Hi there my Hivean friends and followers!
I have been gladly watching many regional communities here on Hive growing strong every day. Although we might be still very small compared to the traditional Web 2 (obsolete) behemoths like Facebook or Instagram, our blockchain has been expanding at an impressive rate and we currently have pretty big communities of active and dedicated Hivers literally all over the world.
When I was thinking about how greatly international Hive has become lately, I actually got this idea for a little fun challenge that will test the level of your engagement here and your knowledge of your fellow Hivers and where they come from.
I decided to call this challenge "Do you know Hivers from all continents?" because that´s exactly what this initiative will be about: figuring out how familiar you are with the locations of your fellow Hivers.
Let me show you what I mean and pick one Hiver for each continent...
Europe
I will start out with the easiest continent for me. I come from Europe myself and I´m pretty sure I know at least one Hiver from a vast majority of European countries, probably just with the exception of the microstates like Andorra, Liechtenstein or Monaco. Hive is very popular in Europe and there are many great national Hive communities like those in the UK, Germany, Poland, Switzerland or Bulgaria. I´m in touch with dozens of European Hivers but I will always pick just one for each continent and my pick for Europe is one of the bravest and most inspiring members of our community and that´s @zirochka who is from Ukraine.
North America
North America is another Hive stronghold. Many Hivers are from the USA, I also have some Hive friends in Canada but I guess even bigger communities (per capita) can be found in the Latin American part of the North American continent. The number of Cuban Hivers has been growing super fast lately and I know we have a big community in Mexico too. Quite a lot of potential choices for me here too but let´s say my pick for North America is our one and only @dswigle, a very dedicated Hiver and author of the legendary Market Friday series who is hailing from Washington D.C.
South America
The adoption rate of Hive in South America has been incredible lately. In Venezuela, a country that must have one of the world´s highest (if not the very highest) amount of Hivers per capita, there are even businesses running on Hive and HBD. There are just so many Hivers here from this country. But we have a lot of Brazilian, Colombian and Argentinian Hivers too. Again, a lot of options for me on this continent but let me pick @mrprofessor who has been one of my friends here since pretty much day one. This dude, a crazy cyclist and extreme adventurer, is from Brazil.
Africa
Africa is a huge continent with almost 1.5 billion of people so the potential for the mass adoption of Hive in there is enormous and we are already seeing first African countries to be heading that way. As far as I know, the biggest Hive bastion in Africa can be found in Nigeria that is home to dozens, maybe even hundreds of aspiring Hive bloggers but I know we have some people here from other African countries like Ghana or South Africa too. I´m not in regular contact with many Hivers from this continent but I know that @depressedfuckup, a great blogger and leader of the Ghanian community is, surprisingly, from Ghana :)
Asia
The largest continent in the world by both area and population, Asia might play a crucial role in the mass adoption of Hive and I´m happy to see many fast growing regional Hive communities from this continent. We have a lot of fellow Hivers in Turkey, Pakistan, India, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand etc. Vietnam Hivers have been growing incredibly fast lately but I think we all would agree that when it comes to Hive adoption, the current Asian champion is none other than the Philippines. Our Filipino colleagues have been taking the blockchain by storm and the fount of amazing bloggers coming from this country seems to be inexhaustible. One of the folks that is to be given the biggest credit for that is the OCD and Pimapple mainstay @ybanezkim26 who is also my pick for Asia.
Australia
While big in size, Australia is by far the most sparsely populated continent in the world with just some 26 million people but that doesn´t mean that there are no Hivers to be found on the Land Down Under. Quite the opposite, there are many great Hive bloggers hailing from Australia and while not all of them were born there (Australia is actually a very popular destination for expats and nomads), we have some Hivers here who are as Australian as it gets and I think that @galenkp, one of the most prolific and dedicated authors on the chain and founder of several Hive communities, is one of them too. He is my pick for Australia.
So that was a little illustration of how you can approach this challenge. There is no given concept though, your post can be shorter or longer, depending on how much you would like to tell us about your experience. The more you engage here on the chain, the easier the challenge will be for you of course, but I still suggest to pick and tag just one person for each continent as I would hate to turn this challenge into some kind of mass-tagging frenzy. So please be reasonable here. Other than that, you can take on this challenge from any angle. Just remember to drop a link to your post here in the comments so that I can find it, check it out and upvote ;)
Have fun guys!
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