Python, Precious Metals, and Pixel Phones
The other day I was thinking back to that time many of us remember several years ago when Hive was over $3 per token. With the pump in BTC at the beginning of this week, it doesn't take too much to imagine that Hive hitting $3 could maybe just maybe happen again. In addition to that, if you had a chance to sit in on the "X" townhall the other day, there is definitely a lot to be excited about with Hive.
I remember, I took a screenshot of my Hive wallet when the price was over $3 per token. It was the first time my account had ever topped the six figure mark and I knew it wouldn't last, so I wanted to capture it for posterity.
As I was reminiscing on that the other day, I got wondering if there is a tool online that can show you the historic values of your HP. Hivestats.io can show you as far back as 30 days, but it doesn't go beyond that. Since I recently took a dive into Python coding, I thought the answer might be there.
Before I got started, I learned a new bit of coding with the help of @steevc. I added it to my HiveMute program that you can find on my Github here. Basically I just added some code so that if you enter a Hive account that doesn't exist, it gives you a message stating that instead of a bunch of text saying there is an error in your code.
After that, I dived into trying to find a solution for my other issue. As you might know, Beem is deprecated, but I decided to use it anyway. I had to turn to @steevc for a little help again, but eventually I had a program that could list my vests and then convert my vests to HP. I know, this is probably pretty simple for most of you, but I am learning.
From that point forward, it was just a matter of using the timestamp function to have it show the historic value. I wanted to do something like 30 days, 60 days, 90 days, 120 days, etc back until the account was created. At the very least back until the fork happened.
For some reason though, my numbers aren't working out. It correctly shows 65,800 as my current HP, but when I go back 30 days it is listing it as 62,000 something. Hivestats lists my HP 30 days ago as almost 64,000. It gets worse though. When I go back 60 days, it is listing my HP as only about 100 less than 30 days ago. 90 days back gives similar results.
I think there is either an issue with Beem, or I need to pull in historic values of Hive from using the CoinGecko Python libraries (pycoingecko) to get more accurate results.
I'm going to try doing the same thing with lighthive to see if it's possible and if it is, I can hopefully get better results. At the very least, the developer of lighthive is actually still around and I might be able to get some answers.
I should point out, the tool that @nuthman recently revived is pretty cool for seeing how your account is growing in real time. I almost thought about reaching out to him to see if he could add something to show the info I am looking for. Then I figured why not try myself. If you aren't already giving a witness vote to @nuthman, you should definitely do that sooner rather than later!
Searching for Silver
After APMEX changed their policy and required that you had to spend more than $200 to get free shipping on their items, I have been looking for a new place to buy silver. It's not that I buy silver regularly, but when I do, I don't want to get nickled and dimed for shipping and handling costs.
I was pretty excited when @coinjoe told me about the Monument Metals site and I was really digging this Aztec Calendar Silver round that they have on sale right now. Then I noticed the message that says "Free Shipping on orders $199 or more".
Ugh!
It's starting look like shipping and handling is just going to be a fact of life unless I drop a ton of money on Silver at once. If I were buying Gold it wouldn't be that big of a deal given the current price but I'm looking to spend maybe $150 on silver tops, so I am likely going to have to eat the costs.
There are a couple coin and bullion stores close to where I live. I was talking to @dbooster last night and it is possible I might need to just go visit them and see what they have to offer. If I don't like the vibe, I can always leave and buy online like I was going to in the first place.
I'll have to see if I can carve out some time for that.
Pixel 8 Pro
The battery life on my One Plus 9 Pro has been on a gradual decline over the past couple of months. In addition to that, I somehow managed to crack the glass on the back of the phone surrounding the camera lenses. It didn't impact the ability to take photos, but it still bugged me that it was there.
Luckily, my work pays for my phone, and thanks to government contracts, I was able to upgrade with an $800 credit towards a new phone. It's been a while since I owned my Pixel 2, but I absolutely loved that phone. I was interested in getting a Pixel 7 Pro, but when I asked T Mobile about it, they said they were out of stock.
Turns out it was probably because the Pixel 8 was going to be released in just under a month. I decided to stick it out and wait until the middle of October for the 8 to be released. As soon as it was, I had my order placed.
My 8 Pro arrived last week and I am still getting the hang of it. For the first day I didn't have a case for it, so I was hesitant to do much of anything with it. Now I am getting more familiar with it. I haven't really taken any photos with it, so I don't know how that is going to go, but I hope to fix that this weekend.
