Awesome stuff.  This is an exciting day and really speaks to the resilience of the team over there.  I am really happy that I found the LEO community on Hive, it has been a great way to learn and write about all things finance. 

If you are just getting started in crypto, I am guessing you want something that will allow you to see all of your holdings in one place and evaluate the performance of them.  I have been using https://www.cointracker.io for a while now and it has been very helpful for giving me information on all of my holdings.  It supports a variety of coins, tokens, wallets, and exchanges.  It also gives you an easy way to track and estimate your potential taxes.  It is basically a read only overview though, so actual purchases and trades will have to take place outside the platform using something like Coinbase, Kraken, Binance, or Crypto.com.  They have an app for mobile devices as well.  You should check it out, it might not do everything you want, but it could be a good place for you to start.

I think it is important to highlight the implementation of hivemind allowing nodes to be run at a significantly reduced cost.  This is going to be a huge deal for developers and witnesses moving forward.  It will also help STEEM remain decentralized and remove some of the power from Steemit Inc. which I know some people have had an issue with.  It has actually been out and running for a while now, but https://steemit.com/@exyle did a good job of covering all of these things as they were implemented.

Thanks for that!  You know over the past year+ I really thought I had come to learn a lot about blockchain/cryptocurrency.  Browsing around the forum though, I definitely have a lot more to learn!  I typically try to make sure most of my posts have a decent amount of relevance and substance to them.  I surely try to step up my game in the future!

Thanks for the advice.  I will double check that.  On their thread it looked like they had a pretty low level reward for Jr. Members.  I might have misread it though.  It kind of makes sense what you say since you can't change your avatar until you are member level...

This is great stuff so far!  Thanks everyone!  It sounds like so far the consensus is to just take your time and not jump into a post without knowing as much as possible about it ahead of time.  I can see how it would be easy to just dive in looking to build Merit and Activity and end up posting something that isn't up to snuff.  I look forward to seeing what other advice I can gather here!

Great info! Thanks for the reply.  Now that I think back, I don't think my post was considered spam, I just brought up an altcoin that they weren't very fond of.  Spending some time on Steemit I have learned to stay away from spammy comments as much as possible.  Maybe I won't be so shy about self moderated posts in the future!

Greetings all, I have been hanging around this forum for a while now and trying to find a place where I can fit in among the different topics.  I am still learning the ropes both in terms of the forum and BTC in general.  I've had a couple of my posts deleted already (I am guessing because they didn't add anything).  I'd like to avoid looking like a schmuck in the future, so for people that have been around here awhile, what is the single best piece of advice that you have for a Bitcoin Talk beginner.  Preferably something that isn't covered in the Newbie pinned thread.  I have read through that at least three times now  

It only took me a day or two on here to learn that I need to stay away from Self Moderated threads.  Things like that would be really helpful. 

Thanks again,

Depending on where you live, you should check out Trade.io's Liquidity Pool.  https://trade.io/en/liquidity-pool.  There are a handful of countries where they are not available due to restrictions and laws.  I have been doing a lot of research on them lately though and the Liquidity Pool seems pretty interesting.  Even if you decide it isn't for you, or you can't use it because of where you live, I think it is at least worth checking out.

I'd like to become a member please

bitcointalk name: bozzy
Rank: Jr. Member
stake username: bozz
Wear Signature and Avatar: Working on it

I would love to put some solar panels on my house.  The up front cost is just really prohibitive right now though.  There used to be some really great tax incentives to get it done, but I don't think those are around as much with the new administration.  I could be wrong though.  The alternative energy source that I have been getting really excited about lately is Small Modular Nuclear Reactors.  There is a company called NuScale that is doing some amazing things. If they were publicly traded I would buy their stock in a heartbeat.  They have reactors that can be daisy chained to produced huge amounts of power.  They have a smaller footprint than traditional power plants and they are meltdown proof.  They are also working on technology to make them immune to EMP's.  I really think they can make a huge impact on the future of energy.  I reached out to the company about what happens with the "waste" after the rods are spent.  They actually got back to me with a really well worded and thought out reply.  It could all be BS, but I think they have enough credibility that I can probably believe them.  If you want me to share their response in another reply, just let me know.  Their work is so impressive that some of the regulatory commissions have fast tracked their approval process. 

