You have heard this sentence. You have probably said it. I know I have. There is an old story about exactly that. I have already mentioned it in 2021, and in 2023, when I admitted that I was also waiting

"A wizard is never late..." The same applies to my witness updates. This is my weekly monthly regularly scheduled irregular one. My last post was four months ago, and my last proper witness update

Six years of Hive. A decade of the platform. "Can you promise that I will come back?" "No. And if you do, you will not be the same." - The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey I'm a Hive witness,

This is a copy–paste friendly guide to get a Hive consensus node running for HF28. Simple recipes for: seed node witness node exchange / personal wallet node basic API node Docker version of all of the

HF28 v1.28.0 HardFork is not something that we do very often. That's because Hive is pretty much feature-complete on Layer1 and already a perfect tool for a variety of use cases where a fast, secure, and

I’ll keep this one short(-ish). HiveFest starts soon. I’m in Kuala Lumpur and, in a few blinks, we’ll already be boarding planes home. If you’re around: come say Hi(ve). It’s our yearly “Oh wow, you’re

One Hundred Million Blocks on Hive! I’d brag about signing the 100,000,000th block, but it wasn’t me - @deathwing nailed it ;-) See for yourself: Why this matters (even if you’re new here): Blocks are

New avatar So, first things first: I’ve changed my avatar. Blame @roelandp - he asked me for my logo, and since my "company" is just me (that’s quite a company, if you ask me), the only thing

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

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

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 version Produced through the Sora

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

Core Development 2024 Many 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

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.

Hive consensus node - simple way Requirements: Hardware: x86-64, 32GB RAM, 1TB fast storage (SSD / NVMe) Software: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Assumptions: We act as user hive with uid 1000 and HOME=/home/hive We

A week ago, I marked 8 years since creating my account on this chain. Cheers! Generated with Illusion Diffusion HQ Upgrades (new release) If you haven’t done so yet, please upgrade your nodes to version

I’ve managed to secure a deal with an airline alliance, as I’ve done in the past for HiveFest. This usually unusual event deserves that! That means exclusive discounts of up to 15% on all SkyTeam airlines

Me again. Usual doing/writing balance issues. Generated with Illusion Diffusion HQ The biggest minor release of them all There were some posts by @blocktrades already, but it's not enough to emphasize

During the last Core Dev meeting, I’ve mentioned my Hive consensus node setup that consumes 7W of power. That was just my rough estimate, but because I was asked for more details, I took a closer look

Over 1.5 years ago, I initiated the first public Mirrornet for Hive. Since then, Mirrornet has proven itself to be a valuable tool to assist with core development. It's not easy to maintain because due