See How Apple Are Utilising The Blockchain

Apple Inc are best known for their flagship iMac and iPhone products,

though historically, of course, it all really started (in the mainstream at least) with the launch of the iPod. Apple Inc is a US-based multinational company that specialises in the design and development of various hardware and software products and are often considered as Microsoft's only true rival in terms of tech dominance. With an estimated revenue of $265.595 billion in 2018, it’s clear to see that Apple are frankly huge. It’s also clear that such a large tech firm will wish to explore blockchain technology sooner, rather than later. No, Apple aren’t launching their own Applecoin or iCoin just yet, however, according to reports out during the middle of last week, Apple Inc have confirmed that they will be using blockchain technology to explore new methods of manufacture that aim to make Apple’s hardware products far more environmentally friendly.

According to CCN:

“When you think of Apple, you think iPhone, iPad, or even privacy concerns. You probably don’t think conflict minerals used in the manufacturing of its devices or how blockchain could prove the cure for an ethical supply chain. Well, you should. The tech giant has filed a report with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission indicating it is studying ways to implement Blockchain in some form or fashion.”

Now, within their filing Apple have not actually said they will be using blockchain technology, rather they simply hint at the fact that they could use the blockchain in order to find solutions designed to make their sourcing of natural minerals and products more ethical.

This comes after Apple pledged to work in a more efficient manner back in 2018:

“In 2018, Apple chaired the board of the Responsible Business Alliance, served on the Steering Committee of the RMI, continued its participation in the European Partnership for Responsible Minerals, and served on the Governance Committee of the Public-Private Alliance for Responsible Minerals Trade. Apple also contributed to several RMI working groups, including, but not limited to, the working groups for tin, gold, and other minerals; the smelter engagement team; the Blockchain team; and the minerals reporting template team.”

Blockchain technology can seriously transform the way companies like Apple source the products that they need to make intricate pieces of hardware that go into the iPhone and the iMac. Audit trails, database maintenance and of course, product authentication can all benefit from blockchain integration, perhaps Apple have finally realised that?

Article Produced By
Adrian Barkley

Adrian has been leading teams in the finance sector for over a decade. He is highly experienced, and is responsible for ensuring that the latest news is delivered to you as it is breaking. He has a keen interest in virtual currencies, and has even made investments himself, so is incredibly passionate when it comes to writing about this topic.

https://cryptodaily.co.uk/2019/02/see-how-apple-utilising-blockchain

David https://markethive.com/david-ogden

Malware Costing Just 160 Attempts Crypto Theft from 72000 Devices

Malware Costing Just $160 Attempts Crypto Theft from 72,000 Devices

Researchers believe a malware botnet that costs just $160 has interacted with potentially 2,000 machines per week

in attempts at stealing crypto wallets and personal information. Prevailion, the U.S.-based cybersecurity management provider, posted an article on its blog detailing how MasterMana Botnet has likely been active since December 2018 and was still active as late as September 24. With the potential to hit 2,000 machines a week, the botnet may, therefore have interacted with more than 72,000 devices this year.

Cyber Bingo Full House

Authors Danny Adamitis and Matt Thompson described MasterMana Botnet as an "ongoing cyber-crime campaign that hits all of the cyber bingo buzzwords: business email compromise, backdoors, and cryptocurrency wallets". Once victims opened the phishing email it would reveal an infected document attachment. Opening this document would then release the bot designed to steal usernames, passwords, cookies, web history and cryptocurrency wallets. The authors underlined the irony of such a threat: malware that costs just $100, and launched over a $60 virtual private server (VPS) was sophisticated enough to avoid detection from security systems that are becoming ever-more expensive.

They added:

While most companies fear they may become compromised by advanced actors, this particular report highlights that actors do not have to rely on advanced tools or techniques to have a serious business impact.

Article Produced By
Neil Dennis

Neil is a veteran financial journalist, but a relative newcomer to the land of cryptocurrencies and blockchain and brings a critical, yet fascinated, eye to the digital asset market.

https://www.cryptoglobe.com/latest/2019/10/malware-costing-just-160-attempts-crypto-theft-from-72000-devices/

David https://markethive.com/david-ogden

Hacker Who Grabbed Top-Level Ethereum Domains Voluntarily Returns Them

The hacker who managed to exploit an auction by the Ethereum Naming Service (ENS)

to grab top-level domains has voluntarily returned the domains he took. Since September 1 digital collectibles marketplace OpenSea has been having an Ethereum domain auction, where “.eth” domains are being auctioned to the highest bidder. These domains, unlike those working on the standard DNS domain, can’t be forcibly retrieved once allocated, as they’re on the Ethereum blockchain. Using an exploit in the auction software distributing the ENS domains to participants, the hacker managed to get a hold of top-level domains like “apple.eth”, “defi.eth,” and “wallet.eth” without being the highest bidder. Overall, the user took 17 domains.

