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You can transfer your steem into steempower. Imagine it like a savingsaccount that holds your steem for a few months :)
It increases the worth of your upvote and makes your profile more valuable

Here is one metaphor that may help you understand Steem, Steem Power and SBD better:
https://steemit.com/steemit/@somethingsubtle/voting-power-and-steem-power-a-metaphor

thank you for the link it was very helpful.

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