The fifth edition of the Hive Power Up Month challenge of this year is now over.

Once again, this challenge has proven how difficult it is to stay committed for a whole month, even with rules as simple as:

• do 1 HIVE power-up or a 100% Hive Power post every day of the month
• don't power down

The number of participants in the challenge has been quite steady compared to the previous edition. As always, we have a lot of participants at the beginning of the month but few manage to stay consistent until the end.

And now, the winners list

Among the 40 participants to have held out with metronome regularity, 20 chose the publication with a 100% HP payout option, and 20 preferred the power-up way. It's a perfect draw.

They should have already receive their "Power Up Month" badge:

Congratulations to @awah, @arcange, @blitzzzz, @bombus, @bradleyarrow, @brianoflondon, @buffalobison, @cezary-io, @cursephantom, @definethedollar, @digi-me, @dizzyapple, @eddwood, @femcy-willcy, @freed99, @hivebuzz, @ifarmgirl, @iptrucs, @itsostylish, @jacobtothe, @jang, @kheldar1982, @littlebee4, @lolxsbudoy, @mein-senf-dazu, @michelmake, @mikezillo, @nftmart, @nozzy, @orionvk, @papilloncharity, @penyaircyber, @revisesociology, @rzc24-nftbbg, @stdd, @tawadak24, @tengolotodo, @theawesononso, @traciyork and @xplosive.

Hive Power delegations coming!

As announced in our announcement post, all the winners of the PUM challenge will receive a 3 weeks Hive Power delegation from us!

The amount of HP delegated will be calculated according to the following criteria:

• How many successful Power Up Months you have achieved throughout the year.
• The total amount you powered up during the PUM.
• How many PUDs in a row have you participated in
• The levels of your power-ups on PUD (ex: you made two "level 3" and three "level 5" power-ups).
• The number of people you helped to power-up and the amount involved.

The higher all the above-mentioned values, the higher the delegation you will receive.

We still need to do some math to figure out what everyone will get but don't worry, we'll report the results soon.

Happy Power Up Month!