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Briefly ill say this.

After reading the rules in the forum and  taking consideration of what to do and what not. I have been wondering to ask this question.

What will happen to anew user's account if he wishes to change his username after some months in the forum?

If the user has achieved a high rank in the forum, and choses to change his username, will the account be suspected of changing hand and be tagged for that? If yes how will other users know he is still the rightful owner?

It must be a special case with very solid reasons, and must get an approval from theymos, and a note is in most cases, you cannot convince theymos.

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In most approved cases, only display name was changed, username remains the same to give forum admins some clues to check that account.

Anyone in the forum can choose to change his username whenever he/she feels like. There are no restrictions to that as long as it is for a good reason. Just in case a matter was brought against a member based on the fact of changing hand then such person have to sign a Bitcoin message to prove ownership of the account.

He has to sign a message on of the Bitcoin wallet associated to the account, if he had use multiple wallet then signing on all of them would make his prove solid.

Useful Link
How to sign a message?! (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=990345.0)

There are things that cannot be changed, such as UID. This means that changing your username does not necessarily mean hiding your past history. Therefore, unless there is a sufficient reason to change your username, such as a privacy reason, it will not help you.

Only the forum Administrator has that privilege, The Admin will not change your username because there is a change of hand, because we are known here based on our posting behavior , our posting behavior history and accumulated feedbacks are what associated us to our username.

And if there is a change of username, there should be an announcement of request so the community will not be surprisedd of that username having their feedback on that account.

People usually change their username due to privacy reasons and making such announcement would defeat their purpose.
If you posted a feedback for a user and the user changed his/her username, it shouldn't be difficult to find out who he/she is.

in my extreme ignorance I thought that the username was not possible to change
in any case, 50 btc to become a VIP is really a lot
perhaps it was a feasible cost years ago but now it is absolutely high, it should be updated and brought to human figures in my opinion otherwise no one will buy a VIP

Yea, making such an announcement for change of username might automatically translate to defeating the purpose for which the change was made.

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Op, I have read that theymos changed the username of a newbie on request because the newbie actually used the combination of his real name and surname to register here. In this situation, two things happen;
1. Theymos changed the username of an unestablished account
2. Because of a privacy related issue
So, you can enjoy such privilege only if you can convince theymos.

The newbie should just register a new account with the preferred username because the chances of this happening are extremely tiny. Arsenal is likely to win the CL title before that happens. Lol

Only respected/reputable members with a strong concern for privacy are granted the privilege of changing their username name. (Reputability is not dependent on X merits; it goes well beyond merit and rank)

Theymos has said it previously that the forum has enough money to run fine and so does not need donations anymore. So instead of trying to donate to the forum right now, you can look for people or communities affected by wars or natural disasters and donate towards such causes. If you want a name change, send a private message to Theymos and see if he will consider the request, though he likely may not.

You might be able to do it, but you'll need a really convincing reason to do so. I don't see any reason to change your name other than for privacy reasons. For example, I don't really like my real baptismal name and I also don't see any reason to change it just because I don't like it... just live with it and that's it... A nice name doesn't mean much, the reputation you build is worth much more.

I don't expect that a newbie or an inactive user should one day all of a sudden move a motion to change his username for nothing sake, same applies to any old existing members, because this is not dome by the numbers of time spent here, but the quality of what we have deposited to the community which everyone can attest to, then we must also be ready in giving enough qualitative reasons to why we want to have a change of username.

Every can ask to change the username but the decision will be up to theymos if he will approve the request or not. If a high rank forum members change name got approved would still be known that he is still the owner by looking at the post history but if you did notice somehow that is different like the posting ability then you'll know that it is now a different person who is using the account because the posting behavior is different.

Charging your user in the forum is allowed, but before you change your username something most be propelled to that, it neither be you want to change your username to your brand so that both will have same name, I think what theymos considered that most is changing your username to your brand, and you most ascertain some positions that will make you to be eligible and also your reputation can equally make a good path for you to have a swift response from theymos and admins.

Newbie requesting to make changes of user with brand, I think is suspicious because nobody knows the objectives of the newbies to have thought of changing of user without a cogent reason, and I'm convinced that the admins will not grant the request of such user, based on my experience, it's few people that has changed username and still it was noticeable, and did such base on their brand outside the community, so you most have a good reason to change your name, its not something anyone can achieve easily.

