I read these often during bull markets...
How people have been set free from the shackles of debt slavery and corporate control. Fiat currency and banks no longer own them, they hold no power over them any more. Moving forward, they are self employed and empowered to take on whatever they wish. They are now among the many blockchain emancipated!
The goal for many of us, who have been through at least one full bitcoin cycle (4 years), is to make it so that blockchain technology their main source of income.
If I put $4000 into BTC when I became very interested in it, played successfully during "alt season" 2017, sold at the top, bought a bunch of the good projects at the bottom and held on until now... I would be among the blockchain emancipated.
Reality Check
My "if" scenario is pretty much playing a perfect hand. If any of us play a perfect hand when the bulls are running, you are rich. It is really hard to call the top. It is really hard to play successfully during alt-season. It is hard to even say when it is alt-season. It is easy to grow value in a portfolio by holding onto good projects long term. BTC is a safe bet. It is one of the best performing assets going. It is not going to make you rich overnight, and being rich is not the goal... being free is.
Reality Check #2
It is easy to make money when everything is going up. I remember talking to people in 2017 about the projects that they were invested in and how they 10x'd their investment. Everyone was in a different project, the outcome was the same. This is because every project that looked half decent went up a lot. It wasn't because we were smart, savvy or anything else. It was because we parked our money in the cryptocurrency market at a time when everything was going up.
This last month, I had one of the best months ever in the world of crypto. This is based on new crypto that I earned, via staking, blogging, curating, farming etc. If I could continue to have months like April 2021 every month moving forward, I could retire and go full blockchain.
I know that there is a lot of hype right now and when the hype dies down, it could be a lot harder to earn. I know that a good month does not make a career. I also know that as bulls take a backseat to bears, it is a lot harder to stay afloat. The last thing anyone would want to do is need to sell their holdings to survive due to premature blockchain emancipation declaration.
The Struggle is Real
The struggle is real, and so is the possibility of full blown blockchain emancipation. As the months go on, we are going to read all kinds of blogs about how Hive has changed peoples circumstances, how LEO is now a full time job and how Proof of Brain afforded someone a fast car. All of these stories will be told (in some similar way) in the coming months.
We are fortunate enough to be involved in a blossoming industry that will ultimately change the way the world operates. It will transact differently, it will communicate differently and it will be governed differently moving forwards. To be this invested and this deep into cryptocurrency at this early stage is a blessing to all that understand what is occurring.
Blockchain Emancipation
This is not, I put $5000 into coin X that went up 300x and sold for a profit of ____! The casino is old world thinking. I am talking about freedom. In order to be freed, we need to adopt a new mindset. This mindset is free from profit in fiat currency. The mindset is one that recognizes the type of revolution that is taking place in front of our faces. It also recognizes the kind of tyranny that is everywhere we look in the world right now.
Blockchain is not just a tool of the revolution, it IS a revolution. Once we overstand this fact... we have taken step one. We are one step closer to becoming blockchain emancipated.
Step by step
When Hive inevitably hits $10, and LEO inevitably hits $10, and Proof of Brain hits (I dare not even make a prediction), PAL and Archon get up over $0.50 and those LUV tokens are $1 a piece, blogging and curating is going to be very lucrative. At this point, it is good to do a reality check.
I was blogging on Hive when it was called st**m, and was at $8 per token. We all thought that we finally made it. There was no way I was going to sell any of my tokens. I was earning $25/day off the inflation! What I didn't know was that we were going to ride down hard. It makes sense to take profits because things that go up, do come down. Had I took profits, I could have bought back in at a lower time and I would be an Orca today. You live, you learn.
Studying the market is important, and knowing how to use its fluctuations to your advantage will be a useful skill. It should not be the only skill, just one of many in the toolbox.
The hype will get real when the trending page will have $1000 posts and there will be celebrations about how we are all on the bus to rich-ville. This is not the destination of one who is blockchain emancipated. Stay focused.
The Technology will set you free
That is a lie. Anyone that tells you that is lying. The truth will set you free.
The truth is that we are people that live in scarcity or abundance. Anyone who is betting money in the shitcoin casino trying to roll the wheel into Lambo land is living in scarcity. Switching your mindset to living in abundance is step two in blockchain emancipation.
Once we realize that their is way more than enough and that wealth is literally a few mouse clicks to create, everything changes. No longer will we frivolously bet on some obscure shitcoin or try to swingtrade the market into a better position. We know that if we do our work and keep our forward momentum, that we are in living in abundance.
The destination
The best that this blockchain has to offer, there are many, but let's let's take @taskmaster4450 as a good example. He is full time on the blockchain. He earns enough to live off, no problem. What is he doing? He is teaching people about blockchain, he is coaching people about the abundance mindset, he is providing examples of the shifting of the paradigms. He is aiding any of us willing to pay attention on the path of freedom!
A blockchain emancipated individual is a freedom fighter. First, you fight for your own freedom. Once you attain it, you fight for others. @taskmaster4450 is a perfect example of this. There are many other people on this blockchain who are many steps into this journey. He is just one good example.
My journey
I am somewhere in the abundance mindset. I have recognized long ago that we are witnessing a revolution. I have also recognized that the revolution is not in getting rich off of savvy investing. Fiat is not the end goal here. One thing that I see happening is the very institutions that would have us enslaved are now getting into this space. If there are not enough of us with this emancipated mindset, our revolution will be thwarted. Keep your eyes open and don't be fooled by the scarcity mindset.
I have recognized that in order to be free and full time on the blockchain (s), it is more about reputation than about holdings. Many people with huge bags come stay for a while and then sell into some other scheme. That is fine. I am not here to sell into another scheme. I am here to work on myself and my sense of abundance. I am here to recognize the revolution that is underway and make sure that I am ready to be the freedom fighter that I am in the process of becoming.