I think there are a lot of people out there that are interested in crypto but they would rather stick to a set it and forget it attitude. I have a bunch of family members and they were gifted some BTC for Christmas a year or so ago.  They are all just basically holding it and not even looking at until about 2020.  I have explained to them that they should probably have some kind of exit strategy or consensus on when/how they want to get out.  They aren't as versed in crypto as I am and I will probably be the one that is helping them.  I think having a wallet that has a timelock feature would be the perfect model for them.  Since it isn't something that they are as interested in as I am, it would be beneficial for them to just put it away and have it locked up so they don't have to worry about it.  I'd definitely investigate more if you come out with something like this.

If they are available in the country where you live, you should check out Trade.io and Crypto.com.  Trade.io has a feature called Liquidity Pool where you can stake their token and receive interest payments in various cryptos.  Liquidity Pool isn't really a trading tool but they do have maker and taker trading with very low fees.  In fact they have zero deposit fees, zero maker fees and very low taker fees.  They also have very minimal withdrawal fees.  Likewise Crypto.com has an investment piece where they do all the work for you.  You simply deposit the crypto and they will buy and sell and trade as they see fit within the guidelines you set out.  I hope one of those helps you out a little bit.

I haven't been on here very long but it seems like Merit is pretty hard to come by.  I think that speaks to how important it is that you post a quality post so you can try and earn that Merit.  I don't know as though I have ever received merit on any of my posts. I don't know as though I will any time soon.  That just means I need to step my game up.

Keep an eye out on Nord VPN.  They often have special pricing where you get a three year subscription for the price of one or something like that. If you can find a lifetime subscription to them even better. They are a little more expensive than some of the other ones, but I think that they do a good job of protecting your data and because they are getting paid they just put out a better product in general.  I can use their VPN service on any OS and any device.

A lot of it depends on what you want to go into when you are older.  Going to college wasn't really a choice for my.  My parents pretty much put me on that track because they didn't go themselves and that is what I did.  I don't regret it, but it didn't necessarily get me any farther ahead in life.  I have a friend that has zero college and she is the manager of a successful title company.  She makes more than my wife does and my wife has a Masters degree.  If I hadn't went to college, I probably would have went into something like HVAC technician and I would probably still be making more than I am today.  I know people who are doing the whole apprenticeship thing to be an electrician or plumber will be making huge amounts of money when they are finished.

I just purchased a couple of Raspberry Pi 3B+'s myself.  I have been digging into different things that I can do with them.  So far the only thing I have done is make a RetroPi.  Here are some more sites that might help you:

https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/usage/python/


https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/python-programming-tutorial-getting-started-with-the-raspberry-pi/all

I would probably never use it myself, but my best friend met his wife with an online dating app, so I know that they work for some people.  I just don't think I would be able to put myself out there like that.  I am too shy and  not very great in social situations.  Dating was never really my thing.  You can even ask my wife

My favorite is probably mint chip.  I really like the milky way flavor from Ruggle's though.  There is also a place down the road from where I used to live that makes their own ice cream.  It is some of the best ice cream I have ever had.  I stayed away from the place for a while because one of the workers got their arm caught in the mixer and it was quite the bloodbath I guess.  After I was sure things had been sanitized enough I made my way back there.  The ice cream was still excellent!

I used to back when I was younger.  I got out of the habit of wearing them though and my new eye doctor has never felt I needed to replace them.  They had a rose tint to them to help combat the fatigue fluorescent lights and computer screens can put on your eyes.  Of course that was back in the days of CRT's too, so...