How Crypto and Blockchain Technology have Impacted my Personal Finance || Testimonials so far and the Future
Long ago in 2012 during my National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), I knew down in my heart that I needed something much more valuable than a 8am to 4pm job that would make me redundant. I told myself, one of those days, "you would become an employer and not an employee". Those words were heavy, yet, they were very prophetic. Today, I co-pwn one of the wbiggest Blockchain in the world - Hive. The drive to becoming an employer was financial and time freedom that civil service jobs do not provide.
I ventured into several entrepreneurial activities from Creative /Technical Writing to Printing and many more, I was introduced to STEEMHIVE on January 24, 2018 by @Tomlee, and since then, a new entrepreneurial investment option was added to my profile - Blockchain and Crypto Blogger and Enthusiast. I owned a wallet and started earning digital currencies in addition to my fiat earnings. Soon, my eyes were opened to the several investment options available in the blockchain and cryptocurrency sphere.
On reading this writing prompt by @Theycallmedan, I started penning down several things I have been able to achieve over the last near three years of my romance with Cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. They are quite inexhaustive and the list would always be lengthy as we move into the future. Even if no other user would have what to say on this, I have lots to share. I trust I'll be able to inspire another person out there that is seeking financial freedom. Thanks Dan for thinking this.
With my experiences and testimonials over the past months, I can say that I'm ready to integrate blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies in all of my business and career endeavours. So far, many of that have started and the future looks brighter and brighter. Many who are frequent with my logs would attest to the fact that my contents consist well around 40% of my personal experiences. I deliberately write those experiences to encourages as many readers pout there who are yet to understand how much blockchain tech and cryptocurrency can impact their finances. Just have fun reading my entry on this initiative.
Testimonials so far...
The impact of Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain on my finances has been enormous. Let me elucidate the following. Earnings from Hive (Crypto) were my only source of income during the covid-19 lock down periods. Then, $300 was averagely achieveable on monthly basis and that was enough for basic family needs.
Over the past years of my contact with and earning crypto, my investment life has been boosted. With the typical powering up of 50% of Hive earnings, it crates the savings consciousness and with the aility to curate, that shows the investment aspect which allows the stakeholder to earn curation rewards passively.
Within the last three years, I have comfortably enrolled young perople to be trained on Content creation and other basic ICT courses in my Hub in Uyo, Nigeria and that has been given freely. The basic expenses of running the Hub is funded by my Hive earnings. More important is the fact that my trainees have been duly enrolled to Hive ti also earn crypto and some of them have become family bread winners.
Today, I am sustainably employed on Hive as a content creator and I earn as much and even more than my counterpart who are in the Civil and Public service. Unemployment is real in my country, yet, I do not live as an unemployed.
I have shared in the following posts several heights in investment and monetary value gathered from Hive and Hive tokens:
- https://leofinance.io/@uyobong/i-m-comfortably-employed-as-a-content-creator-consumer-on-hive-usd474-earned-for-writing-about-finance-and-crypto-only-in
- https://leofinance.io/@uyobong/my-monthly-leo-curation-earnings-alone-surpasses-minimum-wage-in-nigeria
- https://leofinance.io/@uyobong/second-layer-curation-still-my-best-investment-option-on-hive-i-gave-out-usd150-and-earned-usd123-in-form-of-leo-and-sports-in
- https://leofinance.io/@uyobong/life-of-a-motivator-on-hive-usd12-earned-over-the-last-week-for-curating-sports-contents-thanks-to-hivestats-io
Simply put, I have earned over $6,300 USD worth of Hive tokens in addition to over $1,100 USD worth of HIVE itself. This financial feat has been attained in less than three years.
The Future...
I've learnt about sustainability which means meeting the present needs in a way that does not forfeit the blessings of the future. My financial gains with Crypto is never something I see as a means of livelihood today alone, it also rolls into the future. Soon, I am hopeful that mass adoption would hit the Crypto and blockchain space and everyone in the world would be potentially rich despite their status.
I seeing a future whereby all my businesses would integrate Blockchain technology and crypto into its design. I have been handling an "academic" inclined project (in development stage) before coming to know about crypto. I'm glad that the project was stopped for sometime has been revived and we'll definitely have a feel of blockchain tech. I have learnt over these years of crypto knowledge that content consumption could also be a source of earning cash.
There are plans to maximize the tokens I am investing in to solve related real time projects in terms of education, charity, agriculture, business development, and ICT. This and many more are just a few of the available options that can touch humanity sustainably and deeply. I look forward to scaling my eCommerce endeavours through Crypto.
We be Billionaires before "40"
One of my younger brother has it on his social media timeline "we be millionaires before 30". I so loved it the day I read that financial goal of his and was really inspired. I had passed that age limit years ago and would rather look forward to the next benchmark of "40". However, I'm aiming at being in the "Billionaires' list" by then. This is quite very possible with cryptocurrency.
