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There is a popular saying that "when the purpose of a thing is not known, then abuse is inevitable". This statement is true even in this forum as understanding your purpose and motivation for join this forum will, to a great extent, determine your approach, commitment, contribution and how long you will stay here (a lot of people disappear after few weeks... I don't mean to scare you though  :D :D :D).

Different people joined this forum for different reasons: some to learn about Bitcoin, some already know about Bitcoin but felt the need to join a community where Bitcoin is like a home( to see some of them, go to WO thread) and there are those who joined because they heard that people here make money... so their only motivation is to make money even very quickly.  These are the people that spam, lie and do all manner of despicable things because they want to beat the natural process of learning and growing.

I want to announce to you that if you are only here because you want to make quick money, then you may mostly likely not make the money and here will be so boring to you because you will reveal that tendency and the OGs will notice you.
Some of the older people can share their experience as regards to how they started, maybe we all can learn somethings too.

I join this forum when the cryptocurrency hyip becomes popular in my country during 2015. My goal of joining here at first is determine more source of cryptocurrency aside from the faucet that is popular that time. Signature campaign rates that time is very low that's why I didn't become interested on it unlike newbie user nowadays which surely aiming to joining signature campaign.

To cut my story short. I join the forum to search on what's cryptocurrency and what's other source of crypto aside from hyip which I knew scam that time so I acoided it and decided to chase about the real definition of cryptocurrency specifically Bitcoin.

Op, you didn't tell us, why you are here also. Before asking such question you should have at least told us in your post why you are here. Alot of people has this same thinking that most people are  just here because of the signature campaigns of which is not totally true. Yes the signature is Also a benefit of being a member, but some members aren't here because of that. Some people have been here even before the signature campaigns started and they are still here till date. Some don't even partake in signature campaigns because it doesn't interest them. The major reason for the forum, is to learn more about Bitcoin and Blockchain technology but as time goes on, members are opened to many other advantages.

I have multiple reasons for coming here. I am looking for business opportunities, and I also hope to make useful contacts during the winter, a period of 5 months when I will have a lot of time. I plan to take advantage of the various services offered later on.

I am also working on setting up 'something' that I hope will be successful.

Could you clarify what you mean by purpose and abuse.  Like, is the purpose unknown to the individual, yet known to others?  What else has no purpose except pure science?  Even that I suppose has the purpose of satisfying curiosity maybe?  

EDIT:  does the saying mean that if one uses a tool, like a hammer, for example, incorrectly then the consequences of those actions will be negative? 

I don't think that anyone can learn anything from my reason why I joined bit I'll share it anyway. :p

So, first time I heard about Bitcoin was back in 2013 on another forum (Croatian forum of general type) and since I was active there for many years before that and known all the people there, I didn't have need to look for other places to discuss Bitcoin related things. Everything was fine and dandy up until bear market of 2018 hit, after which many members on the said forum lost interest in crypto.

Since there weren't many people let active in cryptocurrency board, in the summer of 2019 I started looking elsewhere and since I knew some people that were active here, I decided to give it a chance. First few months I was just lurking & reading and since I liked what I saw (especially more lenient moderation than on any other forum I''ve ever been), I eventually decided to register. And here I am 4 years later.

For me I have a coursemate who's lifestyle intrigued me and on asking for his source of change and newness in terms of living he attributed it to Bitcointalk forum.
Yes! He told me that he got into Bitcoin less than 2 years or so but his knowledge was now so much that myself who's been into Bitcoin as an investor and not as a learner didn't have as much as his, not even up to. I thought I could bypass my way ans still be investor minded and grow so fast here financially but the modus operandi of this forum changed my mind because I was scolded many times for rushing as a result of my drive which wasn't a good one for the system here. So initially I was money conscious but just before I began to go for knowledge here and so far although it's not really encouraging but like my friend told me "in Bitcointalk you have to be patient and gain knowledge and contribute positively and correctly if you must post anything, in that way you will grow to higher ranks and you not only be full of knowledge you'll also tend to grow big financially too."

You can check my post so far I'm sure you'll find something to learn. Thanks for giving an opportunity to say this.

Well honestly when I first join here in forums is my friend told me that I could earn here through airdrops and bounty and thats what I did during my early days here on forum. Until I decided to give some effort and become a notable member of the forum by improving my posts compared to posting links of social requirement for campaign. Its not that easy, but Ive enjoyed what Ive learned and discovered being a true user and not a robot account for bounty and airdrops only.

To be honest, I was watching some earning videos from YouTube one day. Suddenly a video of this Bitcointalk came in front of me. After watching this video, I got inspired and opened an account on this forum. Then I watch some more videos of this relationship and try to understand all the rules. Then I started earning money by doing Bounty campaign & Airdrop. I have learned a lot from this forum so I am very glad to join this forum.

It baffles me how the op deviate from the topic of discussion as the heading implies to telling us why people should not join Forum with the mindset of making money. Although, making money is the reason behind why people are rushing into Forum recently and it's not bad either because you work for it. I am not justifying that fact but the truth is that even if you join the forum with the mindset of making money, you must work hard for it first to attain the stage where you can be able to make money..

It's obvious that old members here before the introduction of merit system and signature campaign who are still active are here for genuine reason which is to share knowledge and gain as well and you can still see that from their post. It's actually sad that the story has changed from seeking sincere knowledge to hunting after money. It however keep the forum more busy and active and it's a win for Forum.

I can't say for sure, but as far as I remember, signature campaigns existed in 2014 when I first visited the forum, so we can say that they have existed for about 10 years. If you look at active members who registered 10+ years ago, you won't find too many of them, but that doesn't mean that those who joined later did it just to make money.

The merit system arrived only in 2018, so although it may not be the ideal way to fight spam and alt farms, it has greatly improved the situation on the forum in this regard. However, it is not difficult at all to get 1 merit and become a Jr. Member, which for some is quite enough for bounty campaigns.

Unfortunately, everything in this world revolves around money, and it would be strange if this forum was an exception. But we shouldn't consider it bad if someone has the opportunity to earn something along with acquiring and sharing knowledge, because that's what makes this forum different from the others.

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I can only say that I registered on the forum after visiting occasionally as a guest for almost a year, and I only joined the first sig campaign as a full member after realizing that everyone else was doing it. I guess that means that I didn't come to the forum just for money :)

The first one is in 2011.
[CLOSED] up to 50 people, get paid 0.10 BTC to change your signature (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=15886.0)

My story is banal. And there are also a lot of topics similar to this one. But you can check the truthfulness of all the stories that the accounts tell about themselves. After all, if a person writes the truth, then the story is always the same, but if he tells a lie, then you can very quickly forget about it and tell something new. I came here specifically for the money, yes, and the bounty at that time seduced many minds. But I came to the forum by accident; I was working on another forum, and it was unavailable for three days, and I didn’t know what to do with my time. By chance, I came across this forum, saw these piles of reports, and decided that I could keep myself busy in addition to my studies by advertising bounties. But I sobered up when I didn’t see the promised tokens in my wallet. And then I became interested in the massive exposure of scam projects that multiplied and were posted here on the forum, several of them every day. But if we say that I sought to participate in subscriptions, this is not true. I heard about them, but only on the advice of a good person here did I decide to take part. And as I often say about this, the forum has become a favorite place for reading from the moment a new day is born until late at night.

