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RE: Investing in Steem Power? The current price of Steem is only one factor to consider

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Very cool.
This is a side of things I haven't gotten my mind around. Thanks for sharing. The SBD, Steem and SP all make sense, but vests confuse me.
What do vests ultimately affect? Other than the value/cost, what is the significance in my interaction on Steemit?
Also, if someone is powering down and decides they only want to keep half of the Steem they just powered down and put the rest back into SP, did they just sacrifice vests (because it was lower when they initially bought Steem)?
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Both great questions. I believe vests ultimately affect everything that SP does, so your curation rewards, how quickly SP goes up from "interest", and the amount you add to a payout when you upvote. What I haven't figured out yet is if two people both have 5000 SP, do they always have the same # of Vests or could it be different depending on when they powered up, etc. That's something I'd like to look into more.

For powering down, yes I believe you would lose a small amount of vests if you reinvested half of the recently powered down Steem since the conversion rate would be higher. Might have to look into that more and see if there are any scenarios where that doesn't happen. Thanks, you have me thinking about a lot of new things now which is always good.

Glad I could help promote thought. :)
These could be really important in planning powering down priorities. If it's a factor, then it would also bring up the question as to which SP you're powering down? The stuff you bought two months ago or two weeks ago. Strategies would change in accordance, right?
Thanks for the quick and thoughtful response.