From Steem, With Love (for the Blockchain)

Across the International Date Line, in far off places of the World like Samoa or New Zealand, there are now less than 24 hours before SPUD 007 commences operation against the Power Downs of the Steem Blockchain. SPUD 007, with support from the AOS (Agents of Spud) will do everything they can on November 1, 2019 to Power Up. It is mission critical to the success of the operation to let everyone on the Steem Blockchain know about supporting and participating in this battle.

The original title to Ian Fleming's spy novel, From Russia, with Love starring Agent 007, is of course the inspiration for this SPUD theme, as well as the most recent SPUD posts that I have made have been inspired by his other spy novel works. Of all the titles that I have used so far in the series, this one has been my favorite.

I like this title because it has inspired me to use the hash tag STEEM LOVE.

There is a Steemian in Venezuela who I think could use OUR COLLECTIVE STEEM LOVE!!!

Her name is @petrarodriguez and it would be truly amazing to see everyone that reads this to go over to her account and show her some of the Steem Love by giving her an up vote.

Believe it or not, this could be Life changing if not Life Saving, Literally. So please, again, I ask you to show that support that requires a few clicks from us to make a difference. Maybe this too can become an initiative where we show our Steem Love to a Steemian in need. Let us show the World that We Take Care of Our Own!

Now Back to Spud.......

SPUD 7 PRIZES

The prizes are meant to incentivize the smaller Steemians, the planktons, minnows and aspiring Dolphins out in the Steem Ocean to participate in powering up on SPUD, and hopefully create more understanding as to why Steem Power is what makes the Steem Economy.

1st Place -

• 2500 Steem Power Delegation for 3 Weeks - Sponsor = @xpilar
• 1500 Steem Power Delegation for 3 Weeks - Sponsor @sultan-aceh
• 1000 Steem Power Delegation for 3 Weeks - Sponsor @davedickeyyall
• 500 Steem Power Delegation for 3 Weeks - Sponsor @pennsif
• 500 Steem Power Delegation for 3 Weeks - Sponsor @streetstyle
• 25 Steem Power Gift - Sponsored by @steemit-nz
• 10 Steem Basic Income Levels Gift - Sponsor @tattoodjay
• 5 Steem Basic Income Levels Gift - Sponsor @improv

2nd Place -

• 1500 Steem Power Delegation for 3 Weeks - Sponsor = @reflektor
• 1000 Steem Power Delegation for 3 Weeks - Sponsor = @hingsten
• 300 Steem Power Delegation for 3 Weeks - Sponsor = @pennsif
• 15 Steem Power Gift - Sponsored by @steemit-nz
• 5 Steem Basic Income Levels Gift - Sponsor @improv

3rd Place -

• 1000 Steem Power Delegation for 3 Weeks - Sponsor = @bippe
• 200 Steem Power Delegation for 3 Weeks - Sponsor = @pennsif
• 10 Steem Power Gift - Sponsored by @steemit-nz
• 5 Steem Basic Income Levels Gift - Sponsor @improv

4th Place

• 750 Steem Power Delegation for 3 Weeks - Sponsor = @streetstyle
• 5 Steem Basic Income Levels Gift - Sponsor @improv

5th Place

• 250 Steem Power Delegation for 3 Weeks - Sponsor = @streetstyle
• 5 Steem Basic Income Levels Gift - Sponsor @improv

6th - 20th Place

• 5 Steem Basic Income Levels Gift - Sponsor @improv

Plus
All eligible SPUD Prize participants who qualify will be entered into a giveaway of 7 STEEM (1 lucky winner) - Sponsored by @traciyork

Rules to Win Prizes for SPUD7 :

MUST have a reputation score BELOW 69.00 ( so 68.99 is good & Can participate.) AND more than 150 STEEM POWER (prior to SPUD5) BUT LESS than 7501 Steem Power.

MUST have a reputation score ABOVE 42 (so rank of 41.99 will Not Win)

MUST have at least 1 Steem Post in their blog about SPUD7

MUST Power Up Steem on November 1st, 2019

On November 1st, you MUST make a post about your POWER UP. It can be as simple as "I powered up X amount of Steem" to a simple picture/screenshot of your Power Up and posted to your Steem blog, or it could be a super long dissertation on Steem Power. IMPORTANT: Use the SPUD and/or SPUD7 Hash tags so that I can be sure to see them.

The winner Must meet all 5 requirements, and will be the one with the Biggest Steem Power Up PERCENTAGE, not the biggest Power Up. This means that it will be based on the ratio between your current amount of Steem Power and the amount you power up on November 1st.

For Example:

If you have 1000 Steem Power already powered up prior to November 1, and on November 1 you complete steps 1-5 with a 100 Steem Power Up,

and

another Steemian has 200 Steem Powered up prior to November 1, and on November 1st Powers Up 40 Steem, then this 2nd user would be winning with a 20% power up versus the first example with a bigger power up but smaller percentage of only 10% based on their account.
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The winners will be announced via a Steem Post a few days later, and if no one challenges it or lets me know I missed them after 2 days from Winner Announcement, the Winners become official and the prizes will then be given out.

Thank you to All our SPUD Prize Sponsors and to all SPUD supporters and participants working to get STEEM to higher Elevations!!

Cheers!

+++ @streetstyle

ps, and don't forget to show that Steem Love!