Funny thing is when I first know and join this forum, I never knew that I can earn money from this forum in any way. I only want to learn about crypto because I need to receive international payment with cheap fee. But then I know that I this forum has Marketplace for Service section, then I can sell my service here, since then my motivation has been about money by selling my service here, and I actually making money from that. That's why I am kinda slow in ranking up, I don't really contribute much for this forum actually, but I guess I still contribute with what I can and have. I still like to learn new thing new thing from this forum but mostly not about crypto or Bitcoin, more about other people idea and opinion, about other countries and international issue, etc. 

Everyone joining this forum is not because they wanted to make money, moreover here is not a financial advisory or money making platform, it's basically for bitcoin discussion, though some other opportunities may come in along with time, also we have another category of members that only came here to advertise their service, some come to learn, while others to contribute to the community development.

Also, we have some members that came here to only get their problem solved and leave while some remain, on the contrary to all these, there are other categories of members who came for bounties only, some are here to troll, scam or spam, you can see that we could have a number of categories we could group the members base on their own reason for joining the forum, the only thing that can make one stay here is in going by the rules and regulations of the forum.

This Op thread has been created by other users and this is the second or third time you (lovesmayfamilis) are saying this. I can remembered last year you said it in a thread like this. And I like your sincerity, many people join this forum because of the money getting from signature campaigns and others ways but when questions are asked like this topic they would say, they are here to learn and know more about bitcoin but that is behind the mind. Even the OP of this thread is not sincere and that is why he did not tell us why he join the forum, he would have told what motivated him to join the forum then others would tell theirs.

Well I was introduced by a friend to join the forum when he saw me to learn and invest in bitcoin and I was also told that I can have bitcoin if I join campaigns and that trigger the movement very fast to join the forum and really I am happy to join the forum. Both the learning and the signature campaign makes the forum lively and active.

It's funny, I joined this forum in March of 2020 when the Bitcoin price crashed from $10k to $4k. It was panic mode everywhere as people really thought its going to die lol.
That was my initial reaction to this community, and that was the same time when Covid hit. So I was stuck at home, I decided to learn trading and do more in Crypto and I am glad I did.
It paid off well for me. :D

Some information for chronological history of signature campaigns in the forum, paid in bitcoin.
Signature Advertising Auction (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4342.0). Question and idea to run a first signature campaign in March 2011.
Three months later, [CLOSED] up to 50 people, get paid 0.10 BTC to change your signature (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=15886.0)

Overview of Signature-Ad Campaigns (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=333916.0) in 2013. This thread is before a thread of Mitchell which we are following nowadays.  :D
History - signature campaigns and bounties on Bitcointalk (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4567657.0)
Signature campaign: The lowest and highest payment BTC and USD in 2013-2022 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5403191.0)

OP, you already explained the motivation of most forum members here in the forum. For me at the start is, I am introduced to this forum because he have friends who are also here in the forum who earned money and because of that I joined forum but later on, I realized that it isn't the only thing I can do here in the forum. After it all, that's where I started to know that I can learn more about Bitcoin and help others who also want to learn and earn at the same time. What motivated you to join this forum OP?.

I don't actually see any contradictions in the post and the topic. For clarity, the essence of the post is to for stress the need to set priorities right to be able to make judicious use of the forum. Having wrong mindset such as get rich quick syndrome is the reason for several bad attitudes here.... if this is addressed and proper mindset achieved, even money will come naturally. I will suggest you take the post for what it said and not what you presuming.


I already explain that in the post and as you can see from the humbling submission of many of the experienced guys, a lot of the people join because they believe in Bitcoin and therefore saw the need to belong to a community that have Bitcoin as denominator.


Such a humbling submission! It shows that we all joined in unique was and for various reasons. Personally, I have been using Bitcoin long before I joined this forum. So when I finally knew there is a community like this,I was supper excited to join and at first, it was difficult finding my way around until I did little reading within the forum under the guardian of a some older people.

OP I understand your plight to this platform. On this basis your ascertions are correct. Most people are here for one reasons or the other best known to them for which you already see them explaining themselves.

I happen to know about Bitcoin a little before I got onboard this platform through a friend. I came here with the mindset to learn, adding more knowledge of Bitcoin and in the course of learning and knowing, I began to reach out to other friends and people within my nearby environment. Learning more about Bitcoin gave me a clear insight of how Bitcoin works and not withstanding, the more I become active here the more I grew through ranks to becoming eligible for other activities which are beneficial to me as a member of this platform. This same benefits avails itself to everyone member of this platform. So nobody would deny the fact that joining this platform was not of benefit to them in one way or the other.

I learnt alot here compared to the little knowledge I had before joining here. I got the exposure to lots of things happening around the world as it relates to Bitcoin and blockchain. I met and made friends here as well. I looked up to people here as role models too. It was never a mistake me coming here. I work and earn in Bitcoin as it is a privilege  as a member here.

This platform is indeed an institution.

All the people who come here solely to make money, most often either leave unnoticed or are glorified by various abuses, by creating many alternative accounts and abusing campaigns. What benefit do such people bring to the community and to the forum? There is no benefit, only parasitization. A lot of newcomers coming to the forum, should realize at once one simple truth that the forum is not a place to earn money, no one promises here any monetary rewards for writing posts. Properly motivated newcomers always ask a lot first, and then try to share their knowledge by creating posts and threads.

Maybe I have said it before, but there is a hint from my username - stepstowealth. I was in search of what can change my story as someone not born into a wealthy family where there is wealth to inherit. I asked a friend who I knew had more access to information about what can lead me to wealth and he talked about bitcoins and introduced me to this forum. Wealth motivated me to join the forum, and since I knew I did not have knowledge about bitcoins that could bring me wealth, I joined the forum to learn an know more about bitcoins.

You have started a good topic here, but to be honest, I don't think if anyone here is really going to admit that he is here to earn money, but when I came to know about the bounties section here. I really thought that I would make money here and I joined this forum. And after spending a lot of time in bounties I started to lose interest as most of the bounties don't pay you. Well, after that, I started to take part in the discussions and my interest started to come back. During the journey, I learned a lot of things about BTC, blockchain technology and what BTC actually provides us.

The experience was so nice that, now I think I don't want to leave this forum. Yeah here I admit it and I still don't think that if any other person would admit it. But your advice is good and if someone here is just after money then I think they would easily be noticed as to earn from signature they have to earn merits and all they try is to phish merits and that can be easily detected. And they (newbies) don't even have to take part in discussions because bounties don't need that, but once a person starts to take part in the discussion, then I doubt that if he will able to not to make a post after that. Because people here are so knowledgeable that, you want to learn more.

Point is, if one started to make post just because he think he have to earn money then their will be no fun and no learning too. Because, one will tend to make post abruptly so that, their post count would reach. But those who enjoy their staying here they are the ones who are still learning and earning (both). I hope newbies would get some idea after reading my reply. I shared my experience just to motivate newbies.

