Vod, I think you shouldn't worry too much about people posting right/wrong criticism about you. Let people come at you with what they got, its not gonna hurt you or your actual reputation. So long as you be truthful to yourself, and stay on the right side, there is nothing to fear, right?

I also think, you and Og should talk it out like normal adult people, instead of calling each other liars or any other nicknames yall have given each other. If QS and lauda can solve matters between one another, I am sure you two can do the same as well. Its 2020 afterall.

It feels weird and sketchy when someone is fine with giving up their documents which has a pic of themselves in it but not a selfie which takes 1 second to click. hmm.

Anyways, I think you can use https://localcryptos.com/.

See this too: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5180421.0

I don't think it matters anyways. There's no use to merits other than you sharing it to others. I'd honestly just tell you to post where you feel comfortable with, don't worry about merit, you're doing just fine even without it.

As someone who doesn't receive merit alot, it doesn't affect me at all, so just you do you fam.

I don't think I deserve to be interviewed at all, but zasad@ is taking a lot of effort for this and he reached out to me, so for that sake at least, here goes nothing:

Questions:

1. When and why did you become interested in cryptocurrencies?
I don't remember exactly, but it was years ago. A friend of mine told me about it, I didn't really care about it in the start, later on I started liking crypto a lot, did a few trades, and yeah.

2. When and why did you buy your first bitcoin?
I'd say around 2016-2017. I didn't invest right at the start, I just had a lucky charm that gave me a boost. The lucky charm is something I don't talk about, and I would like for it to be my secret.

3. How did you get on the forum?
Oh boy, it was years ago, did a few google searches regarding crypto, found reddit and btt on there. And yeah that's about it.

4.1. What prevents mass adoption of cryptocurrencies?
Scams. The fact that anyone can just make a crypto from dust doesn't help either. Also, the crypto community went from being pure enthusiasts to money begging bastards.  

4.2. How do you think mass advertising of gambling projects has a positive effect on the development of the forum or harms the community?
I think it doesn't really effect the forum at all, in terms of the "community". People don't care if you're a gambling site or bit-shitty-connect, they will advertise for you so long as you pay for them. Pretty shitty if you ask me, but hey that's humans for you.

5. What do you think of the current Merit system and signature campaigns?  Do they harm the forum?
The merit system is fine. Signature campaigns have dried but I see there are quite a few coming back now, its a hit or miss thing. And as far as sig campaigns are concerned, it has ruined the forum's whole point of existence. People just post crap and spam big words to make them feel smart and get paid. I can't do that even if i tried, that's just not who i am.

6. The most useful forum topic? Most helpful users?
I'd say my favorite topic is Wall Observers Thread. That thread is just outright amazing. I'd love to have convos with the guys there(but I am scared, lowkey). There's everything in that one thread that the rest of the forum severely lacks: There's good moderation, amazing memes, like actual convos go on there like how discussion forums are supposed to be, and a bunch of very cool people. You guys have my respect!

Helpful Users: Suchmoon, QS, loyce, coolcryptovator, hilariousandco, JayJuangee, actually put the people from the whole chipmixer spreadsheet(frigging bunch of nerds, and all love to them, they overwhelm me very easily   ) , and the WO thread guys. There are others whose posts I like reading, cant list them all can I?

7. 3 things you would implement on the forum?
Have a good communication between the admin team and the posters, better security(2fa and all), hire more mods and circulate some bitcoin with the community cause some of them deserve it.

8. Do you trade on exchanges or invest in projects?
I used to do this, yes. I want to get back to doing this, don't have the time for it

9. Tell a story about your big profit or big loss?
Well, in a nutshell i lost two thousand fucking dollars on something that I don't even remember.

10. What do you think about the DEFI ecosystem?
I have never heard of it up until now, google searched it, just ask smarter people than me.

11. Is your anonymity a vital necessity or precaution?
One Hundred Percent a necessity. People don't understand privacy, and they need to teach this kinda stuff at school, but lets be real, that ain't gonna happen.

12. The last cryptocurrency book you read?
I am not a book guy.

13. Advise 3 cryptocurrencies/tokens for investment in the next 1-2 years?
Don't take my advice unless you also want a 2000$ loss (: .

14. How much will Bitcoin cost at the end of 2020?
Probably around 11k only I guess?

15. P.S. (Optional)
Forum has become extremely boring for me, its not the same. I want the old vibes

Wow, this is very very cool, its fun getting to know some of the OG's of bitcointalk. Some of them have very cool story, for reals.

Dude, you have to interview the mods, global mods and the admins. Chances are, most of them will be too busy to apply, but dammit try. I would love to read about them, as I just spend more time reading on this forum than actually posting(fml).

wait..does this mean you're the paparazzi of bitcointalk now?? "Exclusive interview with THE PHARMACIST NEVER SEEN BEFOREE (*NOT CLICKBAIT*)"

I agree but the egos of most people here is never gonna away. Drama has been somewhat less, but fuck does it still exist for the stupidest reasons. Man I used to love shitting on the circle of idiots who kept making alts to "frame" Lauda and cult, but goddamn it has becoming boring. Everything has become quite a bore and too redundant/repetitive.

Forum was heckin fun to be at, during the whole aTriz-Alia, nullius drama, or the hate game against The Pharmacist and Actmyname in the old DT system.

