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Technology has made life somehow easy for us today.In the days of our father,they had no idea about working online,all their work to make money were done physically,and with strength,either they engaged in mini or mega business that will provide money for them.We thank God for bitcoin,that came as a messiah,to enrich the hopeful.Now my father asks me about my shop,and where it's located,I told him I'm bitcointalking,and he doesn't know what I'm talking.What do yours tell you?

Theres no need to emphasize that their era isnt comparable today that are digital. Yes not much on their time but you must remember that your parents bled for you to be able to study and attain something in life. Yes bitcoin is now on hit globally but it doesnt mean our parents are stupid enough not to notice that world is changing. Lets not brag that we can do bitcoin talk or any money making online cause traditional business always work best in their own interest.

God has nothing to do with Bitcoin and Bitcoin isn't created to make you or everyone else rich.

It's make sense how your father don't understand about bitcointalking because your answer didn't even clear, it will raise many questions: does Bitcoin can talking? do you create a video about Bitcoin e.g. influencer, or exploring this forum (bitcointalk-ing).

As said, bitcoin was not made to make people rich. However, I cannot deny it, it can provide now and then easy jobs with quick and flawless payments.


Well, I think that you're doing it wrong. "Bitcointalking" is not supposed to be a job. Relying on posting on a forum as a stable source of income can easily lead to big problems.
Lying your family about your job is imho even worse, although I clearly don't expect them to understand all this.
Imho the proper way should be to have a stable job (maybe at a shop) and whatever (and whenever) you get some extra from campaigns on bitcointalk... treat is as a bonus, because that's what it is.

I don't think I know what you are talking about either. What do you mean by "bitcointalking"? Do you mean that you are advertising your services via bitcointalk or that you consider being in a signature campaign as a job and that's actually "bitcointalking". I can understand the former, but seeing latter as a full time job is a very dangerous thing, even if you are from a 3rd world country.

Btw, I think that you just made up a new word lol.

It’s a new word for me too. Thanks to OP lol.

We all know relying from this signature campaign alone is totally risky, but believe it or not, posting in a signature campaign has given me bigger source of income compared to my day job, certainly because I’m just a minimum wage earner. However, I believe this bitcointalking should not be our only source of income. It’s good as a side hustle, but will never guarantee a stable job. Otherwise, you might struggle financially in the future once this bitcointalking will never be in demand.

@martyns, do not see this forum as a job, you need alternatives even if some of your posts and activeness are providing some money for your through this forum. Look for other means of making money. I guess you are from a third world country, even this forum can create an opportunity for you to start your own work which can be an alternative. Just do not depend only on this forum is my advice.

There era is different to what currently we have at the moment, They are been introduce to physical jobs since modern technology is not so famous at that time and work loads are manually done by workers. If your father ask about that out of curiosity maybe try to make him understand about latest trend of technology where people can work at home and for sure he understand that this is the new evolution of work force and will not be ignorant if they here this information to other people.

Bitcointalk is not ATM for you and you can not work here forever.

If you are young, you can work in Bitcointalk and learn to work at other working locations, shops, companies, super markets or work as free-lancer but don't depend on Bitcointalk. If you only work here, when Bitcointalk shuts down, you will be burned.

I’m surprised that you are using the forum as main source of income especially that you are still a full member since the pay rate is low per post. I’m Legendary rank here and enrolled on one of the prestigious signature campaign here but I still work on a corporate with above minimum wage salary and do business at the same time that managed by my wife just to have a good savings and a better future for my daughter.

It’s still good to have a main job that can give you a fixed salary instead on focusing here and just do nothing after finishing your post quota. Just use the forum as a side hustle so that you can have a better savings in the future.

What I’m saying to my parents? None because I can earn decent money on my salary even when I don’t have business and use the forum earning for my personal leisure time such as gambling and buying things online.

Bitcointalk earnings has no doubt help some people meet up with some expenses mostly for people living in the third world countries where their cost of living isn’t expensive. But this is just a forum and the campaign run on them could end so one needs to diversify by making income off the forum. A side work apart from anything related to bitcoin or cryptocurrency is should be a better alternative.
Your dad questioning of your shop simply signifies that he is curious of where you got the money you spent comes from. And from this explanation of yours I still think he might still be doubtful because older generations tend to associate every earn from the internet to cybercrime. So you might need a better way to convince him

The OP is from one of those countries that (at least judging by the forum activities) is not one of those that really offer any great opportunities in life, so I understand why some people treat the forum as a place where they generate their main income. Some data say that the minimum wage in Nigeria is about $75 or even less, or about $0.40 per hour. It's not that I don't agree that it's a bad idea to rely on the forum as a main source of income, but sometimes people just don't have much choice.

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You seem pretty confident that the forum will shut down, although I don't think there's any reason for that to happen as long as there's interest in Bitcoin and all other cryptocurrency-related activities in general. Things could change in the future when people no longer want to communicate in this way, and then the forum could simply slowly fade into oblivion - and maybe it will become the subject of study by some historians and we will all end up in some digital museum :)

Your father may not aware that there is such a thing as work from home or online work because he is not well acquainted in the internet he is a traditional worker who worked 8 to 5, its better to explain this to your father, its your father, he has the right to know what his son's work and where he works and you can also explain to your father what Bitcoin is and internet if he still do not know how things work in the internet.

do not mean to demean your father, but from what you described at the beginning, it seems that your father is quite old and may not keep up with technological developments. it doesn't matter, but you still have to explain in simple terms how you work and earn money.
so you are a full time person in Bitcoin trading?