There is no guarantee that admin or mods would approve account name change for any new members, unless there is a very good reason for doing that.

It makes no difference if username is changed for high ranked accounts.
Everything is archived already and ID number of account is staying the same even if visible name is changed.
I wouldn't worry and waste time on things like this.

nothing, if they want to change their username they can either donate to the forum or request a name change from Theymos. to be honest if they want to change their username but their account is still newbie rank, it would be much better to just create a new account.

achieving a high rank doesn't really mean they'll be able to change their username as was mentioned before, they can either donate or for a name change from Theymos, and no, changing their username doesn't mean they will be suspected of changing hands.

It's only applicable for users who posted a few and become inactive after the change. Not those prominent users, even there's no announcement made people will notice it eventually just a day or two. Remember old quoted posts remain the old username in the post too.

You are new enough to this forum to create a new account with a new name. So that's the least of your problems.

ah i understand, so what if someone wants to become a VIP? Donate to people who serve and theymos makes you a VIP?
no, i mean, it could accept donations from those who want to become VIPs but lower the price, given that 50 btc is really a lot
that's what i mean

No, the request to change your name from your initial name to a new name, the requirements that you submit are official on this forum, you have to pass several requirements to fulfill the request for a name change, maybe some of the members above have already said that.

Here, many account names have been changed to new ones, as far as I know, all of them are legal, in fact some of them have received praise for the new name, it's not what you think (accusations), if you want to change your account name, First you have to reach the Legendary position first and have the best contribution in this forum. If you only know about Bounty, don't expect your new name to be granted.

So try to be the best and top poster here, so that you can change your current name to a new name, for example changing money to gold and so on.

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great, if you want to explain all that.

Official requirements?
The only official rule we have about username change is that "You can either donate 50 BTC to become a VIP or PM theymos asking to change your username (although he rarely accepts such requests nowadays)."


There is no rule saying you have to be a legendary member to request a username change. The final decision is made by theymos.

Wow 50 BTC that's alot,  i thought they might have reduced the amount of BTC paid to become VIP , especially now bitcoin price has increased to a nice rate . Base on most users comment I don't think changing of one name would be easy at all , but I guess the reason why is like that is for safety reasons.


I understand what Xenomorfo is trying to say , though theymos may not need any donation anymore , But still it is still a criteria of being a VIP user and there might be some users that may want to be a VIP user just to enjoy the benefits attached to it , but with that price i don't think anyone would have the interest to do it.

It is indeed a lot especially to those who live in a third world countries because that amount of bitcoin in local currency would be a lot. So the best choice is to make is to make a request to theymos to change a username although as mentioned in other post that theymos rarely accepts these requests so it is still much better compared to donating 50 btc unless the required amount is changed or updated. I didn't notice anyone wanted to become a vip or to have a vip status and even requesting to change the required amount to become a vip.

50 BTC is alot even in first world countries. We're talking over 3 mil here ;D

They probably don't want to have more VIPs or requests for changing usernames which is why they didn't think of reducing the amount.  :P

It's funny how various users bring up the topic of buying VIP status is exceedingly expensive. Well, yes it is when you always tie Bitcoin to fiat. (Sure, who doesn't... me too.)

When VIP or Donator rank was made to be purchased, Bitcoin was far less valuable than today. It wasn't a negligible amount but back then somewhat affordable, if you think in fiat space.

theymos already commented on it: the set BTC price will not be adjusted to current fiat rates. It would be unfair to those who paid 50BTC, period. In your logic to demand to adjust the price for a VIP rank, would you also want to reimburse former VIPs for the difference of an adjustment? Think about it.

I guess, nobody sane would buy VIP today. So what, who cares?

Maybe those who want to change their user or display name now should've taken a minute or two longer to find a suitable one that can last for the usage lifetime of their account when they registered it.

The last donator is Claymore (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=306958) with passive income from mining software for Ethereum miners and miners of other altcoins in two cycles ago. Claymore left the forum since 2019 too.

theymos said forum has enough money for operation and no longer need more donation in BTC. Another reason shared by you is true, it's unfair for previous VIP, donator members if theymos decreases required BTC in donation for getting these badges today.

