No April Fool: 5k Hive Milestone

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Funny how the first of the month comes around with annoying regularity. Especially when one is busy. It has been a busy month, but somehow I've managed a post virtually every day. Now, I've committed to another of @traciyork's awesomesauce initiatives - posting every day for a month. Read about #HiveBloPoMo here. Last April - I can't believe it's a year ago - I faded for reasons not important now, but I succeeded in November. It's fun and at the end of it: power up and see what a difference it makes to your stash of Hive!

Back to the business of the day: Powering Up on the first Day of the month

A year after Hiving off from that other blockchain and starting another crypto currency, Hive seems to be flying. That means we really are sitting on appreciating assets. Right here in the blockchain. Cryptos remain volatile, but even so, there seems to my layperson's ken, a general and steady appreciation. As they (and blockchain) are becoming more mainstream. A mixed blessing in my opinion. But that's a conversation for another time.

When I powered up in March, I celebrated 2k in my wallet which came from an additional 1k in my wallet over a two and a half month period. In congratulating me on that milestone -

The next one thousand will be quicker

they said.

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I thought

guess what?

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Looky here:

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And if you didn't look properly, and skipped everything, that is

5,043 HP

They were right!

I admit that I took the plunge, late in March, and converted nearly all of my HBD into Hive. This the biggest personal power up I can remember. That said, with both Hive and the Hive Based Dollar continuing their upward trajectory, I am thinking I might like to keep the latter liquid. Again.

The thinking behind (Hive) Power Up Day

From @traciyork who quotes @streetstyle, the brain behind the original power up day, the thinking -

On the first day of the month...
• ...we ask that everyone who can do so, power up any amount of HIVE they are holding on the first of the month.
• ... we ask accounts that are currently powering down to please pause the powerdown during the hours of the first of the month.
• ... we ask that those who are trading and/or selling Hive, not to do so during the hours of the first of the month (and if possible, cancel any type of sell order on any exchanges for the same hours).

To qualify for prizes

Your reputation must be above 39 and below 70.
Your total Hive Power (before the 1st) must be more than 100 and less than 8000.
You must power up at least 10 Hive on December 1st.
You must write a post about your power up on December 1st with the tag #HivePUD (International) or #HPUD (Spanish).

Continuing to help redfish to establish a power base

Many of you will know that in celebration of my third anniversary on the blockchain, I started offering delegations to three deserving accounts each month. After a couple of months, I increased that from 50 to 100HP per account.

Criteria for winning a three-week 100HP delegation for a month from me

  • accounts must meet the base criteria for Hive Power Up Day as set out in Traci's post

And accounts must

  • be less than 6 months old
  • have at least two qualifying posts since the previous power up day. Posts that qualify must have 200 words or more and exclude posts for Power Up Day, and Actifit.
    As a reminder, the reason I added the second criterion is because -
    Hive is a social blockchain: it's for socialising, ruminating and just generally hanging out.
  • a reputation of less than 61
  • not more than 500 HP in their accounts before they power up - both on the first of the month

If fewer than three accounts meet the criteria, the delegation will be allocated either

  • to a curation initiative or
  • to noob accounts (randomly selected) from @minnowsupport's #inroduceyourself curation posts or from @pifc's #PYP selections and/or
  • to accounts from communities that @acidyo has identified as part of @ocd's community incubation program.

No longer eligible

Not only have I hit the Big Five, but not long into March, I hit the big Seven Oh which means I no longer qualify for prizes in this challenge. That, though, clearly hasn't stopped me from powering up, and I will continue to do so each month.

And I plan continuing my support of this initiative.

As an aside: My not being eligible to win is one of the reasons that I have decided to post this on 2 April (although I powered up yesterday). The other is that instead of posting twice that day, I "banked" the post for today's #hiveblopomo edition and which I talked about at the beginning of this post (and again in the footer, so scroll down...).

For me, it's never been about the prizes (or the badges)

Here she goes again...

I hear regular readers, thinking.

she doesn't do challenges or competitions

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So?