You said that I, having read posts before yours, also wanted to answer. We often read that young people in Nigeria, even after education, still cannot get a good job, and participation in a subscription company is still better than just sitting around doing nothing. Other than that, I think that the OP is not just writing posts, but reading the forum day by day and gaining new knowledge.  Namely, knowledge is a good companion for further job search.
But as for the parents, OP, I think that even telling them that you get paid to post on the forum will be difficult for your father to understand, since the older generation is used to working physically. Just like my parents, who are very suspicious of the computer, seeing it only as a toy as they watch their grandchildren play on it,

Remote work was a thing before bitcoin, with platforms like Elance were one could find remote work dating back to 1999, far before bitcoin was launched. When you put it into perspective that remote workers existed before such platforms and were available in some business, you understand that the previous generation contributed to laying the foundation we have today.

Bitcoin was invented to allow unregulated transactions without the need for a third party. Any other benefit is a plus.

- Jay -

based on the religion that I believe in, humans and everything created by humans was created by god (that means including bitcoin), bitcoin is a change and also proof that humans continue to live and develop, bitcoin is a miracle.


@OP, are you really making this forum your full-time job, I think it's too risky!

back to your question, if I were you, I would explain to my dad slowly about bitcoin, and show videos from youtube that can be easily understood by people who have never even heard of what online business is - cryptocurrency - digital currency (I've done this to my father).

I am not surprised at all that some people make more money via signature campaigns than they do via their rl jobs and I think that's one of the great things about bitcointalk. Even theymos is aware of the fact that many people depend on bitcointalk and that's one of the reasons why I don't think that signature/bounty campaigns are going anywhere.



I am well aware of that and who knows, maybe I would do the same if I was in their position but I think that whoever is "bitcointalking" only by doing signatures campaigns is limiting himself as there is a whole section where you can offer your services (from the most simple things Telegram/Discord admin that anyone with smartphone can do, to more demanding ones like design etc ).
I would compare it to a bounty hunter issue, but just on a higher level because both of those groups of members are limiting themselves instead of trying to get out of their comfort zone and put more effort into developing skills that can make them more competitive on the job market.

It's the same with my parents, with an age range of 50/60 years now, what is clear is that they used to earn money by means of physical work because the technology is not as sophisticated as it is now and you understand that working in a shop is the most common job, while they are still beginning to technology on the internet sometimes parents also don't believe they can make money from it while sitting at the computer.

Because I don't just rely on forums with my own signature campaign I'm still working in a company and opening a small business so my parents don't ask that deeper because I know I'm still in that circle so no longer questions about what they want to know my side job here.

If your parents keep asking about your work, then you only rely on it on the forum as income, then just say that I get paid for promoting on the bitcointalk forum.

Bitcointalk community can actually provide you with many expositions to opportunities in this current digital economy of finance, aside from the bitcoin investment it positions your eyes to see and know how to do, you can also get an opportunity in participating from a signature campaign but that isn't the main purpose for the forum, but rather an added advantages, you learn and acquire knowledge here that applies to your bitcoin investment and personal life in general, the richest people are not the ones that do hard labour, but yet during their time they make effective utilization of every potentials they've got to make a financial freedom and our present generation got everything improved than before with the introduction of bitcoin.

 Unfortunately, most see this forum as a platform for making money and probably one of the reasons here gets much traffic. Truthfully, thanks to sone sig campaigns, it has saved some from petty debts and helped some become independent but I think it would be a bad idea to just regard it as a money making platform.
 Imagine a situation where one doesn't get lucky and he's not picked, then the forum has lost its flavor in that person's eyes and the initial intention of the platform is lost: which is to share or exchange valuable info.

When the number of qualified graduates exceeds the number of available jobs, unemployment rises and the number of job seekers rises as well; jobs become hereditary assets; those in high positions watch their children graduate from high school and make certain they take their position, even if they are less qualified for it.

In Nigeria, stone-age parents do not believe anyone can earn money by pressing phones, so if you tell them you made money by pressing your phone, they will label you a fraudster and will usually call the cops on their own children. That is the society in which the majority of Nigerians live.

It's still unreliable! Because these jobs are not guaranteed, and no one knows what will happen the following week. It's more of a side hustle; anything more is incorrect. My opinion

Well I am not sure what you do expect as a response from your father when you mentioned "bitcointalking" let alone "bitcoin". He surely will be curious to whatever you were doing so expect a  lot of questions day by day from him especially when you're the breadwinner.

Just a correction like others mentioned that Bitcoin is not your money making scheme. Sure it gives you the chances to earn profit, but the whole idea of Bitcoin does not revolve in "earning money".

It was not easy to cognitively comprend your post. It is not called bitcointalkingg as a person or a user in the forum but it is called bitcointalker (as a person or user) as a noun while it is called bitcointalking as a verb which is the process of communicating with others in the forum.
Online (internet) has been existing before your father was born just that they were not using it the way we are using it. And also remember just because you earning $40 in the forum doesn't guaranteed you that you have seen a permanent work and telling your father that you are bitcointalking.
In those days job was secured as they finished university but today there is no job so the youth resort themselves to do online businesses that is legit.

Or you can save some of your profits here and then start building your own business which you think you are also capable of managing it. Otherwise, you end up wasting your own money. But I would never doubt that this forum is a good provider for us, but the problem is we don’t know how long will it last so we should have another source of income, if not getting a stable job.

