Thank you for your thoughtful feedback, @rivalzzz.
We’ve now updated the proposal to include a preliminary roadmap outlining our planned milestones and deliverables — please take a look above.
The budget increase primarily reflects the expansion of our development team (two additional engineers) and higher infrastructure costs required to sustain and accelerate progress across multiple HAF-related projects.
Our growing team is fully dedicated to building open-source tools that are essential for Hive’s long-term transparency, analytics, and ecosystem growth. We’re continuing the essential groundwork initiated by blocktrades & team within the HAF ecosystem, and we’re proud to actively contribute to this shared vision.
These tools are not just “nice-to-have” additions — they form the analytical and operational backbone that will make Hive more transparent, accessible, and developer-friendly. Having additional developers allows us to speed up delivery, address community feedback faster, and ensure Hive continues to stand as a model of openness and data integrity in the blockchain space.
While “on-demand” development can work for isolated fixes, our current scope spans long-term, interconnected projects (Explorer UI, Balance Tracker, HAF BE, HAF Stats, etc.) that require continuous collaboration and development stability. This approach ensures consistent progress rather than fragmented, stop-start efforts.