The world has not made a great start to the year with more conflict and chaos. I am not really a fan of 'AI' generated content, but when you hear of people using it to create abusive images your heart just sinks. I would hope that more people leave the ex-Twtr, especially governments and other organisations who would not want to be tarnished by that association. I got off ages ago. I find some of the people I followed on Mastodon, but maybe some will find Hive. I am avoiding corporate platforms as much as I can.
The $HIVE price has recovered a little and the trading does not all seem to be from Korea this time. I have dropped $TRON from the charts as it stretched the scale out. I would have hoped it would crash and burn by now, but no such luck. Maybe the legacy coin will do so eventually.
The 
@fullcoverbetting did an in-depth analysis of activity on Hive last year. We really need to see more active people here.
@hivecreatorsday have tools to create graphics for how you did last year and what you hope for in 2026.
@planetauto do cool videos about cars. They are UK based so that may limit what they have access to, but they have been looking at various EVs coming over from China. We have a lot of choice in that area now.
@run.vince.run has been running the 
@strava2hive service for a long time, but he is also a very active athlete. He has posted about some alternative training technology.
@sidekickmatt again as he produces several fine comics whilst travelling the US to pet-sit. A true digital nomad.
@louis88 has created various cool Hive utilities and has put up a page listing them all. That also allows you to vote for his witness or send him a secure message via 
@keychain.
@whiterosecoffee who is also a Hive witness. I just got a fresh batch.You can always find drama on Hive if you go looking. I just want people to be nice to each other, but if you annoy people then they are likely to react. I have recently had some spammy comments that complain about political issues I can do nothing about, so those people will get muted. I do not even have much influence on Hive, despite what some may think.
Some people will hit ten years on this blockchain in a few months. Many projects have fizzled out in a much shorter time and even Google abandons popular services. Hive will exist as long as someone will run witness nodes and I see little sign of them giving that up. It is getting easier to set up a node so that is something I want to look into this year. I would not expect to earn much from it, but it is a way to give something back to the community. Maybe someone will do a write-up of the different ways to do that. I know it can be run on a small computer, but it does require some maintenance. Our blockchain is a good place to host how-to guides.
Happy Hiving in 2026!
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