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Hello fellow users I have registered over 6 months but I seem unable to gather merits and I don't know how and which sub-forum to get them.
Assist is needed from other senior members on the platform is needed.

Your post history is made up of bounty campaign posts other than the last 3 posts you've made. It's not a surprise that you haven't received your first merit.

Use the search button and you'll similar threads like these ones.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5216692.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5196391.0

It's pretty much obvious why, you have only 'bounty report posts'.
You can get them on any board or sub-board, except the bounties (altcoin) section, where almost all your posts are.
The assistance/answers you have above.

Quoted for reference.


You're walking on a thin line here with this merit begging.

Two of the most recent of your posts that I could view:


I'm assuming I can't see the rest of your output because it's probably a bunch of posts in Altcoin Discussion, and I'm further assuming you're a shitposting bounty hunter.  I may be right; I may be wrong, but you're probably not earning merits because your posts are being buried in mega spam threads OR they don't stand out in any way such that someone with sMerits to give would notice them and give you merits.

There's no magic to earning merits.  I would suggest not begging for them, however.  You're not going to get any that way and might get reported (though there probably wouldn't be any consequences except perhaps for post deletion).

AFAIK, no specific boards to get merits. You can get merits from any boards but I suggest you start from your local board. Why? There should be merit sources there and you can optimize your posts as it is your own language. Anyway, if you really want to earn merits, something you must improve is your quality posts or positive contribution to the forum. Or you may get merits by help others with valid or good information. Once you did it and your posts deserve merits, I am pretty sure that people will appreciate it with merits.

Visit Beginners & Help (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=39.0) and on the top right search box type in "Merit guide". You will be able to see so many threads and guides in the search results that discuss about how you can earn merit through improving your contributions in the forum.
You will also see lots of inspirational stories from different members who once had zero merits just like you right now and have ranked up to Legendary, Hero or Senior member ranks.

Almost all of his post is from bounties I never see a post with spammy links receive or earn merit.

If you actually want to earn merit there are some ways that are already posted here on the forum that you can follow.

You can check these links below and try to follow them.

- List Of How To Get Merit Guides Thread (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5189040.0)
- [SUCH GUIDE] Guaranteed method to earn many merits, statistically proven (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5126690.0)
- Guide to earning merits (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2901152.0)

Another tips keep helping other people here if they need help keep trying to help them on their own topic/thread then you will earn merit naturally.

I won't rehash other people's posts, but I will say there are threads out there why people can suggest posts should be merited.  There's even a thread started in the last couple of days that *might* give you merits if you are able to perform a simple task.

Your


appears to simply be to post a couple of times a week then suddenly rank up with a burst of posts and some merits under your belt.  I'd say you must have just realised you could rank up if only for those pesky merits.

You don't have to search for merits that will naturally find you if you are a good poster.

What you should search for is search for rules, pinned threads, helpful guides and inspirational stories.

Have you yet know where is the Search?
Do you know how to use Search effectively?

• Search tab (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=search)
• Official guides on how to Search (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=help;page=searching)
• A Complete Guideline to use forum search button properly (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5113993.20)
• [Tips] Guide for forum search (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3127909.0)
• [How-to] the Search button (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2418352.0)
• Inspirational stories from self-made promoted users (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5100307.0)

You are not a newbie but have you read the Welcome message from theymos (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5036308.0) ?

There is no specific board that you can earn just continuously making a helping and constructive post the merit will come also there is a thread recently publish he gathered where you can get a merit.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5275073.0

I’m offering newbies such as yourself merit just for showing you know how to sign a message.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5275043.0

Yes this is a problem which every newbie is going to face if they are coming to this forum only to get paid with bounty shitcoins and giving no importance of how this forum's ranking system works. Eventually you will be yearning to rank up because of the bounties and will end up in this frustrated cage in no time.

However this is no quick fix to your problem. You have to visit the different sections of the forum, read the topics and see if you can give your insight in the threads. If your posts are substantial some merit source might be kind enough to grant you some merits.

I would have loved it if there was no specific sub-forums for this, but point is that some subs are more engaged with merits sources are therefore chances of getting a merit is higher there, at the cost of the fact that majority of the threads there are going to be a tangent to your head.

