**HEDE: The Wikipedia of our time. [Part One]**

The Repository

https://github.com/Hede-io/hede.io

Introduction
The Steemit platform has been widespread over the world providing numerous services to all who are in need of an information or something close to that. With this rapid growth, a lot of block chains with linkages to the Steemit platform have arisen though more keep arising from time to time and undergo constant improvements and updates. One of these platforms which have come as a very wonderful support is the HEDE blockchain created by @ercu as he is known on the Steemit platform.

This HEDE platform at the moment has hundreds of users and is still growing further as more users are trooping in by the days. With its daily additions and entries, it is heading to be the blockchain platform that would replace the Wikipedia which is the provider of almost every information one needs. Now, when it gets to that height, it would of course never drop because for every entry one makes, he can get an up vote which would result in getting some funds too.
Currently, the number of entries and information on this platform is quite amazing as one can find a clue or the actual information about nearly everything he is looking for. The information on this platform includes different species of foods, places, subject explanations in relation to educative information, descriptions and quality materials about animals, their behaviors and patterns of living etc. This platform doesn’t function in a way that an entry alone would cover every specification on a particular idea but one can find more than five heavily descriptive information on a topic.

Being a User
A user on the HEDE platform earns some funds as he gives and supplies information of great quality to the platform. For the platform to remain authentic and produce good and non-plagiarized or copied information, this supplied information has to be original and not copied. The information that is copied is mostly not accepted or rewarded as it would cast a stain on the name of this growing platform.
Thus, for one to join and partake in the doings of the platform, he must be ready to give only authentic information that would ensure the rapid growth. He must at first, be registered on the Steemit platform as a user then would he be allowed to join the platform. Once you have filled in your details on the Steemit platform, gotten your password after two weeks period and now registered, then, you can be able to post on the HEDE platform without having to begin any other new process of registration. All that is required of you on HEDE is just your Steemit username and posting key which would enable your contribution to be added on the platform that is why I said earlier that it has a linkage to the Steemit platform.

It is also right and important to note that the platform functions in a way that the posted information is put up on your Steemit blog and when you get upvoted, it is in the Steem currencies that you receive the fund. The platform does not have its own currency. Also, as a user, you can make comments on a post and the comments can as well receive an upvote. You too can see a post you find interesting and worth the upvote and give it an upvote too. Now, most people may feel that because the HEDE blockchain platform is linked to Steemit, it may have a different policy for payouts for the received upvotes. That is a false thing to believe as the payouts don’t occur on HEDE but actually occurs on the Steemit platform itself. The HEDE platform can serve as a business branch for a firm which handles operations for you but the results are housed in the Headquarters which Steemit serves as.
One thing about this is the fact that the upvotes as well are not restricted to only HEDE users but everyone on Steemit as well. The fact that someone is not registered on the platform but has a Steemit account doesn’t mean that he/she would be prevented from giving someone an upvote. An entry on the platform can receive an upvote from anyone at all both on the platform and on the Steemit platform.

Posting an entry
The first thing to do when making a post on the HEDE platform is to insert your cursor in the search space and key in the name of the entry you wish to include. When you click on search, the tool searches through the platform if any entry that has been made before bears such name. Now, if there is already an entry with such name, you should not be scared that you won’t be able to post on that same topic because as explained above, one can make more than five entries just on a post. Hence, you would be probed to make an additional entry and that you would do to include more facts and information to the entry. Also, if no one has written on the entry before, it would make a display of no search found and you can also make your entry on the topic.
Many users of the Steemit Blockchain use two methods when posting an entry. You can either decide to write it straight on the platform or put it down in an editor and copy-paste it to the space for entry before filling and satisfying the necessary needs and then posting. You can use any of the methods for your entry but ensure that you satisfy all needs. When making an entry on the platform, you would first see a space to fill in the information. When you have successfully done that, still on the post, you would see some provisions above the information.
A user can include a link to his entry if he wishes to redirect someone to maybe a source where he got a quote or an explanation. It can also mean for someone to read further on the information if the article was not completely informed. Also, to make the post more colorful and to provide a graphical explanation, there is also room to upload a picture that would serve the cause. The positioning of the picture is just like that on the Steemit platform. One does not have to post a picture only at the top or bottom, after the article but at anywhere he seems convenient.

In the needs to be satisfied for the entry, you can also choose the language you are using to post the entry so that when someone is searching for a post to read in a particular language, he/ she can be able to find the entry. There is also the topic on which you are writing about or what your entry pertains to for easier access and location. Just like the Steemit platform and some other platforms which are linked to the Steemit, it provides room to include your tags which must be at least three as the “HEDE” tag automatically is added as the first tag to complete your tags up to four.
It is also necessary to choose a topic for your entry as every entry must have a name or topic. An option to do this appears as a space bearing the name you used to search for the entry before you began writing and it is left to you to decide whether you want the name to be left like that or you wish to make some additions or changes to the topic name. After that, you would also have to choose how you want your reward to look like. Some people may want only the Steempower or a separation of the reward into the Steempower and SBD but it is up to you and that you want.

Conclusion
As days go by, the HEDE platform gets better and more knowledgeable and with its support to the Steemit blockchain, many new users would keep trooping in as you would not only get good information there but also get paid when you make a comment on an entry. Thus, it would evolve pretty quickly into a deposit for every type of information ranging from educational to different people and their lives. At present, there are still more for one to know about this great platform if he is interested in contributing to its growth and they would come up in consecutive parts of this HEDE chapters.

Image Sources

1. The first image i.e. Hede's logo was gotten from https://steemit.com/utopian-io/@hede-io/introducing-hede-wiki-platform-and-knowledge-sharing-dictionary-on-steem
2. All other images here were taken as a screenshot on my device, then edited and posted.

At the moment, this is the first part in the Hede chapter by me.