You should be more concise explaining your source of income to your father so he will know what you are really into. Anyway, I don’t think bitcointalking will be consider a stable job so you should not depend on it solely. If you can get a stable job, that will be a lot better. If not, then work on other side jobs so that you will gain additional income aside from bitcointalking. Most especially if you are a family man, at least getting two to three jobs will make your family live comfortably. But of course, hone your skills first so that your application will be accepted.

And not only bitcointalk, but we also have tech skills such as affiliate marketing, social media marketing, content creation and many other soft skills available now which our fathers never got to know about to earn passive income with. So being here as a member of this forum is quite a privilege, as it has got all you need to know about Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies at large and yet still stand the chance to earn peanuts weekly. So I will advice you play according to the rules and regulation of this forum, as I wish to see you grow further and spread the news about Bitcoin to people living in your locality

Your father’s reaction is expected as bitcointalking is never a job in the first place, it could be a side hustle but never a stable job. However, you should explain to him about what you mean so he will get your point. But as a friendly advice, never settle with one just source of income. You can get a real life job, at least you can make a fixed income from it, but never stop working on your side jobs as there are instances that side jobs are actually giving you higher income than your main job.

Aside from getting paid to post here in botcointalk, I think the forum further gives us the exposure to acquiring more knowledge that could guarantee self-reliance so ops even though the signature campaign can not.be taken as a source of income bit. it can be a better alternative and support to your main income.
The term bitcointalking is wrong and does not make any meaning unless you want to invent a new word here in the forum cause we have seen one or two words coming out from the forum, that being said I think you should try to make your parent understand the nature of the job you do but also make it clear to them that it could be difficult for them to understand.

Welp, because even if you say it will last just like that but we really never know when the worst case would happen. It's best to tell them the truth already since nothing is permanent but instead treat this signature campaign as a side job or second job and not as the main. It's still better if you have real job because aside from the salary you will get in your campaign if it's based on Bitcoin, your salary will definitely get affected once the bear market started. Although, it depends sometimes if your campaign is USD-based and not as BTC.

Time has indeed changed, and they are well aware of it. Thinking that this is the best time in our lifetime to flex and enjoy technological inventions is completely false. They were things we would still enjoy in the past and be content with if technology had not been invented. They had their own part of life and it was best for them, so we'll get to see ours now. Let us appreciate the small things they did to build us into the people we are today and witness another ostensibly better life we claim to have now.


Even the hopeful has given up hope and lost everything in the end. Perhaps the patient ones always win and thrive here in the end. Don't rely solely on this forum as your source of income; instead, consider it a side hustle that will benefit both your physical business and your overall well-being. Treat it as a part-time job even if you hope to make it your full-time job; it will be better for you.

Even though signature campaigns is a huge upgrade to bounty hunting. I urge you not think of the forum as a full time job, even if the money from signature campaigns may afford you a comfortable living at the moment. It will be to your advantage if you consider campaigns earnings as a side hustle. Like many have said, signature campaigns are not constant, they come and go. What will happen to your bitcointalking career should Theymos stop advertising on the forum.

You are right, the campaign signature job is only a side job because previously many members assume a bounty for the main job because of their high income, but now there is no bounty potential and even bounty for signature allocation is also very rarely found, so enjoy this work as a side and better you Having the main job even though the signature work continues.

Unfortunately, our parents faced a lot of difficulties and deception in their lives. And this applies to any parents, even if they are from Nigeria, even from Belarus. And most of them are beginning to be very suspicious of any financial instruments. And it is not surprising - they know the value of money earned by hard physical labor. But it is necessary to convey to them the genius of blockchain and cryptocurrencies. This is a simple and working idea, and as many people as possible should know about it. Plus, our earnings will no longer look strange and suspicious to our parents. I have been having conversations with my father about Bitcoin for a long time.

from the OP's explanation, you can see, that he is showing his father he earns money from the Bitcointalk forum. it was a result of the signature campaign he was involved in.

but I suggest to the OP, not to think too much of what you're now calling a job, which will keep you in front of your computer. a campaign that earns you money, you never know when it will end. for only a few tens of dollars a week, a single man might be able to enjoy his simple life. but for those who already have a family, it will be difficult.

I did not say it will be shut down certainly.

I only raised a risk to OP if he depends on forum for income as his only income source.

Forum shutdown will happen by many reasons, not only less interest of community in this communication style. It can be seized by government for example.

OP, if all you do is making money from signature campaign then you need to be in worries because the campaign might not last long, I have a story with my father too but he was one of a kind, who supports me, I explained everything about Bitcoin to him and he was 70 years old, yet he understands and even encouraged me, he said, this life doesn't wait for anyone, things gets evolve fast.

Participate in signature campaigns if available.
Invest money in crypto.
Find online jobs that pays with Bitcoin or other crypto.
Learn trading.

To me, this is the true meaning of making money online via cryptocurrency, enough to have confidence even when your parents don't understand, if all you do is bounty, you are still not doing it right.

The beautiful thing about bitcointalk is that it gives you the privilege of learning, socializing, and earning. Although the financial benefit shouldn't be the main reason for being here but it could also serve as a little motivation to be active. Other online platforms pay far better than this forum but this forum is unique. I have interacted with a few members and most of them are not depending totally on this forum as their source of survival. It is ideal for people to have different sources of income because the global economy is unpredictable.

OP your father needs to know what you do. There is no need to lie to him because it might have some negative consequences. You are also making him lie because he might be telling people that you own a shop which is untrue.