OpenSea wrote in a blog post:

One user discovered an input validation vulnerability that allowed them to place bids on a name that actually issued a different name.

The auction suffered from other issues, as domains like “bitmex.eth” and “hodls.eth” had bids incorrectly processed. These weren’t, however, affected by the exploit. The affected domains were initially blacklisted by OpenSea, although the marketplace asked the hacker to return the domains so they can be re-auctioned. In return, it offered the hacker a reward of 25% of the final auction price, as well as the original bid. The offer seems to have worked as on Twitter, OpenSea revealed the domains were voluntarily returned.

Article Produced By
Francisco Memoria

Francisco is a cryptocurrency writer who's in love with technology and focuses on helping people see the value digital currencies have. His work has been published in numerous reputable industry publications. Francisco holds various cryptocurrencies

https://www.cryptoglobe.com/latest/2019/10/hacker-who-grabbed-top-level-ethereum-domains-voluntarily-returns-them/

David https://markethive.com/david-ogden

World’s Largest Furniture Retailer Uses Programmable Cash on Ethereum to Settle Invoice

Retail giant IKEA has settled an invoice with a local retailer using an Ethereum-based token.

Supply chain payments platform Tradeshift transferred a digital version of the Icelandic króna that was created on Ethereum by fintech company Monerium. Ethereum, an open source, public blockchain, allows developers to create a number of financial tools to power the digital economy while stripping away middlemen. Through the use of smart contracts, which are executed once agreed upon terms are met on both sides of a deal, trust is established without the need for third-party intermediaries. Smart contracts effectively reduce burdensome paperwork and eliminate redundant verification procedures.

Stefán Árnason, chief financial officer of IKEA Iceland, says the platform, which connects the money and payments flow to the invoicing to the actual inventory, squashing “double dip financing fraud”, will alter business relationships. “A programmable financial supply chain, where trading partners can connect information flows to money flows through smart contracts, will transform how suppliers and customers interact.”

Gert Sylvest, co-founder of Tradeshift, says “smart invoices” allow merchants to represent future cash flow down to each dollar on the invoice. Payments can be programmed to settle on the actual due date, raising the bar on other services such as short-term credit to small and large companies that can be delivered automatically.

The Ethereum-based e-money differs from cryptocurrencies in that it represents fiat currency.

Says Sveinn Valfells, co-founder and CEO of Monerium, “Unlike cryptocurrency which is volatile, e-money is a proven digital alternative to cash, regulated and redeemable on demand. Using programmable e-money in smart contracts heralds a new category of payments.” The e-money movement is in line with IKEA’s efforts to streamline and conserve. The retail giant, founded in 1943, is responding to a changing world and the impact of e-commerce giant Amazon by taking a number of steps to modernize its business practices, reduce emissions and simplify manual procedures.

Article Produced By
The Daily Hodl Staff

https://dailyhodl.com/2019/10/03/worlds-largest-furniture-retailer-uses-programmable-cash-on-ethereum-to-settle-invoice/

David https://markethive.com/david-ogden

Brooklyn Nets Point Guard Looks To Break New Ground In NBA With Tokenized Contract

Have you ever wanted to invest in an NBA player's future? It might be possible in the upcoming season.

Spencer Dinwiddie, a Brooklyn Nets point guard, is planning to securitize his NBA contract in the form of a digital token asset tied to his three-year, $34 million contract extension. The decision would allow Dinwiddie to raise money upfront, as opposed to waiting three years to be paid out in full, and investors would be paid principal plus interest over the course of the deal.

The Deal

Dinwiddie is planning to start his own company to sell the offering and make investments upon fundraising, according to Fox Business. “This is a newer concept utilizing the power of blockchain and crypto and bypassing a third-party intermediary. We will see how it goes and if it’s successful — and whether the league has an opinion on [whether] this is something that should be allowed under the current collective bargaining agreement,” sports attorney Darren Heitner told Benzinga.

