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RE: Announcing Hivemind X: Who wants to run a node?
Awesome!
Wondering if the idea is to eventually merge these new features to the regular Hivemind codebase, so that regular Hivemind nodes will support them?
Yes.
However, it's possible that some features will not be merged into Hivemind Core, since the decision is not mine to make. In which case, they will be available on Hivemind X only.
I deliberately implement all new features in a way that maintains compatibility with Hivemind Core, so they can be easily merged at will.
Both versions will benefit from each other's development. For example, I will merge all updates made on the core protocol into Hivemind X to keep it compatible. Any improvements that I can make to the base protocol (apart from the new features I'm developing) can also be merged upstream.
Another perspective to view this from is that this relieves Steemit Inc of some of the costs that innovation and experimentation entails (such as dev time, opportunity cost, etc).
Thanks! Fantastic!