I would recommend you to buy waves, stratis, xrp, and bytecoin. If you look at this in the coin ranking, these coins belong in the top because these coins have a future. And also, they are really cheap at the moment and plus the fact that the market is currently playing with us. Another tip is, whenever the coin goes down just buy more coins if you have extra money and hold again.

Actually, some of the bounty managers have helpers. It is going to be hard for the bounty managers to do all the counting of posts and shares alone. They are also hiring some helpers to help them in the manual computation of things like stakes.

There are good things and bad things when it comes to bitcoin transactions. The good side of this is obviously is because it is decentralized. You will stay anonymous during the transactions you make. But there is also a bad side. Unlike banks, the transactions are safer for me because the people who can hack and steal your money can get tracked and you can retrieve your funds. But in bitcoin transactions, tracking is a really difficult job that is why there is a really low chance that you can get your money back if you get hacked.

Honestly, I haven't heard that the media is spreading the news that bitcoin is something like negative. But I've heard some news that will say there are negative things that happened that are related to bitcoin or cryptocurrency. For example, there is a massive scam that is related to bitcoin. But that doesn't mean bitcoin is something like a negative thing. And this kind of news makes people think that bitcoin shouldn't be supported because they misinterpret the information given by the media. Because of this, people don't want to get into cryptocurrency. But still, since we are educated enough about cryptocurrency, we will continue to support the cryptocurrency revolution and we will avoid scams like the scams that are being said in the media.

I disagree with you because I believe that it is going to be more than that. If I am not mistaken it actually peaked up to $1300. And since Ethereum continues to develop throughout the years, I think it will reach up to $1900.

To be honest with you, all of these can become a problem anytime soon. Volatility because you don't know when you will need money and there is also a chance that your coins are really low when you need money the most. Security because you can get hacked anytime. Even you have ledger it can still be stolen by anyone from you. Price manipulation is also like volatility but this time it is controlled by whales. Regulation because any government agency can ban or limit the use of cryptocurrency.

I would suggest you just simply use MyEtherWallet. I think it is the best crypto wallet as of now. But you still have to make sure that you get your funds stolen so there are suggestions there that will make your wallet safer such as MetaMask and buying ledger.

This is the thread regarding the merit system. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2818350.0
But I will still answer your question. I will send you that link if you want to know more about it.
In order to get into your new rank which is the member rank, you have to get merits. And in order to get those merits, you have to do posts that are useful and be helpful in this community. The merit will come from a person likes your post.

I really don't get the part where you put hard cap ico. Please remember that you want to join a good bounty program so why are you looking for a hard cap ico. All the things you wrote here are already part of the whitepaper. Read the whitepaper and do other research (if it exists) about the project and if you think that it is a bad project or it will just scam you, don't join it.

I am not actually worried about the case of bitcoin. I am worried about is the coins that are in the bottom of the coin ranks. You really shouldn't worry about bitcoin's right now because bitcoin still has a bright future ahead of it. We can say for sure that it will still develop in the next few months. Let's just continue to hope that the bitcoin trend won't go down continuously until the end of the year.

There are legitimate ICOs. But not all legitimate ICOs are profitable. And also, there are scam ICOs that will just grab away your money. Research is important when investing in different projects in order for your money to not get just loss.

Actually, Ethereum already reached that point before. Its peak if I am not mistaken is around $1,300. If you are worried about its value, then you don't have to worry because Ethereum has a good project development and it is still expected to reach higher than the highest value of the coin.

The value of that coin getting high or low is still possible. And yes, you can hold your altcoin for years. I recommend you to keep on holding unless you really need money in order for your money not go to waste. And also, you should only be holding coins that have the capability to grow more in the future. If you notice that the project development is not good, then don't invest in it.

If you don't need money as of now and you have ETH, just keep on holding it because it will become more profitable in the future because of its value. And whenever the coin drops and you have extra money, just buy more of it and do the same process. Ethereum is a top 2 coin and that is why you should trust it.

It will go up soon but I don't think it is going to be profitable enough yet. It is only going to be worth it if you are going for a long-term hold in this coin. It is expected to go up in the next quarter of the year like 3rd and 4th just like what happened to bitcoin last year. It is a top coin and has a good project development that is why it is worthy of trust.

Trading, Airdrop, and doing bounty campaigns are all of my ways to earn an altcoin. This three is the most known and I don't know anything besides these three. If I am going to rate it on where can you earn a lot I will go for Trading. But in trading, there is also a lot of risks. You need to read a lot first before getting into trading. Next is doing bounty campaigns. Here you can join all of the types of bounty campaigns and this can be a daily basis job. And in airdrop, you have to be lucky because most of the airdrops are not giving a lot of money that's why you need to hold.

Top coins are actually expected to skyrocket in the next quarters of the year. NEO is a good investment and you have to stick to it. If you have extra money divide it into coins like XRP and Stratis. And if you get GAS for holding NEO, that is a good news because you don't have to pay extra money anymore.

Yes, from as you said, it can be used for bloggers, news writers. But his point is you really don't have to use it for filling out bounty forms because of you can fill it in a very short period of time. And I also believe on what he said that you don't need such things in order to fill a bounty form.

How long is the campaign going run?

You are probably losing money because you are not very well informed when it comes to cryptocurrency. You should've read more about altcoins and what not to do with it. Since you invested in the coins that are not so good, it is normal that you will lose profit. If you are an investor, you should've read articles regarding what are the top coins to invest as of the moment. ICOs are also a good form of investment but you should be aware of the scams. You can also do research regarding ICOs if there are legit or not.