It's just logical advice, but I stated my opinion in my previous post, and from that you can see that I understand why some members have an attitude like the OP's. It is true that some signature campaigns last much more than 2 years, but I think that many members do not rely on them as the main source of income. Without looking at the data, I think that I have been in the CM campaign since the end of 2018, which means about 4 years - and believe it or not, I have not spent a single satoshi so far.

The whole essence of this discussion boils down to the fact that the forum should not be taken as a place where we make money exclusively, but that our earnings from signature campaigns are only additional income. At the end of the day, it's not all about making money, but working in real life has its benefits, because in addition to working for a salary and pension, we also socialize and make friends, which is an important part of our lives.

Their generation is different from ours. Some of them are trying to work hard just to earn money; it depends on what kind of environment they have. If your family has grown already into a middle-class to lower-class work, for sure, some of yours want to stick where you can get the money until you survive and some of them into the field of business so they keep into an investment, this time the generation of the millennials are the one who is actively in exploring different things such as this bitcoin things this could be another way of earnings and learnings at the same time. In reality, you cannot push someone who has already designed their workflow.

This sound funny, hope you do have some bitcoin available for your dad, it will make lots of sense if you make some reservation of sats in his name, I believe he will not only like it, he will use it as a topic of discussion when sitting around with his friends about the new tech his son is always talking about, that's one of the ways adoption is spread without you realizing it yourself.

It's really crazy how internet has transformed life's over the decades and how people have fund of making money online instead of the conventional physical way in those days that you need to work your ass out but today, things are clearly different in another dimension. Imaginine today, you can trade bitcoin, buy low and sell high daily, weekly and long time frame for the people who prefer to hold, talk about internet magic money, this is what bitcoin brings to the table for everyone with internet.

Some were into physical work or labor especially the old generations, they might not even aware that teenagers nowadays can earn more thru online or without education. This is somehow the advantage of pur generation since we were able to get profit or discover ways to earn thru online and it is made much convenient in terms of payment transactions if we happen to know how to use crypto or bitcoin as payment. We can deal with online jobs and accept fees in bitcoin.

This is what I am trying to point to some threads before that points out anything related to earning. There might be SCs that would last more than 5 years even, but at any day or at any point, it will end anyway when the devs decided to do so. I have a corporate job in software dev while also at least trying to get something in the sides through SCs.

Now that you mentioned benefits also, having an insurance benefits from a corporate job is also nice since nobody knows what will happen to you at any point of time. For socializing, oh man, I missed touching grass when I was freelancing. The lack of socialization led me to poor performance as well as lack of motivation to work or even learn newer skills in my own field especially that we all know that technology does not stop evolving.

It's true because nothing is reliable at first. Saying no one knows what will happen the following week could mean that theymos may decided not to renew the domain bitcointalk.org or in the worse scenario end signature campaign.
I so much understand the advice but I think it's overblown and repeated unnecessarily while most of those giving the advice might be relying only on the forum earnings and still doing well.

So as I understand, you say your father that you work in a online shop? Or you still going outside everyday to proove that you work physically?  xD

I know the generation don't want to believe that people can work in online or from online people can earn. Even they don't understand what is online (some fathers/grandPa). But laying with them is something what I don't like. Maybe try to them understand in some other ways except lying with them.

What is bitcointalking?
I don't know what bitcointalking is, so I can understand if your father doesn't know as well. If you said "you are a Bitcoin trader or a Bitcoin investor", I think it will be easier to understand. Please don't say something that makes us confused!  :-\

However, I don't see a chance that this forum to be seized by any government in the world. No one knows who owns this forum, so how can the government seize this forum? Even if a government claims Satoshi is its citizen, it can be very doubtful. This forum is decentralized, it allows this forum to last longer.

OP just fail to explain well about what he is currently doing that’s why when asked by his father, his father didn’t know what he is talking about. Most likely, his father is not aware about online jobs and all its alike including bitcoin giving us opportunities to earn. His generation is clearly different from ours as they may be used to see physical jobs, but our generation is more on virtual or online job opportunities. However, you should have told your father about that so he won’t do overthinking on how you make your own money without seeing you working on a regular day job.

The advantage of Bitcoin development to this generation is the fact that we are the originating generation and it's a big privilege for us to be around in the beginning because in the next generation, bitcoin will become more scarce and so will its knowledge.
Bitcoin has enhanced remote work through its payment processing that does require a third party unlike the old forks physical work is most essential and the only available means to earn an income, ops father may be of the older generations that do not understand the technicality of bitcoin and what it represent but since ops can convince the father of the possibility of remote working its become mor confident within the family knowing fully well that the ops are not involved in an illegal business.

Most of our parents think when young lads spend time on the phone, it's all gaming or chatting or doing something rather unholy.  It took the global pandemic to open the eyes of most parents, including mine, and they see and understand how one could possibly earn a living trading or investing in Bitcoin if it is properly explained to them. They don't want their kids involved in cyber crimes and related offences, hence why the parents always want the children to do physical work and earn salaries in many cases.
It is not due to ignorance on their path but due to love and care, so as we don't fall prey.

Agreed! Technology is a great development, but as much as we are rejoicing about it in the next few years what people feared the most will become a reality.. Which is computers taking over peoples jobs, advanced AIs and bots will take over some of these basic jobs and people need to advance their skills to survive this tech disruption.

Bitcointalking love how you have used the word  8)

Otherwise bitcoin talking is my side hustle so really I do not need to explain myself to people but do encourage people to join the crypto space.

