Title: [Merit Source Application] bill gator Post by: bill gator on March 30, 2022, 03:35:41 PM A little over 4-years ago when the merit system was newly introduced and merit was on everyone's mind I created a thread that would help the most deserving members get their fair share. That thread can be found here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2819141.0. Pugman and I also started a Q&A game (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2968050.0) to allow informed low-ranking members an opportunity to earn some merit in a unique way.
There was also a signatureless campaign (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3784164.0) that I was a sponsor/coordinator for, which was another unique way for users to earn merit in a way that's beneficial to the forum ecosystem. The reason I'm bringing this up is because this shows you the kind of posts that have earned my merits, with explanations and public discussion surrounding them. I frequently browse a wide variety of boards: Beginners & Help, Meta, Marketplace, Services, Bitcoin Discussion, Project Development, Economics, Trading Discussion, Serious Discussion and a few others on occasion. Here are 10-posts written in the past few months that I would give more merit to, if I could.
For completeness sake, since I already have a topic where I walk through my main node's setup (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5366854.0), I am creating this separate guide for backing it up. I generally follow the official guides, with a few tweaks here and there where I think makes sense. This one here, is based on https://lightning.readthedocs.io/BACKUP.html#backup-plugin-and-remote-nfs-mount. It is worth noting that v0.10.3 will have a built-in mechanism (https://lightning.readthedocs.io/BACKUP.html#sqlite3-wallet-main-backup-and-remote-nfs-mount) for backing up your LN database locally or on a network share, however it has not yet been released and I'm not sure there even exists a release candidate right now. That's why I'd recommend continuing to use the tried and trusted backup plugin (https://github.com/lightningd/plugins/tree/master/backup) written in Python. It's worth noting depending on your hardware, it can be trivial to setup the system from the get-go to run on a RAID-0 array, which would mean a constantly up-to-date mirror of your boot drive, but this would be out of the scope of this little guide. Part 1: hsm_secret backup. The hsm_secret needs to be backed up once, e.g. on paper, best even multiple copies. Think of it as a seed word backup. It secures the on-chain balance, but we will need Part 2 to always have an up-to-date backup of our channels' states. [1] Switch to unprivileged bitcoin user and extract the hsm_secret. By using this command, it will open in the text editor and not be saved to your history for better security. It is essential to now write down the hex data on a non-digital medium and afterwards closing vim without saving the file. Do so by opening vim's command prompt (colon), followed by q!, so the whole command will look like :q!↵. [/list] Code: su - bitcoin Part 2: Automatic channel state backups [1] Move to your home directory and clone the C-Lightning plugin repo. Code: cd [2] Change into this new folder and install the required dependencies for the backup plugin. Code: cd plugins [3] Choose a location for your backup. It makes 0 sense to use a location on the same drive, so it either has to be an external drive (USB / LAN share) or a remote network share. Setting this up is again outside the scope of this guide. Let's assume the location is /mnt/share/lnbackup. [4] Stop the node and go back into bitcoin user. 0:) Code: exit [5] Initial channel state backup Code: cd ~/plugins You shall get a result such as: Code: Found an existing database at /home/bitcoin/.lightning/bitcoin/lightningd.sqlite3, initializing the backup with a snapshot [6] Add plugin to lightningd.conf config file. Code: nano /home/bitcoin/.lightning/bitcoin/lightningd.conf Simply add a new line with: Code: important-plugin=/home/bitcoin/plugins/backup/backup.py [7] Now we can start up C-Lightning again! Code: exit [8] If you get no errors starting up the service or anything, you're good! For good measure, you could send yourself some sats from a mobile wallet, restart the service with sudo service lightningd restart and see if it's all fine.
