Hi there my Hivean friends and followers!
Yesterday, I got a notification from @hivebuzz that I received a personal badge as it was my fourth birthday here on Hive. I knew it was but I had to roll out another round of my regular Monday tipping challenge and since I didn´t want to spam your feed with 2 posts in one day, I decided to put off the "celebration" until today. Thanks for the badge, @hivebuzz, it looks cool :)
So yeah, 4 years on this amazing chain with this amazing community, wow... I still remember that day, November 29, 2017 when I created my account and published the first post. It was on the terrace of our apartment in Playa del Carmen, Mexico where we lived back then. Of course I had no idea back then that this seemingly simple and mundane moment would literally change my life :) I don´t want to describe my journey here on Hive again as I have already done that many times in my previous milestone posts (not just birthday posts, I like celebrating all kinds of milestones :D) so instead, I will show you how Hive has progressed during those years, at least price-wise.
So when I joined Hive (it was actually Steem back then, I am sure most of you know the story, right?) on November 29, 2017 the price of the coin was $0.96. It was just before the epic bullrun at the turn of 2017/2018. One month later, Steem hit the ATH of more than $8...
When I was celebrating my first birthday on the chain on November 29, 2018 the price of the coin (still Steem back then) was $0.37. We were already several months into what turned out to be an incredibly long and exhausting bear market...
My second birthday on the chain on November 29, 2019 was the last one on Steem. The price was $0.15. Very frustrating times. The blockchain sometimes felt like a ghost town but some of us were still active on daily basis...
My third birthday was last year. November 29, 2020. Finally on Hive. The price was $0.12 per 1 Hive. Still super low but the spirit and atmosphere in the community were much different. We were Hive already. We were excited, determined and ready to make it big...
And we did it ;) Yesterday, November 29, 2021. My fourth birthday and the price was $2.77. Just a few days before that, we even broke the $3 mark and I am sure we will soon break $5 too...
But don´t get me wrong. There are many people here on the chain who created their accounts long before me. I don´t consider myself an OG here. But I think even my journey can be a good example and a proof that consistency, persistence and dedication really pay off in the long run. If you were active here during those days when Hive was cowering around the $0.10 mark, deep in the crypto market cap basement, you must remember how easy it actually was to earn Hive because the competition for the reward pool was just a fraction of what it is now when we keep hitting new ATHs almost every other day and people are flocking to our chain in masses. Just keep that in mind in the next bear market ;)
Thank you guys for being a part of all of this. It´s been quite the ride indeed. Hive on! :)
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Juhuhuu!! Wow 4 roky..jako by to bylo včera u Fiordičky na teraske!🦇🦎
Gratuluju k hive narodeninkam!!😘💫
Děkuju moc :* Ano, pamatuju si to odpoledne, jako kdyby to bylo včera :) 🦇🦎 :D
Congratulations and Happy Hiveday @phortun! Great recap, although memory of some rough "bear" markets. Hopefully you bought a nice B-day present with some of your Hive!!
Thanks man! Yeah, those "bear memories" might haunt us at some point in future again but the end of this year has been very exciting for all Hivers and I really think the best is still yet to come ;) I know you have been consistent with your Hive routine all those years as well. Rewarding times for the loyal are coming ;)
Happy birthday!
Thank you for the chronological journey through your time on Hive.
It was an awesome ride. I remember Tomas @czechglobalhosts, and that was where all started for me, I could say. Too bad (especially for him) that he is not on Hive anymore.
And yes you were my mentor and with you I started to curating and authoring "higher quality" posts.
Thank you for being here and for all your support.
Little gift from me @tipu curate 4
Oh wow, thank you so much Andy. For this beautiful comment, for bringing back the memories, for your generous birthday gift and continuous support... In fact, it started with Tomas for me too. It was the cooperation offered by him what made me make the decision to go fulltime hiving right at the beginning of my journey. Actually, he sent me a message a week ago or so and we had a little chat. He is fine, living in Portugal where he bought a house. He is still in crypto but more into Metaverse right now. He knows about the progress we have made here on Hive but doesn´t plan to come back as of now... Maybe one day, who knows :)
Awesome!
Hive is really fun, especially for me who is not present on other social medias.
So I love interacting and getting to know new people.
Say hello to Tomas when you will be in touch.
I will ;) Thanks. I am sure he still remembers most of the regular participants of his contests and so do I :)
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How does this tipu works ?
Here is a list of the TipU curators: https://tipu.online/hive_curators Each of them can give out a certain number of TipU votes every day :)
All of it free ? or we have to deposit something ? And one first need to be a curator to curate, right ?
No need to deposit anything, you just need to become an official TipU curator. I don´t know if they accept new curators right now, sometimes they do. Once you are a curator, you can start giving out the TipU votes. The more diverse your curation is (= you should spread the votes among as many different authors as possible), the more votes you can actually give out every day. And btw self curation of up to 10% of your total curation is allowed ;)
I barely do self curation, let me know, when they would accept new curators.
