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Hello Hive
Hey everyone, it’s us from the CBRS Podcast! We just dropped episode 58 and it turned out to be one of our most important ones yet. We recorded it in our freezing studio in the Netherlands (yes, our hands were literally going numb), but the topics got us so fired up that we forgot about the cold. Here’s what we talked about this week.
Hive-Echo Wheel of names
As always, we kicked things off by spinning the Wheel of Names for the Hive-Echo CTA Week 44 giveaway. Huge congratulations to the five winners who each took home 10 HIVE:
@roswelborges
@gr33nm4ster
@palabras1
@mdakash62
@oadissin
Your prizes are already in your wallets – enjoy!
We also shared that we’re working on a little refresh for Hive-Echo: new design, clearer info, and we might pause the daily Shorts to focus on amplifying the truly important updates and information that actually help people understand what Hive can do.
We Need to Fix Hive Inflation – It’s Time to Get Serious
The main thing we discussed is the big post from @threespeak about reducing Hive inflation. We completely agree: right now we spend too much on Marketing that does not work, and we’re giving out DHF (proposal) money way too easily.
We said #Hive feels like a basketball team that’s injured but still trying to play the last quarter instead of healing properly. Do we want short-term cash or a blockchain that lasts 20+ years? We choose the long game.
Some ideas we loved:
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Stop funding games and apps that only live inside Hive and don’t bring new users or real value.
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Split #DHF proposals into tiers (small, medium, big) with clear milestones. Finish phase 1 → get the next chunk of money.
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Do the same with ValuePlan – no more one or two people deciding where marketing money goes. Let the community vote in small stages.
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The reward.app made it too easy to cash out everything instantly. Take away the possibility to liquidate Hive and only allow 50/50 rewards.
If big accounts sometimes set 100 % beneficiary to @null for a while and burn Hive, that would help too. Every little bit counts.
Bottom line: we have to stop the crazy inflation now or the future looks rough.
Awesome New Tools That Bring Fresh Money Into Hive
Good news everyone! You can now send Solana, USDT and USDC (both on Solana and Ethereum) straight to any Hive account and it gets swapped into HBD automatically. Together with the existing BTC → HBD bridge this is huge!
That means every café, shop or hotel that already accepts HBD should also list themselves on btcmap.org (and solanamap, etc.). When Bitcoin or Solana people spend there, we get fresh HBD into the Hive ecosystem. Total win-win.
Community Fun and Cool Projects We Love Right Now
- @Holozing Christmas Advent calendar is live and it’s pure joy. We opened day 1 together on stream – everyone should join!
- Over 4,100 Holozing vials sold and more than 2,000 already opened. The new creature “Wuzing” looks dope. We’re super excited for battles and the full Pokémon-style game.
- Hive.io got a fresh, colorful redesign – finally shows more community spirit.
- @meno dropped voice messages on @Snapie – seriously, go try it, it’s amazing!
- @theycallmedan is working on a decentralized Discord replacement on Hive. Can’t wait.
https://youtu.be/gMo1555MetQ
Closing Thoughts – Let’s Save and Build Hive Together
We ended the episode begging everyone to go read the #3speak inflation post and leave your opinion. This is the moment to speak up. Christmas is coming, but the real gift we can give Hive is fixing the economics so it stays strong for years.
Next week we’ll try to get @Starkerz on the show to go even deeper.
Thanks for listening/watching, stay warm (unlike us in the studio), power up, and see you in the next one!
Much love,
Your CBRS Podcast crew
▶️ 3Speak