I had to make a somewhat tough decision recently, as some of my reserves are coming close to being extinguished, I had to look for something to sell as I'll be traveling a little bit in a month or so.
Naturally having spent a decade active here pretty much every day, even the time I had surgery, it didn't feel right to sell Hive so I was looking for something else that hasn't taken a big dip downwards but instead maybe appreciated a bit in value as that'd make it easier to part with.
The choice was not easy anyway, since that thing is a multi-billion dollar company with a trading card game which's hype seems never-ending. Given that I've spent Hive to purchase it over a long period a few years ago however, it made it easier. Looking back, when Hive was worth roughly 20-25cents, I spent maybe a total of 40k Hive to purchase packs and rip them open either myself or secondhand through streamers/content creators when I couldn't find the packs I wanted locally. Now as Hive is down under 5 cents and the cards have appreciated in value, that same 40k hive is worth closer to my whole stake altogether on this account. Funny how quick some things can change.
I've also been debating trading it back for Hive, but unless it's made easy where someone's willing to give me crypto/hive in exchange for them, I'd rather not go through exchanges anymore as that's also been quite a pain in the past to deal with.
I haven't posted much about my collection, I've dropped a few compilations here and there that others have made of my lucky streaks, but I'm happy to say I've been quite lucky. The smarter play would've been to purchase cards directly rather than rip packs open, but I guess we all have our vices and I'm glad mine worked out for the better.
I have big goals for my Hive stake, but currently a lot of moving parts are making the future hard to predict. If there were no bills/outside pressure to pay for things, I'd try my very best to get as much hive as I can before we end up on the magical 0.95% inflation number (+/- hbd/dhf fluctuations) in 2036. Now of course I wouldn't cut corners or skip on morals as that wouldn't be a good way to appreciate the work, pain and sweat (and probably tears), although there have been plenty of times that's been tested in the last decade through code changes and other things that have been all "well the blockchain allows it so 🤷♂".
My goal short term is to try and reach 600k hp before the end of the year, then if I can it'd be cool with 21m hp before 2036.
Aim for the stars they say and if you fail you'll at least do quite well.
I'm still very far off from that goal, had I played my cards right I'd have been a lot closer today, but that's just how the cookie crumbles, I'm sure there'll be more opportunities down the line.
Dunno, not sure if exhaustion/burn-out, but lately I've stopped caring as much about "politics" or "impressions", or maybe these prices have shown the true colors of some people forcing me to not really care anymore. My opinion has changed quite a lot of some poeple I used to look up to and see do good work in the past, not sure if it's AI's that's kind of made things easier to notice/detect, could be it's been obvious for many others, but I'm going to try and be a lot more vocal about shit I see in the future and try to call it out rather than just focus on my own things. I feel there's a lot of pretenders and incompetence around and many of them have been in charge of a lot of value in the past that I'd rather not see being reproduced, so I'd wanna be around to point that out.
I do try to take things seriously, from small to big things, and I try to be active wherever I can. Pay attention to both big and small stakeholders while also treating small and big ones the same, I think that's a good way to continue to do things.
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I mean I get it man. You gotta do what you gotta do, but selling your little Pocket Monsters... ugh that is not a easy decision but I have been in that position before and had to sell a few single cards worth a couple hundred each. IT SUCKED and yeah there are times where I think about it and feel bad for selling cards that I personally pulled from packs all those years ago. But I don't regret it for a second because it was a necessary thing I had to do.
Man, I powered my whole account down a year or two back and now it's back higher than it ever was and folks that were supposedly in it for the long haul have either bailed or gone silent. So, I know what you mean. Sometimes you're just picking between the bad option and the worse option when it comes to finances. Might end up being a good move down the road - ya never know!
I was really worried for a second cause I thought one of those tough choices was gonna be stopping Scrobble or Holozing development or something equally saddening.
