Hello, here's the core dev meeting of the month, I apologize we lost 5 minutes early on as there was a recording issue

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1. HiveMind Sync Time & Robustness

HiveMind full sync time reduced from ~2.5 days to ~24 hours, significantly shortening the change/test cycle.
Multiple robustness improvements added to make HiveMind more resilient against various crash modes.
Outstanding HiveMind issue seen in RC-12 replay (block processing + DB issue) is expected to be resolved by the upgrade.

Codebase is now Postgres 18 compatible, but this release still ships on Postgres 17.
Delay was due to a dependency lacking PG-18 support at the time; it may be ready now, but too late to swap in. Next release expected to ship on 18.

K6 API performance testing added across all HAF apps.
Not heavily used this cycle, but intended to catch regressions in API calls going forward.
Additional motivation: gives AI measurable data to verify whether its changes improve or regress performance.

Target: release next week. App owners asked to test against apauditsyncat.com as soon as possible.
Tag naming clarified: RC-12 is old (weeks back). Official 1.x-style tags are protected and can't be easily re-tagged, so trivial changes forced fresh RC numbers, reaching 12.
Host moved to test2 / test3 tags to avoid that churn and the downstream ENV file updates it caused.
Use test2 for latest testing (test3 also acceptable). Real RC pending; HiveSense is the last blocker.

Boost updates are not for building against Ubuntu 24.
Aimed at downstream ideas around speeding up compilation. Too early to discuss details publicly.

api.syncad now exposes Total Value Locked on Hive.
New widget on Block Explorer shows total value locked, broken down into HP, HBD savings, and Hive savings, displayed in both Hive units and USD.
Positioned as useful for DeFi watchers.

Updated wax and health-checker versions.
Minor layout issue noted in health-checker: dark background from a denser theme doesn't render correctly inside Block Explorer. Expected easy fix.
Duplicate entries bug (two entries showing for current date) patched on the frontend; backend API issue to be filed separately.
Gandalf's key display request implemented: UI now shows full vs shortened key depending on screen/container size.
Transaction statistics chart added, using HAF's daily volume API. Also pushed to HiveScan. Known rounding issue filed against Block Explorer.
Block Explorer team remains resource-constrained, no funding; progress is incremental.

Started with a Codex + MCP-style integration for Unity; switched to Claude (Max), which worked significantly better.
Current setup runs end-to-end automatically: boots Mongo, boots the backend, boots the Unity editor, makes changes, runs the editor, tests on its own.
Limitation: no live visual feedback. Uses screenshots with 5-10s waits, presses buttons via Unity Execute Code (same path as a real click), then re-screenshots to verify state.
Delivered 3-4 features (frontend + backend) in a single day.
Visual polish still needs a human; code wiring does not. Viewed as a directional shift for game development.

V2V rewritten from scratch; entirely new backend.
Everything now drivable via custom JSON operations on Hive - not widely known yet.
Waiting on VSC to expose a Hive/HBD-vs-Bitcoin pool. Once available, the current balance-display frontend can be largely retired and custody removed.
In the meantime: balances on the system can be moved, used to pay Lightning invoices, or sent externally, all via custom JSON. Fully documented; contact Brian for integration help.

Previous model charged a meaningful fee per small sat send.
New model: deposit once (e.g. $100), then fan out 1,000-sat sends via custom JSON, with the fee only applied at deposit.
User-to-user on the system: no fee.
User to external Lightning: usually very small fee; node deliberately run on a low-fee basis.
Rewrite not yet publicised; announcement and writeup pending.

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