I'm not really sure why I did this, but I just powered up the liquid steem I was holding on my business account @theexcelclub


![powerup.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmeLLcmDkw3iS6DYJz2URhJYBgLtd8J7ShyWhYGm3jSFJj/powerup.png)


As a community, we need around 1m steem extra voting on the community-driven witnesses to decentralize the system again.  2.5K I powered up won't make a difference, but if you have liquid steem you can do the same.  Every bit counts and as a community I know we can do this.

Some people are scared, and I get that.  In fact, I have also started a power down on this account just in case.  But there is a week before my first power down kicks in and I have time to cancel if we can succeed in making steem decentralized again.

In the meantime, I am willing to buy steem via PayPal for those that don't want to stick around.  I am off to work right now and will be back later.  But if you want to sell some of your steem to me for a PayPal transfer, dm me on discord and I will be back to you later.  Obviously, I don't want to get stung and neither do you and so will want to use some sort of intermediary for the transaction. 

If you have not yet adjusted your witness votes, I hope that you will consider voting for all activity witnesses from 21-50.  Moving votes around can help.  If you are voting for witnesses below 50, moving these votes to 21-30 could be a game-changer.

If you DM me on discord and don't get a reply don't worry, I will be back online in about 7 hours.


Edit - Please vote for all of the following witnesses, if we can get these 5 into the top 20 we can block actions by tron
@yabapmatt @blocktrades @roelandp @themarkymark and @good-karma.  steem needs you to make this strategic decision.