I did notice that the new phone they sent me only has 128 GB of storage and my old one had 256. That could become problematic down the line. Especially given the fact that the Pixel 8 Pro has a 50 Megapixel camera in it. I already uninstalled Diablo Immortal to help free up some space.
I did notice that Google has really improved the process of transferring your data from one phone to the other. Kudos to them for that.
Back in the day you could move your text messages, but you had to use a separate SMS app to backup and restore any photos that had been sent to you or you had sent out. That isn't the case anymore. All of that moves over pretty seamlessly with the new upgrade process.
That's one thing I always felt like Apple did a good job of and I am happy to see that Google is following suit. I'm looking forward to getting more familiar with this phone and really putting it through its paces.
ZING
Finally, I wanted to talk really quickly about the ZING token that is being dropped by the Holozing team with one of the most notable members being @acidyo. If you have been holding POSH tokens in your Hive-Engine Wallet, you may have ZING tokens that can be claimed on the site I listed above.
They are given to you fully staked, this allows you to start earning the staking rewards right away.
Of course there are other ways you can earn the token as well, but I didn't want anyone who has POSH in their wallet to miss out on the airdrop.
That's all I've got for this week. Check back next week as I continue highlighting my recent trip to Vermont!
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Great work diving into Python, that has motivated me to reinstall it also. I saw you can only really use Beem on Linux, so I need to have a play around with that still. I hope you find some way to get silver not to costly. The last coin I bought was the Bitcoin one you have in your picture. Will wait for a pullback in PM before I buy anything more right now.
I think you can run it on Windows, but I feel it is easier to install on Linux. My biggest issue with that is copying and pasting code since I am running Ubuntu on a virtual machine. I know @slobberchops uses Anaconda I think. You just need to use PIP to get BEEM installed.
yeah installation looks tricky on Windows. I will setup python on my linux laptop and see if I can get it running. I want to run a few queries. I was hoping to be able to create some historical checks on what my HP was at certain points of time, but I wonder if it will work now that you are not getting the right results.
I've heard that it might be easier to pull that data using SQL, so you might want to look into that if you are familiar with the language. It sounds like you are looking for something really similar to what I am.
yeah, I am gonna have a dabble with the sql too. Im not using it really, but I think a few simple things should be easy enough to do. Will register that 1 HBD with Arcange for access shortly. What things do you want to do with Python?
I need to sign up for the HIVESQL thing too. It's been a long time since I worked with SQL, but it was always one of the languages I hated less than the others :) I've always wanted to do some coding again, but I never had a use case. Being able to do stuff with Hive gives me a use case for it, so it's kind of a win win for me. It's more about learning at this point versus actually accomplishing anything. Though making working code is a bonus!
yeah I feel you there. SQL should be pretty easy going coding wise I think. As you work in IT, what backup solutions do your recommend btw?
Depends on what you are trying to backup. I have a Synology unit that was pretty cost effective and I use that to backup all of my Google Workspace stuff. It can do a lot more than that though. They have some build your own type units out there that are very cost effective if you have the skills. I'm also doing a demo with Veeam next week to move some of my virtual machine backups to the cloud. Right now I pay about $1000 per month to have a handful of our key servers backed up to an offsite location and then the cloud. I think with Veeam I can get that down to about $200 per month.
That sounds like a good deal. I will check out Synology, I just want to backup a few home hardrives.
It's pretty scalable and super easy to use. Mine is way bigger than I actually need it to be, but with the price of storage being so low these days I figured why not go big.
Smart move, go big or go home as they say! Looking at getting one now.
It's no so hard and you don't need Anaconda, plain old Python will do. BEEM works fine, but is deprecated. You would be better using LightHive (though I haven't bothered yet!).
Thanks, I will try to use light hive and see how it goes. 🙂👍
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Oh hey, you got that BTC round!
Yeah, I picked it up about a year ago along with some other random silver for my nephew. I ended up liking it so much that I kept it and gave him one of my generic 1oz bars!
I am in the same boat with silver, here in Canada it is 250 free shipping on most sites and given I was hoping maybe to do weekly buys of 1 OZ or so I have to save or go local.
I got the pixel 7 and love it, battery life sucks and I wish I went with the pro for the zoom on the camera but the OS is smooth and the phone runs anything. I have heard great things about the 8 so I bet you will enjoy it
Ah, that sucks. It would definitely add up over time if you were going to do a weekly buy. It's hard to DCA into stuff when they throw all of those fees at you. That's great to hear about the Pixel. I didn't realize just how many iterations I missed! I'm looking forward to seeing how my photos turn out. The battery life is already better than my One Plus, I know that will deteriorate over time...
