Alexa joke:
Did you know Kermit had a cameo on Star Trek?
.     - He was the captain's frog.


**BACKGROUND** 

What is PIVX?  It stands for Private Instant Verified Transaction.  It is Proof of Stake (PoS) with about 2.25 rewards per stake.    Check out their [website](https://pivx.org) for more details - watching their PIVXpress episodes summarizes current/upcoming happenings.

For more in-depth details how to grab their wallet, start staking or whatever else you might want to know, here's their [forum](https://forum.pivx.org).

For more chatter on PIVX, there's a lot of activity about it on [bitcointalk](https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1262920.8840) with lots of helpful info.  This was posted there by Jakiman:
>We are now starting to migrate to Discord! (as slack is at full capacity)
You can join via https://discord.pivx.org & get real-time updates/support.
 

**CONTEST**
According to [Coin Market Cap](https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/pivx/historical-data/) PIVX closed yesterday at $6.81; as shown in the red circle at the bottom of the screenshot.  That was down from last week.

![Unknown-85.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmeoQ6xK3u8oCaTREzudDxG3TgLBeFkWgsxzevFZs3JYcF/Unknown-85.png)

The red rectangle at the top of the screenshot shows PIVX went down even more to start today.  As you can see from the last few days, a lot can change in a week, where do you think PIVX will close next Saturday?

>If you think PIVX will go up more than $0.50 at close of next Saturday, upvote this post and upvote my comment **PIVX will go up next week.**

>If you think PIVX will stay within $0.50 (up or down) at close of next Saturday, upvote this post and upvote my comment **PIVX will stay about the same next week.**

>If you think PIVX will go down more than $0.50 at close of next Saturday, upvote this post and 
upvote my comment **PIVX will go down next week.**

I have a different contest every day, so please follow me, check out [the recent posts](https://steemit.com/@mprgrmmr) and possibly earn even more SBD!

**PRIZE:**
100% of SBD from this post will be distributed equally to the winners.

**RULES:**
This post AND only one of my comments must be upvoted as stated above.
You can upvote the comment until I close the contest some time after 10 AM EST, Wednesday, February 7. 
The winners will be determined by the 'Historical Data' tab for PIVX provided by coinmarketcap.com.  

A couple other guys to check out for contests are:
[maarnio](https://steemit.com/@maarnio), who sparked the idea to come up with this contest.  
[barbadosso](https://steemit.com/@barbadosso), who has a variety of contest.
Follow them and check out their contests for more ways to win.... and learn.


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