Of course @hbdstabilizer is set to 100% beneficiary for this post.
In April 2022 I published a witness update, announcing 20% APR for HBD
I’m always very careful and rather conservative when it comes to such decisions, but given current conditions this seems to be a good time to go this way.
HBD is heavily underappreciated, and I don’t mean its monetary value, which by definition should be kind of pegged to USD, but its utility.
1.5s on average to transfer funds fromalice
tobob
.
Neither of them pays any fees.
There’s an internal, fee-less, decentralized market HBD <-> HIVE
Two-way conversions between the two.
And of course: the time-locked saving balance.

I was about to do that many times already, but now I think it’s finally time to end this “promo”.
I will start lowering down the hbd_interest_rate
to 10% gradually. My first thought was to set an end date for this process, but I can’t predict what will happen in the coming weeks or months, and if I would have to adjust my plan.
Of course, my action on its own doesn’t affect platform wide APR for HBD, because it’s a median value taken from top witnesses.
HBD is awesome and will stay awesome, (even at 0% APR!) because of the above perks.
In the long run (and it was a long run already) it shouldn’t overshadow what matters most: Hive Power.
And by the way, the next Hive Power Up Day is coming, are you ready? Have you ever participated in it?
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