Congrats my friend 🍀
So glad people le like you are here! This is what makes the diffrence for me, thank you for beeing a part of that.
All the best to you and one day we will share a coffe for shure 🍻
Greez
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Thank you so much Sandy! I hope we will drink some beers together indeed :) All the best to Switzerland!
Tak gratuluji pane a přeji ať se Ti i nadále daří!
Děkuji a nápodobně! ;) Když už jsi teď skoro taky fulltimer ;)
Ještě ne úplně... 😉
Congratulations! Time goes by very fast and we barely noticed it, the market was very bearish, but as long as we have that dedication we can grow more and more within HIVE. Surely next year will be even better!
Well said my friend, well said :) Thanks for stopping and leaving this nice comment. Have a good day and Hive on!
Happy Blockchain birthday Phortun 🎂. How exciting to see how this whole project grows day after day, how good that you have known it for so long ❣️.
Thank you Laura! :) Very exciting indeed. I am so glad I joined this place early enough to see and experience most of the progress :) Greetings to Argentina!
Congrats @phortun!!! I've always admired your enthusiasm for this blockchain, specially in tough times 👏🏻✊🏻
Aww, thank you Sofia :) You have been active all those years as well, although you have another job, respect for that! And greetings to Venezuela ;)
Thank you! Yes, I recently turned three on the blockchain! Although the last two years is that I have been really active and now I'm thinking of working only as a blogger, we will see if it's financially possible :)
Awesome! So glad to hear this :) I think if the price of Hive stays at least above 2 dollars, many more people from Hive will be able to live off their Hive earnings, especially in countries where stuff is not expensive. Good luck with your blogging career!
Yes! Hopefully it stays above $2. Thanks for your wishes! :)
Wow my friend, You are spending truly amazing journey with Hivers. Congratulations for completed 4th annniversary on Hive. When I started follow you, I got big knowledge from you. As nature lover, I got good points from you for publish my posts too. Good luck and I hope you'll stay long term with us. Greetings from Sri Lanka.
Aww, thanks buddy :) Your content has been very useful and educative for me too. Definitely want to be here long term, no worries :D ;) Greetings from Poland all the way to Sri Lanka!
Congratulations! You have been an example to me and helped, even if you didn't know it, to get through the moments of difficulty, when I was tempted to leave this platform that now seems determined to reward persistence and loyalty! I wish you many happy years ahead here and everywhere and thanks for the example!
I didn´t know but I totally get it, I think most of us have had some moments of doubts and uncertainty at some point if all of this makes sense but the most important thing is that we overcame the fears and stayed persistent and loyal ;) Thanks for this nice comment. I really appreciate it. All the best to Romania :)
Congratulations! Also, I am waiting for HIVE to beat Steem to that $8 ATH! Of course our supply right now is higher than back then, but I am confident we will get there!
Oh yeah, that would be sweet! Well, the amount of progress, development, use case, skills, adoption, popularity etc. etc. that we have now here on Hive and what we had on Steem back then in January 2018 is just incomparable so we should be able to beat that ATH soon or later. We will see :)
First of all Congratulations for completing 4 years....I bought 70k at 10 cents - I left 5k$ in the exchange, which is still lying there. Regret not to buy all 😀
Thank you my friend :) I think you made an awesome decision. Buying so much Hive at the lowest price ever is a truly impressive feat, no need to worry about leaving some money there ;)
Happy 4th Hive birthday, @phortun:) I cannot express my gratitude enough to you for your support and help for me as well as other newbies ♥️ Thank you, we appreciated you. Your presence on Hive means a lot to us. Many more years to come :)
Aww, thank you so much Trang for these heartwarming words :) I am really amazed by all the beautiful wishes and kind comments that people are leaving for me under this post. It´s kind of emotional :) Thank you guys!
Well- deserved, @phortun ♥️
Boží! Happy H-day ;) Krásně se to čte. Tak ještě několikrát tolik - ať už v letech nebo v ceně Hive :D
Díky díky :) A nápodobně! Gratulka k dovršení prvního roku tady s námi! Jak to uteklo, co? :D Ať ti elán pořád drží a články jdou od ruky :)
Moc děkuju :) Jako musím říct, že to byl fakt boží hive-rok!
A to je teprv začátek :D ;)
Totally consider you an OG as my account is only 1.5 month older hahahahahahha.
Congrats on the milestone and for holding on, the benefits are amongst us and it is still fun so we are cool dude. Hive on!
Hahaha good to know that even I am considered an OG by some :D But I don´t really feel like it, we still have a bunch of active 2016ers here, these are the real OGs for me :) Thanks for yout visit, always a pleasure! :)
Good to have here active after 4 years.
