A hivebuzz.com badge congratulating me in my participation in this month's hpud
It's the beginning of the 8th month (August) in the the year 2023 and we are all aware that the hive power up day happens on the first day of every new month. It thus requires that an individual hive member can power up a minimum of 10 hives on this day. There are major benefits you get for power up hive on this day or any other day as an hive investor. It's just that the first day of the month is set as a significant day. This simply means you have to power up or stake your liquid hive's to your Hive power.
For the month of July, I missed powering up of hive due to some inconsistencies but I decided to make it up this month by powering 10hive to my below 1000hive power. In view, I have a total of 715 hive power in my wallet. The pace has been slow and steady but I intend to get a minimum of 1000hp by the end of the year 2023.
In the previous month of July, I was below 600hp,i believe the growth has been massive since I can boast of an additional 100hp in my wallet. I intend to increase my stake in the coming months do better via blogging, curating, engaging and partaking in various methods that would grow my account on the blockchain. One thing I am glad for occasions like the hpud, lpud and so on, is the fact that they make members plan out how to grow on the blockchain. It makes you set up schedules, strategies, goals and activities to reach your desired point and this has been very helpful in my carreer.
Using the 
For the purpose of the hpud, I had to exchange 2hbd to hive,using the evr convenient #ecency token exchange to convert 2 hbd for 5.6hive. It was fast and easy to use,i didn't have to wait for 3days.
A representation of what the ecency token exchange looks like.
Participating in Hive power up can afford you a lot of benefits.
Some of the benefits includes; first and foremost, powering up hive proves that you are supportive of the the hive blockchain and you advocate for its growth locally and globally, thereby adding to its value while in directly increasing your influence on the blockchain. Another benefit of powering up hive means that your voting power becomes stronger than what it used to be depending on the amount you power up. In view, the more your Hive power, the more your voting value increases. Again, staking of hive helps to boost your resource credits which in turn allows you to carryout more transactions and activities on the blockchain.
It's still the hpud according to the hive buzz timer, you can still participate by staking your liquid hive and proving a point.
HAPPY HIVE POWER UP DAY HIVERS, JUST LIKE HIVEBUZZ SAID "MAY THE HIVE POWER BE WITH YOU".