I'll try to keep this short but informative. There's bad, or not-so-good, news and there's good news.
The not-so-good news...LUV
I'm keeping LUV and @luvshares on pause. "Why pause it?" is, of course, the pertinent question. This was a tough decision; LUV is a dear project to me. But here are the reasons:
- The mission of LUV has been: to spread love on the Hive blockchain. The idea was to give a kind word or encouragement to someone and a digital token of LUV was also passed along in addition to those words. I think this happened a lot, especially in the earlier years, but this has become less common.
- LUV has now become more of a pilfering thing. The tokens have become candy in a jar waiting to see if they can be stolen.
- My thought is that kind words always were and still are the most important thing in the spirit of sharing love with others on the chain. This can still be done! Sharing love and empathy requires no digital token! As it matured, the token really wasn't doing what it was intended to do.
- From the very start, I've always thought that if the project got too spammy, it would be time stop. I think we've reached that tipping point.
- The LUV token has been targeted several times over the past 5-ish years. Usually, it involved a central figure setting up multiple accounts, steady farming of the coin, then suddenly aggregating those farmed coins into one account, then selling/crashing the token value. And, there were recent situations. These were targeting HBIT/Wusang and were more sophisticated: seemed to be auto, script, or bot run pilfering of the HBIT and Wusang tokens. This caused me to shut things down and think things over.
To sum, the main reason for this decision is that LUV has moved away from its initial intention, and become little more than a target to be taken. And, again, you can still share love on Hive with kind words.
LUV has gotten a lot of help and support over the years from a lot of Hivers - technical, HP/RC, moral. I've got to thank my good Hive-friend @wesphilbin mostly, as he's been the #1 encourager. If you haven't yet, check out his ThoughtfulDailyPost community. It's in the same vein as LUV.
In American politics, whenever a political candidate drops out of a primary race because they're not getting the votes, he or she announces they're "suspending the campaign." They're not exactly ending it, it's just...suspended. That's what's going on here. LUV is suspended and paused.
So, you never say never and you never know what may come in the future. But, at least for now, LUV will stay on pause. Loov and Luvee will continue to ride off into the sunset together.
The good news...HBIT
HBIT or @hivebits (and the accompanying @wusang game) is back. It is live and working now.
Despite the most recent "situations" above, I reactivated HBIT. A couple of reasons for this:
- A minimum reputation level was set. Anyone below a reputation of 35 cannot mine HBIT. In the most recent attack, the accounts seemed entirely to have a rep of 25, meaning they were new and/or inactive. These were almost certainly, bot/script generated "users."
- I feel HBIT is different. It's not a "tipping token," it's more of a mining token. You put in the effort, you get the reward...proof-of-work. I called it "proof-of-comment" in the introduction post.
- And, there's the very simple roll-of-dice "game" of Wusang built in. A random chance of getting bonus "treasure tokens", or bitcoin sats in the form of ecash. (Yes, real bitcoin satoshis, and yes, it's still out there in the game waiting to be found.)
We'll have to see how it goes going forward. We'll cross that bridge if it comes.
But, to sum, HBIT (and the built-in Wusang game) are back and live.
Helphive is live
And oh, one last thing and this is good news too, @helphive is live again. If you didn't know, you can get help with Hive questions by simply typing ! help (without a space after the !) anywhere on the Hive blockchain. Ask a question, use that code, and someone should get back to you soon (the goal is within 24 hours).
I go by @crrdlx or "CR" for short. See all my links or contact info at https://linktr.ee/crrdlx.
I am very sorry that there is less love in Hive, and many people need it now. It was a good token, regardless of its market price...
!LOLZ
!HBIT
astramar, you mined 0.9 🟧 HBIT and the user you replied to (crrdlx) received 0.1 HBIT on your behalf as a tip. You can receive 100% of the HBIT by replying to one of your own posts or comments. When you mine HBIT, you're also playing the Wusang: Isle of Blaq game. 🏴☠️ | tools | wallet | discord | community | daily <><
What's more, you found 1.0 ⚪ BLAQ pearl as a bonus treasure token!
Your random number was 0.05948087847434047, also viewable in the Discord server, #hbit-wusang-log channel. Check for bonus treasure tokens by entering your username at block explorer A, explorer B, or take a look at your wallet.
