Absolutely. The rate for bitcoin is horrible.

Litecoin or Etherium, for example, isn't that bad. It's more than some.

It's likely more than Bittrex or Binance, because those are trading platforms, but it wasn't bad when I used it as a newb to convert SBD to Steem before I knew about the internal market.

The internal market isn't great for newbies, so part of me kind of wants to suggest that they use Blocktrades, just not Bitcoin.

I highly suggest everyone research the markets, and how to trade them, at least a little bit, so they know when to wait before converting at least.