Paid shiller? *insulted newbie warning* 

So every other coin project in the whole wide world is using its Twitter, Bitcointalk, Reddit, Medium, or whichever account to its post news. But HAT absolutely needs to post its news on a Telegram account that has less than 500 members.

Why?

Could HAT's devs just act like normal people?

Thanks in advance for acting like normal people.

Sometimes it's better to limit yourself to posting your weekly campaign posts and not get involved in adult discussions. 

Thanks for this info. I've been here for a year and never heard about these BTC campaigns! What a shame! 

I am quite sure it will be pumped again and will raise along with other altcoins. That's how it works in crypto. Look at many other shitcoins who move along, too, just being traded like a casino.

Deze link vond ik in een andere thread terug. Een van de members heeft een overzicht gemaakt van waar de Merits worden uitgedeeld:

https://albertoit.github.io/Visualization/index.html

Slechts 0,151% (!!) wordt in de Nederlandse threads uitgedeeld!!

You could write an article on spam, cuz you're clearly a specialist.

At least, that's what I've reported this thread for.

Honestly, if I were a mod on this forum, any other new Merit begging thread opener would get banned immediately.

The fact that you're posting this in the Beginner forum confirms that you realize yourself you're a beginner.

edit: I've reported this thread as spam.

Is this a concealed sneaky campaign thread for the ARIANNE campaign?  

I agree completely. Sometimes it's so evident, one tends to forget. However, I added it under "SUPPORT". I am trying to keep it short, understandable, easy, blah blah. Just taking in account the 95% newbies with a very short attention span. Feel free to disagree and plz let me know.

Great input. I'll think about a way of formulating it understandably (I mean Newbie-wise). Any (other) suggestions? Would be great if we could make some kind of "ultimate" anti-scam guide for newbies.

EDIT: added a section about airdrops.

Especially for all new members who would like to know more about the (in)famous "DYOR" expression. Where to start, what to look at, what to follow, important threads etc. and avoid being scammed.


Just follow this short list to get a serious indication if a project / coin / ICO [2020 edit: / DeFi] is real and no scam:

* SCAM ACCUSATIONS [2020 edit]

- check the Scam Accusations board, a subboard of the Trading Discussion which could easily be overlooked if you're new to this forum
- use the Google search function to search the forum for information on the project (simply search for the project's name)

* TEAM

- if team members are known, check their profiles and experience
- make sure they are real, existing people [+Fake Team Guide by Coolcryptovator - tip by hugeblack]
- if team members are anonymous, check if there's a specific reason why they remain anonymous (for ex. because it's an anonimity coin). If there is no reason: consider it as scam unless proven otherwise

* NEWS & DEVELOPMENT

- do a follow-up of the development on social channels. WATCH OUT for fake Twitter accounts (make sure you are on the correct account - double-check the name )!!!
- do not only read "official" channels but also external media to find out if the project is known to "the outside world"
- has there been no significant news of development for 4 months? Stop kidding yourself then.

* SUPPLY  

- from an investor's point of view: most of the time, the higher the supply, the lower the chance of extremely high prices. But exceptions exist of course, especially for really good projects, which might take giant leaps, even with a rather high supply. Exceptions are however... errrm... exceptional.
  [+Supply in a nutshell by 1mau]
- from an anti-scam point of view: a high supply could mean a malicious dev is planning to drop a high amount of his self-created coins on the market. By the time you realize that he is dropping his coins, he'll have run off with the BTC you paid for his scam coins, leaving you without BTC and with a big bag of his useless scam coins.
  [+Recognize premined coins by tranthidung]

* AIRDROPS

Man... Honestly, I think it's over. Airdrops are soooo 2017 and even back then, most of them were just dropping useless or scam coins. Either the airdropped amount is so low, they are not worth the effort. Or they want you to put something on your Facebook or Twitter or ... and then it's actually not an airdrop but a bounty. They just call it "airdrop" to lure people in.

Personally, I've not participated in any airdrop for months. It's a free country of course, but I would not waste my time on them. However, should you decide to participate anyway: NEVER EVER send coins to someone who promises that you will receive an airdrop in return, and NEVER EVER give your private key to anyone.

* SUPPORT / COMMUNITY

- check how many followers: on Twitter, FB, BTCtalk threads and so on. In most cases: the higher the support, the more lifespan is guaranteed.
- check how many (decent) exchanges are selling this coin: good liquidity means you should be able to buy this coin as easily as you could sell it - and the other way around. You have to respect market prices, of course, but you just don't want to risk being stuck with a coin.
  [+CMC Overview of exchanges and the coins they have on trade]

* THE PROJECT - OF COURSE

The most important thing. Just another payment coin? Just another gambling project? Real estate?

I mean: is it really an interesting project which has something new to offer?

Be realistic and ask yourself:

1. Is this what we (or some - enough people to keep it alive) have been waiting for? Gap in the market? Interesting project?
2. Does the fact that the project is created on the Blockchain create an added value?


Don't forget: NEVER INVEST MORE THAN YOU CAN AFFORD TO LOSE. If it looks to good to be true, it's not true.

Well, here we go again. Almost 30% up today...  

It made me think of something an "old and wise man" once told me: "all things are worth the price a fool is willing to pay for them".

This market is still so young, things are only starting and the possibilities of blockchain are so huge, I think we can't even imagine 90% of its future possible applications at this point. So yeah, I guess you could still get "rich" (whatever that means) with crypto.

The only issue you have is the fact that most people who post this kind of threads do not have the patience to wait for the future. So not sure if YOU could get rich with crypto.

How much cotton do you want for some Merits?

You can like McAfee or not, but one of his propositions for long-term hodlers was great: buy, hold and don't look at them for 18 months. Otherwise you'll drive yourself crazy.

Ok this should do it. No fees for buying or trading LTC, BTC and ETH. What's keeping the others from downloading the app?

The fact that the third quarter is coming is no reason at all to open just another "what will this or that coin do" thread? Crypto doesn't care about quarters so it's not an excuse for posting pure spam.

Ja net wat ik ook dacht. Al de rest is nog steeds in het gadget-stadium... Ik overweeg wel een robotstofzuiger te kopen maar ik geef niet graag geld uit aan dat soort luxeproducten... Zal er nog even over nadenken. Misschien later, als zo'n stofzuiger ook kan afstoffen.

Ik rapporteer ook echt alle spam die ik hier lees. Over de postjes in lamentabel Nederlands hierboven kan ik alleen maar kwijt dat ik hoop dat jullie Engelse posts beter zijn, want anders worden jullie helemaal afgemaakt door de andere users. Laat me stellen dat we ons in het Nederlandse forum iets voornamer gedragen.