If you don't earn tokens on the site, you have to buy them to power up so that your vote counts. When you have more steem power and vests (what you get when you power up), your votes count more and you get more rewards. Outside investors can also buy Steem on trading exchanges.
If you don't earn tokens on the site, you have to buy them to power up so that your vote counts. When you have more steem power and vests (what you get when you power up), your votes count more and you get more rewards. Outside investors can also buy Steem on trading exchanges.