HIVE continues to be interesting.
I think one thing people miss is, HIVE is more about YOU than anything else.
HIVE, as a blog form, is a diary. You are interacting on a blockchain. You will be remembered. In real life, history is only told by the winners. On HIVE, you are remembered by what you do.
Some people try to leverage this idea. I do not try to leverage this idea. But HIVE being a diary is something that happens if I want it to happen or not. I cannot stop from being remembered on a blockchain. This is true for everyone.
I think "Hivians" get too hung up on the details here on HIVE. I see people argue about a lot of things on this chain. I see people posting things that are unrelated to the discussion in the comments; I am guessing they know what they post cannot be deleted. I am guessing they know they will be remembered.
So one thing I never want to be deleted is this post. When I made my first post on HIVE, I actually understood what I was doing. I was being myself. I was getting sentimental. https://peakd.com/hivepizza/@hurtlocker/my-first-blog-post-lets-get-sentimental
At the time I made my first post, "a lot" of people in the PIZZA community thought it was weird. But it was not weird. I was writing my diary.
I have always struggled with addictions. I am not perfect. I am a human. I make mistakes. I have gotten better over the years. But I did not quit drinking. I try to quit drinking a lot though. I joke with with my family and in my real life friends that I am the best quitter there ever was when it comes to drinking 😅. One thing that make it hard for my family and friends is I am a lot of fun when I drink and I am very functional. I like to have a good time. I love to party and I do not take my drinking out on other people 'usually'. It is hard for the people that care about me because they like it when I drink because I am a good time but at the same time they are watching my destroy myself which is hard for them. https://peakd.com/hive-177682/@hurtlocker/let-s-get-sentimental-full-circle
So I recently tried to stop quit drinking again. But I got hit with a hammer by life. I had someone in my life I lost. I was angry. I was mad. I am still so angry. But I will NOT take my problems out on my friends or family. I did my thing when this happened. I became relentless and I never gave up. By the way, the person I lost in my life was a real person and not a crypto person.
When I lost this person, I made money in this trade. But I did not agree to this trade and I never wanted it. I am still so angry. I would give all the wealth I have accumulated through my life to get this person back. I would be glad to be financially poor for the rest of my life to get this person back; I want to be hungry so I can have this person back. I miss this person so much. I am so upset. I am so sad. I am so angry.
But life does not work this way. Life does not care what I think.
When it comes to in real life, I cannot pay to get people back. I cannot get these people back that I love even if I am angry. I cannot buy people back from the afterlife. It sucks and I hate this. I just want them back.....
But I can still celebrate Valentines day.
I still love life. I still remember things. I still have things I can reference. I can love life and reference other things I posted about.... like a HIVE Pizza. To this point, in the past I made a HIVE pizza. It was actually very tasty. I LOVE pepperoni pizza.
https://peakd.com/hive-185582/@hurtlocker/the-best-pizza-i-ever-ate-the-hive-pizza
There are a lot of haters on HIVE today; I have been in crypto long enough to know this normal. The current HIVE price is hard to deal with for some people. But I have always been here on HIVE since I started. I have always loved HIVE since I figured out what it is.
I did not change. I am not a new person. YOU just never took the time to get to know me.
I have been doing traditional finance on HIVE for a long time. I will make a post on why the DOW is stupid for the TradFi community soon. https://peakd.com/hive-177682/@hurtlocker/today-is-a-reminder-that-the-dow-jones-industrial-average-djia-is-a-stupid-market-index
I have been being myself for a long time. I just never had a lot of HP in the past. Stake weight matters on this chain.
I love this chain. I think whoever made the original chain knew what they were doing. I think they knew what they created. It seems like it just took longer than they expected.
I do not care how I got here. But I do care about how I am remembered; I am only human.
I think HIVE has a lot of use cases. Most of these use cases have nothing to do with me or what I write. That being said, I need to make money off my recent HIVE trade. If I do not make money off my trade, HIVE is a lie. If I do not make money off my trade, this was a mistake. I do not think it was a mistake and I think I will be right eventually.
This post could possibly be hard for my new followers. But it will be a breath of fresh air for people who have followed me for a long time; I am still here. My HP did not change me.
I do not care about the price of HIVE. But some people do. What needs to change for you to feel like we tried? What needs to happen for you to know this chain is working hard to make you happy? I would like to hear from YOU. Even if you do not like me 🙂
I believe we will get through this moment. But I cannot promise you I will stay. I can promise you I will ride this to zero. But if the price goes up too much, it will get weird for me. It is already weird. I do NOT like this. I never wanted this relationship with the chain. But I needed to do this. It was time.
