Decentralized Photo Sharing App On Hive

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Do you know there is a decentralized alternative to Instagram being built on Hive? If the answer is no, then don't worry, you are not alone. I didn't know about it until @magnacarta mentioned it in today's edition of @leomarkettalk. Thanks mate!

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Why Do We Need A Decentralized Instagram?

Almost everyone in the world with internet access is using some kind of social media platform. Instagram is estimated to have 1.074 billion users worldwide in 2021. 71% of the billion monthly active users on the Instagram app are under the age of 35. The secret to Instagram's success is the young community using the app to create short form content like photos & videos. Yes, we need more young energy on Hive.

Hive is an amazing blockchain to create DApps but its social layer is one of its most important aspects. Users can easily communicate with DApp/Project owners in an open & free environment. It's easier to manage the community. Photography is already famous on Hive. There are already multiple communities built around 'still' camera work.

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We could use an Instagram like app where users can post their pictures and short videos to earn crypto. This could potentially attract the masses if we do something bigger and better than what is already there.


Introducing Terrive

Terrive is a Decentralized Photo-Sharing platform built on #HIVE. As of now it supports images, albums and videos. You can create more details in the linked introductory blog by @appukuttan66, the creator of Terrive. I still don't know how to pronounce it. 😂

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It actually looks like a very basic version of Instagram. I would love to see it getting developed further. @appukuttan66 post frequent updates through DBuzz about the changes he makes in the app. If you are someone who is into photography and videography, make sure you checkout and provide your feedback so that we could develop this into something much cooler.

What are your thoughts about Instagram? Would you like to use a full fledged decentralized version of it? Comment below!




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Great find! and thank you for bringing this to our daylight!

this is something for EYTHORPHOTO!!!!!!

=)

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Thanks for the mention! Enjoy a slice of !PIZZA !

2-way feedback

Since I discovered Terrive I've been communicating with "@"appukuttan66 (appu-kuttan-66) on my UX with it. He's been telling me how to do certain things like view hidden replies. I offered a suggestion or two to improve UX.

Earnings

Terrive (like D.Buzz) lets us earn HIVE when we receive upvotes. At least for now, there is no Layer 2 token; owever, "@"appukuttan66 said he's waiting for "Hive's SMTs to roll out."

Tipping

Also like D.Buzz, anyone can tip an author in BERRIES (a Hive Engine token); this takes you to a different page. I think we need to deposit 1 HBD to get BERRIES we can use to tip authors, but I have no idea. (I would just send a Layer 2 token from my wallet, but that's just me.)

Images-- Killing 2 birds with 1 stone

Ecency lets us store images in a gallery and from there we link to those images when we publish our posts. I think all front-ends have this feature. With Terrive, not only can we post images to use it like a gallery, but we get paid for those images when anyone upvotes them.


I'll be testing Terrive and providing my feeedback to "@"appukuttan66. Whether Terrive is officially live or not, it looks like something we can use now. We can post images and short videos to it, but we have to go easy with it for now. After bugs are ironed out and it goes live, then we can go nuts with Terrive.

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Wow thanks for sharing more about Terrive, to be honest the features are cool judging by all you said about it, I think I'm going to give it a try.

I will be clicking of the link above anyway but if that's not the right access to it please do well to share with me sign in link.
I totally don't understand much about it but I hope I'm making sense.


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Thanks a lot for sharing your views on the app, @magnacarta. Also, it's great to see you sending feedback and helping this app develop further. I will try this myself and make some suggestions too. We badly need something like this to work.

Hive's SMTs to roll out.

Is that a thing? I think he should create an HE Token in the meanwhile to get things started. That would give him an extra edge over current apps with crazy features.

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You're welcome, @finguru. The recent buzz of activity for Splinterlands is a reminder for all of us that Hive is more than just social media and crypto for boring uses. We need to know what's out there, especially if it can be an alternative to the Web 2.0 apps causing us so much grief.

