The long-winded point that I'm trying to make here is that you can earn a living in crypto. You just might need to get very creative with how you do it.

Yep. There are many factors in play, but at least on Hive no one is contained by an algorithm or use case for the platform - quite the opposite - we can build our own use cases and experiences (as you have done) to benefit and suit us. There is no mould to fit into, Hive is a factory that prints moulds.

I am probably among one of the highest earners (from content alone - witnesses, large curators and HDF beneficiaries earn more) on the platform and very few people know how much work it has taken to get to this point for years - plus the luck involved on top. The earnings for me (living in the nordics) are not going to change my world, so I keep investing them in, staking, diversifying a little for the future.

But as you say, this is early days and if it does take off, there will literally be thousands of people in potentially live changing situations. I have never understood how so many early adopters failed to build a foundation here - but then, many do what they want, even if what they want to do doesn't take them to where they want to be.