The benefits of using the platform is that, it helps you stay in discussion with like-minded people that helps you navigate the industry because of you're not been guided you'll be distracted by the numerous scams disguising as legit project but they're only available to scam you of your money. The forum is for everyone but started as just a Bitcoin forum although as the industry has extended to including various things like Altcoins so has the forum expended and now we have other lites issues that can be discussed through economy, politics and society and other boards on the forum.

If you want to earn from investing in the industry, don't even think you can do that by investing in those shinning cryptocurency that makes you all the promises that you want to hear like giving you a specific return if you stake your tokens with them or hold in their own wallets. Just buy your Bitcoin and transfer them form the exchange to your own wallets that are usually censored. You earn when you hold and give the market time to recover. Nobody has regretted holding their Bitcoin and when you join that train you'll get same feeling.