The News

I am sure people are watching the $HIVE price. It is dipping below 10c now. This may have something to do with Bitcoin sinking to just over $80k after soaring over $120k for a while. Everything else is down so we have to ride this out.

Meanwhile Hive upgraded to Hardfork 28 with no real drama. The biggest change as far as regular users is concerned is that the value of your vote does not decrease as you use up voting mana. This is significant for smaller accounts who may only just be able to vote posts above the dust threshold (about 2c). Now they can keep voting, but once your mana runs out you have to wait for it to recharge. You can give about 10 full votes each day if you want it to full recover over 24 hours. See this from Hive account@acidyo for more details.

I assume all the nodes and witnesses have upgraded, but Hive account@gtg gives instructions. If I ever try running my own node then I need to understand this stuff. I shared a post last week about running it on a Raspberry Pi and I am trying to understand how much that can do for Hive. I do like the idea of being a witness if only for the challenge of setting it up. I saw this article about using old smartphones for general processing. They can be quite powerful, so I wonder if Hive could be run on them too.

Meanwhile in Meatspace

I think I need a regular section for events out there in the 'real world'. Last week I was at a mini meetup in London with Hive account@livinguktaiwan and Hive account@adetorrent. We had a great chat over drinks and some street food. I keep saying that meetups do not have to involve lots of organisation. If you set a time and place then people may turn up.

Next month in London is the Tokenize:LDN event where lots of tech companies will be exhibiting. Hive is running the networking bar and so this is an opportunity to make people aware of what it can offer. You can register for a free ticket if you want to come along. Our own Hive account@alessandrawhite will be speaking there.

Friday Follows

• Last weekend was HiveBeeCon in Poland. Hive account@ph1102 was one of many people to report on it. It looks like it was a lot of fun.
• Hive account@ugochill has a new tune out that fits the mood of his album Chill Em All.
• Hive account@blanchy got some fun responses to a post about favourite meals.
• Hive account@godfish had a great trip around Sicily.
• It was good to see Hive account@killerwot back on Hive. He has been busy with a new addition to the family.

The End

I will have a break from the dog house this week after a few weeks of drama, but there is always something going on here. Yes, I did see that Hive account@hivewatchers has been getting proposal funding some of the time, but this will depend on who votes for it. I know that is just one guy who is trying to deal with the many scammers who attempt to get unearned rewards. That could get far worse if (when?) the price goes up again and we have to decide how we deal with it. I do think that there needs to be open discussion on the best ways to deal with abuse. That is distinct from personal feuds that also go on here. We cannot control how people act when it gets personal.

I had some computer issues recently and need to get things working again so I can do the #Britlist next month. I did switch from Brave to Firefox to see how it goes. It is usable once you block ads on other sites and of course the Hive account@keychain extension is available for it.

Enjoy your weekend and Hive five!

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Hive account@tenkminnows: Helping good Hivers level up Hive account@proofofbrian: A bot that checks for tag typos #BritList: A monthly list of Hivers in the UK