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@silvano22 This is my general understanding, using pie as an analogy https://steemit.com/steem/@screenplaydan/the-a-ha-moment-of-differences-between-steem-steem-power-usd

but how the value is determined, how steem is distributed, all of that is a mystery, yet. I will do more research using steemit as google keyword and reply with my findings tomorrow