The News
It has not been a great week for $HIVE. It has just about stayed above 20c and needs a boost from somewhere. You can vote it up on the price sites to show your confidence. BTW The Steem Dollar 'stablecoin' has dropped from a high of $8 to under 80c this year. There seems to be a lack of confidence in that.
I really do not mind that @gadrian also does some news on a Friday. He pipped me on a few things this week, so please go and read what he has.
A huge hack of various services was announced this week with billions of accounts potentially compromised. It is vital to take what steps you can to secure your accounts. You should enable two factor authentication wherever possible and be wary of dodgy messages trying to get your details. I have had a few of the latter recently. Of course you should be especially careful with cryptocurrency keys as they may be hard to recover. You should be using Hive Keychain for most services as that does not expose your keys.
I can slip in some personal news. I started this year with 130k HP with hopes of getting to 150k before 2026. I just got half way, so I seem to be on target. With the 3% inflation I gain 11.5 HP each day. Then I do fairly well from curation as I aim to maximise that using manual voting. I try not to let my voting power go too much below 80% so it can recover overnight. My posts do okay, but I am not one of the 'favoured few' who always get on Trending. I have connected with lots of people and some of them choose to support me. I do not do any 'deals' for votes.
Friday Follows
- @stuffings is a chess master from Nigeria who just joined up. There seems to be an influx of chess players in The Chess Community so that could be a key niche for Hive. A top player like this could give some tips to other players.
- @cryptoandcoffee has some interesting posts on the challenges of solar energy in South Africa. I find Hive a great place to get a global view on various issues.
- I had lost touch with @leofinance, but things are happening lately. They are making their coin non-inflationary so perhaps the price will recover a bit.
- My Irish friend @killerwot is back on Hive after a break. He had a long daily posting streak, but with a small child and another on the way I guess things got extra busy. He always has some fun posts on various topics.
- I log my running via the @strava2hive app and the top person each week seems to be @navidjahanshahi who runs big distances every day. He is in Iran where things are getting chaotic. I hope he is okay. I know we have a few Hivers in Iran who may get caught up in the terrible conflict.
The End
I do not have anything for the Dog House this week. There is always abuse going on around Hive and various people try to counter it. Help out if you can. Just notifying people about scammy accounts helps. We do not want plagiarism and impersonation.
I have various music events coming up, so my focus will be on preparing for those. I have created accounts for my bands, but tend not to use them too much as they are not that active. It is okay to have more than one account as long as you use them for legitimate purposes.
Enjoy your weekend and Hive five!
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