@juliolunar The Steem blockchain is reliably printing new STEEM tokens and adding them to a network "rewards pool." The STEEM is then granted to clients for their commitments, in view of the votes that their substance gets. Make profitable substance and get compensated, so the hypothesis goes.

The new STEEM units are granted to the general population who hold Steem Power, given off to content makers, and 10% of the new Steem units are paid to mineworkers.