Since announcing I was powering "down and out" on the ~~Steem~~ blockchain, I have had some "macro" trading success with those revenues. Now safely stored in my Hive wallet, today seems like a good day to Power Up some of it on our Hive blockchain!

^{Source: Based on @streetstyle's post on HivePUD for May 2020}

@streetstyle began the PUD (Power-Up Day) "movement" a long time ago and carried it forward, through the creation of the Hive blockchain, to the referenced post above for the HivePUD of May 1st. There has always been a monthly contest associated with it, to encourage participation.

Getting right to it, here is my September Power-Up executed a short time ago:

^{Source: @roleerob's PeakD wallet and HivePUD transaction on HiveBlocks}

This represents a Hive Power increase of 3%. And ...

^{Source: @roleerob's Hive Power-Up Calc Sheet}

For the 3rd quarter of 2020, I have powered up a total of +3,500 Hive, which represents a Hive Power increase of 30% from July 1st. Not too bad!

While September's power-up % increase wasn't as large as the previous months, that is very intentional. I have learned this quarter to "keep some powder dry," for whatever opportunities may arise in other tokens linked to our Hive blockchain. For example, the recent announcement re: wLEO is very exciting. With HIVE pretty stagnant, my LEO tokens increased substantially in value on the basis of it!

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So ... Am I eligible for a HivePUD prize? Let's see ... 👀

Eligibility rules:

Reputation score less than 70 👍 🙂
Reputation score greater than 39 👍 🙂
Power Up HIVE on 1 September 2020 👍 🙂
Post about your HivePUD on 1 September 2020, with the tag #hivepud 👍 🙂
More than 100 Hive Power but less than 8,000 Hive Power 👎 👋

Ohhh well ... I met this last requirement, as well, until converting ~~STEEM~~ to HIVE. But, that is okay. This contest is to encourage members of our community to join in doing their small parts to collectively help add value overall to our Hive blockchain.

And also to create a thriving "middle class" on it! 👍

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@traciyork has been thoughtful enough, for the sake of the Hive blockchain, to keep this contest going, in the absence of @streetstyle. This month she has been joined by the very capable @victoriabsb, in support of the Spanish-speaking member of our Hive blockchain!

Note: Traci explains here what little she knows of the absence of @streetstyle of late.

This month's announcement posts, with prize details:

English: Here is Traci's official September HivePUD post published earlier.

Spanish: Here is Victoria's official September HivePUD post published earlier.

Thanks for your efforts in doing this ladies!

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Joining the PUD fun in August was @hivebuzz, a well-known project created by @arcange. Their introduction of a new HivePUD badge created some serious "buzz!" 🙂👍

Given the warm reception of their efforts, this month, as explained here, the HiveBuzz team is expanding their efforts to support and encourage HivePUD participants! Please read their post for all of the details.

^{Source: @HiveBuzz post on Hive Power Up Day - Let's grow together!}

Here is an example of their newly created "Challenges" tab:

^{Source: @roleerob's Challenges Tab on HiveBuzz!}

You too can be a "buff bee!" 😂 The requirements for getting this badge are much simpler than those above:

Just ~~pump~~ power-up HIVE on the 1st day of September!

IMPORTANT:
HiveBuzz will use UTC date and time to validate when you powered-up. Therefore, check your timezone and convert your local time to UTC before powering up!

Power-up at least 10 HIVE. This will entitle you to the smallest power-bee. The more HIVE you power up, the bigger your power-bee!

Thank you for all of your hard work on this Hive Buzz team. Great stuff!

Encouragement: If you agree, dear reader, I would highly recommend your consideration of @arcange for one of your all-important Witness votes. We want to keep him in the Top 20!

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So with that, for another month I have done my small part, along with many of you, to help our Hive blockchain along on its merry way.

Let's all look forward to what will soon be coming in Hard Fork 24! The details sound promising. And who knows, maybe then the long-promised wonders and benefits of SMTs will not be too far behind?

Until "next time," all the best to you for a better tomorrow, as we all work together to build up our Hive Communities and add increasing value to our Hive blockchain! 👍 😊

Respectfully,
Blogger @roleerob
Hive "Dolphin" 🐬, Man Cave "Dragon" 🐉, & LeoFinance "Whale" 🐋

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Posted using PeakD and “immutably enshrined” in the Hive blockchain on Tuesday, 1 September 2020!
🌲 No trees were harmed in the publishing of this post! 🌲

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