Wish you a good future ahead :)
Thank you :) Well, given the current progress of Hive, I think all of us here can look forward to a bright future ;)
Oh yeah :)
Happy Hive Birthday @phortun
🎉🎈🎂🎉🎈
Thank you! Always a nice surprise to have one of the living legends of Hive stop by :)
My pleasure ;)
Congratulations! Definitely a nice experience. I'm on Hive for close to four years. Will be four in February, 2022
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Thanks man :) I know you have been very persistent too. I hope you will also get a nice gift (Hive price) on your birthday in February :D
Confident about that :D
Tak všechno nejlepší k Hive-narozeninám :) Ta cena je velmi příjemný dárek, což? :)
Díky moc! Jasně, současný cenový vývoj nemůže netěšit ;) Zvlášť ty z nás, kteří jsme nelenili ani v dobách podstatně hubenějších, což? ;)
Congratulations and best wishes to you. I wish you a better hive journey.
Thanks man :) Been already good but who knows, maybe it will be even better :D
Hopefully it will get better
Congrats @phortun your really amazing. Keep up the good work moving.
Thanks :) I will try!
Oh I'm not congratulating you because many people have already done it😂 and I can feel your happiness reading it. on the contrary I envy you for that 4-year journey, the difficult first phase often tests faith and enthusiasm more. What you learn from it on your 4-year journey is an asset.
I wish I could buy it from you :D
Congratulations
Hahaha thanks man but nobody can buy experience :D But no worries, you will soon be an experienced Hiver too. You have been doing very good so far, keep up the momentum and stay persistent ;)
Happy Anniversary mate. I will also have my 4th in January.
Awesome :) I will make sure to stop by with a little TipU gift :D Greetings to all Beşiktaş fans in Istanbul! :D
Thank you, even if they have not going well recently.
4 years - a great journey. I wish you always find more joy and success on Hive. congratulation to you! Wishing all the best to you @phortun 🥳🍺🍺🍻
Aww, thank you so much my friend :) It really means a lot. Have a nice day!
You are welcome my friend. And I hope I can do as well as you in the future. I know it’s so hard for me, but I’ll try day by day.
Wow! That is something to celebrate, it must be a roller coaster ride, yet you are still here.
it's really encouraging to see that.
Happy belated birthday 😂
Thank you! Yeah, it´s been a roller coaster indeed but I have been enjoying this ride. There are no ups without downs ;)
Tanti Auguri!😉 🎂 🥂
Grazie mille! :)
Niente!😉
100anni...Cent'anni!
Congratulations. I still think your considered OG since I only joined a little more than a year ago.
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Thanks man :) Well, after 10 more years, if Hive is still here, you will be an OG too :)
Congratulations! Happy Hiveday @phortun !! Here's to another great year! :)
Yay! Thank you so much Denise! :)
Jsou to "už" 4 roky nebo "teprve"? :-)
Já začal čas počítat znovu od "přestěhování" :-)
V každém případě si to zaslouží gratulaci. Nejen "čas" učinkování ale hlavně účinnost tvé přítomnosti na řetězci :-D
Díky moc, Bucíku :) Já to teda beru od úplného začátku ještě na Steemu, ale je fakt, že to "stěhování" byla dost "tlustá čára" ;)
"Účinnost tvé přítomnosti na řetězci", to jsi řekl tak hezky poeticky :D Ten "umělec" se v tobě opravdu nezapře :D
:-D
Blahopřeji k hezkému výročí ;-)
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Díky za gratulaci i pivko ;)
Není zač ;-)
big congrats to your birthday here on hive!! 4 years are a long time, keep up with the good work:)
Thank you Katrin! :) I will do my best :D
Happy Hive Birthday! I'm quite impressed with how consistent and dedicated you are throughout all this time. I definitely cannot say the same. To many more and let's hope Hive grows even more in the coming years! :)
Thanks buddy :) Well, you kind of have to be consistent if this is your job :D Plus as I mentioned in the post, it´s actually during the low times when earning Hive is the easiest... Thanks for your kind comment. Greetings to Thailand!
Congratulations! 4 years...Time flies doesn’t it? :)
Thanks buddy :) Oh yeah it does! Hope you are doing fine, all the best to Finland.
4thbirthday on Hive. 🎂
Thank you :)
Congratulations @phortun!
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Thank you & cheers! :)
Hope to be like you!
Haha thanks :) Well, seeing you joined us just two months ago, you have been doing very good so far! Keep up the momentum and good luck ;)
TANK YOU! WE CAN ONLY TRY
Someone owns a time machine- grats
Heh, díky :)
4 years 1 journey. It's neither long nor short, happy birthday @phortun
Right :) Thank you.
Yohoo! Happy happy hive birthday! ❤️
It is such a long journey - a successful journey! ❤️
Thank you for your wish and the kind words :)
Thank you too! ❤️🥰
Wow! Happy Birthday and Congratulations!
Thanks! :)
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