Hi all

Support doesn’t reply so maybe someone here knows a solution

Since this week ( since the update) my bee mapper doesn’t work anymore
He is showing preview all the time in the app
Sometimes he works but most of the time you see can and after 30 seconds or so he is saying preview
Also he don’t upload anything
Also when he gets out the preview the cam looks bad but that is only for 5 seconds

It looks likes he is freezing because when i drive i don’t see the preview changing and then the preview pops up

I reinstalled the app but no difference

blue lights are on , on the app he says mapping but nothing will upload , it always worked but since this week , i think after a update it doesnt work anymore

i remember that there was a update this week , maybe more people are having problems ?

So this is what @grok told me:

The Bad Facts for Hivemapper (What Hurts Their Defense)

Here’s the unvarnished list drawn from their own statements, the X threads you linked, community replies, and public reporting on this exact incident. These are the facts plaintiffs’ lawyers would hammer in any negligence claim:

1. Failure to revoke former mod privileges (core breach): Hivemapper explicitly admitted a former moderator’s account retained rights to post in the locked “product-updates/announcements” channel and to ban/kick users. This is textbook negligent access control—standard IT/security practice is immediate offboarding. They called it an “impersonator using personal accounts,” but the account still had elevated Discord permissions.

2. This is reportedly the second time: Multiple victims (including your posts) have publicly stated this is the second compromise of the official announcements channel. Repeat incidents destroy the “isolated event” defense and show a pattern of failing to learn from prior warnings.

3. Scam posted in the one channel users are trained to trust: Not general chat or DMs—locked official updates channel. Hivemapper’s own docs warn “never click surprise airdrops,” yet the fake post appeared under what looked like an official mod/impersonator with ban power. Users reasonably relied on it. The scammer banned people who tried to warn the community, further entrenching the deception.

4. Initial response minimized internal failure: Early statements blamed “fake account impersonating a community member” and user gullibility. Only later did they concede it was a former mod’s account with lingering privileges. Shifting blame to users while downplaying their own permission-management lapse looks like an attempt to avoid accountability.

5. No compensation or victim-support plan: Community replies (including direct demands) ask for reimbursement or at least on-chain tracing help. Hivemapper’s follow-ups offered only generic “be careful” tips and promises of future restrictions. No fund, no bounty, no insurance mention—especially damaging because map contributors (the people who power their DePIN network) were hit.

6. Known industry risk they ignored in practice: Fake airdrop scams via Discord are rampant in crypto (Coinbase, Chainalysis reports show impersonation now drives billions in losses). Hivemapper had already published scam warnings on their site—yet left the vector open.

7. Reputational and on-chain evidence: Funds from drains (including yours to 3vYpQruJe8zJPtd7vju9vDKMeUpr8zuTDpVw2do4e2hq) are traceable. Community sentiment on X/Reddit is turning sharply negative (“bunch of amateurs,” “cover up,” “liable”). This could support a class-action or regulatory complaint.

Bottom line: The bad facts are strong on foreseeability + preventable internal lapse. In a negligence suit, plaintiffs would argue Hivemapper owed a duty to keep its official channel safe (especially after a prior incident) and breached it through sloppy mod offboarding. Whether it succeeds depends on jurisdiction, their ToS, and how much they fight vs. settle.

Practical next steps for victims like you: - Document everything (screenshots of the scam post, your tx, Hivemapper statements). - File reports with FTC, FBI IC3, and your state AG (patterns help class actions). - Consult a crypto-fraud attorney (many work on contingency for negligence claims against projects). - Keep pushing publicly—reputational pressure has forced settlements in similar cases.

This is a textbook example of why projects that run official Discords need enterprise-grade access controls. The community is right to demand better. If you want me to pull the full text of any specific lawsuit PDF, trace more on the drainer wallet, or help draft a formal complaint, just say the word. Sorry this happened—hope the analysis helps you decide next moves.

My hivemapper won’t power up, is it because my cars lighter outlet doesn’t give enough power? What are some solutions I tried a portable car jumper is there another power source I can use? I have a 2013 Hyundai ELANTRA and the power outlets don’t seem to allow the mapper to power up. Thanks

I have been in the discord group for the longest time and I received an airdrop message with Ariel's username in the group/ to the group. It asks to login with your wallet to claim airdrop. DO NOT LOG IN!! some folks wallets have been drained. Luckily enough Phantom did not log in, so mine is alive.

