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Ah okay, now i get it, i've been meaning to ask. How do i do those anyways? Im kinda new and i really don't know how it all works

do you see how when i "liked" your comment here, now you earned some money on it? That's because our account has Hive Power.

Now i get it, thank you for taking the time to explain it to me. Now i understand, Thank you!

great! if you have more questions, feel free to tag us @hivepeople in your post or reach out on Twitter, @hivepeople.

here is an infographic that explains the basics:
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basically, it works like this: you go to your wallet and once you earn some Hive, you Power up. This converts Hive into Hive Power, and now your account can run on its own without someone else delegating you Hive Power.
If you want to cash out, you Power Down which converts Hive Power back into Hive that you can sell on an exchange. But having Hive Power causes two things: your likes (upvotes) turn into money for authors, and you earn rewards on curating posts too.