I will not tell you which sub forums are these. That is your job to find out.

Well as long as you remain a bounty spammer you wont be getting any.

There's no specific subforum where you could earn merits. You could earn it on any section; you just need to make posts that people might find decent enough to actually give you a few merits here and there.

Taking a quick look at your post history, it's just that maybe.. just maybe.. actually post decent content and not just bounty posts?

So after 130 posts spamming about 1000 links to your Facebook and Twitter accounts, you thought begging Merit in 3 topics (https://archive.is/wip/6SeDJ) was going to help you?

Merit doesn't need you :P

At least this is a wake-up call for him. Hopefully we will see another user who will turn good forum member from a spammer. We have few very good example so far.

@Lordrift, hang around for the next one-month ,make no more shit post but good posts only. Reach out to me (send a PM) after one month, I will look at your post history and will give away some merits if they are merit worthy. IN?

I don't understand why it takes so long for people to realise that merit is something that you earn by contributing to the forum. It is a one way path, it doesn't come to you if all you do is to take from the forum.

And why they ask for merit instead of making some good qualitative post! Actually they want to take more advantages from this forum by gaining merits. Maybe some bounties offer higher amount for merited & upper rank user. You can see these kind of user never going to make any good contribution to this forum.

When you think about it, it makes perfect sense that members like @Lordrift sees merit that way, since all he was doing since registering on this forum was leeching from it via bounty campaigns, so naturally he sees merit system the same way.

@Lordrift To paraphrase that known quote, ask not what forum can do for you; ask what you can do for the forum, and merit will come! Might sound cheesy, but that's how it goes.

You don't search for merits, merits search you if you write good constructive posts and if you help other members in some way.
Registered in January 2020 and 99% of your posts are in some bounty campaigns.
Begging for merits and posting in bounty topics will never get you anywhere.

I think just Facebook and Twitter bounty doesn't add up much stakes so maybe even 1 merit will do so that the account can join signature campaign. If your intentions in the past was to rank up you should have the courage to know-how to get those and not just for the bounty purposes.

Think twice how others earn it by getting/reading onto replies or threads being merited by other fellow members here. It isn't automatic it's earned by your perseverance to get those and the good thing on that you'll learn as well in return.

I've always been baffled by the users who end up participating in such bounties.  Their post count shouldn't be counted at all (especially as this user is demonstrating, their posts lack merit).  Might sound harsh coming from someone participating in a Signature Campaign, but it's got to be said.

Oh yeh... then there's this:



Nice catch by @Yoshi wouldn't you say?  :D  ;D   :-*

I found some merits under my mattress, so I gave you six. This was to give you a merit count of 333.

I blame my strange behaviour on an excess of caffeine. :)

Dang.... looks like some merits found me again despite all my hiding  ;D
Strange are the ways of merits.
Thank you  ;)

You think it will stop him. The second account, which will soon be blocked. And the second will be followed by the third account, and so on.
This is the real trouble of the forum, the creation of dozens of alternative accounts for cheating in the bounty.
Reading all the previous posts, I wanted to suggest the OP to buy a copper membership. After all, his whole problem is that some bounty companies don't accept newbies. But after another discovery of YOSHIE, it turned out that this is a very old scammer who knows nothing more than reports.

Merit isn't some hidden treasure that you search for, you don't find it, it finds you. How does this happen?
It finds you when you make quality and valid contributions to the content of this forum. Six months is a lot and looking through your profile and post history, you've clearly been active but focused on bounties and I believe you've seen how far it got you (No where). It's never too late to retrace your step as your use of the forum now is clearly bad, not saying bounty is bad but then, be informative and share knowledge with the rest of the community. There are a lot of things we can learn together.
Concentrate on other boards other than bounties for now. It would help you go a long way.

I think you do need to search for merit if you make a constructive post or helpful thread for sure there is someone who will give you merit.

Merit is just a token of appreciation too that you will deserve to all of your hard work also merit is one of the good things created on our system to avoid getting spam contents came from the low-quality poster members.

