Honestly, legendary rank doesn't really mean that someone is smarter or has more knowledge or experience in crypto than someone who just joined this forum.
It just means that he joined the forum a little earlier and that's all.
Had the merit system not been introduced by theymos, then I'm sure many users like this would be Legendary by now.
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https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=9790222.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=9891383.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=408030Check their profile and post history as 89%-93% of their activity is just social media reports. So really, Legendary rank was just a rank that was still easily attainable before the merit system was introduced, but after the merit system was introduced then I believe that users who reach Legendary rank are people with various knowledge.