Everyone has the chance to enter Web 3, but not everyone comes out the same way.
On Hive, we know centralized sites will try and break us. Bluesky mentions Steemit but not Hive. No one from web 2 is doing us any favors. We already know that they think we are specs of dust. We know they're coming at us; we know they're gonna throw everything they got at us. So this is how we beat it.
Withstand. Sustain. As times get tough, we rise up as a community and fix them because we know what we are working for is more significant than me and you, so we got to press forward, and we got to conquer it.
Everybody is good until they don't feel like it. When they don't feel like it, the actions and everything they said to go out of the window. I find it amazing how a person can say they want something; they can tell, I'm all in with you, let's ride. And then conditions and circumstances change, and the words they once spoke means nothing to them. I was taught to stay true to what you said you would stay true to, long after the mood you said it in has changed. Meaning on the days we said we don't feel like it; doing what we said we were gonna do, we are gonna step up and do it anyway because those are the days that build character.
I just want one thing from you all. I know you can code. I know you can market. I know you can build incredible communities. But not everyone has that same bite. When the price isn't moving, people don't have that same hunger when they move up. People have a light switch mentality. They turn it on and off depending on what the price is doing what other people are doing.
Character is everything. Who you are as a person will always be more important than who you are as an investor, as a developer, as an Hiver. Talent can only take you so far; consistency in character is what gets you through the hard times.
I never forget this time. I've seen people working their asses off during a cruel bear market. I remember clearly what happened with Justin Sun came here and offered to pump our bags. Any other community would have welcomed that with both hands.
When Justin Sun tried to centralize this chain, I saw a force rise up like I've never seen or felt before. I saw energy, the character of Hive. You can't fake who you are, and during the breaking point, colors are always revealed.
I remember the day people that once rode with us screamed, "it's over, it's over! Justin Sun has control of all of the top witnesses. We must make a deal and compromise to survive."
Justin Sun wanted to make a lot of us "rich." He said he would give us anything we wanted. We wanted exchanges. We could have exchanges. We wanted marketing. We could have unlimited marketing. We wanted liquidity. We could have the most liquid pools. We could have it all.
PREPARE FOR GLORY!
We did what no other chain has. We refused to be ignored. We took back the majority of the top witness slots and send a clear sound message that you don't fuck with us.
We were the shot heard clear around the world, and the implications of what we have set in motion won't be fully felt for years to come. We paved the way for others to break free if they are capable.
This community, after everything we have been through, would not give up. That isn't money-driven. Founders abandoned and our price in the dumps; no one outside even cared we existed before the hostile take over. That's not talent. That's essence. That's who we are. The Swarm gets hit with anything and keeps moving forward in the face of risk in the face of the unknown.
Some people show up for the bull run. When it's a person's essence, true Hivers will meet the challenge anytime, any day in the face of any adversity, price high or low, moral high or low, confidence always high.
I love crypto, coding, putting things down on paper in theory, and building fantastic game plans is cute. They can do it; they can run an ICO and raise billions, you can hire a great marketer and pay for great coding from developers. But when you boil it all down to what it is. Layer zero. Community. Me and you.
And if you are centralized already sitting on your fat token sale profits, that means you don't have more heart than us; if you haven't been working hard during the bear-like us, if you didnt sacrifice more than us, we will overcome any adversity. We are not retreating, we are not running, we don't care what the market cap says on paper. We don't care how many exchanges. We don't care how many resources. We live and die by this; every person must search their own soul.
You don't judge a person where they stand in times of comfort and convenience. You judge them where they stand in times of challenge and controversy. When you work for something, it gives you a different type of attachment to it. The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender. That's why people can give up so quickly. They don't have anything invested. They didn't work for it; they didnt sacrifice for it. Every time it gets tough, they go turn to look for something else.
But when someone has been working for something and been building for something, it will be a cold day in hell before taking it from them because they value it differently. Even if we hit a few bumps, it's okay. It's a part of the process of growing.
Trust the process, love the process, respect the process. Nothing will supersede it.
People don't burn out because of what they do. People burn out because life makes people forget why they do it. Opposition, adversity, challenge, never forget why you do what you do. I'm not talking about money. I'm talking about what you stand for.
A remix of the great speech from Inky Johnson:
What people should understand is...
The most important thing in success in everything is PERSISTANCE and DISCIPLINE!
You have a dream, you set goals, and YOU KEEP TO THEM,no matter how hard it is. You know that in the end,it will all be worth it. You have that vision, now you gotta realize it.
