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I Earn $200 Worth of Crypto per Month Just by Sharing My Thoughts — And So Can You
I’ve always been fascinated by investing. Articles about dollar-cost averaging, compounding interest, and financial freedom? I’ve read more than I can count. Like many people, I was captivated by the math: invest $200 a month, and in 20 years—at a decent 10% return—you could end up with over $150,000. Keep going another 20 years? You’re looking at a cool $1.2 million. That’s the magic of compound growth.
But here’s the catch…
That $200? It usually comes out of your pocket—after taxes, bills, and life expenses. And the 10% return? That’s an average, with no guarantees. So I started thinking: what if I could earn that $200 every month... without spending a dollar of my own money?
That’s when I discovered Hive—a decentralized content platform that pays you for sharing your voice.
From Content to Crypto
Hive is not your typical blogging site. It’s a layer one blockchain that distributes the majority of its newly-minted tokens to content creators and curators like you and me. Every post, comment, and upvote you make on Hive can earn you Hive tokens—real, tradable crypto assets.
I’ve been blogging on Hive for under a year, posting just a few times a week, and I’ve already earned over $2,500 worth of Hive tokens—and that’s at today’s low price of around $0.20 per token. A few months ago, Hive spiked to $0.66, which would’ve made my earnings worth over $7,500. And during the last bull market? Hive hit $3.42.
Let me put it plainly:
I didn’t invest money—I invested my time, my thoughts, and a few hours a week—and got paid.
Compounding... But With Free Money
Remember the example of investing $200 a month for 20 years? Here’s the twist: what if that $200 came from Hive—just from writing six to eight good blog posts a month? You could stack your crypto rewards and invest that money—without ever reaching into your own wallet.
And the returns? Hive has a built-in 12% return if you stake your tokens. That’s already more than the 10% most traditional portfolios assume. If Hive appreciates in price (which it has before), you could see triple-digit annual returns—far beyond anything Wall Street typically offers.
Not Into Risk? Meet HBD — A 15% Yielding Stablecoin
Now maybe you’re thinking: “What if Hive’s price crashes?” Good question. That’s where HBD (Hive Backed Dollar) comes in—a stablecoin pegged to the US dollar that currently pays a guaranteed 15% APR when you stake it.
Let that sink in. You can earn 15% interest—risk-free, with no market volatility—on your Hive earnings just by converting them into HBD.
If you stake your monthly Hive earnings in HBD and let it compound for 20 years, you could walk away with over $300,000, all without ever spending a single dollar out-of-pocket.
Why Hive Is Different (and Why It Matters)
Hive isn’t some fringe experiment. It’s a fast, fee-less, and scalable blockchain that’s been operating for years. While people talk about coins like XRP, Hive was quietly outperforming it in market cap for a good stretch.
It has real users. Real builders. Real rewards.
Unlike most social platforms that mine your data and give you nothing in return, Hive rewards you for your time, creativity, and engagement. You can build a real digital income stream while growing a portfolio that could explode in the next crypto cycle.
Final Thought
You don’t need to be a crypto expert. You don’t need to invest capital. All you need is a voice—and Hive gives you the platform, the tools, and the tokenomics to turn that voice into income.
I’m not saying Hive will make you rich overnight. But if you believe in building wealth through consistency, compounding, and showing up with value—this is one of the smartest online income platforms I’ve come across.
If you’re already spending time online, why not get paid for it?
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I've been on HIVE since it started (and on steem since also the start and the great migration :D ) - and I think I've struggled to find and read six to seven good blog posts a year from other users.
We need stories and genuine content, and to stop rewarding content about the platform - eg: people go to reddit to connect with their communities, or learn things about new things.
On HIVE we have so many posts about how awesome hive is, but so few posts about genuine human interest, written with intent, interesting subject matter, and stuff with real staying power.
Not every post is a journalistic prize winning piece of prose, and it doesn't have to be, but I've not seen one story broken on HIVE that has then gone to become viral across mainstream media.
Where are HIVE's breakout stories?
Are we not SEO friendly enough? Does the old guard of media get all their stories from FB groups, Reddit, TikTok / Reels / Shorts?
Where's our impact?
Having said all of that , in a rather rambling fashion - people who have the urge to create are going to create, whether they get a reward for that or not - just think about all the content on all those other platforms that people made without getting anything back. :)
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I have read the whole thread and you make a lot of valid points. I am fairly new at Hive as I have started first as a Splinterlands player before really discovering Hive less than a year ago. I think you were a big Splinterlands player and Twitch TV streamer? Here is my perspective with somewhat fresh eyes.
Why there are no viral Hive breakout stories you ask. My view on that is quite simple:
It is mostly a numbers game. Reddit has 108 Million daily users, we have about 8,000 total active users. It is not enough to have hard hitting genuine stories, you have to have enough of those and to have a loud user base that is impossible to ignore (millions of daily active users).
Just like the phenomenon that you mention of having people circle the whales, you are right there is some of that, but there is also the part where if you have a million staked Hive or even 100K+ that is not an accident and people are interested in what you have to say, because you must have done something right in your life to get there. Same thing applies in the case of Reddit, they have the big number they have a loud userbase and are impossible to always ignore even for the old guard media.
There is one more factor that plays against Hive - we are a blockchain based blogging site and there is a huge mainstream bias against anything Crypto. Bitcoin might be hitting the news and becoming a more legitimate mainstream asset, but altcoins and crypto in general is still viewed as a scam and at best Casino Coins.
