Hey goodday!
Wishing you, dear reader of this blogpost - fellow Hivean, a great new year.
Let's hope we all stick together and not end up in more useless games of thrones through tanks, drones, rockets and bombers.
As our house is finally in the finishing phases (expecting rough delivery end of Q1 / beginning Q2) I'm getting more time for important stuff and start funnelling way more energy into Hive. Considering advising / helping out with projects, as I learned from housebuilding that a team gets so much more done than a lone wolf. Our house will be fed with a double redundancy internet connection with 5GB so I am seriously considering hosting a witness/seed cluster / backup in the basement, ofcourse partly powered by solar energy :)
I know I might have been more "away" from the chain. Seriously more than I liked. The house building was fun at first. Fun at second. But now I just want it over and done with. Having it kept me busy for about 2-3 years of my life. Currently we are doing the last plastering rounds and kitchen will be installed end of february, finally! We are already moving sooner and "camp out" in the new build. Still lots of work, like programming the lights, and installing server cabinets, finishing bathrooms etcetera, but the end is nigh :)
That said, I have always been keeping my witness server cluster up and running, updating and maintenance, with only a couple of missed blocks in the meantime. I did lower the HBD interest a bit down to more realistic figures the other day.
Some people said: are you leaving Hive? But imho it is impossible. For me at least. When being invested with time and dedication, for now, almost 9 years already (!), making many apps, launching a Hive chain based soda drink and witnessing some blocks, organising 9 (8) HiveFest events and a humbling work I am pretty proud off (in hindsight): designing the Hive logo.
It is so immensely humbling to see that end up on t-shirts across the world, boreholes in Ghana, on rally cars and exchanges across our blockchain world. Especially because I still consider myself an average designer at best :) Here is the story about it btw: (Hello Hive); First Post: Hive - becoming of the brand
Hive is part of my identity, giving me meaning in my life. Looking forward to breathe more blocks!
Have a great year ahead and see you!
@roelandp
(is also my witness name)