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**Hey everyone**,
I'm glad to be here with you today. This is my first time introducing myself in a blog post, and actually, my very first time posting at all.

To be honest, I wasn't someone who liked sharing things about myself or what I enjoy. But recently, I've been browsing PeakD posts and realized how easy it is for everyone to share what they like. It doesn't have to make perfect sense, you just express yourself however you want and post whatever feels right.

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**About me**:
I'm erzoooo. There's no deeper meaning behind the name, just a random username. I love technology and gaming: phones, programming, building PCs from scratch, new hardware, interesting software, machine learning, LLMs. That passion started when I was very young—around 8 years old. I was always curious about how things work and how they're built. I remember experimenting with Windows 95 and Windows 98. Back then, the internet wasn’t accessible to everyone—it was difficult and expensive to even get connected.

But time passed,like it always does, and the internet became more accessible and much cheaper. That shift opened a new chapter in my life. I discovered new software, games, and learned all kinds of new things. It was truly awesome!

Thanks to open-source communities and tons of free tutorials, I discovered my love for Linux/Unix and virtualization/paravirtualization. I dove into OpenVZ, KVM, and Xen, which eventually led to landing my very first job as a Linux System Administrator. Even though I was really young, I managed to prove my worth at every job and learned a lot from my more experienced colleagues.

After a while, I discovered freelancing platforms where you could actually make money and help others using your skills. That was a dream come true for me—it opened the door to connect with knowledgeable people, learn from them, and work with clients I still collaborate with to this day, even after many years. I also learned the importance of customer service. How you communicate matters,and above all, the greatest strength in any human being is honesty and understanding.
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Right now, I know enough to understand this: IT is a tough field, and you're never truly "ready" Every single day is an opportunity to learn and become a better version of yourself. And the moment you think you’ve got it all figured out, you’ll be humbled—by a new framework, a new library, or a revolutionary language that replaces another… but is faster, more secure, and more scalable.

Sounds familiar, eh? My fellow programmers know what I'm talking about.

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**Now, let's talk about my Hive journey—arguably the most interesting part.**


I used to hate crypto communities. Why? Because they were full of people trying to "help" you get rich or pushing some coin that was "about to BOOM!!" You know the type—they want you to invest through them, because apparently, they’re the only ones with the "secret key." I'm sure those words sound familiar. We’ve all met people like that, and most of us walked away with a bad taste in our mouths when it came to crypto.

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**But here is the catch**:
One day, I met a new client while working on some software development tasks. During our conversations, we started talking about cryptocurrency and the blockchain world, and he recommended I check out Hive.

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I never heard of it before… but I decided to Google it. What I found really surprised me. Hive wasn't just another coin. It had a full ecosystem, and that made it genuinely interesting and more importantly , reliable. Then i started to read and navigate through multiple blog posts, and that's when I was completely blown away.

I never seen a space like that before.
People could post anything on their minds without being judged. And the community? Actual kindness and very supportive.

As I explored more posts, I came across all kinds of amazing projects I’d never seen anywhere else.

**Someone built water towers in Africa using Hive funding.**
**Others helped homeless people with food.**
**There were Hive games, real-life Hive activities, community meetups,it felt like a living movement.**

This ecosystem sparked something in me. And here I am today, writing my first post thanks to @Schlees and already thinking about future ones. I want to share more about software development, gaming, and the games I love to play. Soon I will start posting a dev log on a game I'm currently creating, which might become interesting for some of you.


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