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Hive Disappointment

I was looking at my Hive stats. It appears that I have only earned 147.79 Steem/Hive

4 months ago by shainemata, comments: 2, votes: 10, reward: $0.80

I Powered Up Another 87 Hive

I powered up another 87 Hive today. My weekly power up should be around $20. I lose some of that with fees from Coinbase and Blocktrades. However, it is still momentum in building my account. It's funny that I was celebrating that I reached

4 months ago by shainemata, comments: 0, votes: 2, reward: $0.00

More STEEM Power Down Coming

Fortunately, Dlease has an option for canceling a lease renewal. One prior leaser renewed for three months at a little over 8% interest. It's a great price for him. However, it's much lower than other leases on the market. I think I can do b

4 months ago by shainemata, comments: 0, votes: 14, reward: $0.36

I bought some more HP today

I bought more Hive Power today. That's about the only significant thing worth mentioning. In the past, I would buy Hive and convert it to HP. I started poking around on Blocktrades and saw that I can buy HP directly rather than buy Hive and

4 months ago by shainemata, comments: 1, votes: 6, reward: $0.11

Waiting for the repair estimate

I had my car towed to the car dealership this morning. Dealerships are wonderfully expensive for repairs compared to other repai

4 months ago by shainemata, comments: 1, votes: 6, reward: $0.00

Playing the Hive Calculator Game

While curating and having some adult beverages, I decided I couldn't wait until Wednesday to cash out my latest installment of powered down STEEM to power up HIVE. As it turns out, the STEEM payouts would amount to about $20. I discovered th

4 months ago by shainemata, comments: 2, votes: 12, reward: $0.14

Another Hive Power Up

Today, I got my third installment of Hive from cashing out my Steem account. Next week will be my last installment for a while. I have less than a fortnight to go before some of my remaining Steem finishes a lease. When that is done powering

5 months ago by shainemata, comments: 0, votes: 6, reward: $0.04

Thinking About Buying More Hive

It has been some since I purchased Steem for my account. Now that we are on Hive, I have not purchased any since the change. There is a lot of good news that is making me consider buying more Hive. First, Hive does not have the ninja

5 months ago by shainemata, comments: 1, votes: 8, reward: $0.05

Reaching for 2000 Hive

Lately, I have been transferring Steem into my Hive account as fast as power downs permit. I think perhaps I will reach 2000 HP when I am done. There is a big chunk of Steem that is locked up in leases. These should be available within the n

5 months ago by shainemata, comments: 2, votes: 7, reward: $0.69

Today is Pay Day and I Spent All My Money

Today is Pay Day. I find it hilarious that within one day of receiving my paycheck direct deposit, it is gone. Part of it goes towards paying for things I bought in the past. Yes, credit card debt. Some of it goes towards paying upcoming bil

6 months ago by shainemata, comments: 1, votes: 11, reward: $0.61

I'm Trying Not To FOMO

All the buzz is about the Bitcoin halving coming up in a few days. There is excitement that Bitcoin is going to continue its journey to the moon. It is difficult to not get caught up in the hype. I can't help feeling a bit of FOMO. It's not

6 months ago by shainemata, comments: 0, votes: 8, reward: $0.09

Bitten by Transaction Fees

As I have been powering down my STEEM account, I have been cashing out. Today, I decided to convert my $6 of STEEM straight into Bitcoin. Ouch. All I got deposited was about $3. A good portion of my withdrawal got eaten up by BTC fees. I don

6 months ago by shainemata, comments: 2, votes: 9, reward: $0.46