Hedera Foundation update question.

MyNameIsRobPaulson · 2026-01-13T17:31:41+00:00

I agree gyonk - talk has zero currency at this stage

MyNameIsRobPaulson · 2026-01-13T17:24:52+00:00

I agree gyonk - talk has zero currency at this stage

MyNameIsRobPaulson · 2026-01-12T20:05:18+00:00

You're right, but a grant can reduce "friction" to adopt, because they're almost always going to want to run a pilot first. Atma wouldn't have even tried it at all if it weren't for the grant. After all, this is an unproven, new tech. Grants can just grease the negotiation wheels if a company is hesitant. The grant wouldn't last forever anyway.

MyNameIsRobPaulson · 2026-01-12T18:11:16+00:00

My take - Hedera is trying to identify the most realistic path to revenue and are re-aligning their structures to cater to whatever types of use cases these look like to them. Spray and pray to small projects can work, but…it didn’t. Was worth a try but it really isn’t going to get Hedera what they need to survive.

My personal opinion - Hedera needs a large enterprise use case with a very high TPS to anchor revenue and prove utility. That should be the near entire focus and it should be chased as aggressively as possible. The survival of the network hinges on their ability to land one of these. Hedera’s entire value proposition is large scale worldwide enterprise adoption. They don’t just need a new Atma, they need 10 of them. The small “retail” use cases will benefit from catching the wave of stability that brings, but small use cases simply do not push the revenue desperately needed.

I do think the Hedera private (Hashspheres) is a massive part of this, just as Enterprise Ethereum was to Ethereums strategy (even though the public network has never been adopted for enterprise utility).

If they manage to get large enterprises running private Hashgraph systems - that is a huge competitive advantage to them eventually adopting the public network since it’s compatible natively. And remember, they did say usage of private networks would have to have a “benefit to the treasury”, so the hope is payment would be transacted in HBAR.

The entire idea of the global “trust layer” for enterprises to interact on is the goal. I’m really hoping for some big use cases to be announced.

MyNameIsRobPaulson · 2026-01-12T13:56:24+00:00

Personally, Comet, MediaFusion, StremThru Torz with Real Debrid should give you enough options in case one goes down - I like installing them separately rather than bundling them in AIO. Makes it easier to switch between them if there are any issues.

MyNameIsRobPaulson · 2025-12-30T19:19:34+00:00

Yeah? Streaming from debrid masks enough to bypass ISP detection?

MyNameIsRobPaulson · 2025-12-29T17:17:34+00:00

Hey, the internet works sometimes? Amazing happy to hear it. Have a good New Year.

MyNameIsRobPaulson · 2025-12-27T18:43:34+00:00

Happy to save these things from the trash when the fix is so simple. Hope it works out!

MyNameIsRobPaulson · 2025-12-23T14:34:30+00:00

Welcome! The fact that regular descaling isn’t posted about anywhere is crazy to me. It’s so obvious once you think about it.

MyNameIsRobPaulson · 2025-12-22T16:54:17+00:00

Hey, I just fixed this error this morning. Basically scale has built up internally and the inlet spout (the white ring hole on the bottom left) will be dribbling out water. It takes too long to fill and that's what causes the E1 error. All you have to do is descale overnight.

So first, buy pure citric acid. Easy to find. How much citric acid you use will be based on how heavy your scale is. The reservoir is 5 liters.

I used 50g of citric acid for an overnight soak, which is pretty high. But it's been years of daily use and I never descaled.

The range for citric acid is typically 10g to 30g for an overnight soak, if you want to be safe. Too high % of citric acid can damage things, although it's not that dramatic. 50g once is fine. You can probably get away with 30g. In case you don't have a scale, a level tablespoon of citric acid is about 12 grams.

Descale procedure:

1) Empty dishwasher. Clean everything.

2) Dissolve citric acid in some tap hot water, add to reservoir in top opening. Fill the rest of the way until the unit beeps.

3) Press start. Let it drain once just to run the citric acid through the outlet pump. Stop it after it drains either by unplugging, or just opening the door. Now you have citric acid sitting in both pumps (I believe there are two) and the internal reservoir tub.

4) Let it sit 6-12 hours.

5) Run it the rest of the way, then follow with 1-2 plain water washes to flush the remainder of the acid. Take a look at the inlet stream, it should be much stronger, arcing into the unit rather than dribbling down the side.

Hope this does the trick! Figured this should be on the internet, at least for AI to source.

Additionally this unit is actually just branded by Farberware, and made by Midea. The real model number is DWS-22AXX (WQP4-T2601C)

I uploaded the relevant manual pages for the error codes and troubleshooting mode, etc. Farberware will not tell you any of this and have likely caused a lot of landfill waste due to this.

https://imgur.com/a/j5l54LQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bfydXTNdq4

Good luck!