Little else is known about the extent of the offer as well as what Dinwiddie plans to do with the money he raises. The move is certainly not without risk, and Heitner recommends potential investors do proper due diligence before investing. “To an extent I believe he is breaking new ground, and I hope he is resting on the advice of his advisors, but I certainly wouldn't advise this route to any of my clients.” Dinwiddie is certainly not without competition on the court either, after his team signed point guards Kyrie Irving and rookie phenom Jaylen Hands in the offseason.

Article Produced By
Brett Hershman

Benzinga Staff Writer

https://www.benzinga.com/markets/cryptocurrency/19/09/14453379/brooklyn-nets-point-guard-looks-to-break-new-ground-in-nba-with-tokenized-contract

David https://markethive.com/david-ogden

Ripple Avoids Securities Question in Motion to Dismiss XRP Lawsuit

Ripple has filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit claiming it violated U.S. securities laws

by selling XRP. In a new filing posted early Friday, attorneys for Ripple pushed back on allegations made by XRP purchasers suing the company, its subsidiaries and executives. Notably, the motion to dismiss specifically claims that the plaintiff, Bradley Sostack, does not have standing to file a complaint, rather than address claims that XRP is a security.

In the motion to dismiss, Ripple states that the plaintiff failed to bring a case within three years of the initial offering (which would have been 2013), meaning the statute of repose expired; that the plaintiff did not “plausibly allege” that he purchased XRP during the initial offering; and that the plaintiff did not “plausibly allege” that any of the defendants actually sold the XRP that he bought. Notably absent from the motion to dismiss is a full-fledged argument over why XRP is not a security. Indeed, the filing only addresses the question in a footnote (footnote 19), which states that XRP is not a security “because it is not an ‘investment contract.'”

The filing goes on to say:

“Purchasing XRP is not an ‘investment’ in Ripple; there is no common enterprise between Ripple and XRP purchasers; there was no promise that Ripple would help generate profits for XRP holders; and the XRP Ledger is decentralized.”

The footnote also adds that “because XRP is a currency,” it cannot also be a security under law. The filing states that the court itself does not need to determine “whether XRP is a security or currency for purposes of this motion, which assumes Plaintiff’s allegation that XRP is a security.” The filing also states that “the federal Departments of Treasury and Justice publicly concluded that XRP is a ‘convertible virtual currency,'” in its “factual background” section. “This is consistent with the CFTC’s position that virtual currency is a commodity,” the filing states. “Nonetheless, Plaintiff alleges that XRP is a ‘security’ under federal and state law, … and that Defendants have offered and sold XRP despite its non-registration with securities authorities.”

Moving to dismiss

Ripple’s actual arguments focus on when the most recent case has been filed, with the first hinging around the fact that XRP entered the market in 2013.

The filing states:

“… under Plaintiff’s own allegations, Defendants offered XRP to the public throughout 2013 through 2015. Accordingly, the three-year statute of repose expired as of 2016 (three years after the sales cited in the May 2015 settlement) and in no case later than May 2018 (three years after the May 2015 settlement agreement in which ‘Defendants acknowledged that they had sold XRP to the general public,’ Complaint ¶ 25). The Securities Act claims in the Complaint, filed August 5, 2019, are therefore untimely and barred by the statute of repose.”

The filing adds that the plaintiff does not claim he bought XRP directly from Ripple or another defendant, but rather, “he was part of the ‘general public’ who purchased XRP through transactions in a two-week period in January 2018.” “The necessary inference is that he bought and sold XRP through a secondary trading exchange,” the filing says. The response also states that plaintiff’s consumer protection claims under California state law (rather than federal securities law) should be dismissed because the statutes require a securities claim. As a result, the response says, the complaint should be dismissed with prejudice

(meaning plaintiffs would not be able to re-file the suit).

“Leave to amend should be denied because amendment would be futile.”

Year-long case

Ripple’s filing comes a month and a half after the plaintiffs filed an amended complaint, alleging the company, affiliated entities and individuals violated both state and federal securities laws. The new complaint, filed by law firms Susman Godfrey and Tayler-Copeland Law, alleges that Ripple, its subsidiary XRP II, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse and others violated securities law by selling XRP. In a first, the complaint borrowed from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s digital assets framework, drawing parallels between the SEC’s analysis for what constitutes a security and Ripple’s alleged actions. The case itself stretches back to early 2018, when XRP purchasers first began filing lawsuits against Ripple. The complaints alleged that Ripple sold XRP, using the proceeds to fund its operations. The cases were consolidated into the current form.

