Not much money but satisfying and a lot of fun. Got my first payout for a whopping 3.2 cents. Some in addition went directly into SP.
I want to thank all of those involved in the project from the initial brains to the devs to the people that laboured tirelessly to make it work to all the contributors and people who've provided instructions. @jerrybanfield appreciate your many videos and generous sharing of secrets plus your sincerity. @stellabelle thanks for your help videos too and appreciate your sincerity.
Converting Steem Dollars To Steem Power
For those who have not converted Steem/Steem dollars to Steem Power it takes a little reading and getting used to but once you've done that it's straight forward.
It's a 2 step process. You have to convert your Steem Backed Dollars into Steem first. Then you can power up that Steem into Steem Power.
You can convert your Steem Dollars at the market which I think is directly connected through this project (I don't think it's an independent exchange). Click on the 3 horizontal lines at the top right of screen next to your account profile picture then click currency market. I don't think there's a fee for these transactions.
My first time around I placed an open order. I had to cancel that in order to do an instant transaction. I think this happened because I was clicking on the various buy/sell orders in the table and that changed my offer price to one that was lower than what someone was currently offering.
If you want to do an instant trade click on the words "available" and "lowest ask" which appear just above "Buy Orders" and just below the text fields to enter your "Buy Steem" values. This sets you at the current best market price that is on offer and the transaction happens right away.
You then go to your wallet and click on the down button next to the number of Steem you have (Steem is the first entry in your wallet) and then click Power Up. If you want to power it all up click "Balance" in blue.
Here is a link with more detailed instructions plus images.
https://steemit.com/powerup/@dwinblood/how-to-convert-steem-dollars-to-steem-and-then-to-more-steem-power-if-you-want