Even in modern times like today, you may still be approached by the police when you buy a sports car for tens of thousands of dollars when you don't have a good job in the real world. I mean, the police or other bad people can think that you're a gambler or you're a drug dealer, that's just a layman's assumption when they don't know what results when an android is used on best purpose.

Those who are clueless don't know that in modern times there are many job opportunities with the highest income, many publishers, traders, and more they have income above the salary of officials, but they are investigated from the amount of money they have and must report wealth to the state, but many officials are corrupt Even just the staff of the tax staff who have assets richer than the governor are not examined and no corruption suspects are determined

Don't forget to save or have other sources of income as you make money on the forum. The worst that might happen to any forum member is that they would have to completely rely on the signature campaign to survive. The signature campaign you joined today may end at any time, in case you don't know. In this forum nothing is guaranteed. Even this forum or signature campaigns could cease to exist or become irrelevant someday.
Before it's too late, you'd better start to think otherwise (get a side job).

In addition to those who have a stable income from signature campaigns every week, there are many others who can consider the forum as their main source of income.  Project owners, campaign managers, and maybe some admins are almost living here and have no other businesses in real life.  I don't expect all of those to deal with the forum as it is a bonus. I can encourage op to bitcointalking in his mean but not by relying on signature campaigns.

Maybe it's because the staff is protected that they don't carry out checks like publishers, traders, and others like you said. And I think this is unique for workers in the crypto space when they can store assets more securely in personal wallets of multiple sizes and are not known by any bank or state so there is no check for them whatsoever in this regard. Even though in the end they will also withdraw it through the bank, this can be done in stages so that they are not subject to scrutiny by the state.

the past and the present era are different, especially in terms of technology. which are increasingly advancing and developing.
bitcoin is one of the characteristics of the progress of this era, bitcoin has become an interesting icon to study and to invest.
I am also very grateful that I can feel the progress of the times and can understand it.

He's using the quote work smart not hard , wrong in this situation, if you have finish school and only do bitcointalk campaign, you let your parents down, because even if you are earning in bitcointalk, you should have take also, taken day jobs, since you can do bitcoin at night, in this example you are being lazy, at the same time lying to your parents at the same time, you are forgetting something one source of income, is not a good idea, what happen if in one situation, you are unable to do campaigns, in digital world more work or source of income is better than having one, I'm not saying your 100% wrong but having multiple source of income is better.

As the days go by the world is getting closer to people. Technology has made people so much easier that it is amazing to imagine now. Our grandfathers, fathers and uncles were once at such a stage that they lived a difficult life, they did not get the touch of technology in a good way. It is truly a credit to technology that we live our lives today, bound by technology. Maybe our next generation will live with such technology that it will sound more surprising.

OP I want to go along with your post and say that I earn money by working on bitcoin forums, my family can't believe how I earn money by working. And people in my area think I might be robbing a bank and earning money from here..they still don't know about this bitcoin forum. Because of which they may express such regrets among us.

I see that risk is small but it is not the only risk. My example is used to help OP knowing about risk and advising him to have real jobs. Forum can be one of his jobs as additional source of his income.

Nothing can last forever and this forum too. If he does not prepare for the bad, when bad night comes, he will have a nightmare.

Signatures campaign shoudn't be consider as a source of income or you'll end up disappointed when they're gone. I know many can't come with the reality that we can wake up one day to discover that the signature privilege has been disconnected but that's very possibly. If you pay closed attention, you'll realized those ads that usually pop up on the first post in a thread isn't displaying anymore and that's because theymos has disactivated that.  We also have some board and thread that signature ads don't get displayed that means if theymos wants to extend on the general forum, that won't be difficult to achieved.

Writing and engaging in conversation on the forum shoudn't be what you do all day, go get a life outside and get a job that's reliable. You won't only be doing yourself a favor as you can then use whatever you get from the forum as additional support but you'll be doing the forum a favor as It'll reduced the level of spam message we get on the forum as people intend to milk the forum for funds. When next your father ask about your hustle, make sure you'll be able to show him something else.

Signature campaigns are suitable as side jobs that support the main job. I support that, but some people treat signature campaigns as their main job without anything else. Maybe it's due to various factors like getting fired from a job unilaterally, or not finding another job, then forums become a good place to make money. I don't know what the future of the signature campaign will be, is there a big change or is it still going to stick around. If some threads are not showing ads, then there will be less interest from project developers to do signature campaigns on this forum.

OP seems to really have to explain what bitcoin is and how he makes money off of forums, rather than lying about the fictitious shop he told his dad about.

On your last point it's clear to me not the best option. But has anyone made signature campaign their main source of income?
With no other work like being unemployed, I think it's fine to make signature campaigns the main source of income (for a while). But when they leave their main job and rely solely on signature campaign as source of income, it's clearly a bad decision.

Signature campaign won't last forever and will expire, so you shouldn't rely solely on signature campaign as source of revenue. The best thing is to make signature campaign side activity while chatting with thousands of different users on forum.

There must be and probably more than you think. Those who make signature campaigns their main job are not without reason. As the same said before, they made signature campaigns because their jobs were unilaterally dismissed or couldn't find another job or there was no job call, so being on the forum and being a good contributing member became a last resort even though there would be some opportunities for other real jobs. Whether it is a bad decision or not depends on how to manage the salary received from the signature campaign. Saving some of the salary received for some other ventures or for investment is highly recommended, or also holding the payment in BTC for a long time, just like doing DCA for the long term.