I am guessing the 8 pro is better, I had the p40 pro and the battery even with heavy use was 2 days but they are no longer allowed on Canadian networks.
The 8 has some features I think are handy but not worth the upgrade 😂😂
Yeah, I am not really sure what I am ever going to do with the temperature sensor. If I had been buying it myself I likely wouldn't have went with the pro. I'm going to be sad when I don't work here anymore and I have to pay for my own phones!
I think there's a bug in beem when you try to get old conversions. Maybe someone can look at fixing it. I think that library has the most functionality for now, but others may catch up.
I've not had a Google phone since the Nexus 4. My other half has a Pixel 6a that seems good. I don't tend to find I need massive storage on a phone, but then I don't play games on mine.
I hope the $HIVE price can go up a bit, if only to encourage some people to come back and post again. We have lost too many for various reasons.
I agree with you. It feels like that is where the issue is with BEEM. I haven't looked into lighthive enough yet to see if there is something that might work in it. I take a lot of photos for Hive, so that is mostly why I need the storage. I do very little gaming at all these days. I'd love to see Hive hold $1 for a decent amount of time. Sideways for a year or two at that level would be a win I think.
It was very wonderful when Hive reached almost 10 times the current price. I hope those days will return soon.
It's just a matter of time I think. Between now and then we just keep building.
I believe the future is bright and once again we might see hive hitting $3 or even more in the next bull run about to happen. Yes I strongly believe that. It's just a matter of time
I agree, it is just a matter of time. I just want to make sure I am prepared for it this time! I might finally do my first power down ever so I can move some funds into HBD.
These are beautiful and exceptional updates you've dropped. Ranging from your journey towards creating codes, getting silver, Hive at $3 some years ago, and now your new phone. It was very interesting having to read all these.
I know I have missed out on reading your post, and it is quite painful, but I am coming back around from the malaria that stuck me. I'll be more active again.
My regards to Mrs.bozz
Dang, like actual malaria from mosquitoes? Or is that just what you call ailments over there? I'm sorry that you had to deal with that. I hope you are doing better. Malaria is no joke.
Yeah... it was bad. And yes, it wasn't easy to deal with. I hope it leaves soon. I have taken the necessary medications, though. Thank you 😊.
Hehe, I was at the town hall space too and I was excited about all that was said concerning Hive even though I am still learning about BTC, in no time I'll be like the guys talking about BTC and investing too. I really wanna learn fast.
Just remember it's a marathon not a sprint. Sure, there are people that have made it big on quick trades and meme coins, but if you really believe in the change crypto offers then take your time and soak it all in!
My optimism in Hive hitting ATH is stronger than that of BTC despite all supporting BTC
BTC is always going to be the big dog. That's just the way it is. I don't ever really see the dominance going away, but I do see it pulling up everything else, so that is good.
Well, I have never noticed that issue but how can we try to solve the problem?
The problem may actually be with Beem
Yeah Beem isn't supported anymore, so I am not sure there is much chance of it getting fixed.
I choked, cried, and stopped reading...for a minute. Very inspiring and painful to read.... I did check your current net worth here on HIVE .....feeling like a shrimp tonight.... happy Friday!
Crazy thing is back when that happened my account was half as big as it is now. I can't wait to see the number when we hit $3 again!
I did look what a 10X would to your numbers...but....🤫
Coinjoe found Monument Metals because of me. They are a top notch place out of Maryland, they always have the best prices.
Cool. Thanks for indirectly leading me there. I don't doubt their reputation. I just don't think I will be spending enough to get free shipping and handling.
I have a routine somewhere to pull live values from Coingecko. Their API was quite easy to use.
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Can you use it to pull historic values too? I looked into the API and it seems to be well documented.
I am not sure, I grabbed that piece of code from my not so extensive library.
How awesome that you're diving into the nuts and bolts of Hive. I always wish I would have learned to program. A robust reporting function would be very helpful.
The Pixel 8 is intriguing, especially how it uses A.I. for photo editing. I watched Marques Brownlee's video review of it and it made me realize how behind-the-times iPhones are. I'm really looking to get out of the Apple ecosystem, especially after Apple released the new MacBooks. The prices are getting ridiculous for what you get.
I was showing my wife how I could use AI to remove the bird poop from the windshield in one of the photos she took in Vermont. It's pretty sweet. I might write a post about it one day. It's never too late for you. I was about 25 years out from coding so really it was like starting over for me. I do like the new M class chips from Apple. They are quite impressive.
