By cryptoandcoffee on Skatehive
Today is my 8th birthday on HIVE (6 on HIVE and 2 on old chain) and it is quite remarkable how quickly time flies. When I stumbled upon HIVE I had no idea this would turn into what it has become and HIVE is very much part of my daily routine. HIVE becomes a way of life and is a wonderful type of hobby interacting with so many other people around the world. When I signed up I was account number 828 518 and since then HIVE has 2 609 884 accounts so the numbers have risen by more than 3 times over the last 8 years. I was early and did not even realise how early because many others around me had already been on the chain for 12 months. I do not even want to think about how many hours my account represents and even if it was just 3 hours per day that would equate to 1 year and I know it is more than that which is very scary to go down that road. The difference between myself and many other accounts is when I joined I started from 0 or actually more precisely -15 HIVE because this was the co