Just wow!
One thing is clear now Hive isn't just a post to earn or write to earn platform, it is something big, in fact it is bigger than my thoughts. Thanks for sharing these wonderful memories.
!PIZZA

😍 No tengo mucho qué decir... sólo que me encanta cuando ocurren estas cosas.

Those seats don't look very comfy!

Looks like a great crowd and some nice onboarding.

With all the amazing new Hive tech like Magi it is important to always remember that what makes Hive unique, more than any crypto techno wizardry, is community.

Was really nice to see you in Alicante. Was an amzing day. My Blogpost comes this days ...

Nice meeting you, and everyone else. We had some fun days indeed.

Great recap! It was great meeting you all for a fab weekend. Thanks for welcoming the newbies 🌟🌟🌟

Looks like it was a really good time for everyone that showed up!

It was a great event and a bit different than previous ones, at least for me... I suppose I spent a bit more energy on some "host duties", which cost me some time to recover on the last 2 days... I'm sorry I didn't attend the Clean Planet walk and excursion, which is a great activity with so much fun!
You did a great presentation on communities, and thank you once again for the shoutout! It was so nice of you! 🌹

See you at the next event!! 🥂

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Wow! What an incredible event. Glad the numbers was high and just looking at the photos it seemed like such a fun time.

I smiled reading about you forgetting to take photos because you were too busy talking with people. That means the event was truly alive.
👍

You're giving me FOMO, but great to see everyone together again with some new people joining too. We need more events with newbies.

Hermoso Alicante,

It was one hell of a party :) see you next time!

@palomap3, I didn't get the username of the person sitting by face forward

You’re writing about @elsurtidor 😉

This is a great recap, and I agree with you about the newbies interest and integration with us. It’s exciting to see them asking for everything and participating in the activities like one of us.

I loved to meet you! Have fun in your next destination and a good return home. 🤗

I'm still trying to assimilate these days... it has been very special for me to meet everyone present in person (it was my first participation in such a large Hive meeting). The photographs are a very good reflection of the very good moments lived and shared.

I hope we see each other again and, by then, I can manage minimally with English.

Thank you very much @livinguktaiwan, a very big greeting.

Frankly, I loved rhe goodie bag more this year! Loved the sunglasses. It was soooo fun seeing you again, and I loved reading through your recap (just landed home myself). Hugs 💛 see you again soon

So fun. Nice that you can have meet ups so often and to hear @mipiano play in person- what a treat.

So many cool moments! I bet that performance was magical! ❤️

The Great Illusion: How @guiltyparties Built an Empire on Empty Promises

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Prologue: The Mask of Benevolence

There is a particular kind of tragedy in watching a wolf dress itself in shepherd's clothing, not to protect the flock, but to shear it bare while convincing the sheep they are being cared for.

Today, we pull back the curtain on @guiltyparties.

To the casual observer, this account appears to be a hub of charity, a distributor of aid, a beacon of hope in the Hive ecosystem. The transaction history is a cascade of outgoing transfers: thousands of HIVE and HBD flowing to gpwallet accounts, to individuals in need, to "medical emergencies," to "food funds," to "rent." The memos speak of compassion: "dog's vet," "towards surgery cost," "Christmas event and gifts for the children."

But look closer. Follow the money. And you will find not a charity, but a centralized banking cartel disguised as a community fund. You will find a system where power is concentrated, transparency is an illusion, and the "help" provided is merely the interest paid on a loan of trust that can never be repaid.

We expose the truth: @guiltyparties runs a massive farm, a shadow bank, and a political machine, all while pretending to be a simple benefactor.

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I. The Architecture of the Shadow Bank

Figure 1: The Wallet Network (The Shell Game)

THE GUILTYPARTIES ECOSYSTEM
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
Central Hub: @guiltyparties
│
├── The Distribution Arms (Dozens of "gpwallet" accounts)
│   ├── @gpwallet, @gpwallet2, @gpwallet3... @gpwallet30
│   ├── Function: Receive large lump sums from HQ
│   └── Function: Disburse funds to end-users or exchanges
│
├── The Laundering Layer (@bdhivesteem)
│   ├── Pattern: gpwallets send HIVE → @bdhivesteem
│   ├── Action: @bdhivesteem swaps HIVE for HBD via internal orders
│   └── Result: Clean stablecoins ready for reuse or export
│
└── The Power Base (@spaminator, @logic, @hivewatchers)
    ├── @spaminator: Receives delegation (20k HP) & funds logic
    ├── @logic: Receives steady weekly stipend (~50-100 HIVE)
    └── @hivewatchers: Receives operational funding
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
Analyst Note: This is not charity; this is corporate structure. The use of dozens of numbered wallets obscures the total volume of flow and makes auditing nearly impossible for the average user.

The Implication:
Why does a charity need 30+ numbered wallets? Why does it need to route funds through @bdhivesteem to convert currency before distribution? The answer is control. By fragmenting the treasury, @guiltyparties creates a labyrinth that protects the central hoard from scrutiny while maintaining absolute authority over who eats and who starves.

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II. The Mechanical Symphony of Control

Based on on-chain transaction logs

While the public sees "gifts," the blockchain records transactions. And the patterns reveal a cold, calculated machine.

