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The real purpose of backwards glancing eye is to educate yourself constantly - looking at the past helps to learn from those who came before you,since they are personal experience,this is the most vital school one can learn from.

Examining from the mistakes made in the past, the ones that have grievously held you back, share your experience,a newbie or anyone an analyze and extract a lesson.

What has been your greatest challenge on Bitcointalk? And how did you go about it ?

Nothing. While I love Bitcointalk and I enjoy conversing here, I think some people take it a bit too seriously as if Bitcointalk is some company and that they need to climb the corporate ladder on.

Be on Bitcointalk if you like talking about Bitcoin/crypto. The earning part should only be an extra; and try your best to make your Bitcointalk earnings not your main income to the point that we're talking about courage and believing in yourself and all that stuff concerning ranking up on Bitcointalk.

^Probably a controversial take but yea lol.

My greatest challenge is when I start knowing about crypto and Bitcointalk forum. I thought all crypto related sre very hard to learn but what I did to go about it is to enjoy Bitcointalk forum and learn step by step. I didn't let myself get offended or get angry when someone criticize me in an offensive way. Don't worry about positions and just enjoy conversing with other people like talking to a person race to face is what I do to get on with it.

My challenge on this forum? nothing, there's no tough or uncommon rules that we really need to understand in depth. Plagiarism do make your account got banned, but when you're in school or university you're have been taught to not copy paste and that's must be in own mind to not do that in everywhere. If you're not a scammer or cheater, you're already good in this forum.

My challenge about hanging out anonymously with a group of strangers who happen to be interested in a technology I'm also into? Surprisingly none.
This is just an online forum, nothing too serious. Engage in conversations, learn and engage some more.

If you've asked a question like what's my greatest challenge in learning Bitcoin, that would be a question that many here can relate to and for me it would be the technical aspect of it. It seems to be a never ending loop of calculations and algorithms, or maybe I have not really studied it enough. Good thing is I do not need to fully understand the technicalities, I just need to be able to verify the features in the technology and utilize it.

Many share this same challenge, and it has limited some from getting into Bitcoin. But, they would use the internet without being able to write a line of code or understand what goes on behind the scene; Bitcoin is really no different.

first of all bitcointalk  comes with discipline and lots of sacrifice and another major thing is if you not ready to learn from other people then you not ready to go far ,the major thing i notice is that our bosses are always ready to guide us. to earn you must put enough effort in doing more research.

It's step by step and I know how Bitcointalk helped me so much about this.

• Improving my English skills like writing with correct grammar, though isn't perfect but at least not like before since this isn't my mother language.
• Knowing forum rules which are Dos and Don'ts
• Exploring myself in cryptocurrencies, especially on Bitcoin and blockchain networks, and how to store them in a correct wallet.

For now, IMO, I'm enjoying myself here in the forum reading updates and further information regarding activities and events on crypto despite having less time spent here due to my small business outside but I still can manage myself not to become into conflict with activities in my real life.

Just encourage always yourself to learn knowledge here on Bitcointalk, it's just a sort of investment that you've gained at the end of the day.

My biggest challenge was to register on a forum that I visited as a guest for more than a year, and after that more or less it went its course. Since it never occurred to me to plagiarize or do some similar nonsense I can’t say I regret some things or did them wrong, although it’s good to be self-critical and admit that some things could have been done better.

Apart from some general rules (plagiarism, spam, scam), I think that every beginner should choose their path and try to be a unique member of the forum, without copying anyone.

As for me my greatest challenge on the forum is none, i have loved every moment I spend on the forum and if I could change anything it would be nothing, i have learnt so much from the forum, Crypto—currency related and even other wise, i believe the forum is friendly and once you build the right mentality in your mind, you would find it warming, i believe everyone can learn a lot from this forum and it doesn’t matter your level of knowledge you had or the purpose of you joining, make it right and your challenges would be gone.

To be honest, bitcointalk does not teach you discipline or sacrifice, those are virtues one learns in RL, from their families, friends, the situation and people around them, bitcointalk is just a discussion forum, and you do not have to be disciplined or sacrifice anything to hold discussion with other users here, just do not plagiarise/spam. You're correct about the importance of research though, it is pertinent to do your own research in the network, and as for other users' willingness to help/answer questions, that is what is expected in a discussion forum, the desire to spread knowledge so others can garner some for themselves too.