Once I have earned my freedom, I will be able to serve as a beacon for those that are still in the struggle. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel... don't worry, it is not a train. I hope to aid a bunch of you in the future, and I am grateful to many of you who light the way for me.
Thank you for reading. I look forward to your comments.
This is where it all starts.
Now that you are in the abundance mindset, you will see it everywhere. There is nothing that will stop you from noticing it. The reason: it is all around you.
We know money is made up. It is a game. This is impossible to see when we are in an emotionally charged state (like fear) since we are trying to pay our bills.
However over come that and we see a much bigger pattern. The money is not a given in crypto. The abundance is spreading and EVERYONE who is active will reach life changing money. I am convinced of it.
That means there has to be something more. You are right, fuck the Lambos. After a couple months, that is just a car payment.
It is about Crypto-Freedom.
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Freedom over Ferrari's for sure.
Thank you for your insight and your continued dedication to this blockchain and the bigger picture of crypto.
Press on!
Thank you!!!
It would be really exciting to see HIVE reach $10 because that would make alot of authors to earn up to x10 of what they are already earning via their contents....@allcapsonezero
Ya, $10 Hive would bring some interesting times here.
Well that isnt exactly accurate since the activity would be a lot higher. There would be more people posting, so the reward pool would be diluted which is a very good thing.
It will be an exciting time.
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That's a very good way to see things and one that I share.
This is something that is very undervalued and that's why some of us have been trying to show the power of engagement. The best thing is those things are related because if you manage to build yourself a good reputation and a strong network within the blockchain, you are very likely to increase your holdings as an effect.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this.
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Yep. This is why @leomarkettalk is so vital.
I came upon this post as a result of the link in that group. I might have found it anyway but it was put in front of my eyes by someone who is showing himself to be of good quality.
It all builds.
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This is a new economy, but some things never change. Who is worthy of support??? Who do you want to see your influence lift up?
I am not sure there are people individually that are pinpointed. I think it is more about providing the path and seeing who follows.
It is the old bootstrap idea: see who is willing to pull oneself up and offer a hand.
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agreed.
Couldn't agree more. There is more to life.
I saw similarities to playing Poker from what you mentioned about investing times. I guess it makes sense since the "game" of life revolves so heavily around money. I can't think of a better goal to have than getting out of the game.
disclaimer: I do not sell myself for money, I do not want to end my life, the "game" is a metaphor.
Ya, once the "game" no longer matters (because you won it so badly), you are free from it. It is almost not money, but the game that revolves around it that we are freeing ourselves from.
Great reality check! I'm guilty of dreaming of going fulltime, just because I started this thin in a bull market.
If I hadn't planned on hedging my bets and taking profits (Selling for safer coings like BTC or ETH), this post would have woken me up.
I also like, how you're scared of imagining what happens, if POB rises in value. LOL. That is a scary thought considering how much people already make.
When these tokens (Hive, POB etc) go up a bunch more... and they likely will, there will be this energy around the blockchain like "we made it" and everyone will be talking about their plans for vacations or quitting their jobs etc... when this happens it is important to not believe the hype. Market pumps are often followed by market dumps. All (most) of the O.G's will be ready with some liquid Hive for the occasion. It could stay up, but if it does, the floodgates will open and there will be 300x more accounts claiming rewards. There will be a balance achieved.
Yep. Past altseasons lasted many months so hopefully we will have time to take some profits. I'm not at a point, where I can keep tons of hive or POB liquid, yet.
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So good to have some of this reality checks along the way. I could relate to a lot of points in your post.
This I learned the hard way. It was an illusion I had when I first started here, and it was shattered by reality. Now I finally got the right frame of mind to be here.
Right on!
I think this is the main goal. To someday 1 bitcoin be worth 1 bitcoin. And we really use this to make our daily things. Money is but a concept (and I think we all are already tired of this talk) but is totally true! You have to really understand this to start getting into the abundance mind set. What has value and what has price.
You can count me in the team!!!
Let's keep growing together!
I will count you in for sure!
Thank you for reading and your thoughtful response. It is a long road to relearn the right lessons and un-program the systems that should not belong in our programming. I understand the initial steps. The next few are far more advanced... I will keep posting on my progress and the lessons I learn.
I am waiting for politicians to make their decision based on cryptocurrency and blockchain. Financially, blockchain has changed a few million of the world population but the revolution still is still in the baby steps. Once crypto and blockchain enter politics , that is the revolution.
Blockchain will revolutionize politics. There is not a way that it will not permeate that sector. I am amazed that there is not elections being held with sha-256 mining to ensure that each vote is done in a trustless manner. Politics is currently a game that the voters lose by thinking they are part of the process. Once we take our power back through creating our own wealth and our own systems of governance, politics will be a totally different beast.
My personal goal is financial freedom as well. So I would also want everyone here to succeed and that we could live off our earnings. I think the tools are starting up and they should be there. With Cub Finance and the possible Hive Side Chain in the future, I think we are in a prime position to take advantage of the hype going on. I would like to do whatever I want to do and work when I want to work.
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You overlooked the @spknetwork. Of man did you overlook that. LOL
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Yes, for myself, I am a carpenter and can easily "retire" from my daily hustle to take on projects as they present themselves and as I would like... not as i NEED. Having the security of a crypto income could certainly help transition me into that area. I don't want to jump the gun. I think another full cycle is likely in order for me.
I have almost four years done at this stage and it's all about building.
Keep building your profile, keep building your account and keep branching into new areas that will provide a small income. Over time it will grow into enough to live on.
It is definitely a possibility. I'm thinking it will be another cycle for sure for me... but I see it coming.
This is so amazing article, in my personal opinion blockchain can help me to reach financial freedom
Thank you
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