Due to many accusations related to exchanges comes up, I decided to continue the previous work (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5168200.0) from @Raja_MBZ and he allowed me as discussed in PM. I will keep updating each month(s) or per quarter depends on my busyness and also I will keep constantly bumping this thread as long as I can. With this thread I hope anyone will know how many accusations with the exchanges and how safe to use it, feel free to share this thread if you see someone asking about reputations of an exchanges. 4. Compilation of all "Scam Accusations" threads related to exchanges V.2
Note: An accusation is not a major one if either it belongs to someone having less than 5 merits or it's not a part of personal funds at the exchange. Moreover, if there's any merit to any of the accusations, it'll be considered as major. So if you feel that you're seeing an accusation which is not being considered as major, just give that accusation a merit and it'll be counted as major. Everyone tells you to stop spamming but no one tells you how to stop spamming. So some tips, 1) Post quota The moment you lock yourself to some limit that I got to make this much posts you lose the creativity. You concentrate more on how many words/characters you wrote, and/or on using filler words than actually trying to be helpful to somebody. 2) Read the title, is it interesting to you? Don't open random topics for sake of fullfilling quota. When you find interesting post, the comment will automatically flow through you. Where to find interesting topics? Subscribe to boards you may be interested in. If you are not comfortable in English, there are local boards. 3) Look at number of pages on post Specially in Altcoin/Bitcoin/Gambling discussions, if you see several pages, then it's likely that op is not looking for your input anymore and you will just be participating in spam fest. It's advisable to reply only to topics which are on first 3 pages. Also, read previous replies, so you don't repeat what has already been said. 4) Proper quote reply Only quote the part you are replying to. It looks much cleaner and is pleasurable to read for viewer. When you look at reputable people of the forum you would see they always quote relevant part then reply. 5) Formatting Don't make mush of sentences, use common grammar practices such as fullstop, comma, dashes - format words wherever necessary, if url is too big then use url (https://www.bbcode.org/examples/?id=9) tag, unsure about spelling? Search up on Internet, etc. 6) Quick re-read Before submitting a post, does it look like post would be useful to yourself if you were in place of reader? 5. Disclaimer: I own some bitcoin and this is not investment advice. Source: https://omid-malekan.medium.com/it-is-time-to-own-bitcoin-909b683dff51 information provided below is a summary of that article and may be slightly different from the author's point of view. Please refer to the source. Sure, the crisis in Ukraine made things worse, but consumer prices in the US and around the world were already rising before the invasion. This inflation, like most inflation, is primarily a monetary phenomenon, and those who blame it for problems such as supply chain disruptions are only telling half the story. Case in point: 2021, the year that ended 40 years of high inflation, also saw record global trade, with 13% more goods delivered via global supply chains than before the pandemic. Bitcoin is attractive at this time because it is the first currency in history whose supply is controlled by a decentralized protocol, and thus, its core inflation has been fixed. This is a stark contrast to all the other coins out there, where central bankers in day trading are printing money with less deliberation than a group of friends who decide to have dinner. Bitcoin's inflation hedge isn't just about the direction of interest rate movement, it's about the race between rising prices and (exacerbating) inflation. For example, if the Fed raises short-term interest rates from 0 to 2%, but inflation peaks at 10%, then dollar savers are still losing significant purchasing power. So the question we have to ask is whether central banks around the world have the resources to raise interest rates enough to tame inflation, especially now that it has been rising faster because of the war. https://miro.medium.com/max/1336/1*c0zsYJqtbooAoSnuIFsTaw.png Source: https://www.ft.com/content/c99e31e5-cb71-4fb7-9759-8bec058ed2c6 (https://www.ft.com/content/c99e31e5-cb71-4fb7-9759-8bec058ed2c6) Resisting Bitcoin Censorship and Apolitical Structure in a Time of Fragmented Global Monetary System. The economic response to Russia's vicious invasion of Ukraine - regardless of its merit - represents a fundamental change in how countries interact with one another. It calls into question the dollar's standing as a reserve currency, a trend that began slowly unfolding decades ago but is now accelerating. The unprecedented freezing of Russia's foreign exchange reserves is something that will stop every other country that has large dollar reserves but pursues policies opposite to American ideals, such as Saudi Arabia and China. What they need is something neutral like gold that can be converted as easily as dollars but without having to rely on a politicized banking system. Now there is a blockchain for that. Bitcoin's apolitical structure and resistance to censorship, whereby no one can block access to anyone, makes it a potential candidate. I say potential because there are many unknowns about how to use it as a reserve currency and international trade https://miro.medium.com/max/1400/1*ERW-_H0LIBISNZPA0JTtGw.png Source: https://www.blockchain.com/charts/hash-rate (https://www.blockchain.com/charts/hash-rate) After several years, we can see a situation where many central banks hold a small portion of their BTC reserves, partly to benefit from its rise against inflationary currencies like the dollar and the euro, and mostly so that they can make payments regardless of the geopolitical situation. If this fact materializes, we will see countries, good and bad, adopt bitcoin - as is the case with the dollar today. https://miro.medium.com/max/1400/1*OupgujRp-hrQRNEDE6VpYA.png Source: https://blog.chainalysis.com/reports/2021-global-crypto-adoption-index/ (https://blog.chainalysis.com/reports/2021-global-crypto-adoption-index/) Owning Bitcoin is not only a sound investment strategy but also a way to perpetuate something positive: funds designed to benefit the user, not the source. The author of the article presented the arguments represented by the inflation crisis, the freezing of funds and assets, the decentralization of Bitcoin and the need of many countries for Bitcoin as part of their reserves. If countries put less than 1% of that money into Bitcoin, we could see global adoption. 6. Table of contents 7. 1. What is Network Effect? (#post_point1) 2. Does the network effect really have an economic value? (#post_point2) 3. Types of network effects (#post_point3) 4. Network effect examples (#post_point4) 5. Network effect and Bitcoin (#post_point4) Have you ever wondered what would happen if people stopped using Bitcoin? Certainly, its value will decrease and may reach zero, since it is no longer used by many people. Sure, other factors come into play, but since there are so few users, it has little value as a service. What is Network Effect? Network effect is an economic effect whereby new users add value to the network by entering the network. This in turn motivates new users to join the network, add more value to it, etc. Network effects are important to consider when it comes to cryptocurrencies. Money and blockchains ultimately organize people, so the more people use the network, the more benefit it can provide as a service and therefore when you find networks that not many people use it is better to avoid investing in them. Does the network effect really have an economic value? The phone is the quintessential example of the network effect. In the early days, very few people had phones in their homes. Furthermore, their homes must be physically connected to each other to use the network. As technology matured, more and more people could purchase a telephone, which in turn increased the value of the entire telephone network. As the number of users increases, so does the value and usefulness of the entire network. As more people join, more value is added to the entire network. Increased use has led to exponential growth. Types of network effects In general we can consider that there are two main types of network effects - direct and indirect network effects.