Thanks for the advice and encouragement

The real challenge was at the beginning, I knew Bitcoin for the first time in the beginning of 2017 and I was reading about the forum where it appeared as the first search results in the first days, I tried to log in using my real name but the forum asked me for a fee (because I use VPN) I thought that The site is scam and I did not visit it until the month of 7 when I created this account and it did not ask me anything.

Another challenge is that the merit system was set up when I was a full member and I thought it was impossible to rank up but I did it in less than 4 months.

For me, it's only one challenge, this forum has challenged and pushed me to become a better version of myself.
I registered here in 2016, and in 2017, I abandoned the forum for some personal reasons, I came back in late 2020 and since then, it's been an awesome slow but steady ride, I enjoy every bit of my time on this forum, discussing and contributing to topics I find really interesting, as well as learning how to do new stuffs which ordinarily, I wouldn't have ever known.

Some posts I came across on this forum has pushed me into doing research, and through those researches, Ive learnt to write a bit of HTML, CSS, and even a small amount of Javascript, there was a time I tried forcing myself to learn solidity, but I discovered it's very difficult when one doesn't know how to write any programming language first, I've been learning bit by bit, and I keep improving, all thanks to Bitcointalk.

I just really wanted to hang out around here and would love to hear other's knowledge so maybe the nearest challenge that I was unconsciously pursuing was being able to learn, but in hindsight there is really none.
If I was having difficulties speaking/writing English, then the challenge would be being able to join the discussion in here.

It's definitely not a challenge but more on a necessity that i should keep learning in the forum so i can somehow share a good discussion that newbies can benefit and learned from it. And it's one thing that keeps my momentum here in the forum as more likely i'm enjoying every conversation that we made here. And not only that, bitcointalk forum also find me some good friends wherein i can rely on them even in times of uncertainties.

Opening up to where I felt I could contribute to other subforums and bot just this. I just had to find my place first (where I felt comfortable) and then work my way from there on opening up and really having something worth wile to say, even if the topic at hand might be a bit out of my reach.

Actually, there was no particular challenge, this was just another forum community I joined, as I have done many times before on other online forums. Also there was no pressure at all; I just wanted to find a platform where I could learn more about the cryptocurrency and maybe reach out to like minded people.
If I had to choose, my greatest challenge at Bitcointalk, would probably be the huge amount of knowledge and experience some members have on the subject. This gives them great power in the discussion, but at the same time limits your understanding of the subject. In the end I guess that everything is relative, as you have the right to be ignorant of almost any subject if you do want to.

As to how I made my first post: I wrote a generic introduction in Beginners & Help and tried to get user feedback in the comments. That way I was able to get a clear idea of the general interest about the newbies who joined the community. As I was enjoying the Bitcointalk community, I continued to post here and there, providing various small ideas and general feedbacks to the people.

The biggest challenge in Bitcointalk is how we must always be active and be able to contribute to this forum. If you are just lazy and don't want to be active, of course there will be no progress. A few years ago, before the merit system was used, many newbies started arriving and became active in forums, but when the merit system was implemented, those who were not serious would be automatically selected. So, the challenge that really has to be overcome in bitcointalk is how to be useful and stay active on the forum. Bitcointalk is a forum that has a lot of knowledge and freedom of speech, it is the perfect forum for everyone.

I've found this become challenging during my early days in crypto. Being No-HOW to the forum and talking to anonymous people is quite challenging.
But for now, it turns like just normal, We talk just like friends (indeed friends). Giving and taking ideas is just what we did here, and the more we interact with brilliant and experienced people, the more enhance ourselves to become better and be soon like them in the future.

We don't think this was a challenge but rather think this is somewhat required as no healthy forum without informative discussions.

Every second post on this board is in its core about farming merit and joining a sig campaign. It's being thinly veiled as "learning about Bitcoin", "being a good poster" etc., but the real motivation behind them is crystal clear.

It's just the reality of this forum that people join it for bounties and sig campaigns, because they have heard about their friends or someone on the Internet earning coins here. And the only way to change it is to ban paid campaigns, which theymos is not inclined to do for now.

When I becomes one of the people on the spammer lists in the past, I was aware that I was in that stage, only willing to make posts to fulfill the bounty requirements. At that time, I only thought about quantity but not quality.
A mistake can be a good teacher for me, this is one of the experiences. Although I am still at this stage right now, still trying to do my best although this may not be the best in the forum. But at least, we can try to decrease mistakes. I know that there are still many mistakes that I make, learning and learning again, from previous mistakes, from critics from other members here. the most important thing is that we should be open-minded when we get some critics, although at first, we may feel not good about that, but at least, we can think seriously after that and see our own mistakes again. for me, it is not easy to be in this forum, learning is a must, but many challenges are here. But we also know that there are many chances here to make ourselves better and better.

