I'm continuing the "buy Steem and power up" mantra, this time testing blocktrades for the transaction. Previously I had been using SBD to buy Steem and ultimately power it up through the internal market, but some Steemians advised me that I might get better rates through blocktrades, but more importantly internal trades don't count towards trade volume, so that I'd be helping the ecosystem more by doing it with blocktrades. I tested this today.
Fortunately, I actually ended up with a slightly better rate through blocktrades today
And then, immediately powered up the Steem I just bought! Win!