Bitcoin Forum

A very abrupt announcement , bitcoin.com forum apparently closes on July 23 !! The news was provided by the admin on 24 June. Till the date there is no specific reason so as why the forum is closing..

 https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoincom-forum-closes-on-july-23 (https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoincom-forum-closes-on-july-23)

Considering how popular the forum is plus it was actually started by an early adopter of Bitcoins I do think this is not a beneficial step for the community.

Roger Ver, did do a great job in the starting, promoting Bitcoins but with time he used all his time on BCH, that's his choice no offence , but he did do a lot of unreasonable things in the way of promoting the BCH . He is thought to be a part of scams and attacks that tried to make the price low to scare away the investors.

I do think now doing this he is actually trying to dump Bitcoins entirely , even though his forum provided BTC and  BCH , it still was named Bitcoin.com ! That is why people used it.. I do think he is causing more trouble for himself through this .

Then again am more than happy to see our forum being handled very well .

Bitcoins were always supposed to be something about freedom for people, these kinds of steps actually tries to make the thing more centralized , more controlled . This is a really bad mark on his already spoiled image .

What do you guys think about it ? Does it matter in your opinion ? Should we be ready for some more new members here soon ?

I think this forum is the most popular one among crypto users. I haven't actually visited their forum, so I have no idea if there are active users on their forum. If they are closing, it's only one thing - they are not doing good in sustaining its activity.

Maybe it's popular enough for people to know it exist but not enough to be actively use. I skimmed thru their boards and there relatively isn't much of a discussion there plus this stats:


Most likely, the reason why they're shutting down their forum is because they aren't gaining much from it. I don't think this will have a significant effect to the overall community, in fact, Roger Ver being the myself > everything else type of guy makes me think this is actually beneficial.

The URL isn't that unique though, can be typosquat easily.  I agree, I've heard of it about a year ago but I didn't bother myself to visit coz I know I've got enough in bitcointalk. Talking about forums, I know a lot of us visited the cryptotalk forum, do you know their pay-per-post incentive? they already get rid of that coz that only brings them a lot of spammer coming from a particular countries. I've heard they already come up to a new gimmick, instead of giving out money, they started giving tokens. Feel sorry for bitcoin.com, could've been experience a venture.

Roger Ver could just fund it, why they need to close?

At least they are not closing it abruptly. The announcement was released a month before the site will actually close.

I guess it is about time to close it down. A site bearing the name Bitcoin on its domain while attacking it and claiming that a shitcoin is actually the real and original Bitcoin is not only misleading but also destructive of the entire reputation of Bitcoin.

Though they have a domain advantage, it's really not the most popular.

Pre-BCH fiasco, I was also pretty active on that forum. And though while it's was a bit active in 2016, Bitcointalk was still getting far more traffic and activity. On the other hand, Bitcoin.com's forum activity was slowly but surely dying since 2018. Even the mods and admins were really inactive as there was so much spam posts there that aren't getting deleted immediately.

bitcoin.com might be high in search results due to its name but the site itself is nowhere near the top search results. the forum on that domain is even worse, it won't even come up in top search results.
also checking the forum itself, it seems mostly dead already which explains why it is closing down (due to lack of popularity).

also a scammer.

i don't think so. he has made a lot of empty claims and hyped himself up.
not to mention that even if he did anything for promoting bitcoin once in many years ago, from somewhere before 2017 until today he has been damaging bitcoin a lot which would negate anything he may or may not have done.

lol that's absurd :D
people like Ver never go anywhere, they know the potential that bitcoin has more than anybody else even if their mouth tells you otherwise in public.

I have never been on that forum much. I think the constant AMA option was quite good. There could be something of that sort on bitcoin.org too so core devs can answer them at their own time. The website itself with its bent towards BCH branding seems like an abomination to me. Maybe its just my bias due to the mercantile midset of its promoter. His stupidity is always on public display with his over-the -top statements about all that he has done for bitcoin. Ironically, he used this as a justification to attack bitcoin.

