It's a bit hard to believe that this is the last Friday before Christmas. Unfortunately, if you are looking for Christmas Joy, you are going to have to find it outside of the crypto markets. At least as of the time I am typing this up. I'm actually getting a head start on this post Thursday afternoon because Friday morning when I normally post 
It could be a little interesting given the fact that it is about 40 degrees F right now and raining pretty steady. They say tonight we are supposed to get a flash freeze and all of that standing water from the rain might turn into ice. Yikes!
Speaking of ice... I was heading into my office the other day and the ice/snow had clung to some of the greenery outside of my office. It gave a pretty cool effect, so I snagged some photos to share with you here on HIVE.
As I said, crypto has been a bit of a conundrum lately, and with the price of HIVE sliding below $.09, I think there are going to be a lot of depressed people around here. If it's actually possible for them to get any more depressed. I don't know if I should consider myself lucky or not that where I live $.09 is basically nothing. Let alone the folks living on the coast or in the big cities where the cost of living is even higher. If you want to feel good about the price of something where you live, just talk to 
Nevertheless, we press on, because honestly the alternative is either to cry about it or take a dirt nap. Neither of those sound that appealing to me. My traditional investments continue to do well, and I look forward to seeing what my year end dividends and capital gains end up being in another week or so here.
Silver continues to go nuts with a spot price of almost $65.50 at the time I am writing this. It's hard to believe that just a year ago I was picking up 1 oz pieces for right around the $30 mark. There has been some speculation about price fixing and other matters. I don't too much about all of that, but I think you should do your research before you invest right now. I know that I am done buying for the foreseeable future.
When things were back around $55 per oz, I picked up this Coca-Cola 1oz bar that I am going to give my nephew/godson for Christmas. I'm not really sure if he is a Coke fan, but I think he will still enjoy it. At the very least, it is .999 pure silver, and you can't really complain about that!
Things have been going well with my GoMining farm. I recently joined the clan that @themarkymark created to participate in the Miner Wars aspect of the platform. While you can buy your own NFT rigs and mine solo, the rewards can be better if you join a clan and participate in the Miner Wars feature. Marky has some targets in mind that could be very exciting if you were interested in being part of the group. The more people have alongside us in the Miner Wars, the better chances we have of getting blocks.
He recently shared with me site that allows me to calculate my ROI on the investment I have made in GoMining. Assuming the price of BTC doesn't go up (not likely), and I don't solve a block on my own (also probably not likely), my return on investment is something like 3 years. In the world of crypto, that isn't a great return, but you have to remember, I can sell my miner down the road if I ever want to get out.
The most important thing is if you decide to get into it, be sure to swap whatever funds you move into the system into GMT and then purchase your miner with that GMT. I allows you to avoid fees. Also, buy enough GMT that you can stake some of it. The more GMT you have staked, the longer you can cover the maintenance for your miners. It also gives you voting rights in the governance system and you earn staking rewards.
There are a few other tidbits that my mentor gave me along the way and I am more than happy to share them if you if you decide to sign up. Just reach out to me on Discord or here.
If you are interested in signing up for the service, feel free to use my referral link we will both get some benefits from it.
Finally, The Pub continues to chug along. We have something like 71 subscribers now for the HIVE community. Folks are starting to get more content in there, and if that trend continues I will start aggressively reaching out to curation groups to give us a closer look.
You can also find us on Discord here
We have a great group of regulars who have started to call The Pub their home. There might be occasions where the conversation drops off a bit, but in The Pub we are always one cold drink or one bad day away from some excitement.
I look forward to seeing you there!
Or Check out my Grilling and Smoking Community on HIVE
All pictures/screenshots taken by myself or
