Ask Me Anything - Marky Edition - June 2022
Have you always wanted to ask me something?
Now is your chance, there won't be another!
(ok, ok, there will)
New Year Edition!
Hit me up in the comment section with a question and I will do my best to answer it. I post a new AMA post every 2 months or so.
Want to do your own AMA?
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Want to check out my previous AMAs?
What is an AMA?
AMA is a format popular on Reddit where one person offers to answer questions for a limited period of time.
How long will I answer questions?
I will usually answer them pretty quickly, and I should be around for a few hours. I will continue to answer them as they come in.
What type of questions can you ask?
I'm open to pretty much anything but I can give the best answers about:
- Hive
- Hive Witness
- Crypto
- PCs
- Gaming (Video, Board, Crypto)
- NFTs
- Minecraft
- Elden Ring
- Popping off in Hunt: Showdown
- Ape Mining Club
- Hive Punks
- Photography
- Development
- Technology
- 3D Printing
- Productivity
- Movies & TV
- Comedy
- Memes
- Pool maintenance
Don't feel limited to the above categories, just things I generally know about.
This AMA brought to you by Death of a Hero, Alec Benjamin
So let's get this shit started!
Why you should vote me as witness
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Is it true you're moving to Blurt as they love you so much there?
I wouldn't be caught dead buying Blurt.
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Me neither.
You didn't answer his question...
So I'll do it for you... He already IS on Blurt mate, enjoying payouts as well!
https://blurt.blog/@themarkymark
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Any plan on some promising development on STEM ?
I hope to integrate the token to more future games.
Until usage picks up, there are no major plans. We have been burning 50-100%+ of the weekly reward pool.
Do you think the 20% APR on HBD would be reduced if Hive dumps to $0.11 and HBD printing stops? 🤔
Hard to say, it isn't up to just one person. I also don't see Hive going down to $0.11. The next hard fork will raise the HBD print threshold considerably.
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Oh that's fantastic 😊. Thanks
Who's responsible for taking all the names?
In my opinion, you are
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I'm not sure I should be the one taking the blame. I only used one.
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I think Dan took a lot of the brand names early on. Nog took a ton, as did the DART network.
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Maybe someday I'll get to have name of my own.
DART? Never heard of it.
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Noganoo, obviously.
Don't say that name three times fast.
Is that your cat friend?
Yes
I had a good friend who looked similar…
Always seems like a well mannered breed.
Considering all the active (playable) games and a plethora of games in development on Hive, do you think, a rebranding for Hive as a gaming-hub would be advantageous for the next bull run?
Speaking of Hive-games. Do you play or invest in any of them? It'd be interesting to know. Especially for Rising Star, Splinterlands and the upcoming game WOO (Wrestling Organization Online).
I don't think a rebranding will happen, but there can be third party brands that act as hubs.
I do not play, but I have a significant investment in Splinterlands since launch, I just released a collaboration with Rising Star, I never heard of WOO.
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That's right. I own a Douglas card myself :).
WOO seems to be a professionally made project. They mirror splinterlands but with a wrestling management auto battler.
what type of set up do you do your work on? Chair included please. I have been very uncomfortable lately and need a change
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I recently (6 months ago) built a new PC.
AMD Ryzen 5950X
Noctua NH-D15 Cooler
64G Ram
Nvidia 3090
2x Samsung 980 Pro Gen 4
LG 34" Ultra Wide Screen (1440P 144hz)
3 Acer 27" Side monitors
Corsair RM850X PSU
Razer Viper Ultimate Mouse
RealForce Topre Keyboard
Chair is a Secret Labs Titan
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thanks. My main interest is the chair. I need seomething that I can work in. I sit in a smooshey old office chair.
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How much have you spent in that baby?
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What do you think of the delegation of RC? Will you delegate any when its released?
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If a legitimate project needs RC and I believe in it, sure.
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Cool, i think its an exciting development :)
What do you think about using the Hive blockchain (and YouTube) mainly as a personal storage, instead of focusing on creating content for an audience?
Recently I started doing this. This is why I ask this.
If it works for you, I can't see why not. I know a few have thought of doing this.
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Thank you for the answer. YouTube is working great as a personal storage for many people since 2005. I have videos on it since 2008, and I have radioamateur videos on it since 2012. Some people upload multiple videos to it every day. It is a great platform to store and archive content (mostly videos). Hopefully the Hive blockchain will also work for many people for decades.
Why are you downvoting peoples ? You look like a troll.
I doubt you would understand.
You can try, I'm open.
I know it help to distribute to the rest of the community, but sometimes you take 100% of rewards. I take the example of @arcange, do you downvote him because you think he's abusing or because you don't like him ?
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Well, I would have a question to ask you, but everyone here already knows that you are not going to answer it.
Ok.
Answer you shitty asshole, my anger rises every day
Given that I'm relatively new here, how it's like to be a witness, and do you see #Hive expanding the number of consensuses witnesses as it grows more mature?
How hard was it to spin Hivepunks? :D
I don't think the number of consensus witnesses will change.
Hive Punks was fun, my original plan was about 2-3 days but I added a lot of complexity turning it into a 2-3 week project.
