If you missed our earlier blog post, scroll to the bottom for an explanation of what a Swarm of Swarms is.
This Week’s Developer Updates
Eight teams responded this week to share updates on their active projects. In no particular order:
Team Techcoderx (@techcoderx / @aioha)
VSC Blocks
- Re-implemented Discord bot on the newer backend
- Working on various network stats to be shown on the explorer
Others
- Released curation summary page with CSI metric from Hivetasks, available at https://techcoderx.com/curation
- Working on the witness rewards stats page
Team Actifit (@mcfarhat / @actifit)
Block Explorer:
- Add live mode for the all blocks page
- Hive transaction statistics display on the landing page + modal view
- Unify table styles across the app
Actifit:
- Android release 0.12.4 pushed, waiting for approval
- Implement broadcasting workout generation to the chain
- Implement saving and loading of workouts + details
- Implement workout generation retries
- Add workout section translations
- Add exercise count to the saved workouts section
Team Threespeak Witness (@sagarkothari88 / @threespeak)
Check in with XYZ
- New Feature - WorldMapPin integration
- It optionally adds the location of whoever is checking in.
- Default community is empty & optional
- "introduceyourself" and "check-in" are default tags
- New drawer menu where you can see all items - upload selfie, hive-joiners, manage onborders, my wallet, my blog
- Super Admin Features - Whitelisted onboarders
- As a super-admin, when you log in to checkinwithxyz, you can log in & add whitelisted onboarders
- AIOHA Login with our own UX
- AIOHA-based methods support: HiveAuth, HiveKeychain, Plain Text Key (Private Posting Key)
- AIOHA-based user management
- Added scripts to update and install packages like AIOHA, dhive, etc.
- Wrote custom deployment script to deploy web-app to checkinwith.xyz
- Upgraded backend checks
- After passing all checks, the backend will send rewards to the user - 2 HBD & approx 0.830 HBD sats
Team borislavzlatanov (@borislavzlatanov)
- Released an open-source hbdstabilizer.
- More info in this blog post: @borislavzlatanov/an-open-source-hbdstabilizer-bot
Team Mithril (@ecoinstant / @team.mithril)
- Released open call for testers for nectar 0.0.8b - type hints and community meta api calls - @thecrazygm/call-for-testers-hive-nectar-008b-released-now-with-more-types
- Released the flowerengine library for TypeScript: https://github.com/TheCrazyGM/flowerengine-ts
- PR to fix hive-engine "issue 53", through testing and accepted: https://github.com/hive-engine/hivesmartcontracts/pull/105#issuecomment-2904511766
- Released the Thematic Art Organizer tool for image links on Hive blogs: https://thecrazygm.com/hivetools/tao
Team Honeycomb (@disregardfiat / @spknetwork)
Honeycomb | SPK
- @markegiles/dlux--spk--honeycomb-front-end-updates
- All new frontend released
- HoneyComb 1.5 testing continues
- All Dynamic Honeycomb wallets (new tokens can specify dynamic wallet functions, no update on the frontend required to support new functions)
- SPK Network Testing Continues with open invitation
- Proof of Access / Token Rewards running with massive improvements
- Full virtual file explorer UI, metadata handling, drag and drop to upload...
- Blog Publisher integrated with SPK Drive
- SPK Network drives can share links to files/folders
- Broca is now a full token of its own, with its DEX
- DLUX has all new wallets for DLUX/SPK/Hive/HBD with feature parity to peakd/ecency
- Path cleared for NFT Builder / Token Builder / dApp Publisher with SPK testing.
- Expect a few more rapid releases and improvements with the overhauled ecosystem.
Team Spiritsurge (@spiritsurge / @astralwars)
Astral Wars:
- Did several hyper optimization sessions for the Android version of AW. Results:
- Reduced the size from 1.2 GB to 100 MB.
- No crashing on devices of up to 1 GB RAM.
** Works with Android 6 and above.
- No crashing on devices of up to 1 GB RAM.
Onboarding:
Working with user retention data to create an overall log of onboarding performance.
Team Cryptoshots (@gaottantacinque / @crypto-shots)
CRYPTO SHOTS
- PvP improvements: more actions while running (reload, weapon quick-swap); sound improvements (closeby enemies opening doors/portals); enemy name plate activated on proximity.
- PvP bug fixes: CTF destroyed flag bug; damage labels correctly displayed on hit.
- HE node update
- Misc: onboarding new dev (for Hive Chess) and new CFO (announcement soon); re-onboarding of parked dev (PvP controllers support); code changes for new sponsorship types, servers migration
Beneficiaries
Teams are invited to opt in to sharing the post rewards by providing their Hive account information. Six 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 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 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.
Please let me know how I can improve it, and forgive any mistakes. We will iterate!