We're proud to announce that we're about to issue our first small business loan to a Hive-born business in Nigeria. The business was built entirely from Hive rewards and is now generating well over 1,000 HBD in monthly turnover.
The business name is "Happy Customer Supermarket" run by @fokusnow
Here's a snapshot of their revenues:
This milestone is made possible through a collaboration between Distriator Loans (@distriator.loans), EC BIT (https://www.ecbit.mx/), and Eco-Bank (@ecobanker), who are working together to collateralize and issue the loan.
Loan Details:
- Annual Percentage Rate (APR): 20%
- Funds will be used to purchase high-demand inventory to support the business's rapid growth.
- The HBD loan with EC BIT is overcollateralized with Bitcoin and transparent.
- Both Eco Bank and Distriator Loans (the other crediting parties) have not given collateralised loans, however, interest rates have been set based on clear, and continually growing revenues from the business as shown on the Distriator.com platform.
- The loan is to be paid back monthly with on-chain revenue streams tracked in real time.
- You can see the confimation of payback and agreement to the terms of the loan here.
The business has seen incredible growth thanks to its unique model: it offers instant cashback of 10–40% to customers using HBD (Hive Dollars) via Distriator.com, creating a virtuous cycle where users save and businesses thrive.
Why This Matters
This is a real-world example of how cryptocurrency can be distributed responsibly, not through airdrops or speculation but via commerce-based lending to profitable, transparent, and growing businesses.
This method also returns a higher APR (20%) than the HBD onchain base rate of 15%, and so as the system grows, can present a way to obtain higher yeild on HBD in future to HBD holders.
We believe this is just the beginning. By leveraging on-chain data, stablecoins, and decentralized tools, we can bring capital to where it's needed most — and help local entrepreneurs scale with purpose and transparency.
Let us know what you think — and stay tuned for updates on how this business grows with Hive and Distriator!
Thank you so much for the loan. We are already planning the next restocking of Happy Customer Supermarket to have enough inventory for shoppers. Beyond this, the loan is going to help us have a standard well-stocked web3 grocery store that doubles as Hive onboarding facility. The value to be delivered by this loan is beyond just finance.
In few days, weeks and months from now, we are going to have massive all-round growth thanks to the loan.
We are growing the Hive ecosystem and HBD use-case with collaborations like this. thank you so much again!!!
Looking forwards to seeing all of your blogs showing how the loan is being spend and how that translates to increase in revenue for the business!
This is huge!
We hope it is a new responsible way to expand the HBD market cap and also generate more yield than the base layer at the same time. All the business has to do is demonstrate that they can generate revenue and they can earn 3x their monthly revenue to be paid back as interest over a year at approximately 30% of their revenue per month. Then if someone can find BTC as collateral, there is plenty of external money from parties such as those like @josepimpo is bringing into crypto to secure loans and along the way then, everyone makes a bit of money and the businesses grow. What this means now, is that if Hiveans want it bad enough, all tools are now in place to use HBD as the spending unit, get cashback off of spends, prove revenues and bring financing into Hive where every single value creation point along that chain earns money, its just up to the community to go spread the tech now.
Wow!!!
This is so amazing, giving out loan by @thedistriator is a prouf that this project is for a long term. So many person's have been asking me how long is the spendhbd project and the cashback is gonna stay. And my response to them is, "as long as the crypto world is still existing." Oh yes, I have full confidence in this project and coming to talk about the loan, I'm gonna speak about it in my upcoming workshop.
This will make more business and individual to have full confidence on the spendhbd project.
Yesterday, while discussing with the CEO of @eastern-beauty boutique and cosmetics, I told him about this loan for him to know that this spendhbd project is not something that will soon vanish from the surface of the earth if Christ delay in coming.
I should him more reasons why he needs to trust this project and think on more ways to make people patronize him with the HBD.
According to what @starkerz said,
Oh yes, we need to organize more workshops to enlightened and bring more people that will spend the HBD to the system of which I really need to sit up from my end, seeing that this project has come to stay and not come to pass. It's staying with us and we can make it live longer if only we keep on doing our best as an individual and a community.
Let's assist each other to grow and let love dwell among us.
A big thanks to the distriator team and to all the members of the spendhbd community, Jah bless!!
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The first time is done in decentralized platform. Hive is leading in web3 and it is still leading in helping small businesses. OMG, something good is coming out of Jerusalem. We said hive is changing lives, people who don't understand it must read this from me. It has not been done or heard elsewhere, only on hive blockchain. Let the blind hear and let the deaf feel hive impact through spendhbd project.
