Crypto is all about understanding the numbers and Hive is no different and in many ways is far more important due to the multiple ways we can earn on Hive. Most staking projects are straight forward and only you allow to earn from a set APR which normally fluctuates depending on various scenarios in play.
Stake plays the pivotal role in crypto and how much stake will determine how much you earn daily. The importance of the rewards earned daily is these are compounded onto what you already have staked and why compounding is so powerful as it is growing the stake all the time 24/7, 365 days per year.
At first you don't really see this happening due to the stake being so small but over time this becomes more obvious. The first year on Hive I thought earning from curation was a waste of time again to having such a small stake. The small stake is actually good as it gives you the opportunity to grow at a higher percentage compared to someone with a bigger stake. maybe not in real numbers, but as a percentage you can double your stake far quicker than someone who has 10 x what you have.
The APR on Hive hovers around the 3% mark which as you can see it is currently at 3.06%. This can go lower or slightly higher, but if you calculate on 3% you wont be far out.
I do think the key to Hive is understanding where your rewards come from and where the growth takes place. Like I mentioned previously this all hinges on your stake so if you want to grow my advice is be selfish for now and delegate only once you have grown to a set target. You can only help others more through the support you offer if you have grown your stake.
Earning just 0.1 Hive per day through the APR which is added to your stake once every block is completed being every 60 seconds. You would require roughly 1200 Hive Power which sounds a lot, but offers you around 36.5 hive per year. This does increase due to your daily growth and may not sound like much to begin with, but we have all been here and experienced this at some point. 12000 HP will offer you 365 Hive per year (1 Hive per day). As you can see it does start to accumulate and become a meaningful number to add to your everyday growth.
My current goal is 120K HP which means 10 Hive per day and every day I am active this target is being slowly chipped away. 10 Hive at a $1 Hive is still $10 daily and in some parts of the world that is a decent income or a passive income.
The curation part does vary and one can earn anywhere between 8 and 10%. This earning is also driven by stake which is compounded growing not only your Hive value, but your daily earning potential. The key is to keep your vote value between 80 and 90% and not let it drop too low down in the 50 or 60% range. The vote replenishes at 20% per day meaning to fully charge you will have to skip a day if it drops too low and we have all done that and learned form this. The key to Hive is earning daily through consistency as it keeps the growth ticking over. Why would you want it to stop?
You may have heard of the snowballing effect and not sure what it is or what does it do. If you grow your stake you will find out soon enough as you will see it happen and when it does understand what this is.
being able to earn 11% or 12% whilst growing daily is huge with very few investment projects even coming close. I have a few outside of Hive and they are at 3.2%, 6.5% and 8.9% respectively which is a realistic sustainable number. What we have is unique and this does not include your post/comment earnings or the secondary tribal tokens that are also being accumulated. If we had to realistically look at an overall growth percentage the numbers are way higher and could easily be between 15% and 20% or higher in some cases.
Everyday in crypto is a good day for growth and why it is important to remain active no matter what the price is doing. Don't listen to others just stick to your own plan and you will be successful in the long run. Who knows where the world economy will be in 5 years from now and you may need Hive as a lifeline or back up or your main income source.