quoted the responses.

Make sure to press "Report To Moderator" if you find spam post. This will make the work of Moderators somewhat easier.

Quoted the answers of all of the participants. Not all of them replied correctly so giveaway is still open.

That's why I do not want to look at their post history, If they have posted something good till now, then they have already got some Merits.

My intent is very simple, These 5 question will help them to introspect and make them understand the forum in much better way.
I will feel more happy  if my challenge can give right direction to someone.


Seriously, You become so sure that you will not get any Merit till you reach 100 activity?  Do not wait to reach to get 100+ activity and make your purpose of stay in this forum meaningful.


This criteria is to help those people that are generally considered as shitposters bountyhunters  here. Sometime people need a push in right directions and afterwards they do wonders.

I think only JetCash has put efforts for creating "Fittotalk board and his other initiatives. (He invited all but they will be more benefited) otherwise majority of forum detest them.

I posted my Merit giveaway for Jr. Member having more than 100 activity and 0 merits.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4702284.msg42445354#msg42445354

I posted in Offtopic to prevent it from unnecessary signature spamming (as nobody count the post in Offtopic ) but I am not sure how many people visit that section generally, so making a awareness thread in this board also.

Edit: Read about my intent for creating this unique challenge at https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4702567.msg42472311#msg42472311.

Edited : July 20 2018 22:06:00 at EST timings.

Putting the correct answers.

Ques1. Is it acceptable to copy/paste others post or article.                                                     : No
Ques2. Is it ok to participate in a  bounty even it looks shady/scam.                                         : No
Ques3. Do you think it is ok to apply for loan without collateral.                                                : No
Ques4. Should we report scammer or scam projects.                                                                : Yes
Ques5. Who is the OP for thread "Unofficial list of (official) Bitcointalk.org rules, guidelines, FAQ" : mprep

I selected the five participants for it

rosemary4u
SwayStar123
Batzko
@oweljayr
jallu74

PS:  SwayStar123 has already got a Merit but he do not have any Merit at time of posting the response so I took it  his entry as valid. Jallu74 give the correct answer in second attempt but before commencement of challenge so I accepted the second response.

I decided to share my sMerits (may be 2 for each participants  but not guaranteed so it is your wish to join or not.)

Eligibility criteria to participate in it  
1.  You should be a Jr. Member.
2. Your activity should be greater than 100.
3. You have not received single merit till now.
4. No -ve trust from DT Member

Steps to Enroll

Only First 5 participants fulfilling all the Eligibility criteria and applying with correct answer of below questions will be accepted (Answer the first 4 questions with "Yes/No" only and fifth question with name of author).

Ques1. Is it acceptable to copy/paste others post or article.                                                     :
Ques2. Is it ok to participate in a  bounty even it looks shady/scam.                                         :
Ques3. Do you think it is ok to apply for loan without collateral.                                                :
Ques4. Should we report scammer or scam projects.                                                                :
Ques5. Who is the OP for thread "Unofficial list of (official) Bitcointalk.org rules, guidelines, FAQ" :

Now the challenge.

During this challenge I will ask 5 question (not all in single day) and you all will responds to the answers as per your understanding/knowledge. The challenge will run for 10-15 days (2-3 days for you to responding for a question after I post the question.) There will be no winner or loser in this challenge but if I find all your answer satisfactory (or correct) then I promise you to award 2 Merits. If your answer are not correct or satisfactory than you can end up earning 0 merits also.


So if you want to apply, then apply with the answers of these 5 questions.

List of selected participant in https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4702284.msg42445481#msg42445481
Below is the challenge question 1 for participants

Challenge Ques 1. What you will do If you find somebody copy pasted the article here from some other site or copied others post from this site?

Answer: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4702284.msg42887180#msg42887180

Challenge Ques 2. In which case we should use "Report To Moderator" or report post.

Answer: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4702284.msg43122995#msg43122995

Challenge Ques 3. Can you get negative trust for your signature if project/product you advertise (even it paid bounty signature) is scam ?

Answer: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4702284.msg43434196#msg43434196

Challenge Ques 4.  What should you do if you found scam ICO or some person engaged in shady/scam activities?
Answer: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4702284.msg43693994#msg43693994


Challenge Ques 5.  What precaution you should take to keep your Crypto investment safe?
Answer: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4702284.msg43693994#msg43693994

Enough to ban anybody in this forum.
OP said that  OP used to do translation bounty but reading the first post of OP I highly doubt what kind of translation is OP is doing.

Hash is an algorithm/function  that will  give a fixed size string when input of variable length is given . They are like "One Way " because from  outputs you will not be able to guess input (that make it almost impossible to invert). Instead you need to do trial and error with series of Inputs to check which input is giving the desired output.

Using trial and error will require high computational power and even a change of single bit in input , output will be completely different. It is quite rare but it is possible to get same hash for 2 different inputs.

