Fawaka Hive!
It is May 1st, which means it's time to power up on HIVE POWER UP DAY INTERNATIONAL!
This edition is pretty special for me for two reasons:
- I'm powering up part of my Hive Twitter Contest earnings
- It's the first time I'm contributing to the prize pool of a Hive Contest
- I've reached the 1.000 Hive Power milestone
This morning I started of with 269.178 Hive in my wallet:
I decided to deposit 69.178 into my savings for now. Mainly because I have reserved 50 Hive to give away as prize money for #Maynia. Removing the 69.178 give me a nice round figure of 200 Hive to power up.
This 200 additional Hive Power will be used as prize money for 2 lucky participants of HIVE-PUD-INTL who will each be delegated 100 HP for 3 weeks.
Powering up the 200 HP means that for the first time I've actually reached the 1000 HP mark on my own (yes, I've been delegated 1000+ SP before, but that was not with my own earnings). And yes, for me it is a very big deal.
When I started back on Steem, I never considered this a realistic goal. I remembered watching posts get a ton of response and getting close to zero upvotes on my content. Occasionally, I would get some upvotes, but it took awhile for me to get acquainted and feel part of the (now) Hive. When I started, I promised myself to reinvest my earnings into the blockchain as long as possible and also decided not to buy any Steem (and now Hive) to boost my SP/HP, because I wanted to know I you could reach certain milestones starting off with $0. And yes, this milestone for me is prove that it is possible. In particular, I want to thank @pennsif, @mariannewest, @nathanmars, @cryptofinally and @bluemist (I don't think I've mentioned you before to thank you, but thank you), this milestone is thanks to you. I know, the list is a lot longer and I usually value every interaction on the blockchain equally, so if you are reading this, thank you as well π!
Congratulations for power up
Keep up your good job.
Thanks @golden.future!
Big congratulations to you @jeanlucsr, 1000 Hive Power is a great milestone, and very nice that you will help others succeed by delegating, keep up your great work, it's awesome.
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Thank you!
That Who's Line gif made my day π
Thanks @jeanlucsr, glad you like the gif, it was not my idea to include it, but I do like it, stay awesome.
Congratulations on your power!!! πππ
I remember back in the day, finally reaching 500 and being absolutely over the moon about it. It was my goal to reach 500 and then keep the rest for myself... that didn't happen, haha. Now that I had 500 I -had- to reach 5000 dolphin status! Then, I said to myself, I would start keeping some for myself.
Still didn't happen. π MORE POWERRRR!!!
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I was just about to say. I have a long way to go before reaching your HP status π . I guess I have to be more consistent with my postings. Speaking of which, I have some writing to do!
Btw, I do feel you deserve to put some Hive away for yourself. Even if it is just a little bit.
Congrats. It is amazing how much quicker HP grows over SP. I really feel like my contribution here is appreciated.
I do feel the witnesses made the right move. To be honest, in the beginning I was worried, but seeing a very large part of the people I interacted with on Hive, I'm excited. Only thing I still need is a 'See First' option for my favorite peeps and I'll be completely happy.
And Thank You @prydefoltz π #lobi
That would be nice but at least our feeds are our own.
True... I can't debate that π
Congrats! As I always say...keep it up brada :)
#lobi brada!
Thanks to you I'm here πͺ
Nice!!!
Congrats man and continued success. Keep stacking :)
Thanks Jon!
You have been one of the inspiring people here on the blockchain, so a special thank you!
Great moves, and nice power up @jeanlucsr Appreciate your prize sponsorship and support for #hive-pud #hive-pud-intl Thank you and take care.
Thanks @streestyle, my pleasure!
Did you see my question on offering something fun for the 8000+ HP group. Have an idea, but it is still very raw π
Hello @jeanlucsr I just got this message. Please let me know what you have in mind, and thank you for all your help and support for #hive-pud Take care.
Was thinking of some fun little prizes for the 8000+ HP Group. Like scouting through the creators on the blockchain for awesome creators. For instance, highest power up among 8000+ gets a free drawing of them by a Hiver, or a new signature, or a new exclusive badge. Great way for them to stay aboard and fun way to give Hive creators some exposure. I'll make a list on what I can find.
Sounds good @jeanlucsr
Hey hey! Congratulations on the power up, awesome stuff! Welcome to the 4 figure club π
Keep those milestones and good ethics, it's how I started and it drives you forward, keeps you motivated and do awesome things!
Thanks for your support @nickyhavey!
Guess I have no choice but to go for the 5 figures now π
Haha break it down in to smaller targets first. I found every 500HP was a good way to keep motivated and creep up to dolphin. Then 10k HP. You can do it!
Great advice. 500 HP growth will indeed keep me more motivated than aiming for dolphin status straight away (btw, when will the terminology be adjusted to the hive?)
Thanks for the support!
Yeah start with the small attainable targets and grow from there, I prefer that approach too!
Well, I think the terms are staying the same - check out @hivebuzz, they just started up the old "steemit board" but gave it an awesome new face lift.
Thank you for the mention @nickyhavey
BTW, we are missing your witness vote π’
Feel free to support and vote for our witness.
Ah crap sorry guys, I seem to have a witness proxy set up which I forgot about... let me have a look into that and see what's going on with it. Hope to have it fixed later today, bear with me!