Llegu茅 ac谩 de la mano de @kpoulot, amiga escritora de las que ojal谩 pudieran clonarse. Lejos de actuar con ego铆smo, apenas "cogi贸 tama帽o de bola" en Ecency, corri贸 a los grupos donde pod铆a interesar y nos lo cont贸. Es gracioso que muchos aspirantes a escritor (como lo soy yo misma), no quisieron unirse, a pesar de ser muy activos en otras redes sociales donde suben sus obras y art铆culos por amor al arte. Miedo al cambio, el cubano tiende a ser conservador. Las crypto son mal conocidas en Cuba y est谩n asociadas a mucha leyenda negra. Eso sumado al eterno fatalismo geogr谩fico: Es imposible que sea para nosotros.
Como mucha gente, yo hab铆a o铆do hablar de las crytomonedas, pero las consideraba algo lejano, "de afuera (del pa铆s)", que nunca tendr铆a relaci贸n conmigo. Tengo 52 a帽os, tuve el primer celular (viejito, regalo de un amigo) en 2020, por ende, soy completamente anal贸gica. La idea de que yo llegara a saber, siquiera, qu茅 es una blockchain o para qu茅 sirve, era una utop铆a hace meses.
Pertenezco al tipo que, si hubiera nacido hace cientos de millones de a帽os, algo me habr铆a comido enseguida o me habr铆a comido yo algo peligroso. Pues no suelo negarme a vivir experiencias nuevas, soy (sanamente) curiosa y muy entusiasta. Resumiendo: entr茅 a Ecency y durante los primeros dos meses obedec铆 a mi gur煤 @kpoulot quien, a su vez, ten铆a sus propios gur煤es e iba descifrando las reglas de Hive migaja a migaja. Pero cada peque帽o detalle de esos, me lo pasaba. As铆 pude sortear los misterios que atormentan a cada nuevo ingreso.
Como no pod铆a menos que ser, en Hive encontr茅 varios amigos y colegas y bastantes cubanos. En @hivecuba somos una comunidad vibrante, muy comprometida, gente que apreciamos la oportunidad de compartir lo que amamos y ser apreciados por ello. En lo personal, he encontrado sost茅n, 谩nimos y mucha camarader铆a en mis compatriotas.
@iriswriter fue la primera en mostrarme su solidaridad, deleg谩ndome HP en un momento en que casi no pod铆a publicar por falta "de raya verde", como dec铆a en aquella 茅poca (y bueno, sigo diciendo a煤n 馃き). @Yecier,
@roswell,
@marabuzal,
@melissita,
@maia... me doy cuenta de que debo de estar dejando fuera mucha gente que me ha apoyado y ayudado. He conocido hivers maravillosos, que han sido amables con mis post, como
@palomap3,
@pannavi y tantos m谩s. Cobr茅 mayor conciencia de ello ahora con las estad铆sticas, pues en el d铆a a d铆a todo me resulta medio confuso y, la verdad, rara vez s茅 lo que estoy haciendo.
Las estad铆sticas del 2025 me han sorprendido gratamente. He hecho muy poco, menos incluso de lo que cre铆a, pero a煤n con ser tan poquito ha sido emocionante, gratificador y exigente. He aprendido y, sobre todo, me ha abierto nuevos horizontes. Mi sue帽o es poder hacerlo mucho mejor en el 2026.
Gracias por leer hasta aqu铆. Texto y fotos hechos por m铆 y de mi propiedad. Traducci贸n al ingl茅s con Deepseek.
Hello, my Ecency friends. Happy 2026 to all members of this Hive ecosystem, the great family that is changing my life.
I arrived here thanks to @kpoulot, a writer friend of the kind you wish could be cloned. Far from acting selfishly, as soon as she "gained some size" in Ecency, she ran to the groups where it might interest people and told us about it. It's funny that many aspiring writers (like myself), didn't want to join, despite being very active on other social networks where they upload their works and articles for the love of art. Fear of change, Cubans tend to be conservative. Cryptocurrencies are poorly understood in Cuba and are associated with a lot of bad press. That added to the eternal geographic fatalism: "It's impossible that it's for us."
Like many people, I had heard of cryptocurrencies, but I considered them something distant, "from outside (the country)," that would never have any relation to me. I'm 52 years old, I got my first (old) cell phone, a gift from a friend, in 2020, therefore, I'm completely analog. The idea that I would ever know, even, what a blockchain is or what it's for, was a utopia just months ago.
I belong to the type that, if I had been born hundreds of millions of years ago, something would have eaten me right away, or I would have eaten something dangerous. Because I don't usually refuse new experiences, I'm (healthily) curious and very enthusiastic. In short: I entered Ecency and for the first two months I obeyed my guru @kpoulot who, in turn, had her own gurus and was deciphering the rules of Hive crumb by crumb. But she passed on every little detail of those to me. That's how I was able to navigate the mysteries that torment every new arrival.
As could not be otherwise, on Hive I found several friends and colleagues and quite a few Cubans. In @hivecuba we are a vibrant, very committed community, people who appreciate the opportunity to share what we love and be appreciated for it. Personally, I have found support, encouragement, and much camaraderie from my compatriots.
@iriswriter was the first to show me her solidarity, delegating HP to me at a time when I could hardly post due to lack of "green line," as I used to say back then (and well, I still say it 馃き). @Yecier,
@roswell,
@marabuzal,
@melissita,
@maia... I realize I'm probably leaving out many people who have supported and helped me. I've met wonderful hivers who have been kind to my posts, like
@palomap3,
@pannavi, and so many more. I became more aware of this now with the statistics, because in the day-to-day everything seems a bit confusing to me and, truthfully, I rarely know what I'm doing.
The 2025 statistics pleasantly surprised me. I've done very little, even less than I thought, but even being so little it has been exciting, rewarding, and demanding. I have learned and, above all, it has opened new horizons for me. My dream is to be able to do much better in 2026.
Thank you for reading this far. Text and photos created and owned by me. English translation with Deepseek.