Overview

Before asking the Hive community to entrust DHF capital to @shortsegments, voters deserve a transparent account of prior stewardship. What follows is a documented review of two community financial projects managed by @shortsegments on Hive, both launched in 2021, both operated with weekly public reporting, and both wound down responsibly before the 2022–2023 bear market could inflict losses on participants. Every claim below is verifiable on-chain via the @nolosslottery and @easydefi account histories, and through archived posts on hive.blog and leofinance.io.

Manager track record:

@shortsegments operated two simultaneous community financial products on Hive from 2021–2024: the No Loss Lottery (5,000+ ticket holders, 39+ consecutive weekly prize distributions) and EasyDeFi (50+ named investors, 57+ consecutive weekly reports, 27,000+ Leo pooled).* Both were closed proactively when market conditions changed. Both returned 100% of participant capital. Full documentation in Appendix B and at hive.blog/@nolosslottery and hive.blog/@easydefi.
@shortsegments — Three Years of Community Financial Management on Hive
Verify the record: hive.blog/@nolosslottery — hive.blog/@easydefi — hive.blog/@shortsegments

Project 1: No Loss Lottery (@nolosslottery)

Launched: May 2021 | Duration: ~3 years | Ticket Sold: 5,000+

What it was: The No Loss Lottery was a Prize-Linked Savings Account — a concept designed to combine the excitement of a lottery with the capital safety of a savings account. Participants deposited Leo tokens to @nolosslottery at a rate of 1 Leo = 1 lottery ticket. @shortsegments invested the pooled Leo into the Cubfinance DeFi yield farm on Binance Smart Chain. Each week, the earnings generated by the pool were distributed as prizes via a transparent random draw. All deposits were fully refundable at any time — the principal was never at risk.

Transparency: Each deposited Leo was assigned a numbered entry in a public ledger. A Google Random Number Generator was used for every draw, with screenshots published in each weekly winners announcement post. Refund requests were processed via public comment or wallet memo, completed within 1–2 days. All refund transactions are permanently recorded on-chain with memos.

Scale: The lottery surpassed 1,000, then 2,000, then 5,000+ tickets sold. It sustained 39+ consecutive weekly prize distributions with prizes ranging from 84 Leo to 304 Leo per week. It generated yields of 68% to 128% APR for prize distributions, funded entirely by Cubfinance earnings — never touching participant principal.

Capital return: When bear market conditions eroded Cubfinance yields, @shortsegments wound down the project responsibly rather than continue operating at reduced utility. Every ticket holder received a full refund of their deposited Leo. No participant lost their principal. All refund transactions are permanently recorded in the @nolosslottery wallet history.

Project 2: EasyDeFi (@easydefi)

Launched: July 2021 | Duration: ~1.5 years | Investors: 50+ named accounts
What it was: EasyDeFi was a pooled community investment vehicle designed to give Hive and Leofinance community members access to DeFi yield farming without needing to understand the underlying mechanics. Investors sent Leo or Hive to @easydefi in increments of 250 Leo minimum. @shortsegments handled all 13+ steps of the DeFi process and distributed 90% of weekly Cub earnings proportionally to all investors. @shortsegments retained only 10% of earnings as an admin fee — later reduced to 5% — and never touched investor principal.
Transparency: Weekly investor reports published every Sunday named every investor by account, listed their exact Leo stake, their percentage of the pool, and their individual earnings. By Week 30, the pool had surpassed 27,000 Leo invested. Reports ran for 57+ consecutive weeks. When funds briefly became stuck on the Hive-Binance bridge, @shortsegments disclosed this publicly in the investor report the same week, placed a support ticket, and completed delayed distributions the following day.
Capital return: As the 2022 bear market compressed Cubfinance yields, @shortsegments closed EasyDeFi and returned all investor capital before losses could occur. Investors who remained in Cubfinance independently after the pool closed suffered significant losses as the CUB token price collapsed. EasyDeFi investors lost nothing. Their principal was returned in full. The decision to close proactively — rather than continue collecting management fees while yields deteriorated — is the defining demonstration of @shortsegments' stewardship philosophy.

Combined Track Record Summary

Metric
EasyDeFi No Loss Lottery
Duration~1.5 years (2021–2022)~3 years (2021–2024)

Community reach
50+ named investors 5,000+ ticket holders

Reporting cadence
Weekly (57+ reports)Weekly (39+ draws)

Capital managed
27,000+ Leo pooled. 5,000+ Leo in prize pool

Capital return
100% returned before bear market losses
100% of all tickets refunded, on-chain

Fee model
10% of earnings only (reduced to 5%)
10% of earnings only

Key outcome
Closed proactively; zero investor losses
Three-year success; zero ticket holder losses

Conclusion

@shortsegments managed two separate community financial products simultaneously on Hive — one serving 5,000+ ticket holders, one serving 50+ direct investors — for a combined operational period exceeding three years.
Both projects published weekly public reports without interruption.
Both managed community capital responsibly under a trust-based model.
Both generated positive returns for participants throughout their operational periods.
Both were wound down proactively and ethically when market conditions changed, with 100% of participant capital returned.
Both left permanent, immutable on-chain records of every transaction, refund, and distribution.

The HiveComunityBank proposal builds directly on this track record.
The blockchain record proves it.
Verify:
hive.blog/@nolosslottery —
hive.blog/@easydefi —
hive.blog/@shortsegments

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