I can imagine why the HIVE community has opposed Justin Sun before, it's because the people have experienced a great loss before with Steem, and learned from their mistakes, and thats what made them so close as a community.
Its kinda funny but now I realize why it's called HIVE, because like one we swarm the difficulties and neutralize them, like bees :).
Im so grateful discovering this platform in just the right time of my life, and im looking forward for a better future for all of us.
At the end of the day we gotta look out and care for each and every single one of us, because the collective conciousness is a real thing(in my head) and we gotta change the collective mindset to better our existence in the long run.
!Wine
We need our witnesses on decentralized physical servers they own ASAP.
In my opinion, there is no arguing that this should be our #1 priority with regards to protecting what we have from outside attack.
In recent comments @blocktrades made it very clear that this is doable NOW. https://hive.blog/hive-167922/@taskmaster4450/the-decentralizatoin-of-hive-infrastructure
@apshamilton is actively encouraging the effort by doing and sharing. https://hive.blog/witness/@apshamilton/hive-api-node-for-under-usd750-hive-can-scale-at-very-low-cost
Those with the knowledge and know-how need to make the effort to get pertenent and reliable documentation up ASAP. We need active nodes throughout the world now, and I'm betting that with some good documentation and active assistance, they'd pop up all over the place. (Of course, this wouldn't do any harm to 3Speak either. 😉 )
That's ALL....
What an inspirational speech brother. The Steemit takeover was not a thing of coincidence. When someone takes over the way they did is because they must have felt they found some value, and indeed they found if their plan succeeds. Why do you think China always put Steemit up in the charts? This system is a game changer, a world changer when it comes to ownership, transparency, and governance. Justin made a mistake though and now he has a fake place full of spammers. On the other hand HIVE was born as consequence of the takeover. Those days were epic and showed how powerful the union of communities is. We showed guts, character, patience, and here we are kicking ass!
We have a huge responsibility ahead. I just hope we can align and become one Big HIVE punch and be the best at what we do as we mix it up with HIVE.
Let's keep rolling boss!
Stubborn or stupid? It doesnt matter. I am here to the end. I will sell a kidney before I sell my Hive. This place is going places and we are going to surprise the living hell out of even people on here.
You are right, they will come for us. The establishment is not going to sit idly by and let their power be taken from them. We will have to scratch it out, one user at a time.
This aligned with what I was thinking the last few days. We need to keep working at every level, to remove points of vulnerability. Decentralization and open source is key. Do not give them a place to hit.
The new app from Leofinance is going to make some waves when it is released. I just hope they are prepared for the blowback that will likely come later this year.
Nevertheless, time to bring it on. Hive is only 10 months old and people forget that. This is what we did in the first 10 months, just wait until people see what we do in the next 10.
Price is the last thing to find out.
They call us the crazy ones for a reason. They say to never mix emotion with investing but I honestly wouldn’t have it any other way. The ones that are the most successful always seem to be the most romantic with what they do.
wait you can NOT use that cover and not end this with
and a gift of you kicking something
@victoriabsb how about this? 😂
good one!
Thanks! 😊
I added it to the HiveGifs Tenor account a short time ago, so it should be searchable ("This is Hive") on Twitter, Discord, etc in the next day or so. 😁
https://tenor.com/view/gif-20076262
And now when I search the GIF button on Twitter for, "This is Hive"... 😎
Haha nice
Awsome
Very motivational post! I do believe in HIVE and I don’t care about the price :) I am powering up everything, looking to earn even more Hive tokens in almost every way and I am absolutely sure that the Web 3 is the future!
Hive Up!!!
Indeed your words are so true!!!
I could feel the emotions behind the words!!!
The message of "perseverance, self-motivation, reviving ones zeal and energy for the common good of this community," should be our watchword.
Indeed, it may take time, we may have to go through turmoil and experience lots of shading from the big shots from web2....
We can only succeed if we remain strong, focus and push harder....
Great motivation speech!!!
Wow... Honestly your words have really sunk in.
I like this 👇🏼.
And it's true, it's in adversity that you meet your friends, the brave ones.
When David faced Goliath, he never stopped to think that he was smaller than him. Nor did he think about his weaponry, which was only a small stone thrower. What he did think about was who he believed in, his principles, his truth.
In the same way we will do here. We believe in Hive, we believe that what we do every day is a step towards victory. It doesn't matter if we encounter potholes along the way, or ups and downs, we only see the finish line.
This is a marathon race, and I'm ready to reach the finish line.
Thank you @tjeycallmedan for those beautiful words.