The increased use of software will prompt more skilled developers to proofread the code since there is a lot of value at stake (including their own). This added value comes from having so much value in the network in the first place. This effect begins to multiply, and we reach dominant leaders who are building significant network effects over their competitors. Network effect examples Network effects can have an impact on a number of different product categories. One such obvious medium is social media, where users tend to join services used by their pre-existing social networks. The same applies to Ebay and Amazon with online sales, Google with Internet search, AirBNB with online leasing, Microsoft in enterprise operating systems, and Apple with iPhone. Network effect and Bitcoin Bitcoin has some highly desirable characteristics, as well as a strong network effect. Miners support network security and have a large liquidity to maintain their operations. But let's say another network is launched that aims to serve a similar use case for Bitcoin. Miners may get higher rewards but will not have the same liquidity to exit their positions. They can take risks and hope that the liquidity will improve in the future. At the current stage, the influence of the network has a major role in the growth of some cryptocurrencies and an insane increase in their price in a short period. Sources Code: https://academy.binance.com/en/articles/what-is-a-network-effect Table of contents 1. What is Cryptocurrency Spoofing ? (#post_point1) 2. What is its impact on the market and price? (#post_point2) 3. When is Spoofing effective? And when is it not? (#post_point3) 4. Is spoofing illegal? (#post_point4) Have you wondered how whales deal in the markets and those crazy influences and powers they have? Below we will explain to you one of the cheating methods. Warning: Spoofing is an illegal strategy in equity exchanges. When you buy or sell a cryptocurrency, it has some hallmarks of trading official currencies, such as the Euro, U.S. Dollar, and Japanese Yen. What is Crypto Spoofing? Crypto Spoofing is one way to manipulate the market by placing fake orders to buy or sell assets, those orders are usually used by trading bots or algorithms to place buy or sell orders automatically. When the orders are close to being fulfilled, the bots cancel the orders. The main idea is to try to create a false impression of more and more people buying and therefore a false impression that there is a demand for the currency, which means that the price will go up and will continue to rise. Then, when the market approaches the level, they withdraw the orders, the price continues to go down and with it all the money Investors who entered the market from this base. What is its impact on the market and price? The reaction is often straightforward because there is no great way to tell if it is real or fake orders especially if it is accompanied by some of the patterns that traders are looking for such as when significant resistance are broken. lets take our current Bitcoin price we have a strong resistance level at 50k. It is where we might expect sellers to bid for the sale of their property. If the price is rejected at a resistance level, it can drop sharply. Which is the ideal point and therefore when buyers see huge sell orders above this important technical level, they may be less encouraged to buy aggressively at this level. When is Spoofing effective? And when is it not? It can be effective between different markets which are all related to the same underlying instrument. Large fake orders in the derivatives market may affect the spot market for the same asset and vice versa. It can be less effective when there is a higher probability of unexpected market movements. For example, in the previous example, if a strong spike occurs and the fear of missing out (FOMO) among retail traders suddenly leads to massive volatility, fake orders can quickly fill up in a matter of seconds. But they all depend on the specific market environment and many other factors that are mainly linked to the platform, so using unknown platforms with low trading volumes will increase your deception in this way. Is spoofing illegal? Spoofing is illegal in the United States. The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is responsible for overseeing spoofing activities in the stock and commodities markets. In the U.S., spoofing is illegal under the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010 Section 747. The section says that CFTC can regulate an entity that Quote demonstrates intentional or reckless disregard for the orderly execution of transactions during the closing period; or is, is of the character of, or is commonly known to the trade as, ‘spoofing’ (bidding or offering with the intent to cancel the bid or offer before execution). Read more: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2010/11/02/2010-27547/antidisruptive-practices-authority-contained-in-the-dodd-frank-wall-street-reform-and-consumer Sources Code: https://cleartax.in/g/terms/spoofing 8. Table of contents 1. Introduction (#post_point1) 2. How to spot Digital goods scammers (#post_point2) 3. How to avoid scammers? (#post_point3) Introduction Scam occurs daily because new members think that all high rank accounts are trusted. The forum provides a set of warnings, most of them help you to avoid well known scammers and not how to avoid/detect it. This guide will enable you to learn how to spot Digital goods scammers. It's not free, the price is 1 Sat, order now. :P :P :P How to spot Digital goods scammers Gift card sellers using unknown Auto-buy links: Never buy using these links, as they do not contain any escrow conditions or a refund policy, in short, they deliver the money to the seller without any conditions. sellers with auto buy links are scammers until proven otherwise. Auto buy links include:
