If you owned some STEEM (which you can buy on Bittrex or Blocktrades), you could Power Up (vest), gain voting power and earn more over time.
Your current 10.xx Steem Power (Powered Up STEEM) will increase over time or you can click Power Down and convert it to STEEM over a 104 week period.
When you click Power Down you will see a message below stating the days until your next payout. You can stop the Power Down at any time. I'm not positive, but assuming you received those 10 STEEM for free by signing up, you may not be able to power those down initially. Perhaps someone with more knowledge on that can clarify. Regardless, you don't really want to Power Down.
Post good content, continue asking good questions and you will earn STEEM Backed Dollars which you can convert to fiat if you choose. You will also earn Steem Power which you can then Power Down and convert to fiat over 104 weeks.
Thanks. Yes, the 10 STEEM were there on the sign up.
I don't actually see any message. Nothing happens when I click the POWER DOWN. Absolutely nothing. :o
The message would appear in the "History" under everything on the Wallet page. But as stated above you may not be able to Power Down those gifted STEEM, I'm not sure.
Hi tuck, so if I don't see the message stating how many days till payout, that means I haven't powered down by accident?
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I would think it either means you haven't or can't at this time (due to some limitation on new signups gifted STEEM that may or may not exist).