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So, I have found a way to increase the value of my Hive account by over 10 percent, simply and instantly.

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That should get me a PHUD badge.

I also should get the helper badge this month too for increasing the value of @goldgrifin007's account by 100%, simply and instantly. 

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I don't know the account well, but they seem to engage pretty well with me and while I vote on most of the comments and have actually delegated to them so they have RCs, I think this makes it a little mo0re permanent. I could now remove my delegation if I wanted and they won't have too many Resource Credit issues on the platform. While delegations to help people are great, the idea behind Hive and crypto in general is about ownership. Once it is in a wallet, it is owned and it is up to the account how to use it. 

## Unplanned, but expected

Now, I wasn't going to power up this much Hive today or ever. In face, this is my largest power up I have done by a fair margin, with I think the largest earlier was 15K at one time. This has taken my account to just over 200K HIVE POWER on the platform, which puts it in the top 80 largest, sitting at 79th I think. 

As said, I wasn't going to power this up as I wanted to have some liquids spare, but at the same time, am I really going to be dumping at this price? I don't think so, therefore I may as well earn a bit of curation with it and distribute some of the pool to where I want it to go. This should get me 4 HP extra in curation a day, which isn't a great deal, but it isn't that bad either. It also means that I am distributing about the same from the pool to other users, and if HIVE does pump, that can be a significant difference in a life *one day.*

As @edicted said in his post on [Hive Permabulls](https://peakd.com/hive-167922/@edicted/hive-permabulls-lord-kazzak-must-die-1)

>It might not be worth all the trouble... we could have made more money on another network... maybe the overhead cost is just too high and we should quit... but we just won't quit. This is happening, and we would sooner shit in our chairs than let Hive die an unceremonious death. 

The list of permabulls is short for Hive... but we are out there:

@edicted
@tarazkp
@taskmaster4450
@theycallmedan

Four of us. There are others, but I think the list is not much longer, at least if one is to consider being bullish over a long period of time. 

"we could have made more money on another network"

We could have probably made more money just about anywhere - I could have worked flipping burgers for significantly more in half the time - but would I have the satisfaction I get from participating on Hive? Unlikely. 

## PermaDoomsdayers

If you haven't noticed, while there is a shortlist of Hive Permabulls, there is a very long list of Hive PermaDoomsdayers. Yet, there is something very interesting about these people. Even as they spend their time complaining about Hive and shilling every other token and network that they come across, saying how great it is - they are *here on Hive* doing this. Don't they have somewhere else to go, somewhere they enjoy more?

No. They don't. Because there really aren't that many active places in crypto where they are able to gather in a way like they do on Hive, connect, build relationships and engage with people with the same interests, as well as other secondary interests. Hive is unique in the crypto world, as it is filled with engaging authors, applications and people wanting to spend their time here talking about all kinds of shit and even "putting up with" all of the negativity by some users who just can't find a better palce to spend their time. 

Many of these people consider themselves investors of some kind, and they invest their time here. This is important, this is *attention* and in a digital world of an attention economy, this is what we need more of - attention. Positive or negative, it really doesn't matter at this point - as the industry is growing, as is the application range and eventually, there will be a very broad spectrum user base that leverage the community and the chain for all kinds of activities. 

Is it perfect?

Not by a long shot, but nothing in crypto is even close to perfect. The entire industry is largely a clusterfuck of semi-pro and amateur enthusiasts who have cobbled themselves together to go pro and are starting to disrupt the world as we know it. The economic world, the digital world and the consumer behavior that drives them both. Eventually - this will be the norm, not the exception.

Hive users are so far ahead of the curve in crypto it is ridiculous. They are taking part in a blockchain community, powered by digital tokens and are using crypto in their daily lives for more than the value of it - something that most of the traders in crypto have never done. There are 4-5 billion people on the internet and eventually, all of them will be interacting with blockchains daily, like we are already. 

So, while I might be insane and if it pumps I might power some down to try my hand at trading a bit, I am sticking to a pledge that @theycallmedan made a very long time ago - about always powering up more than powering down. Imagine the value of Hive if this was the cultural norm on the platform - a growth mindset, with the growth being that of Hive - Hive mindset - Hivemind. 

## Fuck Kazzak.
<sub>(You will need to read @edicted's [post](https://peakd.com/hive-167922/@edicted/hive-permabulls-lord-kazzak-must-die-1) for the reference)</sub>

Taraz
[ Gen1: Hive ]


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