While the class has not been certified yet, Thursday’s filing is still the first time Ripple has had to respond to the substance of the complaints against it. At the heart of the matter is the question of whether XRP is a security. Some of Ripple’s detractors claim it is, one that is issued and managed by Ripple. The startup disagrees, saying XRP is a token created by Jed McCaleb (now at Interstellar), Arthur Britto and David Schwartz. It remains to be seen whether the case proceeds to a jury trial, or if settlement talks occur first. However, the filing notes that there is a hearing scheduled for early next year, and the attorneys say they are willing to argue the motion then.

Legal team shake up

Friday’s filing comes just days after Ripple brought Damien Marshall and Kathleen Hartnett, two lawyers with Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, on board to work on the case (a judge approved their appearance for the case on Sept. 17). They join Skadden Arps attorneys Peter Morrison, John Neukom and Virgina Milstead, who have been listed on the docket but whose names did not appear on the filing Friday morning. On Thursday night, former SEC Division of Enforcement director Andrew Ceresney also applied to join the case as a lawyer for Ripple. Ceresney is currently an attorney with Debevoise & Plimpton, an international law firm based in New York, and his name appeared on Friday’s filing. He previously represented Ripple against one of the previous class action lawsuits, filed by plaintiff Ryan Coffey, alongside former SEC Chair Mary Jo White. That case was voluntarily dismissed, and White’s work for Ripple appears to have ended around that time.

Article Produced By
Nikhilesh De

Nik is a business reporter at CoinDesk with a focus on regulators, lawmakers and institutions. He was previously a news, science, technology and community reporter and editor with The Daily Targum. His work has been featured in The Nation and referenced by The Washington Post, ZDNet, Gizmodo, NJ Advance Media and The Philadelphia Inquirer. He owns less than $20 in BTC and has no other crypto holdings.

https://www.coindesk.com/ripple-avoids-securities-question-in-motion-to-dismiss-xrp-lawsuit

David https://markethive.com/david-ogden

John McAfee – The Entrepreneur Philanthropist and Prankster

John McAfee – The Entrepreneur, Philanthropist, and Prankster

There are many sides to John McAfee. The Silicon Valley multi-millionaire, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist, the party animal, prankster, the international fugitive, presidential candidate, cybersecurity guru and now considered a crypto expert where his advocacy for many ICO’s is largely sought after.

Back in the 1970s and 80’s John McAfee developed a serious drug habit, including while he worked as a programmer at NASA. He even “dealt” drugs for a while but says he has not touched drugs for 35 years. Some would argue but to me, he just seems to be high on life.

John McAfee pioneered anti-virus software bearing his name that is still used by millions of computers today. John said he created the McAfee anti-virus software in less than two days and 4 million people were using it within a month. He made his fortune when he sold his security software company. Over the years he spent millions on properties, fine arts, and vintage cars.

After the 2008 Global Financial Crisis, McAfee publically announced in 2009 that he lost most of his fortune. He did sell a Rodeo and a property in New Mexico but later said he was just “using” the media when he said he lost his fortune. He even staged auctions to try and fool the media.

“I’ve had 200 lawsuits because my name is John McAfee. No, I did not lose everything. I wanted to stop people trying to sue me”, MacAfee said. “No, I did not lose my fortune! I’m not that stupid.”

The Seachange

Later in 2009, McAfee took a Carribean seachange and bought a home in Ambergris Caye, a little island off the Belize mainland where he lived with his what some call a harem of ladies, an entourage of armed guards and a pack of guard dogs. He also bought a secluded property, deep in the jungle in Orange Walk where he was working on a plant-based antibiotic.

John had no expertise in this area but being the entrepreneur that he is, it was a topic that interested him greatly so he built a laboratory, hired a microbiologist to help manufacture what he believed to be the next innovation in health care. Perhaps the next wonder drug.