I remember, I joined this forum due to a recommendation from my close friend way back in college (2017). He told me that there was an opportunity to earn money online and at the convenience of my home. At first, I was so focused on earning money that I completely neglected the basics and fundamentals of cryptocurrencies. Funny thing is, I do not even know how to make money and what cryptocurrencies are.

Along the way, as I read various threads regarding cryptocurrency, I discovered its true gem and purpose practically. Slowly, I got accepted into various campaign signatures and that helped me and my family at least alleviated the expenses for my education.

I want to discuss with some users about some Fake puzzles, also I want to promote my keyhunt project and other codes that I did, those get a lot of interest

At the beginning I was not very active in this forum, but recently I started to share more things here. This is a great community, I have no plans to stop posting here.

I was a young teenager when I joined back in 2014, in an era where forums were still quite popular, and I personally loved being in a community with other people with the same interests and passions. I wasn't very active then; I was mostly lurking in the forum and reading in order to acquire more knowledge regarding Bitcoin, which was extremely limited. Faucets and this forum were my first hands-on experiences with Bitcoin. Unfortunately, I didn't persist too much back then and stopped fiddling with Bitcoin and the forum itself.

A few years later, I returned and was motivated to learn more about Bitcoin. I started being active, replying to other users and creating my own topics, and not long after that, I discovered signature campaigns. I started earning my own crypto after learning about mining, trading, and holding my income from the campaigns. Not only was I learning more about Bitcoin, but I was also earning money at the same time.

To summarize, this forum has been a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for me and has provided me with great learning experiences and opportunities. It's certainly not a quick way to get rich, which is why the merit system was introduced—to stop people who didn't deserve to be put in signature campaigns and believed that they'd start earning money with no effort or contribution.

No doubt, all user have motivated for joining this forum to earn money by joining signature campaign between altcoin campaign or service campaign, beside earn money is common motivate from all user who joining with Bitcointalk forum I think some user have other motivate from upgrade their English grammar skill until to know new update about cryptocurrency exactly with Bitcoin. Based on my post history dominance in football, I have motivate for joining in this forum because like for discussing about football although with main reason for joining in this forum how to get knowledge about cryptocurrency and one side for earning money trough signature campaign.

Bitcointalk forum related with my education right now, I found many similar between forum and my college study to make it interested for not stopping active in Bitcointalk forum.

Well, several things did....
But I'll say this - the most important thing was getting to know what this whole cryptography was all about... I teach in a school where students are open to the modern TRENDs on the internet.. been getting alot of questioning from them and , that kinda like motivated me at some point to learn myself.
When I got registered, I barely had the techs to operate the forum - at some point, the complexity was too much that I had to ask questions like a child ...lol ... Then the came a time I began to derive knowledge from in here - and I realized the differences between Bitcoin and other altcoins,... ofcourse I never knew all those stuffs...bahahahahaah

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The main reason I came here was to learn how to manage my Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. I started earning them from my work as a product designer and web developer because a client started paying me in Bitcoin and USDT instead of my local currency. So, I needed to figure out how to handle and grow my Bitcoin. That's when I discovered that I could offer my services here and find more clients who would pay me in cryptocurrency.

Being part of the forum has taught me a lot more than I expected. Conversations with knowledgeable members, like JJG and others, have helped me make better use of my Bitcoin holdings. Also, discussions with you, Odohu, have been engaging and interesting, leading to valuable topics in this community.

some people do not have any kind of motivation that make them to join the forum. They were just browsing the internet and came across the forum.
Some people were also invited by friends to come to the forum and learn about Bitcoin. And this set of people are not also motivated by anything.
Some people joined the forum because they had technical issues in Bitcoin and they were looking for solution and landed in the forum.
Some were looking for cryptocurrency gambling platforms and landed here.. This set of people can be said to be motivated by gambling.

I joined the forum for the sake and quest for Bitcoin information and knowledge, at first i never knew that i could also take part in some activities like signature and campaign, because when I located the forum was through a search, all I was looking for was information on how to set bitcoin up as a payment in my business back then.
So basically I am gradually reaching my goals in terms of educational knowledge and ideas, as regarding Bitcoin, and I am sharing such information to keep growing.

I have decided to join the forum before bitcoin has been hyped in the social media. So I was probably hunger for bitcoin knowledge, and not on the profits that comes with it. It's only as this moment that people come into bitcointalk due to their greed about bitcoin as a get quick rich thing. And just like you said OP, once your goal is driven with pressure and greed to make profits, it's either you'll never be in profits for real or you will never be satisfied with your acquired bitcoin knowledge.

Indeed, defining your purpose most often helps a lot in one's growth process, as there is a need to do that and there is also a need for people to know why you are truly in the place that you find yourself. Making money is not a bad thing, but also gaining knowledge about why you do it is something I find interesting and believe is among the few things that make people come in here.
 
Most people might believe that signature campaign earnings are one thing that makes a lot of people create many accounts on the forum and try to make money using all those accounts, but after visiting the bounty section a few times and checking through numerous reports for account cheating and all of that, I believe most people are not here for signature earning but they are here to earn some altcoins, which they can add to their portfolio or sell off and increase their livelihood. As I believe most hunters are not even aware of the service section, their main focus is altcoin discussion. 


Having the intention of coming here to make money might not sound so good to the ear, but even with such an intention and the OGs noticing that’s your primary motive for being here, this has nothing to do with how the forum will treat you; you can be here to make money and still have a pure heart. The only place I find that most people don't take it easy on others is when they come here with the intention of making money and they have a devious way of doing things, trying to outsmart everyone on the forum with either their lies or cheating. That's where I believe most people's problems start.

To be honest, when I first joined this forum it was initially about money, but as time went by, it seemed like there was something more valuable than money, namely the knowledge about bitcoin and crypto was very in-depth here, I couldn't stop thinking, why didn't I join in the first place? in this forum, although I still participate in several bounties to make money. but I enjoy reading here.

However, you have to take into account that they are doing something that is allowed to them, because otherwise they would not become members of the forum at all. The administration could solve this at any time by simply banning bounty campaigns, but how much traffic would the forum lose in that case?

In addition, all these members are mostly within one board and the administration obviously does not perceive them as a problem, but as those who (although in the wrong way) bring new members to the forum. Of course, the question arises as to what is the use of such members, but some of them will sooner or later leave the bounty campaigns and become useful members of the forum.

I got into bitcoin in 2015, there weren’t all that many places to chat to experienced bitcoin guys so I simply Googled & found this forum. I have to admit it’s a great source of info & you can soak up advice from more experienced users. As a newbie this place is far superior to learn than say Twitter (X) for example.

People have different reasons why they join this forum some other want to have quick profit scheme since mostly ICO's where famous before and other investment schemes are mostly posted here so majority is here to gather that information to not get outdated on the latest. That's what I also following and second priority is to gain something from several activities which is posted always on some threads in this forum. Some may don't like to stay because for them this is a boring place especially for those newbies but if they are guided well for sure they will exist for many years here just like us.