Storing password  by using hash function in database will be most practical and useful approach because even if the site database is hacked then hacker will able to see the hashed passwords not the real passwords and they will be of no use to hacker (as reversing hash is almost impossible)

Bitcoin uses SHA-256 algorithm to generate the bitcoin address from the public key.

I never traded in any De centralized exchange so I have question how exactly this work for coin transfers? If exchange do not contain coins how the buyer and seller get their coins?
Is it some thing similar like peer to peer transactions with escrowed  deals?


Can you correct your article for the typo.

I am not the fan of concept giving Merits to user for delegating sMerits ( As it cause  half of sMerits loss in process.)
But I agree with your choices of considering pugman and seoincorporation and I see no harm in delegating your sMerits to them.

Once again my support for pugman's Merit Source application.

Read the topics that are of your interest and do not go beyond third page for reading (unless it is constantly evolving thread like Wall observer  in which people post daily TA ,graphs etc). My personal feeling is  that you will rarely find a new idea or interesting comment after third page. If you think some post are really "junk" then feel free to press "Report To Moderator" , it will not help you at that time  but it will benefit the next reader. (if Moderator removed junk.) and somebody else also pressing "Report To Moderator" to make you reading pleasant if you visit that thread in future.

Might be Theymos give some power to some member in specific section/subsection   in which they can remove junk post on their discretion and their removal report will go to moderator to decide what punishment should be given to user for spamming/ or their removal of post is correct or not.

Look Like you got offended by Pharmacist but you need not to be. Answer is already in your post.


Just wondering, How you will take "TMAN" comments. (look like he is not active in Meta.)

Now coming to your post, "Meta" at one time is flooded with so many "Merit" suggestion /improvement threads that people ( Jetcash I guess) suggested for creating a separate "Merit Board".  So much discussed about Merit here that seeing one more thread created on Merit is generally frowned.
 
Now coming to question who proposed first about Merit requirement for becoming Jr. Member , I guess it was nullius in this post..

I found this one  also as a good suggestion and even I had created a thread.

Joined, This is my 412th post.

Bitcointalk Username: r1s2g3
Bitcointalk Rank:        Member
Full Merit history:       http://loycevsbasement.privatedns.org/Merit/history/1446224.html
Number of Posts:       410
Bitcoin Address:        3ECKVvfFyc6aDX4by4TxgaHns4PMmG7ngS   (Segwit Enabled Address)


PS: I just hit the Merit requirement. So full Merit History is not showing my all Merits. If accepted will change the signature.

That is the whole point of this thread, If you smell scam, make others aware and get out of it.



You already replied yourself in second sentence and reputed Campaign manager is not a single condition need  to be followed.  Even for a reputed manager you need to keep in your mind.

@DarkStar_

Freemind1 make the post at June 01 2018 and HaydenLogins copied it on June 30 2018.

HaydenLogins need to be banned not Freemind1. Please correct your reporting.

Altough we already have a existing topic that explain the Signature Campaign Guidelines but I think it is time for us to add some more guidelines/suggestion  in it.

The earlier guidelines were more concerned about the spamming in this forum but I think we are now facing one more problem on top of spam , i.e is adverisement of scams or (Scam ICOs)

Actually, I got this idea for creating the topic while reading the post of the Theymos in this topic .


A simple extension may extend to promoting scam can cause -ve trust, even it is included in your signature only and you are not directly promoting it.

Let me put some suggestion for user advertising  in their signature space.

1. Check the links in your signature that you are advertising, make sure it is not some kind of phising link.
2. Do your own research before joining the signature campaign and do not join the project if it look shady.
3. Do not trust the bounty manager blindly even bounty manager can be greedy and promoting the project for its own gain.
4. Do not join the signature campaign that do not meet your posting habits. If your posting habit is of around 10 post per week than do not enroll in
   signature campaign that ask for  25 post in a week.
5. If you already got some hint that the project is scam then do not keep mum , even you enrolled in its signature or not. You can create a topic in  
   Scam Accusation board
6. Incorporated  Joel_Jantsen  post

It is our responsibility that we should not promote scam and help in preventing it.

PS: If you have some more suggestion that are not covered till now, Then feel free to suggest in this thread. I will in corporate them in this post.
     Edit: Signature is paid or not paid ,should comply the forum rules.

 

Might be a translator that know both Russian and English can fill up this gap.
But I think conversation might be in PM or outside the forum.  I  think posting on the others behalf will  not  be allowed in this forum and you do not want to post Russian when you do not know Russian.

Now Corporate started creating account in bitcointalk and started posting Twitter bounty reports. Look like this platform is getting very famous.

Since you are banned for copy pasting and it is permanent ban on user, not only on account, so refrain yourself using this account apart for doing ban appeal in Meta.