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1881  Other / Meta / Re: [Results 2022] Bitcointalk Community Awards 🏆 on: February 04, 2023, 03:32:28 PM
I take this opportunity to share some more interesting and funny facts I noticed during voting period. I hope you'll all enjoy!  Cheesy



  • Most united local board: Italian, by far. In my opinion, the greatest brotherhood can be found inside Italian board. This is because their members voted mostly for other Italian members, encouraging each other. I observed such behavior inside German board, for example, but Italians seems to be the ones best at supporting their people. Respect to that!

  • Most weird / creepy vote:

-AntiHero: dead Lauda

  • An interesting debate: Sarah Azhari trying to convince yahoo62278 that he may be a girl Smiley

  • Miss Bitcointalk: yahoo62278
Guess I better start sitting down to pee if I'm to take home the miss bitcointalk title lol. If I win I'll need a brand new dress to strut my stuff in.
Grin  I'm sorry because I still don't know how to differentiate between men and women here, I just look by the name Yahoo that look women by me.

about 18,881 yahoo girl name in 2013

https://www.babycenter.com/baby-names/details/yahoo-417015

yahoo62278 seemed to take this possibility seriously, thus he made some plans in case he'd actually find out that he is a girl:

Guess I better start sitting down to pee if I'm to take home the miss bitcointalk title lol. If I win I'll need a brand new dress to strut my stuff in.

  • Most philosophic explanation for Antihero category:

anti hero does not mean villain. its means hero without the boyscout red pants on

  • The sad user:

Miss Bitcointalk: i can't answer my gf is watching me  Cry

  • An interesting suggestion:

There should be a category created in which I would fit, maybe Mercurial, Satanic Slob of Laziness and Chronic Beggar of Theymos for sMerits

  • The new discovered girl:
5Ksana_HandMade. As far as I know, this user has never been nominated before.

  • Sexism against men:

By the way, why is there no Mister Bitcointalk? What kind of injustice?  Wink

  • Insights about The Sceptical Chymist's cloths + trolling theymos:

Fail of the Year:Change of name ( From The Pharmacist to Skeptical Chymist. Dear Theymos, I'd so much appreciate it, if you can give my man what he desires and deserves as a Christmas Present
LOL, I almost shit-stained my already shit-stained bunny costume reading that.  It's Sceptical Chymist, by the way.  A minor detail, but one that Mr. party pooper didn't miss.

Theymos, the hero of good, golden feather, and niggard distributor of sMerits to all the sources (or maybe I'm just special).

  • A very aesthetic vote:



  • Funniest vote:
Hero of Good: Baphomet, Beelzebub, Shaitan, 'ol Scratch himself
Golden Feather: Barrack Obama
Bitcointalk Ninja: Satoshi
Bitcoin Geek: Sam Bankman Fried
Event of the Year:  FTX falling down from $32 billon mountain *doh*  I copy/pasted NotATether's list and forgot to modify this entry.
Fail of the Year: Me flipping over the handlebars of my bicycle whilst collecting cans and pretending to be homeless.  Just last night.
Discovery of the Year:  Russian scientists discover immortality drug.
Best SpamBuster: What spam?
Best ScamBuster: Pick one for me.
Craft Master: Da fuk does this even mean?
AntiHero: Black Adam
Miss Bitcointalk: Foxpup

  • The man closest to win at Miss BitcoinTalk category:
BitcoinGirl.Club ended up on fourth place, at one vote distance from third place  Roll Eyes



  • Another interesting debate:
BlackHatCoiner trying to convince o_e_l_e_o that he is a man

Even in 2022, husbands are males.  Tongue
I've never said I was her husband, only that she was my wife. Her gender says nothing about mine.

  • The endless debate about our Supreme Leader's gender:
(Note: these are just a few examples, but the discussion lasts for years now  Grin)

Miss Bitcointalk: I highly doubt Foxpup is she.

