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I am wondering if this was part of the run up in steem the last few days. People buying in to get in before the snapshot?

Good point. But that’s ok cuz if people powered up that steem, we will sustain this growth for at least 7 days waiting for them to power down. I’m waiting for sbd to get well above $10 and then I’m cashing it out. I wish sbd would rise higher as quick as steem did

So we can Steem to go down again? That's sad.

I doubt that was solely the reason for the move up, but probably part of it.

No. It’s ok. Because people probably powered up that steem here on steemit. So the growth will last for at least 7 days

Now THAT makes alot of sense. I'd originally thought it was insiders giving us an early Christmas present. That's no VICE! :)

I commented above as well, but wanted a direct reply to you @jrcornel, to maybe add an addendum to your article. Unless the Vice white paper is a typo, it is rewarding Steem founders only. Block 18,500 occurred about 15 hours into the launch of the Steem blockchain. We just passed 18,500,000!