I joined this forum to have a second means of income because the job that I am doing doesn;t meet up with my needs and for me to have some savings too, due to the high rate of inflation that started after the Covid-19 pandemic. I was introduced here by someone and when I saw that one can earn from signature campaign only when you get to a Full member rank, I decided to keep on reading and acquiring knowledge here in the forum so that I can rank up to Full member. Where I am staying currently, we are expecting flood any moment from now and during the flood period, all companies and many institutions will be shut down, likewise my place of work. It will be from this forum that i will use to keep myself busy and earn from during this disaster time, because where i work, you don't get paid, if you don't come to work.

What drew my attention to the forum was the Bitcoin-related news and discussion, and the first time I even opened the Bitcoin forum, I was only very concentrated on reading a lot of discussion in the Bitcoin discussion board, which I even later lost interest in, but I still did learn a lot of things about Bitcoin. I forgot about the forum for some months because, in the process of not visiting the site again, I forgot the URL until the day I came across i wrote it on my note. Then I had to create my account, and since then, I have also learned many things about Bitcoin, security, privacy, wallets, and many other important things relating to investment and economics.

The Btt Forum is a community that allows people to have knowledge not only about Bitcoin but generally about cryptocurrency, government, economics, gambling, alt coins, and many other general topics about finance.

I joined the Bitcointalk forum primarily to discuss, learn about, and participate in bounty campaign etc.

Why ban the bounty board? The problem is not that this board exists, the problem is that beginners do not allocate their steps correctly. The correct step is to first learn the basics of cryptocurrencies, then try to make money. I'm sure most bounty participants have little to no specialized knowledge and all their skills are mostly centered on smarts, registration and copypasting. Nowadays you don't even need to copypaste, you just need to register with some AI bot and it will generate all sorts of content for the bounty itself, starting from articles and ending with various pictures.

I believe a lot of us here join the forum because of profits, and I'm not an exception to it. I came from a poor family so my main goal is to learn bitcoin and all its opportunities to earn so I can achieve my goals and aspirations in life successfully. And to be honest, now that I have known the forum deeply, I'm not only hunger with profits but also the knowledge and skills that I think will mold me to become successful in the future.

Well as much as SCs are one of the factors that kinda contributed on me staying in here, I just registered in this forum like a normal lost child around the internet. It's like those usual stuffs where you can't access the whole features of the forum since you had a question in mind while reading as a "Guest" user around here.

I wouldn't say this that it "motivated" me more like I kinda had no choice but to register since I do have a curiosity and questions in my mind that would require me in posting in the forum. Turns out into slowly browsing around the forum and learning about what each boards are for. I hadn't really read the full rules when I started since I was too busy in reading. :D

Sadly it just goes spirals since they would refer their "friends" in this forum and they would follow the same steps as the one who referred them did.

For the AIs, yeah it's going to be a problem and this is why I usually not take a wall of texts in here too seriously unless it is technical stuffs or the post came from somehow a reputated or well-known member in here.

I first joined this forum in Q3 207, at that time I heard the excitement about the bounty program from one of my friends, I happened to be looking for side income from the internet, I would be lying if I said one of my goals in joining this forum was not money, and some I have managed to buy the item I dreamed of through the bounty program that continues to be held on this forum. This is a great forum, I'm sure many of the dreams of other senior members have been achieved, especially luxury goods or investments, it's almost impossible to find a forum like this.

Signature campaigns were undeniably a factor in staying, but similarly to you, I was also a lost teenager who suddenly discovered Bitcoin. I didn't even know I could make money from the forum until 2016 or 2017, when I rediscovered my passion for cryptocurrencies. It took me quite some time to start posting here, let alone attempt to make money from it. I was a lurker before even creating an account in 2014; I probably spent at least half a year reading and observing the forum before I signed up. I believe that being active in the cryptocurrency scene goes along with participating in this forum; they're correlated and an undeniably great source of news and information.

Randomly stumbled upon this forum, registered account, forgot about it, that account vanished in 2015 bitcointalk hack. Then I remembered about bitcointalk again from a discord convo, and joined back in 2017. Right now, unless I have question to ask, merely bounties motivate me to stay here.

I came here with zero knowledge and wanted to learn more regarding the community, as I keep seeing there's a lot of topics I didn't know and related to because of curiosity. this brings me to another level of understanding how this works and also through help of other members I learn something and of course share at the same time that's the purpose of the community. Just part of the reward is getting paid, I guess, because those are based on your experience. The more you know, the wider the connections and knowledge you can use for your path.

The very fact that such a board exists allows some people to become members of this forum because someone put the bug in their ear that this is a place where you can make money. Furthermore, it is no secret that most of these bounty campaigns promote very questionable (not to mention scam projects) and that all those who you claim have no experience and knowledge are actually naive victims who are left at the mercy of those who exploit them without stopping .

If we are already talking about bans being bad, then those who run such campaigns should have been at least forced not to accept beginners and Jr. members, so every member would learn something until he becomes Member rank.

For me, that system is generally bad, but it obviously suits the forum and those who make a profit out of it, and that means that everything will remain as it was. In that case, it is not fair to put all the blame on the backs of those beginners, they are only doing what they are allowed to do.

I will be a hypocrite if I will not say that money is the reason why I'm here. It's money, but not money alone, but knowledge as well.

I guess I will just say that the way my friend introduced me this forum is a bit wrong because he said that this is a place where I can earn money when I register, so I registered, made an interaction here, shared some of my opinions etc.

Over time, my perception about this forum changed. From a place where I can earn money, to a place where I can learn different things to the "OG" of the forum. I'm not a fan of reading such huge paragraphs TBH, but whenever I have time, I spend it reading some threads here. Now to answer the question, at first it's money that motivated me to join the forum, but over time, knowledge motivated me to stay in this forum. How I look this forum changed throughout the years, so I'm not here for money anymore, but the knowledge. The amount of knowledge that I can get here is immense, and I guess the fact that this thread is created by Satoshi, and not just random stranger in the internet made me stay here.

I really wish I could see some truth in people's reason to have joined the forum but, I feel very few users would be bold enough to tell it but hey, who am I to judge or tell who is truthful to themselves and the rest of us.

I got one, I had some hard times haven’t tried out several aspects to having a stable income and sourcing out for what to invest in and wasn’t really getting much on my expectations. I had a job that wasn’t giving me what I want, tried forex and lots more other things that I wouldn’t want to go in detail but then, I later got introduced to the forum.
It was more about how I could make money from cryptocurrency as well as on the forum. I ideas where shallow as it was very much focused on money but, the more you get to realize from cryptocurrency and particularly bitcoin, the more you get filled with admiration for blockchain technology and decentralization.

Hope everyone can be honest about their goals and not be too hypocritical. I started finding this forum because the keyword I entered was about how to make money and finally found Bitcoin and then found this beloved forum.
In the beginning, I just wanted to make money. Somehow I should be able to earn a few dollars. Reading and researching this forum, it turns out there are lots of giveaways available and lots of airdrops and bounties. Bounties with new projects really provide quite a lot of results for me, especially as there are lots of airdrops that are scattered around and increase my income. It's quite easy to earn $10-$100 in BTC or ETH and I was able to collect up to dozens of Bitcoins in 2016. But it turns out the goal is not just for short-term profits, seeing how cryptocurrency is developing I started building investments for the long term and carrying out asset management that I already have. get it.

This is all an echo of 2017 and 2018, when there was a bounty hype. To this day, some users consider bounty to be synonymous with making money, and the forum is the only place where this outdated form of new token promotion still thrives.