McAfee – The Philanthropist

McAfee was happy in the fact he was also helping the locals by feeding poor families and providing them with jobs. The philanthropic part of his nature. It was either generosity or self-interest that prompted McAfee to also donate masses of equipment to the Belize police. Equipment consisting of guns, tasers, handcuffs, pepper spray, batons, etc. He even built them a police station in the town of Orange Walk. McAfee said they would often drive by his house waving their weapons and saluting with gratitude. “It empowered them,” he said.

But then, McAfee was starting to ruffle some feathers as he was employing thugs and ex-criminals for his security team. He appointed himself as a crimefighter to chase off the local drug dealers and had some success. But his troubles really began when he refused to pay a bribe to a senior politician.

He claims that the politician was probably close to $2 million a year out of pocket he was getting from the drug trade before McAfee threw the drug dealers out of the area, so the politician’s way of thinking was that McAfee owed it to him. At that point, the politician went away, all went quiet and McAfee thought that was the end of that saga.

A week later when McAfee thought all was going well and he was on the verge of something with the development of his antibiotics project when the politician along with the Belize government caused a raid on his lab in 2012 by the police department’s Gang Suppression Unit for suspicion of manufacturing methamphetamine in his lab at Orange Walk. McAfee’s lab was destroyed. He says the raid was retribution for his refusal to be extorted by the government.

He also claims the Sinaloa Cartel runs the Belize government and they want him to shut up as he knows too much about the corruption there. No law enforcement agency would corroborate his claims.

Notably, no methamphetamine was found at the lab and he was never charged. McAfee abandoned the jungle and moved back to his home in Ambergris Caye.

Many people of the town were working at the lab or collecting flowers for processing antibiotics, so they knew it wasn’t a drug lab, but they had to have some legal reason to obtain the warrant so the authorities arrested him with weapons charges. They then released him after they held him for hours in handcuffs. They also shot his dog in front of his eyes. McAfee is still seething at the injustice.

Paranoia Or Preparedness

John McAfee has since had a meager lifestyle seeking out safe havens in which he feels he has total control of his surroundings. Some say John McAfee is paranoid, but he says “it’s not about paranoia but about being prepared”. Although he is the first to admit that maybe he must be a little paranoid to be able to develop the security software. (Tongue in cheek)

Since he started McAfee, his software company, he has carried weapons for protection. McAfee says “I have no fascination with guns, I have a fascination with survival.”

The Prankster

McAfee is a renowned prankster so he created this satirical video on how to uninstall the McAfee Anti-virus software. Throughout the video, he makes light his harem of 7 ladies that lived with him in Belize and of his affinity with weapons and drugs. The company that now owns the software that still bears his name called the video ludicrous and said it has no basis in reality.

When asked in an interview why he makes these bizarre videos, his reply at that time to the media who he considered his most recent enemy was,

“Why not? Because I’m 67 and bored is one reason. It’s a lot of fun, I get to hang out with scantily clad cute gals is the second reason, and the third reason is, I get to say something that the world will actually listen to that you can’t edit”.

The running theme in McAfee’s life is the danger posed by “others.” This is possibly why he was able to not only diagnose computer viruses before anyone else but also prescribe an antidote being the McAfee anti-virus.

John McAfee’s consistent and passionate warnings about cybersecurity need to be heeded…

“Our freedoms are being restricted," he said. "Our security is being eroded, and we have no more privacy. If we lose privacy, we lose civilization and we will certainly lose our humanity.”

McAfee is quite the enigma and he probably summed it up best when he was asked…:
How would you define yourself? Are you a madman? Are you paranoid? Are you an entrepreneur? Who are you?

“All of the above," McAfee answered. "I mean, I’m a mad man to some people because, I don’t follow the normal rules, you know, the drummer that leads me is an odd drummer. But I follow the sound.”

He has been involved in a tremendous amount of nastiness during his life but beyond that McAfee is charming. He speaks with a tone that alternates between confidential and menacing. He’s very polite and prone to physically taking people under his wing. He wraps his arm around them as he talks. He talks fast and when he talks about the things he cares about his voice cracks with passion.
To be continued…

Deb Williams
Market Manager for Markethive, a global Market Network, and Writer for the Crypto/Blockchain Industry. Also a strong advocate for technology, progress, and freedom of speech. I embrace "Change" with a passion and my purpose in life is to help people understand, accept and move forward with enthusiasm to achieve their goals.

