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Development Updates - Hive Core Projects
• mcfarhat
This is another update on the work done over the last month by myself and several part-time resources that I have onboarded to learn about Hive and its technologies, and is separate from the work we do in developing &
This is another update on the work done over the last month by myself and several part-time resources that I have onboarded to learn about Hive and its technologies, and is separate from the work we do in developing & growing Actifit, for which we have a separate team.
During this iteration, and in addition to our work on Block Explorer UI and Balance Tracker, we further expanded our involvement to include denser, the condenser successor.

For those unaware, HAF Hive block explorer - HAFBE (code - [gitlab link](https://gitlab.syncad.com/hive/block_explorer_ui)) is an open-source block explorer developed by @blocktrades team of which we currently run a live instance at [hivescan.info](https://hivescan.info).
Denser is an open-source replacement for condenser, i.e. the code base behind [hive.blog](https://hive.blog). You can find the codebase [here](https://gitlab.syncad.com/hive/denser). We have recently setup a dev environment for both wallet and blog components running at 78.46.16.241:3000 and 78.46.16.241:4000
As usual, our work was focused on improving the user experience by suggesting and/or implementing functionality that we deem useful visually, reporting issues and improvements related to mobile view, dark mode, branding as well as witness details such as block production schedule. In denser, we worked on improving the setup process, and expect to append new language support in denser
Below is a breakdown of reported issues, enhancements, MRs, and issues under work.
#### Issues Reported (10):
These include bugs and enhancements:
- Opened issue [#494](https://gitlab.syncad.com/hive/denser/-/issues/494) "Add arabic language option and RTL support for denser" - project [denser](https://gitlab.syncad.com/hive/denser)
- Opened issue [#493](https://gitlab.syncad.com/hive/denser/-/issues/493) "setup instructions need updating to pnpm" - project [denser](https://gitlab.syncad.com/hive/denser)
- Opened issue [#343](https://gitlab.syncad.com/hive/block_explorer_ui/-/issues/343) "Add backup witness schedule under the witness schedule page" - project [Block Explorer UI](https://gitlab.syncad.com/hive/block_explorer_ui)
- Opened issue [#342](https://gitlab.syncad.com/hive/block_explorer_ui/-/issues/342) "witness schedule page missing some blocks" - project [Block Explorer UI](https://gitlab.syncad.com/hive/block_explorer_ui)
- Opened issue [#341](https://gitlab.syncad.com/hive/block_explorer_ui/-/issues/341) "add proxy info in user profile witness votes box" - project [Block Explorer UI](https://gitlab.syncad.com/hive/block_explorer_ui)
- Opened issue [#335](https://gitlab.syncad.com/hive/block_explorer_ui/-/issues/335) "Allow easy color-based rebranding of the UI" - project [Block Explorer UI](https://gitlab.syncad.com/hive/block_explorer_ui)
- Opened issue [#334](https://gitlab.syncad.com/hive/block_explorer_ui/-/issues/334) "Create a Dark/Light mode setting in UI" - project [Block Explorer UI](https://gitlab.syncad.com/hive/block_explorer_ui)
- Opened issue [#333](https://gitlab.syncad.com/hive/block_explorer_ui/-/issues/333) "Add titles to votes and votes history popups" - project [Block Explorer UI](https://gitlab.syncad.com/hive/block_explorer_ui)
- Opened issue [#332](https://gitlab.syncad.com/hive/block_explorer_ui/-/issues/332) "UI Issues in Votes History on mobile" - project [Block Explorer UI](https://gitlab.syncad.com/hive/block_explorer_ui)
- Opened issue [#327](https://gitlab.syncad.com/hive/block_explorer_ui/-/issues/332) "Create new page displaying witness schedule" - project [Block Explorer UI](https://gitlab.syncad.com/hive/block_explorer_ui)
#### Merge Requests Pushed (4):
These include bug fixes and enhancements related to the above issues:
- Opened merge request [!524](https://gitlab.syncad.com/hive/denser/-/merge_requests/524) "Updating setup instructions" - project [denser](https://gitlab.syncad.com/hive/denser)
- Opened merge request [!423](https://gitlab.syncad.com/hive/block_explorer_ui/-/merge_requests/423) "implement proxy details display in user votes box" - project [Block Explorer UI](https://gitlab.syncad.com/hive/block_explorer_ui)
- Opened merge request [!415](https://gitlab.syncad.com/hive/block_explorer_ui/-/merge_requests/415) "fix issues related to 332" - project [Block Explorer UI](https://gitlab.syncad.com/hive/block_explorer_ui)
- Opened merge request [!409](https://gitlab.syncad.com/hive/block_explorer_ui/-/merge_requests/409) "adjustment for proper calculation and display of delegated values and usd counterpart (316)" - project [Block Explorer UI](https://gitlab.syncad.com/hive/block_explorer_ui)
#### Currently Assigned Issues / Under Works (4):
- UI Issues in Votes History on mobile [332](https://gitlab.syncad.com/hive/block_explorer_ui/-/issues/332) - project [Block Explorer UI](https://gitlab.syncad.com/hive/block_explorer_ui)
- Additional balances to consider tracking in balance_tracker [21](https://gitlab.syncad.com/hive/balance_tracker/-/issues/21) - project [Balance Tracker](https://gitlab.syncad.com/hive/balance_tracker/)
- Account balances should be displayed more prominently [303](https://gitlab.syncad.com/hive/block_explorer_ui/-/issues/303) - project [Block Explorer UI](https://gitlab.syncad.com/hive/block_explorer_ui)
- Add "Last Block Produced" column/field in witnesses listing page [297](https://gitlab.syncad.com/hive/block_explorer_ui/-/issues/297) - project [Block Explorer UI](https://gitlab.syncad.com/hive/block_explorer_ui)
We look forward to contributing more to the Hive ecosystem and will provide further updates in the coming weeks.
- Support our witness @actifit on Hive, vote for us or set us as proxy on [actifit profile](https://actifit.io/actifit), or via [peakd](https://peakd.com/witnesses), [hive blog](https://wallet.hive.blog/~witnesses) or [hive-signer](ttps://hivesigner.com/sign/account-witness-vote?witness=actifit&approve=true).
- Support our witness @actifit-he on Hive-engine, vote for us on [Tribaldex](https://tribaldex.com/witnesses).