tibfox 3Speak Podcast

My new podcast is here! No schedule, just updates from inside 3Speak whenever there is something worth sharing. Episode one covers the part of 3Speak it lives on: 3Speak Audio.

## What you'll hear

- **NaPodPoMo:** a big thank you to @epodcaster, founder of National Podcast Post Month, and to everyone from 3Speak taking part. If you wanna listen to all episodes collected in one playlist head over to the 3Speak Audio Discover https://3speak.tv/audio?view=discover&type=external&podcast=6ae9583355209c98f24d60fe feed.
- **How 3Speak Audio grew:** built for musicians, adopted by podcasters.
- **Thumbnails for audio:** episodes in a playlist pick up its cover art automatically.

### The Audio Editor

Record, cut silences in one click, add Creative Commons music and post to Hive. This episode was made with it.

Open **Share** and pick **Audio Editor**. Record right in the browser, then let **Cut silences** take the dead air out of every clip at once, or trim by hand on the timeline. Each voice clip gets its own cleanup level, from light to strong, and **Normalize** evens out the loudness of the whole episode.

**Want an intro tune?** The music library has free tracks sorted by mood, and you can duck it under your voice so nothing gets drowned out. The song credit goes into your post automatically, and choosing a sound from a 3Speak creator gives them 5% of the post rewards.

Your draft is saved for a week, so you can stop and come back later. When it sounds right, post it to Hive straight from the editor.

### 3Speak Streaming (no active yet!)

I will update this post when you can finally stream on 3Speak.tv!

Go live from your browser or phone, invite guests on camera and let viewers clip your stream. Built on @meno's work behind OpenPods, plus a peek at the stress tests behind it.

### That's it for today!

Is audio a better format than video for these updates? Tell me in the comments, and follow the podcast https://3speak.tv/playlist/cb533949fca662b6b5068c515589e045 on 3speak.tv https://3speak.tv so you don't miss the next one.
Also do you have any wishes what I should cover if there are no new features to announce? Let me know in the comments too!

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*Music: "Funkorama" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100474). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*

Did you ever wanted to launch your own NFT collection but someone scared you off by mentioning smart contracts ? Imagine minting your own drawing series, a collection of your photography, badges for your community, trading cards for your new game, or even tickets for your next event - all without writing a single line of code.

Login, fill in a handful of fields, sign with Hive Keychain and BOOM, your collection is live on-chain!

In this video, I show you the new Magi Token SDK, which is now live inside of Altera. The Token SDK includes a drop-in widget that brings full NFT and token management to any Hive app with just a few lines of code. Also it contains headless sdk functions so you can develop your own NFT website without diving deep into Magi or smart contract code yourself.

You'll see how to:

Deploy an NFT collection from scratch (build, init, ready in one flow)

Mint new NFTs into your collection

Deploy your own fungible token and issue new tokens within minutes

Everything runs on the Magi network, signed with Aioha and indexed in a few seconds. If you've been waiting for a simle way to launch collections, mint, and manage tokens on Magi without writing a single contract call by yourself - this is it!

Here are a few links for you:

Magi Landing Page: https://magi.eco/

Altera App: https://altera.magi.eco/

Token Contract Source: https://github.com/vsc-eco/magi_token-contract

NFT Contract Source: github.com/vsc-eco/magi_nft-contract

SDK Demo: token-sdk.okinoko.io

SDK Source: https://github.com/vsc-eco/token-sdk

SDK on npmjs: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@vsc.eco/token-sdk

Magi Block Explorer: https://vsc.techcoderx.com/

One of the biggest headaches while planning [Hive Open Days](https://hiveopendays.com) in Alicante was a simple one: how do we make sure Spanish attendees can follow English talks, and the other way around? Especially when the conversation goes deep into blockchain terminology, which is hard enough in your own language.

The classic solution is a human interpreter, a microphone, and a stack of earpieces in the audience. But what if people want to chat and don't share the same language? This interpreter job would be almost impossible (or not cost effective lol). So we went a different way.

In this video, I'm showing ButterTranslate, the live translation service we will run at HOD Alicante for the first time, which is part of @mantequilla-soft.

It uses AI to listen, transcribe, and translate all near real-time, all in the browser, and all sponsored by the wonderful people at [Creative Work Hour](https://creativeworkhour.com/)!

The Live Translations will be available via scanning the QR code on our event badges, of course. Take a look at [my last video about the badges](https://3speak.tv/watch?v=tibfox/107690e7) and the onboarding flow we have set up for new Hivers! It will all be at one stop - it can not get simpler :D

**What the video covers**

- The main stage view that we project at the venue and overlay onto the livestream. It follows automatically whoever is speaking on stage.

