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The first AI powered recap of the best trending posts on PeakD and Hive, brought to you by the @peakd team :) Authors referenced will share the rewards of this post. Those using PeakD.com will receive a larger share (the DHF may also be a beneficiary). Insights from Blockchain Data: What Actually Works for Retention on Hive - by @demotruk A data-driven analysis of onboarding and retention on Hive, comparing various account creation and onboarding methods from Steem era to Hive era. The post, guided by Claude Opus 4.6, examines how different onboarding services (e.g., OCD, Ecency, 3Speak, Leo.voter, Splinterlands) perform in terms of long-term retention, using on-chain data and metrics like lastrootpost, lastpost, and lastvote_time. Key findings include: early rewards strongly boost retention, community support (e.g., Curie votes, HiveOnboard) significantly improves retention, paying for accounts yields better retention than free signups, lite accounts alone do not ensure engagement, an