Meeting founders and building connections with community leaders is one of the aims of DBuzz founder Chris Rice as he promotes the HIVE ecosystem. This is to onboard more projects, users and to help more people become deeply aware of the values Hive provides to Internet users.

This is why DBuzz invites community leaders from Mindanao, Philippines, to discuss the potential to not only introduce DBuzz and HIVE to their companies and workers but also to their communities

On August 23, 2023, DBuzz founder and avid Hive user Chris Rice @chrisrice meets James Kenneth Berey, Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Blockchain Network Philippines (BNP) @blocknetworkph, one of the country's most prominent Key Opinion Leaders in the crypto and Web3 space.

Chris Rice met him in person with the Developers of DBuzz working inside our office here in the Philippines. I stood up with Chris Rice and Kenneth James Berry to discuss his company, Blockchain Network Philippines, and his future collaborations with DBuzz and the Hive community here in Davao City.

I also asked Kenneth if he would allow us to film some video footage during our conversation, and he openly agreed with us, so with the assistance of @rafaelvlog, who took some photos and video footage, we started our discussions.

What is Blockchain Network Philippines, and Who is James Kenneth Berry:

James Kenneth Berry founded Blockchain Network Philippines (BNP) in 2020, during the pandemic and when he was a Philippine ambassador for Certik, a security-focused ranking platform, and Chainlink, a Web3 services platform.

The BNP founder James Kenneth Berry or Ken Berdz, among his circle of friends, also holds a Philippine ambassador title for IrisNet, Status, and Cosmos.

During our discussions, James reiterated his goals and initiative of teaching people about the potential of cryptocurrency and how it will affect the future.

Based on his statements, his company, Blockchain Network Philippines, could represent the entire Philippines as the first and only blockchain cryptocurrency specialist in community building.

James stated that his company, Blockchain Network Philippines (BNP), aims to pioneer the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) industry through crypto and blockchain.

As a company founder of more than 200 trained specialists, he is interested in bridging the gap between the need to supply marketing services in Web3 and filling the demand for job opportunities here in the Philippines, starting from Davao City to the rest of the country.

Kenneth James Berry envisions his company Blockchain Network Philippines (BNP) as becoming the leading marketing and industry consultant for start-ups, growing the communities of their products while retaining those Web3 projects.

How Kenneth James Berry Founded the BNP?

Kenneth James Berry, the BNP Founder, shared his story of how he started his company from scratch, after writing articles on Publish0x in 2019. He wrote an article that hit the top of trending and that later led to his career in Web3.

The story that went viral on the Publish0x platform was about the Earthquake in Davao City, wherein his house was destroyed, but his company didn't pay for all the damages. And although he was a victim of that natural calamity, his company only provided him with a bit of help, giving him about P5,000.00 or roughly $100.00 USD.

Ken opened the article on his phone and showed us what happened to his house, which showed a very unfortunate scene. During the time of his article writing, he realized he could ask for donations through Publish0x, and luckily enough, he received at least $2,000 USD, which was overwhelming.

That was a Eureka moment for Kenneth James Berry as he could not believe how generous the people online were, giving him enough to entice him to start something big.

Chris Rice, on his part, mentioned to Ken that HIVE may have a lot more users than Publish0x, as the Hive community has more than 200,000 users, but 99% of that is Splinterlands users, so even though Hive was supposed to be a social media blockchain, most of it went to gaming.

The DBuzz founder also revealed that because of that gaming aspect on Hive, DBuzz will release @retzark and is looking forward to a strong launch.

Chris Rice noted that @splinterlands had an excellent and strong launch because they had a top Hive Discord Channel or one of them, and they had consistent radio shows and used that influence to make Splinterlands an instant success.

The DBuzz founder reiterated that we should do something similar so that when we release Retzark, it will be a success, and we could then funnel that into DBuzz.

Kenneth then continued his story about the foundation of Blockchain Network Philippines (BNP). When he got $2,000 USD worth of donations from Publish0x after that one post in the blockchain, he quit his job.

He then used it as part of his start-up capital, and in 2020, he established the Blockchain Network of the Philippines.

Chris Rice then commented that Publish0x is good, but that 3rd parties can't build on Publish0x because it's a stand-alone project, unlike on Hive. Chris noted that just like DBuzz, anyone else will be able to build a micro-blogging platform on HIVE, since we will open-source all of our related code this December 15, 2023.

The DBuzz founder also stated that DBuzz is not the only open-source platform in the Hive community because there is also Hive.Blog, @peakd, which is mainly blogging, and there's also a video platform on Hive @threespeak.

Chris Rice also asked Kenneth James Berry what kind of project he has in mind in terms of building an internet-based project. Ken said he wanted to make something backed by Artificial Intelligence (AI), Augmented Reality (AR) or possibly a diary dApp for users to share stories with loved ones, long after they are gone.

There is a lot more Behind-the-Scenes content we are scheduled to release, including an in-office video of our discussion with a YGG representative, and a talk with a 3,000 student school to onboard their staff and students to Hive.

Hive on! and stayed tuned.
~ The @dbuzz Team