I want to continue my TradFi community and start exiting at some point in the future from my main account. But everyone else needs to change for this to happen. I cannot change you. I cannot fix this place. But I have wrote my diary. I am happy where I have left this. This will not be my last post. I will continue to keep writing. I love HIVE. I love the people I am friendly with; I love the people who hate my guts. I am so sorry you had to see this side of me. But this is my diary.
I am glad I powered up HIVE.
WOW. I love your post. Sooo personal!
Am a recent follower of your posts, in my search for new users, I stumbled on your channel. Am glad I did! Not so many users around that bring the type of content I truly like. The truthful kind, the opinionated kind, the honest kind, the personal kind.
You really have users hating you? Darn, I wonder why. Ok, maybe I should read all your posts and comments. Uhm. Like to have an AI that can analyse users blog channels, making it easy to get to know someone better. Heck, it'll even allow me to figure out what I wrote the past 9 years. So much I forgot about.
True words about HIVE. HIVE is what we make of it. And HIVE is a chain holding to our words and sentences forever.
Indeed, quite funny to see some people bashing HIVE, crypto, life, others, and - some - even themselves, written, published on HIVE, recorded for eternity as it is engraved in stone.
Honestly, I do believe HIVE is here to stay. We need some 'killer' app, though, better UIs (less nerdy, more mainstream) and perhaps much more, but we have the basics. And what can be better than a blog service such as HIVE where mostly people are friendly towards each other, even when having completely different world views. Sure, some bashing around, but in general much less than any of the popular social media we all know.
Wish you all the success in fighting addictions. It isn't easy. I try to quite smoking for a long long time already, but no success so far. And the terrible thing is, I started smoking when I was around 30 years of age. How foolish of me. One day, I master the quiting. Alcohol, am not so much into that. Never like the hangovers, even when they are mild. Other substances, some of them, I really like, but fortunately, no addictive behaviour. When I was young, I felt I could get addicted to the IRL casino. So I quit going. Somehow I am addicted to HIVE, but that is an addiction I won't fight, I leave that one be 😉
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Well yes, the posts of your blog will remain here forever despite your destiny, as log as there is at least 1 node running... It's a sort of legacy
I'm sorry for your loss, losses can make people react in various ways, sometimes it's just unbearable, drives you nuts, I doon't judge whatever reaction one can have to a loss...
I think we should be trying to get more visibility, more expansion to the rest of the world, I know marketing has been said thousands of times but sponsor a rally car or digging water holes isn't marketing... More effort in bringing here more people with a broad visibility, with followers who can then follow here, we overreward shitty posts with no value while keeping creators away...
Anyways we are on this dance with hive, so let's keep dancing and see where this goes
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Hive is a blog about our lives and our growth; I'm sure you will emerge victorious from this pain that overwhelms you. She has clear goals and objectives, and she recognizes her weaknesses, which is a good thing. will succeed and achieve her goals. Hive will continue its course
and recover, and I'm sure many users will come to enjoy the successes that are coming.
You face the challenge of recovering, moving forward, and recouping your large investment.
Brave men weren't born to lose. And those who are afraid shouldn't have been born, that's what they say in my country.
HIVE has a lot to offer. I agree HIVE will continue its course. I face a lot of challenges but that’s true for a lot of people too.
That is a very intense saying they have in your country. I think a brave man who is too proud could be born to lose though. Bravery is not enough. Humility is important. Without humility, pride can cloud a brave man’s judgment.
I agree with you, it's a very strong saying, but in the context of my country:
It means we must face our challenges and move forward. And of course, fear is inevitable and a survival instinct; what would become of us if we didn't feel fear?
And always be humble, with or without money; heaven belongs to the humble, and if you're lucky, so does hell. It's also a saying in my country. Greetings
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It's a very realistic and sincere introduction. I hope you've overcome your drinking problems; you're very genuine. I think it would be great to see you on Hive for a long time and watch your community grow.
https://peakd.com/hivepizza/@hurtlocker/my-first-blog-post-lets-get-sentimental
Thank you! I appreciate the feedback. I am naturally a sincere person. I’m so sincere in real life some people think it’s a trick and it gets weird sometimes 😅
I mean sometimes people being sincere is a trick and on top of that, this is the internet so I can understand why some people are less likely to believe me.
