The March edition of the Hive Power Up Month challenge is now over.

Once again, this challenge has proven how difficult it is to stay committed for a whole month, even with rules as simple as:

• do 1 HIVE power-up or a 100% Hive Power post every day of the month
• don't power down

March PUM was a "bear" challenge

Compared to the previous edition in February 2022, we had way fewer participants who held out successfully throughout the challenge.

With only 31 winners, that's a 40% drop! We are not going to dwell on the reasons for this decline, they must be multiple.

And now, the winners list

They are 31 participants to have held out with metronome regularity. Among them, 17 chose the publication with a 100% HP payout option, and 14 preferred the power-up way.

They will soon receive their "Power Up Month" badge:

Congratulations to @amaari, @arcange, @awah, @borjan, @bradleyarrow, @coquicoin, @cryptokungfu, @cursephantom, @davidthompson57, @dbooster, @definethedollar, @dizzyapple, @eddwood, @femcy-willcy, @hivebuzz, @ifarmgirl, @iptrucs, @itsostylish, @jacobtothe, @kolbjorn, @malomi, @manuvert, @mein-senf-dazu, @mengao, @michelmake, @mightpossibly, @orionvk, @papilloncharity, @risingstargame, @traciyork and @ultratrain.

Hive Power delegations coming!

As announced in our announcement post, all the winners of the PUM challenge will receive a 3 weeks Hive Power delegation from us!

The amount of HP delegated will be calculated according to the following criteria:

• How many successful Power Up Months you have achieved throughout the year.
• The total amount you powered up during the PUM.
• How many PUDs in a row have you participated in
• The levels of your power-ups on PUD (ex: you made two "level 3" and three "level 5" power-ups).
• The number of people you helped to power-up and the amount involved.

The higher all the above-mentioned values, the higher the delegation you will receive.

We still need to do some math to figure out what everyone will get but don't worry, we'll report the results soon.

Everyone who participated in Power Up Day yesterday is already registered for the April edition of the Power Up Month! Good luck to them.

Happy Power Up Month!

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