Bitcoin Forum

Been around here for a bit now and I kinda get how things work, but still trying to get more familiar with all the different boards and where everything actually fits.

At the start I didn’t really understand the whole merit and ranking thing, or how some boards are way more active than others. Slowly getting there though, just takes some time I guess.

How long did it take you guys to actually feel like you fully understood how the forum works?

It took me a little more time to just focus on reading and exploring the forum long before I started making a post here, and you can't know everything all at once.

First, you focus on reading about the rules of the forum as time goes on, and you will expand your knowledge, you make mistakes and get corrected, and you learn from them, people are still learning where your knowledge stop might be where that of another starts from.

To understand about merits, activities and posts should take less than a day to understand as you read about them. The badges should take less than a day to understand even without reading about it.

To understand about each boards, this can take weeks or months. You will understand it better if you track the board and seeing what people are posting there. This is what I do not understand fast about this forum but newbies can be posting on just few boards, learn about other boards and expand his posting to the other boards.

I mean it's an individual thing imo. Some might take a month to understand the forum, some might take a week. It solely depends on the person, varies to everyone, since all of us has different level of understanding. Focus on yourself if you wanna grow here, in knowledge and in rank, don't just jump into the conversation without taking a moment to properly understand the subject. Dedicate enough time to the forum, have the mindset to learn, read more, write less, or write where your knowledge/ability allows you to, and you should be good to go. And there are some important things that you might wanna follow, every board has some posts pinned to it. Check them in your free time, and you'll get the idea on how bitcointalk works (mostly).

I've often written that I came to the forum for the bounty, not fully understanding what it was. I just saw it on YouTube and decided to give it a try. Social media: you click something, and then they promise payouts. The fairy tale ended after two months. I realized it was all nonsense, and only then did I venture beyond my local forum to check all the scams that scammers so diligently tried to plant here. I didn't immediately learn about merits, rank increases, and even more so about company signatures. Which is probably why I'm so skeptical of newbies who write guides from day two, know what DT is, know everyone's stories, and know where to increase rank. In my case, everything happened gradually, perhaps very slowly, until I realized how precious this place had become to me.

It took me months to understand the forum for easy navigation. I was only posting in Beginners and Help board in the beginning without knowing that there are other boards that I can post on. Gradually, I started getting use to the forum. I am still learning about the forum despite spending more than three years here. The time it will take one to learn how this forum works depends on how eager the person is ready to learn. It becomes more easy if you're already a member in another forum before registering here.

Oh really? You're a chatbot spammer (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5456516.msg66004791#msg66004791). Do you do that on other forums on the internet too, or only here because you're hoping to rank up to monetize your spam?

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I'm still learning new things after 10+ years.

I think this is a normal thing because there is no how you can understand everything at ones. The forum is all about reading so it will definitely take you time before you would start getting familiar with it. However, the most important thing in this forum is time and patience, if you can afford to do this without giving up along the line you must surly get use to the forum one day. Honestly I can't remember how long because it has been a while now, so I might not get it correctly. So consistency is the real key to navigating the forum.

Yes, that’s right. It also took me some time to fully understand how the forum works. At first, many things seemed complicated  which boards were for what kind of discussions and how to post properly. But gradually, I learned the rules. Now I’ve created a new account so that I can start fresh, plan everything properly, and move forward in the right way. My goal is to learn more and contribute better without repeating my past mistakes. I hope to be more actively and meaningfully involved in this forum with my new account.

It takes time to understand what is happening as well as to navigate the various boards the forum has to offer. The total time would be dependent on the individual.

The pattern many newbies are following today involves trying to obfuscate the fact the accounts are being operated by account farmers (that are pretending to be newbies). The main purpose is to monetise the accounts by joining campaigns. That is the reason why outsiders looking in will not be able to work out how long it takes to understand how to use the forum. Their desire to expedite the process of joining campaigns is a sign they are not "real" newbies.

It takes a year or within years to fully understand the forum, if you are really new to the forum you can't understand how the forum operates under weeks or months, but the longer you stay logged in, reading and learning the quicker you get exposed to facts about the forum.

You can understand better when you spend time active and engage in discussions, so many details about the forum is behind old threads that carries informations about the forum which you don't know as a new user, so how quick you explore the forum makes it quicker for understanding the forum.

I bet he grasped the idea of how ChatGPT works quite fast! This is one of the cases that deserve to be nuked, although the latest 3-4 posts look like absolute crap to be written by AI, he still has posts on 4th or 5th of November that are pure AI diarrhea, with this post being an attempt to indirectly gain merit.