It's never been about that or the @havebuzz badges, gorgeous though they are, it's because the initiative made me pay attention to my wallet; to building an asset. Also, what this means in the Hive, is that the bigger the pool of Hive Power in one's wallet, literally, the more power one has on the blockchain -

  • for votes
  • for curation
  • for commenting and reblogging
  • for building your asset and because the interest (yes, check your wallet, you earn interest) compounds.

Oh, and I have to add, at the risk of repeating myself, again, I have not used fiat to buy Hive. I have reached this milestone through posting, curation and participating in initiatives like this. I was also identified (happily) by the @pifc team when it was still active on the other blockchain; they delegated to my account and held my equally little fin with comments and upvotes until I became a minnow and could swim more strongly on my own.

Earlier this year, and when Powering Up seemed impossible, I had a #hivepudhelper angel to whom I shall always be grateful. I shall not hesitate to return the favour should he ever need.

For those celebrating traditional or religious festivals this weekend, may they bring blessings and peace.

Until next time, be well
Fiona
The Sandbag House
McGregor, South Africa

Photo: Selma






Post Script

  • Twice a year Traci York hosts a challenge to bloggers to post daily for a month. I've participated (or tried) for three years I've known her via the blockchain. Twice I've succeeded. It's that time of the year again, and I'm giving it a go - on the Hive blockchain. Wordpress bloggers are also invited to participate.


Image: @traciyork

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    • re-vamping old recipes. As I do this, I plan to add them in a file format that you can download and print. If you download recipes, buy me a coffee. Or better yet, a glass of wine....?
    • and "re-capturing" nearly two years' worth of posts.
  • I blog to the Hive blockchain using a number of decentralised appplications. From Wordpress, I use the Exxp Wordpress plugin. If this rocks your socks, click on the image below to sign up -

Image: @traciyork
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That's a lot of stuff in one post
Well done on crossing 5K HP,
I am way behind and targeting for 1K HP, hopefully i will be able to achieve my target in next 2 weeks.

I have not invested any hard money and earned all power from my posts, comments and curation.
After all the hard work we all deserve a nice Easter long weekend to recharge ourselves and getting ready for next month.

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As I have shown, it is entirely possible. Good luck and thanks for stopping by!

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A load of milestones reached in the last few months so congratulations on all fronts with them! I am also trying another hiveblopomo this month and forgot to use the tag on my post today so had to quickly check and redo it! 🤦‍♂

I'm sure your future you will thank you for staking and creating a little nest egg of a blog - next milestone - dolphin and yes, that won't take as long either... nor will the next k... you get the picture 😃

Stake it easy!

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Woohoo! Congratulations! I’m still a newbie I think (since January) but I have decided to challenge myself to blog every single day for a year and just see what happens. It’s not always so easy but I’m really enjoying the process and it’s helping me to get out and experience life so that I have stuff to blog about. I’ve powered up my hive for the last 2 months and I can definitely see the rewards for it. Loving being a part of this community. It’s an exciting ride! Thanks for the post.

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That is a tall order - a daily post! That said, it's a good discipline...and yes, writing is so cathartic. Why not start using the #HiveBloPoMo tag and follow it? I found it was a great way to meet new people on the Hive. Not to mention read new material. Good luck with it all. Good to have you dropping in!

Oh and Happy Easter!

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Congratulations on your big Hive Power up milestone! I am also here to build up a financial future for myself and help others do the same. I have reblogged this post because there is alot here I would like to be able to refer back to.

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Many Congratulations @fionasfavourites. It's a great milestone to achieve. I want to take this opportunity to thank you for the delegation you had provided to kick off things for me. It really helped me. I am on 80 HP already. Setting some higher goals now. The next stop is 1K HP.

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Thank you - and you are very welcome. I am glad that it came in handy. You stay eligible as long as you meet the criteria - I have been known to allocate a delegation to the same account... 😉

I found the first 1k the most challenging, so just stick with it!

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Thanks for the golden advice @fionasfavourites. Can you guide me to the eligibility criteria? I will check what I need to qualify. Could use the delegation for some more time.

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yay!!! we are 5000 club members now!! congrats on getting this high now on to the orca level 50,000 here we go!

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Yay! But 50k seems soooo far away...I am giving it my best shot. So yes

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