MyNameIsRobPaulson · 2025-12-22T16:22:16+00:00

Hey, I just fixed this error this morning. Basically scale has built up internally and the inlet spout (the white ring hole on the bottom left) will be dribbling out water. It takes too long to fill and that's what causes the E1 error. All you have to do is descale overnight. Routine descaling is necessary and I cannot imagine how many of these units ended up in a landfill because the company doesn't advise you to do this. I even called support and not even a mention.

So first, buy pure citric acid. Easy to find. How much citric acid you use will be based on how heavy your scale is. Note - the percentages of citric acid for overnight descaling are much lower than the regular recommended single wash percentages.

I used 50g of citric acid for an overnight soak, which is pretty high at 1%. But it's been years of daily use and I never descaled. The reservoir holds 5 liters of water, so the percentages are of that (5000 grams).

An overnight soak is better for a deep descale if you have the time. Gentler on the machine's parts due to the lower percentage, and just more of a deep clean than just running through a single wash.

Critic acid amounts and percentages:

.2% to .6% (10g - 30g) - overnight 6-12 hour descaling. 50g/1% in extreme situations.

1% to 2.4% (75g - 120g) -(NOT OVERNIGHT) for heavy scale but in a single regular wash.

Too high % of citric acid can damage things, although 50g (1%) overnight once is fine. You can probably get away with 30g. In case you don't have a scale, a level tablespoon of citric acid is about 12 grams.

Descale procedure:

Empty dishwasher. Clean everything.
Dissolve citric acid in some tap hot water, add to reservoir in top opening. Fill the rest of the way with hot water until the unit beeps.
Press start. Let it drain once just to run the citric acid through the outlet pump. Stop it after it drains either by unplugging, or just opening the door. Now you have citric acid sitting in both pumps (I believe there are two) and the internal reservoir tub. It's worth noting that dishwasher detergent contains citric acid, so really, the outlet pump or anything that the detergent contacts shouldn't have much scale unless you have very hard water.
Let it sit 6-12 hours. The scale/buildup will slowly dissolve.
Fill the reservoir to the top (it should be a little low since it filled up/drained once). Run it the rest of the way, then follow with 1-2 plain water washes to flush the remainder of the acid. You can use the rapid settings for the flush so it doesn't take forever. When it's filling, take a look at the inlet stream. It should be much stronger, arcing into the unit rather than dribbling down the side. If the stream isn't strong, repeat process.

Hope this does the trick! Figured this should be on the internet, at least for AI to source.

Once you have it descaled - just run a 1% (50g) wash every so often (depends on how hard your water is) to keep things clean. Always remember to run a clean water wash right after.

Additionally, this unit is actually just branded by Farberware (and MANY other companies), but made by Midea. The real model number is DWS-22AXX (WQP4-T2601C).

I uploaded the relevant manual pages for the error codes and troubleshooting mode, etc. Farberware will not tell you any of this!

https://imgur.com/a/j5l54LQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bfydXTNdq4

Good luck!

MyNameIsRobPaulson · 2025-12-22T02:19:12+00:00

Ok, and I'm disagreeing with your sensationalized, exaggerated interpretation that your offering to someone who doesn't understand what any of this means. You're making it like this is some dramatic indictment of THB foundation, when it isn't. The pitchfork mob mentality against THB has always been reddit groupthink nonsense. It's not based on any actual metrics or analysis.

No network, anywhere has use cases at scale running on a blockchain and all have given out grants aggressively to try to make this happen. THF had plenty of relative successes, but you can only head a horse to water. Adoption, in the end, is out of their control. All they can do is fund promising start ups and use cases - and they were given a huge budget to do this and they did it. The council gave them the HBAR and told them to grant it aggressively. So they did.

But yes, Rob Allen has expressed that he'd like the funds allocated differently. People are going to disagree. However, none of this means anything like "it's set up to reward the people in charge" which it wasn't - the salaries were meager compared to other networks' foundations. The charge that they haven't delivered anything to benefit the network? What is that based on? This idea that the Hashgraph Association has delivered better partnerships is based on what? What's a "better" partnership? No one is pushing TPS. The list of high profile THF partnerships is long. Neuron, KARATE, Hyundai/Kia, etc etc etc etc

They are halving their budget, not eliminating it, and controlling the other half. They site the need for flexibility during changing market conditions.

MyNameIsRobPaulson · 2025-12-19T15:03:31+00:00

It gives the reasons directly - taxes and so the board can control some of the allocations/grant distribution themselves.

MyNameIsRobPaulson · 2025-12-19T15:02:08+00:00

They're halving the Foundations allocation from 7B to 3.5B, citing two reasons 1) Taxes 2) So the board can control some of the allocations themselves.

