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Treating the Hive stake differently from all the others is more about what Hive offers with the multiple rewards on offer. When you start to compare what crypto staking is available and the APR being offered nothing comes close to Hive.

Today I was looking at my other crypto staked comparing what they offer with regard to numbers and dollar values. The VET stake I have is just not large enough right now and even when my goal is achieved it only generates $6.50 monthly and is nowhere near what a passive income should be. Even if we calculate what some are calling or predicting the high end vales it would only generate $130 monthly which is still not great. This is possibly why this has to be seen as an investment to sell and not an income stream investment.

The other main investment being COTI is looking far better due to it's earning potential and is already generating $250 monthly with the price expected to rise considerably. With the stake growing at a decent rate this earning dollar number is only going to climb higher and puts an investment like VET to shame.

If I look at HIVE and what the stake generates monthly as an income stream the earnings are just that good. The 113K HIVE Power earning the 3% APR generates 9.3 Hive daily which adds up to around $120 monthly. The curation is around 25 Hive daily which $300 monthly and this total of $420 excludes any other earning like posting or earning via gaming plus the second layer tokens.

I have seen some comments on Twitter where they say you only need 1 investment to do a 50x or 200x to benefit from the cycle. They may be correct in their assumptions, but HIVE accumulated over time opens up an income stream other crypto's cannot match. COTI on the other hand has only been accumulated for 30 months and far less time than what has been spent building HIVE.

HIVE may not be seen by the others in crypto for what it really is mainly down to not understanding what happens here. Ignorance unfortunately goes hand in hand with the bulk of crypto investors due to lack of research and is costing them dearly. If they only knew as an income provider HIVE leads the way and by quite a distance.

HIVE doesn't need to reach $10 or $5 to be life changing because quite honestly HIVE at a constant of $1 would change lives for so many. Stake is the most important part of crypto for what it offers and that is a daily reward which can be life changing if the stake is large enough. Who knows where we will be price wise within the next year or two because as we know being at 43 cents now 18 months out from the peak of the cycle a new ATH is most definitely on.  

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