There is a treasure chest of bitcoin sats hidden in Wusang: Isle of Blaq. Happy treasure hunting! 😃 Read about Hivebits (HBIT) or read the story of Wusang: Isle of Blaq.
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(1/10)
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Thanks, I appreciate those words.
I"m with you, anyway❤️❤️🔥
!LOLZ
!MEME
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Earn Crypto for your Memes @ HiveMe.me!
We know that the LUV bot will be back (sooner or later). ❤️ Let's use alternative tipping tokens similar to LUV in the meantime, such as !HOPE and !HUG. 🤗 !INDEED !ALIVE
I really !HOPE that LUV will return in Hive🙏❤️❤️🔥
! LOLZ
!INDEED
!HUG
Yes, Hive !INDEED needs more LUV. 🤗😅 !LOLZ
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(1/10)
Farm LOLZ tokens when you Delegate Hive or Hive Tokens.
Click to delegate: 10 - 20 - 50 - 100 HP
I recommend that you reblog that post using your @hivebits Hive account (and perhaps on @wusang too), so that more Hive users (especially those who stopped trying to mine HBIT when they knew about the HBIT mining bot pause) would be aware that the HBIT bot is back and working well. 🤗 !HOPE !INDEED !PIZZA !HUG
You're probably right.
Thanks for acknowledging my suggestion! 🤗
Have a !PIZZA with !HOPE! 😁
I love using the LUV commend in my comment and as @savvytester mentioned,it always fits well I my sentence.
And tipping Luv shows how extra love I want to share.
Good to know that HBIT is back.
!HOPE that you soon see my other comment reminding you to mine HBIT, as you haven't mined the token again since 4 days ago! 🤗🤯🤯😅
!WEIRD !INDEED !PIZZA
!HBIT
I haven't been active here.
jmis101, you mined 0.9 🟧 HBIT and the user you replied to (savvytester) received 0.1 HBIT on your behalf as a tip. You can receive 100% of the HBIT by replying to one of your own posts or comments. When you mine HBIT, you're also playing the Wusang: Isle of Blaq game. 🏴☠️ | tools | wallet | discord | community | daily <><
What's more, you found 1.0 ⚪ BLAQ pearl as a bonus treasure token!
Your random number was 0.31291609864565617, also viewable in the Discord server, #hbit-wusang-log channel. Check for bonus treasure tokens by entering your username at block explorer A, explorer B, or take a look at your wallet.
There is a treasure chest of bitcoin sats hidden in Wusang: Isle of Blaq. Happy treasure hunting! 😃 Read about Hivebits (HBIT) or read the story of Wusang: Isle of Blaq.
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I know that you are busy in real life (and that's more important !INDEED), but !HOPE that you remember to mine HBIT on your first comment for the day (UTC) (to Hive users who like or at least don't mind tipping tokens)! 🤗😏
!WEIRD
!HUG
Thank you for your witness vote!
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I read what you wrote about LUV and I understand what you're doing. Makes sense to me. It had a good run :)
Glad !HBIT is back! The Rep >= 35 filter is smart and hopefully it solves that issue.
!BBH !LADY
Please don't forget to mine HBIT today! 🤗 You weren't able to mine the token for the past 3 days. 😅 !HOPE !LOLZ
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(9/10)
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!HBIT
It's good to see you mine !HBIT today! 😎 Let's !HOPE that both you and @pepetoken are able to mine the token today. 🤗 The PEPE frog hasn't mined any HBIT yet for more than a month! 🐸🤯😅 !INDEED
savvyplayer, you mined 0.9 🟧 HBIT and the user you replied to (kenny-crane) received 0.1 HBIT on your behalf as a tip. When you mine HBIT, you're also playing the Wusang: Isle of Blaq game. 🏴☠️
Sorry, but you didn't find a bonus treasure token today. Try again tomorrow...they're out there! Your random number was 0.5010323901826703, also viewable in the Discord server, #hbit-wusang-log channel. | tools | wallet | discord | community | daily <>< Check for bonus treasure tokens by entering your username at a block explorer A, explorer B, or take a look at your wallet.There is a treasure chest of bitcoin sats hidden in Wusang: Isle of Blaq. Happy treasure hunting! 😃 Read about Hivebits (HBIT) or read the story of Wusang: Isle of Blaq.
