Not every user has a local board designated for their country, for example I do not have any local board on the forum where I can post in my native or local dialect, so OP should know that his having a local board would depend on his country of origin, and that even without a local board you can still make it on the forum.
Not the best way to start also imo, but isn't it already the norm with newbies, this particular one is even being honest that he's here to earn, you can then ask what could give someone the impression/belief of coming into a forum to make money from the start.

If there was no outbreak of corona virus, would this project have ever started, did the idea of this project come in synchrony with this deadly pandemic, all this thoughts is enough to conclude that it's another scam attempt, a very foolish one at that, decentralization in cryptocurrency has made many people come up with the unthinkable.
It may sound impossible, but many people still will.

They are not only trying to cash out their stolen bitcoins, they are also coming up with new ways to scam people based on this current near world wide issue/epidemic, yesterday I saw a post where scammers were requesting a deposit from people to help them follow up with the corona virus and to give them updates(fake)on it, so everyone should be careful.
And better, it's close to 7k, good signs for investors, I don't know if it's in relation to anything or any news about the corona virus but it's encouraging and the signs are looking good, let's see were we'll be in the next days.

This "argument" of who's the better player between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi is a universal one, it has divided opinions for more than a decade now, and it still doesn't look like coming to an end, the choice of who to pick has divided opinions, caused heated arguments and left the fans of the both players always digging up for facts to back up their respective claims. Ronaldo is lovely, his looks alone gives him an edge when people are to pick, he is somewhat of a model and plays football excellently well.

But can we be honest with ourselves for a second here, what I've seen Messi do with a football, I've never seen any other player do that, Messi changed modern football, he made the game look easy, it was like he was born playing football, he doesn't force anything, it just seems to flow out of him naturally and with minimum fuss.
Ronaldo has been a good competition for Messi, if not for him, Messi would have won the best player award 10 times and more, he is hardworking, never gives up, always taking up challenges in whatever way they present themselves, trying out new clubs and testing himself out, that makes him extraordinarily good, but he is second to Messi.

No matter how vehemently one argues in favor of Ronaldo, you just need to watch the both of them play, Messi is a genius, he plays like PlayStation 4 and for me he'll go down as the greatest of all time, Messi is more talented, Ronaldo may be more hardworking.

There is a football match I can never get tired of watching, I watch it as many times as possible on youtube and I just can't stop, this game was played on the final day of the 2011/2012 season, city just needed a win against QPR to win their first Barclays premier league trophy and they were about to blow it away to their close rivals Manchester United. Two goals in stoppage time, the last one coming with 90 seconds to play by Sergio Aguero, won them the game(3-2)and also the league. That is one of my most dramatic football matches, I screamed and still scream now when I watch it, that has to top my list of iconic matches.

The betting sites/companies would lose/miss out on a lot of money due to this corona virus pandemic, everything has been put to a stop, there is limited or even no games at all to bet on and customers would no longer lose money to them, so it's not just the gamblers who are in this alone, the betting sites are also without anything to do.

The "physical" betting shops are also hit hard, people have been advised to avoid crowded areas and stay at home, this shops in my locale have been closed down by the government looking to stop to spread of this virus. Gamblers should just keep their money, stay at home and pray we see the last positive case of this virus soon.

My thoughts exactly on a deeper look at this, with all the effective quarantne methods and the way the world is tackling this virus heads on; E.g in my state our internet network service providers send bulk(broadcast)messages to our mobile phones on the very essential and basic preventive measures, they also update us on areas that have been rampaged/ravaged and to stay away from those areas and at best stay at home. This is somewhat of a world wide crisis, prominent individuals have tested positive, information on what to do isn't concealed, it's so overt that it'll eventually come to your doorsteps, no need to download any app at all.  

Moderators have a lot of threads to move, delete, trash daily, do you think they will ever have time to message everyone of those posters to move their threads to the right section? You should read the rules, that's what they expect you to do, and on areas you still consider gray, you ask questions, just like your did in this thread.