locked or self moderated topics If there is no reason to lock the topic (such as the end of the product) this is a strong indication of scam. If the topic contains autobuy selling links and locked topics/self moderated, scam is proven. Exaggerated cuts/ TOO good to be true: They want to make buyers crave a quick profit from buying cards at 1% of their price, or 10%. Incredible cuts like this. Never deal with anyone before checking his trust page: Sign in or create account to check trust page and read all Trusted and Untrusted feedbacks. Do not download any unknown app/file/Doc scammers give you free software with back doors to steal in the future. New accounts/ Changed password/ wake up: If the user selling something of high value and the account is new/Changed password/email has been changed, make sure it is a scam. ask him for old signed message will not protect you. Ignores escrow They reject any request to use escrow either by ignoring it or claiming to be reliable sellers. If the seller refuses to use escrow, he is a scammer. Asks for half/full payment first No one asks you to pay first, unless it is trusted. If he refuses to accept escrow, then he does not trusted do not pay him. How to avoid scammers Always use Escrow
Deal using Bitcointalk site Avoid send payments to Telegram, skype, email accounts. ask them to use Bitcointalk PM service. Report any suspects using Scam Report Format (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=260073.0). 9. Table of contents ... 10. "Quid pro quo" What is the goal? Empyria is a red-hat-style BTC ethical hacking team. We find pleasure in using aggressive state-of-the-art cracking techniques. To purify our toolkit, we systematically publish our legacy methods. Over time, this purification will immunize cryptocurrency communities, and promote the underlying forum in search engines. Basic terms: The exploit is the code that contains your will. The API (Application Programming Interface) is the door your exploit enters a financial application. Cracking exchanges involve one or more of these exploits and send them to APIs. Exploits have two major categories per API: CeFi and DeFi. CeFi (Centralized Finances) Exploits Centralized Finances are financial applications where the owners are definite companies or individuals. We consider these apps centralized. We can steal all money from the system if we compromise the owner (=center). One of Bitcoin's main goals is to absorb this weakness. Below you find our public CeFi exploits: - Low Liquidity Elevation of Privilege (LLEP) - API Cracking on Binance https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5383676.0 https://i.ibb.co/pKvKLYX/depth2.png DeFi (Decentralized Finances) Exploits Bitcoin distributed the ownership of finances. Anyone can become a BTC owner, and every BTC owner is equal. There is no central owner we can hack. So, we consider these applications decentralized. DeFi exploits usually target "hubs and Joes." Hubs are platforms (exchanges, games, wallets, marketplaces, chat rooms, and so on.) where DeFi users meet. "Joes" are your average "DeFi" users who bought crypto and skipped their security classes. Needless to say, "hubs" are often developed by "Joes." Below you find our public DeFi exploits. - Liquidity Pool Block Exploit https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5380640.msg59011949#msg59011949 - Transfer Block Exploit https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5380640.msg58947334#msg58947334 "Loyalty is value." [TUTORIAL] How to steal(back) $350 000? 👾 Smart Contract Malware Analysis ~ Crack/Disassemble/Debug/Reverse Engineer Smart Contract Malwares ~ Have you lost your belief in crypto? ... Quotes shortened: The message exceeds the maximum allowed length (64000 characters). Feel free to post feedback below whether it be in support, opposition or just to let me know that something is missing from my application. Title: Re: [Merit Source Application] bill gator Post by: Excimer on March 30, 2022, 03:47:27 PM I have not seen a single bad word from you, so I vote for you
Title: Re: [Merit Source Application] bill gator Post by: BlackHatCoiner on March 30, 2022, 04:33:53 PM We could have a better picture of what you evaluate if you didn't just select topics, solely. For example, in topic=5386927 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5386927.msg59334188#msg59334188) there have been more merit-worthy posts than the OP, as far as I can judge.