Not much I can do about that though. I can be myself and that’s about it.
It's good to read someone who conveys sincerity; you don't have to lack it, you don't have anyone to impress here on Hive, you've forged your own path and that's admirable.
I am sorry for your loss, and I can understand that it really takes a lot to move on in life after such tragic incidents.
I appreciate your approach, and this is what I like about you, but I have observed that a lot of people here are hive price-centric. Hive is a crypto coin, so we just can't expect its price to be on top, and I remember in 2020 BTC price was 4k, now then in 2025 at 125k.
Wow, man, I thought you were made of steel, but now I see you're a real man. With problems and anxieties just like me, a man too. It's great to know. I'm here to support each other and talk. I'm a friend, even if you don't like being called a friend. I'm here for you, my friend.
It sounds really weird, but I swear it's the translator. Take care, buddy.
Well 1, this is the internet so we should be careful who we consider "friends." 2, it might just be the translator / a cultural thing. Saying friend in English in every comment just looks weird.
Like I call people Bro sometimes, but I'm not actually their brother 😅
I appreciate the feedback on my post. It takes a lot out of me to write these type of posts but I really enjoy them when I do 🙂
I'm Venezuelan, although I'm currently in Colombia, and in my country we all call each other "friends." "chamos" "pana" compa" "broter"
It's cultural; we also call each other "brothers," but not very often. I also write about my life on Hive to vent and de-stress a bit. We 19-year-olds get stressed too, especially when we're trying to find our way.
Yea. When I said something about saying “friend” I just was sharing my perspective. But I hear what you saying about the culture differences. You can still write what you want I was just speaking my mind lol.
19 years old can be very stressful. Lots of big decisions happen around that time for people.
Yes, and making decisions is stressful. And it's been really difficult for me. Take care and stay strong.
I hope her heart heals soon. Losing a loved one is always painful, no matter how hard we try, but we have to move on, and it's good that she's in Hive and has a distraction.
Thank you for the kind words 🙂
It is always painful. HIVE has been a good outlet for me on self expression and I'm glad I have it as an option.
First of all:
I'm so sorry. I understand.
The only way I'm leaving is if Hive somehow goes away, or I'm not here (existentially speaking) anymore :))) Hive under stress only makes me work harder.
I appreciate it.
That’s good to know 🙂. HIVE under stress seems like a good reason to step up. I respect people who put in a lot of effort for the right reasons.
Greetings. First of all, I am so sorry for your loss; it's completely understandable that you feel such anger and sadness, and that no amount of money can fill that void. I understand, and from my own experience, I can tell you that time is a great healer, not completely, but it helps ease the burden of loss.
Thank you for sharing your more human side; not many of us dare to do so. You are very brave, but that's life—we are all sentimental. I hope you can move forward and fully overcome your addiction. It's normal to feel guilty when you don't achieve your desired goal, but life always offers us opportunities.
I'm looking for time to interact in your Tradfi community. I know you're doing your best to make it an excellent community, and I know you will succeed. In fact, for me, it's an excellent community. Take care, and I send you many blessings, health, and a long life.
And let's continue to demonstrate that Hive is the best Blockchain; many of us are doing our best to remain here despite all this ordeal we are experiencing, each from our own position and trying to do my best. Take good care of yourself; I know there are people who appreciate and love you.
Thank you for the kind words. I do have a soft side. It’s kind of interesting how showing that soft side is considered brave. I guess the world is just a dark place sometimes and it makes being sentimental challenging.
Life can harden you but it doesn’t have to be that way. We don’t have to turn our back on the world just because things aren’t happening the way we want. We don’t have to stay angry forever. I am still upset but as time goes on it gets better and I feel better talking about it.
Take your time on interacting in the TradFi community; there is no rush. I appreciate that the community may be daunting just because it’s so much information. We have a lot of different style posts in the community now too. TradFi is very broad so there is probably some particular topic that may peek your interest.
HIVE is an amazing blockchain and I do try to communicate I feel that way. HIVE has a lot of cool things that really set it apart from other chains. HIVE has a strong base of apps but more importantly, a strong base of users that will stand by it through the hard times. HIVE’s strong base of users really care and they want HIVE to be successful.
Take care of yourself too!
Your HP didn't change you, but your history on this chain definitely shows how much you’ve grown. Respect for staying authentic.
