Created December 7th, 2017
I have to admit something....
I've had this date circled down for a while now.
Nah, not just for a few weeks, I literally had this date circled down exactly 5 years ago!
That's when I joined 'the blockchain'. Back then, it was known as Steem (lol) and around that time in 2017, the first real 'bull run' was taking place. I had learned of Steem from this old faucet I used called Eobot, and the little description of the chain read something like...
"Get paid for writing blogs with the first social media crypto..."
Or something like that lol Regardless of what it said, I was intrigued.
And back then, I was getting my hands into everything. Every crypto project out there seemed to be a winner, but this blockchain deserved much more than a glance. I downloaded the white AND blue papers for the project and knew as soon as I read them, this was the place for me.
Here's an overview of the past 5 years of my life, my projects and my passion towards Hive....
BitcoinBully & SteemSavvy
These were our first projects that we focused on. Our community (CTP) came from the online marketing and affiliate marketing world. We spent the better part of a decade training our members on how to build businesses online. And these 2 platforms that we started, were designed to train our members on how to use the Steem blockchain for building their businesses.
SteemCreators & Steemfest 3
In 2018, I was absolutely hooked! I knew this was the blockchain for me, and started to attend offline events hosted by the community. My first live event was in my hometown of Toronto, Canada - Steem Creators and met some amazing people...A few weeks later I was off to Poland for Steemfest 3. Legendary event and it cemented my belief in this chain even more.
The CTP Tribe & Token
Steem Engine was the promise that SMT's failed to deliver, and we jumped on the opportunity to 'tokenize the web'. We introduced the CTP token, the CTP Mining token and the CTPtalk front end. To finally bring our community right smack in the middle of this blockchain and crypto world. We were ALL in!
The Hive Guide
After the split from Steem, we knew Steem Savvy was still needed but for this new and exciting community. So we created The Hive Guide - A complete A to Z training platform to teach new members all about the blockchain!
Hive Pay
The whole reason we were attracted to crypto and blockchain tech was to get away from traditional payment methods like PayPal. So we thought, let's stop supporting thee billion dollar companies that don't care about entrepreneurs, let's create a merchant solution using Hive and all it's second layer tokens. Hive Pay was born!
The Hive Engine Index Token
One of our sneakier little projects has been the Index token! One of the most popular income tokens on the second layer, our goal was to 'Index' Hive Engine and provide token holders exposure to all the heavily traded and popular tokens. At the time of this writing, we're doing between 40-50% APR from this token that flys under the radar ;)
The ClickTrackProfit Witness
We set up both a Hive and Hive Engine witness for the blockchain (@clicktrackprofit). Obviously, we're putting our entire business on chain, we should at least help to secure it and keep it as decentralized as possible. At time of writing, we're 54th on the witness list on Hive and 4th on the Hive Engine witness list :)
ListNerds
In our mission to continue bringing affiliate marketing to the blockchain, we tackled the 'email marketing' world! We built ListNerds to bring 'Proof of Mail' to Hive, and learned a lot in the process. It continues to be used daily and shows how email marketing can be used with crypto each and every day!
Veews
This is my baby! It's crazy to think, 5 years ago this was an idea that @blainjones and I had and it finally was realized last week! Years and years of thought went into this and so far, content discovery seems to be a 'thing' here on Hive. We continue to build Veews thanks to your amazing feedback and we're gearing up for....Tokenization ;)
And here we are.....
5 years to the day!
This journey has been truly remarkable and on that day, 5 years ago I made myself a promise...I would not 'abandon' this project. I would give it my all, for 5 years and then re-evaluate how my journey has been going.
Safe to say, I'm even more 'all in' then I was 5 years ago!
The people I've met, the communities I've joined, the things I've learned along the way...Have been life changing. I know I have said this in the past but it's so true, even more so today....Hive changes lives!
Thank you for being a part of my journey over the past 5 years! I hope the next 5 years are even better :)
Congratulations! You have come so far in 5 years! Imagine what will happen in the next 5 years! Cheers! 🍻🍻🍻
Thank you sir, yeah it's been a crazy journey so far!
!CTP
I wish I had not "left" the blockchain for 3 years. But everyone at their own speeds. I had such a majot growth this year, I am very keen on doing this for another 5 years! !PIZZA
It adds up, you'll be glad you are back now, in a few years from now :)
I'm already quite stoked!
The value earned this year in total (by me) is probably equal to about 2 week's pay. And that is now, in bear market prices.
In reality the value is much higher.
Combined with the total earned by others that I onboarded, its just amazing!
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Making things happen. Congrats on 5 years!
Thank you sir! Appreciate that and the support!
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An amazing five years @jongolson and proud of you brother. I'm here because of you and the CTP team, so it's extra special to be part of your journey.
Discovered this post on VEEWS 😁
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Thanks bro, it's been a blast so far. Hope to go even harder the next 5 years!
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5 years in crypto sounds crazy :D weird when i think it was almost 5 years now.
congrats, and continue building.
hope to comment on 10 year post :)
lol for sure! yeah God willing we're all here in another 5 years...Hopefully all much wealthier LOLOL
!CTP
You are getting old!!!
lol Ancient in fact!
