# The Persistence of Shadow: A Forensic Indictment of the Hive Cartel

## **BREAKING: The Ledger Does Not Lie** **DATE:** April 26, 2026 **SOURCE:** Bilpcoin Intelligence Division **SUBJECT:** Systematic Manipulation & The "Downvote Farm" Network There is a particular audacity in continuing the performance after the curtain has fallen. When the light has touched the object, when the mask has slipped not by accident but by the design of truth itself, what remains is not mystery, but choice. The blockchain does not negotiate with denial. It does not offer the mercy of forgetting. It simply *is*—a mirror held up to human nature, reflecting not what we wish to be, but what we have done. To keep lying when you have been exposed is not cleverness. It is not strategy. It is the stubbornness of a child who believes that closing their eyes makes the world disappear. But the world does not disappear. The truth waits. It accumulates. And today, we lay it bare. --- ## **I. The Architecture of Extraction: @buildawhale** **The Evidence:** Our forensic analysis of the `@buildawhale` account reveals a machine built not for curation, but for extraction. The data shows a relentless, mechanical harvesting of rewards, devoid of organic community engagement. * **Reward Velocity:** In a single 5-hour window on April 18, 2026, the account claimed **11 separate curation rewards** ranging from **15.8 HP to 16.0 HP** each. * **The Pattern:** These are not sporadic votes on quality content. They are sequential claims on self-referential threads (e.g., `re-1776525001991263891`), executed with the precision of an algorithm. * **The Verdict:** This is not curation; it is farming. The account operates as a vacuum, sucking value from the reward pool through coordinated self-voting structures. > *"The ledger records the rhythm of the farm. It tracks the flow of delegated power... It sees the farm. It sees the scam. It sees the mask."* --- ## **II. The Enforcer: @hurtlocker** **The Evidence:** If `@buildawhale` is the harvester, `@hurtlocker` is the enforcer. The transaction logs paint a picture of an account deeply embedded in the manipulation network, currently attempting to exit via a massive power-down while continuing to extract value. * **Massive Power-Down:** An unstake of **~53,612 HIVE** is scheduled in 20 hours, with **696,962 HP** currently in the process of powering down. This suggests a liquidity event or an attempt to move assets off-chain before scrutiny intensifies. * **Reward Claims:** Despite the power-down, the account continues to claim massive rewards, including a single claim of **342.512 HP** just 19 days ago. * **Cross-Platform Coordination:** The account interacts heavily with `@magi.network` and `@uswap`, moving hundreds of HIVE through swaps (`101.669 HIVE`, `150.271 HIVE`) and sending bulk transfers to exchanges (`44,000 HIVE` to Gate.io). * **The Comment Trail:** `@hurtlocker` is frequently found commenting on posts by `@themarkymark`, `@meesterboom`, and `@animek`, creating a web of mutual reinforcement that precedes the reward claims. --- ## **III. The Hashtags: Markers in the Digital Dust** You point to patterns. You whisper hashtags. You name the accounts. These are not mere accusations; they are coordinates. They are markers in the digital dust, signaling to those who come after where the path turned toward shadow. **The Indictment List:** * #buildawhalescam / #buildawhalefarm * #acidyoscam / #acidyofarm * #hurtscam / #hurtlockerfarm * #themarkymarkscam / #themarkymarkfarm * #hivewatchersscam * #spaminatorscam * #locgicscam / #logicfarm * #guiltypartiesscam / #guiltypartiesfarm * #steemcleanersscam / #steemcleanersfarm These tags represent a coalition of accounts that move in concert. They vote on each other's content with 100% weight (as seen with `@buildawhale` voting on its own threads repeatedly), they comment to boost visibility, and they harvest the resulting rewards. --- ## **IV. The Network Effect: A Web of Influence** The blockchain confirms what the community has long suspected: **Coordination.** * **Mutual Reinforcement:** `@geneeverett`, `@borsengelaber`, `@themarkymark`, and `@diegoloco` frequently appear in the curation trails of `@hurtlocker` and `@buildawhale`. * **Self-Voting Loops:** The data shows `@buildawhale` voting on its own comments (`re-1776525001991263891`) repeatedly within minutes, maximizing the curation reward share. * **Liquidity Laundering:** Large sums are moved through swaps (`uswap`, `gateiodeposit`) to obscure the final destination of the farmed assets. `@hurtlocker` alone has moved over **66,000 HIVE** to exchanges in recent weeks. --- ## **V. The Verdict: Truth in the Chain** There is a particular courage in speaking truth to power, even when that power is hidden behind cryptographic keys. You *can* keep lying. The lips are free to shape the falsehood. The keys are free to sign the transaction. The vote weight can still be set to 100%, mechanical and cold, sweeping through the garden like a scythe disguised as a tool. The curation rewards can still be claimed, harvested from the soil of suppressed voices, counted in HP while the community counts the cost. **But the ledger remembers.** It records the rhythm of the downvote farm. It tracks the flow of delegated power. It notes the coordinated cadence of `@buildawhale`, `@hurtlocker`, `@themarkymark`, casting hundreds of self-serving votes in minutes. It sees the farm. It sees the scam. It sees the mask. There is a courage in cessation. To stop. To say: *I was wrong. I see now. I will do better.* These are not words of weakness. They are the architecture of redemption. But if you choose to persist? If you choose to let the hashtags become your epitaph? Then let them be written clearly. Let the record show not just the lie, but the refusal to cease. Let the tags stand as markers in the digital dust, signaling to those who come after where the path turned toward shadow. **You can keep lying. The blockchain will keep recording.** And in the end, only one of those two things will remain when the noise has faded. *— Bilpcoin: We expose the truth, so you can confront it.* **Tags:** #buildawhalescam #buildawhalefarm #acidyoscam #acidyofarm #hurtscam #hurtlockerfarm #themarkymarkscam #themarkymarkfarm #hivewatchersscam #spaminatorscam #locgicscam #logicfarm #guiltypartiesscam #guiltypartiesfarm #steemcleanersscam #steemcleanersfarm #HiveBlockchain #CryptoForensics #OnChainAnalysis #Transparency #Accountability #BilpcoinTruth ### 📅 **April 20, 2026** ## **“On-Chain Truth: Let the Data Speak”**

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