As for "Hive's SMTs," those are his words, not mine. I suggested the creation of a Hive Engine token, but he said H-E was centralized. As the developer, he can set up the dApp however he wants as long as he gets the bugs out.

Overall, I think Terrive has potential. If it takes off as we hope, Layer 2 tokens won't be much of a concern. I'm giving Terrive a chance.

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This sounds like another wonderful addition to HIVE! And you are absolutely correct that we need a 'magnet' for younger people to join the community.

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You get the point, Kevin. Young people help develop things faster for obvious reasons. They have the will, the energy, and a bigger risk appetite.

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Do you know there is a decentralized alternative to Instagram being built on Hive?

No I do not know about this untill now when I'm going through this post and I must confess is a good idea creating something like this.

I think the decentralized Instagram is great. An app where you will get to share pictures freely to promote the community.

You're right about the age range of youth that flunt Instagram on a daily basis posting short videos and pictures. However we we can manage to get 60% attention of this users in to hive ecosystem that will do same thing and earn token them it will be an added advantage for Hive to grow and cryptocurrency at large.


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I fully agree with your points @da-prince. I am sure apps like these will definitely make Hive famous among the young crowd which is more tech-savvy and live and breathe social media throughout the day.

They deserve to make money for all of that crazy work.

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Yes they surely do, imagine the energy they put on it when there is no reward and also imagine the extra reason they will put when they no the have something to gain in post pictures.

So one thing motivates our youths, is just left for us to give them what they want and you will see them doing a whole lot of things more than you imagined.


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Hey?! What? And this application when it popped up!? Thank you for this notice. I've been waiting for months for APPICS to restart.

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Its been almost a month =) but I haven't been able to do much promoting during the initial days.

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You build sir and we do the promotion for you. :))

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😊 Thank you !!

Please don't call me "sir", I'm a young guy you know 😊 !

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Hi Sir! was it you who built it?

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Yeah ☺ ! I made it as a side project during my free time !

btw, I'm young guy so please don't call me sir 😊

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Soon I will already try the application. I used APPICS, but I got tired of waiting. APPICS has not worked for more than 5 months now ... and my APX tokens are blocked, I cannot sell or withdraw them ... finally now I have an alternative to APPICS. Young boy, get ready for glory, because this application you invented will give you glory.

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Awesome !! Looking forward to your posts !!

and my APX tokens are blocked, I cannot sell or withdraw them

Here is why I am waiting for HIVE SMTs ... You don't have to rely on a centralized party !! We have to learn from APPICS mistakes ☺

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Cheers mate. Most welcome. I am not sure what happened to APPICS but they should have chosen Hive over Steem. Not sure what's their current status is.

In the meanwhile, welcome Terrive.

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How is it decentralized?

Where are the images stored?

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Images are stored on IPFS ( If you are using the "+" button ) but you also have an option to host them yourself and then provide a url

How is it decentralized ?

  • unlike other frontends Terrive does not have a back end , users directly communicate with the hive nodes

  • IPFS image hosting , users are free to host the images themselves. I don't have access to Images hosted using terrive, they are anonymously uploaded using infura's http api

  • the website is hosted on IPFS https://ipfs.fleek.co/ipns/terrive.one

  • open source ( MIT ) so anyone can spin up their own version.

  • zero data collection

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Thanks for the detailed reply @appukuttan66. You have done a great job so far. Looking forward to more features in the app.

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Sure ☺ !! I won't say much but I am planning on doing something pretty cool !!

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I read somewhere on @appukuttan66's profile that images were stored on IPFS (InterPlanetary File System).

He made a detailed reply to your question.

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I post official posts using the @terrive account ... You can read everything about terrive if you are interested ☺ !!

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Hi @ilpobre, I would like to point out this post that talks about an application similar to Instagram that runs on HIVE. I think it might interest you.

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Thank you @stefano.Massari! It was just the app I was looking for, I love posting photos and I'm really curious to try it out as soon as I can! This is a thing I've been wanting for in the HIVE ecosystem :)

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