Freedom & real communication between anyone on the planet who wants to build outside of the corporate entities does not come easy, but it is totally worth it!
Although I am kinda late to Hive I did put in quite an effort on Minds, maybe from late 2018. At one point the tokens I had earned could have bought me a coffee, I contemplated doing just that as a celebration.
Why? Simply because it was the only time and way ever that I could show exactly what I wanted to get out in the world, with almost zero cost, no censorship and with real micropayments!
I have done exhibitions that were funded, I have been a festival photographer and so on, but of course then I always had to align what I produced with those who funded me.
Running a tiny agency for ~6 years was even more about delivering exactly what the customers wanted, and it was during the last part of that period that Minds became my outlet :-)
I will be around on Hive now for real, even if we get a real downturn. I think the technology and also community is resilient enough to last!
Of course I do hope Bitcoin and thus Hive gets a v-shaped recovery, especially since publishing here could pay for what I eat each day here in Asia ;-)
The way I see it Hive, Nostr, Stacker News and similar are the foundations that I will build on, even thought I might have to "plug in" some fiat sources again my priority will always be to never forget and neglect what matters the most: completely uncensorable money & communications :-)
that is the real value of this blockchain, no doubt.
Yeah, and I just wish that there could be more collaboration across the spaces, including the Monero community, heck maybe even some of the "good" NFT solutions out there like Arweave!
We are so close to escape velocity from the Digital Gulags, I am 100% into doing that since late 2020, nothing is more important to me than that freedom & sanity 😀