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Probably cuz that'd be even more confusing to the average user as most people don't have the math skills to calculate what those rewards would actually contribute to paying bills...

Psychological familiarity - it makes it simply if we can relate our rewards directly to what they'd buy in our daily lives. (That is, if 1SBD actually = $1USD).

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