Just wanted to mention I started my series of posts about VT on Monday if you didn't get a chance to see them.
Fair play on trying python. I'm too long in the tooth to try it now - best of luck with it !
And I just started getting in on the Holozing action yesterday. I staked 250 HP to them. The APR is crazy high, and its already made quite a difference in just a day !
Have a great weekend
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Yeah, I have been getting a bit from my posh tokens, but I delegated some HP today. I just hope the token holds value and doesn't tank like every other one because people dump it.
If they can give it good utility, which is a good possibility as the game should have options for that, then it has a chance of holding some value. Will be interesting to see how it pans out - but based on what has been released so far, it would appear that the game idea has really good potential, and it seems to have a really good team behind it - so its looking fairly good so far ! I'm even impressed with how the staking, etc works - the interface they have set up for it is the best one I've seen !
Yeah, based on the team alone I have some hope for the game. I also like that they are working on the game before they work on the assets.
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Enjoy the new phone always fun for the first little while 🤣
Thanks!
I think I just started in Crypto when the bull happened, so I am envious of those that were able to get a head start and gain a lot. I do think we are still in the early stages of adoption, so I'm not too sad. Congrats on the new phone, and in your programming progress.
I started at the end of a bull run about six years ago.
I always thought having a better view on historical stuff would be cool. Good luck with the challenge. I looked into the ZING for having POSH, but looks like there was a limited amount available and Bozz took it all .. lol. Oh well. I am reading the white paper now. Thanks for the info!
Thanks! I appreciate it! I've got nothing compared to what some people have! I just get a drip each day...
Cool that you got one of the BTC coins. Yeah, the amount needed for free shipping is crazy. Gotta save up your orders and do them all at once. Going to a physical kinship is definitely a better experience if you just want to pick up a coin at a time.
I don't watch the Android space carefully, but from a casual glance now and again, it does seem like the Pixel phones are the best experience over there. The new one sounds great! Ahhh.... Now see I enjoy my 10% teachers discount from Apple, but I'd love if I could get one of the companies I work for to buy the entire phone. Enjoy that perk!
Thanks. That 10% discount isn't even what it used to be these days. I've been really impressed with every pixel I have owned. Even more than my wife's samsung. I'll have to figure something out before the holidays come in terms of buying silver.
I wish I had the motivation to learn how to code. I think what your are trying to build would be pretty cool to see. I am tech savoy, but not this advanced so it's impressive to see you building a tool. As for Ampex they are expensive, but I still use them. I have not found a site that does the $99 like they use to...
It's been fun and frustrating digging back into code. Equal parts! I might just have to buy more silver than I planned!
Brand new phone, that's always a fun feeling. Figuring out all the new features is a bit of a challenge at first, but that's a really nice phone!
Coding, wish I could help you but I would have to go back to kindergarten coding it's been so long!
Shipping and handling, it's just a sad fact of life anymore unless you make a large purchase. It sucks...
Yeah, I am still learning everything. It seems to have a lot of cool features.
Interesting information/reflection about the HP historic. I was thinking myself if I could follow a historic for longer...
It looks as i should learn Coding!
Also interesting ideas about investing in Metals.
Thank you for sharing!
Metals are a great investment. I haven't found a fix for the code yet, but I am not giving up.
Good , keep doing it. Thanks 🙏
I was noodling around with something kind of fun the other day but have not fully implemented it. On my local version I added an input box where you can enter a fake price and up updates everything as if that were the actual price, such as your account value and vote value.
I have created an account with HiveSQL as well. I am not super amazing with SQL so I am trying to remember everything and catch up as well. I have a lot of ideas but the trick will be figuring out how to build the right queries to get what I want.
Very cool. I think the historic data I am looking for might be hard to extract. Which is kind of dumb to me given the nature of Blockchain, but whatever I guess 😃
Haha, yeah I noticed that as soon as I started trying to pull data. You have to think hard about what you really want, then you have to figure out how to collect the data in a logical way. It takes a lot of brain bandwidth. It's like a fun puzzle though. That's why I've always loved programming.
I'm sure you are familiar with the zoning out when things get hard. That's kind of where I am at with it right now. I was hoping things would kind of fall into place with that historical data, but those dang calculations just won't match up.
I am a master at zoning out.. haha! Sadly I've been kind of busy this week so I haven't had time to get any further. Sometimes it takes a long time for things to click with me and I think deeply understanding the Hive blockchain is going to be one of those things. I wish I hadn't waited so long to dig under the hood more.
You started though and that is what is most important. You might take a break here and there, but you are in it to win it now! :)