Your choices aren't bad (although I disagree with Husires being selected 6 times), but neither good as a whole. I have not seen a single bad word from you, so I vote for you This is not how you vote people - in general.Title: Re: [Merit Source Application] bill gator Post by: Excimer on March 30, 2022, 04:39:24 PM This is not how you vote people - in general. Don't teach me how to make decisionsI SAID. Bill Gator is good guy. And I am support this "Merit Source Application (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5392202.msg59696313#msg59696313)" because he is not troll like naim027 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1187984) Title: Re: [Merit Source Application] bill gator Post by: bill gator on March 30, 2022, 04:46:38 PM We could have a better picture of what you evaluate if ... If you'd like a better picture of my merit evaluation, I have included a few topics that have a lot of examples and discussion for exactly that. I generally seek to merit posts that are helpful/informative or contribute something and are under merited. For convenience, here is a list of posts that were presented to me for review before they had any merit and I decided they were deserving of some - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1610428.0 +1 bL4nkcode (Hero Member) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2165225.20 +1 legendster (Hero Member) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2727673.msg27916515#msg27916515 +1 0t3p0t (Sr. Member) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2811123.msg28760615#msg28760615 +1 Greenkarki (Member) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2824944.msg28938566#msg28938566 +1 Tubsie (Jr. Member) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2827486.msg28973074#msg28973074 +1 aoihs00 (Sr. Member) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2818350.msg28954896#msg28954896 +1 purenarcotic (Member) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2637321.msg26842701#msg26842701 +1 purenarcotic (Member) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2761821.msg28213106#msg28213106 +1 purenarcotic (Member) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2490505.msg27414878#msg27414878 +1 purenarcotic (Member) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2823789.msg28928353#msg28928353 +1 Minnie1928 (Jr. Member) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2827385.msg28971105#msg28971105 +1 krishnaverma (Member) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2298262.msg26598119#msg26598119 +1 Heyyyrenz (Sr. Member) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2661881.msg29042231#msg29042231 +1 Heyyyrenz (Sr. Member) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2509409.msg28277898#msg28277898 +1 mithrim (Full Member) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2395393.msg24498455#msg24498455 +1 mithrim (Full Member) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2818350.msg28857493#msg28857493 +1 yojodojo21 (Full Member) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2838328.msg29113042#msg29113042 +1 Canis Majoris (Jr. Member) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2301439.msg23347376#msg23347376 +1 khufuking (Sr. Member) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2833136.msg29046618#msg29046618 +1 Minnie 1928 (Jr. Member) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2831500.msg29028319#msg29028319 +1 Minnie 1928 (Jr. Member) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2661560.msg27552778#msg27552778 +1 Wolfman15 (Jr. Member) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2808514.msg28741220#msg28741220 +1 Heisenberg_Hunter (Newbie) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2274780.msg28221621#msg28221621 +1 Coins4Days (Member) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2843383.msg29166442#msg29166442 +1 reck1ess (Member) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2838528.msg29119051#msg29119051 +1 WiPro (Hero Member) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2838308.msg29117693#msg29117693 +1 WiPro (Hero Member) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2845776.msg29194693#msg29194693 +1 kryptorian (Jr. Member) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2534500.0 +1 iasenko (Member) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2838058.msg29239681#msg29239681 +1 Canis Majoris (Jr. Member) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2772153.msg29364337#msg29364337 +1 Canis Majoris (Jr. Member) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2850347.msg29372033#msg29372033 +1 Canis Majoris (Jr. Member) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2822349.msg29032142#msg29032142 +1 Alone055 (Newbie) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2847792.msg29212397#msg29212397 +1 supermine (Hero Member) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2856388.msg29315091#msg29315091 +1 supermine (Hero Member) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2827853.msg28982933#msg28982933 +1 supermine (Hero Member) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2690981.msg27494714#msg27494714 +1 Pan Troglodytes (Member) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2791245.msg29347865#msg29347865 +1 walterw (Sr. Member) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2858585.msg29357320#msg29357320 +1 siddartha1492 (Sr. Member) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2833111.msg29120096#msg29120096 +1 siddartha1492 (Sr. Member) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2860261.msg29353838#msg29353838 +1 junoreactor (Full Member) Stats from this thread (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2819141.0) - Total Posts Reviewed: 461 Total Posts Merited: 59 Total sMerit Given: 59 Total Users Merited: 34 Granted, these were all evaluated years ago and we have all grown and matured in our usage of the merit system. there have been more merit-worthy posts than the OP I agree with you that there are posts in that thread that are more deserving of merit, but those posts (like Welsh's) have already received an abundance of merit. I am interested in awarding merit to posts that I believe to be woefully under merited; a post with 0 merit that deserves 1 merit is endlessly more under merited than a post with 10 that deserves 15, but maybe that is a perspective born out of merit-scarcity. I disagree with Husires being selected 6 times I was not aware that I had done that, to be honest - I was mostly concerned about the quality of the post and how under merited I deemed it to be when finalizing my list. Husires is a good contributing member of our forum, from what I can tell, and is likely on the fast-track to ranking up to Legendary. Title: Re: [Merit Source Application] bill gator Post by: BlackHatCoiner on March 30, 2022, 05:02:48 PM I agree with you that there are posts in that thread that are more deserving of merit, but those posts (like Welsh's) have already received an abundance of merit. I am interested in awarding merit to posts that I believe to be woefully under merited; Sure, that's what you should have done either way, but I'd prefer including 1-2 if they were objectively better than one that just wasn't merited as much as it should. It's not only Welsh's by the way. Husires is a good contributing member of our forum, from what I can tell, and is likely on the fast-track to ranking up to Legendary. I don't want to be misunderstood; Husires isn't a spammer nor a merit beggar. They're somewhat established and do contribute to the forum. All I'm saying is that if I had to pick 10 posts that deserve merit and have none, I wouldn't have picked more than one of Husires'. In mid-2021, theymos added lots of merit sources, so I doubt you'll get the required attention. Title: Re: [Merit Source Application] bill gator Post by: bill gator on March 30, 2022, 05:11:35 PM I'd prefer including 1-2 if they were objectively better than one that just wasn't merited as much as it should. That's going to be a difference that we have, but I respect your opinion and appreciate you for sharing it. I'm saying is that if I had to pick 10 posts that deserve merit and have none, I wouldn't have picked more than one of Husires'. You're right about that. Hopefully that doesn't work against me too badly. I sincerely didn't realize I had chosen multiple posts from a single user, but I should have been more diligent about it. In mid-2021, theymos added lots of merit sources, so I doubt you'll get the required attention. It's not going to devastate me if I'm unable to become a merit source, but I do appreciate you giving me the heads up about that so I can be prepared if I'm ignored. Title: Re: [Merit Source Application] bill gator Post by: BitcoinGirl.Club on March 30, 2022, 07:18:43 PM Welcome back!
