Get Ready for HIVE THRIVE Ep 50— feat. Hive Open Days KICK-OFF PARTY! 🎉

 ## The Who 🌟 Panel — [Hive Open Days 2026](https://hiveopendays.com) Team, Speakers, & Community Builders — featuring @ph1102, @palomap3 and more! 🎙 Hosts — @alessandrawhite & @shadowspub ## The When & Where 📅 Tuesday, 31 March | 6 PM UTC 📍[Hive Discord General Voice Channel](https://discord.gg/7zeyCtWnGJ) ___ ___ ##### Hey gang! 👋🏽 Don't many of us *live* for in-person Hive events? Whether it's HiveFests, local city Hive Meetups, or groups of Hive friends traveling great distances to meet, many of us on the chain have become the best of friends all because we took a chance to attend an IRL Hive event. This Tuesday's Hive Thrive Community Hour highlights a special in-person event known as [Hive Open Days](https://hiveopendays.com) (HOD), now in its 3rd consecutive year! Hive Open Days 2026 begins in 30 days from the day of our show, so we're going to throw a <u>Kick-Off Party</u> to celebrate!! ## Hive Thrive is throwing a Kick-off Party for HIVE OPEN DAYS!🎉 This is a party invitation you'll want to accept! The session will be bumpin'! 🪩 We'll be chatting up the team who are the boots on the ground of the event, the speakers, and even some of the early registrants who are veteran Hive event goers and organizers. We'll be discussing the plans, the places, and the paragliding *(wait, what??)* that are being prepared for the Hivians descending on Alicante, Spain from 30 April - 3 May, 2026. True to the mission of Hive Thrive, we'll take time to discuss the sustainability of in-person events in the current environment and their relevance to the esprit de corps of Hive. *Please say you'll come!* It'll be more fun with you there! 🥳 ___ ___ ## Welcome to Hive Thrive Community Hour — Episode 50 Hive Thrive Community Hour is our weekly town hall for builders, critics, curators — and anyone stubborn enough to still care about this strange and resilient blockchain of ours. Each week we slow things down, ask real questions, and let ideas breathe in real time. There are no scripts. No talking points handed out in advance. Just open conversation about Hive — its culture, its economics, its people, and the future we’re all quietly shaping together. ### We Explore... • Why Hive keeps attracting people who claim not to care…but clearly do • What actually creates value here versus what we pretend creates value • The psychology of the downvote button • Whether Hive is anti-fragile or just stubborn • And possibly why everyone thinks they could run the DHF better > There may be hard truths. There may be laughs. There may be mild discomfort. ## Hive Thrive Ain't Just Another Discord Show 😄 We treat it more like a live town hall for the blockchain; a place where developers, witnesses, curators, creators, and critics can share the same room and talk about the systems shaping Hive. If you’ve ever caught yourself thinking about Hive — why it works, why it doesn’t, or why it somehow keeps pulling people back in. You’ll probably feel at home with the likes of us. 🤗 What we’re trying to do * Help people understand what’s actually happening behind the scenes * Reveal the real stories behind Hive’s institutions and projects * Talk openly about governance friction and systemic issues * Look for ways forward that strengthen the network instead of dividing it Hive is a wonderful and remarkable experiment🔬. And like any experiment, it works best when people are willing to talk honestly about it. ___ ___ ## Meet Your Hosts 🎙️ @buttcoins Hive OG since 2017, community builder, musician, and all-around Butt who somehow keeps saying yes to more projects. @shadowspub Eight years strong on Hive, host of Pimp Your Post Thursdays, co-host of HiveSpaces on X, and long-time signal booster for emerging voices. @alessandrawhite 🆕 Founding host of @creativeworkhour & HiveSpaces o […]