David https://markethive.com/david-ogden

Complete Hybrid Automation Includes Video Channels Conference Rooms and Augmented Reality

Complete Hybrid Automation Includes Video Channels, Conference Rooms and Augmented Reality

Markethive has been a vision of Founder and CEO, Thomas Prendergast, spanning more than 20 years of his Entrepreneurial existence offline and online. After much success in his previous companies, he saw what could be achieved for the betterment of all when the Blockchain and Cryptocurrency came on the scene. Although operational and experiencing rapid growth, Markethive has been in Beta for the past 4 years perfecting the system. Now his vision is fast becoming a reality with Launch imminent in just months.

Over the course of writing articles about Markethive and dissecting their products and services to give a better understanding of what this platform and system are all about and how it can benefit you, there are more facets of Markethive below, making it more unique and the next generation in Social/Market Media.

Video Channel

Markethive’s video channel is a hybrid system. Similar in function to Youtube and Hangouts, but will also auto-upload your video to your other video channel accounts like our Roku channel, Youtube, Vimeo, and Facebook.

Channels allow you to create, curate and collate your own special thematic home for videos on Markethive. Create a Channel to give your viewers a destination to watch your videos, or set up a Channel to showcase videos from other Markethive members. Other people can subscribe to your channel, and the videos you add will show up in their news feed.

Image Sharing Platform

Image sharing will be hosted on each member’s unique domains when we launch our exclusive CPanel option on our future TLD .hive. (Top-level domain -TLD). In essence, that means each member will have their own assigned domain with Hivesfeed.com and will look like this… username.hivesfeed.com.

The primary purpose of image sharing is for including images on your Newsfeed, blogs, capture pages, and your own WordPress sites. Image sharing will also have organizational directories and public to private authorization accessed for your Profile pages image directory.

Conference Rooms

Markethve’s conference rooms operate via the peer to peer via the blockchain, secure and private. Run with an avatar engine, accessed via an API so the room is branded according to you, includes whiteboards, desk sharing, and auto-schedule into your widgets and Google calendar.

The Google Calendar has been integrated into the Markethive Calendar for both time-management and scheduling Markethive events, webinars, and leads all auto-publish to your Google calendar in many of the services in the Markethive environment.

Markethive Enters The Race

I love this video with CEO Thomas Prendergast and CTO Douglas yates, not only explaining their backgrounds, the most important fundamentals of Markethive and what it stands for but also showcasing the incredible augmented reality of the three individuals talking. Fascinating…

Copyright Directive

With recent legislation enacted in March 2019, namely Article 11 (link tax) and Article 13 This law is designed to stop users from uploading copyrighted content by forcing platforms to build massive filters or face huge lawsuits and fines. Markethive simply gives you your own domain for all your content, videos and images to originate from.
Solution
When you join Markethive you receive (for free) a CPanel control panel and WordPress system built into your assigned domain, a subdomain of hivesfeed.com AKA username.hivesfeed.com. This way you control all your content, without the worry or hassles of government overreach and anti-freedom regulations designed to stifle the start-ups and small entrepreneur.

Free System – Free Speech

All of this for free incorporated into a transparent blockchain system, the platform is completely decentralized delivering on our principles of privacy, transparency, and free speech.
We are not spying on you; shadow banning you; or terminating accounts, for any reason.

We Are All Entrepreneurs

Reid Hoffman is quoted saying…
“I believe every individual is now an entrepreneur, whether they recognize it or not”

He goes on to say…
“The average job length these days is two to four years. (Gone are the days when people stayed in a job for 40 years.) So, that makes a person a Small Business. You are the entrepreneur of your own small business. How do you get to your next gig? How do you do your career progression? All these things now fall on the individual shoulders. And so, they’re essentially an entrepreneur.”

Summary

When you develop a proprietary suite of advanced, effective inbound marketing tools, News & PR sites and integrate the entire system into a LinkedIn, YouTube, FaceBook like social network and interface on the Blockchain, you have the world’s first entrepreneur business person’s social network.

Then offer the entire system for free to the entire worldwide market of entrepreneurs. That includes small businesses, local businesses, regional businesses, global businesses, cottage industries, real estate agents, mortgage brokers, insurance agents, affiliate marketers, software innovators, musicians, churches, political platforms, political candidates, distributors, network marketers, innovators, and dreamers! Which one are you?

David https://markethive.com/david-ogden

2 Million Japanese People Using Brave Web Browser

As of the end of August, 2019, Brave is the web browser of choice in Japan.

