I like questions that encourage mindful preparation and planning for the future. Though there is no one way spelled out at the moment, the best way for gaining a suitable ground when SMT's launch is actually identifying the platform that has a good use case for their coin and is growing a consistent userbase which in turn becomes the community behind it.
One of these platforms which I'm holding with high esteem is the SteemHunt platform as they have a strong community following and interaction, they also have hands on deck programmers looking for new ways to make things better. You can check them on www.steemhunt.com Besides this, is also musing.io which is moving really fast in interaction and community growth/expansion. I can't rightly name them all right now but the thing is to identify these platforms/communities and get involved now.
Getting involved will give you a clear understanding about what they are about and it will also help you decide if its worth staying with or not, moreover, a lot of communitites will have airdrops to their early users so its best to get in early.
A lot of information will be flowing into the system concerning SMT's anytime from now, so it's best to keep out an eye or two, because I wont miss it, and you shouldn't too.
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