always inspirational dude!

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### Embracing Fatherhood and Unlocking New Levels of Love

Dan begins by reflecting on the joys of fatherhood, describing it as the "pinnacle of life." He explains that becoming a parent unlocks a profound love that one didn't even know was possible. Dan compares this experience to a Simpsons episode where a hidden room is revealed, representing the hidden potential and growth that can occur in one's life.

### The Importance of Staying Humble and Aware

Dan emphasizes the importance of maintaining humility and constantly seeking self-improvement. He says he is always trying to identify his weaknesses, blind spots and areas for growth, rather than simply celebrating successes. Dan believes that by proactively addressing challenges, one can be better prepared to handle the inevitable ups and downs of life.

### Hive's Strengths as a Decentralized, Censorship-Resistant Platform

Discussing Hive, Dan highlights several key strengths of the platform. He notes Hive's ability to immutably store text, its decentralized governance via token distribution, and its strong community as major advantages. Dan contrasts Hive's approach with other blockchain projects that he sees as more centralized or focused on speculative trading rather than real-world utility.

### The Power of Delegated Proof-of-Stake and Hive's Resilience

Dan strongly advocates for delegated proof-of-stake as a superior consensus mechanism compared to proof-of-work or standard proof-of-stake. He explains that delegated proof-of-stake allows for faster transaction speeds, greater decentralization, and more effective defense against attacks, citing Hive's response to a recent attempted takeover as an example.

### The Importance of Owning Your Online Presence

Dan emphasizes the importance of users owning their online accounts and supporter lists, rather than relying on centralized platforms. He believes this shift towards self-sovereignty will be a key driver of adoption for Hive and other Web3 technologies, as it empowers users and reduces the control of large tech companies.

### Hive's Bright Future and the Call to Action for the Community

In closing, Dan expresses his confidence in Hive's long-term potential, noting the constant evolution and improvements happening on the platform. He encourages the Hive community to continue building, spreading awareness, and onboarding new users, emphasizing that "the time is now" to capitalize on the current momentum. Dan believes that through collective effort, Hive can continue to grow and thrive as a leading decentralized platform.

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When DOGE goes PoS some sort of bridge between HIVEPower and DOGEpower. Just spitballin here

Wen wallet privacy?
Not rewards, but wallets.
An option to hide holdings without resorting to hiding on exchanges would be nice.

I think we are doing pretty good. New users are still coming in, and whats more important is they are coming not so much for the money/rewards but for being able to have a good time, to post to comment and to make friends. Word seems to be spreading about how nice Hive is. Yes we are getting a few trollish account activities, but that is actually kind of good, the trolls learning about Hive means that word is spreading of the social aspects of hive.

Also thank you for your help trying to test the upcoming hard fork. Lessons were learned, when testing on peakd if using hive Keychain we needed to change the node to the test rpc, which I also did not know. I appreciate your dedication to helping improve Hive.

We may need to find those who are really excited about it and supporte them as much as possible. That will create the hype on the web and you will see how many will join and that will bring automatically investors. I see so many excited about it, but not supported that much. We should make them all happier. I've got a good delegation and I'm working now on that. My upvotes will be distributed only among those who need support. I'm finding many people writing really great posts on the new page.

I couldn't sleep and I decided to reply also in a post about what hive needs. [What Does Hive Needs !](https://hive.blog/hive-150329/@clixmoney/what-does-hive-needs). I think you have to take a look at that and if anything needed from me to help, I'm ready. I'm back active in the community, just like I was before. ☺

Would be great if hive.blog wasn't so slow, and less glitchy. Comments don't appear until you reload, votes don't count until you reload, comments take 20 seconds to go through, and on and on. It's an incredibly un-fun experience now. And yes, I'm aware 3rd party front ends exist. They suffer from some of the glitches and lag too.

##### Clicking a button and creating new money out of thin air is magic. 
This might be my favorite video of yours. 
Well done. 

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'A better version of yourself' - I love this. I am always striving to better who and what I am.

'Balance' - Are we kindred Jedi? Or twin Sith?

'Harness the Anger' - Dude, I thought I was the only one that thought this way. Emotion is often the leader in so many of the practices on this platform, it makes me shake my head. I even, fell into several traps and got butthurt and fed another's fire that I personally could have used much better.

'Immutable' - flaggable, but definitely not erasable. Even if something gets flagged into the depths of the 7th hell, it is still on the chain and can be found. That is something that separates us from *every other* chain - including Steem. Fucking cancel culture. I was recently cancelled on that Fakebook, so like you on Twitter - know the importance of freedom and what web 3.0 really is going to mean for the populace.

'dPoS' - 'nuff said bro.