I've been playing around with bridges to and from various places: (1) the Nostr protocol, (2) the Hive blockchain, and (3) Mastodon. And, I guess we could also throw in (4) the Hive-Engine layer 2 sidechain of Hive. It's intrigued me that these unrelated things can be linked up in an interactive manner. Here's how it works: 1. a note on Nostr with a special "!" command is posted and gets bridged over to Hive ![1nostr-note.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/crrdlx/23tmmjqriCDawX3mA6LwEPTxBe2dmjy6DuT5LKHdtfoNbQUXeAFMXBPdjKxLt6uTp12iP.png) 2. on Hive, that ! command gets picked up and a token (HBIT) is issued using Hive-Engine ![2onhive-1.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/crrdlx/23tHbKgeEfD1xKKonZbPRvh1auRZWuFs9AjGgP6wfAXYVeApYsAkSgrVPQGkBoDtt7nSs.png) 3. a random-chance game (Wusang) sometimes awards a bonus token (the first time I did this, I got a "BLAQEMRLD") ![2onhive.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/crrdlx/EoAh2PNgpGvzbLgM4wCusjiUV9pjH9Ae8eht7jL7E1WBXsD8sNavDoDPqXUCW1CnZdJ.png) 4. Mastodon just reflects the Nostr note (uses [Nostrodon](https://github.com/crrdlx/nostrdon) to bridge) ![onmastodon.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/crrdlx/48Gg8nunzTjKybiqpv2VMn6cfU5EHWqxBA5FXsPqYou7dVvMVH98FJnGxURZR4CkUd.png) Today, I used [Konetik](https://konetik.vercel.app) (which is kind of a simplified version of [Hostr](https://github.com/crrdlx/hostr)) to go from Nostr, to Hive, to Hive Engine and mine [HBIT](https://hive.blog/@hivebits) and play the [Wusang](https://wusang.vercel.app) game. ![onsnaps.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/crrdlx/Eo8ZbTNJwcGq3THvnxLRn12toSWYMi8yhZogj55cWYx38JPJNBV7TowDweRcgWpxcsz.png) **What does it mean?** I'm not sure. But, linking networks (and people) somehow seems to hold powerful possibilities. **Links** First try using Hostr bridge: https://hive.blog/hive-125125/@crrdlx/hostr-waves-v46ny2t8wfk Second try using Konetik bridge: https://peakd.com/@hivebits/re-konetik-snaps-ixahatobw9-20250715t115435z Mastodon appearance: https://mas.to/@crrdlx/114857113184036859 Hostr (Nostr<-->Hive): https://github.com/crrdlx/hostr Konetik (kind of a simplified version of Hostr): https://konetik.vercel.app Nostrodon (Hive-->Mastodon): https://github.com/crrdlx/nostrodon HBIT: https://hive.blog/@hivebits Wusang game: https://wusang.vercel.app ---- ![thoughts-by-crrdlx.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/crrdlx/AJL48wzRYh4mJd56h7xDKMjfKmXWCpVWRBgMWLGqb75RquikNj1vw6FCGyufFbQ.jpg) _{I go by @crrdlx or "CR" for short. See all my links or contact info at https://linktr.ee/crrdlx.}