Thank you. I appreciate it. Being yourself can be really hard sometimes. I am not going to sugar coat it. Sometimes moving against the grain because I am being authentic is stressful.
Beautiful Heart Shaped PIZZA, but I think you're missing some slices here an there lol!
Instagram phrase "Sometimes love also mean giving up something" lol
Good observation. I like where your head is at. 😆 I do think this pizza was a little cheaper but not enough to make up for the lack of extra slices. Good marketing on their part with the pizza, I paid about the same for less pizza and I don’t regret it 😆
Stonks for the pizza business!
I actually did an analysis on Papa John’s in the past on HIVE 😅
https://peakd.com/hive-185582/@hurtlocker/papa-johns-valuation-using-the-discounted-cash-flow-model
My price estimate was pretty close at the time but they got hit pretty hard with all the inflation it seems. I actually haven’t research that stock in a while so I have no idea why they are so down but it’s not been going great over there 😅
condolences my friend.
may HIVE hit $1+ soon and make us all rich! :P
I think that's just about equivalent to wishing we won the lottery. As it is, rising tides no longer lift all ships proportionately.
If it hits $1 soon that would be wild. I want to see whatever analysis you are doing to think that's possible 😅
-if btc take off, all crypto will follow
-its only a matter of time, maybe a few years
This is not so, Bitcoin went from 15K to 126K from November 2022 to October 2025. Hive went from .27 cents to .09 cents same exact period. This case of “all crypo goes up with Bitcoin” is dead. But it still goes down with it generally, not just give but as predicted 80% of crypo went down same time Bitcoin went up 850%
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!LADY
Some crypto follows. It really just depends imo.
Did you see that Binance removed the hive:btc pair recently?
I was king of surprised they even had that pair though just based on the volume so I don’t think it’s that bad of a signal it got removed. It’s not a good signal but still.
I honestly think getting HIVE more accessible to US investors is a better play. I mean US investors have swap space they can use but that's not straightforward for some people. I really wish there was some way to buy HIVE off Coinbase’s Base in some official capacity. That's way outside my skill set to get something like that to happen though so who knows if that's even possible. 🤷♂️
Eliminate pairs that have low trading volume
Yea the volume was so low on that one, I would guess Binance was losing money on it.
I think it's easier for them to remove Steem first.
Hive will never be listed on USA exchanges. There are strong reasons for this not happening when we were at highest level of popularity in 2021 when coinbase & Gemini added tons of nonsense cryptos. These reasons are stronger than ever. Small cap cryptos pay big money to get listed, it’s all a centralized trash just buying the listing game. The exchanges are kissing government regulation ass & won’t ever add a Hive like token that can easily be anonymously used. Also we won’t be for same reason Monero isn’t. We have been Removed even from half the swap services PeakD still lists as Hive friendly, I don’t like being a party pooper but when I see this discussed without these facts it’s important to be honest. We should be embracing being decentralized and embrace being anonymous, instead most people want less of that and just talk price go up let’s get more on ramps.
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@geneeverett
You told me two of the four swap services still listed on PeakD haven’t listed Hive in years right? Even though PeakD still list them? So years without an update? Come on #PeakD please update this. Gene if I’m misrepresenting it please let me know.
Are you talking about Coinbase or Coinbase's Base product?
Also it does look like Monero is available on Kraken but correct me if I'm wrong on that one.
No idea about Kraken, but the rest yeah. Maybe there’s a back door way through Coinbase where you can do it through ETH. I heard this discussed at Hive Fest but it was very misleading and it’s not a listening. These exchanges are not adding Hive. I’m not happy about it, it’s just the truth. Even more concerning is seeing multiple swap services drop hive past year.
Hey @geneeverett can you please screen grab and show me which ones? I remember seeing in a post you did. I don’t use swap services, I use lightening channel to instantly buy hive with bitcoin for pennies so I’m not sure.
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I think it's obvious he's praying to the Muslim god, the Catholic god, and every god available. If BTC keeps falling, he'll have to start praying to the devil too.
It's difficult, but not impossible. The thing is... opening up to a public diary is complicated. And it's not because you think you're so important that you're not mortal and ordinary, or because you are very mortal and ordinary, but rather that despite being so free to share what your soul holds, it's, as I said, difficult. It's a leap, and you don't know how high the fall will be. But like any leap, it's liberating. My respect for such a noble act of liberation.
