It'll be interesting to see what the next five years hold, and whether or not 2nd Layer communities "take over the show" as some people seem to think they will. I do enjoy the opportunities presented

I suppose some left for philosophical reasons, but I expect most were simply not patient enough. This "consensus format" moves a lot more slowly than a conventional centralized company where

Thanks for the badge @hivebuzz, I feel like I really earned this one!

Well done! Your relentless consistency is truly amazing. I've only managed two months of blogging every day; "something" always seems to get in the way. It'll be interesting to see where this

Wow, 6 years... that's impressive! You truly were among the very first.

Thank you Karen! I think you're one of the few I know who has been here longer than I.

Thank you @papilloncharity, and thanks for the Beer! Silverbloggers is a nice community, and I'm definitely not getting any younger!

I have just tried to be patient, and have powered up whenever I was able to.

It's really exciting to watch this project unfold... and I am very impressed with how thorough the planning and "back room work" has been on this.

Very interesting. Sadly, I find myself wondering whether this research will ever become something if it doesn't fit the officially endorsed "fear narrative." The whole thing is such a circus.

Thanks for the support @steemflow and @indiaunited, I appreciate the support!

Since my mother and I were not really close, it took a few years after her death before I could truly appreciate the things that were no longer there...

Sadly, we do. And the indoctrination starts so early, with it being "uncool" to excel at anything because that would be exclusionary to someone. Meh...

It does seem like Bitcoin has become a lot more correlated with the legacy financial markets than it used to be... and perhaps we'd have to concede that this is the "price" of mass adoption,

Beautiful... and cold! I love those shots with the frozen water from the faucet; water as art! Glad you are feeling better; Covid can be a really nasty experience.

Thank you, and you're welcome! I've sent you a small "delegation" of "Hive Power" so you can create and engage freely without getting hampered by "out of bandwidth" messages.

Welcome to Hivelandia! It's hard to describe what exactly this place is, because it's so many things... but it's definitely a community, with hundreds of subcommunities embedded. Be patient with it; it

Thanks for stopping by, and for honoring me with such a thoughtful first comment on Hive! Welcome to the community! Most stuff we collect is worthless. Just in stamps, just the fact that something is really

Well, it's undoubtedly scary for some, but I don't play markets and I certainly don't try to "time" the ups and downs. I am sure there are those with a stouter constitution than I who relish

Yes, indeed. Before electronic "brains" we had to rely a lot more on our own imaginations and fantasy to entertain ourselves. We moved so much and so often that I rarely made friends where we