# Hive Representation

## How NOT to talk about Hive: 
- Never say it’s a place to ‘earn easy money by blogging’
- Never say ‘just post and earn’
- Never say about ‘supplementing income by posting for money’ (it is untrue and gives people false hope)
- Posting on Hive is not a job and should not be presented as such
- Never talk about Hive as ‘making money online from your own home’
- Never talk about Hive as a place to post malicious or illegal content
- Never talk about Hive as a place that welcomes racist or discriminatory views (it is untrue)
- Never attribute or equate Hive to any political movement or any sort of geographical or political entity (Hive has nothing to do with any country, movement or ideology) 
- Do not “bait” companies by insulting them and claiming Hive is a better version of their product 

## Never call Hive:
- “HIVE” (that is the name of our coin, not our chain!)
- “HIVE Blockchain” (it is a blockchain but the word ‘blockchain’ is not part of its name)
- “The HIVE Blockchain”
- “The HIVE” or “The Hive”

## Always call Hive:
- “Hive” 
- “Hive ecosystem”
- “Hive blockchain and ecosystem”
- “Hive platform” 
- “Hive network”

# What is the Hive community?
- Diverse and multicultural 
- People from all walks of life
- People from all over the planet 
- Lots of groups centered around personal interests such as pets, photography, automotive repair, yoga, parenting, cosmetics, art, etc

## What is Hive a great place for?
- A place to meet blockchain enthusiasts
- A place to join the blockchain and crypto ‘revolution’ without barriers
- A place to express yourself and control your own accounts and content
- Great for new developers who want to get into blockchain-based projects
- A safe way for new cryptocurrency investors to get started without extra fees or risks

## Hive coins:
- Hive has native coins, not tokens
- HIVE - liquid currency that can be invested, staked, earned, transferred, traded, and managed in any way you see fit with no limits
Hive Power - the staked version of HIVE which is invested for a period of your choosing and control with a divestment schedule of 13 weeks (equal portions divested every 7 days up to a total of 13 weeks)
- HBD - Hive Backed Dollar - the stablecoin of Hive which is pegged to the US Dollar, both automatically and with manual controls to ensure stability
- ‘Savings Account’ - HBD placed in it earns a variable APR which is currently set at 20%. Funds in the account have a divestment time of 3 days for security reasons 

## Taglines:
- “Fast. Scalable. Powerful.” (do not rearrange the order)
- “The Blockchain for Web3” or “The Blockchain for Web3.0”
- “Hive Ecosystem and Blockchain” 

## Words that describe Hive:
- Innovative
- Decentralized
- Web3 or Web3.0
- Grass-roots
- Global
- Opensource 
- Fee-less
- Barrier-free
