I applaud your integrity. I do wish to make money myself. I don't need to be rich, but would love to pay off all my debt, get a little bit of land to farm and enough left over that no one can come take it from me (renting it still from the government=taxes). Although I do have visions of one day being like FTG and having enough SP that I can help brighten others lives like he does. One of the first posts I saw here was someone from Africa posting about how happy he was that he finally was able to buy a new pair of shoes and eat in a restaurant. That really opened my eyes to what was possible here, as well as reinforced my knowing that many who complain here in the US have no idea what it really means to struggle.

Put your money where your time is.

So much this. I see people complain they are spinning their wheels here, and they never would dream of investing one cent. To me I see that (for many of them) they don't believe in this, are not willing to back their stake here. They expect it to be handed to them. And I don't buy most of them saying they can't afford it. If someone as broke as I am can do it on a small scale, anyone can. Most people waste money without ever realizing it.

So far I am only invested in two coins, and traded half the other coin for more Steem a week ago. I would have went all in but I do want some diversity in my small holdings.

A stupid question please. I know you are wanting to program in Java. I know several blockchains can have Java programmed onto them. Is it a process where once you know Java, you can do it to any chain or is it written different for each chain?