The News

It is not looking so good on the markets right now with everything down, but then $HIVE has not gone down much over the last year. The price in Satoshi has been fairly steady at around 800.

In the open source world people keep talking about when we will get to 'the year of the Linux desktop'. Linux is running most big servers these days, but few people use it on their normal PC. They may well have it on the phone (in Android) and in various other devices without realising it. I have run Linux at home for many years. What is the equivalent for crypto? Is it when the regular media reports on crypto prices as they would the stock exchanges? Is it when you can use crypto to buy your groceries? There are definitely barriers to crypto adoption such as complexity, perceived association with crime, lack of ways to recover lost funds and issues with energy usage. Can we overcome some of those this year?

Friday Follows

• @ssekulji will be out again in the Hive rally car soon. The next race is in Monte Carlo. Maybe there are some Hivers there who could show their support.
• @bigjammin is looking for people who can work on a re-design for @risingstargame. Any game that is going to reach a big audience needs to look good and work well on all platforms.
• @nicklewis is posting videos of him playing with some of his electronic music gadgets. I am a bit more old school, but I find this interesting.
• @deadspace is a great guitarist who likes it heavy. Check out his riffs.

These folk get a share of the post rewards. Spread it around.

Own Goals

I am using this to refer to my personal targets. Last year I hit a significant Hive milestone and the other big numbers are a long way off. It is much easier to double your stake as a Minnow. I still want to keep stacking that HP. I will be happy if I can add 15% this year, but I do intend to buy more.

I do not hold massive amounts of any of the secondary (Hive Engine) coins, but some of those make me extra income. I am looking to optimise that a little. I use some of them to feed my Rising Star addiction as I have to keep buying more $STARPRO to do certain missions. I sell off some of my gains for that. I was looking at what I had in some Diesel Pools today and noticed that one was not earning much. I have taken the funds out to use elsewhere, including buying a little more $LEO, but I will keep some $SWAP.HIVE handy so that I do not need to scrabble around with scraps to buy $STARPRO. My curation and posting rewards almost all go into HP. I realise I am not maximising my earning potential, but I am happy enough with what I make. Things like $HBD savings could make me more.

I have not got into @holozing at all. I know many people have delegated to them for the token drops. I suspect that has affected the rewards distribution. I get regular votes from certain people that are worth less now. I personally prefer to keep control of where my voting power gets used, but I understand why people do this.

What are your favourite parts of the Hive ecosystem for extra income?

The End

January is going by fast, so I need to get on with my goals for the year. Those include music and running as well as Hive. Of course I will be posting about them. I think it is good to have a range of interests that do not all involve using computers.

Have a great weekend and Hive five!

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