There was a call with @starkerz and some other projects actually where this was raised https://peakd.com/hive-108763/@starkerz/62084962 I think my post was definitely at the forefront. I am not the first person to flag DHF issues, but I guess lately I've been very persistent here and on Discord. And not because I want to see funding ripped away, I just see how awesome Hive is and I fear that could be jeopardised being fiscally irresponsible.
Notably absent from the discussion are a lot of projects. Biggest one for me is Keychain. Why 600 HBD a day and seemingly zero communication, hardly anything being shipped (as Blocktrades points out projects should be shipping weekly). And I say that as someone who thinks Keychain is awesome, but why so much daily? On the call it was apparent infrastructure cost is low and it's not expensive to host Hive apps. Most of the project costs are dev, which can definitely be trimmed as the sentiment was also devs are working 10x faster but projects aren't shipping faster.
I'm not taking my foot off the gas though. The call was honestly a very welcome step toward and @blocktrades clearly cares and shares the same sentiment. Whether we see projects actually step up, be more transparent and fiscally responsible remains to be seen. I'm feeling optimistic right now, but we definitely shouldn't let up. Hive is already at a historic all-time low.
It's more than a hot topic now. I think projects realise that they're being watched and funding isn't going to be hand waved through when they resubmit their proposals. It's make or break for Hive. We're not coming from a position of strength here.