It won't be reduced complexity. It will be harder for noobs to understand steem than it will to understand SBD because they are only used to stable currencies (ie fiat). I had difficulty buying and selling steem for bitcoin because the exchanges were new to me and I had no idea if I was selling high or low. It was much easier to work this out with SBD though because i know exactly how much it should be worth. Plus I can leave it there and it will be worth the same 3 weeks later when I actually decide to take the time to learn how to use the exchanges.
Honestly, I think if SBD hadn't been here when I started, I would have just asked my brother to buy my steem off me because I couldn't figure it out. SBD makes things easier, not harder!
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