Fingers crossed the next 5 years will be also that successful for you and Hive will rise again during the coming Bullrun. 🤞🏻
Great inspiration, Jon! 💯
If it's a tiny bit as rewarding as it's been these past 5 years, i'll be happy :)
!CTP
Congratulations! Your dedication and persistence is legend!
"Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. The slogan 'Press On' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race." —Calvin Coolidge
Absolutely. Just need to keep on, keeping on!
Wowwwww! So many achievements and mile stones in only 5 years. It is remarkable. You deserve applause for such a successful journey growing step by step fulfilling your dreams
Appreciate that, no better place to focus on those dreams than right here with Hive!
Certainly, Hive is a place to be
Thank you for your services Jon. You are an asset to #Hive community.
And many congratulations on crushing 5 years.
#WAGMI
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Thanks for the kind words and the support. It's been an awesome ride!
What an eventful journey it has been. Congratulations on your five year journey and thank you for your contribution to the Hive blockchain. You have built some great projects :)
Appreciated! They have been our passion for all these years and no signs of us slowing down :)
Congratulations! 5 years are many but it is clear that they have been well used. The next 5 will be even better, I'm sure.
Crossing fingers that they are so much better! These first 5 have been epic!
Congratulations on 5 years and it looks like you did a lot over those 5 years.
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It's basically....Been my life for half a decade lol
Half a decade! I recently got that badge on my other account as well.
How much has the blockchain changed right?
Took me about 1,5 years on the old blockchain to get any traction. It was @actifit that really helped me to start a significant growth.
Then about 3 years ago I joined the ctp tribe and created this account as an experiment to see how difficult it would be to grow from scratch without any fiat investment.
Here’s to the next 5 years! They will be awesome for sure!
Thanks very much :)
So many amazing projects on Hive, all we need to do is tap in and get active :)
Yeah, the amount of valuable free stuff I’ve got over the years, just for engagement, staking and investing has been mind blowing.
Wow. These are tremendous strives of achievement. Hive has gone a long way to have reach here
It's amazing to think of how far this community has gone!
Congratulations! You didn't spent these five years for nothing, that's for sure. I'll be celebrating my five years of Hive in February next year.
Absolutely. Every second invested here has been worth it ten fold!
we share the same Hive birthday and the same Hive age lol ( at least on this account, my first one is a bit older ) Happy Hive Birthday and Happy staking :)
Happy Hive-versary as well!
Congratulations! Happy 5 hive birthday :)
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Thanks very much!
I have to be getting pretty close to 5 years myself. Congrats! That is definitely a great accomplishment. It is a bit humbling to see how much you have built here on the chain and then look at my account which is just a collection of lame blog posts! :)
I think posting and heck, even comments....Adds so much value to the chain. Without that, it wouldn't be the community it is!
I read the whitepaper just a week ago, when I joined to Hive, and I'm so glad of been part of Hive. I love what you all do, the community, the interaction. This is a place where companionship, intelligence, technology and humanity shake hands.
I jusy wrote my presentation, nothing else, but the way my community (@hivecuba) embrace me was amazing. People teach you just for helping you, and that's something you don't see everyday.
So, thanks @jongolson for this five years, for all the good job, thanks for this place, that we can call home.
It's so powerful when you really understand what this place represents. It's a true web3 community in every sense of the term!
It is... And feels so great to be part of it. I never thought that this kind of community, ecosystem was possible. Web3.0 can bring to the world a new and healing way to see the humanity, not to talk about the infinite possibilities of this technology when you use it for good.
It's interesting to see your journey. Have you come to a point where you felt like spending a lot of time in money and time into any of your venture a bit wasted or not served the purpose for the effort you put in? How did you get out of thought process?
Not at all, every second and dime I've invested here has been so worth it for me. And for us it's simple really, we have an idea..We try it. Even if it fails, we will always try!
I think I myself have used Eobot back in the days lol, the name sounded eerily familiar!
The sheer number of shitcoins I had at one point was hilarious! I had to actually keep a notepad to keep track of what shitcoin I had on which exchange. Needless to say a lot of those exchanges are shut now 😂
Oh you and me both lolol Everything I was certain, was going to the moon back then. You just couldn't lose lol
Big congrats to 5 years on the blockchain Jon, and a fantastic journey to get here, keep up the good work and stay awesome.
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Absolutely amazing my friend.
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I’ll never forget that guy in the crowd at Steem Creators with the cool flat bill hat and then of course eating some butter chicken. Great memories with more to come :)
ha ha ha yeah man, just need to get Ken back on the blockchain and it'll be full circle!
And Jerry!!!
Nice article, I went to see the graph of the CTP token by clicking on the link you included in the article. I noticed that Hive Engine opens and there is a graph. However, I don't understand what value is in the graph on the Y-axis, it's not the counter value in dollars, right? Below is an image to give me a better understanding
That's price of the token if I'm not mistaken. That being said, I have about as much trading knowledge as a toad...
anyway thanks for replying. I'll try to understand what that value is expressed in, which doesn't seem expressed in dollars to me
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Congratulations on the 5 years and all those achievements! Great work!!