If you want to earn merit mostly visit the beginner & help thread there are a lot of members giving away some merit

I think the easiest way for you to get merit is to apply to the following merit giveaway thread. Apply there and if you are lucky enough then you will get one.
1. [Merit] Hey Newbies! Can You Sign A Message? (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5275043.0)
2. Newbie - Members. Join here and take some merit (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5261560.0)
3. [Merit] Help newbies and those who have a little left to the next rank (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5275032.0)
4. Boosting Morale for newbies. Giving newbie a merit. (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5267574.0)

You can also buy Copper membership. Which is equivalent to "Member" rank.
- Newbies can now pay a small fee to enable images (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2385104.msg24371150#msg24371150)
- Units of Evil, copper membership & list of copper members (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5025522.0)

Let's turn this upside down.

Instead of asking for help and wondering how and where to get Merits, why don't you start by telling us right now why you think you deserve Merits.

I'm 100% sure you will receive Merits if you can post a decent reply to this proposition.

Okay thanks I'd do this ASAP but can you at least give me one merit as I have many interesting stuffs about that can promote bitcoin here but I can't do that without posting photos alongside

I suggest that you should answer the posts simultaneously at the same time as above into one post (archive (https://archive.vn/1lCnu#selection-5809.0-7344.11)).
If you want to display images, you can still choose the option to become a copper member (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=credit;promote) (Newbies can now pay a small fee to enable images (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2385104.0))
But if you want to get merit, try the advice given by some of the previous members.

@Timelord: I think signature campaigns in which we participate, cannot be compared in any way with this altcoin bountys.

We only take the premium campaigns, for sites with a certain reputation. There we know from the beginning, what we will get and what we will do for it...
These guys will never be choosen for such campaigns...

If a service turns out to be fraudulent, I will of course immediately distance myself from this company...
Thanks God, this has not happened to me one time until today!
Does this make us bad people?
Is an advertising company bad because it accepts an order from a company which later turns out to be fraudulent?
Exactly not, so we do nothing immoral!

With most of the altcoinbounties here in the forum, scam is already seen from beginning... that's why I don't take part in such campaigns for a long time...
I'd rather stay naked underneath!

@lordrift: With you, you only have to look into your posthistory and see your intentions here in the forum!

Gain money, for as little performance as possible...
And the people who have merits to give away, see that immediately...
If you don't really take part in various topics here in the forum, from your heart, and if you come here with an attitude to earn money, you will (hopefully) never get even 1 Merit...
Believe me, the old-established members do not need a minute to recognize the intention of a member...
Unfortunately these really good new users, who would only like to post meaningful contributions or help others here, are very rarely...

Rethink YOUR setting!   ;)

Wow!
I think I'll do just that

I don't know how to do so

You can quote several posts that you want to answer in one post; here are some tips you can learn:


Learn this too: TIPS TO AVOID PYRAMID QUOTES. (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3749076)
You can quote only part of the sentence that you need to answer.

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Look, there is a lot you can learn from this forum.
Likewise, with Merit, you can learn from the posts of other members who get Merit.

Everyone was once a newbie in the forum, and people know very well about merit and is been given based on someone quality post.
May be this account was using for bounty campaign.
And if really you are ready for bitcoin talk community
Try as possible to  follow this steps in order to accelerate.
* try to make a quality topics that will render help to the bitcointalk community.

* always make a proper research before dropping a topic.

* cross check your work before posting

* observe the system to know the board suit for you to comments perfectly.

* do not emphasised on merit or trigger to earn merit.

As you have been reading with the past comments, merit isn't worth it if you, your posts and yourself aren't worth to be merited at all. Didn't you notice that those merited posts are because they either make sense, made other users laugh with its humor or sarcasm, or the context being good. If you doesn't have such standards nor quality to be merited, then don't beg for it. Merit is implemented to stop such shitposting like you had been doing in your recent posts. Better work hard for it.

Merit is wise wouldn't you say? Merit is something that looks day other way when people cry for it, beg/plead for it. In a case of two needy, one just have an outstretched hands begging for a coin and the other playing a guitar or something entertaining for same coin, the fact/truth is that the one doing something/work will get the coin, this applies to Merit.

I get your different points and I'll try to work harder for it
Thank for your contributions and advices

Yeah you already multi-quote. However it's still a pyramid quote since you quote everything and only responds to 1 or 2 sentences. At least edit the post before you post it.

