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HPUD May 2024 - Powered up 200 Hive It is currently very sad to see the price of Hive at around 30 cents. Last month the price was around 40 cents and it dropped drastically and now again at 30 cents. I'm not sure when it will recover back and go to new heights. We all expected Bitcoin Halving to have some impact on the price of some altcoins but there was other war news that dropped the price of coins in the market. I don't know what is keeping the alt season from…
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Splinterlands - Vote for the treasurer I will talk about the treasurer part towards the end of the article. Otherwise, this will be my regular monthly update on my splinterlands profile. In the last few months, I did not focus more on Splinterlands and I have been a passive investor just getting the passive income from this game in the form of rental income or token rewards for renting out. I also have a deck in this game and haven't been playing for months now. Most of my…
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Create your own opportunities Opportunities play a very important role in our growth in life. Opportunities may not be hitting us straight forward. We might have to look for one and sometimes we might even miss it despite having it in front of our eyes. It is tricky to have the right opportunity at the right time. Some wise people create their opportunities and keep growing. Opportunities are like path stones for us. We have to step on the right stone to move forward. I have…
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Every new construction will start having solar panels Many people still think that this technology still needs maturing but there are now so many advancements happening around renewable energy and Solar panels are one of the greatest solutions for an alternative power. In India, most of the power generation happens through non-renewable resources if I'm not wrong. I'm in the southern part of India and here Lignite is used in Thermal power stations and electricity is…
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Exchanging our old fridge which is of my age for a new one After almost 10 years, we are doing a lot of renovation work in the house. I'm trying to get rid of some of the old items in the house and also making some efforts to get rid of items that we no longer need in the house. It is a very big challenge to throw away the old items and get something new, especially when we have our old folks in the house. The fridge is what we are trying to replace. There are other…
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Different ways to make passive income If someone would like to be financially free, passive income is very important and it has to be from multiple sources. This article will show different ways to make passive income. It is not only about financial freedom but even for people who would like to chase their passion or travel around the world, having a good source of passive income is good to not worry about cash flow. There will always be ways to generate passive income. It…
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Play2Earn is a new word but not a new concept Today Play2Earn is a very fancy term especially after Web3 got famous but it is not a new concept at all. People have been playing games to earn money for over a decade or two. It is just that this concept has got special attention after NFTs and cryptocurrencies. With the help of cryptocurrencies, people can do wonders and they can create a big economy around some games. Some investors invest in games and purchase game assets.…
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Trying to have second thoughts on my Google One Subscription I started using Google One Subscription only recently. So far 15 GB was enough for me but recently when I started taking more photos and videos, I got sync issues and I stopped receiving any emails in my mailbox. I was also tired of clearing the large files on my Google Drive and large emails in my mailbox. Then later I decided it should be okay to purchase a Google One Subscription and have been doing that for the…
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Hive Ecosystem as your primary source of income There are so many projects on the Hive ecosystem these days and many people are using Hive as their good source of income both additional as well as primary. I know a few people who have been using Hive as their primary source of income too. They cash out the money they earn here and make a living in the real world. Some projects inside Hive provide a good opportunity for investors. If people have time, they get the opportunity…
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Investing even if the market is at its peak When the market is peak, we cannot say that it is not a good time to invest. Sometimes people refrain completely from investing when the entire market is at boom. Some people know where to invest even if the entire market is good. It is always a good practice to book our profits during the bull market wait for the next bear market and invest during the bear market. If the market is at its peak, it is an indication that any time is…
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Binance and Kucoin are compliant with Financial Intelligence Unit in India A few months back a notice was sent to many cryptocurrency exchanges from the Financial Intelligence unit in India. This was for regulatory reasons and there was a panic situation around the investors too. This created a lot of confusion among the investors on whether to trust these foreign-based exchanges or not. Some people who were trading regularly on Binance also had this question in mind if they…
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Cryptocurrencies are not my tomorrow's profit There have been a lot of discussions going on everywhere as to what will happen to cryptocurrencies. Some experts who have seen several bull runs and bear markets in the past keep saying that this situation will change and there will be another bull run or a bull run for the altcoins because BTC is already doing good. Sometimes I used to wonder if the money earned today should be cashed out today itself or if is it good to hold…
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Basic business strategies if you are starting up Business is not something for everyone and not everyone will have the feeling to start a business or operate a successful business. There can be instances where the family might have a successful business running already but the next generation may not have an interest in business and they will be interested in working for an employer. It depends on how the kids are brought up too. First of all, starting a business itself is a…
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Game development still has hope in the blockchain world We are waiting for the next bull run to happen. We all know how good was our previous bull run. There is a similar expectation on the market and many investors are now waiting to see a new all-time high for cryptocurrencies and that will in turn bring more opportunities and investors. People would like to see some solid use cases in cryptocurrencies and the blockchain world so that they can invest their money in this.…
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Leo Power Up day - May 2024 The 15th of every month is celebrated as Leo Power Up Day on Hive. This is the day when many Hive people stake their LEO tokens showing their support. Today I was able to to stake 368 LEO tokens on the occasion of LPUD. Leofinance now called InLeo is one of the projects that have been on Hive for several years. There have been many changes around the project and many experiments both good and bad but the good thing is that the project is still…
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Skeptical about holding a few altcoins I took the right opportunity to sell whatever Bitcoin and Ethereum I had with me on Exchange wallets during the peak time. I wanted to sell them not because they were not going to perform well but because I wanted to book the profits at a very high price and then maybe buy them back if the price of BTC goes down in the next cycle. I have been holding a lot of coins in my portfolio and have been holding them for several years now. As the…
