Bitcoin Forum

The forum sells ad space in the area beneath the first post of every topic page. About 25% of ad income goes to the forum moderators as thanks for all of their work. (There are many moderators, so each moderator gets only a small amount -- moderators should be seen as volunteers, not employees.) The rest is stored in the forum's treasury (verifiably (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=155000.0)), where it sits until the forum needs it.

Ads are allowed to contain any non-annoying HTML/CSS style. No images, JavaScript, or animation (no marquee or blinking). Ads must appear 3 or fewer lines tall in my browser (Firefox, 700px wide). Ad text may not contain lies, misrepresentation, or inappropriate language. Ads may not link directly to any NSFW page. Ads may be rejected for other reasons, and I may remove ads even after they are accepted.

There are 10 total ad slots which are randomly rotated. So one ad slot has a one in ten chance of appearing. Eight of the slots are for sale here. Ads appear only on topic pages with more than one post, and only for people using the default theme.

The ad lasts at least 7 days starting from when I put it up. (However, if you look at the ad history (https://bitcointalk.org/adrotate.php?adstats) you'll see that ads usually get at least 8 days, and sometimes as many as 10, but this is random and definitely not guaranteed.)

Stats

Exact historical impression counts per slot:
https://bitcointalk.org/adrotate.php?adstats

Info about the current ad slots:
https://bitcointalk.org/adrotate.php?adinfo

Ad blocking

Hero members, Donators, VIPs, and moderators have the ability to disable ads. I don't expect many people to use this option. These people don't increase the impression counts for your ads.

I try to bypass Adblock Plus filters as much as possible, though this is not guaranteed. It is difficult or impossible for ABP filters to block the ad space itself without blocking posts. However, filters can match against the URLs in your links, your CSS classes and style attributes, and the HTML structure of your ads.

To prevent matches against URLs: I have some JavaScript which fixes links blocked by ABP. You must tell me if you want this for your ads. When someone with ABP and JavaScript enabled views your ads, your links are changed to a special randomized bitcointalk.org URL which redirects to your site when visited. People without ABP are unaffected, even if they don't have JavaScript enabled. The downsides are:
- ABP users will see the redirection link when they hover over the link, even if they disable ABP for the forum.
- Getting referral stats might become even more difficult.
- Some users might get a warning when redirecting from https to http.

To prevent matching on CSS classes/styles: Don't use inline CSS. I can give your ad a CSS class that is randomized on each pageload, but you must request this.

To prevent matching against your HTML structure: Use only one <a> and no other tags if possible. If your ads get blocked because of matching done on something inside of your ad, you are responsible for noticing this and giving me new ad HTML.

Auction rules

Post your bids in this thread. Prices must be stated in BTC per slot. You must state the max number of slots you want. When the auction ends, the highest bidders will have their slots filled until all eight slots are filled.

I reserve the right to reject bids, even days after the bid is made. In particular, bids from people with less than 15 activity points are likely to be rejected. I recommend not getting into a bidding war with someone who has less than 15 activity points, as their bids might not be accepted, but your latest bids will still stand. If you need to know right away whether someone's bids will be accepted, PM me.

So if someone bids for 8 slots @ 5 BTC and this is the highest bid, then he'll get all 8 slots. If the two highest bids are 8 slots @ 4 BTC and 1 slot @ 5 BTC, then the first person will get 7 slots and the second person will get 1 slot.

The notation "2 @ 5" means 2 slots for 5 BTC each. Not 2 slots for 5 BTC total.

- When you post a bid, the bids in your previous posts are considered to be automatically canceled. You can put multiple bids in one post, however.
- All bid prices must be evenly divisible by 0.05.
- The bidding starts at 0.50.
- I will end the auction at an arbitrary time no more than 12 days from now. (I will probably end the auction 1-3 days before the ads are scheduled to go up.)
- If two people bid at the same price, the person who bid first will have his slots filled first.
- Bids are considered invalid and will be ignored if they do not specify both a price and a max quantity, or if they could not possibly win any slots

If these rules are confusing, look at some of the past forum ad auctions to see how it's done.

You must pay for your slots within 24 hours of receiving the payment address. Otherwise your slots may be sold to someone else, and I might even give you a negative trust rating. I will send you the payment information via forum PM from this account ("theymos", user ID 35). You might receive false payment information from scammers pretending to be me. They might even have somewhat similar usernames. Be careful.

8 @ 0.50.

8 @ 0.50 to start the bidding

King beat me to it...I'm out.  :-\
PS. I'll pay .5 BTC for the upload of an avatar.

Happy bidding to all.

Do I get this correctly - the ads will appear all over the forum - all threads and topics?

2 @ 0,6

Yes, each ad slot has a 1 in 10 chance of appearing on every topic page with more than 1 post.

4 @ 0.9

I know we can't have images, but what about SVG?

1 @ .65

I might allow very small inline SVG images if they are very unintrusive and small byte-wise. Clear it with me first.

PM'd a sample.

