Hi there my Hivean friends and followers!
I know you know. We all know and we are all excited. Hive has been totally killing it lately, hitting new ATHs almost every day now.
Am I happy? Of course I am! But am I surprised? Not at all! Since the day we forked out from Steem, during all those tough times when Hive was cowering at $0.10 deep in the market cap basement, I kept saying: "Don´t worry guys, it´s only a matter of time before we make it big because all the good stuff, all the amazing people with great skills and ideas are here on this chain with us".
And there we go. The tug of war with Steem has long been gone. 1 Hive is currently worth some 4 Steem and I am sure nobody will ever dare to compare these two coins again. We left Steem far behind and now are looking at much greater challenges.
Currently occupying the 126th total market cap rank (as of this writing), I think our next goal should be breaking into the Top 100. Sounds ambitious, right? I know but do you really think that all the coins that are currently ahead of us in the ranking actually bring more to the table than Hive? I don´t think so. Yes, I might be a bit biased here but in terms of the real value and potential, I would´t be afraid to say that Hive belongs in the Top 30. Let´s see if (or should I say when?) we will make it there :)
I would like to wrap this part up with one special thank you and that thank you is for the Splinterlands gang. I actually don´t play this game myself as I have never really been much of a gamer but I know that Splinterlands has been the major driving force behind all the recent growth of price and popularity of Hive. So thank you guys, you rock! :)
As for the second part of title of this post, I would just like to show you two more pictures that I took here in Krakow, Poland.
These adds (promoting a crypto trading app I guess) are now all over the city.
And I also noticed that some outlets of Jubiler, a renowned jewelry retail chain and exchange, have these Bitcoin logos on their shop windows. This one is located on the Starowislna Street in the center of the city.
I am yet to find out if they accept Bitcoin as a payment option or if they have Bitcoin ATMs in there (or maybe both? :D) but one thing is for sure - the mass adoption of crypto here in Poland is in full swing and you can see some crypto related adds everywhere. To find out more about this topic, you can check out this post that I published a few months ago...
Exciting times. Viva la crypto! :)
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Yes, happy to see Hive thriving.
We shouldn't be comparing Hive to Steem because I don't see a match.
Hive has got some brilliant talent and awesome developers and thw developments that keep evolving through Hive blockchain is simply awesome.
Exactly :) Not a match for us anymore. We need to aim higher. Thanks for stopping by!
You welcome :)
I'm excited too! I started four years ago on steem (with another account) and I moved to hive with almost all the Polish community. It was an excellent choice! And it's not just about profits, but about what we've created together and are still creating. In Poland, a lot of people are actually engaged in cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology. This is the future!
Exactly! I think the community and all the skills and dedication of our people that we have here are the biggest assets. And that, of course, brings about the profit too. What a great example of perfectly working ecosystem.
Oh yeah, I noticed that too, Poland has a very positive and progressive approach towards crypto. Good for you guys :)
We are, indeed, off to greater challenges like you said, yes. To me the greatest ones are:
making it easier to onboard devs, developing for HIVE is not easy nor intuitive, the devs that work on Hard Forks could skip one hardfork or two, in exchange to organize to create tutorials and training for the next generation of HIVE devs, to ensure a healthy influx or brainpower
making Hive-Engine easier to use, no traditional exchange adopts Hive-Engine tokens because it is hard to integrate with and looks “amateur”, it needs to become a “professional” blockchain so that third party exchanges adopt Hive-Engine tokens
Those two points would unlock the next level of Hive adoption and growth in my opinion.
Very good points, thank you for bringing them out. There surely is still a lot to work on for all of us here on Hive but I think we are heading in the right direction and the latest development only confirms that ;)
I was one of the members of Steem and the truth is that after things changed, maybe the community was no longer at its best, I saw that everyone was coming to HIVE. I asked myself why or what was different here and I have seen the results, many people who trusted HIVE are confirming that. The community is better than ever, there is a variety of topics, original content, excellent and I hope it stays that way.
Well said :) For me, the choice was no brainer. In my book, Hive was just so much better version of Steem and I am glad this massive difference in the price, market cap, popularity, use case and overall reputation has finally "divorced" us from the old chain for good... No need to compare these two worlds anymore. We are on another level now.
I left my Steem acc almost at once when Hive was born, and now we all are so happy to see its growth, like a baby is growing and is getting stronger;) I remember this tiny price 0.1$ but I was dreaming to see it on the top. Now it;s not the top, I think, yeah, we'll see more growth I hope, what do you think?
And I hope general world situation will not make barriers for us to enjoy good price of our Hive-"baby":)
Hey Talia, thanks for your contribution :) I like your comparison of Hive to a baby, it does feel like it, kind of :) At least for those of us who have been here on Hive since day one, right after the fork took place... Hard to predict how the external infleunces (pandemic restrictions etc.) will affect the market but I am optimistic ;) If crypto in general flourish, Hive will flourish at least twice as much ;)
HiveBaby Champion:)
take me to your optimistic team:)
Everyone is celebrating but I was quite fascinated by what you have seen in Poland. I wonder if this is happening elsewhere @phortun?
That´s a good question :) I haven´t been traveling much during the pandemic for, well, obvious reasons, so I cannot really compare but in my Czech homeland, I don´t see this much of the "cryptomania" for sure... We do have quite a lot of BTC ATMs too though...
Sadly few of us are able to travel but at least we can experience each others countries through what we share
Siema!
Good to see that finally Hive goes into direction when it should be and last forever :) Just followed you, great example of crypto adoption from my country, we do share same interest, looking forward to see your next posts!
Thanks man! :) Well I am actually from the Czech Republic, just temporary based in Krakow but yeah, I was nicely surprised to see how much you guys in Poland are into crypto! Very cool. Keep up the trend :)
Given the way the price of Hive is rising at the moment, I am hopeful that it will soon enter the top 100.
I am sure we will make it there soon :) Thanks for your visit man! Have a nice weekend.
It is really awesome seeing the price pump up to that amount, it is great and a better improvement to the blockchain reaching$5 before the year runs out won't be impossible lol. That's a Christmas gift if it reaches which is quite possible
Absolutely. Honestly, although I am known to be very optimistic about Hive, I amazed by how fast we are actually progressing right now... Onwards and upwards we go! :)
Hive to the world
Gratulace, že si vydržel a teď ti ještě přeju, aby vydržel (a posouval se dál pochopitelně) Hive :)
Dík :) To si asi přejem všichni :D Ty to máš jak s případným fulltime hivingem? Měl bys zájem, kdyby okolnosti přály?
To by musel stát raketu a nesměl bych bejt línej překládat :D
No při pořádné raketě už by to mohlo být na uživení i jen v rámci české komunity :)
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Wow, thank you guys!
While I would like them to add BTC, I don't really see many people spending BTC even if they could. At least with the deflationary aspects of the tokens but if they accept BTC, maybe they also accept other cryptos.
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You talking about the store from the picture? I need to go inside and ask them. When I was taking the picture, it was actually closed...
That's such a great news. For hive, surely sky is the limit! :)
Right :) Thanks for stopping by!
That´s a good question. The payout is constantly calculated and the rise of the Hive price should be reflected in the payout (you should get more HBD on the liquid part of the reward to match the actual Hive price) but I think there is something like a 3 day moving average on which the calculations are based so it might actually take some time before the ratio between the liquid and non liquid parts of the payout are corresponding... Not sure if this helped you :D :/