Q2 is underway and I have extremely high confidence. I told @crystalhuman I'd give him 20 CUB if Bitcoin dips even 15% in April or May. These are some of the strongest months in the year in terms of slow upward action. Expecting a local blow-off top in June.
April is usually a boring month
That being said this is a mega bubble year, and really anything could happen. So far we've had Bitcoin all time highs in December, January, February, and March while going x6 the baseline level of $10k. Are we just going to get a new all time high every month of the year? Considering the circumstances I wouldn't doubt it. These institutions aren't messing around as fiat goes brrrr.
That can't be right...
@dalz has done some more analysis, and it looks like I was the #3 rewarded author in March 2021. That kinda blew me away. I mean obviously my rewards have been amazing, and I'm grateful for that, but at the same time that's not a lot of money for the 3rd top author of the entire network. Really makes me realize just how early in the game we are and how undervalued the network is even after going x10. In any case, it only took me three years, but it looks like I've "made it". I've come a long way since my humble beginnings of writing posts for pennies in 2017.
Looks like in December I was #6 top rewarded author. If I'm being honest I didn't even think I would be in the top 20. I'm surprised to appear on the list at all. There are plenty of users on the trending tab I would expect to be above me. Perhaps my consistency via posting 1+ articles a day has helped quite a bit in that regard.
Obviously I also get a ton of rewards on LEO for the exact same content... double payouts for the win. None of this even counts all the curation I'm raking in.
Obviously if I could count on this income I could just quit my job now and work for Hive full time. I already have enough crypto to take gains here and buy some runway for myself. Perhaps I'm just being greedy for not doing so, but I always told myself I would wait until Q4 2021 until I took gainz. The mega-bubble only comes once every four years and I'd like to make the most out of it. I'd feel dumb if I waited all this time just to bail right before moon.
If the market keeps going up like I think it will, I'll easily have enough money to start hiring the devs around here to help me with my projects. It's pretty crazy how many people around here are looking for work. Hive is a honeypot for people looking to escape the drudgery of the 9 to 5 corporate ladder rat race.
Cost of living in certain areas of the world can be pretty low, and the ability to pay devs with provable ownership of the finished product is trivial with crypto. This allows startups to bootstrap with very little overhead capital. Venture capitalists will ultimately be made obsolete.
Cost of living
I've always been a scrapper. If the market moons like we all think it will, I won't even know what to do with all that money. I don't even know what to do with it now except HODL it while gambling on these emergent markets and asset classes.
I sure as hell won't make the mistake on blowing it all on ridiculous status symbols. Lambos are for people looking to get guillotined during the next proletarian revolution. Pass. It's not gonna be sunshine and rainbows even if we end up getting filthy rich in the process.
What is decentralization?
Decentralization is robust redundancy. Multiple failsafes. Money is worthless without food/water/shelter. My kingdom for a horse. Anyone who's crypto rich and isn't thinking about water rights, growing food, 3D-printing, precious metals, and sustainable energy isn't doing it right IMO. Above all we need to build networks and establish trust between factions.
Gratitude
So yeah of course I'm grateful that I'm earning so much here, but at the same time it's not enough. Infinite greed!
MOAR MOAR MOAR WEN WEN WEN!
If the top rewarded authors on Hive are only making a few thousand dollars a month that's a problem. Especially considering that payouts only ascended to this level just recently. If we're over here making thousands that means everyone else is just getting scraps. QQ not cool pump my bags crypto goddess.
It also feels weird being declared a top earner because I haven't been powering up for a while. Technically taking all my gainz and then dumping them. Lame! That's not usually my style: POWERUP EVERYTHING HODL. But like I've already said if my CUB bag moons what do you think I'm gonna do with it? Buy more Hive and LEO of course. Even after numerous gambling blunders my bags seem to keep filling up somehow. I won't complain.
At the end of the day my stake is heavily tied to my reputation. This isn't money in my view: this is my digital lifeforce. A star is being forged, gravity is increasing, and we are about to start producing our own light. Abundance for everyone.
