Stake in any crypto that has rewards on offer is very important and even more so on HIVE due to the numerous avenues where rewards can be earned that other crypto does not have. This is why remaining active is vital to an accounts growth and price should normally make no difference however with HIVE's current price at $0.06c now is the time to be more active.
22 days ago I mentioned in a post that the APR for staked HIVE known as HIVE Power was then a record high of 4.13% and did not expect to be seeing the 4.38% we see today. This is way over the 3% APR benchmark we normally see and this is definitely a time to make your stake count. Just with the extra 0.25% increase since 3 weeks ago this is worth an extra 1.5 HIVE daily on my current stake and everyone who has stake should be noticing the difference.
Over the last week we have seen the HBD APR reduced from 15% to 14% which I think is a great move by the witnesses and hope this is dropped some more until we can get to the 10-12% range. Earning 10% on astable coin like HBD is still very good and helping reduce the inflation we are seeing currently will help us all. 16 HIVE for 1 HBD is kind of crazy to think and is a reality check of how far HIVE has dropped in value. This change is actually very good news as the APR should change according to the markets and the situation and this would not be an issue if HIVE was $0.20c.
In my post 3 weeks ago I highlighted the last hardfork and how it had affected our curation numbers with the vote values having been decimated. Back when the hardfork happened I had achieved a 9.54 HIVE vote value and was dreaming ahead of seeing a 10 HIVE vote value only to see that value drop to 7.74. I thought it would take a good 18-24 months to get back to that kind of vote value and I could be way off. Three weeks ago that HIVE vote value was 8.30 and last night the value hit 8.80 HIVE per 100% vote so tracking far quicker than expected. This in real value terms is worth an extra 5 HIVE daily shared between author and curator on the 50/50 split. This is real time growth as that is an extra 2.5 HIVE being earned daily adding to the stake. The lost ground with adjusted vote values the hardfork had created may turn out to be only a 12 month grind to get back to where the vote once was unless another hardfork sets us back again which would be kind of funny.
HIVE being at $0.06c is an opportunity many of us never thought we would ever see again and here we are and has to be seen by everyone as the best time to grow. HIVE is tough to earn at the best of times and now there seems to be more HIVE available to those who remain active. I know I forget when I vote comments that even a $0.05c vote is actually worth nearly 1 HIVE and why more people should comment as there is more HIVE on offer now than there was when HIVE was at $0.20c. If you are new and looking at ways to grow then read posts and leave a good comment because this is really appreciated and costs you nothing to grow besides a little time. 20 comments per day could never be so lucrative and you will grow your following at the same time by being an active member of the community.