From what I understand, it's given to notable members of the old forums. Anyway, there's an ongoing debate of removing it so you can forget it. https://forums.pmmp.io/threads/reviewing-the-verified-tag.5777/
By everyone else, do you mean the few people who have been around in the community since the times of the old forums and/or have help with the development of PocketMine?
It'd be better for you to try and ask your questions more clearly. Then you could get help faster. "everyone else" applies to literally everyone else.