If we look at the bounty participants, the vast majority of users are just the very beginning ranks. If we limit their access, there will simply be no one to fill all those many slots.

If I should be honest, I should say that I’m here in the first place to make decent amount of profits. But I’m not seeing it as quick profits but more on from hard work of mine that may possibly create a positive outcome. That is why I’m really into diligent studying and absorbing all those relevant information that will help me with my future endeavor with bitcoin and other crypto coins that have potentials.

Many people are dishonest because they are afraid of others knowing their main motive for joining. Mostly because they want to make money online - but obviously that's never prohibited on this forum. If they only focus on making money without planning to develop their knowledge – then they will not get real benefits in the long term.

Knowledge is never limited - but ways to make money are constantly changing. It used to be that bounties could make you rich and could make you earn dozens of ETH or bitcoins - but now it's not the same. Without knowledge, of course you will have difficulty getting the opportunity to join and become one of the participants in a long-term campaign like now.

I came to know about bitcoin from my student life and started thinking about cryptocurrency since then. When I saw the past bitcoins at the gate, I gained confidence in bitcoin and became very interested in investing here. But at that time I didn't have any money to invest so was not able to invest but later when I connected with this bitcointalk forum it just got me hooked on bitcoin investing. Also I have joined this forum for various other reasons and have learned a lot from here which has specially helped me to change my life somewhat. Anyway it's not possible to mention everything as I know all the positives of Bitcoin and its future is good and bright that's why I joined this forum for Bitcoin. After joining this forum I got to know a lot about scams and how to stay safe from it, and how I get paid from here which really benefited and motivated me.

Not exception some user join with Bitcointalk forum to earn profitable trough participating in signature service, altcoin campaign until success becoming translator some project. But slowly after achievement with earned money have another motivate for joining this forum how active interaction with the other user actually when discussing about Bitcoin price until how to give guide or motivate for new comer in this forum. I like have been here and enjoy when many discussing are interested actually when getting difference opinion each other use when exploring their opinion not only about bitcoin price discussion until interested debate when discussing in football topic. I got more knowledge after joining with Bitcointalk forum and easily for detecting with new project scamming or not actually very worth when popular with ICO project investment.

Well just like you said everybody have their reasons why they joined this forum and the reason why someone joined this forum shouldn't be anyonecase or shouldn't be anyone concern but the most important thing is getting that thing which brought you here. You said that some people joined the forum because of signature campaign which is something I can't say it's a truth or not. I believe that if someone join this forum for any reason that is outside what this forum is meant for the person will not find it funny any longer and that can result to so many things that I can't really tell for now.

I first heard about bitcoin forums from my friend. I developed a lot of love and passion for bitcoin forums after hearing from my friend. Ever since I heard how passion worked I always thought I would work here and someday make some money and fulfill my hopes. I created an account on bitcoin forum and tried to learn there slowly so I built up a good position fairly quickly. I was able to fulfill my expectations fairly quickly by creating a good position here. Now I am able to earn here regularly all my incredible ideas have changed and I am earning from here and I am supporting my family along with my life.

After more than 7 months from the last post - you then came and hit this thread again to be at the top. I don't know why you do this - whatever your reasons, it could probably be considered spam if you don't add anything particularly important.

Bobrox was the last poster on this thread - it's been over 7 months since then.

To be honest I usually come to bitcoin forums mainly for earning purposes. I have heard in the past that there are many ways to make money from bitcoin forums. I mainly joined bitcoin forums to pay for my family and my institutional education. But apart from making money bitcoin forum there are constantly updated millions of new knowledge. It is also compared to a type of news paper.

Participating in bounty programs is the reason for the majority ^{(around 75%)} of people who register accounts on this forum, but as time goes by, finding a bounty program that pays well is very difficult, which makes many members leave.  i myself initially joined this forum to bounty goal but in the end that changed because my insight into bitcoin and altcoins has increased since joining this forum.

i also just made a post on this topic, this topic has been hidden for a long time, i'm quite surprised why someone has bumped this topic again.

My story is quite simple, I had already been hearing about crypto currency for a while and was eager to know more about it especially more about investing in bitcoin cause after the last bull run and when bitcoin hit 67k many persons from my area had gotten a lot of profit from it and that was my main trigger.

I got into research about it and wanted to know more about bitcoin and specifically how to invest in it, I stumbled into this forum from a search to made that took me here and I saw a lot of other post relating to bitcoin, I created an account and logged it and so it was. I was later introduced to Binance and made my first bitcoin purchase but never had to move it cause little did I know what centralized exchange was not to be trusted, I wasn't able to hold bitcoin and later sold cause I felt the price was too high for me to continue. But after I started following up on the forum I learnt a lot about bitcoin and am still learning. ;D ;D ;D :o ::)

Well I've really want to know more concerning Bitcoin, so a friend of mine introduced to join forum that here I'm going to learn more about anything that concerns Bitcoin. Then I got registered but when I got registered I wasn't that following up it but when I discovered more about forum then i keep focused on here, the sweetest part on here is that you won't only about Bitcoin but you'll know things that's going on all over the global. I wasn't the type that listens or watch News but when I joined forum I've learned more about what's going I my country now, things about the government, society, sports, currency etc. So those are things that motivateded me more on here besides the Bitcoin investment I've gotten more knowledge about it now.

I would say now I know how Bitcoin investment works, more than then that I don't know anything much about it.

I've searched Google about how to invest on Bitcoin there answers was nice but you can't compare it to forum, forum have the ability to show you everything about Bitcoin and it has also helped so many people paying them often. What I love most about forum it's about their updates when the Bitcoin bull run hit higher.

Everyone may have come here through the help of many people to come to our bitcoin forum, I also came to this forum through a friend of mine. I don't know how anyone is connected and working in this forum but after a lot of patience and waiting I learned to work properly here. The day I joined this forum I was very excited but I didn't understand how to post in different sections and only did bounty work in the beginning. After working on Bounty and gaining experience from there I gradually started posting in the various important sections of this forum. Then I found our Bengali local board where I started posting in my own mind language i.e. my mother tongue. That's when my foray into bitcoin forums proper began.

Originally I was more interested in learning about Bitcoin which remains an interest to this day. I am still trying to get to know the various topics related to Bitcoin well and maybe in the future I will be able to master them even make myself a proper investor.

Actually, To me, I don't see anything that would lead to banning of bounty board. When someone refuses to do what he or she is suppose to do, definitely, there will be something wrong somewhere.

Because, like me, I joined the forum purposely to learn more about crypto especially, Bitcoin. Yes I have strong believe that as an individual in 21st century, one should have the knowledge of this kind of things. I mean cryptocurrency knowledge, because it is one of the ways of earning cash these days.

To me, I think the main reason why someone should join the forum, is to make sure he's joining it firstly to acquire knowledge of what is going on in the world pertaining to cryptocurrency activities.

So like you said, i can say i joined the forum with just few or no knowledge about cryptocurrency but right now despite the fact that I am still learning, i can confidently say that I am improving concerning cryptocurrency. In the forum, you have access to different kinds of people with their ideas on various things including cryptocurrency. With this kind of relationship and also the kind of conversation you have in the forum can make you to acquire knowledge that you can not acquire even in the classroom.

