Cycles, no I do not have clips around my ankles and peddling my way through Holland. I am going to do the same repetitive processes of the same thing. One cycle building on the foundations of the other.

Forget any investment made. That was a few hundred bucks converted from poker winnings on a BTC site. I enjoy a game of poker. Especially when the cards fall with my favour. However it does bore me quite often. I need alternative conversation while I am playing. With a bit of conversation, I can do better in the dips. It's a game I play as a hobby though. Right now plying a game for an hour Is pretty much all I can handle before I begin to lose interest in the game. Why I like cash games in life and tournaments online.

Poker was my first cycle. There was no bloody point to posting. Even after getting others to sign up for accounts. I came at a bad time. The value was dropping for HIVE. Faster than I could get people to sign up for a 15 power delegation.

So I played poker for a little bit and still tried making posts. My amateur poker knowledge payed off and I gained some power. That was it then. Once I gained enough to be getting a reward. A posting cycle began on top of the poker game. I had two cycles going from the generation gained from poker cycles.

It doesn't matter who you are. Poker has cycles when you will not win no matter how you play or who against. A bit of knowledge helps combat the bad psychology those times bring. That training I got from playing poker. I think has helped me along this Blockchain journey.

Then discord kicked in an expanded the people on the chain I interacted with. That began a cycle of helping others. Something which I still try to do today.

Discord provided invitations to various groups. Groups that would not have been found easily. Even more important, the people in the groups. Well some of them anyway. Some I am still in touch with today. Still grateful for their support.

Within those groups, although only a small few I became active in I found extra growth. This came from the additional people I was interacting with.

Ideologies though differed. On one side you have people reading codes and writing them. So we got to where we are today. So may things that it had been said cannot be done. Has been done now.

On the other side you have alternatives. Alternative ways to make the chain have value and decentralisation along with support. These two different lines of thought. Even though they may lead to the same ambition. Do not blend well together without a good mediator.

Then services entered.

By use of different services, most of them just gimmicks. Two sides did gain. Let's not delve in to the %'s.

Opportunities these were to gain a boost. A boost was gained too. The combined effort and time, built up some power. It was time to begin some projects of my own. Gaining support, something not easy to do here on the chain. Although I do have some now, (looking back a bit more than I expected from the beginnings). Ventured into a few things. They did provide a burst of growth. Nothing much to write home about. The lottery ticket is the longest running project and equals out to be a €5 investment to HIVE Power a week.

We have begun a new cycle and ventured into the token arena. This is a new spin on an old thing I think. Just using different tools.

The past four years have built to what I am trying to do now. As expected refinement is needed. Changes have been made and more are due to be made too. I think the changes are improvements. They should be about a higher frequency. This is a good thing :) for anyone involved.

The next few month will be a challenge. I might even try a game of poker as a distraction through it all.

Another level begins with more baby steps.