If I recall correctly, Foxup won the female category some time ago; how do you nominate someone whose gender is unknown to 95% of the voters? After antihero, this is the most useless category.
At least for Foxpup it's known (because profile information is important to look up  Wink) and that's once again a reason to set up all details in your Account.  Cheesy

Guys, those of you which are so curious should know that our dear fillippone made a comprehensive list with possible genders of Foxpup Smiley
1882  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: [Quiz 2022] History of Bitcoin and Bitcointalk 🚩 on: February 04, 2023, 02:24:27 PM
This is my Score.
My score: 14/21

Congrats to all three of you for completing the quiz! I awarded each of you with a merit which, given the fact that both of you met a long time ago the activity criterion for Jr. Member, will promote you to this rank. And, since from now on you'll be able to post pictures yourselves, make sure you learn how to do it properly. Always set height=300 to your pictures, thus you won't fill the entire screen. Use this command:

Code:
[img height=300]https://i.imgur.com/GU6JZAB.jpg[/img]

Also, make sure you use the guidelines from the topic I created for uploading pics on the forum - How to post images from imgur (Jr. Members and up) -- Revamped.

I will upload now both your scores as full images and, when your rank will be upgraded, you'll be able to do it yourselves.






Ahan$, you have a pretty big score for a Newbie... I hope you did not cheat Smiley
1883  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: [Quiz 2022] History of Bitcoin and Bitcointalk 🚩 on: February 04, 2023, 09:57:25 AM
My score is very low next will be better score
My score .11/21

It's not very low, you still answered correctly to almost a half of the quiz Smiley And your next one will certainly be better, since you already know the questions now, lol. But you can search the forum for other quizzes, as there are also some quizzes made by others.

I will quote your score in full picture below, as your rank does not allow you yet. And, as I wrote with other occasions as well, make sure that in order to post images you have to write the URL of the image between a "img - /img" BBCode sequence, not just the URL. This topic may help you: How to post images from imgur (Jr. Members and up) -- Revamped.





I am very happy to play this quiz because it gives some idea about Bitcoin

Congrats for the score. I will also post the full picture of your score and I recommend you too to read the above mentioned topic for learning how to properly post images. Since this merit I gave you will promote you to Jr. Member, you'll be able to post images but you also need to learn how to properly do it.

1884  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: [Quiz 2022] History of Bitcoin and Bitcointalk 🚩 on: February 04, 2023, 08:54:10 AM
my result 13/21

Congrats! This is a good score Smiley I also gave you a merit and it'll promote you to Jr. Member. Good luck in ranking up!

Also, take note that for posting images you have to write the URL of the image between a "img - /img" BBCode sequence, like the one below. Also, make sure to set an adequate size to your picture, for not filling whole screen. In order to do that, add a "height=300" after "[ img ]".

Code:
[img height=300]https://i.ibb.co/TYYpK6d/cfead3db357a.jpg[/img]

I also posted your score as full screen, since your rank-up to Jr. Member did not occur immediately after I sent you the merit.





First of all every member needs to know all the questions asked in this quiz.

Every member needs to know the questions? Then where would be the fun? Perhaps you meant the answers, not "the questions".

There are many who still do not know the answers to these questions.

That's because icopress and I did an intense brainstorming for finding questions really difficult to answer, thus incentivizing participants to explore in-depth the forum, in order to find the answers. The purpose was to help them learn as many things as possible about BitcoinTalk.

I hope that I will be able to answer all of these related quizzes in the future.

If you want you can check the forum for other quizzes too. There have been others in the past and, if you find them, they would be interesting to complete.

Here, let me help you with posting the full image of your score, since your rank does not allow you.

1885  Bitcoin / Project Development / Re: [BPIP] Bitcointalk Public Information Project [Back in Action] on: February 03, 2023, 09:28:11 PM
I guess my point was that the Most earned merit link could already be accessed through the "?" for Most Recognized. I don't know, maybe I'm confused.. it's been a long day. Tongue

Ohhhhhhh got you now! And I saw it, you are right! I confirm, the link is there and it's accessible.

I was a little confused because I thought the Most Posts report was already linked under the Most Activity's "?", but I was mistaken on that one, so that might be a place where we could add a link to the 'most posts' report, maybe under the Most Activity "?"
... but are you saying you don't consider the "?" links to be "on the home page" and/or not prominent enough?

The "?" are indeed on the home page. Maybe they can be extended a bit, though? Of course, if code allows. Regarding the place of the link for Most posts, at the moment, the description shown when clicking on the "?" of Activity looks like this:

Quote
Most Activity is calculated
      using:
min(time * 14, posts)

time = number of 2 week
periods in which a member
has posted since their
      registration

posts = total number of
      posts

Maybe you can insert the hyperlink for Most posts on the "posts" term highlighted by me? Alternatively, there is an empty line between the last line (the one with highlighted "posts") and the term "registration". Maybe the line with "posts" can be placed on this empty line from above, thus in the text box last line will be empty and you can add there something like "For Most posts click here".