- A QR code audience mode, so attendees open the same translation on their own phone, pick their language, and listen through earphones instead of reading if they prefer.

- One-on-one sessions for hallway talks, dinners, and small group chats - multiple people, multiple languages, everyone hears each other in their own tongue.

- A short live demo switching between English, German and Japanese, including what happens when several speakers jump in at once.

This is the first real-world test, so expect some charming AI quirks along the way. **That's the real fun of a premiere, right?** :D

**A huge thank you**

Live translation like this needs real GPU power, and we can only offer it thanks to @alessandrawhite and the @creativeworkhour team, who are donating a full day of live translation to the event. If GPU prices cooperate, maybe we can stretch it into Saturday too. Massive gratitude to them - this honestly would not happen in that scale without their support!

**After the event**

ButterTranslate by @mantequilla-soft will not stop at HOD. Coming soon: a Discord webhook feature and a subscribable websocket for all kinds of calls, plus integration into hangouts via https://snapie.io, https://3Speak.tv and more so anyone can add live translation to their own streams and conversations.

But first - Alicante. See you at Hive Open Days <3

13 days left until Hive Open Days '26 kicks off in Alicante and I still can't quite believe it's actually happening. Four days of Hive, Web3, sunshine, and way too much good food, all starting April 30th at ULab Coworking Space.

One of the many things I've been chipping away at over the past months is the event badges. Each badge carries a QR code that does a few things at once: it onboards brand new users to Hive in a genuinely simple way, and it gives attendees everything they need on-site. They can find the full event timetable, a one-tap link to our local HOD Telegram group, and direct access to the @ecency Discord server. They will also be able to realtime-translate all of their conversations and the main stage talks with a simple link. That will be the topic of another video tho.

Oh, and this time I printed all the badges myself - saves us a solid chunk of funds and cuts out the waiting time on external print shops. Bonus: full control over quality and last-minute changes.

The part I'm especially proud of is the onboarding flow itself. In this video, I'll walk you through how it works end-to-end, and once the event is wrapped, I promise to polish the whole thing up and release it open source on the mantequilla-soft github so anyone organizing a Hive meetup can use it. If you have any questions, drop them below — see you in Alicante! ☀️

Okay, I know I'm late haha but I still had to talk about the **New Shorts Editor** on [3Speak](https://3Speak.tv).

Browser-based, mobile-friendly, intentionally minimal. We kept it focused on what actually matters for short clips and pushing engagement on the platform. It's part of the recently pushed **BIG** wave of updates from us - the @mantequilla-soft collective! If you want to get all the new features then make sure to read the full breakdown: https://ecency.com/hive-181335/@threespeak/3speaktv-just-got-a-massive-upgrade!

What would you add to it? Drop your ideas below - we're building this based on what the community actually wants!

Quick dev update on what I've been working on lately. I'm building a token UI for the Magi Tokens standards, that got released recently by @magi.network. The idea is to make it as easy as possible for anyone to deploy and manage their own tokens without too much hassle.

In this video I show a quick demo of how token deployment works, how you mint tokens, send them around and how the approve and transferFrom mechanics work - which is basically the foundation for any kind of market or DEX later on. The Magi Token Standard is based on the ERC-20 so the pattern is battle tested and supports many upcoming contracts that can interact like staking, markets, daos, and much much more.

My development is still on testnet and some small issues (not bugs ^^) showed up live but nothing critical. More updates coming once it's fully live on okinoko.io here on my profile. Stay tuned!

Hey there!

Heimindanger is around again and now he started to post in the name of joythewanderer. I don't know how he got her keys but it could be an exploit on the DTube website back in the days. So be safe and **change your keys asap**!

I am guilty of changing them not often enough so I just did it and it is easier than you might think. Just go to peakd -> wallet -> account actions -> keys & permissions -> change password. Obviously save your new keys lol

Stay safe and please share this so he could not spam in your fiends name next time!

## Peace!

## The Beginning

On the 29th of January 2018, I sat in my room hoping to find a community that actually cared about what I create. Back then, I was messing around with video creation about 3D printing and other things, but web2 was just too saturated. The algorithms didn't care about quality or passion, only about who already had millions of followers. So I searched for alternatives and quickly found Hive (yes of course it had a different name back then - the one we don't speak about). I did not understand anything at all but I fell in love with it immediately.

The community was and still is pretty small compared to other social platforms, but with the open ecosystem, it turned out to be much more than I initially thought. It wasn't just another platform - it was a whole different approach to social media and content creation. No algorithm, no suit-people deciding what you can say, and actual ownership of your content. That sounded good, but I was definitely not aware of the importance of decentralization is to society.