I am not too sure if nemanja Matic has anything else to offer Manchester United, in my honest opinion I think they would be better off selling him right now they can still get something out of the transfer, he may get zero playing time in this one year extension period and that will reduce his market value(if he has any for now), except if he's planning to retire at Manchester United.

To think that I quit facebook for a long while now and this forum has made me not to think of logging in there again and someone wants us to go back to that is ridiculous, the forum may for some need some upgrading(because for users like myself, I'm fine with how things are now)and that's already in progress as the forums new software should be ready very soon, but it's going to be nothing like facebook.

This is the surprising part, could it mean people now double check before they send out their money to this scammers, this trick is a bit different from the more popular giveaway scams, this scammers are trying to work on the psyche of people with the most trending issue in the world now: corona virus pandemic and I am surprised how it is yet to work/succeed. Another reason is "warning" threads like this, it will save many more people from sending BTC to that address.

If you're to actually "focus on your goal" and have contributions, quality ones to add to discussions on the forum, then it wouldn't be any business of yours if people are only concerned about how to earn or on ways they can make money through signature campaigns, you will just make your impact and rank up your own way, and that's what high ranked users who started with no merits did, I enjoin you to do the same.

If this post is for merit or not doesn't matter imo, one thing that's certain is that you have done well, and i congratulate you and also your efforts in starting off from 0 merits to more than 100, it's not a walk in the park, there are many members with more posts and activities than you but with no or fewer merits.

Some members are not actually warm-hearted  towards rank up threads, but i think it should not be disapproved, let those who think it's not possible to rank up, read and "buckle up" and try to achieve the same as well, congratulations @Henri Cartier

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Telegram cannot contribute or help in trading success, it's just an app, yes it's more crypto friendly than other apps, but I see no benefit to be derived from it, the opposite is many times the case, those groups you are referring to on telegram are mostly fake groups with fake signals and they just want to make money, asking people to pay for signals that are just hinged on luck.

The others are helpful, except maybe number 5
I'll prefer to get information on this forum(BTT)than on twitter, there are a lot of distorted/spurious information there.

Op I can understand the root of your worry, you're one of the promoters of this project, and the price is crashing so low, this inevitably creates panic. But there are a lot going on at this moment to act as consolation, even bitcoin is going down, and other alts as well, it's that condition that's prevailing in the market at this time. But altcoins/icos are known for this, starting high and ending low, so your project may not be affected by the market, the major coins could rise, leaving it behind, you can only hope, and that's what ico promoters and investors have been left with for a long time now.

I don't think UEFA has any fixed date yet in mind, maybe they'll just wait till this situation improves before they begin anything like rescheduling the matches for later periods. With how swift every country is handling this issue, I think in a few weeks we'll be back and running again, the whole world has its hands on deck and rightfully so, this pandemic cannot be tackled independently.

I just hope this delay doesn't kill off the momentum of the teams in the UCL, I'm sure they will all want to play their matches as of the normal time, but no one foresaw this and we have to handle it this way, if not for anything it'll help unfit players regain fitness before the games resume.

If this is actually the first time in a while he feels like he should buy bitcoin, then he has been making a bad decision all this while, it isn't only at this market crash that bitcoin should be bought, if you are an investor and only wait to buy in a dip, you will not be able to accumulate as much as possible. I buy bitcoin always, maybe not as much as I buy when the prices are low, but no matter how little it is, I make sure I do not wait so long in increasing my portfolio, it's cleverer that way, and I am not buying with more money than I can afford to lose as i have internalized that rule.

Smerits would not just decay all of a sudden, that is if it will decay at all, I'm sure before theymos does that he will inform the community ahead, so users can make good use of their smerits. Everyone is encouraged to be involved in the merit process(sending and also receiving), but it cannot be imposed on them, but then there are the merit sources who are giving them out without any restraint.

Trust is part of the forum policy, so it should stay here in meta, which is the appropriate board and not in beginners and help section.
People do change overnight you know, so if a user who is trusted today, turns out to be a scammer tomorrow, shouldn't it be possible for those who trusted him to distrust him(delete their positive feedback).