One thing has become abundantly clear to me in my 2 years here— there are not enough incentives on Hive to build and retain stake.
Sure, I can wax poetic about community, friendship, and the joy of sharing our lives here. Unfortunately, these things alone are not enough for most to feel invested in building HP.
This is evidenced by the surge of power-ups on HPUD, and the huge lack of them the rest of the month. Perhaps the Hive Power Up Day mindset should be encouraged every day. Hoping to inspire authors to build, or at least retain stake, the vision for @hive-up was born.
Founded by @yaziris and myself, Hive-up is a project that aspires to push Hive price up by supporting authors who are growing their stake on chain. We hope to amp up excitement surrounding HP growth in doing so. You can read the project's full introduction post here.
We have a number of wonderful curation projects on chain which I believe are integral to keep the whole ship afloat. However, before now we did not have a project that exclusively uplifted authors who are investing in the blockchain. This may be a dire need.
With Mt. Gox liquidating a massive amount of Bitcoin, we believe it is more important than ever to fight for Hive. This is not just a social media or blogging platform, it is a home. Hive-up is dedicated to defending Hive price with one of the best weapons we have— the curation of quality authors.
Although it would be remiss of me to lay out our exact curation guidelines, I'll give as much detail as I can here. Our top priority is encouraging authors to build and retain stake by posting quality content, powering up, and in general being awesome. We will not curate those who have excessively powered down, nor will we support those who are not in good standing with the community.
Much like we support native bug populations by enriching the ecosystem, we should support the Hive by giving the bees plentiful plant life to make honey with.
If you are not an analogy person, I'll say it simply. Without incentives to increase stake, we are unlikely to see many Hivians motivated to grow their accounts.
So, what makes us so confident that we have the chops to launch a project with such ambition?
@yaziris
Yaz is a dev, community leader, and constant helper. Although he prefers not to spotlight this assistance, I see him taking the time to answer questions and help others along on a regular basis here on the blockchain.
In addition to that, he developed @hivediscomod, which currently assists community curation in over 60 servers! Since developing this helpful bot, he has added many functionalities to it, most notably curation rewards payouts. This has helped to boost community account VP while rewarding those who support their favorite hubs here on chain.
@grindan
What can I say about myself? I love this blockchain and have been dedicated to growing my own stake here since I joined. I quickly was brought into the world of curation, and have been a community leader ever since. I currently assist in 4 communities, and curate for a number of projects across the blockchain.
Although I am but a fiction writer, mother, and general dork, I was able to rapidly grow my account here on chain thanks to the support of those who have been here a while. After hitting minnow and then dolphin in my first year here, I found a huge inspiration to help others do the same.
Without support from the community, this dream will remain just that— a nice idea with little weight.
We are asking for delegations to @hive-up to support the vison of encouraging stake building on chain. In thanks to our delegators, we are paying out 100% of our curation rewards!
Please note, the day that you delegate is the first that you are included in the rewards pool. Due to this, you will receive your first delegation rewards payout at the close of that payout window (7 days later). After that, you will receive liquid Hive daily!
Unable to delegate, but still interested in helping? I've never been one to ask for reblogs, but in this instance I will. If you believe in me and what we are trying to do, I would be very grateful if you helped to spread the word!
Questions? Comments? Concerns? Please leave them below and I will be happy to answer!
