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People say extracting from Hive, but it's actually the Powered down Hive - Earned rewards for an account.
Powering down Hive, trading it for HBD and putting it into saving will also have a 'negative effect' on your KE number.

With my Topcomment project we also payout delegators.

No, KE is just a tool that doesnt say the entire truth.