Well, you can certainly try.

Once thing I learned in time is that a job is nothing special. The idea that you're fortunate to have a job, and you're lucky to get paid, is bullshit. People stick to a job like it's the fountain of youth.

Having a job means that you're doing something which helps your employer make money. For your time and effort, you are being paid some of the money you help your employer make. You're not receiving charity, and no one's being oh so good to you as to give you money for free. You work for it, and you pay yourself for that money with your time.

This is why I think that people should stop looking at jobs as this valuable part of their life that they must keep at all costs regardless of how shitty they are.

If you're not happy with your job, find another one. You don't have to quit, throwing away your income, and then start searching. You can very well start searching for jobs and applying while you still have your current job. If everything goes well, and someone else wants to hire you, then you can quit and work for them instead. If not, you keep your current job.

Your bosses are not doing you some sort of a special favor for keeping you around. You never know, you might be doing more work than you're being paid for. And you will only realize that once you find a job that pays you way more than the one you had before for the same amount of work, or less.

As for Hive... it's hard to make a lot of money here. Some people do, but the circumstances they find themselves in are different than yours, or mine. Some of them are popular because they were here for a very long time. Others are involved in the development of the platform and so they automatically make a lot of money because the community supports them. And others simply invested so much money into the platform that they receive something for their posts no matter how many people reward them. For the simpleton who doesn't have any of those things, making money can be a challenge here.

What saved me was getting a job. It was quite shit, but at least I made some money, even though not enough. After 2 years, I left, and found another job in a different country that pays me way more and has a lot more benefits, and for the same amount of work, or just a bit more.

Try getting a job and let freelance be your side income. Or try switching jobs and finding something that pays you better. Don't be afraid to apply to positions you might not be fully qualified for. You'll sometimes be surprised by how little expectations employers have, or how much more qualified you are than those already working at the place you're applying to.

You'll be surprised how willing some people will be to hire someone who's unexperienced and happy to learn. I started working in a kitchen with 0 previous experience and only after a single month I can do pretty much all that is required from my position and more.

Just prove that you can work really hard. Then try finding for someone willing to properly pay your for that hard work.