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that's the unit of the pending payout value. 1 STU = 1 SBD. But since the curators get a share of it as SP and the author payout is typically done in 50% SBD / 50% SP, using "SBD" as unit of pending payouts led to quite some confusions. See also http://steem.supply/rewards for details.

Thank you. :)