If you missed our earlier blog post, for an explanation of "what is Swarm of Swarms," scroll to the bottom.
This Week’s Developer Updates
7 teams! responded this week to share an update on their active projects.
Team Actifit
Block Explorer:
- The new blocks page has been released
- Integrating RC3 changes to BE UI
- Upgrade the next.js version for a critical bug fix
- Append clear button functionality on landing page searches + unify across app
- Unify page titles
- integrating HC into the node switching mechanism
- Add total record count on search results
Actifit:
- new menu layout for web experience
- Integrated username search to menu + autocomplete
- Integrated bad actor checks on wallet transfers, + warning + username autocomplete
- Integrate the bad actors list into a single user profile view
- Improve leaderboard page layout
- Fix titles for comment pages
- Improve wallet secondary action box for light/dark modes
Team Threespeak Witness (@threespeak)
App for TalentLand event
- ✅ Login
- ✅ Take Selfie 🤳
- ✅ Body, Tags, Community, etc
- ✅ Publish a post
- ✅ Confetti effect upon successful post
- ✅ Solve image rendering issues
- ✅ Update Beneficiary
- ✅ links to wallet, blog
- ⏳ Send HBD + SATs to the newly onboarded user
- ⏳ Show feed of onboarded users on Talent Land
- ⏳ Show how much each new user earned
Team Ecency (@ecency)
Ecency Mobile
CI migration from AppCenter to GitHub Actions
New architecture is disabled to address some bugs
Performance checks
Ecency Web
New wallet/crypto signup pushed to the alpha website
Fixed bugs on SOL and ETH balance checking after initial user feedback
Editor 2.0 final revision before preview release
Other bug fixes related to video embed, content styling pushed to production
Team Mithril (@team.mithril)
- Made new project repo for "safest HIVE keychanger" in gitlab - https://gitlab.syncad.com/hive/simple-keychanger-ui
- Updated from pseudo-BIP39-style seed phrase generation to Fisher-Yates Shuffle.
- Normalized RPC urls on nectarengine with new version - https://github.com/TheCrazyGM/nectarengine/commit/5141a61d3235bc3d267a9088759f9d7be90f63ef
- updated hive-nectar library with community metadata functions
- released nectarflower-go targeting the VSC community with dynamic information on HIVE node statuses: https://github.com/TheCrazyGM/nectarflower-go
- Released 6 total, professional shorts with full Blocktrades interview about HAF demystification
- Available to Hive-Echo in drive folder: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1pUnHZ2zmybrGLLRAlgdLL1TH2KG6OZ81
- Watchable on our DeepWeb3Secrets channel: https://www.youtube.com/@DeepWeb3Secrets/shorts
- Open sourced a community-provided tool for "transaction search" - https://github.com/TheCrazyGM/hivetools/blob/master/site-tools/search_tx/index.html
- Updated HIVE backlinker tool with additional features including tag and title filters - https://thecrazygm.com/hivetools/utility/backlinks
Team Techcoderx (@techcoderx)
- VSC Blocks: Completed contract verification UI and backend together with indexer specific to block explorer. Working on adapting the other pages remaining for mainnet.
- https://github.com/techcoderx/vsc-blocks-backend
- Aioha: Added VSC stake/unstake methods to core library.
- https://aioha.dev/docs/core/usage#vsc-call
Team VSC (@vsc.network)
- Mainnet launched a few weeks ago with the first block being produced on the 6th
- We've fixed several bugs after launch from stability issues, to stuff not working
- We are currently diagnosing an issue with the Hive block streamer that is causing some residual instability.
- We are still finishing up work on getting the frontend ready to deploy. Mainly API integrations and end to end testing. It should be launched sometime by this week or the following
- Next up for us is mainnet testing of EVM wallet logins, and smart contracts on the mainnet which require further attention.
- We've put out our next DHF proposal to fund continued development https://peakd.com/me/proposals/342
Team Spiritsurge (@spirtsurge)
Denser
- Deployed a repo for the Frontend Denser: https://gitlab.syncad.com/hive/denser-vercel
- This is a cost-free solution. Therefore, you can easily deploy the repo on Vercel and mass test any changes needed without having to deploy a standalone server.
- Samples for the deployed repo are at:
- For blog: https://denser-vercel-version.vercel.app
- For Wallet: https://denser-wallet-vercel.vercel.app
Astral Wars
- Working on exploration mode for Astral Wars.
- Expected completion: 25 Apr 2025
Beneficiaries
Teams are invited to opt in to sharing the post rewards by providing their Hive account information. Four teams opted in.
What is Swarm of Swarms?
This is a new series of blogs where we will share updates from the Hive development community. The content consists of meeting notes from a virtual developer meeting, titled 'Swarm of Swarms,' which adheres to the Bee Hive theme. We have been doing this for around 30 weeks, without posting the content on-chain or elsewhere. As we begin to broadcast more widely, I hope everyone can gain greater visibility into all the Hive project development.
The Swarm of Swarms is a virtual gathering where blockchain developers building on the Hive network converge to share project updates, insights, and knowledge. This decentralized meet-up brings together a collective of innovators and visionaries from the Hive ecosystem, specifically those developing applications and use cases on the blockchain. As participants join the Swarm, they are exposed to ideas, solutions, and experiences, allowing them to expand their professional networks and gain a deeper understanding of the rapidly evolving Hive ecosystem. Through this virtual convergence, the Swarm of Swarms aims to cultivate a culture of open communication, mutual support, and collective growth among its members.
I send out weekly reminders to the participating development teams, encouraging them to share their progress in the Mattermost 'Swarm of Swarms' channel. Other developers can visit this channel to learn about the projects other teams are working on. The hope is that open communication will inspire more side conversations and collaborations. 👏 I appreciate the development team leaders who take a few minutes each week to share their latest achievements. There is room for more participation, and the coffee is free.
P.S. This is a new blog series. Please let me know how I can improve this, and forgive any mistakes. We will iterate!