I think my greatest challenge that I experienced was to understand all the jargons and terms used.

When I entered this forum back in 2017, there were dozens of discussion about the nature and history of cryptocurrencies. Being a college student with no knowledge or anything whatsoever, it was a challenge to fully grasp the effect of cryptocurrencies and to understand its dynamics.

While the problem revolves around understanding cryptocurrencies, I think it does not necessarily associate with a problem directly involving BTT itself.

As far as my personal experiences are concerned, the greatest challenge has always been to be relevant and to be of value. This is probably not a challenge to a lot of users. They have vast knowledge on anything Bitcoin-related and could easily contribute a good deal in discussions. I admire them a lot. Unfortunately, I'm not like them, that's why almost every time I make a post I have to verify it one way or another to make sure I'm not just blabbering nothing. But this has been a wonderful challenge. It enriches myself.

There is no challenge unless you yourself put one before you. When you remove the 'earn' part, this forum automatically becomes fun.

It becomes like Reddit, you like to engage in community you are in without any monetory reward.

And I'm definitely not against it. I mean, obviously even I myself am in a signature campaign. It's just that I don't think people should be focusing too much on Bitcointalk as a main source of income.

1. Platforms/projects can just stop advertising on Bitcointalk through campaigns.
2. Bear markets can wreck how much people are earning.
3. At some point people can lose interest on Bitcoin (and Bitcointalk).

tl;dr things can go wrong, and posting on Bitcointalk doesn't help you much experience-wise when talking about looking for a job; unless you end up becoming a great writer or something.

For me the greatest challenge Ive encountered it about myself on what actions should I done and should do here. At first my goal was to earn from here as it is what Ive been introduced here but as time goes on i think, I am not on right path on bitcointalk forum. It should be as free as possible and enjoy the benefits of learning here. So instead focusing my time on earning from airdrops after that realization Ive focus on gaining knowledge, sharing it and just it. Repeat. The money part is really an extra benefit youll just lastly see.

My greatest challenge was thinking i could do my crypto journey here on bitcointalk all alone, but i came to realize i was wrong, and we all new each other, and that's why the chatting feature was built for us to get in touch with each other and make new friends here, which will make our journey easier as we will get to learn from each other

This is true, a lot of people are facing this kind of challenge because they started knowing things about Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies on bitcointalk forum here. You have to be relevant so that you will learn and grow in knowledge by reading what those that have gained more knowledge and experience will have to share or teach. It's a good thing to verify your post to make sure it's inline with your subject topic. Thanks for sharing.

While this is more noticeable on bitcointalk due obvious reason (being able to make money) I noticed similar behavior in many other forums. After some time people start to substituting real life accomplishments with the virtual ones so bitcointalk is not an exception really.



Banning signature campaigns would basically mean end of this forum and theymos knows that so I don't expect it to change, no matter the negative aspects. It's just reality of this forum, whether we are like it or not. I mean, even with signature campaigns going on, number of posts (and quality new users) is consistently going down and now imagine what would happen if you remove that.

Forums like what? I'm a heavy forum addict and the only other forum that I could think of that people take too seriously is probably BlackHatWorld (because posters promote their online service/business through signatures as well).

For example, couple of Croatian forums (general type of forums). On one of them I am active for ~20 years and while you can't make any money via signature campaigns, people do care about their own status to a ridiculous degree. 11-12 years ago member of that forum organized the real life meeting in some club and it was hilarious to see how forum veterans were full of themselves, and even trying to pick some girls that way, thinking that they will be impressed how reputable they are on some forum lol. Situation is not as serious as here, but people generally tend to take things way too seriously if they spend a lot of time doing something, that's how it goes and I've been guilty of that in the past as well.

Good to hear this from you@Solosanz, I believe one could actually find this forum interesting and less challenging if one obey the rules which I agree with you is not new. Well I think people tend to plagiarize not because they aren't aware of the punishment but because they are greedy and lack good morals, my view though.

Op i acknowledged you from your question. Because i believe that many of us faced challenges when registering to bitcointalk and others also experienced challenge during posting quoting of three or five person's composition in the name of responding to them one after the other. I notice that it's a challenge especially newbies encounter without someone direct them appropriately.

Thanks for your opinion, it's really nice hearing this right now cause I have been wondering if am the only newbie who have encountered so many challenges during registration or posting here. Now that I have seen this I will keep learning to get better.