1 @ .7

3 @ 0.8

7 @ 0.8

4 @ 0.85

4 @ 0.85

2@ 1

4 @ 1

4 @1.05

5 @ 1

5 @ 1.5

5 @ 1.5

4@1.55

8 @ 1.1

8 @ 1.6

Just to get somewhere can't they jyst speicy bets starting at 5

8 @ 1.5  (well worth ir for our institute)

1 @ 1.15

5 @ 1

10 @ 1.5

whats up with all these newbie shill bids  ???

lots of different newbie bids within a few mins of each other + muppets bidding for 10 slots when there are only 8 available.

10 @ 1.1

Are you retarded?

You bid 10 @ 1.5 followed by 10 @ 1.1.

a) there are only 8 slots.
b) in an auction you dont bid backwards.

Theymos please clear this mess up! Can you let us know who was the spots currently?

has*

Most of the newbie bids are rejected.

Current status:
Slots BTC/Slot Person
4 1.55 MrWDunne
2 1.15 Neo501
1 0.65 ACCTseller
1 0.50 KingOfSports

The auction continues.

1 @ 0.6

1 @ 0.65

1 @ 0.7

1 @ 0.8

Does it mather for what the adspace is being used?

I list some rules in the OP. I also reject ads if I think that the community would seriously disapprove of them. If you think that I might reject your ad, you should clear it with me first.

1 @ .75

1 @ 1

2 @ 1.1

1 @ 1.15

1 @ 1.2

4 @ 1.25

5 @ 1.25

1 @ 1.3

4 @ 1.35

4 @ 1.02

4 @ 1.55

4 @ 1.6

4@1.7

4 @ 1.7

2 @ 1.75

4 @ 1.8

4 @1.8

2 @ 1.9

4 @ 1.9

4 @ 1.95

4@2

4 @ 2

4 @ 2.05

4 @ 2.1

4 @ 2.1

4 @ 2.15

4 @ 2.15

I'd like 2 ad slots for 0.6Btc..

3 @2.3

I mean 0.6 each

4 @ 2.3

1 @ 2.4

Sorry could you please let me know if my bit was accepted?

I think I got scammed by theyrnos
as you can see his username is very similar to theymos.
he wrote me saying that my bid was accepted and I have sent him 1.2 btc.. now he is not replying anymore to my messages.

Please be aware of this scammer!!!!!!!!

here is the transaction I did to him: 8e9d7b5abc86ae024b68f87ffbe6af43940cfc1372f7667c423ec0a415d71531

4 @ 2.35

2@2.5

4 @ 2.5

1 @ 2.55

An additional 1 @ 2.5

1 @ 2.6

4 @ 2.55

2 @ 2.6

2 @ 2.6

4 @ 2.65

1 @ 2.65

4 @ 2.65

2 @ 2.7

4 @ 2.7

1 @ 2.7

4 @ 2.75

4 @ 2.75

2 @2.8

4 @ 2.85

4 @ 2.85

2 @ 3

4 @ 2.9

4 @ 3.05

4 @ 3.05

2 @ 3.1

4 @ 3.1

4 @ 3.15

2@3.15

4 @ 3.2

2@3.2

4 @ 3.25

4 @ 3.25

2@3.4

4 @ 3.45

4@3.45

2 @ 3.5

4 @ 3.55

4 @ 3.55

2 @ 3.6

4 @ 3.65

2 @ 3.65

1 @ 3.7

4 @ 3.75

Way to go guys.
Keep bumping up the prices with meaningless biddings.
Typical, how does a poor man afford to bid under such circumstances.

Duke

1 @ 4

4 @ 4.05

2 @ 4.1

4 @ 4.15

4 @ 4.1

1 @ 4.5

4 @ 4.55

You're breaking your own bidding here..

2 @ 4.2

4 @ 4.55

1 @ 4.6

1 @ 4.5

2@4.6

4 @ 4.65

2 @ 4.6

1 @ 4.65

2 @ 4.7

4 @ 4.7

1 @ 5

1 @ 5

4 @ 5

Hi theymos, please ignore this bid on behalf of BIT-X.com (it was accidentally posted).

Currently we are at 4@4.7

4 @ 4.75

4 @ 5.05

4 @ 5.05

2@5.1

1 @ 5.1

1@5.1
3@5.15

2 @ 5.2

1 @ 5.2

3@5.15
1@5.2

4 @ 6.0

1@5.2
3@5.25

Disregard previous bid.

4@5.25

1 @ 5.3

4@5.35

1@5.5

4@5.55

1@5.6

4@5.65

Are you kidding?

You better go to read rules  ;D

Please let us know what we've done wrong.

We are abiding to the rules.

Look, you want 4 slots.
MrWDunne wants 1 slot

4+1 = 5

In auction 8 slots

you don't need to try to bid more, than MrWDunne because no one pretends on your 4 slots.

Seems like you missed BITMIXER.IO's bid:

Yes, my bid meant that I had taken one of eight slots, you had three and they had one.

You needed to outbid my one bid.

1 @ 5.8

My bad, sorry! :)

Don't be, you were right.

4 @ 5.85

2 @ 5.9

4 @ 4.95

Sorry, it should be 4 @ 5.95

1 @ 6

2 @ 6

4 @ 6.05

1@6.1

Unfortunately, I must reject this bid. I am uneasy about advertising BITMIXER.IO.

Final result:

Slots BTC/Slot Person
1 6.10 MrWDunne
4 6.05 MariaQin
2 6.00 betcointm
1 5.65 BIT-X.com