candy49 in # debt • 8 days ago • 2 min readThe US government is spending more on debt interest than defence for the first timeThe main reason President Trump gets to throw his weight around on the world stage is down to the might of the US military. As we saw in Venezuela. But what happens when the Americans can't afford…candy49 in # stablecoins • 10 days ago • 1 min readHolding dollar-based stablecoins is incredibly riskyTrump's Greenland and Canada debacles have caused the dollar to resume it's downward trend. Here is a chart of the dollar plotted against G10 currencies (black line) and Emerging Market currencies…candy49 in # hive • 24 days ago • 2 min readIt's been 3 years since I powered down my HiveI wrote a post at the time explaining my reasoning. I got a good price as I explained in the next post : When I started powering down the Hive price was about $0.90. When I received 1/13th…candy49 in # hive • 2 months ago • 1 min readHivewatchers objects to me promoting Blurt...I left a message on taskmaster4450's blog and got the following response: I often promote Blurt to people who've been downvoted on Hive, but this is the first time Hivewatchers has…candy49 in # hive • 2 months ago • 1 min readTaskmaster4450 is being downvoted on hive by you-know-whoIt's been going on for over 3 months - take a look: He continues to post because he's using inleo.io - so he's earning Leo (the leo.voter account continues to upvote him). He's powering…candy49 in # hive • 2 months ago • 1 min readOf the top 20 Hive witnesses, 8 are powering down...... even though the price is just 10 cents. See the following screenshot: It comes from the following website: The ones with the black piggy bank icons are powering down. If you click…candy49 in # hive • 2 months ago • 1 min readHive did another fork - rewards will be lowerHive put through another hard fork on 19th Nov, which wasn't much discussed. The few articles before the fork referred to the change in curation strength: your vote does not drop each time you…candy49 in # hive • 3 months ago • 1 min readThe markymark has been selling hiveHere is the table of hive whales: source: I make that 470,356 hive sold off since last year. While continuing to blame redfish for selling their earnings on their 15 cent posts for hive's…candy49 in # hive • 4 months ago • 1 min readThe "We Are Alive" community got attacked on HiveAnother month, another community gets attacked on Hive. The current target is the "We Are Alive" community. You can read about it here: They've made a back-up community on Blurt: And here…candy49 in # hive • 5 months ago • 1 min readThe downvotes on Hive from the Blurt gang are starting to stingCalling @mariuszkarowski , @ctime and the gang. The following article will amuse you mightily: People dish it out but they can't take it Ole acid is having to self-vote to counter it, the…candy49 in # hive • 5 months ago • 2 min readLeo begins it's move away from HiveNine months ago I wrote about how witnesses on Hive were attacking khaleelkazi of LeoFinance because he asked the leo community to vote for his witness: My conclusion was this: My feeling is…candy49 in # blurt • 6 months ago • 1 min readProBit is delisting Blurt on August 14!!!!Here is their announcement: All trading will cease on August 14th, and you need to withdraw your coins by September 15th. I don't know if we can negotiate with ProBit to keep the listing.…candy49 in # blurt • 6 months ago • 1 min readWe need more trading volume on Probit's Blurt-BTC pairOne way to promote Blurt is to try to increase the volume of trade on Probit. It's too difficult to get it featured on Probit's "top volume coins". But an increase in volume might prompt Probit to…candy49 in # hive • last year • 1 min readHive got listed on BitPanda... which resulted in a huge pump, with the price hitting 67 cents at one point. It's 53 cents as I write. This is the first new listing Hive has got since it forked from Steem four years ago.…candy49 in # hive • last year • 2 min readSo... Witness Wars have begun on HiveOld hands will remember that the reason Hive forked from Steem is that the top twenty witnesses felt that Justin Sun threatened their cushy set-up. And it is cushy, they each earn 11,000 Hive a…candy49 in # hive • last year • 1 min readSouth Korean martial law announcement affects crypto, including Hive and SteemThe President of South Korea threw a strop and declared martial law because the Korean National Assembly amended his budget and voted for $3bn spending cuts. It's affecting crypto: Bitcoin is…candy49 in # blurt • last year • 1 min readThe Lost/Orphaned BlurtWhen Blurt forked from Steem four years ago, a lot of exchanges received Blurt corresponding to the deposits of Steem they held. ProBit enabled Blurt trading and airdropped the legacy Blurt to…candy49 in # hive • last year • 1 min readThe whales on Hive are now attacking Splinterlands postsSee the following article, especially the comments: This time they're fighting with curators. Hive has a timed payout for curation. If you vote within 24 hrs, you get a linear payout based on…candy49 in # hive • last year • 1 min readHive is having another of it's panicsThis time the whales have decided that they're going to punish people who power down, or who withdraw their liquid earnings to an exchange. They're going to be excluded from upvotes to teach…candy49 in # uk • 2 years ago • 1 min readReally interesting forced choice pollingIf people had the choice of just two political parties, how would they vote? source The most interesting thing about this is the LibDems are everyone's least worst party.
