The News

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All the markets seem to be down this week due to some dumb tariffs. I expect some will be buying at these bargain prices.

I used to look at a couple of sites that rated dapps on various chains, but they did not seem to get realistic statistics for Hive. There is an effort to get some Hive dapps voted up on The Dapp List. You need to sign in with a crypto wallet. I used the one in Brave.

Friday Follows

• @gadrian always has the latest Hive news each week. He tends to cover more than I do.
• @strava2hive is an app to take your posts on the Strava fitness logging site and make a Hive posts from them so you can earn. It makes things really easy as it can include a couple of photos and some hashtags as well as the statistics of the activity. It was created by triathlete @run.vince.run.
• Drummer @ale.dri is continuing his experiments with strange microphones. Sometimes you can get nice effects from basic kit.
• Talking of microphones, @epodcaster is giving some tips on recording podcasts. Getting a good sound can help to keep people listening.

The Dog House

We all know that the internet can be a dangerous place. It is full of scammers and crooks. Cryptocurrency holders need to beware of those trying to access their wallets. @coldbeetrootsoup reported that someone has been impersonating them and trying to get people to use dodgy software, supposedly to conduct interviews. It could well try to hack your wallets and if you lose your funds then there can be little chance of getting them back.

Hive can be pretty good for checking if someone is who they say. If you are contacted by an account that may appear to be an established Hiver, but the account is new or has a low reputation then you should be wary. You can see who follows them too. On other platforms this may be harder to check. In Peakd there is a chat function or you can use encrypted memos for private conversations.

On a related topic I saw that @keychain now checks domains against a blacklist to ensure you are on a valid site.

The End

As another month starts I shall be compiling the #BritList tomorrow. I found a couple more people to include, but numbers are well down on the peak of a few years ago. I know the price is not great now, but Hive still offers one of the easiest ways to earn online as well as being better in many ways than the corporate platforms.

Hive five!

The man behind:

@tenkminnows: Helping good Hivers level up @proofofbrian: A bot that checks for tag typos #BritList: A monthly list of Hivers in the UK