Hive shows that real-world adoption can occur through local participation and practical use cases. The recent Hive Hub in Guatemala demonstrates how small investments, along with clear KPIs and measurable results, can create genuine economic activity, draw in new users, and encourage the use of HBD in everyday transactions.
@buttcoins, @ecoinstant, @ecoinstante, @ninaeatshere, @jthomasewsky, and @starkerz organized a Hive Hub in Guatemala at Hotel Del Lago from late June to August 2025. It cost us:
- Check-in incentives: 64 × $3.00 = $192
- Hive debit cards: $250
- 2 Point of Sale Terminals: $275 × 2 = 550
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Partial coverage of flights for 2 people: $800 + $450 = $1,250
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Total cost: $2,242 USD
Hive Hub Community
Before starting, it's important to highlight the community feed. In the Hive Hub Community, you can discover all the content created within this timeframe. Below, you'll find links to the community for different frontends.
hive.blog: https://hive.blog/created/hive-132463
ecency.com: https://ecency.com/created/hive-132463
peakd.com: https://peakd.com/c/hive-132463/created
Hive Hub Setup Content
https://3speak.tv/watch?v=buttcoins/dvusnfks
Update - HIVE HUB GUATEMALA- Video Tour
WORK HARD PLAY HARD - Hive Hub Guatemala
https://3speak.tv/watch?v=ninaeatshere/rdbgbswrak
First reception day Hive Hub Guatemala
https://3speak.tv/watch?v=buttcoins/igmugwoa
MY FIRST JOB — HIVE HUB GUATEMALA
Onboarding Results
Users onboarded at the Hive Hub in Guatemala
Checkinwith.xyz onboarding statistics
We onboarded 64 new people to Hive and trained them on how to spend and blog.
Once these users realized they could earn cashback for spending at the Hive Hub, many deposited money into Hive Debit cards and Hive accounts and started spending at the businesses registered there. In return, they used Distriator to get cashback.
https://3speak.tv/watch?v=plantastic/vjlebnikvl
HBD haven't ever tasted Soo good 🍻💳
https://3speak.tv/watch?v=plantastic/mzuhwrvcdx
https://3speak.tv/watch?v=hivedebit/xqudahfpnq
How to Tap and Instantly Spend your HBD with an NFC Card
https://3speak.tv/watch?v=hivedebit/lurhnvctnc
How to Charge your Hive Debit Card at a Business
Spending Results
Total recorded spending:
My Innervoice Yoga: 9.13 HBD Del Lago Hotel: 828.87 HBD Del Lago Beach Club: 412.7 HBD Dippin Buns: 561.2 HBD
Total Spending at Hive Hub Businesses: 1811.9 HBD
Workshops run: 7 (one per week)
KPIs
Users Onboarded: 64 Workshops Conducted: 7 Average Spend per User: 1811.9 / 64 = 28 HBD Average Cost per Onboard: 2242 / 64 = 35 HBD
Conclusions
This shows that for a small investment, Hive can fund Hive Hubs around the world. These Hubs can generate profit throughout the year (covering only 2.5 months of turnover) and can find ways to repay any funding invested, especially when the Hive Hub is an existing business that already shows profit or turnover.
We want to suggest more Hive Hubs worldwide as a sustainable method to promote Hive to real people in actual locations, demonstrating real use cases for the stable currency Hive has built, which is HBD.
These Hive Hubs can host regular workshops teaching people how to create content, earn the currency, engage with the ecosystem, and use HBD for shopping. From there, users can advance further, learning how to onboard local Hive businesses and expand the currency's reach within their communities beyond just the local Hive Hub.
We would like to propose that Hive establish at least 10–20 initial Hive Hubs in different places where Hive is already popular around the world.