I couldn't resist tonight as it was too tempting so a quick power up tonight to hit 200K Hive Power. This has taken 8 years and 1 month to achieve so it was going to happen sooner or later. Kind of scary

Today is farming day on COTI when we receive GCOTI rewards which help boost the overall stake by 21.27% which is roughly 4 x what the current APR offers of 5.31%. These rewards all add up and looking how

source There is shortly going to be a new announcement with regard to the tokenomics of COTI which will be interesting to see how this impacts the stakeholders. Many have been questioning the minting of

This morning I was reminded to never rely on others and do the work yourself because then at least you know it has been done. I was following up on a few leads for the packaging business that I sampled

On Friday I was complaining how the electricity in South Africa is not fixed and that the problems with the decaying infrastructure is still very serious. This morning the entire area had no electricity

source I was raised with the mindset you only spend what you can afford and to try and avoid using credit wherever possible because borrowing is way more expensive. The obvious big ones you cannot really

source Funny how things change over the years from loving public holidays when being an employee to hating them when working for yourself. Totally opposite perspectives even though having a break is probably

source This Easter weekend sees the start of the school boy rugby season with 3 bumper rugby festivals. The top rugby schools in South Africa will be attending these festivals along with teams touring

A few days ago the Chinese Electric Vehicle manufacturer BYD (Build Your Dreams) released it's sales figures for the first time. BYD launched three years ago back in 2023 has kept it's sales figures secret

source This weekend sees the knockout stages of the rugby Investec Champions Cup with the quarter finals matches. Maybe 15-20 years ago I would be chomping at the bit wishing to be out on the field playing,

We will read reports that we have not experienced load shedding for over 300 days, but they will not mention that over the last 300 days there has been 91 000 outages across the country. Do the maths that

These are definitely not normal times even though it seems like business as usual on the HIVE blockchain. The benchmark APR that we would always rely on hovering around the 3% mark is up by an extra 1.54%

Back in November of 2021 when we saw the all time high's appear across our crypto portfolio it sparked a personal challenge. The idea was to achieve the $1 million dollar valuation on my crypto portfolio

This month the load and usage is up which is not surprising as we have set up office at home for the business and there are more people on site daily. The discharge is similar to the other months which

source When you scroll around many foreign government websites like Canada, USA, UK and Australia they are all advising tourists heading to South Africa to proceed with extreme caution. All state avoid

I have been saying for some time now that I need to increase my GCOTI stake so that it is staked one on one with the COTI stake. The crazy part is the GCOTI offers so much more as a boost for the APR.

source The automotive industry is responsible for 60% of the country's manufactured products exported. Scary thought knowing this industry will disappear within the next 7 or 8 years with virtually 0 exports

4 spam calls in 5 minutes is kind of crazy and it actually increases after 5 pm. Being so close together you know it is from the same call center. Lately I have noticed an increase in the amount of spam

source With the price of fuel rising by 25% for petrol and 50% for diesel from the 1st April tomorrow is going to be mayhem at the petrol stations. The chances are most will be dry by tonight or by mid

When I first started out on HIVE a little over 8 years ago (8 years 18 days to be more precise) I honestly never knew I would still be active. No one knows what to expect and having no expectations is