The top 6 reasons why you want to Power Up!

Steem Power has many advantages over Steem, and the main selling point is that you get more influence over the blockchain, both in terms of curation reward, but also in post reward and witness vote weight. Below are the 6 best reasons why you should Power Up all your Steem into Steem Power!

It is a nice long-term investment

If you plan on being invested on the Steem blockchain for long-term, you might as well be invested in Steem Power instead of Steem. The only downside to holding SP is that it takes a few weeks to get your tokens if you decide to sell it all, but if you plan on investing for a long-term scale, then the Steem Power is only a positive! It gives you more influence in many matters, such as those below, so it's a great investment if you have faith in Steem.

You can reward your followers and commentors

I love to upvote any good comment on my post, or any decent reply to a comment I made, and with more SP I'm able to give a higher appreciation to those who spend their time interacting with me on the blockchain. Everyone love to get upvoted for their comments, even if it's only a few cents, and rewarding followers and commentors with upvotes that are worth something is a great feeling that helps you build a stable fan base.

You get paid more by upvoting your own post

Some people prefer not to selv-vote their own posts, but the truth is that most people do it. Whenever you make a post, your own vote is generally the first that happens, and having a higher self-vote can give curators and readers more incentive to check out your post. It is also nice to see that every single post at least earns you some money, even if very few people are voting for it.

You get a higher curation reward

 Curation reward is paid out to voters on posts that get popular, and it is based on the amount of Steem Power that votes on each post. This means that good curation votes get paid a much higher curation reward than those votes with very little Steem Power, and if you enjoy browsing Steemit for new posts, then getting some nice curation rewards is awesome!

You have a higher vote in terms of selecting a witness

The witnesses are extremely important for the Steem blockchain, and everyone should spend some time learning about what the different witnesses want for the future of the blockchain. Having more Steem Power gives you a higher vote when it comes to witnesses, and even a smallish amount of SP can have a huge saying when voting for witnesses, especially if you are voting for one of those who struggle to reach top 30.

People will listen more closely to those with a lot of Steem Power

People tend to listen to those that have a lot of influence, and we regularly see that people with a lot of Steem Power gets extremely many comments when they post or comment on another post. This might simply be because they hope that they get upvoted when they reply to a whale, but it does without a doubt increase interactions by a huge amount.

If you want people to listen to what you have to say, then having a good chunk of Steem Power is going to help you get the attention you want when you post something.