Welcome on board :) There's a longer wait for verification now? Wow things have changed in all of...3...4...I can't remember but about that...months O_O

I have no advice on the crypto front as I know precious little about that. As for steemit itself, like any other blogging/social media kinda site. Write good posts about stuff that you find interesting/like doing/whatever and leave good comments on posts you find interesting :)