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Maya Protocol Has De-risked Hive

The Hive blockchain, with its unique social blogging platform and its native cryptocurrency, HIVE, has long been a hub of creativity and community engagement. However, until recently, Hive quietly faced a sign

7 days ago by shainemata, comments: 4, votes: 148, reward: $11.75

Paying the Price of Inaction

Harry Browne wrote the following in his book "How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World": Everything you want in life has a price connected to it. There's a price to pay if you want to make things better, a price to pay just

5 months ago by shainemata, comments: 1, votes: 45, reward: $2.59

My Hive Long-Term Strategy

A few days ago, I wrote a post titled 12K HP Milestone Within Reach. This post pondered what to do after reaching 12K HP. I am still short of the goal. But I have been thinki

8 months ago by shainemata, comments: 0, votes: 35, reward: $1.56

12K HP Milestone Within Reach

My Hive Power is about to reach 12,000 HP. I am still 40 HP shy of the mark. I figure I will likely reach the goal in early September. I am thinking about the significance of this milestone. I had plans for what to do once I reached 12K HP.

8 months ago by shainemata, comments: 3, votes: 35, reward: $2.70

Journal Entry for 2022-10-16

I am trying something different for today's blog post. Blog posts are typically a writing project, which is different from a journal entry. Journal entries are about anything and everything that happened throughout the day. Blog posts are ab

2 years ago by shainemata, comments: 8, votes: 11, reward: $0.52

Hive or Bitcoin?

When Hive Power-Up Day rolls around, it's never an easy choice. Do I buy Hive? Do I buy Bitcoin? Today, Hive has won the play. Here is why. BTC Goal Met I have purchased enough BTC to know things will be alright in the future

3 years ago by shainemata, comments: 11, votes: 37, reward: $2.68

Hive Disappointment

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

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