Splinter-Landman and other delights
We are pretty close to having the first full week of 2026 in the books and to say it has been busy would be an understatement. I think there was one night this past week that I didn't have something going on after work. I made some big moves with my Splinterlands land plots that I will get to in a little bit. I also had a couple doctor appointments which went well, but since we are in the new year, all of our deductibles have reset, so things are quite expensive.
Crypto has been doing typically crypto things. I'll also get to more of that in a second, but it is nice to see BTC over $90K again. Even if it is only briefly. There was a point where it looked like it was heading back towards $100K. Oh well, it will get back there eventually.
Travala
Since we are in a new quarter, the new SMART Bonus rewards for people to choose to complete a few tasks are available on Travala. I was introduced to Travala a cycle or two ago by someone here on HIVE. It is your typical travel site, but you can pay with and earn crypto for booking through it. It's a pretty cool idea, and I think it has a lot of staying power. I bought a bunch of tokens when they were much more expensive than they are now and locked them up in the staking program.
With the tasks I earn about 100 of the tokens each quarter. It's not a ton, but if the token price goes back up, it could equal a nice trip somewhere four times a year.
Splinterlands
As I mentioned, I did a little bit of changing to the six or seven plots that I own in Splinterlands. I pulled all my cards off of them and then waited for the three day cooldown to expire. After that was finished, I went into PeakMonsters and used the "auto" button to add cards back to my plots.
The image above is from the https://land.spl-stats.com/player-overview/overview site, and it shows what my production looked like before I made the changes. As you can see, I was at a net negative 1.05 DEC. Special thanks to @azircon for giving me some guidance on how to check this stuff and how I should move forward.
As you can see, after making the changes, my plots are in a much better position now. I am earning a net positive 2.90 DEC and while I still have a few areas that are negative grain due to only having wood plots, I was able to increase my grain production by over 100, so that I hopefully will be able to cover the costs of those wood plots.
If the prices ever recover, I might actually sell those two wood plots since the plots in the other region are earning both grain and wood.
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HIVE Birthday
I got a message in the system the other day that I had hit my 8th year on HIVE. It's funny because it feels like it hasn't been that long, but it also feels like I have been here forever. Not quite as long as some folks, but still for quite a long time. I've been lucky enough to see a lot of changes and growth in the platform in that time.
I can't wait to see what the next 8 years brings for HIVE!
Silver
I wanted to take a minute to share another one of the pieces of silver that I picked up from @bulliontools in exchange for some HIVE they wanted to power up. It was a really good deal for me given the fact that the price of silver has been doing so well. In fact, I felt a little guilty that the price of silver had risen so much by the time these arrived at my door, so I sent a little extra HIVE to make up for it. It wasn't nearly enough to cover the difference, but like I said, I felt guilty.
This is another round in the Legendary Warriors series. It highlights Joan of Arc and I think it turned out really well. I notice that I didn't do the best job with my focus, and the plastic is a bit scratched, but the round is in great shape. You can tell these pieces were well taken care of before they found their way into my hands.
CHEX
It's been quite some time since I posted about one of the alts that I jumped into a while ago. I've just been sitting on my tokens waiting for something to happen and sadly, so far the only thing that has happened is the price has gone down. After seeing a meteoric rise, the token now sits down near where I originally bought in at, but hopefully that is all changing.
I can't find the original post from last night, but this post on X is pretty close. The original post had some good information about token supply shock given their recent collaboration with the nation of Maluku worth 28 billion when you factor in the resource rights.
The price of the token has already doubled overnight, but I don't plan on doing anything until the token tops at least $1. If it ever gets there. We have a long way to go from here, but with all the connections and regulatory approvals Chintai already has, I think it isn't out of the question.
As always, this is not financial advice!
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Congrats on the Hive anniversary. Looks like we both did enter around the same time. I did join in December, but didn't post until January 8 years.
You are the proof that consistency and engagement really works here on Hive. You are doing just great. Superb would be a more accurate description.
I would say: keep it going!!
Thank you!
I consider myself a traveler—and a frequent flyer, too. Yet I’ve never come across a really good deal on Travala, either for flights or for stays.
Also, congrats! :)
I'm not that frequent of a traveler, at least not long distances, but I don't disagree with you. I think what is really going to make the difference is down the road if say we actually get some kind of alt season, you could potentially move some funds into Travala and use them directly to travel versus pulling them out into fiat and paying all the taxes and fees then using them the traditional way.
Well, I can use Crypto.com for that. They don’t really seem to report to EU tax authorities (yet).
Also, it’s much easier to tax Travala than an average Joe swapping a few hundred dollars to pay for a vacation; that Joe could fly under the radar. So if Travala actually converts the crypto to pay for your stay (and they likely don’t pay airlines or hotels in crypto), they’ll either build the tax plus an extra fee into the final price, or they’ll provide their records to the authorities when requested, and the eventually will be requested. Then you’ll end up being taxed anyway.
It's not worth enough right now for me to worry about. I don't mind earning the token when I can though. I know some people got that NFT and they seem to think it is a good deal. I couldn't afford the travel Tiger NFT at the time unfortunately. I still think it would be cool to own one someday. I have a crypto.com account, but I don't use it that much. It's kind of clunky and not user friendly. Plus, like I said, I just don't have that much crypto (of value) that it really matters.
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Congratulations on Hive anniversary. Great one there.
Thank you!
You're most welcome
Eight years on this platform is easy to say, but it also means consistency and dedication. I'm sure you've seen many adjustments and changes over that time, which also builds trust in those of us who haven't been here as long. I'm now going to reach half of what you've already achieved here ☺️
Best advice I can give you is to keep commenting. That makes a huge difference! Thank you for the kind words!
Thanks for the advice 👍 and Best of luck to you
Congrats on the 8 years.
I did register to Travala so hope you got that $50 credited. I was curious as I have never found a site like this that can match or beat my own squirreling around the internet for travel deals.
You never though!
Thank you! I have found the prices on Travla are usually higher than what you can find other places, but if I ever get to the point where I have more crypto than I know what to do with, it could be a good outlet for that!
Well you never know.
I actually want a big flash crash on BTC again so that my buy order goes through :) I did hear one of my favorite BTC analysts change her tune a little bit. Kathy Woods said that adoption of stable coins is going to take off at least 300k off of her BTC target...
That wouldn't be good for my miner, but I am honestly up for anything at this point. It's all just a wait and see sort of thing.
happy Hive birthday uncle bozz
you have lived on this chain twice longer than mine
wish you a long happy healthy hive life
Thank you!
Congrats on 8 years. You count as an 'OG'. I would not be surprised if you overtaken me on HP at some point as your posts do well.
Splinterlands seems to have become some sort of Farmville with the land stuff. I couldn't get too excited about that and have sold most of my stuff there.
Thank you! I'm trying to look at Splinterlands in a different light now despite my past disappointment.
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Yeah, looks positive
That's a pretty silver Joan of Arc!
Stack on, @bozz! I'm looking forward to seeing more of your collection!
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Nice piece of silver. I'll have to check out the travel site. We don't travel much, but its mostly due to cost, so anyway we can save and earn points or some type of cash back at the same time may prompt us to.
Yeah, I might not be the best deal for you if you are just a casual traveler. The one booking I have done through there I ended up cancelling because the event got cancelled.
oh, okay. Thanks for letting me know.
Joan of Arc is my only silver coin of the Warrior series, I hope you had a Happy Eight. Yeah, if it weren't Hive's current market value I'd be a happier Eight.
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Haha, I hear you there! Maybe one day our time will come.