Hey @taskmaster4450, thank you for this info. This is massively helpful. That $ next to posts and comments has always confused me because it doesn't seem to add up to the payouts. I also didn't understand the 75/25 + 50/50. This is totally cleared up now for me!
It's interesting that the $ symbol helps us easily associate with the financial rewards of the post. But it's also misleading into our believing that it represents the equivalent payout in USD.
You are welcome @sagescrub.
Steem.supply was corrected to now reflect the $ meaning STU instead of dollars.
The payout amounts listed on there went way up LOL
I was referring to the $ symbol on Steemit under each post and comment being misleading, not steem.supply. I found steem.supply + your post quite helpful in disseminating the whole STU that I didn't even know existed :) I think i'll be visiting steem.supply regularly. But it's nice to know the payouts went up too!