Powering Up | My Whys and Hows (With a Step-by-Step Guide to Using the Internal Market)

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There's much that I do not know about the platform and everyday, I try to learn something new. But I learned one of the most important things early on, and that is to value Steem beyond what the market dictates. It wasn't hard to realize that; a few days into the platform, I saw how upvotes from all over the world helped someone who needed to renovate her bathroom. The author was recently handicapped at that time and taking a bath has become a painful ordeal for her. A few months after that, I witnessed with my own eyes how the funds from upvotes were used to provide an Art & Music Therapy workshop for kids with special needs. I personally met an ailing Steemian living here in Bulacan, who is able to afford his medicines because of the help of other Steemians from as far as Canada, Australia, the US, and the UK.

After becoming part of the SteemPH family, I learned how to value Steem even more. 2 SteemPH projects in my hometown, Davao, have been funded through the power of Steem and more projects are underway. Now that the SteemPH community has hit it's 1000-member mark, Steem Power is more valuable than ever for it means being able to support the new Filipino Steemians we have recruited to the platform.

In line with this, the Power-Up Brigade has been launched by @steemph.davao. A total of 10 SBDs will be awarded to 3 Steemians from the Davao Region (and its neighboring provinces) who will garner the most number of ADDED SP in the next 30 days. If you are from those areas and would like to participate in the challenge, you can get more details about it by reading their post, Calling All Davaoenos | New Initiatives: Featured Contents & Power-UP Brigade

Being a member of SteemPH.davao, I am not eligible to get any rewards but I fully support this cause and so today, I powered up some of the SBDs in my account. I am not able to convert all my SBDs to steem power as much as I want to because we'll also need liquid assets to further other causes, like the SteemPH Caravan, and fighting the notion that cryptocurrency is not real (more deets on another post). Below is a step-by-step tutorial of how I was able to use my SBDs to buy Steem in the Internal Market, and how I converted my newly-bought Steem to Steem Power.

Once you have successfully increased your Steem Power, please do not forget to use it to uplift, inspire, and help other users in the platform, especially the ones who truly need it.

If you would like to support initiatives on community building and enrichment, kindly check out @steemph, @steemph.cebu, @steemph.iligan, @steemph.davao and @steemph.manila

Consider casting your witness votes for @precise, @steemgigs @cloh76.witness and @ausbitbank who have been adding invaluable contribution to the community.

To cast your votes, just go to
https://steemit.com/~witnesses