My very first post on here was a leap. I wanted it to be special. I wanted it to be something I could come back to. I’m not sure if it’s liberating or not; I kind of go back and forth on that idea that it’s liberating but I do understand what you are saying. That being said, I am having a very human experience on this platform. Expressing myself is part of who I am. I do not want to do things that can change me in a way that is negative. So I am posting here as I am. I am being sentimental 🙂
Thank you, I liked your writing precisely because it's very relatable and encourages you to be as authentic as possible with each post. That's inspiring.
I'm so sorry for your loss! 🙁 The best any of us can do is remember the good times and be grateful for them.
I wish you the best in quitting drinking. Too many people fail to realize it's an addiction that can't be cured, and the best thing they can do is help you stay accountable and encourage you along your path to remain sober.
Hive is what we make it. Like you, I'll continue to keep posting and interacting because I enjoy it.
Never apologize for expressing yourself on Hive. It's a place where everyone can and should be themselves, and ideally not be judged for it.
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I will honor this person’s legacy. I will show them deference even in the afterlife. This is how I am taking a very terrible experience and turning it into a good thing.
Drinking is definitely an addiction and statistically it destroys a lot of lives. I'm not sure I can completely run away from my addictions but it really just depends on the person to be honest. For some people AA is very effective. If people can find ways to control their addictions they become stronger. For some people that control means not doing it at all which I think can be a very effective strategy.
I do agree with you. I think people should be themselves on HIVE, (within reason obviously). One thing I like about HIVE is it enables us to go back in time and see what we did. HIVE is an easy way to “look in the mirror” in a way that is not possible in real life or other platforms.
Cheers man. It’s always good hearing from you and I’m glad you are still doing well.
I think that's a great idea to honor their memory!
Yeah, there's more than one way to deal with alcohol and being honest about the degree of struggle is a good approach.
I need to do that and go back and look at some of my posts.
It's good to hear from you too, and I'm glad you're not letting the negativity stop you here. I like what you're doing with the TradFi community, by not just creating but also promoting engagement.
Thanks for the feedback on TradFi. I've just been experimenting with different things. I mean people love upvotes here so I figured curating comments would be worth the try. It seems to work lol.
Hey, I just wanted to touch base with you on a post I made in TradFi. It was muted, so I'm not sure if that was because I'm not whitelisted or if I messed up somewhere in the post itself.
Would you mind giving me feedback on it when you have a chance? 🙂
https://ecency.com/hive-143901/@bulliontools/slow-and-steady-utility-company-dividends-jbp
Hi, I hope you can get over your loss and that you find distraction in Hive and write a lot about yourself. It's good to get to know you, it's nice to hear about your life. I hope you feel better and that you're always on Hive, that your community is the best, and that Hive is never a mistake, but rather the best thing for everyone. That would be great.
Oh, and I love pizza, and I'm also sentimental (very).
Sometimes I cry when there are homeless animals on the street or when my little brother gets sad because I eat his chocolate
Thank you. I don’t think time heals like people say but the “pain” becomes more bearable. I will at least honor the persons legacy.
I hope I am always here too in some capacity. I’m not sure what always being here looks like. I love to learn new things and I tend to pivot a lot so I’m actually kind of surprised I have been so consistent with the community. I have a passion for helping people learn new things but I also don’t really want to be a teacher full time either.
The TradFi community does appear to be a win win to me. We are learning together and people have been researching companies and providing feedback. I think the TradFi community is actually shaping out to be better than some Reddit finance communities I follow.
It is sad when animals are homeless so I’m glad to hear your heart appears to be in the right place. Good luck with not eating that chocolate, chocolate is very tasty lol.
I'm sorry to hear about your loss. That is never easy to go through. I used to journal quite a bit when I was younger. I have several spiral bound notebooks that I still keep on hand to write stuff down, but it's pretty rare since HIVE is kind of my journal now. I don't get quite as personal or in depth, but it gives me an outlet and helps me think critically off the chain to deal with things that I might write about on the chain. Also good luck with quitting drinking. I know it is probably quite a hard thing to do.
I appreciate the condolences. It is still a fresh event but I think I will always be sad about it. I don’t think I can move on and not sure I really want to move on. I want to remember this person and honor their legacy.
I think quitting anything that is addictive while having an addictive personality is inherently challenging. I think one part I have a hard time with is I am so hard on myself about it and I need to stop doing that. Also, just in general, quitting drinking is hard to do because you can buy it everywhere. People provide it for free everywhere.
