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There is always a cost to get onto the blockchain, since tokens have intrinsic value. Right now, Steemit Inc is bearing all those costs. We're working on solutions, but this has never been done before. We're trailblazing!

Why do you need to spend or burn money when we could burn bandwidth allocation? That seems much more fitting with the Steem Power system.

https://steemit.com/steem/@demotruk/account-creation-should-not-cost-steem-it-should-cost-bandwidth