zkHive: The Revenue Model

A Comprehensive Analysis of the Hive’s revenue Generation Strategies

zkHive
3 min readMar 9, 2024

With our upcoming beta launch next week it is now the perfect time to discuss the platform’s business model, revenue streams and how $ZKHIVE is used to take full advantage of the 1B$ opportunity zkHive is going to solve.

The Anti-Virus Market

The antivirus software market has been showing steady growth over recent years. In 2023, the market was valued at approximately $4.09 billion and is projected to grow nearly 50% by 2030.
This growth is attributed to factors like the rise in cybersecurity threats and increased internet connectivity.

This growth trajectory is driven by emerging threats such as ransomware, advanced persistent threats, IoT security concerns, and the integration of antivirus solutions with endpoint security.

Source: market.us

The Online Firewall Market

This sector shows an even faster size and growth, with nearly 6B$ in size in 2022 and an expected growth of more than 100% to $14 Billion by 2028.

Companies like Fastlify, CloudFlare and AWS are some of the fastest growing companies in the world, providing essential services for millions of customers.

WAF Marketcap Overview. Source: marketsandmarkets.com

The zkHive Opportunity — First Mover Advantage

Combining these market stats with our initial blogpost that explained how the specific market of social exploits and scams in crypto generates in excess of 1B$ of losses per year, is zkHive’s true business opportunity.

This first-mover advantage in the Telegram and twitter firewall space positions Hive not just as a trendsetter, but as a potential market leader in an area with escalating demand. As Telegram continues to grow as a preferred platform for communities, the need for robust security measures like Hive becomes increasingly critical.

This represents a significant market opportunity, tapping into both the extensive user base of Telegram and the broader push towards enhancing digital security.

$ZKHIVE revenue streams

Our native token, $ZKHIVE, is the heart of the entire ecosystem, designed to maximize the advantages for all the token holders.
With a comprehensive suite of benefits, $ZKHIVE token holders are poised to capitalize on zkHive’s immense revenue potential, estimated at $1 billion opportunity.

zkHive revenue streams

One-Time Fees — Installation fee

First off, every user of our Decentralized Firewall will need to pay a one-time fee for the installation. The installation is seamless, just add the bot, pay the fee in an automated way and you are good to go!

A large part of this fee will go directly to the liquidity and token holders, and the rest will be used to cover development costs.

This business model has proved to be very useful, with well known projects such as Group Help, PAAL, AIX and others selling tens of millions of licenses.

Premium Features

The next utility of $ZKHIVE is gated feature access — some of our most advanced features such as our real-time threat intelligence platform will require the holders to pay with $ZKHIVE which will be burned out of circulation.

zkHive For Individuals

zkHive also provides great value to individuals, and not just communities by providing single-tap file and link scanning, decentralised reports and feedbacks, creating the largest user-based security network for individuals.

Users that would want to take full advantage of our security network would need to hold the $ZKHIVE token.

API Access

As zkHive’s security network grows, it will become an invaluable resource that other security products will be able to use.
These resources will be provided to 3rd party companies for a monthly fee, generating another stable revenue stream for the project.

ADS Revenue

With zkHive bot poised to operate in thousands of groups, substantial advertising revenue is anticipated. This broad reach ensures that our platform remains highly attractive to advertisers, further increasing our revenue streams and solidifying our position as a leader in the web3 security industry.

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zkHive

The first decentralized Firewall for crypto platforms, powered by AI-assisted formal verification