My drive towards acquiring wealth is to build humanity. My faith in God and my greatest motivation as a Christian is to love God and love People. The world wasn't created for "things" but for "people". We are the essence of the universe. For me to be able to leave my world better than I met, I'm driven to add value to people's lives. This, I would continue to do with my future Crypto Wealth.
About me...
I am a called teacher, a serial entrepreneur and a Graduate of Agricultural Engineering. Nigeria is my root and a place full of opportunities. I dropped out of a Master's Degree programm due to funds, yet i do not regret growing the courage to start my buzsines from the scratch. Today, I've built layers of Businesses on the Hive blockchain in terms of Curation and it's a sustainable passive way of earning crypoto while learning.
I am your favourite Hive Tribes Marketer and Curapreneur!
I am @Uyobong.
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Cool story! Happy to read it! And yes, you have a very strong goal, which is achievable, depending on your choices. You live in a country that will experience massive growth, despite the problems in the North. A country of billion people will need it's billionaires and you can be one of them.
Hope you will do it!
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Thanks for the encouragement. I gladly share these testimonials to friends to help them adopt Hive as an additional source of income.
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Yes, be the leader on your area, imagine 4 times the population in Nigeria the coming years, that is massive and if you are a leader in your community, you will be able to change a lot of things there!
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I already missed on both counts here.
Passed 40 and a few dollars short of billionaire status.
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Lol nice one
I know you'll be Trillionaire before 80. You're doing well.
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Amen... I know the future will be on our side thanks to the seeds we sow today. Excellent story friend! A pleasure to meet and read you through this initiative...
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You are right this seed is planted for the future generations
Thanks very much for commenting. Crypto has changed the narrative with wealth creation. Let's win together.
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wow man that's quite the amount! I don't how much to consider in Nigeria but a total of 7,400 it can be almost the basic salary in Greece for a year! Keep doing what you do and help other Nigerians and in general people to learn about finance and cryptos and as a result have a better life!
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What would be the average living cost in Greece?
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it really depends as everywhere in the world. It depends on what area you are living it is really different from town to town. Even in Athens, the prices are totally different from municipality to municipality.
For example, you can live poorly with 200$ if you rent a small space with others to let's say 600-1000 for a single person (per month)
sorry for the late reply
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Wow. Truth be told, I envy you in a good way. The fact that you recognized and discover yourself at an early period will make you achieve more. Also, the billionaire by forty is a target too low to what you could accomplish. Crypto has indeed impacted you and I hope to be part of those to stand tall and say yes, crypto gave me this just like its giving you right now
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I couldn't agree more I also think if I had think of it sooner I would be close to this place
With crypto, the future is yet to dawn on it. We just starting out
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Yeah, possible if he right decisions and actions are taken in the right time.
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It's always my pleasure to inspire people here and beyond. You too can have these testimonies if you take the tight decisions. It's not only about money investment, your time in engagement also matters greatly.
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I noticed engagement is of utmost importance on here also and that's a good sign. Will try to engage to an adequate level. Thanks for this advice also
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I couldn't agree more with you because I also started my crypto journey because of 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. jobs and I wanted more in my life then just working under someone
Now, I have my time free to do what I will and passionate about. AN 8am to 6pm job is a modified slavery.
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This is probably the BEST post from the initiative How Crypto changed life!
You did a lot for the whole Hive community, and I'm so happy that you have recruited so many great people that I have met here... Keep on creating and inspiring others!
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Thanks for making me feel so awesome. You've been a great supporter and an encouragement.
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https://twitter.com/Uyobong3/status/1333906123116646407
Just going to take time for mass adoption and then anything is possible. Who knows what we have is worth anything but it is worth something to us and you have proved it keeps you and your family fed. That may seem crazy as the prices are so low right now so give it 6 months or two years with staking and who knows what any of us might have. This is like a mini gold rush and the masses don't even know about it and at some point they will catch on.
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Very true that in two years from now, much more value would be realised. I actually joined Steem when each token was $5 or more. Certainly, the actuals are much more than this. Thanks for your supports.
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I think over the next two or three years we will see some huge growth on the prices especially. $5 seems so high right now but in reality it isn't and positive Hive will make it's way there at some point along with Leo.
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Congratulations- it is important to note that your persistence is strong.
Posting frequently can get redundant, yet you find a way to keep it interesting.
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Thanks very much. Writing is a hobby for me but I can tell that I was still a novice when I started my blogging journey on STeem. I've learnt a lot from other users over these near three years of being here.
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Your positive attitude rocks! That's great that HIVE was able to carry you through a corona lockdown. There are so many opportunities available to us in the crypto space. This space already has and will continue to create millionaires and probably a few billionaires in the future! Totally inspired by this post, thanks for sharing.
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Very true. We just gotta continue adding our little value in wait for the big harvest in the future. Thanks for stopping by.
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