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Web3 Social Media Earnings: What Can You Do With Them?

10 Apr 2024 5 minute read 5 comments Allen Taylor

For a couple of years now, I've been writing about Web3 social media platforms such as Hive, Minds, Publish0x, and many others. Regular readers know that Hive is my favorite, and I have a few second favorites that I play around on regularly. If you'v...

March 2024: Web3 Social Media Earnings

3 Apr 2024 4 minute read 0 comments Allen Taylor

At the beginning of March, I began an experiment on the Hive blockchain where I committed to publishing at least one piece of content every day for the month of March on the Hive blockchain. I named this experiment the Ides of Hive. I did not suspend...

Compound Staking: Better Than Compound Interest

27 Mar 2024 9 minute read 2 comments Allen Taylor

Older Americans, and anyone familiar with traditional finance, understands (at least on an elementary level) how compound interest works. Essentially, it works like this. You put money into a financial instrument, let's say it's a savings account, an...

Why Venture Capital And Web3 Do Not Make Good Bedmates

20 Mar 2024 5 minute read 10 comments Allen Taylor

Co-founder and former CEO of Twitter Jack Dorsey famously criticized Web3 by saying it won't be as decentralized as starry-eyed dreamers hope it will be. In his words, it will be owned by venture capital. The truth is, it already is. A post about Rum...

2024 Crypto Bull Run: 5 Things to Know

13 Mar 2024 4 minute read 3 comments Allen Taylor

As I await the time for me to hit the road and head toward Rockwall, Texas to set up a book table in a grocery store there, I thought I'd jot down some quick thoughts on the 2024 bull run. Here are 5 things that make this bull run a special time for...

Web3 Social Media: February 2024 Earnings Report

6 Mar 2024 3 minute read 1 comment Allen Taylor

I'm back again with another Web3 social media earnings report. In February, I took the month off from posting, which means most of my earnings on most of the platforms are residual from the month before. There's one exception. I did continue to make...

The Beginning of the Ides of Hive

1 Mar 2024 2 minute read 6 comments Allen Taylor

In Act 1, Scene 2 of Shakespeare's well-known stage play "Julius Caesar," Caesar is warned with what has become some of the most famous words in literature: Beware the ides of March. Of course, the words have a dark and ominous meaning in the play,...

Web3 Social Earnings, January 2024

7 Feb 2024 4 minute read 4 comments Allen Taylor

Welcome to the first Web3 Social Media Earnings Report of 2024. It covers the month of January 2024. This will be the only newsletter post I make in the month of February because I've decided to take a content publishing holiday. However, if I do cre...

15 Hive Front Ends To Enhance Your Web3 Experience

31 Jan 2024 8 minute read 7 comments Allen Taylor

The Hive blockchain is a delegated proof of stake (DPOS) blockchain with several front ends that allow participants to post content to the blockchain from a variety of different dapps. These front ends are useful to every user depending on the featur...

6 Ways Hive Users Increase Rewards Through Delegations

24 Jan 2024 4 minute read 12 comments Allen Taylor

Hive is a Web3 social media platform that empowers creators and curators to monetize their content and to earn rewards by engaging with others' content. One way to do that on Hive is through Hive Power (HP ) delegations. First, if you're not familiar...