HIVE being a journal is way underrated imo. Great use case and a good reason to use the platform. No one needs to buy HIVE for it to be used as a journal though. I think why people would want to buy HIVE is an important question. Not sure I know what the answer is on that one 🤷♂️
I had a friend who I used to be quite close with pass away a short time ago as well. It's something that will linger with me for a lifetime I am sure.
I don't think HIVE needs some fix, it is already a great place but not a great one in term of business or investment here. As long we can be happy being here, that's what matter most.
anyway I had pizza for this Valentine too and I got scammed
the pizza scam!! FCK IT one slice pepperoni for a slice pizza
just be happy even during our shitty days.
I agree with you HIVE doesn't need some fix.
I am not sure it's a bad investment but it just feels like the user base that sees it as an investment is too discombobulated right now.
The user base that sees it as an investment can't be discombobulated if they want to be effective imo. The investor cohort side of the chain is very important though.
Witnesses need to be able to make money off running nodes imo. Witnesses need a financial incentive to run good nodes and for them to be willing to do what is in the best interest of the chain. And those witnesses need sufficient liquidity to be able to sell their witness rewards.
If HIVE is not about making money in terms of token price going up, it creates downstream problems imo. I am also not saying everyone needs to view HIVE as an investment, I am just saying the investment cohort on the chain are very important.
Those toppings are offensive 🤣 hopefully it was at least tasty, it looks tasty. I have been eating pizza a lot lately but that picture makes me want to have more pizza 😆
I believe the witnesses are also paid; I don't think the nodes operate for free.
I know they get rewards but there are costs that go into running a node. There is also a time commitment and they have to stay up to date on things to run a good one. So it's definitely not free to run a node and it should be profitable to run one is what I am trying to say.
It depends on the number of transactions each one processes and their position in the rankings. We should be able to downvote them as well.
For sure there a lot of variables. I bet someone could build like a probability chart to show how profitable they are at different rankings and different price points. That being said, it’s kind of hard to value people’s time because most people are going to have different opportunity costs. So if someone did build a chart it wouldn’t be perfect.
I'm not sure what downvoting them would look like. Sounds kind of weird. 😅 I never really thought about that before 🤣
u just gave me a new hard vocab there, disco dum dum dum
anyway the pizza were good, they were just too stingy in giving toppings lol. go have some more because pizza are ok, the drinks that are often not healthy.
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This is truly a post filled with many emotions, and I admire your courage in expressing all of this through these words. That same mixture of anger, frustration, and sadness is what I feel today, not being able to have that person who seems to be distancing themselves more and more from me every day. So I find myself with the contrast that, although there are many things that bring me joy, deep down I know that the most important thing is missing, and that is someone who can bring color to everything I am going through. I'm not really happy getting good rewards while feeling a great emptiness inside me, and I'm sure that in times like these, just being with that person would be enough to weather any storm. It's not an act of dependence, but of wanting to share my experiences with that special person 😊
Behind every story there is a delicious pizza, so even from a distance we share that good taste 😋
I appreciate your response. It's nice to know when other people can relate; it’s nice to know I’m not alone in my feelings.
I’m sorry to hear about what you are going through. I think it’s hard when you want to be close with someone and it does not feel like they are reciprocating.
I’m glad you realize the rewards do not bring happiness. Getting more rewards is great! But rewards are not everything. I would be happy with getting less rewards if it meant I had better conversations on here and I got more upvotes from small independent users. That’s all out of my control though. That is life sometimes and I try not to focus too much on the things I can’t change.
I think that's the key: not letting ourselves be affected so much by what is beyond our control, but putting our best effort into what is within our power. 👍
Yep I think that's a good way to summarize it. There are so many things outside of people's control usually and I just try not to put too much time into focusing on those types of things. Just seems like a waste of time to focus on those types of things to be honest.
Sometimes I think that there are many things that can rob you of the peace and joy you need to keep going. So why add to that? That's why I take advantage of what is within my power 😊
This is the only phrase I didn't like. I hope you're here for a long time and that we can all get through this critical moment. I feel like I know you a little better. Thank you for opening up and talking about yourself. That's very brave.
I'm sorry you didn't like that part. I'm just being honest.
I think the TradFi community will be a longterm project. I mean people are getting a lot more access to stocks globally. Tokenized securities are already happening and that is going to create a situation where people will have access to stocks globally.
