Hive Swarm Post — 2026-04-17

The Swarm Post distributes author rewards to newly onboarded Hive users, selected via a trust-weighted lottery with verifiable randomness.

Today's Pool

Metric	Value
Eligible newbies	1
Active onboarders	15
Trust root voters	16
Trust declarations	38

How It Works

• 10 lottery rounds at fixed times: 00:00, 02:24, 04:48, 07:12, 09:36, 12:00, 14:24, 16:48, 19:12, 21:36 UTC
• Round 1 is this post. Rounds 2–10 are posted as comments below.
• Each round selects 1 newbie as beneficiary alongside their onboarder(s)
• Selection is weighted by onboarder trust and newbie activity
• Randomness sourced from the Bitcoin block at each round's scheduled time (not posting time)
• This means the operator cannot influence outcomes by delaying a post
• Full documentation

Support

Upvote this post and its comments to fund new Hive users. Your vote weight counts toward the trust graph.

Round 1 — Selected Newbies

Hive account@the3rdcord

• Creator: Hive account@littlenewthings
• Onboarder trust: 163028.37
• Activity weight: 0.8672
• Score: 141377.3029

Beneficiaries

Account	Share
Hive account@littlenewthings	50.0%
Hive account@the3rdcord	50.0%

Verification

• Scheduled time: 2026-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
• Bitcoin block: height 945397, hash 00000000000000000000a9bbafec4c39ebc3ce5665952a72bea7afc521d15f1b
• Block selection rule: latest BTC block at or before the scheduled time
• Seed: SHA256("00000000000000000000a9bbafec4c39ebc3ce5665952a72bea7afc521d15f1bhive-swarm-post2026-04-171")
• Result: 4a678d01ffbcbbefd971bf50731c111bebd0224babdc92413bbecbe6379b341d

The block used for randomness is determined by the round's scheduled time, not the actual posting time. This prevents the operator from influencing the outcome by delaying the post. Anyone can independently verify this selection by looking up the BTC block at the scheduled timestamp.

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