50,000 genuine daily active players during that time.

That is a huge estimation for unique human players. For that to be true, then we've lost around 95% of our player base from the bull to the bear market. I find that hard to believe, but it could be true. I came at the end of the bull market wave in December 2021 after going home for Thanksgiving and seeing all my Magic the Gathering cards collecting dust in my mom's closets.

SPS and DEC have shown impressive action lately.

Splinterlands has always been a bit decoupled from the BTC and crypto market in general. Our game tokens really depend on microfactors within our game ecosystem rather than the general macrofactors affecting crypto as a whole. I think we are in a good position to ride the second bull wave this spring/summer when CA comes out. Nice timing from SMC to drop the set when the markets will be frothing.

they’re committed to the success of Hive as a blockchain.

I sure am! I've been slowly building up my HP and HBD positions as I get more consistent with posting to Hive. For my first 18 months here, I posted quite infrequently, and I funneled most of my rewards back into Splinterlands to buy more assets. But to start 2024, I made the commitment to try to post daily activity summaries via Actifit and additional Splinterlands content on PeakD and Snaps. It has been a lot of fun watching my account grow. Which reminds me, today is HPUD! Gotta get my HIVE ready!

As I reflect on the past five years of Hive, I can’t help but feel grateful that Splinterlands was my gateway into this ecosystem.

You and me both! Excited to be here and grow along with the Hive Blockchain and Splinterlands SPS DAO!