People like him will by their very nature find it hard to support anything that is not giving them monetary gains. The forum may have devolved into that category due to non-usage like somebody pointed out. So, off it goes to the trash can.

According to Similarweb.com,Bitcointalk.org has around 2.28 million pageviews per month,while Bitcoin.com has 3.3 million pageviews per month.You can check Similarweb.com,if you want.
I'm not sure how accurate the similarweb data is,but I was kinda surprised of the results.
Bitcoin.com seems a little bit more popular than Bitcointalk.org,but that's because of the better domain name.
Bitcoin newbies would trust a forum called Bitcoin.com more than Bitcointalk,unfortunately.
What's weird is the monthly traffic of Bitcoin.com increased from 1.9M to 3.1M views in February-March 2020.This is because of the pandemic,I guess.

I'm really not surprised that Bitcoin.com is getting far more traffic compared to Bitcointalk due to it's dominating domain authority, but take note that Bitcoin.com itself isn't shutting down, only their forum segment is getting shut down(which was pretty much dead for a while anyway). It's only going to be a very small hit to bitcoin.com as far as I know, because most people aren't going to bitcoin.com for their forum feature in the first place.

If your predictions become true (he is seeking ways to get out of bitcoin completely) this will be disastrous for bitcoin in the short and mid term.

It will be fine in the long term but the recovery might take years. If the rumors were true, this dude owns thousands of btc, then he can pump and dump again it for a long time.

I also believe that, and honestly, I never know that there is a forum named bitcoin.com, bitcointalk is the one and only bitcoin forum I have participated.
Usually forum members would like to stick to the most popular, so maybe lack of members is the reason why it's closing, maybe they lack promotion like other forums are doing.

Never heard of this forum before to be honest. Majority of the population familiar with crypto identify Bitcointalk as the most popular cryptocurrency related forum and that is a fact. If you search for Bitcoin forum on Google, Bitcointalk is the 1st result.

I am not really a fan of Roger Ver and his work though I do respect him and his work(Sometimes). He can always open another forum even if the one that you are talking about is shutting down.

If the forum is closed the opposite will happen But I don't think this forum can be closed so soon The bitcointalk forum is very popular for working on crypto Most people in the crypto world depend on forums. It is more popular than other sites If this site goes down many people will lose their source of work This is a very reliable site Bitcoin Talk is very trustworthy in terms of various activities and staying active There is no reason to be so close.

I think this forum is the most popular for anything/everything Bitcoin/Crypto. Also I see huge success rate of HQ threads and post replies here than there. I have heard a few months back they fired most of their staff and closed the bitcoin(dot)com merchandise store.

I think you're confused. We're not talking about Bitcointalk, but another forum


I think he's smart enough to sell his coins on OTC so he can get the full money. Besides, volumes are quite good so I don't think it will be that disastrous.

If he was that smart he wouldn't have gone with bcash in the first place. I'd rather expect him go with the maximum damage route this time because why not.

His kind of people usually don't go down silently.

People in Bitcoin.com usually coming here in Bitcointalk.org for some news as well so i think most of them will be coming here permanently now after the said forum closed next month.

What i am thinking is the true reason why suddenly they need to close the forum while there are many active members circling their platform up to now.

and it is alarming that a Big Bitcoin forum closing,because just like Bitcointalk.org Bitcoin.com is active for bitcoin users.

being smart is not always about being constructive and honest, sometimes it is about service self interest and in his case it has always been about making money and filling his own pocket at any cost even if it is scamming others. supporting bcash falls under the same reasoning. he would have never been able to gain control over such a large percentage of hashrate in bitcoin but he did in bcash, he would have never been able to take the control of biggest portion of bitcoin market but did in bcash, he would have never been able to pump and dump and make profit from bitcoin that he did in bcash,.... and a lot more.