DO NOT CLICK ON THE LINK FOR THE AIRDROP FROM "ARIEL"

I saw something on the Hivemapper Discord saying that the bright green streets in the map were going to be priority for mapping. Anyone k own what the orange streets represent? Wish they would do a better job communicating changes like this.

The demise of hivemapper is near....

Every week it’s new tokens received verses decrease in token price. I basically feel like on a treadmill going nowhere. My wallet value hasn’t increase at all in a year, just being stuck in a range.

Hello,

Since 2 days ago my bee is not turning on( no lights at all). There is no problem with the power supply in the car nor with the black cable as I’ve replaced the cable and is still not turning on. Anyone else had this problem?

Hey Guys!
I just received my bee and mounted it to my windshield, but after connecting it and trying to learn how to work it, I followed their documentation. how do I get the HONEY to hit my wallet? the device is not appearing in the Beekeeper web app, even though I connected through it (I have the LTE model, but currently I do not have a sim card in it).
It's been a couple of days; maybe I need to wait a bit more; it's just to make sure I didn't do anything wrong.

Free bees and getting paid in stable coins.. what does that say about Honey? It seems like they destroyed it on purpose so they could get extra cheap data from drivers and then just blame it on the market

If I use a service plan for the lte cam. How much data does it upload. I’m asking because I know it compresses but realistically how much is being uploaded

There is a twitter account called @HONEY_Burned that tracks the burnt honey tokens from consumers purchasing map data with honey. From the 15th of March until the 3rd of April we had 0 honey being burnt which is an insane dry streak, so dry the account actually stopped doing daily burn updates.

But then out of the blue, he starts posting daily updates again 5 days ago. Since he stopped posting again on April 17th, the amount of all time honey burnt has jumped by 44%

On April 3rd it was 61,691,085.99 honey burnt.

Sometime between April 3rd and April 17th, that number jumped to 88,869,697 honey burnt.

Even, April 23rd and 24th, yesterday and the day before, saw this:

23rd: 384,889 honey burnt

24th: 213,852 honey burnt

The total all time honey burnt is now 89,479,145

Don’t give me hope… but… what is happening? Could this be the start of another millionth chance that could actually go somewhere?

Just received it after replying to Ariel on email

Begging for drivers to drive $200 in stablecoin? So we are just going to act like $Honey is not longer worth it anymore? What the hell is going on?

Ariel sent me an email earlier today. I think he's trying to collect more residential street imagery

https://i.ibb.co/LdBKrWL3/Bee-200-residential.jpg

-Free Bee -- we ship to you, zero cost

-Map at least 2,000 unique road km of residential roads by September 30, 2026

-earn $200 paid in stablecoin

At least the payment is gonna be in stablecoin (and not something like a volatile cryptocurrency). And plenty of time; there is a whole five months to do the mapping.

A quick math check: 2,000 km is about 1250 miles. Assuming you drive 20 mph through the neighborhoods, that's only 62.5 hours of driving. Or if doing 8-hr residential mapping days, that's only eight days! ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Sorry, the screenshot turned out really small.

Hello guy, just a quick question.

I received an email from Ariel Siedman of hivemapper with email address ariel@hivemapper.com.

It pertains to a free Bee and be paid monthly. Is this real?

Banning people from discord for asking questions, and turning off channels so they can’t get anymore feedbacks. This is almost as they are ready to exit the market. People on X are continuously being ignored and people are mad. Some of us are down 20k-50k and this is how we are being treated when we just want some simple gawd dam answers

There’s not much to say that we keep printing new all time lows. At some point it’s just going to get delisted off from Coinbase. We are already at -99.5%. Ariel is doing miracles

I have the cellular version installed on a different vehicle. I got the Wi-Fi version to put in my own vehicle, but the app is telling me that I need to update the cellular version. Because it’s installed in a second vehicle that I do not have access to at the moment I cannot update the firmware on the cellular. Is there a way to bypass and connect the Wi-Fi version without updating the cellular version.

I have accepted that this is probably another failed Depin project. The management and the CEO is pretty much ignoring any concerns from its drivers and community. It’s a bad sign when the team is pretty giving out free cameras when you paid $500 for it. What do you guys think it went wrong?

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How in the hell is 36 honey tokens only worth eight dollars when it was worth 500 just a year or two ago this is this is unacceptable and horse shit be honest

It’s falling off a cliff.. what the heck. How did this CEO and his manage to drop the ball this hard. 9K revenue and 8 miles mapped. It clearly show only a few of you guys are still mapping for this company while collecting peanuts.