The Who
🌟 Guest — @mrosenquist
🎙 Hosts — @buttcoins & @meno
The When & Where
📅 Tuesday, 17 March | 6 PM UTC
📍 Hive Discord General Voice Channel
Here’s a question worth thinking about:
How often does real expertise quietly pass through Hive without most of us noticing?
Sometimes there are people publishing serious knowledge week after week without much noise around it.
That’s part of what makes this week’s conversation interesting.
Because tomorrow we’re talking with someone who has been doing exactly that.
ABOUT OUR GUEST
For Episode 48, Hive Thrive Community Hour welcomes long-time Hive user @mrosenquist, also known as Matthew Rosenquist.
Matthew is a cybersecurity strategist and industry veteran who has spent decades working in the field of digital security. Outside Hive he has served in senior roles such as cybersecurity strategist at Intel and currently operates Cybersecurity Insights, where he advises organizations, speaks internationally, and publishes analysis on the evolving landscape of cyber risk.
His work focuses on the intersection of technology, human behavior, and leadership in cybersecurity. He frequently writes about topics such as AI-driven threats, organizational security culture, misinformation, risk management, and the growing complexity of defending modern digital infrastructure.
And yet, despite a long professional career and a deep well of expertise, Matthew has quietly been publishing his insights on Hive for nearly ten years.
He is not what Hive typically calls a “power user.”
He doesn’t chase trends or try to optimize posts for rewards.
Instead, he simply keeps writing.
Post after post, year after year, sharing analysis from someone who works professionally in one of the most important security fields shaping the internet today.
That persistence raises some interesting questions.
Why continue publishing on Hive when it is not your primary audience?
What does a cybersecurity professional see when they look at a blockchain ecosystem like Hive?
And how secure does a system like this actually appear through the eyes of someone who studies digital threats for a living?
Tomorrow we’ll explore Matthew’s professional journey, the ideas he has been sharing on Hive, and his perspective on the broader questions of digital trust, security, and resilience in decentralized systems.
Most of all, we want to shine a light on someone whose contributions are easy to overlook but well worth paying attention to.
We hope you’ll join us.
Welcome to Hive Thrive Community Hour — Episode 48
Hive Thrive Community Hour is our weekly town hall for builders, critics, curators, and anyone stubborn enough to still care about this strange and resilient blockchain of ours.
Each week we slow things down, ask real questions, and let ideas flow in real time.
There are no scripts.
No talking points handed out in advance.
Just open conversation about Hive, its culture, its economics, its people, and the future we are all quietly shaping together.
We Explore 🤔
• Why people with real expertise choose to publish on Hive
• How cybersecurity professionals view blockchain systems
• What real digital risk actually looks like in today’s internet
• The human side of security failures
• And why trust remains one of the hardest problems in technology
There may be hard truths.
There may be laughs.
There may be mild discomfort.
Hive Thrive Ain’t Just Another Discord Show 😄
We treat it more like a live town hall for the blockchain.
A place where developers, witnesses, curators, creators, and critics can share the same room and talk about the systems shaping Hive.
If you’ve ever caught yourself thinking about Hive, why it works, why it doesn’t, or why it somehow keeps pulling people back in, you will probably feel at home with the likes of us.
What we’re trying to do
✅ Help people understand what’s actually happening behind the scenes
✅ Reveal the real stories behind Hive’s institutions and projects
✅ Talk openly about governance friction and systemic issues
✅ Look for ways forward that strengthen the network instead of dividing it
Hive is a remarkable experiment.
And like any experiment, it works best when people are willing to talk honestly about it.
Meet Your Hosts 🎙️
@meno
Legacy Hivian, luthier by trade, Herzogian by hobby, cheese oligarch by appetite. Master of ceremony and master of BBQ.
@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.
@buttcoins
Hive OG since 2017, community builder, musician, and all-around Butt who somehow keeps saying yes to more projects.
@shadowspub
Eight years strong on Hive, host of Pimp Your Post Thursdays, co-host of HiveSpaces on X, and long-time signal booster for emerging voices.
@alessandrawhite 🆕
Founding host of @creativeworkhour & HiveSpaces on X, a classical clarinetist, industrial designer, and a hardcore Hive MeetUp junkie.
So take the best seat in the house 🛋️
Bring your curiosity and your best snack 🍿
And come think out loud with us 💭
HIVE THRIVE COMMUNITY HOUR —
“Where The Blockchain Thinks Out Loud!”
Looking for Past Episodes of Hive Thrive Community Hour?
Kudos to @ecoinstant who has kindly archived our past episodes. 🎉
If you missed any of our shows, he has posted them on his Deep Web3 Secrets YouTube channel.
Hive Thrive Community Hour artwork is created by founding host @buttcoins using Meta AI.