My dCrops Farming Journal – Climbing the Leaderboard, One Crop at a Time!

My little farming operation on the Hive blockchain is becoming a serious agricultural enterprise. Well, serious by my standards. There is still plenty of chaos involved! 😄

Over the past weeks, I've been expanding my farm, investing in CROP, improving my production capabilities, and steadily climbing the Holding Rewards leaderboard.

And the results are becoming quite interesting.

🌾 Holding Rewards – From Rank 75 to Rank 41!

One of my main goals has been to improve my position in the dCrops Holding Rewards rankings.

When I started tracking my progress more closely, I was sitting at rank 75.

Today, things look quite different:

That's a climb of 34 positions!

My original goal was to reach the Top 50. Mission accomplished.

But why stop there?

The next milestone is the Top 25, with a long-term ambition of reaching the Top 10.

For perspective, the current player in tenth place has approximately 1.83 million CROP POWER. There is still a considerable distance to cover, and the competition certainly isn't standing still.

Nobody said building a farming empire would be easy!

💰 Growing My CROP Holdings and Liquidity Pool

I've continued buying additional CROP with HIVE on a regular basis.

My latest numbers:

The liquidity pool has grown from 5,588 shares to 6,508 shares since I began tracking these figures in late October.

That's an increase of approximately 16.5%.

I like this approach because I'm not relying on a single source of potential returns. My farming activities, Holding Rewards, and liquidity provision are all part of the broader strategy.

Of course, liquidity pools also carry risks, and their returns aren't guaranteed.

📚 A Useful Discovery in the dCrops Wiki

I recently found some interesting information about how CROP POWER is calculated.

According to the wiki, different assets contribute different amounts of CROP POWER:

• 1 CROP token: 1 CROP POWER
• 1 Alpha Pack: 2,000 CROP POWER
• Active cards: Their full burn value
• Inactive cards: Half their burn value
• 3-star harvested crops: Additional CROP POWER depending on rarity

For 3-star crops, the listed values range from 0.25 for Common to 1.00 for Legendary.

This makes card ownership and crop quality more interesting than simply looking at immediate selling prices.

It also raised an important question: what happens to the CROP POWER contribution when a harvested 3-star crop is sold?

I haven't confirmed that mechanic yet, so I'm playing it safe.

For now, I'm only selling surplus inventory and keeping enough ingredients for my production chains.

Better safe than accidentally selling part of my future rewards!

🌶️ Expanding the Farm

I've also been adding new seeds to my collection.

Among the recent additions are:

• Legendary Alpha Bell Pepper – a valuable crop with several cooking applications.
• Epic Beta Hot Pepper – useful for various recipes, including pickled vegetables.
• Rare Alpha Cauliflower – another addition to my growing crop collection.

My Apple and Peach trees are also continuing their production.

I'm not buying these seeds to flip them on the marketplace. My intention is to build a productive collection that I can use season after season.

On the equipment side, I've acquired blueprints for the Toaster and Blender, opening up more possibilities for future crafting.

The Classic Sandwich recipe has already been learned, although the production chain still needs the necessary equipment and ingredients.

Step by step, the farm is turning into a small food-processing industry.

🤖 Automation Keeps the Farm Running

Hive Automation Hub continues to handle much of the repetitive farming work.

Planting, quests, and crafting are far easier to manage with automation, especially when real life gets busy.

I'm still keeping an eye on production priorities and available resources, because automation doesn't eliminate the need for a strategy.

It just means I don't have to personally supervise every tomato.

And believe me, those tomatoes can be demanding. 🍅

🍂 Almost Another Season Completed

The current season is approaching its end, and I'm in a comfortable position.

With six days remaining, I have only one quest left to complete, and the automation is already working on it.

My latest Reward Chest Size stands at 45 items, which is another encouraging sign of how much the farm has developed.

I'm looking forward to seeing what the next reward chest brings. Maybe another useful seed, maybe a duplicate, or perhaps something that sends me straight back to the marketplace to check prices.

That's part of the fun.

🎯 What's Next?

My priorities remain straightforward:

• Continue building CROP POWER and working toward the Top 25.
• Expand the liquidity pool when it makes sense.
• Complete the remaining seasonal quest.
• Improve the cooking and crafting production chains.
• Keep collecting productive seeds and useful equipment.
• Learn more about how Holding Rewards and inventory mechanics actually work.

The farm is growing, the leaderboard is getting more competitive, and there is still plenty to discover.

If you're curious about dCrops and want to start your own blockchain farming adventure, you can check it out here:

Play dCrops and start your own farm!

Thanks for following another chapter of my farming journey!

There is no Order without Chaos! 🌾

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