More than 2 million people in the country are now using the web browser. Overall, Brave is on more than 10 million devices, meaning Japanese people account for approximately 20% of all users. The accomplishment is quite a feat for a blockchain-based application. Many believe it’s a sign that the mass adoption of cryptocurrencies is inevitable. Brave is backed by users via the Basic Attention Token (BAT). BAT allows web surfers to earn tokens just for viewing privacy-respecting advertisements. Content creators earn revenue through donations from other users. Users can also choose to surf in an ad-free environment. No third-party ad blockers or plug-ins are required. The browser also uses less RAM than more popular browsers like Google Chrome and Apple’s Safari, making browsing speed faster while using less of a device’s resources.

Can Brave Become King of the Jungle?

Having 2 million people in one country using a web browser that is just a few years old is indeed an accomplishment. However, Brave still has a long way to go to challenge Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Safari’s downloads. Of the three, Firefox ranks lowest on the list yet the platform still has over 100 million downloads. It will take some time to get there and more and more people are going to have to get comfortable using cryptocurrency. Maybe not right at first since knowledge of cryptocurrency is not a requirement to use the browser. But eventually, in order to take money out of the hands of centralized organizations like Google and Apple, people are going to have to pay for content using tokens.

This might seem like quite the hurdle in the technology space given that most people are comfortable with the platforms they are currently using and don’t want to go out of their way to change. But the cool thing about Brave is that the web browser automatically tracks the amount of time spent viewing content. The content creator receives a tip for their work based on the amount of attention they’re receiving from users. The individual user browsing their favorite websites doesn’t have to do anything. The setup is a total game changer and a huge advantage for Brave in the race for adoption. People who are comfortable with platforms they have been using for decades now have incentive to switch. The only thing they need to do to switch his download the browser and start using it.

The Driving Force behind Brave

Brave’s skyrocketing download numbers are certainly a reason for supporters of the project to be confident about both its present and future potential. Not only is it currently getting more downloads than Firefox in Japan, it’s actually among the top 10 downloads in the Google Play store in the country. Brave is even getting more downloads than the top ad blocker.

The real driving force behind the project however goes beyond the platform itself. It’s about the people behind it, namely CEO Brendan Eich and CTO Brian Bondy. Eich invented the JavaScript programming language that the Internet as people know it is practically built on. Bondy is one of the cofounders of Mozilla Firefox. He more than anybody would know how to build the browser that’s better than one he previously built.

All of this is why Brave and its BAT token may just be one of the few altcoins to come out of the woodwork among the thousands of projects that are trading on the open market today. It’s proving it has real value to users. Expect the members to keep going up as society continues to stand up in the name of data privacy rights and more and more people start showing off their level of bravery.

Article Produced By
Jack Choros

https://cryptoradar.org/brave-web-browser/

David https://markethive.com/david-ogden

ENTREPRENEUR ONE UPGRADE Introducing The Cherry On Top

ENTREPRENEUR ONE UPGRADE
Introducing The Cherry On Top

By now a good many members of Markethive are either a part of or at least heard of the Entrepreneur Upgrade Program. This has now been broken down into separate grades as explained in this blog by Thomas Prendergast, the Founder, CEO, visionary and creator of this much needed and sought after platform whether a person realizes it or not. There is a huge market looking for what we do.

There are so many facets of Markethive, it can be a little overwhelming at first, but the bottom line is you have everything and I mean everything here to succeed in whatever it is you do. There have been 20+ years of high energy poured into Markethive. This is a Divine inspiration, this is spiritual magic-ness, and is putting everybody who signs up into the business first and foremost.

We are at *Entrepreneur One Upgrade (*EP1) presently which is the premium highest level you can acquire. It contains all the services, loyalties and advantages to leverage and accelerate your success here at Markethive. This is limited and will cease by year-end. Keep in mind that the Entrepreneur One Upgrade status is yours for life, along with all the benefits it offers, as long as you continue the $100 monthly subscription.

The Banner Ad Program With A Twist

The Entrepreneur One Upgrade is the only program that will have the Banner Ad Program included. But here’s the kicker… Banner Ad Slots are up for Bidding!