Nah man, Bitcoin isn't even going to experience the slightest of damage. How can a dead forum shutting down even impact bitcoinin the first place?

1. Bitcoin.com is mostly a forum for big blockers(bitcoincash people).
2. Bitcoin.com's forum has been on a downtrend for years, and is only on it's last leg.

The site still works? many people know dont about bitcoin.com forums, the only popular forum is this one.
Poor promotion by that ver made many people buy bch and she thinks she bought bit[Suspicious link removed]gle has said responsible for that because it shows the forum as the first result when you search.
Does anyone know the reason for the closure? Some legal? Or is it a new game?

Yeah the forum was effectively dead with no discussion or new topics. Even the BCH people prefer reddit over that forum.
Bitcoin.com though is giving conflicting information about bitcoin and calling bitcoin as BTC=Bitcoin Core while Bitcoincash as bitcoin. And many new users are getting more confused on visiting the site.

Mostly I'm just hoping that many of the people who have been banned from these forums over the years (who probably only came to terms with their bitcointalk ban because they had that other forum to fall back on) don't suddenly try to sneak back in here with new aliases now that those forums are closing.

Stay vigilant on the plagiarism reporting, as I suspect they'll be back to old habits if they do try to return.

Lol if they decide to shut it down, that’s their business. I have not even used that forum for once in my life, I have only been making use of the bitcointalk.org forum ever since I got into this. So, I am not worried about the forum that is owned by Roger Ver. Any other thing that is not Bitcoin but has this name attached to it, to me that’s just a scam. The real one is simply Bitcoin and nothing else. And FYI, this news will not affect the cryptocurrency community or market in any way, it’s still going to keep growing.

Honestly, this is surprising me; how you claim it is popular? Could you link me any useful topic there? Like anything on trading tips or how to choose a perfect wallet for bitcoin or any altcoin was announced and became successful or coinmarketcap has any references to that forum for announcement of any coin/token/exchange?

Definitely it is not beneficial nor loss to this community. We have 100s of crypto forums and this must be one of them.

They didn't announce anything but just close it abruptly they might just be back with new features like what cryptotalk had been doing. I was there not long ago in the forum but I'm not registered user something lead me there upon searching something.  I woudn't be surprised if they also incentivize BCH for posting there if the forum will be back later. Forum is a good way to get more traffic to businesses. I wouldn't give it if I were on their shoe.

I checked it again I saw they will close it by July 23.

It would still be good to get their data like how Loyce collected here in bitcointalk.  Maybe for records and reference, the history of the two forums and the battle would be gone forever so it would be best if its documented and everything besides there is information of the users there and here.

It would be good if they close whole Bitcoin.com, not just forum. It's described as one of most popular crypto forums, but c'mon, look at it, it looks like ghost forum with minimal activity there. It's not popular at all, so probably there is not many reasons for Ver to keep it. They will focus on other platforms to promote BCH.
Though, Ver said that this message was posted without his consent and they aren't going to close forum. https://cointelegraph.com/news/oops-roger-ver-says-bitcoincoms-forum-closure-post-was-premature
But message is still there...

I doubt that big part of these millions visit Bitcoin.com. Most of them probably goes to News.Bitcoin.com or using their exchange or wallet. So, we shouldn't be surprised about big number of visitors on Ver website.

Wouldn't surprise me if it was yet another marketing stunt.  Anything for attention.  Whether it remains open or not, it has always been dead to me, heh.  

IT doesn't have any users (old or new) or created any quality discussions. Plus since roger ver is up to bch, then maybe a bch forum will be made from that domain. But yeah, that forum has been running til this time and have lots of history as well, maybe an archive of the whole forum will be available and saved.

