HPUD - Powered Up 2000 Hive We are almost near the last month of the year and this is going to be the last power-up day of the year. This is also the right time to analyze if I was able to complete my goals for the year or not and what additional efforts would be required from my end. This month again I was able to power up 2000 Hive today on the occasion of HPUD. I know this is not close to what I should be powering up because there is still close to 5k more Hive required…
Have you moved your assets from Bittrex? In the last few years ever since I joined this crypto world, I have seen several good times and several bad times. Bittrex is one of the first exchanges from which I used to trade. It is now very sad to see them stop their services globally. This announcement was made on the 20th of November about the decision made by them. The inconvenience that it is causing to the users is just one side of it but for them personally this would have…
Frog mating calls everywhere For the past few days, we have been having heavy rains in Chennai. When there are rains, all we hear are Frog mating calls everywhere. It usually happens for a day or two but this time this is going on and on for more than a week. My mother used to say that if there are continuous Frog calls, that means that the rain is not over yet. Frogs usually make their mating calls only if they are confident that the next few days will be wet and enough…
Managing mental stress after retirement Retirement is a good thing only if you know how to handle it and have a concrete plan post-retirement. Some people are finding it very hard to accept retirement. They might get a very good compensation during their retirement but as a person, they are highly stressed out and they find it hard to accept this mentally. People make bad decisions and bad investments after retirement. This is also something that I'm going to be talking…
Splinterlands - Good time to book some profits on SPS Splinterlands is a good rewarding game on Hive and has been a rewarding game for a few years now. It depends on how the investment happens and how much time someone can spend in the game. I have been continuously accumulating DEC and SPS whenever I get the chance. I have also been holding my assets tight even though I did not have enough time to play the game. The last few weeks have been very busy for me and I did not…
Hard to get exchange listing if we are decentralized In general, to get an exchange listing, a single person or a company must be responsible. Otherwise, the option would be to be a decentralized cryptocurrency with a huge market cap and demand. That's what happens with the other native coins. There is no single point of contact but exchanges still list them. The reason is because the market cap is very high. In this article, we are going to be discussing how hard it can be…
Keeping the Portfolio ready for the upcoming bull run Maintaining a good portfolio is very important when it comes to financial management. It is mandatory to review the portfolio whenever we get a chance and maintain it accordingly. I take a look at my portfolio every single day and once in a while I also move some of my coins. I either sell them or purchase some new coins. This way I try to keep my portfolio up to date. The price of Bitcoin is tanking very well and in the…
Risk in having our retirement fund in crypto This article intends to not demotivate people who are investing in crypto. Every investment will have some kind of risk. This article is exclusively for people who think that their retirement funds should stay inside crypto just because they don't think FIAT has a future or the world is moving towards decentralization and cryptocurrencies. I would like to highlight the risks and tell those people that we are not in such a…
Top 3 reasons to build games on Blockchains It has now become a new trend to build games on top of Blockchains. Many game teams are exploring this option. They choose their comfortable blockchain and explore this. Not all the games are directly built on Blockchains. Most of the games are built with the support of the blockchain and that is the recommended approach too. A few years back the concept of Play2Earn got familiar when people started using blockchain to store their…
Is crypto a wise investment compared to FIAT? Recently when I was talking to someone, we discussed building our corpus fund. My friend mentioned that he wanted to have a huge amount of money as a corpus or retirement fund and retire early. The discussion went in the direction where we both shared our point of view. I inclined more towards holding both cryptocurrencies as well as FIAT. When I say FIAT, not directly FIAT but something in the real world, those who are not aware…
DEC is finally in its peg It is believed that Splinterlands is again going to have very good times after the recent update. I'm not regular in playing the game these days. I used to play the game for some time. I guess I continued playing the game for two or three seasons but then stopped playing the game due to lack of time. The good thing is that I'm still a passive investor and I'm able to grab some profits from the game whenever there is a chance in the form of passive…
Rising Star - Successfully unlocked County Festival Gig Rising Star is one of the oldest games on Hive that is still active and rewarding its players. Though the value of the cards, tokens, and assets is low right now, it is very interesting to play the game. I have been playing this game for years now and there are so many people playing this game regularly and have been collecting the cards from the game. There are two ways in which the cards can be acquired in the game.…
Participating in LEO Power Up day Today is LPUD and this happens on the 15th of every month this is when people power up some LEO tokens based on their potential. Today I was able to successfully power up close to 265 LEO tokens and delegate that to the india-leo account. I used to have a goal of reaching 15k LEO power before the end of the year. This is the last LPUD for the year and I'm glad I was able to reach this much I'm just short by less than 1k LEO tokens to…
Government testing Digital Rupee in India There is always some hot news related to banks and currencies in India. In the last few months, some of the banks have started testing digital currencies in India. I initially received a notice from Axis Bank and now ICICI Bank also recently sent a notice asking customers to help in testing it. The digital Rupee is going to be in circulation soon and the banks are testing them already. This is going bring a lot of change to the…
