HiveFest is back for another round, usually unusual and boringly awesome as always. For the fourth time, we're partnering not with a single airline, but with the entire SkyTeam airline alliance as our official travel partner!

When most people hear “trust issues”, they think of breakups or drama-filled pop songs. But whenever money is involved (especially in the cryptocurrency realm), there’s a more expensive version: every misplaced trust can empty a wallet. Blockchains promise trustless systems; math instead of middlemen, but the human layer still relies on good faith. Scammers know it, weaponize it, and cash out while we’re still wondering if that link looks odd. So yes, we really do have “trust issues” because trust is what they count on and what we lose.

I was going to use this title on April Fools' Day, but I ran out of time. It's too good not to use, so I'm using it now.New Mirrornet Instance running our next HardFork versionProduced through the Sora computational diffusion model for image synthesis

This post is for informational purposes and Mirrornet operations coordination, intended for witnesses and developers who want to use the test environment.Mirrornet/Fakenet?Please refer to my previous posts if you are unfamiliar with what the Mirrornet/Fakenet is. I strongly recommend reading them before doing anything involving the Hive Mirrornet. I don’t want to repeat what was written, and some of the information may be obsolete since it relates to previous instances that ran a long time ago. However, you can still gain a better understanding of what it’s all about.

Hive Core Development 2024Many people asked me to share a video that some of you may have seen during the core developers panel on the first day of HiveFest at Meštrović Gallery in Split (while being there or via the online stream). I put this together quickly as a presentation to showcase how Hive Core Development has progressed over the past few years - from the day Hive came to life to the day of the presentation.

We are going to Split! - That might seem obvious because I've been fortunate to attend every annual meeting since its inception. That is, until last year. For the first time, I missed HiveFest last year. While I enjoyed watching the event via online streams, it was nothing compared to being there in person. I even hosted an alternative cry-party for those who couldn't go to Rosarito. Yes, that absence created the longest HiveFest deprivation period in my Hive life ;-)