!HBIT
@savvyplayer wants me to say that you missed mining HBIT yesterday, so here's a reminder to mine the token today (and get another chance to win a BLAQ-based token in the process)! 🤗😏 !HOPE !INDEED !WEIRD !HUG
!HBIT
Thanks!
!BBH !UNI !LADY
kenny-crane, you mined 0.9 🟧 HBIT and the user you replied to (savvyplayer) received 0.1 HBIT on your behalf as a tip. You can receive 100% of the HBIT by replying to one of your own posts or comments. When you mine HBIT, you're also playing the Wusang: Isle of Blaq game. 🏴☠️ | tools | wallet | discord | community | daily <><
What's more, you found 1.0 ⚪ BLAQ pearl as a bonus treasure token!
Your random number was 0.32114699584459816, also viewable in the Discord server, #hbit-wusang-log channel. Check for bonus treasure tokens by entering your username at block explorer A, explorer B, or take a look at your wallet.
There is a treasure chest of bitcoin sats hidden in Wusang: Isle of Blaq. Happy treasure hunting! 😃 Read about Hivebits (HBIT) or read the story of Wusang: Isle of Blaq.
Congratulations for getting a BLAQ pearl from the HBIT token that you successfully mined! 🥳 It has been more than 5 weeks since you last won a BLAQGOLD coin or BLAQEMRLD gem though. 😅 !HOPE !INDEED !WEIRD !PIZZA
!BBH !UNI !LADY
Have a nice day! :)
Thanks for the appreciation and the three token tips! 🤗 !BEER
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kenny-crane, you mined 0.9 🟧 HBIT and the user you replied to (savvyplayer) received 0.1 HBIT on your behalf as a tip. When you mine HBIT, you're also playing the Wusang: Isle of Blaq game. 🏴☠️
Sorry, but you didn't find a bonus treasure token today. Try again tomorrow...they're out there! Your random number was 0.8703965122444222, also viewable in the Discord server, #hbit-wusang-log channel. | tools | wallet | discord | community | daily <>< Check for bonus treasure tokens by entering your username at a block explorer A, explorer B, or take a look at your wallet.There is a treasure chest of bitcoin sats hidden in Wusang: Isle of Blaq. Happy treasure hunting! 😃 Read about Hivebits (HBIT) or read the story of Wusang: Isle of Blaq.
Thanks for the reminder!
!BBH !UNI !LADY
I appreciate your thoughts.
kenny-crane, you mined 0.9 🟧 HBIT and the user you replied to (crrdlx) received 0.1 HBIT on your behalf as a tip. You can receive 100% of the HBIT by replying to one of your own posts or comments. When you mine HBIT, you're also playing the Wusang: Isle of Blaq game. 🏴☠️ | tools | wallet | discord | community | daily <><
What's more, you found 1.0 ⚪ BLAQ pearl as a bonus treasure token!
Your random number was 0.1296018066340736, also viewable in the Discord server, #hbit-wusang-log channel. Check for bonus treasure tokens by entering your username at block explorer A, explorer B, or take a look at your wallet.
There is a treasure chest of bitcoin sats hidden in Wusang: Isle of Blaq. Happy treasure hunting! 😃 Read about Hivebits (HBIT) or read the story of Wusang: Isle of Blaq.
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LOHtokens.@kenny-crane, you successfully shared 0.1000 LOH with @crrdlx and you earned 0.1000 LOH as tips. (1/6 calls)
Use !LADY command to share LOH! More details available in this post.
I loved using the
!lovecommand on my comments, especially because it fits the sentence very well. 🧘♂️🤓 !HOPE that you find a great reason to reenable your LUV bot! ❤️🤗 !INDEED@crrdlx, I paid out 0.070 HIVE and 0.012 HBD to reward 3 comments in this discussion thread.
$PIZZA slices delivered:
savvyplayer tipped kenny-crane
savvytester tipped kenny-crane
savvyplayer tipped crrdlx (x2)
@savvytester(3/5) tipped @jmis101
Come get MOONed!