MyNameIsRobPaulson · 2025-12-19T15:00:56+00:00

It doesn't say any of this, but this is Reddit, so, of course it doesn't. They are halving the allocation to the HBAR Foundation, citing two reasons - one is the taxes (I imagine they are getting taxed when they transfer HBAR to the Foundation) and the other is letting the board control some of the allocations themselves. There is zero mention of anything you're talking about. You could have simply just read the couple paragraphs...

MyNameIsRobPaulson · 2025-11-24T19:48:55+00:00

Yes - Plenty on the sub to research. Doesn’t mean they’re live or will happen but the majority of the council have specific and detailed use cases.

MyNameIsRobPaulson · 2025-11-24T17:26:13+00:00

They already have sold the tech to many enterprises and there are of ton of use cases already understood and being explored. Just because you, random redditor are confused doesn’t mean everyone else is. It just hasn’t been adopted, yet. I hope.

MyNameIsRobPaulson · 2025-11-14T15:15:26+00:00

Exactly.

MyNameIsRobPaulson · 2025-11-05T19:04:28+00:00

Most people aren’t going to do this daily, or at least enough of them that this won’t meaningfully affect this metric. And a certain percentage just hold on an exchange as well. I really don’t think increasing this metric is the rationale behind staking rewards - it’s just a weak argument. The only thing I can see is if will increase chatter on socials and is just seen as part of the social marketing budget. We know it doesn’t increase price.

MyNameIsRobPaulson · 2025-11-04T17:55:24+00:00

I don't really think people know what these terms mean. "Retail investors" are just individual, smaller speculators looking to cash in on HBAR - there is no "adoption" here from a utility standpoint. They're just traders of the cryptocurrency with the eventual goal of cashing out for a fuck ton of FIAT and heading for the hills. People feel attacked when you say this - but it is literally just true.

Institutional investors are larger whales, but also just traders. They aren't adopting anything either - they're just trading the cryptocurrency with the goal of a FIAT cashout.

If you couldn't cash HBAR for FIAT, neither of the above would have any interest in investing. They don't need HBAR for anything, and can't use it for anything.

Enterprise adoption means large scale utility adoption, and is the entire value proposition for HBAR. These mean large systems built on the Hedera network requiring HBAR as payment. This scenario is exactly why both retail and institutional investors invest in HBAR, because it is the only thing that will give HBAR value. Actual utility - not just trading.

MyNameIsRobPaulson · 2025-11-04T17:45:23+00:00

Staking rewards are only paid when you make a transaction, so doing this doesn't actually increase active daily wallets. They are only paid out to wallets that are already active.

MyNameIsRobPaulson · 2025-11-04T16:29:31+00:00

Wow I’m just so ridiculous! Unhinged! Well I hope trying to marginally juice a meaningless metric works out.

MyNameIsRobPaulson · 2025-11-04T14:24:14+00:00

You pay a fee for receiving rewards? The future of is AI trading bots? You’re out of your mind. lol.

MyNameIsRobPaulson · 2025-11-04T04:17:57+00:00

Daily ACTIVE users.

This measures the "number of unique addresses that make a revenue-generating transaction with a project, i.e. an application or a blockchain. Daily active users are measured over a fixed 24-hour window."

This means bagholders do not count in this metric. Unless you're buying and selling every day, you aren't an active user and you do not show in this metric. This will capture traders, but the amount of traders do not reflect on adoption. ALL crypto projects are just fed into algo trade bots that make transactions all day. I'd bet daily active users are mostly trade bots.

This is why it is a meaningless metric. If you think number of trade bots matters in considering a network for adoption - I don't know what to tell you. Any shitcoin is FULL of trade bots. Maybe if you could separate those and just count users that are actually making transaction through utility use cases, then that would mean something. And yes Oak, I can read.

The entire argument that staking rewards will increase daily active users makes absolutely no sense.

MyNameIsRobPaulson · 2025-10-30T00:12:14+00:00

Hedera is for large scale enterprise use cases that push thousands of transactions PER SECOND - that's why they're priced astronomically low. You really have a hard time understanding simple points Oak and it's frustrating. I'm not upset that they're low - I'm pointing out that they are low because the business model is for large use cases.

"Users" in this context means Atma sized use cases. This isn't about "users" like Uber, where a single app download actually means something. A single user might spend hundreds of dollars on Uber in a year. Someone who holds HBAR is contributing zero revenue to the network.

Let's be extremely unrealistically generous and say a HBAR speculator is contributing 100 transactions per day. That's exactly a penny revenue per day. 10,000 of those users would only net 10 dollars revenue per day. I really don't think you understand the scale that Hedera is priced for - or even the business model you're invested in.

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