By cutehive.com on Skatehive
While using CuteHive to browse proposal data, I recently noticed a significant issue — a major discrepancy between the total voting weight of a specific proposal and the calculated result from its voters list. This prompted a deeper investigation, which ultimately led to identifying a critical logic flaw. 🧩 The Issue: Inconsistent Voting Weight CuteHive provides a very useful feature: 👉 View voters of a proposal, sorted by voting weight, along with a calculated total. In theory: The total voting weight shown in the proposal list ≈ the sum calculated from the voters list However, in practice: The difference was massive ❗ This seriously affected the accuracy of evaluating proposal support 🔍 Root Cause: Ignoring the Proxy Mechanism After further analysis, the issue turned out to be related to a core feature of the Hive blockchain — proxy voting. In Hive: If a user sets a proxy Their governance voting power is delegated to that proxy account Their own direct votes no longer count ⚠️ How