Figure 2: The Stipend System (@logic)

THE LOGIC STIPEND
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Recipient: @logic
Frequency: Weekly (every 7 days ±1 day)
Amount: ~50.00 to ~100.00 HIVE (precise decimals)
Duration: Continuous for years
Recent Examples:
• 50.066 HIVE (5 days ago)
• 100.051 HIVE (11 days ago)
• 49.985 HIVE (23 days ago)
• 75.249 HIVE (Mar 18, 2026)
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
Verdict: This is not a donation; it is a salary. @logic is an employee of the @guiltyparties empire, paid to maintain the infrastructure (Spaminator, etc.) that enforces the cartel's will.

Figure 3: The Currency Mill (@bdhivesteem)

THE CONVERSION LOOP
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Step 1: @gpwallet30 receives 830.000 HIVE from @guiltyparties.
Step 2: @gpwallet30 sends 830.000 HIVE to @bdhivesteem.
Step 3: @bdhivesteem executes internal limit orders to swap HIVE for HBD.
Step 4: Repeat with @gpwallet10, @gpwallet2, etc.
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
Observation:  HIVE were funneled through this mill. The sheer volume suggests @guiltyparties is acting as an unregulated central bank, minting stablecoin liquidity for its own network while bypassing open market price discovery.

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III. The Narrative vs. The Ledger

The most dangerous lie is the one wrapped in truth. Yes, @guiltyparties does send money to people in need. The transactions are real. The memos are heart-wrenching. "Medical," "Food," "Surgery."

But consider the source.

When a warlord builds a school in the village he occupies, is he a philanthropist? Or is he buying silence?

The ledger shows that for every dollar given to the poor, ten dollars are moved between shell companies (gpwallets). For every memo about "feeding children," there is a silent transfer of thousands of HIVE to @logic to fund the bots that downvote dissenters.

The Truth:
The "charity" is the marketing budget. It is the cost of doing business for a cartel that seeks to dominate Hive's governance and culture. They give you crumbs to keep you from noticing they are eating the whole loaf.

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IV. The Connection to the Downvote Machine

We cannot talk about @guiltyparties without talking about @spaminator and @hivewatchers.

• @guiltyparties delegates 20,614 HP to @spaminator.
• @spaminator receives this power and uses it (along with delegated power from others) to fund @logic.
• @logic and @spaminator are historically linked to the coordination of downvotes against critics, whistleblowers, and competitors.

The cycle is complete:

1. Accumulate power and wealth (often via opaque means or early adoption advantages).
2. Distribute small amounts to the public to build a reputation as a "benefactor."
3. Fund the enforcement arm (@logic/@spaminator) to silence anyone who questions the source of the wealth.
4. Repeat.

This is not community building. This is protection racketeering on the blockchain.

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V. The Verdict: A Scam of Proportions

To call this a "scam" in the traditional sense might be too simple. It is more insidious. It is a governance scam.

• The Promise: "We are here to help the needy."
• The Reality: "We are here to control the narrative."

The use of dozens of gpwallet accounts serves no purpose other than obfuscation. A true charity publishes its ledgers. It does not hide behind gpwallet24 and gpwallet25. It does not route funds through internal swaps to avoid detection.

@guiltyparties has built a shadow state within Hive. They hold the purse strings, they hold the voting power (via delegates), and they hold the whip (via downvote bots). And they expect us to thank them for the privilege of being ruled.

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Epilogue: The Reckoning

There is a particular courage in speaking truth to power, especially when that power holds the keys to your survival.

But the blockchain does not care about fear. It only records truth.

And the truth is this: You cannot build a free community on a foundation of centralized control. You cannot claim to be a benefactor while funding the silencing of your critics. You cannot pretend to be a saint when your ledger reads like a mob boss's ledger.

To the users of Hive: Do not be fooled by the breadcrumbs. Look at the bakery. See who owns the oven. See who controls the flour. And ask yourself: If I speak out against the baker, will I still be fed tomorrow?

The time for gratitude is over. The time for scrutiny is now.

Expose the farm.
Demand transparency.
Break the cartel.

— #Bilpcoin: We expose the truth, so you can confront it.

#HiveBlockchain #CryptoForensics #GuiltyParties #ShadowBank #DownvoteCartel #Transparency #BilpcoinTruth #StopTheAbuse

Looks like a great time! So pity we couldn't make it this year!

Hello ma'am @livinguktaiwan, i would like to ask for your forgiveness. I know i have made mistakes and wrong decisions in the past, and i am truly sorry for that.

I am doing my best now to change and become a better person here on Hive. I hope you can give me a chance to start over and accept my apology. Thank you very much..

I admire your ability to summarize everything that happened during those days in a single post, hahaha. I limited myself to writing just two posts per day, and yet I doubt I could have made them much shorter. Being able to express yourself concisely is definitely a gift—I admire it.

You’re absolutely right—it all happened so fast that I can’t believe a week has already gone by. It seems unbelievable.

Aww, I loved those photos at the brewery and café—it was one of the best spots we visited!

Setting the important stuff aside, I’m shocked to see how clearly one can see the muscle definition under the tattoo in the second photo. I’m pretty impressed—haha, it’s so funny! thanks for sharing 🤣

Looks like you had a lovely time. I would have been there… anyway there’s always other times!

I am sorry I couldn't come to the Cleanplanet activity but I see that finding that something (sock or bandage) was fun haha. It is a cool photo ;)