Thanks for the feedback- I practice most of what you suggested- I also try to go out of my way to uplift/support the little guys- sure wish more people focused on that as opposed to curation rewards when using their steem power.

I take my rewards 50/50 I then take the SBD and sell it via blocktrades and have blocktrades send the BTC to Poloniex where I then buy other cryptos- typically Siacoin that has done well for me. I'm not really sure if Polo is better than Bittrex- Although the difference between the price of Siacoin on Bittrex vs.Poloniex is significant. That may be due to a wallet issue that Bittrex is currently having with Siacoin which is creating an artificially low supply.

Not sure about any decentralized exchanges.