I'd like to highlight some people that have recently bought STEEM and Powered Up their accounts!
Steem Power and Powering Up
For those who don't know, having Steem Power is having trust that Steem will be a valuable platform for years to come. It puts the stake in the Steem network and Steemit website in the hands of those who believe in it and are willing to commit to it over the long term. Steem Power is earned from post or comment rewards, curation rewards, generating blocks by witnesses, and Steem Dollar liquidity provider rewards. But you can also Power Up your Steem account instantly with STEEM tokens.
Powering Up a Steem account gives you more powerful votes so you can reward others more for their great posts and comments. With more Steem Power you also get paid more in curation rewards, because your votes carry a higher stake. This way there's real money incentive to Power Up as well! Also the more Steem Power your account has, the more weight it has in voting for Steem witnesses, the people that run the servers that form the decentralized blockchain network behind Steemit.
By looking at transfers from Bittrex and Blocktrades to accounts in the last couple days, I've found these Steem Superheroes who recognize the value of Powering Up their account:
@slowwalker
This person is amazing. They've powered up 15,700 STEEM into their account after making it just two days ago! Edit: Wow just after posting this they're now up to 19,300 SP and counting!
@teamsteem
In addition to being a valuable Steemit contributor for a while, teamsteem has been consistently powering up for two weeks now. But they really stepped up their power up game lately. In the last three days they've powered up over 4,500 STEEM!
@lukestokes
In the last week lukestokes has made great posts and also has significantly powered up! Almost 4,300 STEEM invested into Steem Power!
@java1959
This person has been consistently powering up their account for over three weeks now, investing almost 6,000 STEEM which has now climbed to over 7,400 Steem Power from SP inflation protection and curation rewards!
@neoxian
They've powered up over 10,400 STEEM in just one day, awesome!
@blakemiles84
A prolific blogger and poster, Blake's life experience makes him take the long view. He powered up first to around 1600 SP a month ago, and just in the last week has powered up around 5,000 STEEM to his account. In total he now has almost 12,000 Steem Power from his posts, curation, and power ups combined!
@stellabelle
In addition to being the top posting rewards earner in Steemit's history, stellabelle also powered up 7000 STEEM just today. Awesome!
@shagda
shagda added 412 Steem Power to their account a month and a half ago, and just today added about 645 more! Their total SP is 1,367, proving that holding Steem Power pays off in more Steem Power.
@mexbit
The account powered up to almost 8,000 Steem Power, half of it just now while I was writing this.
@asmolokalo
They've added about 2,300 Steem Power to their account from power ups alone.
@craig-grant
Prolific poster and vlogger Craig Grant definitely sees the value in SP. He's put about 3,200 STEEM into Steem Power in the last week!
@publicworker
WOW! They made their account before the first payout, and after July 4th must have seen the value in Steem big time. They started with a 100 STEEM power up, then 500, then 1614... and kept going until their total Steem Power as of writing is over 25,000 SP!
I've probably missed some heavy hitters in this list but these are the most outstanding examples of Steem superheroes powering up recently that I found while browsing the blockchain. These are the people who believe in Steem and Steemit and expect their success well into the future.
Comment below to tell us how much you've powered up, or if you know of someone who deserves recognition for being a Steem Superhero!
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