I think theymos wants to quote the posts you collect for your source application. I could be wrong. If I am not wrong then it's been a long time theymos did not make any new merit source. You would be a good one. Hope the man agree with me too. Good luck brother. Title: Re: [Merit Source Application] bill gator Post by: The Sceptical Chymist on March 30, 2022, 08:27:57 PM It's not going to devastate me if I'm unable to become a merit source, but I do appreciate you giving me the heads up about that so I can be prepared if I'm ignored. That's good to hear, because I'm not sure Theymos has any plans to add more merit sources anytime soon. It'd be nice to know when the last time he accepted an application was, aside from what BlackHatCoiner mentioned (and if anyone knows, please share that info).I've been friendly with you for quite a while, and I have no doubt that you can tell good posts from the typical shitpost written by someone posting for their bounty or whatever. The only question I have is whether you plan on sticking around and being active enough to be an effective merit source. You were gone for quite a while if I'm not mistaken. I have not seen a single bad word from you, so I vote for you Eh? Not sure what that has to do with someone's ability to discern post quality, but whatever. You've got my support, Mr. gator.Title: Re: [Merit Source Application] bill gator Post by: bill gator on March 30, 2022, 08:42:06 PM I'm not sure Theymos has any plans to add more merit sources anytime soon. Theymos works in mysterious ways and he has surprised me in the past, so I'm hopeful. It'd be nice to know when the last time he accepted an application was Something tells me a wild LoyceV might appear with that information, maybe if we say his name three times he'll appear. The only question I have is whether you plan on sticking around and being active enough to be an effective merit source. You were gone for quite a while if I'm not mistaken. This is a valid concern, but if it's any consolation I don't plan on going anywhere. My time away his given me time to reflect and grow as a person, and returning isn't something that I'm doing flippantly or with a short-term goal; I genuinely enjoy spending time on the forum and discussing things that I'm passionate about with (somewhat) like-minded people. Taking a sabbatical from the forum was a special circumstance that will not be replicated. You've got my support, Mr. gator. Welcome back! If I am not wrong then it's been a long time theymos did not make any new merit source. You would be a good one. I appreciate the support from everyone that has expressed it, that means a lot. Title: Re: [Merit Source Application] bill gator Post by: Rikafip on March 30, 2022, 08:55:56 PM I think theymos wants to quote the posts you collect for your source application. I could be wrong. Even though majority do quote posts, that's not mandatory as several members just shared links in their applications like @bill gator did and they were latter approved so all good there. It'd be nice to know when the last time he accepted an application was, aside from what BlackHatCoiner mentioned (and if anyone knows, please share that info). If I recall correctly it was at the beginning of July 2021, like July 5th or 6th so its been a while. And some of them not even applied for the merit source role but were instead just added.From what I noticed, theymos usually approves merit source applications in batches and after merit shared drops significantly so good luck @bill gator and arm yourself with patience as it might take some time. Title: Re: [Merit Source Application] bill gator Post by: Shamm on March 30, 2022, 10:08:29 PM <....> OP I Think you will wait some days, weeks, months or a year for this application has been handle by theymos. as we all know here many application of merit source last year but did not accepted or rejected by admins. But for now we will wait for the judge if they will accept.Good luck to your application OP keep up the good work. Title: Re: [Merit Source Application] bill gator Post by: Agbe on March 30, 2022, 10:52:00 PM
Feel free to post feedback below whether it be in support, opposition or just to let me know that something is missing from my application. Well, you have done well. This is a good approach. When I crossed checked the links, they are well articulated and structured. They are well riched to be merited. Other merit source should also imitate you in another approach to merit active users in the forum. But my concern is the specification of thread, it would been general so that newbies, Jr members, Members, full members and Hero members and others would have benefited. But that is not withstanding to your decision to merit the listed threads. As for me the application is very good. But I don't think we are the final say on this issue. The admin will give his final judgement but before then, we have given our public opinion. You are good to go with the application. Title: Re: [Merit Source Application] bill gator Post by: bill gator on March 31, 2022, 11:49:33 AM And some of them not even applied for the merit source role but were instead just added. Do you remember who was added without applying? I wonder what the circumstances would be for something like that to occur. good luck @bill gator and brace yourself with patience as it might take some time. I Think you will wait some days, weeks, months or a year Good luck to your application OP keep up the good work. As I mentioned previously, I am in no rush for a decision and I won't be offended if I get ignored or denied entirely. It's comforting that so many of you are willing to help me gauge my expectations an timeline. Well, you have done well. This is a good approach. When I crossed checked the links, they are well articulated and structured. They are well riched to be merited. Other merit source should also imitate you in another approach to merit active users in the forum. I appreciate the support, thank you. Title: Re: [Merit Source Application] bill gator Post by: ABCbits on March 31, 2022, 11:57:11 AM Looking at theymos post[1], there are few posts you chosen older than 2 months and you didn't quote any of selected posts. While i know there are some users who ignore that and become merit source, you might want to make some change.