Anyway, the forum is quite easy to navigate, activity and ranking up is quite straightforward if you spend 10 minutes to read how it works (but I'm guessing OP didn't, he might have asked ChatGPT though). Only the trust system is a little more complicated and it's something I recently learned how it works and navigates.

Probably much longer than it should because I am kinda of guy that doesn't like to read guides before use and instead prefer to figure things out slowly on my own pace, which I am still doing to this day.

Having said that, I did have ~20 years of forum experience before coming here so it wasn't that hard to adjust.

Honestly, it took me over a year before I really felt confident around here. I had that same “newbie phobia” you’re probably feeling now, second-guessing every post and worrying if I was doing things right or will ever do the right thing. But with time, constant learnings about Bitcoin and how the forum works, it all started to make sense.

 Bitcointalk has its own rhythm and the more you read and observe, the clearer things get. I noticed you joined back in September so you’re still early on. Don’t rush it, just keep engaging and learning. Before long, you’ll feel completely at home here.

You can actually read the description of every boards on what you topics and discussion suit on those specific boards. If you can't see them you can see your settings (Look and Layout Preferences) and check the "Show board descriptions inside boards."


I'm not entirely sure if i fully understand how the forum works either, since i don't memorize all the rules. Some sections even have their own specific guidelines that need to be followed. Usually, i just read them from time to time, especially when someone brings up a topic related to the rules. The same goes for things like merits and ranking, i get familiar with them when i read the discussions, but after a while, i tend to forget and end up checking them again later.

Difficult to answer because it's been long time since I joined forum and now I don't remember everything in detail. Probably I would lie if I'd say that now I know everything perfectly. I think it took at least few months to understand basic things on Bitcointalk. And for example it took me a while, probably year or a bit more to understand how trust system works, what is DT or trust ratings.

It's a very simply forum with simple setting and simple rules. There is not really much to learn, everything feels natural, at least this was the case for me. At first ranking up needed to be figured out a little bit but with small Google search I gained access to thread that explains what is ranking and how it works. To be honest, I misunderstood how trust was working and I added many people into trust without really acknowledging how important trust system is on this forum but later I understood my mistake and corrected it.

That was very funny :D

I get how forums usually go, but this ain't your regular forum. It's like a whole other world with its own weird rules and inside jokes!

Getting the hang of the tech stuff – posting, quoting, reading the rules – is simple. But learning the social stuff? That's where things get tricky! And I'm still figuring it all out. I really don't have the time so I mostly pop in to read a thread or two that I find interesting.

As I remeber it takes a very long time, probably more than a year since I wasnt really that active when I first started here in the forum, and probably some of the post are just actual comments that I just want to say or just genuiene question that I want to learn since, at that time I wasnt really that familiar with cryptocurrency, I think I was just a student when I first encounter the forum there was also not a lot of things about cryptocurrency so there was no actual information that you could trust, the when it comes to projects, crypto, investments etc.

Merit did not exist when I first started, so I think it was just a matter of post and how long your account is. When merit started, it took a long while before we got familiar with it, since it was really difficult to earn merits, and I think there were some issues as well with merit distributions.

Just focus on the things that you are doing if your on Bitcoin post or ask things that you want on Bitcoin discussions, When I want to know or learn something the forum is the best tool, until now there are some that I still dont understand here, there are topics that I have no idea what its about, good thing is members here is going to teach you.

It took me a lot of time, especially especially after I came here and yet was finding my way around, then I left for a very important reason and when I returned, I read many threads on the boards that are very important to me, since the boards have descriptive information, it easily Intedified where I should visit and reply to threads I have information on and also created threads too. It took time but as I was consistent, I later find everything easier and also learning more.

I don't know how many months or years it will take me to understand how this Bitcointalk forum work. Even the rules am seeing in this Bitcointalk forum is too much for users, well I don't know the reason they established the rules for users to follow. Am still studying the Bitcointalk forum.

Some months (close to a year). I was faced with evil fee ban and I refused to make any payment because I was sure I did not commit any evil. So, I nearly lost hope until I understood that some reputable members of the group could whitelist anyone without having them to pay. So, I saw the names of the white Listers, and decided to go with Upgrade00 because of his username. So, he upgraded (whitelisted) me and I started using the forum, the rest is history.

It took me a while to fully understand how things work here. When I first registered here, I had to take my time to read threads one after the other. I look out for the forum pinned threads that contain rules and policies, which I learned from. Although it took me time to fully understand and get things clear here, but all the same, I  was able to scale through the hurdles, and here I am today still learning and growing, as it is a continuous process that one must learn something new every day.

