merit can be increased by the quality of your post. if your contents are good anyone from bitcoin talk can reward you smerits. but here the problem is not everyone practice it. they dont even know smerits wont affects their merits.

keeping you money on exchange is not safe. I would suggest you to look for offline wallets or personal wallets. as these days hacking is very common in exchanges

A currency with open ledger which is use to transfer money anywhere around the world in couple of minutes with very low fee. it exist electronically and anyone can see all incoming and outgoing transactions

in simplest form its an electronically payment transfer system with open ledger it means you can see all incoming and outgoing transactions anywhere around the world

bitcoin is a digital currency. it doesn't exist in physical form. if someone is telling you its telling you wrong BTC only exist electronically

very helpful post. thank you for sharing yes nowadays its very common to recognize the fake and legit projects many projects are using fake photos to scam our hard earn money

go to https://www.myetherwallet.com/  and to create your wallet please watch this video step by step https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phht73IvUDI&t=145s. hope it will help you alot

blockchain is an open ledger where you can see all your incoming and outgoing transactions. bitcoin is the first coin who practiced this system

Merits are based on the quality of your content. if someone likes your shared contents he can reward you merits. but its not easy as not everyone practice it

in simple words blockchain is a technology. and bitcoin was the first coin who used that technology. Blockchain is a digital ledger where all your transactions are saved publicly.

cointelegraph is one of the main platforms in crypto where you can get authentic news about different coins and govt matters regarding crypto and blockchain. www.cointelegraph.com

its a process to receive free coins or in other words you can say its a give away process by companies. its a part of marketing that get registered with our sites or do a little effort and get your rewards instantly.

to get qualify for the airdrop you cam simply follow the  airdrop campaign steps which usually requires to create a account and get registered with their site.

 can earn different currencies before it hits the market by joining their bounty campaign. many ITO, ICO offers bounty campaigns to get promoted from Facebook, LinkedIn , twitter, blogs etc

Hi there you go. thanks me later 

Rank   Required activity   Required merit
Brand new   0   0
Newbie   1   0
Jr Member   30   0
Member   60   10
Full Member   120   100
Sr. Member   240   250
Hero Member   480   500
Legendary           775  1000

The last one indeed the most important. crypto is for those who are not in hurry as warren buffet said "trading is a device to transfer money from impatience to patience"

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trading is all about buying something at low price and sell it at high price. if you want to start trading dont just jump into the market please gain some knowledge and make some rules fisrt and the most important learn how to control your emotions

it needs alot of research by looking and searching for their team members, thier partners, their theme, their idea and the most important thing thier commitment. there are number of sites who are out there to do this job by ranking new icos from 1-10, 1-5 score. please check
www.icobench.com
www.icomarks.com

people invest in alts coins by first putting their money to BTC. you cant buy majority of alts coins without BTC. when btc goes down people take their money out from alts and convert it into usdt or usd.