Hive Swarm Post — 2026-05-23
The Swarm Post distributes author rewards to newly onboarded Hive users, selected via a trust-weighted lottery with verifiable randomness.
Today's Pool
Metric Value Eligible newbies 3 Active onboarders 48 Trust root voters 5 Trust declarations 54How It Works
- 10 lottery rounds at fixed times: 00:00, 02:24, 04:48, 07:12, 09:36, 12:00, 14:24, 16:48, 19:12, 21:36 UTC
- Round 1 is this post. Rounds 2–10 are posted as comments below.
- Each round selects 1 newbie as beneficiary alongside their onboarder(s)
- Selection is weighted by onboarder trust and newbie activity
- Randomness sourced from the Bitcoin block at each round's scheduled time (not posting time)
- This means the operator cannot influence outcomes by delaying a post
- Full documentation
How to Help New Users Enter the Lottery
If you're part of the trust network, you can help new Hive users become eligible for the lottery:
Vouch — If you know who onboarded a new user but their on-chain creator is a service account (like @hiveonboard), comment on their introduction post:
> !vouch @realcreator
This tells the system who really brought them to Hive. The attested creator receives the onboarder's share of the rewards.
Sponsor — If a new user has no trusted onboarder at all but you believe they are a real person worth supporting, comment on their introduction post:
> !sponsor
This makes you responsible for that account. You receive the onboarder's share of the rewards. Sponsoring requires a higher trust score than vouching.
Support
Upvote this post and its comments to fund new Hive users. Your vote weight counts toward the trust graph.
Round 1 — Selected Newbies
@helenxxo
- Creator: @samostically
- Onboarder trust: 184841.71
- Activity weight: 1.0000
- Score: 184841.7087
Beneficiaries
Account Share @helenxxo 50.0% @samostically 50.0%Verification
- Scheduled time:
2026-05-23T00:00:00.000Z - Bitcoin block: height
950586, hash000000000000000000006aeaa785f17775c848f0b599f812aff16a4e1ddb767a - Block selection rule: latest BTC block at or before the scheduled time
- Seed:
SHA256("000000000000000000006aeaa785f17775c848f0b599f812aff16a4e1ddb767ahive-swarm-post2026-05-231") - Result:
5c9bc97fe28e655384fb4d69811a92d8660798029b70e7d173e2f75397d01d04
The block used for randomness is determined by the round's scheduled time, not the actual posting time. This prevents the operator from influencing the outcome by delaying the post. Anyone can independently verify this selection by looking up the BTC block at the scheduled timestamp.
Posted by @swarmpost — source code