You're right, even I'm going to start where it's pretty hard. In fact I used to be afraid that every time I would reply to a quote or create a topic. But I think it's all just a matter of time. Everyone who is new will gain knowledge. Adapted to what he aims for when joining the forum. You will certainly see the quality of writing between bounty hunters and people who want to grow in the forum. So in the end it all depends on their willingness to adapt to adjust the rules that exist in this forum. Those who succeed will get better and survive and for those who fail they will come out soon.

This is really a big challenge that most people do not understand, especially those that have a little or no knowledge on Bitcoin, coming to a forum where you have different kinds of people with different kinds of knowledge and experience about Bitcoin the first thing you should consider before making numerous post should be this, how do I contribute to something am not aware of? The right answer is verifying to know if what you wanna post is related to what is discussed.

One of the challenges I have faced during my stage here has been to get used to use the forum commands as a whole. I mean, to insert pictures, to quote messages, handling and sharing information in a proper way.  I'd say this is because this would be the first forum I have seriously invested my time in even though I have seen other forums while I grew up as a kid.

It also took me some time to understand what thing of comments and content is the community interested in, so I could share news and other thing, specially on our local Spanish board to keep it active together with other Spanish speaker users.

In general I was very out of touch with forum etiquette when I joined.

If you aren't reading or watching a lot of crypto-related stuff, it would be very difficult to contribute something useful in most of the threads created here, because otherwise, you will end up spamming the heck out of the thread spreading false information, and repeated opinions. So far, I've had to verify technical information from various articles and bitcoin-related message boards in order to avoid providing inaccurate information just to meet my post requirements.

I know it must be second nature to constantly learn from a specific discipline in crypto, but it's too much for someone who works as a freelancer while attending university. That's why, as much as possible, I only respond to threads where I know I can make a positive contribution without being constrained. But hey! you are always a work in progress  ;).

Well, this may seem something not difficult to achieve for those who stay in countries with drastically reduced unemployment rate. I can tell you for free that there are those who are out of jobs and who make their daily bread from this forum. So to that, this forum is a major source of income and not a side hustle. Government plannings differ with countries. Some economies are well planned in such a way that human wants and needs aren't any issue any more. A friend once told me that there's no one in Germany who wanted (wants) to work who didn't (doesn't) have a job. This can't be said for Africa, a continent where unemployment rate grows daily like trees.

You're right and I tend to agree with this, I have heard about the rate of unemployment in some African countries and anyone who falls under that category will depend on the earnings here for survival with the hope of getting something better, my opinion though but am not encouraging anybody to focus on the earnings only, you wanna know more about bitcoin , you wanna learn about trading and investment this is the right place to do all that. You can make this forum your home and also get some earnings when you contribute positively here.

Second guessing myself a whole lotta times, wasn't able to write at first not until I braced myself to start. I'm not boasting by the way, I'm only trying to boost myself. Man used too be scared of bashings lol. Don't let the response here slide away without you sipping down some good response in. Been able to read and observe, learn and improve once writing skills is such a great thing of joy frankly.

Fvck it! It was also difficult to quote five quotes at a particular time, I tried that couple of times and ended up doing shit, I'mma take my time to learn about it.

I think everyday in bitcointalk will always be a challenge for me to learn and share what i have learned, a challenge that i already enjoy in the past couple of years. And thanks to those legends here in the forum because i have learned so much from them that makes me who i am today. Hopefully, newbies should always see that bitcointalk forum is not a threat  or that creates fear on them, but rather a cool place where they can learned and even find new colleagues that will help them grow and become more productive on their own.

I can't say I had great challenges, let alone greatest, but as a newbie, I had some challenges.
My first challenge was being too emotional about what happens here. When someone like Nutildah called me a lier and said that he can't trust me. I felt like crying ;D. How can I be called a liar and even being distrusted when I haven't committed any crime...
I tried my best to prove that I'm honest and not a cheater. Not until The Pharmacist advised me to grow a think skin if I am to survive here. Moreso, it wasn't long until I noticed that it's easy and simple to accuse anyone in this space. No one cares unless  it's reflected in your trust ratings.

from my assumption and perspective.i know that provided that this forum is concerned bitcointalk users might have faced two or three challenges before becoming perfect for the system. Because you can not make research of the forum and join it with asking of questions. for the moment you aske a question that's cogent is the beginning of the challenge you had for the forum.nobody that doesn't experienced the weakness here.