The signature campaign may be ending, but there will be a replacement. The forum continues to grow and developer requests for advertising on this number one bitcoin forum will probably continue but with a different mechanism.

We always talk on here about the need to diversify on our income and revenue cause in the world we live in today, nothing is truly certain. So reading about someone who takes signature campaigns earnings as a main source of income is a bit crazy. We should never rely nor put all your hopes in one single thing. Cause if that thing goes obsolete, then so do you.
Signature campaigns is a way to earn on the side and shouldn’t be taken as a major gig cause it’s actually not. While you earn on here, please do ensure you find something else that would bring in more income so you wouldn’t have to rely on just your signature campaign earnings.

The past generation of working is truly different from today that we've got. More physical jobs tend to be true while remote jobs are being looked at as something odd and not actual jobs. This is for those freelancing and remote jobs. While OP is describing campaigns, they come and go so he has to think of a contingency plan if ever his campaign suddenly stops. This isn't new to most other remote jobs that companies do layoffs even the big tech companies like Google and Amazon. My tip to him and for everyone, while you're earning whatever amount it is, practice saving and investing.

Bitcoin is always a blessing for me. The moment I started earning from bitcoin, I told my parents about it that’s why they know exactly as to how I am earning online. So you should have done the same thing so that your father will have an idea on how you are making a living. Although I suggest it’s not really reliable to focus on bitcointalking as your main job, but it’s undeniable that the profits we gained from it are also quite big, even bigger if you are just a minimum wage earner. But if you have the right mindset, getting a main job is still much better and bitcointalking will only serve as your side job, that will give you better financial security in the future.

No sane person will take an incentive as a passive means of income and signature campaigns are not regular things to be seen as a means of income, in fact, I don't take signature campaigns as an alternative source of income.

Most times, I see a signature campaign as a way to learn your first bitcoin from remote working no matter the amount being paid per week.

So you call this work? Your father thinks you're trying to earn some money and you're writing on a forum instead and getting paid a few dollars for wearing a signature?
Did I get this right?

This is not a job and it shouldn't be. This should be your way of spending free time that additionally gives you some pocket money. This will never work as a full time job and don't treat it as such. I'm really trying to warn you here.

I ever asked that question from my mother before, where I got the money?, because I am still studying and don't have a job outside the home. I just told him, I endorse the online products as other public figures did on social media. She look understanding and happy after I said that. This means, if my job is not against the rules and not a criminal act, everyone like family and friends will support me.

Many people from third-world countries can't help themselves because some of the signature campaigns pay more than some of the real jobs over there, so many get carried away and start creating alt farms to make more money to support their families. We have done everything we can to educate those on our corner not to rely on signature earnings; any job without legal backing is a side hustle.

To me have not really made any money on Bitcointalk, I'm still expecting to start making money some day, but sincerely even when I will start making money on Bitcointalk I will keep it to myself, because even if I try to explain to people they might see Bitcointalk as scam, and many people might not really have an understanding of what Bitcoin talk is all about, so to save myself the stress of explaining much to people, I will just lie low and keep making my money on Bitcointalk...

it's like me. I also haven't had any results from bitcointalk but I believe everyone here has made a lot of money. But when I tell other people it's not easy and many don't believe it, including my family. That's why I have to keep trying to get income from here to convince my family.

OP, you should be happy that you have a Dad that is concerned about how you generate your income. Bitcointalking is not the proper way to explain your side job to him. Parents will find it difficult to understand what an online job is since they didn't experienced it during their days. I have my own business and don't need to tell my mom anything about the forum.

Nigeria has a high rate of unemployment,the youths will graduate from school and spend almost all their years at home,they might end up doing odd jobs to survive. This forum has assisted so many Nigerians who are into signature campaign and they see it as a means of earning a living, until they get a good job outside.
Thanks to the forum.

I also used to work online for some pocket money when I was a teenager; I still do so through Bitcointalk, but that's a completely different story. My parents didn't comprehend that you could earn money online a few years ago, at least until COVID-19 came along and changed everything. I never told my parents exactly how I was involved because they never understood the concept of cryptocurrencies, and that's unlikely to change. All they know is that I've made some money through Bitcoin in the past; I haven't gone into detail regarding Bitcointalk and signature campaigns, nor have I mentioned that I earn a steady amount of money each month.

Some things are better off remaining a secret.

I have been several years with Bitcointalk and got bad or good experience trough joined signature altcoin campaign until with signature service campaign, can't guarantee with signature campaign service will running for longer time but and you should looking another opportunity with active as ambassador on telegram channel group based on skill do you have.

Except with trading could be good alternative how to earn passive income but when you have many kinds source income will help you how to get financial freedom and not only with Bitcointalk forum as your source income.

You are among the people who have managed to profit from Bitcoin. Even though Bitcoin is the best performing digital asset, there is no guarantee that someone will get rich from Bitcoin. You have to thank Satoshi, because he created Bitcoin. When talking about Bitcoin to your dad, tell him Bitcoin is one of those technological developments and has no physical existence.

Not very literal were my parents. They are therefore unaware of virtual elements. But they are aware of Bitcoin. They are aware of my involvement with cryptocurrency but are unaware that I spend time on forums. They are aware of my cryptocurrency earnings since I do well in marketing, and they are happy that I can generate money online. I gave them a brief explanation of cryptocurrency and how it works.

