Królestwo Bez Kresu – Hive blockchain at the heart of a Kraków enclave
We designed and implemented a web application based on the Hive blockchain for Kraków's Królestwo Bez Kresu. We automated event registration, Rycar token management and community communication. See the results.
About Królestwo Bez Kresu
Królestwo Bez Kresu is an independent, non-commercial venue at 18 Biskupia Street in Kraków. It combines the functions of a meeting place, a grassroots cultural centre, a café and tea room, as well as a library and a coworking space. The key to its operation is an engaged community that supports the venue's functioning on a volunteer basis. The foundation of the organisation is the Hive blockchain, and the reward for engagement is its own Rycar token (RCR).
How to simplify life around the blockchain?
Królestwo Bez Kresu's activity was closely tied to the Hive blockchain: events were published as posts, and volunteers were rewarded with Rycar tokens. However, most operations were performed manually, which was tedious and error-prone. A tool was needed to make management easier and open the application to guests – without the cryptographic baggage.
For years, managing the community required manually verifying wallet balances, calculating changes and fighting the outdated interface of our previous tool. On top of that, we were heavily constrained by the capabilities of the existing interfaces for the Hive blockchain. It worked, but it was tedious and error-prone. We needed a tool that would take that burden off our shoulders and simplify life for the whole community.
Manual event registration
Publishing events as posts on the blockchain required manual work
Tedious token management
Granting and deducting Rycar tokens required manually counting the wallet balance
Scattered communication
News from the Kingdom was hard to follow without switching between the application and the Hive platform
Secure authorisation
Blockchain keys had to stay secure, while login had to be simple for guests
One application as a mirror of the blockchain
We designed a dedicated web application in which the Hive blockchain remained the source of truth, while a local PostgreSQL database became its faithful mirror. All operations – from publishing events to transferring tokens – happen as transactions on the chain, and the application reads and presents them in a friendly form.
Technologies used
We built the application in TypeScript on React Router v7 with the Bun runtime and Shadcn/ui for rapid interface prototyping. We deployed everything on our own infrastructure via GitHub CI/CD, Docker Compose and Coolify.
Project timeline
The project proceeded in five stages – from understanding the specifics of how the Kingdom operates to deployment and maintenance.
Discovery
Analysing the KBK operating model and mapping processes onto the Hive blockchain
UX/UI design
Rapid interface prototyping using Shadcn/ui
Implementation
Building the News, tokens, profiles and ranking modules, and integrating with Hive Keychain
Deployment
GitHub CI/CD pipeline, Docker containerization and deployment via Coolify
Maintenance
Ongoing technical support and iterations based on community feedback
Automation and transparency at the heart of the community
Active users
Number of active application users per month
Transactions per month
Operations recorded on the Hive blockchain
Time saved
Time saved per month thanks to automating manual processes
Blockchain synchronization
Application state updated in near real time
The application ran for several months, automating event registration, Rycar token management and community communication. We introduced gamification elements in the form of a ranking of token holders. Over time, Królestwo Bez Kresu decided to gradually move away from the Hive blockchain due to complaints about the blockchain itself and its community – the application then served as a bridge in that transition.
Thanks to the support of the experts at Tesserakt, the activity of Kraków's Królestwo Bez Kresu gained a solid foundation in the form of a modern web application using blockchain technology. We were also able to automate many cumbersome processes, such as building a knowledge base, newsletter campaigns or organising the work of volunteers.
Gallery
The tool's first iteration
User leaderboard view and the ability for a community manager to add/remove tokens
Expanding the application
Adding a home page with news, a user profile and a requests and voting module
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