No, the dollar amount at the bottom of posts is more complicated: it's an estimated value that is paid out partially in SBD and partially in Steem Power. The actual final payout can be found by looking at curation rewards on steemd.com.
A simple way to do it that will take a few days is converting your SBD to Steem. You can do this within Steemit via your wallet. From there it is a coin exchange with ShapeShift.
The simplest way is to go to our web site here: https://blocktrades.us
Is the dollar total at the bottom of posts going under Open.SBD?
No, the dollar amount at the bottom of posts is more complicated: it's an estimated value that is paid out partially in SBD and partially in Steem Power. The actual final payout can be found by looking at curation rewards on steemd.com.
Okay I can't find my posts specifically. Is there any way to do that?
Try this link: https://steemit.com/@davewmcdowell/author-rewards
A simple way to do it that will take a few days is converting your SBD to Steem. You can do this within Steemit via your wallet. From there it is a coin exchange with ShapeShift.
The faster way that is a bit more complicated is to sell your SBD on an exchange. Here is a link explaining how to do that on Poloniex: https://steemit.com/poloniex/@contentjunkie/how-to-transfer-steem-backed-dollars-to-your-poloniex-account-and-sell-them-on-the-open-market
Never be afraid to ask questions. Look you just got paid for it ; )