If you missed our earlier blog post, scroll to the bottom for an explanation of what a Swarm of Swarms is.
This Week’s Developer Updates
Four teams responded this week to share updates on their active projects. In no particular order:
Team Mantequilla (
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- 3Speak SEO overhaul — robots.txt, sitemaps, structured data (VideoObject, Organization schemas),
reusable SEO component - iPhone testing and critical encoding bug report
- Snapie player — orientation lock, mute handling, PiP improvements
- 3Speak Player SDK — framework-agnostic HLS player (React, Vue, Svelte, vanilla JS)
- Shorts upgrades — gestures, keyboard shortcuts, preloading, user-specific feeds, history
- Video reactions — reaction chains as Hive comments with ReactionPlayer
- Platform: voting modal redesign, FAB speed-dial, playlists, video editor, new HotNode
- Encoder gateway — round-robin auto-assignment, eliminated race conditions, fairer load distribution
- Reliability — prevented duplicate jobs, local IPFS checks, improved heartbeat tracking
- Infrastructure — decoupling hotnodes, CID resolution, Pancreas API updates
- Audio Studio — drag & drop uploads, progress tracking, waveform player with seeking,
metadata/publishing UI - Audio Feed — live API data, pagination, responsive grid, track pages
- Login/profile routing fixes
Full report: @mantequilla-soft/4d78ea40
Team Threespeak Witness (
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Distriator with StarKerz
- Hide
Unverified claimmessage for verified businesses - Fixed onboarding post update via onboarding URL
- Implemented reusable Three-Dot report menu across ratings & reviews (login-only, iOS-only visibility)
- Refactored reviews/photos UI and fixed navigation bug
- Added
report author/content flow& live filtering for AppStore submission - Built
reported content storeand auto-hide reported users/reviews - Added account deletion API and blocked deleted users from login
- Implemented token-validation middleware for all APIs
- Prevented duplicate reports per user; tracked reports per logged-in user
- Added Admin management for super users
- Implemented block author/content logic
- Recorded POS, checkout, rating, review, admin approval demo flows
- Fixed Capacitor camera + gallery multi-select issues and claim screen UI blink
Hive Data Market with Starkerz
- Fixed admin visibility of data bucket records (backend)
- Dashboard modal shows data cards from bucket API
- Added
CSV downloadfor admin records - Implemented filters (age, business, brand, category, subcategory)
- Added filter popup UI with query-param API integration
- Prevented duplicate API calls and repeated records
Hive Fest Leaks with Louis88
- Added
available-countAPI to check unlocked leaks - Blocked payment if all leaks are already unlocked
- Enforced one leak per transaction with stored transaction IDs
- Prevented duplicate enable-leak requests (double-submit guard)
Team Actifit (
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Actifit:
- Actifit Android: additional checks for set username to fix nullpointerexception
- decrease sensor sensitivity to avoid out of memory errors (game mode i/o fastest)
- apply visual adjustments to settings page and additional checks to data fetching for preventing crashes
- fix issue with parsing json on individual posts
- major infrastructure & db upgrade
- Web: roll out version 1.8.3
Team Cryptoshots (
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- CTF: dropped flags can now be picked up by both teams
- Sound improvements: shields and device locator
- GR: weapon order improved
- KDR anti-cheat improved
- WIP: new map foundation
Beneficiaries
Dev teams that participate share the post rewards.
What is Swarm of Swarms?
This is a blog series where we will share updates from the Hive development community. The content consists of meeting notes from a virtual developer meeting, titled 'Swarm of Swarms,' which adheres to the Bee Hive theme. We have been doing this for around 30 weeks, without posting the content on-chain or elsewhere. As we broadcast more widely, I hope everyone can gain greater visibility into all the Hive project development.
The Swarm of Swarms is a virtual gathering where blockchain developers building on the Hive network converge to share project updates, insights, and knowledge. This decentralized meet-up brings together a collective of innovators and visionaries from the Hive ecosystem, specifically those developing applications and use cases on the blockchain. As participants join the Swarm, they are exposed to ideas, solutions, and experiences, enabling them to expand their professional networks and deepen their understanding of the rapidly evolving Hive ecosystem. Through this virtual convergence, the Swarm of Swarms aims to cultivate a culture of open communication, mutual support, and collective growth among its members.
I send weekly reminders to the participating development teams, encouraging them to share their progress in the Mattermost 'Swarm of Swarms' channel. Other developers can visit this channel to learn about the projects other teams are working on. The hope is that open communication will inspire more side conversations and collaborations. 👏 I appreciate the development team leaders who take a few minutes each week to share their latest achievements. There is room for more participation, and the coffee is free.
Please let me know how I can improve it, and forgive any mistakes. We will iterate!