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
Seven teams responded this week to share updates on their active projects.
Team Techcoderx (@techcoderx / @aioha)
VSC Blocks:
- Reworked address page to be more consistent across L1 and L2 accounts
- List blocks by proposer within the address page if an account is a witness
- List account ledger actions and transactions within the address page
- List the latest non-system transactions in the latest transactions page
Team Honeycomb (@disregardfiat / @spknetwork)
Honeycomb/SPK
- 1.5 is actively being tested with SPK network code
- DLUX is getting new features to support 1.5
- SPK Proof of Access is getting modernized
- @disregardfiat/honeycomb-15-testing
Team Threespeak Witness (@sagarkothari88 / @threespeak)
Distriator
- Enabled Hive kechain store invoice support
- Working on hivedebit
- Extra data payments alpha testing
- dhive_flutter
- Get discussion- handling JSON metadata for post previews
Others
- dhive_flutter_ux
- Working on hot/trending/new/promoted feed
Team Actifit (@mcfarhat / @actifit)
Block explorer:
- Revamp the all blocks page
- Include ops in all blocks page loaded dynamically on expansion
- Fix user operations view pagination
- Switch default BE node to api.hive.blog
- Update user mini balance chart based on rc6 + include savings
- Set the default full balance chart view to include savings
- Add additional details to the user account (properties) display
- Change the hive line chart price to close price
Actifit:
- Revamp wallet screen (accordion style sections, chevron expansion, enhanced tables)
- Revamp transactions view & include trx type-based coloring
- Append the URL/link to transactions + date toast display
- Upgrade image/video upload handling in app + fix issues for different Android versions
- Revamp rewards dialog for better UI/UX
- Improve workout screen for better UI/UX
- Fix issue switching languages
Team Cryptoshots (@gaottantacinque / @crypto-shots)
CRYPTO SHOTS - PVP v1.18.0
- Improved anti-cheat system: speed hack (fast/slow), wall hacks, injections, etc.
- Anti-cheat/team-imbalance for room creator.
- New mesh for Healthshot Syringe.
- Bug fixes: Move button in FFA, CTF debug UI 2, Mute button removed; improved web2 login error handling.
- PC: various improvements/fixes (defaults to high-graphics, Quit Game button, settings scrolling fix); added player tracking for tournaments.
Team Mithril (@ecoinstant / @team.mithril)
- Open-sourced scripting tool to auto-buy HIVE with HBD (internal market) and auto-dump h-e tokens: https://github.com/TheCrazyGM/auto-market
- Added HBD staking to VSC interface toolset: https://vsc.thecrazygm.com/
- Released typescript package for nectarflower hive node list: https://github.com/TheCrazyGM/nectarflower-ts
- Improved node benchmarking with deeper metadata and more meaningful scoring for both Nectarflower and Flower Engine.
- Released JavaScript package for flowerengine (hive-engine nodes): https://github.com/TheCrazyGM/flowerengine-js
- Submitted PR to fix "issue 53" in hive-engine repo: https://github.com/hive-engine/hivesmartcontracts/pull/105
Team SpiritSurge (@spriritsurge/ @astral.wars)
- Currently working on Onboarded Hive User Retention Data for 2024 and 2025.
- See: https://promote.hive.io/metrics/onboarding/userretention?year=2024
Beneficiaries
Teams are invited to opt in to sharing the post rewards by providing their Hive account information. Five 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!