For quite a long time, every first of the month, I had this habit to power up 1000 Hive. Today is the first time that I will break with this habit. There are several reasons for that. The first and most obvious one is that I made this power up on 21st of December already. However there is also another reason.
I love Hive but I need to open my mind to what is around
For several years, I have been very active on Hive and I have accumulated a sizable stake that I never expected. I have to say that most of my other assets took the path towards hive and I ended up becoming very much centered around this platform. This is great but I think that I want to keep having my eyes open and see whether there are also opportunities on other blockchains.
I will never turn my back to hive but I need to remain open to what is going on around. For me, it's also a way to get out of my comfort zone and learn about new things. Then I like to write posts about what I've found out here on hive. Like that, I can share my knowledge and help other people to remain curious and open minded.
These are the main reasons why I didn't make a big power up today and I probably won't make 1000 Hive power ups in the future.
Continue to grow at a slower pace
From now on, I want to go on growing on hive but at a slower pace. I will build my Hive Power with curation, author and staking rewards but I won't bring outside money into it. I will use this outside money to invest into other projects as well.
For Hive to grow, it needs to be linked
When I see other communities out there, I don't want to become a Hive maxi the way I see bitcoin maxis or other maxis. I believe that many projects have great synergies that are worth being looked at. The more interlinked these blockchains are, the more resilient they become and the more opportunities arise. That's why I believe that we as hivians need to take a step outside and meet the other communities before we invite them to hive... if we can build relationships outside of hive and create a link of trust, it will be much easier to convince people to join us on Hive as well...
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