My Hive Retirement Party!

I am sorry this post has had so many edits, it almost feels like the edits are perpetual at this point 😅. But this is a blockchain so I think we all love perpetuity (to some extent at least).

I ultimately want to leave Hive on a positive note.

People might be wondering why I would leave, and I honestly just don’t have the energy to be in this 100% right now.

I am an all or nothing kind of guy. It’s just how I am, I know that is hard for some people but it is what it is.

I only came to Hive originally because of Splinterlands.

I don’t want to diminish anyone’s work here but also I don’t really know who certain people are that are influential in the ecosystem.

Like I am pretty out of the loop on a lot of things and it’s really confusing.

I personally think Hive has a lot of potential in terms of price appreciation. Like it really wouldn’t take much for Hive to take off. But something does need to change for that to happen imo.

I think if people here want the price to go up, they need to do things with Hive price in mind.

It doesn’t even need to be some fancy analysis or anything. Like you can do something simple with DHF proposals like “what is the payback period?”

And then start funding projects that will lead to people buying more Hive than the proposal costs.

Like I think Hive is close to actualizing its potential. But I don’t know what close is. Is that a year? Is it 2 years? I really have no idea.

Like if you are going to invest in Hive today, I strongly recommend making good posts and curating with the ecosystem in mind.

I have been pushing myself to write as much as possible because I think that’s a big part of investing in here. You get rewards if you post and if you curate which is pretty cool.

The reward pool is almost like Patreon but you can reward followers that engage with you which is pretty cool.

Ultimately, being a whale on Hive is freakin awesome. Like it’s pretty epic. It’s epic to have a big upvote and it’s pretty epic to be a stakeholder and influence things.

I personally am not attracted to Power though and that is the thing that bothers me the most about Hive. Like I wish I could buy Hive and do things without it being a big deal.

The way Hive is setup, I do have choices. Like I don’t need to powerdown. I could just delegate to curators that pay out liquid Hive.

But the more I thought about it, the more I don’t want to do that.

I want to leave Hive better than when I first joined it.

There is nothing wrong with delegating to curators imo. I think that is a pretty cool service. But that is not the route I want to take.

And there is another problem, I have a rule when investing which is to not get emotionally invested in my trades.

I failed miserably at following this rule when I invested in Hive.

I am way too emotionally invested in Hive and it’s messing with my thought process.

I am not big on single factor analysis. I do not make decisions based on singular events.

I have written and deleted different versions of this post so many times.

It’s really hard for me personally to document my thought process and communicate it in a way that makes sense to other people.

I think everyone is “weird” to some extent. I think some people are better at acting “normal” than other people.

One thing I don’t like about Hive is everything is in text. Like if I say something and change my mind later people could infer that as I’m being dishonest and I really don’t want it to be interpreted that way.

Also, sometimes I am being sarcastic or trying to be funny and because it’s text it is confusing.

Like if I was able to say all these things with words or be in person it would be a lot easier for me to communicate.

I think the standard that no one is allowed to change their mind should not be pushed on people.

2025 was a really hard year for me personally. Frankly, I still am having a hard time with everything that happened to me in 2025. And honestly the bad stuff that happened is not Hive related.

Sure some bad things happened to me on Hive. I think that’s life though, bad things happen sometimes because life is not just sunshine and rainbows.

One thing I am particularly good at is looking towards the future and thinking through all the possibilities.

I think there are a lot of different ways Hive can be “successful” in terms of price action.

I do think Hive price is important too. The price of Hive does communicate things even if people don’t want it to communicate anything.

I really think people can do a lot of good here by taking a step back and asking simple questions.

There are a lot of people on Hive today that could buy more Hive if they wanted to.

Like yea onboarding is important, but also you have people on the platform today that should be presented with why they should buy more Hive.

I think that’s an important question to ask ourselves on Hive.

What things need to change to convince the people who are already here to double down?

I think the answer to that question is worth a lot of money.

I was presented with a bit of a crossroads moment here recently.

I wanted to start buying more Hive because I wanted to effectuate change. But also I don’t want to have more power here.

So I’m in a bit of a conundrum.

Recently I realized there are a lot of people here that I really don’t know who they are. I have been here, to what I consider, a long time.

I have been here a lot longer than I ever thought I would be.

Hive is a lot of things to the point it’s pretty unbelievable.

I think the amount of Hive someone owns should mostly be based on the role they want to have in the ecosystem.

I want to have a different role than I do right now.

Hive is like owning a piece of open source software.

Hive is a creative sandbox where you can do a lot of cool things if you have a lot of HP.

You can build communities. You can interact with people who run proposals and give them feedback.

Hive is kind of like owning equity in a business but also it’s not; at best it’s pretty confusing.

Ultimately I think if people come to Hive, their goal should be to leave Hive better than when they came to it in the first place.

Obviously not everyone is going to do that but I still think it’s a good goal.

I think if anything my presence on Hive has proved that Hive works. If you have a lot of HP you have more influence and that is pretty dam interesting.

I still believe Hive is under valued. But I have opportunity costs like everyone else and I really do want to invest in other things.

I think people should be able to buy or sell Hive without it communicating anything.

Like I have a lot of reasons for me personally to powerdown.

But my reasons are my own and other people are going to have other reasons for why they do things.

I really think everyone should have their own investment thesis. If something happens that changes the thesis and you want to adjust, I think that’s reasonable.

Long story short, I have a lot of reasons for my decision.

I have really enjoyed my time on Hive, I think Hive is a wonderful place when people work together and do things for the right reasons.

I want people on Hive to be successful. I want Hive to be successful.

I will always have good things to say about this place. I will always have good things to say about the people I met here.

I never really planned on getting this involved in Hive. It has been one hell of a journey to the point it doesn’t even feel real.

All I can do at this point is to tell everyone here thank you.

I do appreciate what has been built here. I appreciate the community. I appreciate the people who work here to make things happen.

Please show people you appreciate them with words. Let them know you care.

I really do care. I really do love Hive.

I wish everyone here the best.

Good luck, I really do hope you guys crush it and are successful.

❤️
Hurt

"Out of the tree of life I just picked me a plum
You came along and everything started to hum
Still, it's a real good bet, the best is yet to come

Best is yet to come and Hive, won't that be fine?
You think you've seen the sun, but you ain't seen it shine

A-Wait till the warm-up's underway
Wait till our transactions have met
And wait till you see that sunshine day
You ain't seen nothin' yet

The best is yet to come and Hive, won't it be fine?
Best is yet to come, come the day you've actualized your design

Come the day you've actualized your design
You are going to teach the world to fly
You've only tasted the wine
You're gonna make the world fly

Wait till your charms are right for the world's arms to surround
You think you've flown before, but Hive, you ain't left the ground

A-Wait till you're locked in the world's embrace
Wait till the world draws you near
A-Wait till you see that sunshine place
Ain't nothin' like it here (on Hive)

The best is yet to come and Hive, won't it be fine?
The best is yet to come, come the day you've actualized your design

Come the day you've actualized your design
And you're gonna actualize your design"

Frank Sinatra - The Best Is Yet to Come (Remastered for Hive)