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LOL. So true.
Keep up the good work. I don't always read what you write, but when I do I usually get at least 1 insight or laugh out of it.
You are not top #1 Author by earnings? Disappointing . You failed.
You have great writing skillz. You know how to keep your posts interesting and informative.
Sometimes they are educational, sometimes they are funny, often they are both.
🤣😂😅
I'd make more if I was trying to maximize my earnings, but I'm really not.
I think it's pretty clear I already make "too much".
Now I gotta take this charity and make sure I do something awesome with it eventually.
Thanks for the praise!
I'm tryin!
Honestly though I need to code more.
Give me the strength, @geekgirl!
You don’t need coding. Coders are getting demonetized. lol
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Timing the market .... some DCA maybe?
Maybe in summer
I would not know what to do with it either, most likely I won't be doing anything with it until HIVE hits 20 bones!!!!!!!!!
If you write a article on imparmanent loss I will be honoured.
Your way of writing is🔥🔥🔥
I always learn allot
https://peakd.com/hive-167922/@edicted/impermanent-loss-and-gamblers-syndrome
Thankyou so much
Perhaps we will begin to see posts worth thousands soon enough...
I second this!!!
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I have been following you for a long time, but got a lot more interested in what you have to say since we moved to Hive. Especially your posts about Hive and crypto in general. It makes sense that others have taken notice as well! Congrats, and may we all be successful together!
Thank you for providing those graphs I've been wondering where I rank, although I am not in the top I'd anticipate I am somewhere in the top 50.
It's great to see people doing well and I think once the comment curve is removed there will be an increase in earnings.
This post has received a 100% upvote from a Dolphin.
Dolphins gonna be big fish by the end of the year.
Fingers crossed, it was my goal to become a Dolphin by the end of 2020 which I achieved. Mainly through investment which is probably always the best way to do something.
I was aiming to be an Orca by this quarter but then decided to switch my goals to become a Leo Dolphin also. This way when I slap down a Leo and Hive Upvote it would provide double support to users.
This also helps new users gain Hive for Resource credits so we can get to see more of their wonderful posts.
I would have made Orca status last week, except CUB came out and well yeah. Lol I went there.
I'll keep building both my Leo and Hive as well as slowly adding to CUB now that I have met my minimum HODL goal for CUB.
CUB is a total moon bag make sure to rebalance when you're CUB rich.
Yup that was my aim, that's why I wanted a minimum hodl. APR is still great and at the current rate I might be a whale by end of year. But let's see how the APR goes.
I also have a financial goal if $5million so I need to add a lot more CUB for that. Unless moon to $2000 🤣
that is the best way I have seen it put.
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This is the place to look for rankings.
Thank you, greatly appreciated
Wow
I love reading stories like that. And see how much someone has progressed and has remained steadfast in their battle.
Seeing people like that here at HIVE just inspires me to keep doing what I've been doing every day.
As for gains at HIVE in other countries, the value is actually much better. For example my case, where 1 dollar is 5.7 x the value of our local currency. So if you add $ 200 in a post for a month, that's 1 minimum wage here.
I think, posting an article every day, definitely helps not perhaps.
It seems incredible to me, that you are not number one.
I agree with you in the second quarter of the year we wait for more ups especially for Alts.
We have achieved a lot of momentum and waited a long time in March and it is time to harvest
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Good job, you are doing great! Hopefully, I'll get there too eventually
I think HIVE and the 2nd layer tokens are still very undervalued. I have no doubt the price is gonna go much higher soon and eventually we'll get what we really deserve
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I like your posts because there's a lot to learn from them. I'm also hoping those who cash out every penny will learn something from your posts one day. You get where you are because of the choices you made and you have made a lot of good choices it seems :)
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you are persistent and i do find myself reading your stuff often, not quite sure why even. guess that makes a good author at the end of the day. ahahaha
Congrats on making the list. We all aspire to be there.
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