Thanks for the detailed reply. I love engagement on my posts as they can only improve my content and my opinions.

While i used the term whale accounts, that was more of a visual term for large stakeholders than specifically accounts over 500k HP.

My account can give out a $2 tip and to new users that would seem crazy. Then you have a lot of people with double that at 100k HP which is is a whale to some but average to others.

Are these levels achievable for anybody?

Absolutely. Anybody can build up to 50k or 100k power with time and effort. It will take a few years of hard work but those goals are manageable. Fair enough it is a general statement but i can guarantee that if you keep showing up every day and engage that your account will grow.

It was a different climate for early adopters when it was a different platform and more fairly distributed. Much of the wealth has been distributed not by a metric of meritocracy but through networking, collusion and coercion.

This part i have to disagree with however as distribution has only improved over time. Just one year ago the real whale accounts held 49% of the hive, today that is 39%. A huge shift in wealth and power.

It does pay to be an early investor but only in good projects. The majority of new projects fail and take your money along with it. Hive is 165 on market cap which is far from a shitcoin. 165 in the world is still impressive especially for an indie project. The no165 in stocks is "Moderna", a huge pharma company that you wouldn't call a shit stock because there are more valuable ones above it.

The people that invest today are still early compared to the ones that join in another four years time, so it's all relative.

If your aim is to create a portfolio then you would be right to diversify but as this post states about growing your hive account then my advice stands. Pump as much as possible into your account and watch the growth.

Ultimately, people need to do the work to look into these fundamental or technical aspects to see what has potential and is undervalued or overvalued and make informed market decisions with that information.

This is solid advice for anybody who is investing and research is a big part of it. Do your own research and look for value.

We do need balance on the chain and it can't all be the cheerleader effect but i am confident in hive. It has faced a lot of struggles and come out the other side, time and time again.

Anybody who does the research would see that we have a lot of issues left to overcome and alot of problems that need to be fixed for further growth but that they are getting solved. One by one.

The chain has lasted this long due to the talent and hard work of the community and that isn't going anywhere soon. I do have other investments but this is where all of my time and energy goes into for the simple fact that it is the best in my opinion and i want to keep growing.

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