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Hive Swarm Post — 2026-08-15

Hive Swarm Post — 2026-08-15

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The Swarm Post distributes author rewards to newly onboarded Hive users, selected via a trust-weighted lottery with verifiable randomness.

Today's Pool

Metric Value
Eligible newbies 5
Active onboarders 55
Trust root voters 5
Trust declarations 61

How It Works

  • 10 lottery rounds at fixed times: 00:00, 02:24, 04:48, 07:12, 09:36, 12:00, 14:24, 16:48, 19:12, 21:36 UTC
  • Round 1 is this post. Rounds 2–10 are posted as comments below.
  • Each round selects 1 newbie as beneficiary alongside their onboarder(s)
  • Selection is weighted by onboarder trust and newbie activity
  • Randomness sourced from the Bitcoin block at each round's scheduled time (not posting time)
  • This means the operator cannot influence outcomes by delaying a post
  • Full documentation

How to Help New Users Enter the Lottery

If you're part of the trust network, you can help new Hive users become eligible for the lottery:

Vouch — If you know who onboarded a new user but their on-chain creator is a service account (like @hiveonboard), comment on their introduction post:

!vouch @realcreator

This tells the system who really brought them to Hive. The attested creator receives the onboarder's share of the rewards.

Sponsor — If a new user has no trusted onboarder at all but you believe they are a real person worth supporting, comment on their introduction post:

!sponsor

This makes you responsible for that account. You receive the onboarder's share of the rewards. Sponsoring requires a higher trust score than vouching.

Support

Upvote this post and its comments to fund new Hive users. Your vote weight counts toward the trust graph.

Round 1 — Selected Newbies

@sadii

  • Creator: @hivepostify
  • Onboarder trust: 256299.32
  • Activity weight: 0.7472
  • Score: 191512.4209

Beneficiaries

Account Share
@hivepostify 50.0%
@sadii 50.0%

Verification

  • Scheduled time: 2026-08-15T00:00:00.000Z
  • Bitcoin block: height 962498, hash 00000000000000000000c1187bde3911ea51920ca5cfc743e9a1d814d1a4acbc
  • Block selection rule: latest BTC block at or before the scheduled time
  • Seed: SHA256("00000000000000000000c1187bde3911ea51920ca5cfc743e9a1d814d1a4acbchive-swarm-post2026-08-151")
  • Result: 2cfdb73b2e381c8065ef07ae696f4e31d8256e0fa243f79e020a92386acf7b59

The block used for randomness is determined by the round's scheduled time, not the actual posting time. This prevents the operator from influencing the outcome by delaying the post. Anyone can independently verify this selection by looking up the BTC block at the scheduled timestamp.

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