Both of them play an important role. But in my opinion STEEMPOWER plays a greater role. If you keep steem near you, you will not get any profit from it. That's what your steem was, it would not grow.
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If you keep STEEMPOWER then you will get many benefits from it. You can also upvote your own post or comment, Upvote can be posted to others. The higher your STEEMPOWER will be, the higher your upvote amount.
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