# Earning HIVE ## Ways to Earn ### Earn for Creating When you create posts on Hive, there is a 7 day period in which rewards are tallied based on upvotes and downvotes. At the end of the 7 day period, half of the total payout amount is rewarded to the creator of the post. Below is an example of the bottom of a post presented on [**Peakd.com**](https://peakd.com/), the leading Hive blockchain interface. ![](https://1865200006-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-MTqLt1UcMaV6ezLJUdy%2F-MZj6yxQ9xkiHU6bhBS6%2F-MZj7zuTaKVeKBv09Eyd%2FCharacterMonster%20Profile%20Thumb%20\(2\).png?alt=media\&token=aa8a44d9-cb06-470b-a24a-654d22f59fac) ### Earn for Curating When you upvote the content of others, you share in the total payout earnings of that post, based on the weight of your upvote. 50% of the total payout of each post is rewarded to the curators of that post. ### Earn for Engaging Each comment and every comment reply are also content that can be upvoted and downvoted by the community. This means that you can also earn for commenting on popular posts and for replying to others' comments. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.splinterlands.com/platform/hiveblockchain/earning-hive.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.