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Getting rid of under performing stocks in our portfolio Any investor who would like to diversify their money on multiple investments should have stock market investments in their portfolio. This is important because stock market investment is one of the greatest avenues for generating income from other sources. For those who are already having a full-time job, working on a part-time job and earning some money may not be a possibility. They will either not have time for it or…
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Do you Remember Winamp? For those who grew up with computers in the late 90s and early 2ks will know what Winamp is. It is a music player which was very popular back then. I have a lot of memory with this application. I did not have a computer at that time and I visited my friend's house to use his computer. The biggest memory that I have with Winamp is with one of my friends in the opposite house who used to have a playlist playing throughout the day on his computer. The…
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Solutions needed for Solar waste Solar energy is becoming one of the hottest topics to discuss. The main reason is that the government and the world are entirely moving towards free energy understanding the importance of renewable energy. Extracting energy from the Sun has always been the biggest source of energy for all living beings on Earth. There are only some living beings that don't rely on the Sun for their energy. Solar panels are the modern way of generating…
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Focus on skills first and money will follow This year has been one of the dull years where there is not enough opening outside. People find it hard to switch jobs this year and I also heard that many companies try to reduce the headcount in their company. Only a few regular jobs flourish and especially IT business is not very great. Most companies try to increase their projects but would like to reduce the headcount. In some companies, AI is also playing a very important…
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NFTs were just an experiment during previous bull run NFTs were one of the hottest topics during the previous bull market. There are more exploits than having a proper use case for NFTs in the last bull market. Many blockchains started having this facility on the chain to create NFTs. Only some of the blockchains were successful in bringing a proper use case to NFTs. On other blockchains, people started creating random NFTs and were trying to sell them for a good amount of…
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Earning passive income by running blockchain nodes Operating a blockchain node is often misunderstood as crypto mining. Mining is also a similar concept but running a node for a blockchain is not the same as mining cryptocurrencies. This is a very big topic to discuss because there are so many opportunities available to generate passive income by running blockchain nodes. In this article, we are going to see 3 different types of ways to generate income by running validator…
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Patents are killing innovations in energy sector I always have this feeling that when people discover something and get a patent on that, they either take time to execute that discovery in the market in the form of products or they don't do that at all and just hold patents alone. I have heard that some patents don't come out in the market because the competitors available in the market do not have that product so there is no disturbance for their product. That is how big…
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Beware of fraud calls Today I read an interesting article saying that in the last month over 1200 fraud calls were reported to the crime branch. I'm sure there will be a lot more where people don't report them. This is completely insane to see how these fraud people try to grow and try to cheat others and loot money. Elderly people are people who are afraid and usually fall into this trap. **How does this happen?** Someone randomly called us told us our name and asked if we…
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Earning profits in crypto without losing your money In most of the cases when people invest in Crypto they think that they keep losing money. It strongly depends on where you are investing the money. Today we have so many places and thousands of projects where people can invest and increase their money. Initially, when people enter the crypto world, they test the waters by investing their money in Bitcoin. After they see success in the market, they become confident and they…
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Google Drive or Microsoft Onedrive which one is better Currently, I'm using a Google One subscription to pay some money for the services. While doing so I was wondering if there are better alternatives than paying money to Google. I initially thought it would be better to find some free alternatives but then later thought that it was going to be a hassle then started using Google One itself because it was convenient and I was too lazy to move my files to some other services.…
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Three things we won't realise when it is there It is always good to have some motivational thoughts in our minds. Having a good thought at a very young age is very important. As we grow old we might start realizing so many things and if we can realize many things at a very young age, we will be able to have a good living in our life. I have a lot of old friends who share some good thoughts about my life. I'm fortunate to have old people as my friends who share their life…
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Funding our business properly If we are into business, we must have a good cash flow. We have to keep getting funds to pay the employees and cover the business's expenses. Anything after that will be the profit share for the business. It is not an easy thing to get a steady flow of funds. Companies that are dependent on projects for their regular cash flow can find it a hard time to keep getting clients and keeping them active. During the time when the projects are slow, it…
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Can AI be a threat to corporate jobs? The simple answer is Yes but we have to understand all the aspects to clearly understand how it is essential to stay up to date with the trend as AI is moving very fast. Almost all companies have started exploring AI and what they can do with AI for their company. If they don't do it, they become outdated in the industry. That's one of the primary reasons people worry about losing their jobs because of AI. To some extent this threat is…
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6 Interesting features of Google One I have been using Google One for quite some time. Even though I have not used all the features that it is offering, today I wanted to read more to find out what other features Google One was offering along with the extra storage that it provides me. The first reason why I had to start using Google One was because my storage memory was running out of space. 15 GB was no longer sufficient and I was trying to remove files for a few months I…
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Are NFTs still a thing? During the last bull market, NFTs had a perfect time; billions of NFTs were sold and transactions on several blockchains. Today people start to wonder if it is still a thing or not because things have slowed down a bit in the NFT world. I would like to say that NFT has a massive use case for digitalizing things but at the same time, people also exploit it with bad use cases. Now many people know the actual use case of NFTs and that can be a good…