HIVE is in an uptrend for a few weeks or so, it has then breached $0.4 and as stated at that time I haven't considered that a pump, but a relatively consistent change in uptrend. It had bottomed near 10 cents for quite a long time and it's now time to shine. It's irrelevant to circle jerk and continually repeat how great HIVE is, but the dollar valuation is starting to gradually reflect the fundamentals to.
I'd say a $10 per token would objectively mirror that, but without proper marketing is kind of hard to even envision that. LEO is doing fantastic as well and it's benefiting from quite a boost after the launch of CUB DEFI and $1 has been conquered and holding well. What comes after 1?
Well, in crypto it's usually $10, not $2, as this thing likes the word exponential. Recalling my post payouts from one year ago I can say that my payouts have grown exponential as well and that's more than encouraging for a potential future of abundance and quite fulfilling at the same time. Earning $10-$20 worth of tokens a day is no longer mission impossible and that's almost minimum wage for my country.
Being in a bull market these payouts can go even more outrageous than they currently are and for the ones that have been around in 2016-2017, payouts of around $10,000 in valuation are a reality. Not everyone of course has managed to score that, but some did. I remember seeing a five years old Steemit blog post from 
That's mind blowing I tell you. I really don't know how I will react to such a post... if I'll ever score one. It wasn't even something outstanding so you don't get confused. It's that type of post that almost anyone can have around here, no rocket science or anything of this sort. Now I don't know if the dollar valuation for one STEEM back then was $1, but if that's right, then you do the math...
I'd say that when prices will go ballistic for HIVE, LEO and all other second layer tokens that many of us are collecting here we're gonna have a HIVE society that's gonna be quite prosperous. The community is definitively way larger and the rewards pool is now divided between many more mouths than it used to back then, but I still expect to see some outrageous posts this bull market.
Maybe I will be lucky and score one for myself as well, who knows... The idea is that somehow the sun has just started rising for HIVE and at some point will for sure set once again, but meanwhile prepare yourself to see your accounts growing like donuts. I'm not expecting myself to get rich from this thing. Way out of my vision, but I have quite high hopes.
I keep myself quite level grounded and I'd be more than happy to be able to just live off of this content creation that I've been putting on this chain for over three years. It's not going to be an easy ride though, as the price goes up so the number of active users and the competition for the rewards pool will increase.
The ones that have worked their ass during a long and cold bear market and kept this chain alive have put themselves in comfortable positions. Some new users will get frustrated probably when seeing those insane payouts that we're about to have on posts around here and it's natural for that to happen. I've been in that situation to. The ones sticking around will gradually make themselves known and that will for sure help them grow their accounts.
$12,000 for a post still possible?
Maybe, although I am not that confident about that number, but a few grands per post are definitely not out of discussion. Adding multiple layers where one can put out content, and crypto is gradually becoming a financial freedom generating environment. Be careful though so you won't spend them all on fancy cars, champagne and caviar... 馃榾. There's usually a bear market after the bull one. Have a great Saturday and a magnificent weekend.
Thanks for attention,
Adrian
