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Either, although most likely if you were to get an investor's support, it would come in the form of a delegation.

One thing you might be interested in is https://www.minnowbooster.com/. It allows you to lease/rent delegated SP. It comes at a cost, and the delegation only lasts for a limited time, but it is cheaper than actually buying the amount you would need for the same amount of influence.

Thank you very much @timcliff for giving time of my queries. And congrats for being the top 2 witness, you are one of my voted witnesses. God bless!