In addition, it's Bitcoin forum and theymos does not want to receive donation in other cryptocurrencies. Exception is Grincoin in Copper membership member purchasing method some years ago.

It's very hard to change username from my own deductions and I can tell that it is unless you write a personal message to Theymos or other well known custodians of this platform, with a very detailed reason as to why you intend to make that play, that you can have response and it is still very unlikely that you would be granted such a request because if it were so easy and doable, many of us would have changed our username inorder to evade negative trust.

There’s a probability the request might not be accepted from what I read so what’s the point changing a user name, I think creating a valid reason still requires 50 BTC. Aside security purpose what’s the point changing a user name secondly why will any newbie want to think of such idea, I guess everyone deserves their freedom but things are done differently here so it will be better avoiding it or pay without a guarantee. The price of bitcoin has nothing to do with the fee honestly, if the price keeps increasing then good luck.

There are only certain people who can change their name with a clear reason and with a clear purpose as to why they changed their name, the 50 BTC fee is a case of the past, I'm pretty sure that policy is no longer valid and depends entirely on how Theymos responds to someone who wants to change their user name on the forum, and if I notice that only people who have a big contribution on the forum have the opportunity to change their user name, although I think they are also quite queued and patient in waiting for the process. lol.

Logically, people who have been on the forum for a long time are difficult to change their user name, let alone new members, unless they want to pay 50 BTC. LOL

Well, I think there's  no need for such an announcement, because the announcement isn't said to guarantee that the admin or theymos will grant your change of name appeal.  Just a PM to the admin should do, and if he grants then all good, everything would still have to pipe low because the entire community doesn't have to know except the user chooses to beat the drum.

There's no denying that 50 BTC is still a lot in first world countries. If that 50 BTC is converted to my local currency or fiat currency then it would be a huge amount of money and there's no need to work anymore because it will last for a long time when I am by myself and did not support anyone. For first world countries vs third world countries in fiat currency, third world countries is much more when it is in fiat and the daily necessities isn't expensive (it is much cheaper than FW country).

It is ill-conceived to change your username to cover anything including your privacy, even the weakest searcher on the forum will still be able to know you through a mere forum redirecting unless the person does not remember your username. Some people are so determined to the point that they have enough links and bookmarks on their gadgets. I wonder how it will be difficult for them to locate any user simply by changing their username. The only genuine and reasonable reason I know for such a chance is to reflect what you currently want, our mood changes, and so is our mindsets.

Yes of course forum memebers ranks equal to the tasks of the changes qualification can appeal for change of name but the controversy is that you'd have to be approved for it  on request.
Sometimes you may get ignored due to the sensitive of the forum system finding your intention phishing.

How much will you make it then ? 0.5 BTC. I doubt there will be good number of users ready to pay that much also to buy VIP .

yes even that figure could be a good figure, let's say honest
Its definitely not me who decides or can decide, i am just giving a little advice which in my opinion makes sense
I dont want to impose my opinion but i am advising that perhaps it would be appropriate to review the price

The first thing that I noticed is that you have a received a generous number of answers/replies to a question that really does not require too much explanation. The second thing I noticed was you asked the question many days ago yet did not even acknowledge any of the replies.

The final thing to mention is there are several members that have changed their forum username for one reason or another, it does not automatically mean there is nefarious activity associated with it.

If followed the appropriate forum guides on the profile edit and you're sure of rightfully owning the account then then there's no necessary of suspecting the account but after done processes at a current run there's some contexts of post changes either on writing patterns or posting on different boards which the formal Identified user (change of name) is usual, then there's every possiblities of the account to drag other users attentions which then it may be suspicious and tantamount to be tagged. It absolutely means impersonation.

But (and let me know if I'm wrong) afaik, although it is not often looked favourably on selling accounts, it is not forbidden either; and, on the other hand, impersonation would be if someone maintained the old owner's username and pretended to be him/her, which is the contrary of what the OP is asking.

So there is no need to split hairs here. The only real problem is that it won't be easy to see your request fulfilled, but forger about being tagged for no reason.

This should have been locked because the OP created this thread to ask a question that has been answered but he did not acknowledge anything. He never ever made another post here again though he has been busy posting in other threads. Since it seems the point of creating the thread was to receive merits and that objective has quite obviously failed, why are members posting to an absent OP?