Welcome to the forum, good to hear that there's a newbie like you that already understands how forum users rank up via a good contributor on this forum.
We should learn by keen observations, by reading through the posts of the old members, this will help pattern our attitude in the forum, it will also help us to grow with the norms and ethics of the forum.
Tend to agree with this, as a newbie, spend your most time in reading and of course learning as well. In this case, it's easy for you to absorb any knowledgable technical stuff towards cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. Once you're there, isn't hard for you to gain merit especially if you're quality posters. To be honest, isn't easy to rank up these days, merit sources have a high standard of giving merit, so you need to keep push and learn harder so that you can share any informative stuff that can be used/help users in the forum.
Well, good luck with your agenda and see you around.