Overview
Ecency is one of the most widely used applications in the Hive ecosystem, operating across mobile, web, and supporting infrastructure.
This proposal focuses on:
sustaining infrastructure
responsible onboarding
efficient product development
This is not a proposal to expand team size, but to support proven operations.
Ecosystem Impact
Last 12 months:
3.84 billion requests
473 million page views
237 TB bandwidth
~10.5 million daily requests
289 million threats mitigated
Onboarding & Protection
~6,000+ users annually
~400-1000 users/month
Responsible onboarding
~47% of signup attempts are fraudulent
actively filtered before entering Hive
Support & Retention
Ecency provides:
Email support
Discord / Telegram support
Retention improvements via:
gamification
points systems
user incentives
Infrastructure & Core Services
Ecency maintains:
HiveSigner (auth)
These support both Ecency and broader ecosystem usage.
Efficiency
costs reduced ~22%
dev team reduced ~50%
feature delivery maintained
Cost structure now primarily infrastructure-driven.
Why Funding
Costs are driven by:
infrastructure
traffic handling
abuse prevention
ecosystem services
Unfunded Scenario
Without funding:
infrastructure may need reduction
reliability may degrade
onboarding & protection may be limited
Objectives
improve onboarding
optimize infrastructure
continue product development
Summary
3.84B requests
237 TB bandwidth
~47% fraud filtered
~6,000 users onboarded
Funding
Monthly: $3000
Duration: 13 months
Transparency
Full report:
https://trust.ecency.com
Detailed insights post:
@ecency/ecency-operational-transparency-infrastructure-insights
Follow up details:
May 14, 2026
@ecency/ecency-proposal-follow-up-q
June 7, 2026
@ecency/open-source-does-not-mean
June 20, 2026
@ecency/a-further-reduction-to-the
July 4, 2026
@ecency/keeping-ecency-running-an-honest
July 14, 2026
@ecency/keeping-ecency-running-image-hosting
July 28, 2026
August 3, 2026
@ecency/a-leaner-hivesearcher-and-the
Closing
Ecency focuses on sustainable growth, efficiency, and real-world scale.
This proposal supports continuation of that work.