Here's a great way to earn free Ripple. You play a simple game once an hour and get free ripple coins. You can also earn coins by being an affiliate which is what I am.
If you click on the following link and join up I get a commission and you get to earn free coins:
https://coinfaucet.io/Account?r=ksJ7mNv9bOL
The site is fully legit. So far I've earned only 0.00035 coins but I've only been doing it for a few hours. Before this I had no coins so this is a great way to get into cryptocurrencies, trading time for coins. I joined this through another member on Steemit so it wasn't a random guy who recommended it.
If you do join up I would much appreciate it if you do it through my link here:
https://coinfaucet.io/Account?r=ksJ7mNv9bOL
Good luck with your cryptocurrency goals in 2018.