One of the "smart contract" projects taking place is DLUX. This is a decentralized protocol that is now being tested by a number of nodes. The idea is to have a system in place that can tie into Hive as well as what 3Speak is creating.
In this video I discuss some of the features laid out in their road map along with the proposal they submitted to the Hive DAO.
Here are the links to the most applicable posts.
@disregardfiat/a-paradigm-shift-software-and-infrastructure-for-hive-web3-hdf-proposal
If you are technical and have a way to fire up a node, here is the post detailing that:
@disregardfiat/dlux-community-gets-it-s-first-node-runner
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