Top 5 crypto rules that can make you successful To be successful in the crypto world, there are many things required. Some of the following can stand as strong rules that can make people successful and increase their overall portfolio value. Many people aim to be successful in the crypto world but they lose focus make some bad moves and end up with huge losses. The below 5 points are something that I consider to be very important to be successful in the crypto world. They…
FIAT or crypto which one is the wise investment? There has been a lot of confusion around crypto and FIAT and which one to choose for the future. The very reason it is called FIAT is because the government decides what value the currency should have and they print money whenever it is required. The authority decides the value of a currency and that's one of the biggest reasons why many people think cryptocurrencies can be the future and highly reliable. I'm sure this is a…
Recap 2023 - Hive is my major investment basket They say we shouldn't be putting all the eggs in the same basket. But for me, the last year has been a wonderful year where I invested a lot of time and money into Hive and have increased my Hive holdings. I must admit that setting a goal for myself and working on that goal helped me a lot and made me push more towards my goal. That's one of the primary reasons why I was able to complete most of my goals. I have made some…
Challenges in in web3 gaming In the last few years being a blockchain developer and a crypto enthusiast, I have learned a few things the hard way. Especially making use of this technology for some web2-related stuff can take some more time to become easier. People who are developing games on top of blockchain face a few challenges and when they get started, initially it can be very hard but gradually they innovate and come up with some best ways. I think this technology will…
Things to consider while creating an NFT on a blockchain Creating fungible tokens and Non-fungible tokens on a blockchain has now become a very easy thing. Thanks to the innovations we have in blockchains. The facility is either available directly on the main chain itself or as a feature in the side chain of the blockchain. The creation of NFT is facilitated by many blockchains. Hive and WAX are some of the best blockchains with these features. There is a good facility…
More curation rewards with more HP on Hive Hive is an amazing and interesting place to be. There are so many good things on Hive and many earning opportunities for people inside Hive. One such amazing opportunity is the curation rewards. Someone can get close to 9% APR from curation rewards if they power up their Hive and use it for curation. Curation can also be done manually or through any automation service. There are communities like @indiaunited that do manual curation.…
6 years on Hive Blockchain - Happy Hive birthday to me On the 16th of this month, I have completed 6 months on this blockchain. This is a very happy moment to stick to something, believe in something, and build on top of it. Have has been something close to my heart for a very long time. It is a very long story for me and it would take a lot of time to share my thoughts and experiences if I have to. I'm sure I have shared some of my best moments on Hive in my earlier…
Need for a good Money management application To keep our portfolio and money intact, it is good to start using some money management applications. There are a few money management applications readily available on the Google Play store to manage your finances. They have a facility now to check the messages you receive from the banks and automatically recognize your transactions. With the help of AI and other modern advancements the app is also able to find out when your next…
People are throwing their money into random cryptocurrencies I saw articles from a few friends and a few strangers where they are all saying that they are throwing their money into random cryptocurrencies. When we are talking about choosing the right blockchain and understanding it before investing the money. There are a few blind traders in the market. Some tokens when they get an exchange listing, their price would pump drastically. With the help of the pump, they would be…
Take your money out of banks if you don't trust them A few decades back it was hard for people to trust banks and they used to keep everything only as cash in Hand. Banks were used only for receiving money or making some investments. Otherwise, people would just receive the money in the bank account and immediately cash it out and spend the money only as liquid funds. Today we have created so much dependency on banks. We are keeping our money in the bank account and don't…
My 2024 goal - Wishing for No Zero days in 2024 I have been planning a lot about how my 2024 should be. I wanted to be more productive in 2023 which I think I did compared to the previous year. The number of Zero days I had in 2023 is very limited compared to previous years. But sometimes I think it is not enough. I would like to have a goal for myself where there should be no Zero days in 2024. I'm not going to be very strict there but I'm going to aim towards that like how…
Decentralization challenges in the crypto world Blockchain is the future technology and it is evolving day by day. I say it is the technology for the future because we still have a long way to go. There are so many challenges right now and very less developers can use the blockchain and cryptocurrency concept for a real-world use case. There are many advantages this technology is giving us and decentralization is one of the biggest things that blockchain and cryptocurrencies…
Early retirement should not be based on social pressure Early retirement should always be a decision made by the individual and not because of social pressure. There are a few people who would like to retire early because some of their friends have made that decision. I came across someone who wanted to do this. Several parameters can make someone think about retiring early but social pressure should not be one of the factors. There are several advantages to doing an early…
No matter how much we earn tax will follow us Recently there was an announcement from the Indian government about banning international cryptocurrency exchanges. Though I did not see the official news yet I did see some articles online that talked about this. This news created a small panic among many people who are using Binance for their trading and other activities. About a year back there was an announcement that there is a 30% tax on the crypto earnings and there is a…
@bala41288