HPUD - Hive Power Up Day October 2026
It's the first day of the month, and that makes it Hive Power Up Day !
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I've done my bit this month, powering up some of my liquid HIVE;
How Did The Month Go ?
Hive felt a lot more positive this month. I think it is mainly because the price has been edging upwards rather than falling down as it has for so long. I'd describe it as small green shoots rather than a full recovery.
HIVE's price has gone from £0.03218 on 1st September to £0.04268 today, while the GBP-USD exchange rate has dropped from 1.35 to 1.32. In dollar terms, the HIVE price has changed from $0.0435 to $0.05634.
Personally I think I'd prefer a gradual steady long term climb than a sudden spike followed by a crash. It's a pattern which might not be as dramatic (both ways !) but indicates the underlying strength of Hive as an actual ecosystem.
The Hive Debt Ratio has dropped healthily, although it now seems to have stalled, hovering around the 20.5-21% range. That's frustrating ! Once it drops below 20%, some of the author rewards will start to be paid out in HBD again, which I think will be a big motivator.
My own Hive Power has grown quite nicely over the month. After HPUD on 1st September it stood at 26871. Now, with 1000 HIVE powered up today, it's at 28288, which means actual earnings were 417HP (but bear in mind that I also earned 193 liquid HIVE as well). When you consider that real life has been really crazy recently so I haven't posted as much as I should have, I think that's a decent result.
So Happy October HPUD friends, I hope you have a wonderful Spookie Month 😁
It was a big jump in Hive price over the month!
Happy HPUD and a nice we power up you did too!
I have not looked at the mechanics of this... But ever the cynic, has it been stalled / manipulated such that rewards won't be paid out in HBD?
Thank you !
I think we'd really need to dig deep into the system to understand if the HIVE supply has been manipulated to keep the debt ratio within the soft upper limit zone. But my instinct (with no deep study, just a gut feeling !) is that Hive is naturally resistant to changes in state of the debt ratio purely because the different states influence user behaviour.
While Hive is open to manipulation, most of it seems to revolve around people finding ways to get hold of revenue (DHF funding, AI posts and comments, etc) and then extract it. The scale of transactions needed to influence the debt ratio are big enough that it would be pretty obvious to the kind of Hivers who study the transactions on the blockchain. One of the benefits of being in a censorship resistant place is that there's bound to be someone who couldn't resist calling out the manipulation 😁
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