I don't get this. Bitcoin.com would be shut down? In what manner? If this is what I think it is then it's a huge problem and doesn't speak well of bitcoin as a currency. People who don't believe in bitcoin would just add it to their jotter so they can always use it against bitcoiners (especially newbies)

Roger Ver probably just trying to create some buzz as I'm not sure there is a bigger attention whore in the cryptocurrency space.  Personally imo it would be a good thing, Ver after all claims to be censorship free which is complete bullshit so it's not like his sites allow for open, honest and free dialog anyhow.

if we look at the lack of popularity that this forum has in recent years and the things that its owner has done in recent years we can conclude that the best way was to close the forum. But I believe that it will not affect anything ex bitcoin jesus because he is a very well established businessman in this market and it is also to be praised that he has changed a little on his news site, I see that on news.bitcoin.com they are posting news in a neutral way (I would even say there is more news about bitcoin)


the forum is no longer popular at least from what I see

I'd never visited that site, to be honest. And it never bothered me for their closure as it never gives help to the crypto community, instead, it poisoned the mind of readers. There is no sense to continue that site and have it alive for they can't also attract the interest of the community.

No other than great over the forum we have and this is a learning tool for the crypto enthusiast to continue their journey. If those readers and followers with that site Bitcoin.com will find https://bitcointalk.org/ site, they will surely find a way to transfer without any hesitation.

Expect for new members? Not really sure of that unless they find comfortable doing this unlike they do in the other site.

In fact, news of closing the forum cannot affect the use of crypto, as many users do not like to join the bch forum, But many users prefer our great forum bitcointalk because it has the best reliable users around the world. It can also be said that Roger no longer has an effect on the digital currency as before, I think he bears a red mark on his forehead! ;D :D

Before I went here on our forum most of the time I make research is always the bitcoin.com is the highly recommended with the Google it is active on that day but nowhere is the new is already close I think they are not to hold their platform and also the domain they have which is the bitcoin.com


Bitcoin talk is one of the longest-running platforms which is still there are a lot of active users to maintain this forum and also even the moderators and admin so there is no reason if it is going like bitcoin.com lol.


If they notice that there is a forum like this, our forum is very open to the people who want to learn and also who want to contribute to our forum too which is good but still they cannot escape the world of the merit system to make a rank up.

Ever since I first got involved in crypto, the place I heard of the most was always bitcointalk. I used to come here for knowledge in the crypto space way before creating an account and eventually participating and I'm sure many others did. Like other commentors, hadn't visited that forum you describe, was it any good compared to bitcointalk?

He'll try to auction the domain in no time that's what the premonition of my crystal ball. Though he has the domain that can be easily consider the real thing that doesn't mean he has the advantage people already know that the real bitcoiners isn't on that forum, it is here.

LOL, good thing my early year I haven't been in that forum and what has been suggested in me is this forum instead. If it would affect the price that will not be on the disadvantage on the long term imo or it will never did.

It's like: "I am down, might as well drag everything down!"
You will see how selfish the guy is.

Well, we might be seeing more members here in time.
Good chance for us to enlighten them on what the truth is, using this forum.
Instead of still believing the lies that had been input in their heads.  ;D

In a manner that is not too painful. It is simply like willingly removing the life-supporting tubes attached to a person who is on a permanent comatose and is brain-dead.


Definitely not a huge problem, not even a problem at all. The contrary would be more problematic; having the site continue to operate while spreading lies. That is going to be more damaging to bitcoiners. That is going to be more dangerous to newbies.

To be honest, I have never heard of that forum before even if it's Bitcoin.com. I doubt that there's a lot of Bitcoin users there aside from BCH users. He will mostly sell this domain to the others if this close fully. But we can't be sure yet as this news came (https://cointelegraph.com/news/oops-roger-ver-says-bitcoincoms-forum-closure-post-was-prematureout) so we might expect a reversal.

I never went to other forums besides bitcointalk.org (best career here)  so I am not much obliged with what is happening there. Moreover I always think that this is the original committee of bitcoin and no other forum out there can be so lucrative before hand.