If you have time to review the posting history - then try reviewing that user's posting habits. There are two old topics that he deliberately bumped after being submerged for more than 7 months - if you are sharp enough to pay attention to them, then you will definitely know what his motives are.

I then wondered - is this topic still relevant to maintain after 7 months of being drowned out by dozens or hundreds of other topics?
If someone else notices that - I hope they give me the answer, but I know it's relevant to bump some old topic if there's something really constructive to discuss further.

I have already posted about this yesterday. But surprised that the user who bumped the drowned post for many days also bumped some more drowned posts. I don't know why the user is doing this and what is his purpose.

This user quoted a post that was made on June 13, 2023, almost 11 months ago, and he resurfaced it on April 26, 2024.
I'm sharing some links to some of his long ago submerged post bump.

Everyone in this forum have their different and major reason for joining bitcointalk.But Op you didn't mention what motivated you to join bitcointalk.And this post have been repeatedly discussed in this forum.Let's learn to stop repeating posts that have been discussed even if your expressing it in your own opinion,you just have to reply or quote the previous trend similar to your trend.Anyways it is what it is,like you said some people in this board were motivated to join because of the pay from signature campaign, some are here to know more on bitcoin while those that that are having knowledge on bitcoin are here to express their knowledge.Whatever motivation, making money from signature campaign is wrong but learning more and making contribution actively will help to grow before thinking of signature campaign.

What motivates me a lot to join this forum is because I keep seeing people in social media testifying on how they make a huge profit from their investment, often times they keep testifying, then I personally made up my mind to give it a trial. but before I go into making any investment first I will need to have the knowledge, then I ask my friend on where I can learn about cryptocurrency and also how to make investment then he referred me to this platform. I most say that this platform is really amazing, I have been here for few months now and I'm beginning to get familiar with some things, I'm still hoping to learn more.

I got interested in Bitcoin to such an extend in early 2011 that I also GPU-mined more than one Bitcoin that I set as a goal for me. I likely visited this forum back then as a guest to dig for information or answers to questions I had.

My first account was registered back in 2013 but this account got locked due to a forum hack and I missed the period to reset my account's password due to inactivity and temporary lack of interest for all around Bitcoin. (Don't care about altcoins or shitcoins in particular.)

I didn't want to jump over all hoops to reactivate my former account^{not clinging to it} and thus registered my current one in March 2021. Regarding the journey from 2011 to 2021 and to present, I'll pay more attention to my current account and made sure to stake necessary data to prove ownership of my account if need arises.

My main goal of participation in this forum is to broaden my knowledge about Bitcoin in particular and crypto coins in general and associated topics of security, self-custody and whatnot. I felt humbled when I was invited to participate in a signature campaign and accepted this new challenge for me. I remember old days when some signatures like those of Chipmixer were seen virtually attached to every post, me being kind of annoyed by that somewhat (perhaps I was a bit envious). The head is round so that opinions can change direction.  ;D

Same with mine. I want to be knowledgeable about bitcoin and the crypto space, which leads me to join the forum so I’ll be able to expose to the forum and get involved in it. And when I have acquired sufficient amount of knowledge and experience, that’s when I realized that there are a lot of earning opportunities you can gain from the forum. Aside from investing and trading alone, you can also learn to develop and enhance your crypto skills so you can land a side job that will pay you a high compensation.

Yes, there are some who joined this community to scam users in the community, which is a bad idea because the person you scam will never forget what you did to he or she, and the scammer will surely receive courses that will make them not to end well in life.

The thing that motivated me to join this community, is that you can achieve your goal in life which is the major reason that make me to be here, and my eyes has open to see many opportunities but to achieve all those opportunity someone need to be more active in this community to enable to achieve them.

The more I spend more time in the community, the more I learn a new things that will make me to build solid relationships with decentralized currency to achieve my goal in the future, which I'm ready to contribute positive things in the community to last long.

In case you don't know almost everyone here came for a purpose which either to gain knowledge to be able to manage their bitcoin investment or to manage their overall investment journey. If you look carefully there are people who are putting up some kind of advertisement codes on their profile I think this is called signature codes, these people are also here for intense to make money.

Let us not forget about the truth and is always better only few people that are here don't remain here for money purpose rather to expand their knowledge to personal wellbeing whichever includes, guiding themselves on external and internal attack, knowing the latest update about bitcoin and something new towards the development of bitcoin.

We can't deny the fact that people are here active because there's always something that is keeping them here and if that is working fine then they have no option to tell their friends of something new here and whenever they comes you would quickly noticed it because they always expressed impatient towards everything they do, even though there are people who are here with genuine yet we can't deny that there being active is for a reward they are gaining from here.

I know Bitcoin from trading, even I know Bitcoin first from the Bitcointalk forum. After that, I was introduced to Bitcointalk by my friend. They say that their Bitcointalk can make a lot of profits. Knowledge of crypto plus bonuses can make money through campaigns. Since then I just tried to register, the most interesting thing about me is that bitcointalk is able to provide additional income even though it is not instant. Maybe not only me, many others have the same orientation. But at the end of the day Bitcointalk is not just a forum to make extra money, there is greater knowledge than just money that we can earn on this forum.

Me too. I already knew Bitcoin because I started trading several months after I quitted my job because I didn't like it. I soon realised that trading was some kind of lottery and I didn't have much money to waste to whales, so I decided that I should better learn about Bitcoin and I found this forum that also allowed me to work in a difficult moment for me. So I have nothing but words of gratitude for Bitcointalk.

For earning purposes? How much you have earned from Bitcoin forums? What jobs you do exactly?
I see you are still in member rank, it is not enough to join signature campaign paid in Bitcoin. If you join the campaign paid in new altcoins, you probably got for cents. So it is quite impossible if you can get enough money for your family or for institutional education.

Of course, improving knowledge is important thing. If we don't do this, we can't adapt with any condition in the forum. We also may have no idea to join discussion in varied topics in this forum.

If you know Bitcoin from trading, you already know Bitcoin before you joined this forum. Is it correct?
What profits that your friend told to you? I guess you friend tells about the profits we can get from joining any campaign in this forum.
In the past, there are many big campaigns that people can earn huge money. Now, it is over already, we only have many small campaigns.

The major reason why I am here is to become a crypto investor particularly BTC, when I do ready about crypto on social media and some articles display about BTC and checking my source of income I never got a knowledge that many strategies that can even suit in my level of financial income is available for me to be a Bitcoiner, as  there as I always puzzle and considering the ATH of BTC but when I entered the forum the knowledge I got and the more I am learn has shown that I was operating on ignorance on the past over BTC investment. Because of the strategy I learn called DCA, buying the dip and holding for long time.

Well, that was also my motivation at first hearing a lot of members have improved their life’s status. But when I entered the forum, I realized that there’s never easy way to stay profitable with bitcoin. You should have gained maximum knowledge and experience as well if possible so you can achieve your goals in the forum. Thankfully, I was never impatient with knowledge acquisition and apply them in myself until I developed my own skills and strategies in the forum. That’s when I start to earn decent profits, which is my ultimate goal why I joined the forum.