They’ll have to pry my Hive Power from my cold, dead fingers.
What amazing words Dan, it is in the tough times that character is formed, I have been learning that through life's lessons. Thank you for being an example and inspiring us to keep building on Hive. 🌟🚀
Rome was not built in a day. Hive to the moon!
Loved it. Especially this part:
I agree, we have something special going on here! And the fork from steem has only made this community so much stronger. If we continue with the current development and focus more on marketing I think nothing will stop us ;)
I didn't mean to post this to #HivePosh. Ah well, Hive on!
Very wise words @theycallmedan. Hope this community survives. Like you said, Justin Sun was going to destroy us and what? We're still here. I think what has been done is really big. I am going to buy HP myself to help other users develop. It's a long journey ahead of me, but I believe it will succeed.
Even i did Ads for Hive in polish and English language to promote Hive
HIVE FOREVER!
I want to see more micro proposals for like 10$ to 100$/day for some work with a less high barrier to come over.
Then I think we can use the true potential from it.
Edit: I m planning to make a 10 point video series (10x 30 secs to 1 min) in high quality in coinbase earn video style. I think that's needed because I can tell 1 friend how hive works, but not 100. It's easier to share a link :)
The idea of micro proposals is a great one. Good thing about Hive you can have a 30$ proposal without paying 30$ in fees!
we are a family, so together until death
Facts! Nothing but facts and now the ball is in the court of everyone, you just need to choose either to be #centralized or #decentralized
Everything is not about what you want but what is proper!
Great speech, but, I want to say something different, no offense, just want hive to be better. We should not be hostile to the external environment, but we should integrate into them. Many people do not pay attention to us. Maybe it is not their fault. It is likely that we are too small. I have been thinking, hive is a great product and has a great community, why is it not popular? My personal feeling is that we are too independent. Many people don't know the existence of hive, but to change this status quo, just shouting on Twitter, it is far from enough. What is the core competitiveness of hive? I feel like a strong community. We can use this core competitiveness to cooperate with well-known projects. The following is a better way I feel, welcome to discuss: ox is a well-known project, and they themselves need to be promoted. ox can create an account on hive and publish an article introducing the ox project. People in the hive community will support it. The way to support is to like, comment, and forward. The more people the better, the ox project will be promoted. . ox will post the news of entering the hive community on twitter. At this time, ox and hive are a cooperative relationship. This is a mutually beneficial thing, something that can be done without investing capital. In this way, hive can establish cooperative relations with kyber, chainLink, AAVE, etc.
It takes a person who can lead the community to initiate, and the participation of more people in the community is meaningful.
Ohhh, I missed this! Been distracted and busied away from Hive for a while (not because I don't love Hive anymore, never that) and come back to read through my feed to find this gem. It's just the words I needed to hear. We've been through so much, and most of us still standing. It doesn't really matter what they throw at us or what comes our way, this community is the most amazing on earth and there's nothing that can make us loose our way. Hive = Power times 1000.
what happene3d to 3speak ?
@theycallmedan
can i run one community to gather the my community of country ,in my native speaker, writer , i want , we have no care about price
hive is hive alive
We are the Dave Chappelle of blockchain!
We got a deal with the devil and we said F that and went underground for a while only to emerge a legend
We hope we Will can to make be better
Yeah, DISCIPLINE!
Doing what you say your going to do is where integrity is derived from. Without integrity the foundation of trust isn’t founded. Without a foundation nothing gets done and nothing gets built. The key to action is more action. Dogged determination to stay true to yourself, your aspiration, and your crew.
I’m headed into another week of doing just that! Thank you for rallying us all to be better versions of ourselves this week Dan! 🙌
Excelente, motivante y claramente se comprende que pasando una gran ola y debemos tomarla y juntos.
Prepared and attentive to the hive growth @theycallmedan A motivating idea.
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STOPSo true for life, I am all in for hive - my only crypto investment. Extreme maximalist on hive.
Many have lowered their arms and withdrawn because they say that a coin worth less than 15 cents is worthless.
And what do I care what others say or think...I have screwed myself hard since 2017 to build and keep my community active and after so much effort and sacrifice I will never give it up.
I don't give a shit that the price of HIVE is low, I do this for love, simply because I like it not for a fucking price.
If you ask me that I would like the value of the currency to be at 1$, my answer would be of course yes... but I am not here for the price, I am here because I love HIVE I love my community, I have met wonderful people and my life changed completely when I arrived in 2017 and I will be here until I die!
Thank you for this! @theycallmedan it is much more motivation than I already have for myself