from anybody else.

Criteria

Last and not the least, we have talked a lot about the program criteria, and that underlies how we operate. At first glance, it may seem like a lot of requirements, but if you read into it, it is some of the best practices to build your account on Hive in the long run.

We will remind users of the program criteria, but it is entirely up to them on whether they want to make any changes to their account to become verified active users. Since we started, some users have transferred HP into their account, increasing their stake and reducing their KE. Some have pulled back delegations to below the threshold, and others have stopped self voting.

We appreciate users recognising the value of Apis Hive and making changes to their account accordingly, and hope that you can join us if you are looking for more support to build your future on Hive.