My biggest challenge when I came into this forum was seeing it as a company where I had to put in all my sweat to rise up the ladder. I noticed I would immediately get offended if a post I felt was merit worthy was not merited. At some point, my zeal started to wane. But then I started reading about other individuals and their experience on here and it got me seeing it in a new light. I'm glad I met some amazing peeps who where patient to put me through how it works.

I think my biggest challenge here in bitcointalk is to be always part of a good campaign that sees my efforts which also means a consistent decent income on my part. Although we can't say that this is stable, but learning and earning at the same time is already an advantage.  And i'd say thanks to the early adopters here as they are my models, and i've learned a lot from them. And until now, i'm still learning from others, and i think they also learned from me. For me, its indeed my everyday challenge that keeps me always alive in the forum.

You made me remember back in the days when I was still like a full-time gamer that was like glass that can easily shatter with just few words from people in the internet, then I realized I was being bamboozled by some random 13 year old in the internet and trolling me around. Turned out that I was letting them under my skin and into my nerve. I learned to grow thicker skin that day and thankfully I really did.

I thought i am the only one finding it difficult to quote multiple post at a time, that has been a great challenge to me from onset i tried it multiple times as well but not getting it right.

I think i need a hand now someone should help out.

If you come to bitcointalk forum because it’s like giving you a consistent income, I guess that alone will create a challenge on your part because we can’t be sure that these campaigns will forever exist, but it’s always good to seize them while they still exist. However, earning is not the main goal here but you came here for knowledge and experience. Getting profits are just a bonus for those who can do good more than their experience and skills in crypto forum.

Yea..you are right.
People want to climb the ladder ASAP and failure to do so may cause them some frustration.
Personally for me, my first reason of being here is to learn and I don't care whether I climb or not as long I am learning, no sweat.

So for me, I do not think I have had any challenge whatsoever here.

All of us have the same major struggle on bitcointalk and that is to learn things inside the forum on our first day, after that  once we learn we surely don't find anything what makes us struggle since all things we need especially on vital informations are almost here and for sure that's enough information already which can help us to gain profits or things we want to achieve.

Take your time, I'm actually not to good likewise at that but you can just start by quoting just a user if you find it too difficult to understand.
I have also tried spending time in the technical section, gosh!! It's like explaining encrypted messages to a toddler, although I'm a strong fella and I surely know I'll get use to the technical section in a short time, I just need to infuse extra energy and focus more.

Bitcointalk a nice place to come and get information mate, it's a priceless feeling getting bto read and understand stuff's you didn't pay a dine for to learn.

The forum has been so wonderful but when I joined the forum as a newbie there were so many challenges,
1) Things to talk about: a lot of people say they didn't encounter any challenges may be because they were pre-informed about the forum before they joined or they knew things about Bitcoin before joining, for me I depended on research and determination to grow so I think things to talk about bitcoin was my challenge but I learnt more to get over it.

The challenge depends on what your purpose is here, so it will vary between users because of course every user has a different purpose being on this forum although in the end money is the end goal. Your habits will answer the question, so it shouldn't go too far from what I mentioned.

My biggest challenge so far is how can I get enough knowledge in this forum about anything related to cryptocurrencies or specifically about bitcoin, and how can I keep my interactions active in the right way ^{[constructive, reasonable and helpful]} so it doesn't happen. to the detriment of the forum though it may seem pointless to some. It can only be done with effort and focus on whatever interests you.

My greatest challenge on Bitcointalk is that the more I read about Bitcoin-related topics the more I become aware of my lack of knowledge. It seems as if there's always a new secret door once you cracked open the code for the previous one. Honestly, sometimes it is confusing because Bitcoin is so multifaceted and different boards cater for these discussions and knowledge-giving that one doesn't know which to focus on and just how long. 

Bitcointalk is really a life saver of a forum as regards Bitcoin learning, i know there are external resources and sources to get information about Bitcoin, but in my opinion, i will select Bitcointalk ahead of any other Bitcoin learning platform out there, Bitcoin is really complex to understand just as you have said, and for me the little knowledge i have, i got from engaging in discissions here, and reading posts and topics of other users. I know I still lack so much knowledge, but i am not a total novice either, because i have read quite a lot about Bitcoin in this forum. I am actually not trying to learn everything all at once, cause i know i am not a tech guy, so i am taking things one step at a time, and i am enjoying it that way.

Quoting as been a a challenge to me, Quoting multiple post took a longtime for me to learn it . Quoting someone's old thread in a new different thread was also a big challenge to me. But with all the difficulties in bitcointalk forum I still see the forum more interesting.