I joined this forum because I wanted to know everything about Crypto trading and investment.My friend told me to join this forum when I discussed with him that I wanted to learn  Crypto.He told me there is no other place I can get valuable information about it than the bitcointalk forum here.I had to heed to his advice and joined the forum,and I can boldly say now that since I joined this forum,I have really gained because I have known more about trading and investment, where as these are what I wouldn't have dreamt of.

Many things compelled me to join the forum in order to understand what the main reason for bitcoin, and what he did because when they told me about bitcoin, they said it is a best investment and that if you can be patient and invest your money in it, you will make a huge profit, and later when I was ready to begin my journey on bitcoin investment, my friends introduced me to the forum where I would gain full knowledge of bitcoin and gradually I began picking things that would make me strong in my investment. This forum has helped many individuals believe that bitcoin is the best investment to do and be profitable, allowing many people to achieve their goals.

Not sure about the goals and achievement thing, but one thing is for sure, this forum is undoubtedly the best place for one to learn about Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies within the industry and to stay updated about things that are happening around the cryptocurrency sphere.

On a lot of occasions, you would read things on this forum before you get to read them from somewhere else such as good or bad news, updates, network upgrades, forks, halvings, and anything else that I didn't mention. So if a person is actively visiting the forum, they don't need to watch the news or anything because they will see and hear everything from here. On rare occasions, one might come across topics and stuff that they might need to search about to understand the actual context but that isn't always the case.

This post reminds me alot about how I joined the Bitcoin family. Many years ago even before I started school at the university, I had a friend who constanted persuaded me to invest in Bitcoin. I didn't pick interest in it because there were lots of ponzi schemes as at that time, you won't really blame me because the testimonies I heard about Bitcoin were too good to be true, so I thought Bitcoin was one of those scams.

I gave Bitcoin a trial few years after I graduated from the university and a friend recommended the Bitcointalk forum where I will have to learn from other members who are very knowledgeable in it. I must say, the experience so far has been amazing and I have gained alot.

OP is right, if you don't know why you are here in the first place, you might end up leaving or even abusing the privilege you are given for being here. Incase you all don't know, being here is a privilege which should not be taken for granted.

I have not really been here for a very long time, but I noticed there are lots of things to learn, not just Bitcoin but some nice ways of reasoning, writing, and helping me to read more often.

While county was very difficult for young people a long time ago, lots of young people went into different ways of making money, which wasn't really legit. I started watching my male friends to know what they do for a living. So I noticed they aren't into any illegal stuff, but they were doing so well, so I asked, and they told me I can also do well if I'm patient and ready to learn, so I decided to join and learn what they know.
And believe me, I have been trying my best to read more often than before, which is even helping me reduce my TikTok lifestyle, which wasn't beneficial to me.

I still remember the time when there used to be Bitcoin doublers where you would send your Bitcoins and get 2x of what you have sent.  ;D A lot of people used to get scammed by these HYIPs and some even used to earn a lot of money because such websites used to pay their initial users and then when they used to gain trust in the community and people started sending higher amounts, they would run away with their funds.

You are right that a person who didn't know much about Bitcoin wouldn't believe that it is a good thing if someone told them because they would think Bitcoin is a Ponzi scheme because all those scams, HYIPs, and Ponzi schemes used to use Bitcoin as their main payment method. There used to be cloud mining scams as well back then.

All I can say about the forum or about being on the forum is simply to invite everyone to benefit from this space, because that is the true treasure.
I read almost everything I find interesting on the forum, which completely frees me from social media platforms and all that nonsense, because I truly feel the value of my presence here when I discover new information or learn a new skill. My true treasure is the knowledge I gained during my journey, which seems relatively small, but I am very happy to go through the full experience and continue it with the same passion and enjoyment.

Perhaps what inspires me most to spend more time on the forum is all the experiences I have saw and the distinguished members I stumble upon while roaming the boards.

I am writing this today because today i suddenly noticed that i passeed the 1500 earned merits in order to express my satisfaction and performance with my presence and continued presence on the forum.

I still insist that the forum is a good space for mainly reading and learning, and there may not always be a need to participate in discussions, especially if your goal is only to obtain a merit point. Perhaps all you need is more time to read and not write.

Different individual will have a different concept of what motivated then to join this community because I know quite well that from initial this community was not having a larger number it has today because there are still an advertisement by many persons we are doing in order to make the community to be known but today the community has been known based on much interest on people to Bitcoin because here is the shortest way you can learn the advantages and the disadvantages of Bitcoin without payment and I can see that what motivated people to come to this community is to acquire the knowledge of Bitcoin.

Just like you said a lot of users here have different purposes of joining or developing interest in the forum though your reply sound more like you are generalizing everyone's motivation for joining the forum however my own motivation for joining this forum is that literally i like being updated about things going on in the world not only in my country so I have been a lover of Bitcoin though never developed much interest about it till when a friend of mine introduced me to this forum and I was very much interested in the discussions here because apart from the fact that this forum is more of Bitcoin related but there are some other discussions that are held here so outside that some of the reasons why some newbies are interested in joining the forum now is due to signature campaigns payments but it will be stupid for anyone to think that this forum is only about earning from signature campaigns and possibly forget about some real life jobs because signature campaigns doesn't last forever at some point it can come to an end and reality will be faced so engaging more in discussions about Bitcoin helps to build one's mindset on the right approach to follow in your investment strategies and also to broaden one's alertness on the need to switch to digital currency instead of the regular fiat currency and a lot of people can attest to the achievements they have been able to get since they ventured into cryptocurrency and it can't be measured with fiat regardless of the fact that bitcoin is still new in the crypto industry even though it was the first cryptocurrency that was invented in 2009 by Satoshi Nakamoto.

Then it was the fact that my friend who don't know much about Bitcoin and cryptos suddenly started getting more information about things happening around Bitcoin and the crypto space more than I do as a Bitcoin enthusiasts, So it was one of the major things that triggered me to join this community and which I joined and have equally saw the very benefits that transformed my friend to become knowledgeable about Bitcoin.

The creator of Bitcoin is on this forum  :o

This got me pretty hooked when I read it from somewhere online, i was not new to the forum then I just decided not to use it because I had no reason to, not knowing that I was deceiving myself.

Merely stumbling on this forum could make you walk out in seconds, thinking about what could possibly be on here that you already don't know everything I know about crypto then was through Google search engine.

Until I read that the creator of Bitcoin is on here, I started thinking that I could ask him some questions and I found out that he isn't active anymore, this was what pushed me to start reading on the forum, and then I loved it more.

I never knew that airdrops were possible on here because years back many airdrop platforms were available so I used them to make money, it was later I found out that you can join airdrops and bounties on the forum too.

My friend was the major reason I enter the forum. We're colleagues and this my particular friend in question have always done incredible accomplishments which I wasn't acknowledging, catering for major needs and having extra changed in his pocket even before the month runs out, I became curious because we're closed and I on the other hand wasn't receiving the estimated figures like him. Then one faithful day, I called him and we had drinks and chitchat as usual, asked him about the source of extra change, firstly he refrained and tried to change the topic but I hesitated and stay on the topic which was directly send to him loud and clear, he showed me the basis of the Bitcointalk forum.

