The News

Another not so good week for crypto with most coins dropping. $HIVE is dropping a few places on @coingecko, but we should play the long game and value is being added all the time.

You can find my code to generate this chart on GitHub.

The Chaos Legion packs on @splinterlands are being distributed, but I think we have to wait a bit for the public sale after it being limited to those who got issued vouchers for holding SPS. I am sure some people got a lot, but I got my share with some decent cards. This is the biggest blockchain game out there in terms of players, if not in monetary value. We need more of them to look at other aspects of Hive now they have an account. I have seen a few blogging, but many will not even realise they can.

Not all Hivers are the same

I have been thinking about how people will have different strategies on Hive. I know that most people are out to make money, but you can do it in different ways. I see a lot piling into HBD savings which get a nice interest rate, but with HP you get a form of interest plus your curation that can give about the same return whilst also rewarding others. I see HP as the greatest aspect of Hive in that it is not all about self-interest and that is why I put everything in there.

You can also get into DEFI (which I do not fully understand) and invest in the games for a return. We have these choices. Some people will just go for maximum profit, but we should also consider what good Hive can do. If we do not support the creative small accounts then we will lose some of them and yet they could be adding value to the platform. I do worry that selfish behaviour could harm the potential of Hive.

Friday Followings

I shall feature musicians again as that is what I am into. We each have our own preferences, so why not do a #FollowFriday post including people you enjoy. I have another musician friend who just signed up and am waiting for them to post.

• @ravenmus1c has been here for four years sharing her music and was an early legendary card in @risingstargame. She is concentrating on Hive and @threespeak to get her music out there as other platforms are not so great for small artists.
• @davidfar is a musician from Iran who makes some great tunes and has been bringing others to Hive. Most of us will know little about the music scene there, so check it out.
• @jeffandhisguitar is a great guitarist who certainly inspires me.
• Closer to (my) home are the @stickupboys who are building a hub of musicians from the UK scene here. They are also great creators of GIF animations.
• My friend @todayslight has written lots of songs that he is posting to Hive as he learns more about the recording process. I know the support he gets means a lot to him and I expect some people could give some tips on how to improve it. Hive can change lives.

These people get a share of the post rewards.

The Doghouse

Through the Hive-DR community I came across yet another account who upvotes all their own comments. There have been endless discussions about whether self-voting is legitimate, but I see it as selfish if you can earn anyway. You could still earn from curation if you support others. I know some fairly big accounts self-vote their posts that can earn good money regardless. Some do it across other accounts they control. They will not generally get a vote from me.

I do get that small accounts will be desperate and a self-vote may get them an extra couple of cents. I do not worry too much about those. I did it myself in the early days when a lot of my posts made nothing.

The End

It will be interesting to see how Hive fares over the next few months. We have some big airdrops and project releases coming up. We need to build on previous successes to make it to the go-to platform for creative people.

Hive five!