I suggest you read the unofficial forum rules and start from here instead of asking around, since the answers are available already.

I thought it was too short :-P
I wanted to give you time to get to know with the environment, learn from others and then slowly progress by your own. This will take more than one month for sure but you are always welcome to surprise me.

Good luck.

Hey OP. Just take a look at this. This is one of the proofs on what many of us want to tell you: "Don't search for merits. Merits will search you."

@notblox1 specifically said the he was hiding but merits (from Jet Cash) still found him. Point is, it's all about the content of your posts. It doesn't necessarily have to be lengthy but it has to have a quality. And just posting on bounties won't help you do that.

This forum has a lot of boards you might want to explore. And you'll be glad with what you'll find and learn — things that will contribute to your knowledge. Go and check those out, and while doing that, improve yourself. Then you won't have to search for merits again. It'll be the ones to come to you.

I'm guessing this user is yet to see this as his/her attention has previously been set on the bounty board.
 personally just to aid, I personally don't see this user as a newbie though the account carries a newbie rank.
To define newbie to me, it's just a new account instead of a numb in the forum as the title connotes to most users.
Judging by the users post and activities, he or she has been focused on trying to get rather than to give something of value to the forum. You've got to understand that, it is in giving that you get. You've just got to be informative and in turn, you get appreciations and it comes in several forms. Meriting could be that form and then, you don't get go find it. Give it a trier @ owner of OP.

Well, you’ve got one now, and only a couple of days after you’ve started to post non-bounty related posts, which is way quicker than most manage (for whatever reasons).

From here on though, you should pay attention to how you are posting. As of late, you are creating unnecessary massive text quotes, and often posting various times in a row in a short timespan on the same thread. Additionally, you tend to go for one-liners, which may be fine sometimes, but normally you need to elaborate more on the content.

I’ve seen you’re on a phone, and do not post from a laptop/computer, so quoting becomes a bit more tedious, but nevertheless you should delimit the scope of the quote to the part of the post you are responding to (or a simple snippet or <…> it it’s all the post in general), even if it is at the expense of time fidgeting with the phone.

OP already got a neutral trust yesterday for having and using multiple account in bounty. User YOSHIE (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=2363935) has detected it, reference (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2544574.msg55197553#msg55197553). His alt account (Cicil (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=2814948) have 6 activity and all post belongs to bounty section. And the OP got a merit today for this post (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5276103.msg55205433#msg55205433)
Which doesn't deserve a merit in my opinion. I think a lot of user also need to learn that where to give merits. I'm sure OP will use his Jr. Member position to take advantages in bounty.

I've already seen that message and I'm still learning how to do it but I think only users with a PC can do so

Ah, sob story.
Come on, you need assist here? It's not a basketball game, dude. /s
Btw tbh, there are many, many users trying to help newbies and even high rank members like full members, Sr members, and even hero members reach their upgraded membership level by giving them merits. But merits are not for shitposting nor are they given for the type of posts you make.

Stop begging for merits.
You must have come here when users like DdmrDdmr, LoyceV, fillippone, coolcryptovator, cryptopreneurbrainboss, nullius, and many legendary users started their journey here. They never ever begged for merits but worked really hard to earn both - merits and their reputation. You should really watch them and learn from them, see the motivational threads by LoyceV, informational threads by fillippone, helpful users like suchmoon and many others have their own ways to earn merits. Create your own way, or just start walking on the path I showed you because the fact is, I can only guide you but following my guidance and reaching your destination is up to you.

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Create a mycelium wallet in your phone and import a wallet with your private key (you need it because your private key is the only thing that lets you sign a message). Now, after creating it, tap on the wallet name and you'll see some options on top right. Tap on 3 dots upside down, you'll see "Sign Message" option there.

Remember, you will only see that message when you've imported your private key in mycelium wallet.

After three pages of posts, I think the only added value to this thread is my collection of tips to get merits. I was in your situation a couple of years ago. All I did is I rolled up my sleeves.

Ranking up is possible! 2600 Merits earned in less than 12 months!My 11 Hints! (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5098333)