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If this can showcase what can be done, and then be multiplied thoulsounds times.... that will be amazing, a truly on chain community driven adoption in real world, with real people lives
Great job guys!
That is exactly the plan! really hope this can become a model to increase returns on HBD while reducing APR risk on the base layer by enabling us to lower the base rate APR, while still having options such as these to generate higher passive yields on HBD.
This also ties the expansion of the market cap of HBD and injection of it into economies directly to real world commerce. A very responsible way to increase the market cap of HBD.
Now its simply up to the community to onboard more businesses, keep giving out cash back so that those businesses remain competitive, identify honest actors, carry out workshops and bring more people and money through the system. If we do that as a community, HBD can grow in a very large and sustainable way.
All of the tools are now there to do this. There is no reason this won't succeed, its all down to how badly the community wants a freedom dollar for every day use now.
Incredible initiative! Could this HBD revenue-backed lending model become a key tool for boosting entrepreneurship in emerging economies?
That is exactly the plan! All of the tools for this are in place now
Honestly hive is really helping people and I appreciate their efforts. Thanks to @distriators for this wonderful opportunity given to us through hive.
This is an awesome way to distribute crypto to the right place, helping small businesses grow and improve the lives of people generally. I think the initiative is a good one that would have a long-term positive effect on #hive, the business, and #spendhbd
As we all work together and build trust, we can identify more places to put money to work in a responsible way in real businesses that have real revenue and ability to grow
That's great. I will keep playing my part to enhance the growth of spendhbd in my community. Have a great weekend 🙏
Wow, very nice and wonderful to get a loan from distriator, it will really help a person do more in hive community, @thedistriator team is really trying to help people.
This is jaw-dropping and extremely huge. Hive and SpendHBD are life savers if you ask me. Opportunities like this is rare out there. With a supportive boost as this the business will hyper thrive in no time. I feel like screaming with joy even though I'm yet to experience it which I'm sure I will in no distance time.
Thank you #spendhbd, #hive, @thedistriator team, @theycallmedan and every brain behind this laudable project. You're life savers💪
First I thought, we again raised the interest rate on chain, but this is awesome to see some real life use cases of HBD. The instant cashback of 10–40% comes from people posting the proof in a blog and get upvotes, right ? How consistent we are in upvoting them ?
I want to start some initiative here, hence the question.
to see all the live purchases go to https://spendhbd.social.gifts/ and you will see that all blogs are voted. although the tag could do with some help to increase fund distribution flow, the costs of the cashbacks are being covered
This is amazing, I can only imagine how much Happy customer supermarket will thrive even more with this support. I'm so proud to be part of this amazing platform going places👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
very cooool! :D all the best with Distriator and Nigeria country business
This is awesome, @distriator is doing great and this is to the growth of happy customer as we patronize and buy things with HB; wow this is a good idea to excel in business 💪👍
Wow this is beautiful really glad that the business is going to a Greater Heights and definitely will be stronger in future
Greetings if tubiese an online store where I sell physical products could implement distraitor or is only for physical premises?
This is really a great Development and Massive Progress. Thanks for bringing more value to HBD @fokusnow
Wow! This is so beautiful and at the same time a motivation for us all. You have said it all..this is a good example on how cryptocurrency can be distributed responsibly not through airdrops. I must recommend the CEO of happy customer supermarket for representing us well.
This is amazing I saw this and I was super excited
I love hive
Words can't express my gratitude to hive
We can never sink
So happy to hear this, this is to show that hive blockchain is not like other blockchain and truly we are leading with many good strategies. Thank you for helping out small business to grow.
I wish I can apply and grow my business too. Anyway am happy for happy customer supermarket, this is a great one.
Congratulations -- this is WONDERFUL! Let us know when us everyday Hivers can move some HBD investment your way!
This is the best news I've read in a long while, wow. Hive, impacting lives and now impacting business. I'm so excited that this loan is coming at a time it was needed.
This loan will go a long way to get the supermarket fully set and well stocked for smooth business operation.
This is such a powerful example of Blockchain making a real-world difference. Congratulations to @fokusnow and wishing even more growth ahead
This is beautiful
What is beautiful?
Waoh! Impressive development. Congratulations to @focusnow for steering the ship of Hive-HBD-born web3 business outlet that is so transparent. @distriator keep trusting in the ability to deliver, keep touching lives through spendhbd initiatives.
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