STEEM, STEEM Power, and Steem Dollars explained!!!!!!!

in #steemit7 years ago

I know I was always confused at the difference between these, but Steemit did a great job at explaining it in the FAQ's. Problem is most Steemers have no idea that the questions you usually have are right in front of you. So here they are!

STEEM - STEEM is the base liquid currency token in the platform. STEEM can be powered up into STEEM Power, traded for Steem Dollars, and transferred to other accounts. It is a cryptocurrency token, similar to bitcoin.

STEEM Power - STEEM Power (abbreviated SP) is a measurement of how much influence a user has in the Steem network. The more STEEM Power a user holds, the more they can influence the value of posts and comments. STEEM Power is less liquid. If a user wishes to “Power Down” SP, they will receive equal distributions of the STEEM weekly, over a 13 week period.

Steem Dollars - Steem Dollars (commonly abbreviated SBD) are liquid stable-value currency tokens designed to be pegged to $1 USD. Steem Dollars can be traded with STEEM, and transferred to other accounts for commerce or exchange. Steem Dollars may also be converted into STEEM in a process that takes 3.5 days. Steem Dollars can be used to buy things in marketplaces, such as PeerHub.com.

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Great job. Well worth an upvote! 👍

thank you!

Well written brother.

@brandonscalera dude thank you for this post! Stumbled upon this in the #trending category and I know all this ish is in the FAQ but having the guidance and just a portion straight to the point helped out! Will #resteem and #upvote since this post will help out alot of newbies like me.

Thank you so much a resteem and upvote is greatly appeciated!

Maybe you can do a post on how rewarding bots or giving steem etc in order to get more $$$ for upvotes etc.. @brandonscalera

only $0.66 for the upvote, i sent you 0.145 SBD jerry

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