Being motivated towards bitcoin forums by a strong desire to learn about bitcoin.  Moreover, good money can be earned from Bitcoin which is another reason for me to be motivated towards Bitcoin.  Also bitcoin forum is like a community where free time is spent great and bitcoin forum has hundreds of unknown facts from which you can search for knowledge like news paper.  It is from this point of view that I pay close attention to the Bitcoin Forum.

YES it is true, that my friend also introduced me to this bitcointalk because it is a complex forum, if you look at the entire board it will be very confusing but my friend guided me even though I had different interests, at that time the bounty world was very good and he reaped a lot of results from the many projects he participated in. Until the development of crypto, I realised the importance of this forum for education because I felt left behind if I didn't know the developments. Bitcointalk is a very effective means that both past and current information (new news) can be accounted for. In addition, there are many features that bitcoin has, such as having full privasy, self-controlled and easy to carry or use. it is only natural that this forum is always crowded among them sharing information that is happening including many newcomers.

However my first time of being in this forum was very tough I couldn't find my way around the forum reason is because I was just given a little hint about how the forum works, I wasn't familiar with the dos and donts of the forum. since I'm not well guided about how the forum works, so i think the first thing I need to do is to read the rules and regulations of the forum, so that I won't go contrary to those rules and regulations. then after reading the rules and regulations about the forum , then I come to realized that there are some certain things you will do that will lead your account to danger, probably they can even have your account been disabled if you go contrary to those rules and regulations.  then I started from avoiding those things so as to avoid my account not been disabled, from there I started getting familiar with the forum I most say this forum really thought me a lot about crypto investment. my major reason of being here is to know more about cryptocurrency and also how it works, though I have really learnt a lot from this forum but I'm still hoping to learn more as time goes on.

To be honest most of us are here due to a friend who has referred us to this forum when we were not even aware of something like Bitcoin would be possible and I have a similar experience wherein I was referred by a friend. But this has been turned into one of the most successful step I have taken in my life be it for earnings through signature campaign or be it about understanding trading tactics.

My first account (SeeBiscuit) was so I could learn about freebitco.in, which is a popular faucet since 2013.

I was showed freebitco.in by someone IRL and it was so weird to me seeing a site that looked so old being used by OG bitcoiners to this day.

Then I came to the forum and stayed because...well  ;D.

I mean its the worlds largest free bitcoin-related public library.

Don't gotta check out the material and take it home with you.

At your fingertips.

Lmfao overpowered website.

Learning and money are 2 common reasons that can motivate people joining this forum. I have no problem that people have their own reasons, it is something that we can't force to the people. However, I can appreciate that you still concern to the knowledge, you want money but you understand it requires good knowledge. Well, at least people do this, so they don't do something that makes no sense.

This forum is more better than newspaper. You only can get limited knowledge through newspaper. But you can get unlimited knowledge in this forum. This forum provides too many sources for learning and get knowledge. You are in the right place if you want to learn.  ;)

Acquiring bitcoin knowledge could be the first goal but in the end, it turns out making some profits out from being knowledgeable about bitcoin could be the final goal. I believe a lot would agree to this because through bitcoin knowledge and development of skills, we can always look for job opportunities that suit our skills and talents, or we can start engaging in bitcoin investment through long term hodling and make good profits when we start selling our bitcoin.

However, either it’s for pure knowledge or for profits, it’s still an advantage for us knowing about bitcoin and the crypto space since the world is turning into digital, and this could be a good preparation for us so we can be more aware and ready to use them as a mode of payment in the future, as they’re actually designed to perform as a currency, not just an investment tool alone.

Agreed about this all with I personally joined this forum for some learning and having information then I am started some earning which helps me a lot, and now I am having good things just because of this forum even I am having not good rank but with the knowledge which I have from here and specially few dedicated members those are giving good information's about the investment in bitcoin helping a lot to newbies like me which are now having good earning which is life changing and things which were not possible before joining this forum.

No doubt about this forum is having too many things which were not available on any other forum or newspaper, so this is main source of updates and new developments in this crypto world which are bringing better things for many peoples to improve their lives.

A friend actually told me about this forum,and how he makes posts here to earn money,I though it was a joke at first,untill I joined the community and started making post,I'm not in a campaign,but I know it's isn't a rush,it's something that has to be taken gradually,very soon,I will enter into one and starts gearninng through a signature campaign.This is not the only thing that attracted me,making investments,how to trade and how to sell and buy a coin was one of the things that pushed me to be a part of the community,and I've never regretted being one.

That's such a short and motivational story for beginners here, because it appears lots of beginners here actually joined the forum for the wrong reason, because from my observation, so many new people didn't join this community for the primary purpose of gaining information, which is in fact supposed to be the primary motive of this forum before every other thing. Because I don't understand why someone would joined this today and rather than learning about how the forum works and focusing on acquiring the necessary knowledge, they start making shit posts and polluting the forum.

What motivated me to join this forum is because I have researched and asked questions from a few experienced individuals who are into cryptocurrency business, and they recommended that I join bitcointalk forum, and I can testify that this is the forum to increase Bitcoin and altcoins knowledge. This is an active forum where I can learn and increase my knowledge and also share my ideas for other forum members to see from my perspective, I think that this is the best and most active forum to discuss cryptocurrency. I hope to be here for a very long time and enjoy other benefits of the forum.

Yes, this forum is mainly for help and sharing good knowledge about Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies, and the forum is always ready to respond to your questions irrespective your rank, location, or you are not here for long.

When I joined this forum, I was very happy because I learned so many things while I joined this forum, I was able to know the exact meaning and explanation of Bitcoin and blockchain technology, and I am able to know in detail how and which wallet to use to keep my Bitcoin safe.

Moreover, despite the scams involved in crypto space, joining this forum teaches a lot about privacy and security perspective which really helped me as I am very vigilant and I know what to do at anytime.

What purposely motivate me to joined this wonderful is the way I saw how people's are sharing their knowledge to and also having experience in defferences of things. To be honest today this forum has great to me because it as help alot with the meaning things which I didn't know about before, and again one things about this forum is that is your leaning towards that will determine what to earned and what to achieve in this forum. And about the people's that disappeared is lack of the of patient that sent back to where they comes from since they think is a place where they come and earned quickly money.
Everyone have an ambitious of joining this community some aim of the joined this forum is be getting more enlightenment about what is going on the world and some people's only come to earn money and go that's are the type of that usually fall in vistim of scammers, those that only motivate by making money I don't think that will be done for them. Because a person will not motivate his self about making money without the proper knowledge of the website that he want to starting making money that's impossible.

If that is your purpose you are in the forum, you made a good choice, if you can do what will make you stay long for the forum because for you to achieve your purpose in this forum, you need to follow the rules and regulations that governed the forum.

Yes, you can earn money from the forum when you grow your account to full member above, and before you will get to such stage, you must learn how to display quality post which are some of the things that make people to rank up fast in the Bitcointalk.org forum.

You can still achieve more benefits from the forum, if you can continue do the right thing that will contribute meaningful things to users in the forum because that is the best way to prove to people that you have learned crypto before joining the forum.