It's doesn't always have to be money, one way or another you must have gained something for example being in this forum must have taught you alot of stuffs you never knew. So that also counts as a profit from the forum, when you're part of a community don't always get fixated on the monetary gain it'll only end up the opposite way.
For now just continue accumulating whatever you can from the forum and when the right thing comes for you to earn you will and without stress.

It is great that you are appreciating what you got now, and I understand what did you mean by "bitcointalking" but it is not a dependable source of income. I don't think you can take forum posting as a full time job too, so you need to find an actual job and you can "bitcointalking" in your free time.

Get a real job like your father had and take this "bitcointalking" as a part time job.


My father is no more, so also try to respect their efforts while you can.

Please OP understand that bitcoin is not a God factor something and more so, eliminate this view of bitcoin being designated as a messiah as this is not the case, bitcoin as a digital currency is just a substitute to the centralized fiat system and it shouldn't be seen as an entirely means of enrichment but rather transaction made easy and self control of one's asset without an external interference from any quarters because of its decentralization.

How to you see bitcoin as a messiah I just want to know? I agree that it's functionality has helped us to get financial freedom and complete chain of monetary authority in our hands.It was developed by Satoshi with a aim of alternative payment system to fiat and central authorities but many people take it too far and think it can solve all the problems which is not true.

Now my father asks me about my shop,and where it's located,I told him I'm bitcointalking,and he doesn't know what I'm talking.What do yours tell you?
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And what do you mean exactly by this? In my opinion you should tell your parents what you are doing and if they are unable to understand it then you should explain them in detail so they also know about it as keeping secrets is fine but telling them lie is not good according to me.This is open discussion forum but you should also have some real life working to stabilize your earnings.

Signature campaigns can provide us good source of income but we should not rely from it completely since everything might be unstable and uncertain in the future. If you can’t get a well compensated job, then try to create a chain of businesses where you are skilled and you have high knowledge on how to manage it. That way, even if signature campaign stops working, you will still have other sources of income that will generate and provide you some decent amount of income.

Sorry, your father is no more in this world it is really heartbreaking. I wish your father a happy life hereafter.  My dad knows that I usually earn money by running various promotion campaigns on bitcoin forums. Moreover, I discuss with them the issue of income. Income should be discussed with parents. OP should directly talk to her dad about earning money by participating in various activities on bitcoin forums. Later, his father might think that he might be earning money illegally.

Okay, I get your point.  ;)
True, a real job is necessary. For me, it is a must, we can't rely on online jobs only. Even if an online job like signature campaign can earn a good amount of money, no one knows how long it will last in this forum.

Yep. But this forum seems fine, it should have more opportunity to last longer than the signature campaign.  ;D
However, we should never rely on this forum for our regular income. So, OP seems choosing the wrong way by rely on this forum to earn money for a long time.

The biggest objections you'll make in your life is talking BTT as a stable job... Isn't that too naive? Or rather too insane?..huh
Whatever micro earnings you get from sig campaigns ain't permanently guaranteed, and it could decide to be terminated anyday, anytime...so how on earth are you very comfortable relying on this??...hmm
Well, you dad wasn't born in the new era and likewise most of us in here...you think we all toddlers like you?? But we fixed ourselves innit and adapted to the new world's idea, so what's your whole point??

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Believe me, I laughed when I saw the title of your thread and laughed even more still after going through your thread.

Before I go further to comment on the theme of discussion in the OP, I would like you (OP) to do yourself a favour and be more careful about your right. Your punctuations are okay but, you aren't giving the spacing that is needed to make your write up more appreciate able.

It's always going to hard for grown forks to understand what it is about working online although,  I can te you very much that, bitcointalk ain't no job. You don't have to consider yourself employed because your member of the community and some campaign.
Get the ideas you need and apply them where need be.  Be sure to explain to your dad the way you know how and be sincere about it, it's better that way.

The internet didn't become a thing in my country until the year 2000 or so. Before then, no one would believe anyone could make money staying at home. It was unimaginable because that would be like expecting to get money in the thin air. The belief in the pre-internet era was for people to work hard to earn. This day, it has moved from that to "work smart."

Lol. Did your father understand what you meant by "bitcointalking" then? I wouldn't put it that way. I would rather tell them (or anyone) that I'm into online biz. I guess you're enjoying it here. BTW, if you prefer online jobs to offline ones you could throw yourself into online businesses too to increase your sources of earning. It's important you don't put all your eggs in a single basket.

Yeah, who knows how long the signature campaign will last, maybe tomorrow or next week it will end. We cannot fully rely on online work or rather forum work related to signature campaigns, there is no certainty there. Forum work is only suitable for use as an additional activity, the main income remains at work in the real world.
There's no guarantee how long this forum will exist, Op has made the wrong decision relying on forums to make money for a long time.

You said a very nice thing. It is not possible to say how the signature works will be in the future. If the Signature Campaign undergoes major changes and is discontinued, we will no longer have a means to continue from this forum. Even though there are major changes in the forum, I don't think there will be any such changes in the signature campaign.
Actually OP shouldn't have lied to his father. His father should understand well that he works on bitcoin forums. If he can explain to his father about the bitcoin forum, surely his father will understand and the imaginary thoughts will go away from his father's mind.

Well, starting a business is a good start if you want to be rich I mean I think it's the fastest way to do it, so there's nothing wrong about that's just how your father interprets it you can't really blame him for it. At some point yes bitcoin or even this forum could somehow help you to earn some funds or money but we all know that this is not a stable income that you could rely on.

