Whatever you imagined isn't happening. LB paid a vendor last month. I have the agreement sitting in front of me right now.
Receipts have to be so heavily redacted to be posted publicly that they would be almost useless, similar to the one linked here about the car sale. This is because we've had cases of people call vendors/sponsored events and harass them. I already replied to another post committing to ask the conferences if we may publicly share their decks. I can't tell you if anyone will allow it but here's hoping.
There are new exchange listings being worked on on a regular basis, majority tied to our promotions. They do take a long time. This proposal directly funds requirements for US exchanges, which I know a lot of people are waiting on. In fact, almost the entire proposal value is for this.
In other words "just trust us bro, it for the greater good of hive."
I don't want anyone to trust me with these Hive promotions and all that goes with them, I want everyone to contribute to them.