I think I started TradFi community at the right time. Most of what I learned is self taught. When I make posts I share info to these free resources so you the community can have access to them too. I think people in crypto have a general disdain for the institutions that control financial markets (I think that disdain is justified).
I personally do not like a lot of the finance people I have met. They are usually pretty arrogant and only care about money or care about things they cannot buy. It turns into a control thing for a lot of them.
But it’s important when investing in stocks to know what you are up against. The people who run financial institutions are exceptionally smart. It’s unfair how smart they are imo.
But brains isn’t everything. Most of these finance people get what they paid for. They get lots of things but not a lot of people that care about them. To me that’s a bad trade. Balance is important imo.
I understand the purpose of the community, thank you so much. I've truly learned and am still learning there, and I wish your project a long life. I want to grow on Hive, and I believe your community will help me a lot (I'm being honest in saying this). It would be foolish not to try to grow in your community with the great opportunity you offer. Thank you. You should write this type of content more often.
I appreciate it! I believe the TradFi community will continue to grow too.
I wish you luck on your HIVE journey and that you are able to grow with the chain.
I try to write posts like these when I can. These posts do take a lot out of me and I can only write them when the feelings I have are genuine. You will probably see more posts like these from me but it’s just hard to do them regularly because the feelings I write need to he real or it won’t resonate.
I understand when you say writing, when it comes from the heart, sometimes it's the best. I hope you too grow and continue to help others make this journey in Hive more bearable What you do is very valuable
I really loved the nascent days of the !PIZZA community in HIVE during it's first bull run. It was everything I thought a crypto WAGMI community was going to be. It seems like we're very far away from getting back to that feeling again but I'll always just lurk around, just in case...
You lurking just to yolo in at the top? Just kidding lol. 😆
Yea I miss those days of pizza. A very memorable time for sure. I miss it but I don’t think we will ever recreate that moment. I’m guessing we will have more positive moments in the future but it will probably be different with different people.
Buy High Sell Low! True degenerate WSB style! 🤣
But yeah, I think crypto changed the minute it went main street with the big boys coming in. It has become less community and alternative and is moving towards traditional finance. Not a criticism or anything, but I guess that's just natural when things mature.
To me there were a lot of reasons it’s changed. It’s just a different market with different expectations. When Web 3.0 gaming and NFTs were first getting popular, people were paying crazy money for things. People were living off the video games they were playing without being content creators which is pretty wild to look back on,
I think Bitcoin itself is very ingrained in traditional capital markets now. MSTR is in the Nasdaq so Bitcoin literally impacts the broader stock market. There are a lot of smaller publicly traded crypto treasury companies too.
I think it’s getting more mature but also the meme token phase we had recently in crypto was probably the opposite to maturity 😅
I almost never drink. A liter of beer is enough to get me to happy hour. If I drink a little more, I get sleepy. So I don't enjoy alcohol.
As for losing people, that's life. You have to hold on to the good memories and forget about the end. You have to keep living.
You also have to find happiness; torturing yourself over the past doesn't help, it only destroys you more.
I think drinking has pros and cons. Way more cons than pros imo. Like drinking is actually good for parties because it gets people to loosen up. Also bad for parties cause some people get a little to wild lol.
Even if I quit and then drink again one day, I still think it is good to get my tolerance down. Last thing I want is to become physically dependent on something like alcohol. I think you not needing much for happy hour is a pro. Like alcohol is mostly just a waste of money imo.
On the losing people piece, what you said is all very true and very insightful. HIVE is an interesting place continues to be a theme for me. Kind of wild how we met on the chain and where we are today.
I try not to torture myself; it’s a bad way to cope. Coping that way is hard on me and hard on everyone else who watches it. My way of coping is remembering the good times. I will not be able to forget the bad but I will be able to do positive things like honoring their legacy.
I wish you the best on your drinking problem. Yes, that is the thing with alcoholics or borderline alcoholics — people like them when they are drunk and so often encourage the drinking. I have never struggled with alcohol. As I get older, even one beer can be enough to give me a splitting headache that if I'm not careful will lead into a migraine that takes me out for 2-3 days. On one hand, I hate my genes for this. But on the other hand, it is a bit of a blessing in disguise. But I do have my struggles with things like coffee, which also lead to migraines for me, but which I find it much more difficult to give up. Anyway — good luck! If you ever need anyone to talk to about it, please DM me on Discord. As ever, I disappear from there for days at a time, but as soon as I see your note I'll respond.
