# <center> So far we have 7 players signed up! </center>
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All are welcome to join in any time during the week, just be sure to submit your picks by Friday at midnight (pst).
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# <center> Check out the [Anouncement Post](https://steemit.com/cryptocurrency/@khackett/announcing-a-new-league) </center>
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So far our players are: 
@clove71
@krenter
@soufianechakrouf
@arcrypto
@clairev
@soufiani
@molinach

and my hubby @chackett will probably stop in and try to play, but he obviously won't be eligible to win any prizes. It'll just be so he can learn. :)

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# <center> Let's get started! </center>
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# <center> I am by no means an expert, still just learning, but I've put together a bit of a walkthrough for those that might  be super new to all this and could use a tutorial. I hope this helps us all get started making our picks! </center>
First, how do we pick our coins, you might ask. By my count, there are currently 62 different choices to invest in our [coins2learn](https://coins2learn.com/market) market. That's a lot. Which one is the "right" one? Well, the answer to that is, who knows? It's all just speculation and for fun, but maybe we can learn a bit on the way? I entered all the coins into a random name picker and selected 3 coins to spotlight and hopefully point you in the right direction how to start researching your own coin picks.
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Some basic tools to help you get started:
[Coinmarketcap.com](https://coinmarketcap.com/)     This website gives you realtime info on prices as well as links to websites about each coin.
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Here's our first coin, Bitcoin Dark (btcd)
You can see what it was trading at when I took the screenshot as well as the links to websites on the left. This is a great place to start researching a coin. 
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Ok, so what's important to know about a coin when you're reearching it? Personally, I like to know the following:
What does it do? 
What are it's features?
Where is it trading?
Does it have a strong online presence? Facebook, Twitter, Reddit etc... (Is it so new that no one is talking about it yet? Or has the interest died out long ago?)
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A couple of other good resources:
[coindesk.com](https://www.coindesk.com/)
[cointelegraph.com](https://cointelegraph.com/)
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Here are the other 2 coins selected at random for today. 
<center> ![grc.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmPABT5qo2DSx6SqekB33cLKEY32nRUc5UbZtJky2TfbQj/grc.jpg) </center>
<center>![clams.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmTLyVpi59i1rg8JLeEALKFrFdBzQzYE89pt7BRLcwJDyQ/clams.jpg) </center>
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# <center> Let's do a pop quiz! I'm going to ask one question about each of today's coins and whoever is first to answer all 3 correctly in the comments will get a hefty upvote from me.  If you only have 1 or 2 of them right I'll let you know and you can try again. This'll be good practice! </center>
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1. What 2 major exchanges does Bitcoin Dark trade on? (btcd)
2. What is the purpose of Grid Coin? (grc)
3. How do you "dig up clams?" (clams)
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Leave your answers in the comments if you care to play the pop quiz! Tomorrow I'll have a tutorial to walk you through how to use the [coins2learn](https://coins2learn.com/market) interface. Hope you all have a Happy New Year! 
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