BlogHide Reblurtscandy49 in # hive • 6 days ago • 2 min readSo... Witness Wars have begun on HiveOld hands will remember that the reason Hive forked from Steem is that the top twenty witnesses felt that Justin Sun threatened their cushy set-up. And it is cushy, they each earn 11,000 Hive a…candy49 in # hive • 15 days ago • 1 min readSouth Korean martial law announcement affects crypto, including Hive and SteemThe President of South Korea threw a strop and declared martial law because the Korean National Assembly amended his budget and voted for $3bn spending cuts. It's affecting crypto: Bitcoin is…candy49 in # blurt • 18 days ago • 1 min readThe Lost/Orphaned BlurtWhen Blurt forked from Steem four years ago, a lot of exchanges received Blurt corresponding to the deposits of Steem they held. ProBit enabled Blurt trading and airdropped the legacy Blurt to…candy49 in # hive • 2 months ago • 1 min readThe whales on Hive are now attacking Splinterlands postsSee the following article, especially the comments: This time they're fighting with curators. Hive has a timed payout for curation. If you vote within 24 hrs, you get a linear payout based on…candy49 in # hive • 4 months ago • 1 min readHive is having another of it's panicsThis time the whales have decided that they're going to punish people who power down, or who withdraw their liquid earnings to an exchange. They're going to be excluded from upvotes to teach…candy49 in # uk • 5 months ago • 1 min readReally interesting forced choice pollingIf people had the choice of just two political parties, how would they vote? source The most interesting thing about this is the LibDems are everyone's least worst party.candy49 in # politics • 5 months ago • 1 min readHere is how opinion polls reacted to the US Presidential debateOn June 27th, the first US Presidential debate between Biden and Trump took place. It was a disaster for Biden, who appeared to have dementia. The Biden camp has pushed back at critics who want…candy49 in # uk • 5 months ago • 1 min readSo Labour won...... but they got a huge majority based on a mere 33.7% of the vote on a turnout of 59.9%. just 9,712,011 votes, less than Jeremy Corbyn managed in 2019 when he lost. Contrast to Boris Johnson's…candy49 in # uk • 6 months ago • 1 min readLooks like Reform have won the social media warHere is the data amassed by the Independent newspaper of engagements across Twitter/X, Facebook, Tiktok and Youtube: source Where Reform and Nigel Farage have excelled is video views on…candy49 in # uk • 6 months ago • 1 min readCould Labour win with fewer votes than in 2017?The general election is on Thursday 4th July, and opinion polls are pointing to votes splintering off to all sorts of small parties and independent candidates, but Labour winning a landslide…candy49 in # uk • 6 months ago • 1 min readWomen voters start to turn away from both Labour and ReformSo here's the latest opinion poll for the UK election, which is 9 days away. This one focuses on women voters: source As you can see, at the start of the contest in June, women voters…candy49 in # uk • 6 months ago • 1 min readHere is where the advertising spend is happening in this electionThere is no television advertising in British elections, but there is plenty of digital advertising, especially on Facebook. Here are the constituencies the Tories and Labour are targetting with…candy49 in # uk • 6 months ago • 1 min readThis is the most unpredictable election everHere is the latest YouGov poll: source Do people remember the Hung Parliament predicted by Professor Rawlings after the local elections six weeks ago? His analysis of the votes cast in…candy49 in # exchange • 6 months ago • 1 min readIs Ionomy still safe to use?I ask because I sent some Steem there but they haven't credited it to my account, nor responded to my support ticket. Belatedly I did a search and found some articles by people who were having…candy49 in # hive • 2 years ago • 1 min readHive is tearing itself apart over AIHive is famously xenophobic towards non-English speakers: they don't like posts in foreign languages, and people who post in English with spelling or grammar mistakes are often downvoted. So…candy49 in # crypto • 2 years ago • 1 min readCrypto markets sell off for the silliest reasonsSo Silvergate Bank, based in California, is in trouble because it made bad loans to FTX, BlockFi and so on. Bitcoin immediately fell, and all altcoins fell further. Despite the fact that…candy49 in # uk • 2 years ago • 2 min readIs the fight for Scottish independence over?In 2014, the UK government (to the horror of continental politicians in countries like Spain), granted Scotland a referendum on whether they wanted to leave the UK. David Cameron even generously…candy49 in # hive • 2 years ago • 1 min readHive managed a short-lived pumpHere's the chart: source The only way to benefit from these sorts of pumps is to have your sell orders in place well in advance. I'd had a series of orders patiently waiting for over a…candy49 in # bitcoin • 2 years ago • 1 min readWhy Genesis going into bankruptcy is good for BitcoinGenesis, the lending platform, went into Chapter 11 bankruptcy last week. Their business model was as follows: bitcoin holders were persuaded to join Earn/Lend programs where they earned a small…candy49 in # uk • 2 years ago • 2 min readThe Harry and Meghan saga is a gift to the governmentSuppose Harry and Meghan weren't taking their revenge on the Royal Family with their six-part Netflix series and tell-all book, all promoted relentlessly with high profile tell-all interviews. All…
