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Yes, to reduce confusion I suggest avoiding using the word 'convert' for that. You can 'trade' or 'exchange' your SBD for STEEM using the internal market. This is better than using the 'convert' function, which will generally give you less STEEM (or SP if you then power up).

Haha ok, noted. Let me make some edits above. :)

I think so. There are bots connecting STEEM-BTC-SBD market (external exchanges) and STEEM-SBD market (internal exchange). If you sell SBD for STEEM in the internal market, bots will buy SBD from you, sell SBD in the external markets for BTC, and buy STEEM.

Do we know the identities of anyone running these bots? I would love to connect with them, as this is an important function of the Steem ecosystem.

smooth, for one.

Yes it's an option that will get you a good rate if you're buying STEEM. I don't recommend buying SBD with STEEM there though :)

Yea it does a good job of factoring in the market price of SBD for SBD to steem exchanges. I haven't used it going the other way much. :)

Glad I figured this out 1.5 weeks ago