We have good writers and besides those here and already mentioned we have people who are professional writers like @ericvancewalton who are quite good at writing, we just don't have enough of good posters or posters in general. So my purpose writing this post was to try to get something out there that would make case for Hive and why people should come here and be active. I am not good at writing, but I consider this post at least a partial success as it got some real engagement from what I can see 😀
And who knows, maybe this post will come up high in Google searches when people search for some of the subjects covered here...
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Thanks for the mention @seattlea and I'd like to chime in regarding this topic. So many talented writers have come and gone from the platform. In my opinion what would be considered "good" writing isn't always rewarded here, or isn't discovered quickly enough.
I think we should have more people with serious voting weight actively scouting for this kind of talent on Hive so engaging content is discovered more quickly and rewarded appropriately before the creators get frustrated and leave. Most writers I know value genuine engagement as much as they do getting paid.
The platform was very good to me in the early years (2016-2018), it changed my life actually. Back then there were a handful of content creators that rose to the top (@surfermarly, @heiditravels, even celebrities like bestselling author @neilstrauss) who were phenomenal and were handsomely rewarded by not only votes but attention. This created a buzz amongst the entire community. During the early days it seemed like the whales were more actively engaged in crafting a solid talent-base. If we could just rekindle some of that original spirit and excitement we'd be growing the platform a lot more quickly. During the past seven or so years the current philosophy has been to spread the rewards around to more people but I think really showing more love to the creators who make a real impact might encourage more people to step up their game and also attract new talent here.
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I love to not care a out that fact that HIVE is "crypto". What draws me to it and compels me to continue making a return is the fact that everything said here is immutable.
We have a ledger of statements. A ledger of thought.
Not everyone realises that immediately, but seeing a full edit history of everything is a powerful tool in helping to understand human behaviour, and indeed the way in which we use language.
The fact that I'm having my remarks distributed across multiple nodes, servers and immutable, verifiable ledgers makes me somewhat drunk with the power of my word.
If hive was crypto but not immutable, I wouldn't be interested at all.
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Recently I invited one of my ,,facebook friends'' to Hive. I showed her some posts with good payouts. She refused to join because she said that pay rates here are too small for her. That seemed crazy to me. If I get lucky my post earns a few dollars. But I am happy to blog here and believe that those few dollars will at some point add up to financial freedom. That ,,friend'' spends a lot of time posting on facebook and was looking for remote work. So Hive seems like an ideal choice. But saying that pay rates here are too small? How much money is enough? If I could get payouts like tarazkp(one of the people whose posts I showed her) I would be beyond happy.
Any amount of money is better than posting for free on Facebook, but I am sure money is not her motivation to post on Facebook. She is probably motivated by getting attention. Payouts for Taraz are too small for her?
Taraz is making almost $600 a month in just author rewards plus curation $240 if he was simply converting this income into HBD and staking it at 15% he would have a conservative return of:
Getting to the level of earnings like Taraz would take years of daily posting of quality content so that is not an easy thing...
To me earning $1,269,720 over 20 years sounds better than getting attention on Facebook, but what do I know...
you are right. In addition to that people here on Hive like my art more than those on facebook. On facebook people barely comment on my posts and sometimes even laugh at or insult my art. On hive people tell me that my art is great and awesome. For those reasons I am barely posting anything on facebook. Now I am making manga and posting it on Hive but I have only posted a few cover versions on facebook. For me making manga is one of the hardest and most challenging projects I ever done so I don't want facebook people to laugh at it.
I don't think, it's possible for everyone.
If you are consistent and keep at it, it is possible. I just used my numbers after writing more seriously on Hive for less than a year. I normally write around 8 high quality posts a month, with maybe 4 more of medium quality posts per month. But I am not even in the top 100 Hive rewarded authors in May. Take a look at this: https://ecency.com/hive-133987/@dalz/top-hive-earners-by-category-or-authors-curators-witnesses-dao-hbd-interest-or-may-2025
Here are the bottom 10 from the top 100 all earned more than $200 in author rewards:
And the top 10 most rewarded authors are obviously aspirational, not sure many can make these kinds of rewards:
And you yourself earned over $300 in author rewards in the last 30 days :)
That is the biggest problem of the world - 99% people are not consistent, including me :)
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Yeah, because not everyone will put in the effort.
True..
Right on!
I got you and some other new people to my blog to comment on my post that is good :)
I'm not that new.
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You have a good plan. 10% per annum is great. But I have another plan. We sell HIVE in a bull market, buy HBD and stake it. In a bear market (in about 2-3 years) we buy HIVE again at several times cheaper. We repeat this several times :)
As my wife says: "It doesn't have to be an OR, it can be an AND strategy"
Hive stake generates more Hive in a guaranteed fashion, it grows with compounding. Un-staking it takes 13 weeks, which is a long time, so you have to be able to predict 13 weeks in advance when the Altcoin Season comes. That is quite challenging.
So I propose the following as an AND strategy:
The only problem with this AND strategy is that you have to have more capital invested to make it work and be able to time the market on the up and down side.
Your strategy is more clear. My strategy has more risk. But I already sold HIVE at $0.36 a year and a half ago and I'm waiting for the time when I can become a whale on Hive :)
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At least I have that :)
This is a good amount but I don't think it's easy for everyone to achieve. I do agree that the person needs to spend more time on the platform.
12% curation is good and for that reason I am growing my hive power stake.
I believe that if you put enough effort consistently then can achieve this. And 12% number is 3% Hive stake yield plus around 9% curation very real numbers. They also hold a key to a shortcut in achieving the $200 a month number. The shortcut does require an investment, but it helps in two ways.
One is passive 3% and 9% for liking about eight quality posts in a timely fashion. The second one is people will take you more seriously as your stake grows with first effects coming after around 10k in Hive Power.
You still have to write good quality posts consistently, there is no way around it.