That is the difference between them and us! We always focus on the bitcoin and altcoins separately. Everything here is properly segregated thus making it more or less focused on the subject stuff. It is also observed that bitcoin supporter all the old players here so they will never make others confused.


So isn't that is more or less falsification of the community.  :P


+infinity

As far as I know, all the forum members there already have forum accounts here. So nah, I don't think we can expect new members here, I can't imagine anyone would have an account there and not here. Could be wrong, but from the few times I visited their forums, it looked like a copy of the forum here.

To be honest, I was quite surprised by the news of the closing of the Bitcoin.com forum, because besides the forum it was old.
Domain owned also better than bitcointalk. Only Roger Ver knows the real reason for closing the forum, if in my opinion it is
lacking member activities there. It should duplicate the success of the bitcointalk forum, so it doesn't close. The best way for
forums to survive, by increasing crypto projects. So like the bitcointalk member activity, forum becomes crowded.

When I was working for Bitcoin.com’s forum, I found that the left hand usually hand no idea what the right hand was doing. People made agreements and others in management would try to break them, turnover was high in the administration behind the scenes, and I would be given conflicting instructions regularly. Everyone seemed most concerned with how to get their hands on as much of Roger’s money as possible and who to blame when their actions didn’t get results. Given my experience there, I think Roger is probably wise to quit throwing his money away on whatever team was running it.

So after all it's all about the mismanagement of the administration of the forum? If I understood it correctly, Roger is incentivising the administrators in exchange for maintaining the forum, but why is it that he has no control over them albeit he is one of core member of the said forum?

My understanding is that Roger is busy traveling and building real world business relationships while the day to day oversight of things like the forum are handled by a revolving door of associates who may not share Roger’s motivation for working with the crypto community.

I feel sorry for hearing such news. It is sad, but we are too big for a single website or forum to affect us.
The forum provides information for free and helps those who want to learn or develop their skills.
opportunity for everyone to obtain the correct information without disturbing them as roger does.
bitcoin.com used to sell many BCH and people think they need to pay bitcoin with that money

Just had a look at it for the first time in a long time.

If I were Roger I would close it. It's an embarrassing ghost town and while the posts haven't degenerated into Viagra ads it's only a matter of time. He either needs to import the cryototalk zombies to pad it out or put it out of its misery. But he won't.

Make sense for shutting it down, when the leeches start draining then it is better to shut down the shit show rather than entertaining them.

Just visited the site a few times and i felt like a shit show like the rest of the similar crypto based forums and if Roger wants to end that more power to him rather than feeding the trolls.

Maybe he isnt aware that the forum he do made did really give out some negative reflection towards him  because of the people who do handle out  into that forum.It would be a great step if he would just simply close it down.

That forum was never a popular, just to fix that, Roger was trying to do everything, he was even thinking about adding signature campaigns but didn't do. He was promoting his Bitcoin Casino on bitcointalk. Even when you type something related to bitcoin in search engines, bitcointalk is the number one website that you'll see in a results.
This man decided to support Bitcoin Cash instead of BCH but the problem is his domain/website. In overall this person tries to make google appear yahoo but still use the name google and call it real yahoo.

It's ok that his forum closes, why to worry about that? And is there anything sensational about that? His forum was inactive and not as essential as bitcointalk. Same applies to cryptotalk and similar forums to my mind.

How many forums do we have that discuss related issues concerning crypto generally? This should be my first time of hearing a forum that bears bitcoin.com other than bitcointalk.org
The post title got me confused, I thought it was this our very own forum, which is highly not.
He has his intention towards the forum closure, he should do what he souls wishes. Wishing him well for his other unknown plan's

This is an entirely different forum. This forum is owned and ran by Roger Ver of bitcoin cash.  The way the forum works is very different and even though it says bitcoin in the website title, it's geared toward bitcoin cash's crytpocurrency.  He's also not shutting the entire site down.