The posts you chosen are good, although there's small concern you chose post which aimed to promote certain company[2]. I don't know how accurate the analysis of smart contract, but it contains some technical inaccuracy such as "decrypt YOUR blockchain activities". In fact, most cryptocurrency doesn't use encryption, but cryptography signature and hash. I'm saying is that if I had to pick 10 posts that deserve merit and have none, I wouldn't have picked more than one of Husires'. You're right about that. Hopefully that doesn't work against me too badly.Before someone falsely accuse you, you might want to read this thread, https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5390179.0 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5390179.0). Take note i only mention existence of that thread. [1] https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2818350.msg28856522#msg28856522 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2818350.msg28856522#msg28856522) [2] https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5380640 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5380640) Title: Re: [Merit Source Application] bill gator Post by: bill gator on March 31, 2022, 12:10:36 PM Looking at theymos post[1], there are few posts you chosen older than 2 months Originally I had thought theymos' post said "within the last few months", but now that I'm rereading it I can see it says "within the last couple months". I was willing to look at threads up to 3 months old, but that may be a mistake. and you didn't quote any of selected posts. While i know there are some users who ignore that and become merit source, you might want to make some change. Many people have mentioned this and now that I'm rereading theymos' post it does seem to be a requirement that is mentioned - I will update my post to reflect this. The posts you chosen are good, although there's small concern you chose post which aimed to promote certain company[2]. I don't know how accurate the analysis of smart contract, but it contains some technical inaccuracy such as "decrypt YOUR blockchain activities". In fact, most cryptocurrency doesn't use encryption, but cryptography signature and hash. I'll admit I'm rusty, because you make a good point, or a couple, that I've overlooked. Before someone falsely accuse you, you might want to read this thread, https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5390179.0 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5390179.0). Take note i only mention existence of that thread. I was completely unaware of this thread's existence, I should have noticed that so many of my selected posts were from a single user and avoided that. You bring up some valid points that are going to require me to go back to the drawing board and improve my strategy. Title: Re: [Merit Source Application] bill gator Post by: Stalker22 on March 31, 2022, 01:13:58 PM And some of them not even applied for the merit source role but were instead just added. Do you remember who was added without applying? I wonder what the circumstances would be for something like that to occur. There was a recent update of the merit sources list in July of last year. Wishes have been granted. Merit Source allowance has been increased (a fair share in some cases, and the total toll is up to: Quote There are 111 merit sources with a total merit generation of up to 34139 sMerit per 30 days https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=merit;stats=sourcesI do not know what the circumstances were at the time, but several new merit sources were added without them making an application. For example, LeGaulois: I didn't ask for it but I was offered a slot as a Merit source. Thanks, @Theymos Title: Re: [Merit Source Application] bill gator Post by: bill gator on March 31, 2022, 03:49:15 PM I was unable to add the entirety of all 10 of my selected posts as quotes in my original post, but they're all there and properly linked; I was forced to learn a new skill: quoting posts from locked topics.
The following error occurred, which is why some were shortened: The message exceeds the maximum allowed length (64000 characters). I will do some more research on the Husires thread and consider modifying a couple of my selected posts - good thing there's no rush, because this gives me the time to take into account what is being shared with me. Title: Re: [Merit Source Application] bill gator Post by: The Sceptical Chymist on March 31, 2022, 04:01:38 PM Theymos works in mysterious ways and he has surprised me in the past, so I'm hopeful. Indeed he does; the changes/additions he makes to the forum often appear to be out of the blue to those who aren't in his inner circle (and I'm not even sure he has one of those). Back in 2019 he made merit sources out of a bunch of members who hadn't even applied, me included--and though I'd said in posts prior to that that I didn't want to be a source, I'm glad he tapped me to be one. The merit system has turned out to be extremely important as a spam-neutering tool as well as a deterrent to account farming. And since its inception, I've certainly calmed down a lot.Taking a sabbatical from the forum was a special circumstance that will not be replicated. And that was my one and only concern. Also, in your defense the fact that you didn't abandon the forum altogether says something about what it means to you--and I know it does, because you've told me as much before. I'm wondering about the status and number of current merit sources. I can't help but think that some may have gone inactive since Theymos added the last batch. On the other hand, I haven't been seeing many threads in Meta complaining about not earning enough merits, so maybe the system is functioning fine. Title: Re: [Merit Source Application] bill gator Post by: Doan9269 on March 31, 2022, 05:46:30 PM I really appreciate your courage in putting forward this application for merit source and I've seen alot of effort you've put on together to help merit deserving posts. I also appreciate your years of experience being on the forum since 2014 till date despite your absence for some time but still committed to make impact to influence the forum till date. Sorry am of little experience once it comes to the forum affairs in general as am barely a year on bitcointalk. I will like to personally ask few questions that relate to your application for merit source.