Yes, there are some people who get lucky in cryptocurrency or bitcoin but it doesn't mean that all of us will be billionaires by just investing in bitcoin, remember that cryptocurrency investment is so risky that you could easily lose all of your investment. Also depending on the signature campaign here in the forum is not wise because a signature campaign is not a stable job since it only lasts a few weeks. For me, this could be a great part-time job especially if you are working on computers since using your extra time you could easily use that to make a post here in the forum. Maybe you could somehow make it your full-time job if you are lucky to get accepted in a stable campaign here in the forum.

One really has to understand that the sacrifice made by the olden days people is responsible for the ease of doing various of things we enjoy today. Not only the aspect of cryptocurrency but the entire aspect of life.

Indeed. We cant so judgemental of those people who are able to build the future now with ease. These days, the generations are really different like they are gonna earn some stuff with ease unlike before. Mostly all of the things that can be achieved with crypto or any financial freedom aspect was indeed due to the striveness of pioneered people. Let them be an example of an inspiration and not brag that they arent useful nowadays.

Is your signature campaign salary your sole employment? Signature campaign jobs, in my opinion, are not typical and should be treated as part-time jobs. Get a legitimate job or open your own business. I assume that even if your salary is sufficient to sustain you, it would not always be like that. Get a stable job or start your own business. Even if your wage is sufficient to support you, I would imagine that it is not always the case. What if you get married? How can you meet the basic needs of your family, particularly those of your children?

It won't make sense for you to rely on a particular type of income, expecially the type you can't really give account how long it gonna last. It is very good you are making money from bitcoin,  but try as much to have another stable source of income that can help for the future. The world we found ourselves having a source of income that can't be predicted is risky. Get something else that you can consider as the main source of income,  that is very sure for you.

This is somehow difficult for some parents to believe especially the non educated once. I could remember I've been accused by my parent several times about being on phone always. They asked if I'm into internet fraud. Thank God after being educated about how things works online. They believed me. They even encourage me to teach my siblings since is legal.

CONCLUSION: How parents needs to be educated on how things works online. The era of farming has gone and what brings money easily is technology.

Hmm, interesting one. Glad you found Bitcoin and Bitcoin talk. And you are happy with it. I think when you are less busy, you should try to explain to your father what Bitcoin is and what you actually do. You can maintain that you work two jobs- offline and online so he doesn't freak out. And also do some good around the house with the profit yourl take.

OP, I just fell in love with this topic of yours, is something I'm facing right now with my mother. She has been the one looking out for me since my dad past, and some other things came to play.
Well, since I wasn't able to walk for 3years now, no job or whatsoever, a friend introduced Bitcointalk to me (which at first I thought was a joke) and ever since then, I got in and started earning it made me feel so happy because I could support her
(my mother) from home, she always ask where or who gave me money for this and that, I just said God is really providing for us, I can't tell her Bitcointalk is responsible (I tried ones though) because she'll just say I'm hiding stuff from her, telling her I work online too won't help matters, still thinking of a way to make her understand before she starts thinking I'm a fraudster.
I just need something to tell her, what would someone who doesn't work or hasn't walked for 3yrs tell her loving mother that this is how she's making her money from home?
OP, I need same help as you too please.

LMAO, this was what I told people on Youtube that listened to few prophets of Gods that sees nothing but the future of crypto projects that will enrich their followers, one said that Shiba inu will reach 4$ in 2026 that all his followers should buy because God revealed this to him, I am still shocked how many people believe these people.

It's now that I believe that God's patience on those falsely using his name in vain is like no other, I got angry about this myself because none of this is God's business, HE has nothing to do with crypto, he gave us two hands and a brain to work and to think, but a lot of people are going to be a forever fool in this world, no matter what you do for them ot teach.

I think some people like being led and perhaps unconsciously like being told what to do. Also, being deeply immersed in religion, anything the preacher would say must be the truth. People use the name of the lord to sway the ignorant folks into parting away with their money.

I too see people’s opinions on here and elsewhere thanking God for bitcoin. It’s absurd. And you’re right. People are going to be continually fooled using the name of the lord.
These are people who don’t do any research for themselves and people who don’t study the Bible cause the preacher is there to tell them what’s in it. Very pathetic.

Getting a main job is very important,  I think it can last  longer than just putting all fate in signature. Atleast their should be something else one can look up to aside the signature campaign. The signature campaign is a support system to support business or any project but it should not just only be what one will rely on as a source of income. Signature campaign is only temporary and it can't be predicted how long it will last, so it is not what is needed to put all hope on it  without having another source of income.

I agree with you but what about those people who just started earning and haven't gone far in any signature campaign? I feel is just a matter of time before one can start looking for another means of getting additional money to support the signature campaign earning. The campaign is not forever but you'd make use of the time you have with any of the campaign you're in then plan on doing something else with what you have gathered to maybe start up a business, like they say "is not good to put all your eggs in one basket" we should always have a plan B.

You should tell him at least he had the right to know actually from where and how his Son is earning money for him. I know you might think why but you should tell him maybe it can give happiness to your father that his son is using the educational power he provided to his son to make money. He will be proud of you that his son is having multi-digital skills to stabilize himself financially. If your father understands technology well there are high possibilities that he will join you.

My father knows everything as he guided me on my initial days about the market and Bitcoin so here I am.

Sometimes it's good to tell our parents about what we do and how we make money. But if they don't know much about investing because of a lack of knowledge, don't tell them how much you have lost at one time. It will only hurt them if you bear a lot of losses even if it will recover in the future.

Your dad is a bitcoiner too? Oh wow, that is great, man.