A Further Reduction to the Ecency Proposal

Two weeks ago, we reduced our proposal request from 333 HBD/day to 250 HBD/day, after reducing our operational footprint.

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Since then, we have continued reviewing our infrastructure, operational expenses, administrative costs and development processes to identify additional efficiencies. By reorganizing our server infrastructure and consolidating services onto more flexible platforms, we have identified additional cost savings while maintaining service quality.

Following further infrastructure optimization and administrative cost reductions, we have determined that we can sustainably reduce the proposal request once again.

As a result, we are lowering the request from 250 HBD/day to 200 HBD/day.

This means the proposal now requests approximately 40% less funding than originally proposed, while continuing to maintain and develop the broad range of services and infrastructure operated by Ecency.

These include:

• Ecency Mobile (iOS & Android)

• Ecency Web

• Hive full node infrastructure

• Hive Signer

• Hive Keeper

• Hive Searcher

• Hive Explorer

• Image hosting and processing

• APIs and backend services

• User onboarding and account creation systems

• Abuse prevention systems

• Customer support

• Ongoing maintenance, security updates, and development

We believe responsible stewardship of community resources is especially important during challenging market conditions. At the same time, we remain committed to maintaining the tools, services, and infrastructure that help users access and participate in the Hive ecosystem every day.

Thank you to everyone who has provided feedback, suggestions, and constructive discussion around the proposal. We appreciate the community’s engagement and remain committed to continuous improvement and transparency.

For those interested in reviewing the original proposal, community discussions and follow-up updates, links can be found below: