"When you delegate HP to others, you get a dividend from 50% of the total Hives collected in that post"

• When you upvote, you get about 50% of the voting power back that you added to that post (if you voted after the 5minute mark). You also earn parts of the curation rewards of that post, so your total return can be bigger than 50%.

• The passive way to earn (delegation) is to sell your voting power to another user who wants more influence on the platform. He will pay you through a delegation service like DLease. Without the agreement to sell voting power, a delegation gives no dividend (return on investment) to the delegator.