Image of steam engine by @ethandsmith edited by me, now full of Hive!
There once was a very special group called @TheSteemEngine on Steemit formed by @ethandsmith, and I was fortunate to be part of this group where I met wonderfully talented bloggers with a wide range of interests and who were all part of my growth on the blockchain. @enchantedspirit became the Curator and Pro Team Leader as Ethan's studies took him away from blogging.
Some of these special people are still active and a couple have joined us here on #silverbloggers, and that is just awesome.
A Generous Gift
About two months ago, @ethandsmith contacted us through Discord in The Lounge Car General Chat with a generous gesture; he made the decision to distribute the value of the group's Steem & Hive wallet to the members after consulting with those who responded.
This is what he had to say about this generous gift:
...it seems fitting to return the value directly to you all since you helped build it in the first place.
I'm going to tag those who have not responded, so if you know anyone on this list, please let them know as Ethan is safekeeping their share.
Four of that old group are now #silverbloggers members who have responded, so glad to have you all here @bengy, @dswigle, @bigtom13 and @slobberchops; but @tattoodjay if you read this, please contact @ethandsmith.
Other who have not responded are:
@apanamamama, @beautifulbullies, @catweasel, @daan, @enchantedspirit, @natubat, @squishysquid and @sultnpapper.
Why am I sharing this information here with our #silverbloggers?
Pay It Forward
I've decided to delegate my share of this gift to the #silverbloggers wallet. I've already received the steem which I've converted to Hive enabling me to add an additional 300HP delegation to #silverbloggers.
I plan to do the same when the powerdown of @thesteemengine's Hive wallet has completed, and so further help boost our HP.
This is an unexpected gift and my way of saying thank you to all the people back then who supported and helped me grow.
Delegations to date
We currently have a tidy sum of 3302 HP in delegations, and I would personally like to thank each one of you; yep I'm tagging again ;) @thebigsweed, @farm-mom, @joanstewart , @ericvancewalton aka SilverSaver, @pandamama aka Silver Panda, @preparedwombat and our awesome admin @fionasfavourites aka Silver Flower.
My wish is that our Silver Bloggers Community will similarly help with the growth of our members and ultimately with the Hive platform.
It only takes a spark to get a fire going, so let's shine #silverbloggers, and set the Hive world on fire!
Thank you @ethandsmith!
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Ethan is truly a class young man. I don't know if I can even get back on discord as I have since changed computers to contact him. I would also like to donate any proceeds I have coming to me from my time at the Steem Engine to the newly formed Silver Bloggers so if you would @lizzlle please contact him and let this "reply" serve as my authorization for Ethan to transfer my portion to you for such use.
I am tagging @ethandsmith in hopes he sees this but in case he doesn't please contact him for me. I look forward to the time I can get back to blogging and possibly joining the Silver Bloggers.
Take care,
Sult
Wow my friend, your offer is so humbling, I don't know what to say! You and @ethandsmith are both gentlemen in your own class and so generous!
The Silver Bloggers community account is @hive-106316, I can convert the steem to hive and transfer it to the community account if @ethandsmith is ok with that.
This will be a wonderful boost for #silverbloggers and I thank you!
This is absolutely amazing Sult🤗
Edit: I've spoken to Ethan and he will likely delegate to Silver Bloggers, I'm much more comfortable with that.
But a beeeg thank you my friend 💞
Never joined this one, nice to see sharing back into community.
Life is like a river, keep well and enjoy in whatever you decide to do @ethansmith
I was really taken aback by this generous gesture and happy that this came now to ultimately help our members.
Always nice to have a surprise, as you said, pay it forward 😃.
What a fantastic and generous gesture! Not only do you lead from the front, Lizelle, but you live the principle of reciprocity.
With your leadership,this community can only be a winner.
Thank you for the kind words Fiona, that was a really special group and as this was totally unexpected, I immediately thought it fitting to pass that liitle windfall on to #silverbloggers as a delegation.
This was such a kind gesture of Ethan. @ethansmith I was totally blown away and like you, was new. I want to thank Ethan for giving me the opportunity to be a part of such a wonderful community.
It was an amazingly kind gesture by @ethandsmith, totally unexpected! I was there for quite a while and miss the people, especially @enchantedspirit with her sharp wit🥰
Thanks for tagging me and letting me know I will go ahead and contact Ethan I guess on discord is best
Cheers and have a great day
You can contact Ethan on Discord or via email as per Discord, I'll DM the email address to you.
Have a great Monday!
That's awesome of @ethandsmith , Silverbloggers is going from strength to strength, well done @lizelle, thanks for sharing.
It truly was a huge surprise but @ethandsmith is someone who lives by his Christian principles, a wonderful man!
He sure sounds like it, wonderful man, I hope he is truly blessed.
It was a huge and very heartwarming surprise indeed!
I got mine @lizelle, seems strange having STEEM again in my (was) empty wallet. I would have preferred TSE to start up again but it wasn't to be. A very generous gesture by @ethandsmith, thank you!
It truly is such a kind and totally unexpected gesture. It was strange popping over to my steem wallet again but I emptied it again.
So nice to see you joined us #silverbloggers @slobberchops!
It was a generous act by the old SteemEngine community,quite unexpected but very much appreciated!
...and thank you too @bengy for your generous delegation which basically equals what you received from our dear little Steem Engine Community, so you are also Paying it forward! #silverbloggers can only flourish with all the magic that's happening here!
Very unexpected, I was totally bowled over by this! Sooo glad that you're here @bengy and thank you for your regular contributions in the community, much appreciated 🤗
Thank you for the generous delegation @bengy!
My pleasure!
@ethandsmith sounds like a genuine soul and this is a magnificent gesture.
May the sun continue to shine on his road in life.
What an awesome surprise! Well, it looks like this Hive community is really starting to pick up steam (no pun intended)!!
LOL that's a good one @justinparke, I was really sad when that little steemengine came to a halt, not referring to
steemithere;)But it was an awesome generous gesture by @ethandsmith!