I get confused by the two numbers under steem power. Should I power down? This would convert the 6 STEEM in SP into STEEM which I can then put back into SBD to purchase for randowhale.
The other 27, I assume is organic, correct? If so, is it smarter to power down and accrue interest or to hold as much SP as possible until I reach about $1 per like and THEN power down?
That 6 "Steem" is steem power, the value in brackets is steem power that is delegated to you when you join the site! You cannot power this down. You can only power your 6 Steem power down. This will become 6 steem which can be converted to SBD.
The only reason as to why I am powering down is I am converting my steem into SBD to use randowhale as a an up vote service. This I often make a profit on and then it turns back into steem power and the cycle continues. Power down, turn to SBD, use randowahle, get paid out in more steem power and keep this going on repeat.
Cool, that's what I had assumed. You don't power down everything or often though, right?
When powering down you get paid out the total amount of steem over 13 equal payments one every week. Since my steem power is constantly increasing, I power down every 7 Days and auto power up every day!