Everything is very eugh right now. So much shit has happened, and it sucks:

- Bruno and Zepher are dead. RIP Am still not over bruno's death, it was the same guy i was chatting on telegram with and now....he is just not there

- QS and Lauda have settled their beef(which was very mature of QS, props to him)

- Lutpin is ?? ?? ??

- 3/4th of the posters have left. Well fuck, this is too sad.

Honestly, yeah.
 
Localbitcoins was my favorite go-to exchange man. Fucking KYC and GDPR ruined everything. As for paxful, nah fuck that awful-shitfuck-website. Like ARGH, can we have a good enough p2p website, localcryptos is good, but not as good as LBC. 

I think what he is saying is that the forum mods usually go for a perma ban 99% of the time as opposed to a sig ban. And when people get caught for plagiarism, mods do ban them. That isnt the issue here, I dont think.

From what I know, only new accounts can get nuked below member status. Others can only be banned? Don't quote me on this, I remember this very vaguely.

And as for mods not handling a ban, maybe because there wasn't enough proof or mods just didnt see it.

Okay I love this website, its pretty cute.

The google plugin works, at least for me. Proof:

Before:


After:

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Also, what if you make the default language English instead of dutch, in the small dropdown list option?

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I just realized, the google plugin only works in one page, it goes back to dutch again. Also, make the cart auto update, when people change the quantity. Alsooo, when people choose to add a product to cart, keep an option for quantity, it helps user experience. The products are very very cute though. I really like it.

If this site is too much of a work, try selling in some famous merch stores, you guys will get better sales and a bigger audience. Goodluck!

Well, there could be a very slight possibility of the person who makes the post here is also the same person who posted on telegram, and there is too much verification and honestly, it is just not worth it. Its waste of Blood, sweat and tears(not really but ok).

Don't worry about it, if I were you, I would rather just go sleep.

No longer needed.

Hello, I want to buy around 100$ of amazon.com credit, giftcard works too, at 80% discounted price in exchange for bitcoin. Trusted traders only, you send first, or you send to a trusted escrow, and cover escrow fees.

Want a quick transaction so let me know. Will ignore offers from people I am not comfortable with. Rates are negotiable.

Can't we just move to the new forum, instead of asking for new elements to be added on this old-forum? Its been so many years that the forum has been under development, so it only makes more sense.

Is there an ETA for when the new forum is to be fully out? I see the github commits on the discord bot, but other than that not much

Okay here's what I am thinking now, I will sell my bitcoins in localcrytpos, as I found multiple sellers with bank transfer and all, so I sell btc for my local currency, and then worry about paypal later.

My only issue is, I have never used localcrytpos before, seems legit, still scared a bit tho. Thots?

Well, someone had suggested a telegram channel before and it got shot down. And oh, there is a discord server, but that server isn't doing it too well either(am not seeing enough movement here)

I definitely feel the courses would help SO many people, if done right. Idiots like me, who are too lazy and never bothered to learn cool stuff could always learn from those courses. If only something is done about it .


 

While I agree with you that things here usually happen, when someone else makes the effort to improvise things around here, I feel like regarding this topic,  people can't do much. This place will become a portfolio submitting messhole, if people were to work for anything(be it their youtube "career", or teaching skills for udemy etc).

If bitcointalk is to have a youtube channel ever, the admins should at least give out some info on how they want the whole thing to be executed, and also privately start messaging users whom the admins trust, and get things rolling. Otherwise, I am afraid nothing much is going to happen

At least if not a youtube channel, and a udemy course, the new forum should have sub-forums where only certain people are allowed to post/review the content, and those sub forums could have all sorts of courses, and videos. That'd be pretty dope, if you ask me.

Drama is bound to happen, no matter who is chosen. Internet is just full of drama, pedophiles and memes and oh, cryptohunter(is he still here idek). SOO, you can't stop the inevitable. I guess what we could do is, have a reality check, and understand the concept of "It iz what it iz".


Yes PLEASE theymos see this! Let's do something really cool, get in the whole courses idea sorted out and upload it on udemy, have a youtube profile for bitcoin/bitcointalk related stuff. AND A TWITTER for roasting roger ver and for the memes, duh!

save 2020 pls.

I realized I didnt read your message properly. Apologies.

I will keep this in mind, but very unlikely to go with this.
 
oh coinbase! I forgot about that awfully-awful exchange. I have to look into if coinbase is supported, oop-

I realize bitpanda operates in EU(according to this), so can I sell some btc if I am not in the EU region?\\

I have infact heard of localcryptos, and there are sellers in my region, but i have never used the platform by myself. Is it literally just like lbc, with the escrow and all?

Alright, if none of the current options work out, i might use this as a last resort.

Yes please, can we make this a thing, theymos could choose 4-5 people to manage, edit, and create content on the youtube channel. And they could have special status/badges here on the forum too. I remember steamtyme did something of the sort(link: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5200715.msg54202158#msg54202158), so maybe he can also help contribute towards this?

@theymos any updates on this please?

Its not about privacy I am worried about, I just don't want to trade on this forum when paypal is of subject. Don't feel comfortable at all, that's my sole reason why I almost never purchase anything here. Always wanted to buy some collectibles, but I don't feel comfy enough to approach the subject.

Oh I like coinsbee, gonna do more research on it, but their mastercard has a limit of 50 USD? Like I want over 200 Usd AT LEAST, so a little bummer. But i might use the site for other purchases. Thanks for the recommendation!