10 h per day or less?
Still trying to wrap my head around how easy/hard it is to spin something like this.
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After Mal who is your favourite Firefly character?
I really like the preacher (Sheppard Book) played by Ron Glass who died a few years ago.
I like Book he is a cool character...although Jane....gotta love him!
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Mal was just great, but I loved silly Wash even more.
It's such a pitty, this great show was treated that badly by Fox.
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Kaylee was my all time favourite!
Hi Mark,
what do you think we have to do in order to promote HBD out of our ecosystem?
I think one of the biggest things would be getting HBD on more exchanges with more liquidity.
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do you know if there is any initiative to do it? I mean, any proposal on that regard?
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AMA sessions are really very helpful. Thanks for the new edition of it. I love memes and the kitty pic you’ve added here.
I always wonder whether HIVE blockchain collapse some day, perhaps not technically, but dragging the price of HIVE down like LUNA.
No one knows the future, but it seems like Hive is making more improvements to protocol most chains.
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How much time do you spend on Hive each day? Roughly
Varies a lot.
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Yeah that makes sense. I suppose it's like that for everyone.
Is Hive fly to the moon this Month? what do you think?
Not likely.
Are you team amber or team johnny ?
Johnny
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What was it about Hive that made you stay?
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It is ours and not Justin Sun.
F**K Justn Sun hahaha
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Hey Marky! I hope you're very well, my question has to do with Hive and is as follows:
After all the trouble you've had with Newflash and the recent Downvotes war, will you at some point think again about creating another whitelist of authors eligible to receive votes from you? Or is it totally out of the question that you're going to vote for people in the future the way you did for years?
I appreciate your time and your willingness to do these AMAs so I'll leave another question down here as a bonus that has nothing to do with Hive:
What do you think is the scariest game you've ever played on PC?
I think I'm just going to vote hbd stabilizer and burn posts for now on. I doubt he will stop, he has no reputation (he is universally hated), he has no projects, he isn't a witness, he doesn't post for votes so he has nothing to lose and it doesn't cost him anything.
I am thinking about powering down all my stake and move it to multiple anonymous accounts or just keeping it liquid. This is the only token I own that has caused this much drama and time. I have been powering up for 5 years now and I am one of the most benevolent voters and largest abuse fighter. He has made that something I can no longer do. It’s not really worth it for 10% apr.
Probably Fear. I am sure Outlast is scarier but I haven’t played it.
I love @newsflash! He is bringing you that massive dose of karma, that you have been begging for all these years, downvoting hundreds and hundreds of good and honest people here... You think nothing you do in life has consequences? Welcome to the real world buddy...
Did you know that if you donated just 1% of your wealth to LESSECASH, we could all be rich?
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I have heard that.
Everything OK?
Yup
Team Amber or Team Jhonny?????????????
Johnny
Jhonny just won!!!!! yay!
When Elden Ring again?
Been playing off and on but haven’t been broadcasting. I’ve been playing other characters so it is in the same spot still.
It's been years since the last video. What if you just upload videos (in YT) without posting them on Hive?
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Wen next AMA?
hi5 kitty
I do them every 2 months but this will probably be my last
wait why?
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Coca-Cola or Pepsi?
Coke, if someone has to ask "If Pepsi ok?" it probably isn't.
I ask for water if they say Pepsi lol
By the way, great GPU you have there 🏎️
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When are you going to grow up?
Hey Mark .. what top 5 crypto related websites do you frequent daily without fail ? ( minus hive/peakd )
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I mostly follow Reddit & Twitter
The animal fact trick works. Any more tricks???
Don’t over flip burgers you will dry them out.
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Please let me know why you are downvoting my posts. In my opinion they are appreciated by the community. I lowered the amount of posts to 3 a week. Could that stop your downvotes maybe?
I will add to the DV actually.
In my opinion I do not think these posts are needed. This has been going on for way too long.
I hope you do not mind, but it is hard to me to observe this drain on the reward pool on automated posts where many original contributors do not get enough.
PS. Not to mention, you self-vote every single post, huh!
What is your favorite state in the US and why?
Not sure I really have one, but if I had to choose maybe Maine. It's quite beautiful out there and peaceful.
Ah ok, I have never been to Maine though the amount of forest out there really makes me curious about living there.. But I think the winters are too extreme, as a Southerner I have not delt with much more than a foot of snow. Seems like Maine gets a lot more than that.. haha But if I could conquer my fear of living in a snow drift maybe it would be a cool place to be.
Was gangstalking guyi ever normal or has he allways been 10)% schzo? I am intrigued by him insanity, lol. IS there any info or stories about his orgin on here? WHy i ask : https://peakd.com/hive-13323/@gangstalking/re-gangstalking-re-jaki01-rdwpsm-20220623t013632384z
I have no idea, I didn't really know him. Most of the drama was from Steem I believe in SteemSpeak server but I didn't hang out there much. He started to harass me when I responded to a comment of his in the Pulse Discord. He claims to be so mentally ill he can't stand trial, but is well enough to know that thus throwing that out the window. He needs to be locked up somewhere he is a danger to himself and anyone near him.