What's Steem Token Unit?
One of the biggest confusion of new Steemians is the realization that the $mark beside a post payout is not a straightforward dollar.
Well, actually it's called Stu. Steem Token Unit is the factor you get beside your post. That dollar mark is subdivided into steem power and sbd ie on 50-50. Right now it's even more complex with the added STeem payout (which I like btw).
The calculation is pretty simple. Assuming you are earning $100 here's a breakdown of the payout assuming steem and sbd are both 1$ each. After taking away the 25% for curators.
37.5sbd
37.5 steem power
Now we get payouts in steem it means the system is trying to correct an sbd debt hence is replacing some sbd with steem. So out of the 37.5 sbd we may actually get like 12.5sbd and 25steem.
I shouldn't go into more details to avoid further confusion. One thing I want you to note though, 50-50 payout is is going to mostly be your best bet. The only time 100% power up will do you more value is if steem is less than $1 and also less than sbd. That's a long short so stick to 50-50.
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Thank you for the explanatory breakdown of what STU means and how the system works. I have seen "STU" before while surfing the chain but never really cared to find out what it means. On seeing that it explains my post payout, i automatically became interested lolz. Now i know why my claimed rewards are quite different from what i was expecting before the post payout. Thank you @nairadaddy
Welcome bro! We keep learning everyday.
That's quite comprehensive.
You said it all.
Thanks for the breakdown.
You are welcome!
Thanks for educating the community. I've been asked that question already a couple of times :-)
Welcome! Feel free to share with anyone that asks. Cheers!