4 years on Hive

Around this time four years ago, I had made a decision that changed my life and is still impacting in my life till this very day. I remember the day an online friend of mine had talked about hive (then steemit) on this particular WhatsApp group that I was a member of. He had seen it online and had come to inquire from us if anyone of us had an idea what Hive was. We all said no as this was the first time we would be hearing about blogging and earning in crypto, it sounded too good to be true.

No one bothered to do any further research on it but I had taken a leap of faith and had signed up. Back then, it took seven days for your account to be registered on hive, mine took five days. After my account was approved, I can remembered my first post had been so shitty that up till this day I still cringe whenever I think about it. But you see, I had wanted to know if hive truly pays before I begin to invest my time in it.

I later came in contact with some Nigerians who were also on hive and they had introduced me to some WhatsApp groups back then where Newbies on hive were being thought on what and what not to do and that was when I took the whole thing serious.

I remember the first phone I ever bought with my own money was from the earnings I got here on hive. I could tell my parents had been so proud of me, as I was the first person to make money from home from my phone in my family.

I had later gone back to the group (the online group where I first heard about hive) and offered to help anyone interested in creating a paid account in other to avoid them having to wait for a week to have their account approved. Few of them sent me a message, telling me they were interested and I paid for all of their accounts, unfortunately none of those people are here on hive today, not even the person who introduced me to hive.

Anyways, I’m here to give thanks to everyone who has made my hive journey a memorable one. Trust me, it hasn’t been an easy journey but I know it can only get better from here.

Cheers to more happy and memorable years to come.

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