HIVE THRIVE— Show #46 —Guest: @blocktrades

Hive Thrive: Our Hour for Hive Community

📅 Tuesday, 3rd March @ 6 PM UTC
📍 Live on Discord in the Voice General Channel
🎙 Hosts: Hive account@buttcoins and Hive account@shadowspub
➡️ Guest: Hive account@blocktrades

Here we go again with Show #46 of Hive Thrive, our weekly town hall where we bring builders, critics, stakeholders, and long time contributors from across the Hive ecosystem into one room and let the conversation run where it needs to. Hive Thrive exists to examine the mechanics under the surface.
We talk governance, economics, incentives, and whether the system we are building can actually sustain itself.
Hard to believe…but Hive Thrive has been happening for over a year 🎉 and today we have our first ever guest coming back to chat again.
This week we’re joined by Hive account@blocktrades, one of the most consequential technical figures in Hive’s history. From the fork itself to hardfork implementation, core infrastructure, witness responsibilities, and ongoing governance debates, his influence on the protocol layer is difficult to overstate. When people argue about DHF spending, survivability, inflation, or haircut risk, they are often indirectly arguing about decisions that sit very close to the work he and the core team are doing.

He operates at the intersection of code and policy, which means this conversation will not just be philosophical. It will be about what is technically possible, what is economically survivable, and what tradeoffs are unavoidable. If you care about where Hive is actually going rather than where you hope it is going, this is one to attend.

This week we will dive into:

• The last hardfork, and what it accomplished
• Future hardfork priorities and what must be built next
• Haircut territory, survivability, and how close is “too close”
• DHF funding, inflation pressure, and the long term economic balance
• whether governance tools need to evolve
• Stewardship, oversight, and accountability for large funding initiatives

Hive currently finds itself somewhere between “everything is fine” and “we are doomed,” So let’s talk about it.

Come hang out with us
Hive Thrive isn’t meant to be just another background podcast.
We treat it like a live town hall for the blockchain:

• a place where devs, witnesses, curators, creators, and critics can speak in the same room
• a space to explore the tools, tensions, and governance structures actually shaping Hive
• and a setting where honest conversation can replace years of silence, fear, or misunderstanding

We’re here to:

✅ Help people understand what’s actually happening behind the scenes
✅ Surface the real stories behind Hive’s institutions and projects
✅ Talk openly about drama, governance friction, and systemic issues
✅ Look for ways forward that strengthen the network instead of dividing it

Bring your questions about Hivewatchers, moderation philosophy, decentralization, power dynamics, blacklists, second chances, and the future of community trust on-chain.

If you’ve ever wished someone would talk about “the big, untouchable topics” in public—this is the show where that finally happens.

Links & where to find us

🔗 Discord show channel:
https://discord.gg/7zeyCtWnGJ 

🏡 Hive Thrive community:
created/hive-170475 

Meet Your Hosts
Hive account@meno – Legacy Hivian, luthier by trade, Herzogian by hobby, cheese oligarch by appetite. Master of ceremony and master of BBQ.

Hive account@buttcoins – Hive OG since 2017, community builder, musician, and all-around Butt who somehow keeps saying yes to more projects.

Hive account@shadowspub – Eight years strong on Hive, host of Pimp Your Post Thursdays, co-host of Hive Spaces on X, and long-time signal booster for emerging voices.

Hive account@alohaed – The man, the voice. Ed is one of those Hiveans who really understands the Hive ethos, and will probably slip in a comic book reference or two.

Hive account@alessandrawhite – Creative instigator, community gatherer, and low-key chaos coordinator.

Hive Thrive aims to be a fair, information-based talk show, modeled after a town hall and built for the entire Hive ecosystem. Whether you are writing posts, building tools, securing the chain, or just trying to understand how it all fits together, this space is yours.

We keep things open, take questions from the audience, and when the interview ends, the real conversation often begins. So jump in, bring your voice, and help shape the future of Hive one chat at a time.

See you Tuesday, March 3rd @ 6 PM UTC.

What is the Hive Thrive?
Here at Hive Thrive we see a real gap between devs, projects, witnesses, community leaders, and everyday Hive users. There are many people looking to feel more connected, engaged, and informed — and we want to bridge that gap. This show is about:
• Learning about the Hive blockchain
• Sharing what is available to use or being worked on
• Exploring where Hive is headed (or could be)
• Identifying roadblocks and, more importantly, finding solutions
• Fostering constructive and proactive discussions
• Providing another space for the community to engage

We also want to give a shout out to Hive account@ecoinstant. His enthusiasm has been the best kind of infectious, and he has been archiving shows through the Deep Web 3 Secrets YouTube channel so people can catch up on past episodes.

Since this rocket launched we have welcomed guests from all corners of Hive and dug into everything from the DHF to front ends, games, curation, value plans, infrastructure, and more. Join us and see how you and other everyday Hiveans can get involved and learn more about this multi-faceted Hive blockchain ecosystem. All our shows are packed with useful information for any Hive enthusiast or newcomer looking to understand this place a little better.
If you missed any show, Hive account@ecoinstant has recorded them and posted it here through the deepweb 3 secrets YouTube channel:

Episode 1. Blocktrades—

Episode 2. Lordbutterfly— (sound issues, sorry, this one is left to the ether)

Eouside 3. Acidyo-

Episode 4. Taskmaster4550-

Episode 5. WOO Witness Cage Match-

Episode 6. Ecoinstant-

Episode 7. Vaultec -

Episode 8. Fokusnow -

Episode 9. State of Hive Music -

Episode 10. Edicted -

Episode 11. Mcsamm -

Episode 12. Disregardfiat and Markegiles -

Episode 13. Bookerman -

Episode 14. Enginewitty -

Episode 15. Hallman and mynewlife

Episode 16. Pharesim

Episode 17. Ecoinstant and thecrazygm -

Episode 18. Urasoul-

Episode 19. James Russel -

Episode 20. Mcfarhat -

Episode 21. minigunner & artakush -

Episode 22. Stoodkev -

Episode 23. Knowhow92-

Episode 24. Solominer -

Episode 25. Snapie Team -

Episode 26. Roelandp-

Episode 27. Eddiespino -

Episode 28. Hivetrending -
Latest Deep Web 3 Secrets—

Episode 29. Detlev -

Latest Deep Web 3 Secrets—

Episode 30. Thekittygirl -

Episode 32. Jarvie -

Episode 33. Livinguktaiwan -

Episode 34. Bobaphet -

Episode 35. Blanchy -

Episode 36. Grampo -

Episode 37. Crimsonclad -

Episode 38. GTG -

Episode 39. Alessandra White -

Episode 40. Andrarchy -

Episode 41. PH1102 -

Episode 42. Starkerz -

Episode 43. Yabapmatt -

Episode 44. Tarazkp - coming soon

Episode 45. Good Karma -coming soon

Latest Deep Web 3 Secrets—

This spirit of coming together to share and engage has been inspiring and seems a vital step to continuing the HIVE BLOCKCHAINS growth and success!

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