It doesn't matter how long it took you to familiarize yourself with how the forum works, you will get along as time goes on and that is if you are very consistent in learning a new thing about the forum each day. There are things that am still getting to know in the forum recently even after i have spent 2 years here so as time goes you will learn new stuffs that will help you while navigating through the forum. However, if you are new into bitcoin you will find it difficult to make posts in bitcoin discussion threads but all you need to do is to learn till you can be able to make posts in those threads.

What it takes is one who real is in Bitcointalk for bitcoin and its talk and not for ulterior motives, once you realize that it’s an amazing place to build basic knowledge of bitcoin, crypto at large then you have nothing much to think or feel difficulty in the forum but yet I’m still not convinced the topic is with a clear intention either, because some members are pointing at you suspiciously hence it’s normal to even learn the forum without asking such questions yet reading and observing is valid.

I was already used to forums by time I came here, so it didn't really take much time as in basic use, but I do continue to learn about new features as I continue to use, like even after 8 years, I only learned recently that 'yellow stone face' is sign that user have posted already in the topic.

I still don't understand that dt thing, so I don't use it  :P

Understanding how bitcointalk works is not that difficult, it's either you're being told and you made the discovery by yourself, which either of the ways may take you a month or even more before you get used to the forum, provided that the knowledge about bitcoin and cryptocurrency were there already, but when a newbie arrived this forum without a background knowledge of bitcoin, crypto and the forum, it takes months for them to get used to these, also, it depends on fast such person was able to relate with the forum tools in learning on every aspects, if being active and willing to learn, this may not take much longer, at some point, most of us were the same way a newbie before becoming so used to the forum.

Just calm down. It took alot of us some time too to be able to understand this forum. Many of us during our early days had to stick around a few boards we found more comfortable to interact in. While still there, we gradually extended to other boards; learning and unlearning till we found ourselves where we are right now

You can't learn everything in one day. It might take you years, it doesn't make you less a participant of these forum. People adapt differently, just be you and learn at your own pace.

same

and i grew up on dial up BBS

Consistency, steady engagement and patience is all you need. It won't take long before you get acquainted with those rules and when you do you will also discover they were not established to make the forum hostile but to keep things orderly and also protect the interest of forum members. We all had had similar experience when we all started but over time everything became clearer and we now navigate the forum with so much confidence.

I have been here for few years and have not still understood everrything about the forum.

How long it will take you to learn the basics of the forum will depend on the number of hours you can dedicate to the forum and your commitment. If you spend just few minutes weekly, it might take a longer period. If you can spend sometime to scan through and read the information in the forum, you will get used to this platform faster. Visiting the beginners and help sections and reading through the pinned messages could also be helpful.

It's not really easy here ,mostly to us the newbies, everything looks so strange and confusing,even though I know that i haven't spent one year here but with the few months I have been here ,could you believe that I am still finding it difficult to understand some many things about Bitcoin and cryptocurrency exchanges in general, and I have tried so many ways to make it so easy for me to understand but I find out that Bitcoin and cryptocurrency exchanges in general are very strong projects that has to do with one's intelligence and it's something that requires time patient.so now i have come to understand that the best way to understand everything about Bitcoin and cryptocurrency exchanges  better and faster is being consistent, slow and steady and one day it will be a past story to us like other members..


And mind you that every member of the forum pass through this primary goal before becoming whatever they are today and that gives me a strong believe that one day I will also be like them as long as I am consistent and industrious towards it..

I don't have serious plans on the forum at first, because when I open the forum, I realized this isn't my field and I won't be suitable here to stay for long so I just get active whenever I want to but most of the time I ignore the forum. Until such time I realized instead of doing nothing, why not just explore the forum slowly. So it really took almost a year before I finally understand the whole point of this forum and how it works. What makes it good here is that, you don't stop learning but you keep on growing everyday with new significant ideas and valuable insights.

Now, I'm loving the forum and get excited what's store for me in the next days, months and years. Having a great amount of income is a big bonus.

Forever! Lol :)

Honestly, I had to close my tap the very first time I opened Bitcointalk, and I didn't return until 2 weeks later. On returning, I took my time to read each section of the forum and how people do here. I late located the unofficial forum rules and I was lucky to come across the ranking page as well, which I couldn't remember how anymore.

After a while, I got acquainted with the forum, but the evil tag became a problem before I got someone to eventually whitelist me. That's when I got serious with the forum.