Let’s face it, some people are saying “I have no use for the Banner Ad Program”. Or “I don’t use them. I don’t have a personal business that requires banner advertising” Being an Entrepreneur One Upgrade now gives you the opportunity to have a Banner business. This is totally exclusive to the Entrepreneur Upgrade One member. Let me explain…

If you are an Entrepreneur One Upgrade (EP1) You will now be able to put your Banner Slots up for bid. If you have no need to use them yourself why not sell them?

Coming soon, there will be a group in Markethive with an interface where all members can visit and view the banner slots, times and dates available etc, that are up for bid. You can stipulate whatever price you see fit. Also, Markethive Coin (MHV) will be the only currency used to purchase the banner slots.

How Does It Work

The Bidder pays you for the banner slot. They will then upload their banner into your Banner Control System and the Markethive Admin will take the necessary steps to approve it.

Note: There are certain guidelines and qualifications that need to be followed when creating a banner:

Ensure your banner is sized to 960px x 80px.
Use images with white or transparent backgrounds.
Fade any graphics to white that touch the banner edge.

If it doesn’t meet the qualifications. Markethive reserves the right to make changes to it. This will be free of charge as an Entrepreneur.

So now you can sell your banner slots if you are not going to use them for your personal business. This is a limited resource to an ever-expanding market. The demand is only going to continue to increase.

A Lucrative Business Within A Business

Imagine that you, and only a handful of others having total control over the banners that are being sold on Coinmarketcap for an average of $300,000+ a month! To break it down, at Coinmarketcap you will pay $16 per CPM (Clicks Per Mille = 1 Thousand Impressions)
On average the estimated impressions for a top banner per month is 26,595,000. That works out to $425,520 per month.

Banner advertising is a very lucrative business and a proven way to acquire visitors and signups for your business, especially on a popular website. Also, as a rule of thumb, the lower your Alexa Rank, the more you can charge for banner advertisements. Coinmarketcap currently sits at 382 on Alexa Ranking.

Markethive, with an ever decreasing Alexa ranking (currently at 13,179) and a consistently increasing number of unique visitors and members at Markethive, along with the chance to pay only $100 per month into a loyalty program (*EP1) where you get ownership of a limited resource of the most prominent, sought after advertising spot in Markethive make this an exceptional lucrative opportunity.

At present, Markethive is receiving nearly 100,000 unique visitors a day and steadily growing organically.

To give you an example, let’s say the EP1 is capped at 300 members. 100,000 unique visitors divided by 300 EP1s = 333 impressions on one page. The number of impressions into 50 pages per day would equate to 16,700 equalling 501,000 impressions per month. So if you had to pay a rate of $10 per CPM, that would equal $5,010 a month for banner advertising expenses. Keep in mind these banners will be viewed on the complete Markethive Network and all other systems that we have, so the number of impressions any banner receives will be exponential.

You will get this type of exposure for only $100 per month with the Entrepreneur Upgrade One, and now we have the cherry on top where any EP1 member can create a Banner Ad business within the Markethive system by putting their unused Banner slots up for bid and being paid in MHV.

Coin Velocity

This is just one more way Markethive is increasing our coin velocity. The fact that we are a meritocracy, exponentially growing daily as a social network with all the marketing tools, gamification, and loyalty programs we have and are still implementing is ensuring the credibility, velocity, and ultimate success of the Markethive Ecosystem and its Universal Income.

Many coins and tokens on the market have no velocity as they don’t have a real use case. All the services free and otherwise Markethive offers, increase the velocity, supply, and demand of the MHV coin. Utilizing the coin within Markethive for services and loyalty programs including but not limited to,

Faucets/Micropayments
Incentive Loan Program
Press Releases
Sponsored Articles
Banner advertisement
Banner Slot Bids
Boosting Posts
The Vault

By the very nature of MHV being a consumer coin, it’s not open to speculation like many other coins on the market. The benefits of being on the inside of Markethive transacting with MHV in its ecosystem are many, and while this is happening velocity and demand increase. The added benefit is the Markethive Exchange and MHV being listed on 3rd party exchanges gives it liquidity.

Conclusion

The introduction of the Banner Slot Bidding which is a great way to earn even more income is just one more reason to Upgrade to Entrepreneur One before it closes for good.

Soon we will be able to buy MHV from open market Exchanges and transfer into your Coin Clip in Markethive to purchase ILPs with MHV. I will delve deeper into that topic in a future blog. Stay tuned for updates and more exciting things to come.

David https://markethive.com/david-ogden