I also believe in Hive. If I could afford to buy in more like you have recently, I absolutely would. A few years ago when the price of Hive was much higher I was buying in a lot. Too bad I can't afford to right now. Oh well, that's life, eh? But I will remain here, whatever happens.
Yea I get pretty bad headaches sometimes. I think mine are usually allergy related but it's also worse if I'm not taking care of my body. Lately I have been eating better and working out more. I have cut down on the booze quite a bit and I look way healthier.
That's a bummer you get migraines from coffee. I love coffee. Also, I appreciate the good luck. I will take any luck I can get lol.
I hear you on the believing in HIVE. I also don’t think you are alone in wanting to buy in but not having the extra money to do it. Like the global economy is just weird and inflation seems to be way worse than whatever is being presented by “the experts.”
Sending you some Ecency curation votes!
I do not normally responsed to these types of comments when they are curation related, but it is nice to see a comment from you Melinda. I hope you are doing well.
I do not often see, comment or vote on posts that are not published using Ecency. I stay busy with Ecencial posts and Waves , but happened to see yours and wanted to acknowledge it! ❤️
It is much appreciated. I mostly use Peakd. I honestly don’t understand why the front ends are so different. Like I mostly use snaps and you are busy with waves 😅. O well, glad you still see my post sometimes ❤️
I've always been a promoter of open source projects like Ecency.
That's awesome! I think open source is going to get leveraged a lot more in the future. Especially with AI.
Btw, when I said the front ends are so different, that wasn't like a dig or anything like that. I just remember when I first started on the platform it was really confusing for me. Like when I first started I thought Ecency and PeakD where literally different platforms. Took me a while to put the pieces together and understand it's all still going to HIVE 😅
We are all in this together! It's perfectly fine to use whatever frontend works best for you.
It is absolutely true that history shows us that a person has won and then he has started getting respect, but that person knows how much hard work he has put in to earn that respect. Even in normal life, if a person succeeds, he succeeds after a lot of hard work. People only see that he has succeeded, but they do not see the hard work he has put in.
I am sorry for your loss. I too have lost good people I would give everything to have in my life again, people I owe my life to. I am glad you have the strength to endure your grief.
Be well.
Thank you! I hope you be well also!
PS: Stay strong. Its hard to loose someone you love. Very hard.
In the end, well, I guess we have to accept what we cannot change.
Stay on track and Hive on. 💪🏻
I agree. Focusing on what we cannot change is mostly a waste of time. I can only honor the person’s legacy.
Yea I'm still keeping HIVE on. I'm very focused on the longterm potential. There needs to be some vision where HIVE is a good investment or a lot of things just don't make sense here. Like we need witnesses that are making money from the token or having good witnesses is going to be hard imo.
In retrospect I wish I powered up slower. Buying a lot in a short period of time got kind of weird in a few ways I wasn't expecting.
But I like to party and parties get weird sometimes 🤣
Hive Pizza is legendary! Enjoy 🍕
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Thanks! It was for a pizza competition on here. I was surprised I didn't win the competition but I didn't participate to win so it was fine.
The pizza was actually very tasty. I actually want to make another homemade pizza soon. Going out to eat is getting to expensive right now anyways.
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Being remembered here feels intentional, no need to force it. Just share what you care about.
I have a dear friend that has the same problem with alcohol. She's so funny and crazy when she drinks, she really drives the party. But at the same time, alcohol is a problem in her life because she fell for it even when it's not really needed or when she's trying to escape the bad reality she's living. I don't say one should quit drinking totally, but using alcohol to cover up problems... that's bad
Yummy
I love pizza
Care to join our discussion about incentives?
It is all about incentives - you can design self-regulating systems, with great quality, due to curation and working incentive structures as well as mechanisms
Hive is not perfect, I am talking about that.
But people either attack me because they like Hive too much or attack me because they don't like it at all.
Both are projecting onto me and both funnily have nearly no stake.
The one last thing I really value about Hive is the immutability. That it is impossible to censor.
You can still look at the most abyssmal downvoted posts. And can even build frontend to even highlight them.
My fear is just that we will also loose that.
Because of the uneconimic hive nodes.
Will the greedy whales and witnesses continue running altruistical nodes?
Will new witness nodes be able to run the system once old witness and whales stop?
With rising hardware and electricity costs due to AI as well as the plummening Hive price?
If Hive stalls, the immutability is also gone.