I'm honestly not sure if Hive will ever go back up to holding 5 cent or more value but that doens't stop me from really enjoying being here on Hive.
Ah that, that continues on, albeit with a few breaks here and there as it's becoming a lot for mostly myself alone :D
Hive has a lot to offer, even without earnings/price!
It honestly does! So many cool people and communities!
A 2036 Hive goal. That is dedication and why I haven't given up yet. With people like that here, it's hard to imagine it "failing" as in going away or the token remaining too worthless forever, even if it never reaches where we all thought it would
I've always said I'm here for the long haul. :D
Hard times, I know that feeling almost all my assets are -90% or -99% down.
But I don't care much at this point about that.
Funny thing when I read from people who are here for 1 or 2 years that I'm rich xD because I have 1k$ in game token lol.
Normally, we see much of people's true colours when things aren't going their way but It isn't just that, it is how they choose to deal with it. I would say keep going and yeah, why not aim for the stars? It's free to aim, so why not? You might actually reach it. Haha!
Damn. And here I thought that I was very ambitious with my goals of reaching 50k by the end of this year and 100+k by end of the next year. I would love to have millions HP as well but so far even that 100k seems really far away. Either way good luck to you.
Sadly, this is what those digital assets are for.
When we need them, when the money in the physical world isn't enough or if for some reason isn't available.
I understand how hard it is for some people to part with it, but that's just life.
Tough decisions can lead us down incredible paths. It's just a matter of perspective.
Think about it.
Do whatever needs to be done; good luck, and I hope everything leads to an improvement.
We never really know which decision will turn out to be the right one.
we all sometimes make hard decisions because that is what we can do best that time
Do you think 600k HP before the end of the year is still realistic with the current Hive price
We seem to be having similar trains of thought. Although not an immediate concern, the old fiat stockpile will need buffing up this coming year. Selling BTC goes against my HODLer mindset, so my eyes have fallen on my neglected numismatic collection. See ya on eBay! 😁
Price of HIVE will go up if more people but it. And if existing Hive people are not buying then we need blood here.
Through Dungeon Cities, I plan to bring in new players to Hive. Though it’s sad to say that people here not just don’t support any initiative but also try to bully new projects. And despite all this we fight to make Hive grow.
Looks like you were asking for a mute, mate. Can't just go spamming someone's community like that.
If interacting with posts = spamming
then sure I was doing that :)
Especially accounts that not even their community admins or mods care to reply to. While I read, vote and comment on them.
It's not like I was commenting the same message again and again on one single person's post. ;)
And then there's also the matter of Claude Sub from you. A little support from your end would have sped up the game development a lot. But it's ok if you don't want to give it to us since we won't be sharing our repo :)
We fight to make Hive prosper :)
What are you talking about? This is literally spam, and it goes on for 40+ more comments. Why flat out lie?
The message is the same but was sent to different accounts after going through their posts. Just like how you say "hello" to people when you meet them for the first time. You won't call that spam right?
An example of spam is your comment section. The account which keeps commenting the same thing again and again on all your posts.
You should also see that I not only replied to people who responded but also upvoted their posts. If I wanted to spam I could have easily written a script to do it.
Cheers! :)
Writing more than a few same messages is considered spam, feel free to be delusional all you like. And yes, that's why they're under 0 rep, be happy you aren't joining them.
No need to be so offensive mate. I got nothing against you but you seem to be very hostile. Come play Dungeon Cities and relax! :)
40k Hive spent at 20-25 cents growing into your whole account stake is such a wild example of patience paying off – even when it wasn’t the “smart” play on paper.
Given your track record, the 600k HP short term goal seems very achievable and to be honest, the 21m HP by 2036 target is a good one to anchor toward, even if the road there isn’t linear.
Respect for being active for a decade, including through surgery, and for the choice to speak up more instead of being quiet. That's the kind of consistency you don't see much around here. Sending you clarity on the sale whatever happens, tough calls like this are never easy 🙏