## Falling Down the Rabbit Hole

After joining I quickly got involved in various communities, especially one focused on a video platform on Hive - I will not say the name though. It's like Voldem... oops, almost said it. But you probably know which one I mean if you've been around for a while.

So I created videos, joined community activities and also attended my first meetups in Hamburg. I wasn't just hooked! It was a completely new world that unfolded in front of me. Every single day - up until today - I learn something new. Whether it's technical stuff about blockchain, meeting interesting people from all over the world, or discovering new projects being built on top of Hive. The learning never stops.

What really got me was the people. In web2 you mostly interact with usernames and profile pictures, but here on Hive I actually got to know real people. We met up in person, worked on projects together, and built actual friendships. That's something you can't really put a price tag on and that can lst forever.

## Growing With Hive

Over the years I also got more involved in the technical side of things too. Started learning app development, python, javascript and now I know how to write smart contracts on Magi! I never thought about what mass of things I will create just because Hive and the endless possibilities it offers. And one of my "more recent" achievements is that I am the main organizer of an event that enters the third year in 2026: Hive Open Days! The events are actually one of the things I enjoy most. Seeing people meet in real life who only knew each other online, watching new friendships form, and bringing the community together face to face. We're currently working on Hive Open Days '26 in Alicante this April, and every time we organize one of these it reminds me why this ecosystem is special.

## Personal Growth

Looking back at these 8 years, a lot ore has changed in my life. I moved apartments three times, and while sorting my life I've grown as a person in ways I didn't expect. I'm much more confident now, I learned to say no to things that I don't align with and I got much better at estimating what I can atually achieve instead of overcommitting myself to everything. The biggest change is probably that I trust myself much much more these days. When I have an idea, I just go for it instead of overthinking. Being part of Hive definitely played a role in that - you see other people building cool stuff and you realize that you can do it too - if you only start.

## The Ones Who Stayed

Many people left, that's true, but many also joined in these 8 years and I'm proud to still be around and active. Some left because of the price, some because they didn't understand the long-term vision, and some just moved on to other things in life. That's normal and okay. But there's also a core group of people who stuck around through thick and thin, and those are the ones who really make Hive special. We all have different opinions and some might resulted in on-chain blocks ;)

## Let's Talk Price

The price of HIVE has changed a lot during this time, but for me that's just one side of what Hive is about. Don't get me wrong - I also check the price and would love to see it go up. But I stayed because of the community, the technology, and the possibilities to actually build things that matter. We have been at over 8(!!!) USD when I joined back in the day. After a ~7.30 USD drop and all the ups and downs we're still engaging with each other and yes - complaining about the price sometimes. I get that many of you bought in at much higher prices and that hurts, but that's how it goes with financial investments. You can't change the past, only work on the future.

What we all can do is keep working on onboarding new people and keeping the engagement high on the platform. The more active users we have who actually contribute, the higher our chances for an increasing price. Simple as that. We need more devs building cool stuff (yes there are devs searching for a platform like Hive), more content creators making quality posts and videos, and more people who keep them on the platform by engaging.

## Looking Ahead

I'm looking forward to all the things we're going to experience in the next years. The technology keeps evolving, new layer-2 solutions are being developed, and the whole web3 space is maturing. Maybe in 8 years you'll still be around to read my 16-year celebration post - who knows what Hive will look like then! Maybe we'll have 100 times more active users, maybe the price will be at 50 USD, or maybe we will still be a small but dedicated community. Whatever happens, I'll probably still be here, building something or organizing the next big conference or small meetup.

Thanks to all the people I was able to get to know here on Hive. Everyone who helped me along the way, everyone building the tools and platforms I use every day, and everyone in between who makes this ecosystem what it is. I will not name them - you know who you are.

# Peace and see you around!

P.S: I have scrolled all the way down on my profile and found [my first ever post](https://ecency.com/@tibfox/dn3ws2s7) on Hive - the video is not online unfortunately, but it marked the beginning of a very long journey I plan to continue for much longer.

I searched around and luckily found a backup of one of the early videos on Hive from [this post](https://ecency.com/@tibfox/12ko6r0z) (cringe warning & I say forbidden words in there...):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVv-wYG0okU

In this video I show you the new playlist feature on 3Speak I worked on yesterday. It is almost done but a few things here and there are still needed to make it production-ready.

You can soon organize videos in playlists (not only your own videos), put videos in the "watch later" or see which videos you have watched already. More about all of that in this short video!

Links mentioned in this video:

- Official Website of Hive Open Days

- the Hive España Community

- our Hive profile @buzzparty

- the tag #hiveopendays

The multilingual translation video chat product: Lingu.Social

My Magi Network UI: okinoko.io