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demotruk
HiveFest
2026-06-07 18:18
HiveFest Doesn't Print Money. Here's What A Decade of Data Says It Does.
Foreword — by @demotruk Disclosure: I'm a regular HiveFest attendee — I've been to several editions since 2016 so I have a personal stake in this question. In the interest of transparency: I usually paid
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cryptocurrency
2026-05-31 15:22
On Forks: What Splitting a Blockchain Does to the Community and the Money
Foreword - By @demotruk I've been thinking about forks. They are some of the most dramatic events in crypto history, and having gone through some of them myself (eg. I was active on Reddit /r/btc during
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Hive Improvement
2026-05-25 12:53
"Hive" and Six Years of Name Confusion
Foreword — by @demotruk My post arguing for a rebrand of Hive laid out the mechanism by which the name "Hive" has damaged the Hive ecosystem, backed up by data that proves it is a real phenomenon,
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Hive Statistics
2026-05-24 13:27
Does the App You Start On Predict Whether You Stay?
Foreword — by @demotruk I've been writing a series on user retention on Hive, where I explore the data directly from the Hive blockchain using Claude Code. One interesting avenue that has not really been
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Hive Improvement
2026-05-16 18:26
What Would A Hive Rebrand Look Like In Practice?
If you haven't already, please read the proposal to rebrand Hive. You can find and vote to support the proposal here. After about a day of voting, it's at 5.6 million HP in support. That's 11% of the return
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Hive Statistics
2026-05-15 19:49
The 1.8% Who Met In Person Became 18% of Everyone Who Stayed
A history and analysis of meetups on Steem and Hive
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Hive Improvement
2026-05-14 19:46
The Case For A Rebrand
Foreword — by @demotruk My 10 year anniversary on this blockchain is coming up soon, on the 13th of July this year. How many of us remember the buzz of the early years of this chain? The excitement and
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HiveInvite.com
2026-05-14 19:41
Support for Hive Rebrand (In Principle)
Support for Hive Rebrand (In Principle) DHF Proposal — 1 HBD/day for 3 months - Returned to DHF What this proposal asks By voting for this proposal, you are stating two things: You believe Hive's name
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Hive Improvement
2026-05-11 14:00
The Slow Death Spiral Has a Root Cause: The Name "Hive"
Foreword — by @demotruk I have been talking about the slow death spiral that Hive has been in. A single turn of the cycle takes at least 3 months, potentially up to 8, so it's not a fast process by any
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HiveInvite.com
2026-05-11 13:15
The Platform Got Quiet — And Quiet Kills Newcomers
Foreword — by @demotruk Years ago I used some basic Granger causality to find that low user engagement may be a factor in user retention. Today I want to revisit that and explore it in greater depth. It
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Hive Statistics
2026-05-09 14:04
Extracting Value From Hive? What the Data Actually Shows
Foreword — by @demotruk In my previous post, I showed that retained users predict HIVE price increases and that there's no detectable sell pressure from user growth at the aggregate level. But as I noted
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HiveInvite.com
2026-05-08 17:15
Is Growing Hive Worth It?
Foreword — by @demotruk My plan was to make a post arguing that Hive is currently in a slow death spiral due to low user retention rates, yet a death spiral is just the converse of a virtuous cycle, and
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HiveInvite.com
2026-05-05 21:09
Why Spanish-Speakers Stay on Hive
A deeper analysis on how language and regional communities achieve retention, and how we can unlock growth potential
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HiveInvite.com
2026-05-04 12:38
The Rise, Abuse, and Quiet Migration of #introduceyourself
A History, Data Analysis and Insights for retention from the #IntroduceYourself tag on Hive
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Hive Statistics
2026-04-13 20:50
Insights from Blockchain Data: What Actually Works for Retention on Hive
AI Assisted Research on the Effectiveness of Onboarding Projects on Hive
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HiveInvite.com
2026-04-12 15:19
Let's Build a Web of Trust
Hive's Social Proof Advantage Hive already has something most chains don't: real social proof baked into it. Every blockchain claims to have a community, but on Hive, the evidence of community is embedded
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Hive Statistics
2026-04-09 18:54
The Single Most Impactful Thing You Can Do For Hive: Upvote a Newbie
Do Rewards Actually Predict Whether Hivers Stay? An AI-Assisted Re-Analysis Foreword - by @demotruk I suspect not everyone on Hive agrees that growing the user base is even a goal worth pursuing. There's
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Aliento
2026-04-06 14:06
HiveInvite ahora en Español — Incorpora nuevos usuarios a Hive con tarjetas de regalo
Nota: Esta publicación fue redactada con la ayuda de inteligencia artificial (Claude). HiveInvite.com ahora tiene soporte completo en español. El monedero, la aplicación de invitación, la aplicación de
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HiveDevs
2026-04-06 06:44
HiveInvite.com Is Live — Become a Hive Onboarder Today
Log in with Keychain, generate invite cards, earn referral rewards on every new user you bring to Hive
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HiveDevs
2026-03-28 11:00
Hive Invite Cards: Frictionless Onboarding That Anyone Can Run
Open-source invite system allowing any Hive stakeholder to onboard new users instantly.