1. What is your personal conviction that prompted your application for a merit source? 2. If your application is considered, what plan do you have in place towards an effective use of this opportunity? Thank you. I wish you good luck in your application. Title: Re: [Merit Source Application] bill gator Post by: Stalker22 on March 31, 2022, 05:50:43 PM I was forced to learn a new skill: quoting posts from locked topics. There is a BPIP Extension that can help you with that; you don't have to learn a new skill. ;) ~ https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5224821.0Allow quoting posts from locked threads into clipboard. (on) Allow quoting trust ratings into clipboard. (on) Title: Re: [Merit Source Application] bill gator Post by: bill gator on April 01, 2022, 07:48:57 PM Back in 2019 he made merit sources out of a bunch of members who hadn't even applied, me included Just out of curiosity, did you just log in one day and notice that you were a merit source or was there some level of communication about it beforehand? Also, in your defense the fact that you didn't abandon the forum altogether says something about what it means to you I don't spend my time doing anything that I don't want to be doing; Spending time on this forum again is an active decision I made, because I missed that part of my life and I've grown enough as a person that I believe I can avoid the same pitfalls. Leaving the forum permanently was never my intention, but there was some lessons to learn and some life to live outside of the forum before I could feel confident in my ability to be a contributing member. I've seen alot of effort you've put on together to help merit deserving posts. I also appreciate your years of experience being on the forum since 2014 till date despite your absence Thank you for your recognition and support. 1. What is your personal conviction that prompted your application for a merit source? I'm applying to become a merit source because meriting quality posts is something that has always been rewarding to me. That's why pugman and I started a Q&A thread/games to reward knowledgeable low-ranking members with merit that they deserve. This is the same reason I sponsored the "Signatureless Campaign", to help prevent spam and give incentive for users to contribute high-quality posts without a typical signature campaign and it is also why I gave out merit to dozens of threads in my "sMerit review" thread. I have been dedicated since the inception of merit to dishing it out to those that deserve it. 2. If your application is considered, what plan do you have in place towards an effective use of this opportunity? There are plenty of creative ways to dish out merit, and I'm sure those will come into play - but I believe my most typical use for merit would be simply dishing it out to under merited posts during my normal usage of the forum. I may come up with some interesting games or productive ways to reward deserving users, but right now whenever I come across a thread/post that is deserving of merit I have none to give and I simply keep browsing. That situation happens regularly and it's coming at a cost to contributing members. Title: Re: [Merit Source Application] bill gator Post by: Daniel91 on April 03, 2022, 11:58:11 AM bill gator, I really appreciate and respect your contribution to this forum.
Because of members like you this forum gets on its value and quality. Therefore, I fully support your merit source application. Obviously you have great support from the forum community as well and now it all depends on theymos. It seems to me that he recently promoted a new merit sources, which means you will probably have to wait until theymos decide to promote a new merit sources on this forum. I’m sure it’s only a matter of time. Good luck! :D Title: Re: [Merit Source Application] bill gator Post by: Coyster on April 03, 2022, 06:20:36 PM Back in 2019 he made merit sources out of a bunch of members who hadn't even applied, me included Just out of curiosity, did you just log in one day and notice that you were a merit source or was there some level of communication about it beforehand?Leaving the forum permanently was never my intention, but there was some lessons to learn and some life to live outside of the forum before I could feel confident in my ability to be a contributing member. Happy you are back, and not planning to leave the forum for good, of course we can have a lot going on in real life to make us inactive for a while, i can only hope for quality users who have left the forum for such reasons, that they get to solve their problems and come back to the community and start contributing again, exactly where they left of.Goodluck on your application bill. Title: Re: [Merit Source Application] bill gator Post by: ShowOff on April 03, 2022, 07:54:14 PM I don't know if getting that much support will influence their decision for you or not, but so far no new merit source have been added to it. I've seen a few appocation so far on the meta board but none have been confirmed to be accepted as a new merit source. However I think it would be great if some new merit source were added to replace the currently inactive source. I support your application and good luck with this application.
Title: Re: [Merit Source Application] bill gator Post by: PrimeNumber7 on April 03, 2022, 09:51:37 PM I sent merit to the posts you highlighted as being good posts that deserve merit that lack merit. I think some of them are a little old for a merit source application. I also noticed there has been a long period of inactivity while making very few posts.
I would support your application if you can show that you are consistently active over several months and can continue to send merit to good posts. |