To get a little technical, this is in the sense that we are talking about the standard sized screens and resolutions most people would be using, which is what the responsive design of the site was intended to work best with.

Yes, it makes sense.



Fun related fact: [...] Putting 1 rank table in the middle saved the space needed to cleanly fit the 4 tables next to it, allowed longer username lengths, and I think looked better (but was ultimately harder to design..).

This is interesting, as it shows how agile if the mind of a web designer and coder Smiley
1886  Local / Română (Romanian) / Re: Concursuri/tombole pe bitcointalk (sau pe aprope) on: February 03, 2023, 08:39:14 PM
Felicitari, Gazeta, ai castigat unul dintre premiile puse la bataie de Krogoth!
Nu este din topul listei tale de dorinte, dar tot nu-i rau!

Awww, merci frumos! Chiar daca nu era ceva ce mentionasem anterior ca mi-as fi dorit neaparat, ma bucur pentru premiu oricum Smiley Si, in special, ma bucura faptul ca am putut participa la aceasta editie speciala a tombolelor lui krogoth. Ii scrisesem si lui, in topicul tombolei: nu stiu cate concursuri au mai organizat altii, dar sunt sigur ca niciunul nu se apropie de cate a aranjat el. Incredibil!

Si, era sa uit ce era mai important: felicitari pentru premiul 1 (categoria anti-spam) la "Premiile Comunitatii Bitcointalk", acum am eu pentru ce sa te invidiez!  Grin

Multumesc frumos! acesta este un premiu special pentru mine. Pe de-o parte, ma bucura faptul ca am putut petrece atat de mult timp curatand forumul. Pe la finalul lui 2021 si inceputul anului trecut am avut o perioada de vreo 4 luni, daca nu mai bine, in care faceam zilnic minim 500 de rapoarte. De multe ori ajungeam la 1000. Dar stateam de la 8 dimineata pana la 6 seara. In perioada aia nici nu prea mai postam pe forum (poti sa te uiti la postarile mele din acel interval, sa vezi cat de putine au fost).

Pe de alta parte, ma bucura faptul ca oamenii au apreciat munca mea, in conditiile in care, de cele mai multe ori, nu prea este observata munca celor care curata spam-ul si a celor care expun teparii. Nici theymos nu a ajutat prea mult in acest sens, intrucat anul trecut nu a mai postat obisnuitul topic cu statistici ale reporterilor din anul anterior. Asa ca am apreciat foarte mult sa vad ca am fost si eu apreciat.

In sfarsit, in cazul acesta, premiul este mai putin important. Titlul acela insa atarna greu Smiley
1887  Economy / Services / Re: LoyceV's Avatar for Rent [first 🦊🦊🦊3 YEARS🦊🦊🦊 (202 weeks) rented out] on: February 03, 2023, 08:27:31 PM
I will PM him today, in case he does not see the post. If he refuses it I propose to make a short raffle with the participants of the "couch raffle".
But as our rules are stating, if the winner refuses it, it'll be allocated for the next giveaway. So, if it should be refused we have to allocate it to our next givwaway. And that's also leading to our next giveaway: I'm already planning to hold an educational giveaway as I've done some years beforeSmiley Smiley Smiley Smiley
For this giveaway, I would allocate some valuable BTC of course and we could add your card, too.  Smiley

RickDeckard both agreed and refused

Inside his soul he accepted the prize. However, as he has a big heart, he proposed something else: he says he wants to make a charity topic inside Collectibles board, where to donate the amount won at this giveaway for icopress Ukraine donation address. And also see how much he can obtain for this card, if I understood well. And donate this amount too. And have me send the card to the winner.

Now I know about our giveaway rule and I have a solution for not breaking the rule and also support RickDeckard in his noble gesture. As I have more than one card of this kind (I have a set of 5 cards, from which I already sent one to gbianchi), I will co-sponsor your next giveaway with another card and also help RickDeckard and send a card to the one he'll tell me to do it Smiley

Is this okay with everybody?
1888  Bitcoin / Project Development / Re: [BPIP] Bitcointalk Public Information Project [Back in Action] on: February 03, 2023, 06:46:06 PM
Have you seen the "?" on the column headers? Clicking the "?" once will keep it open, so you can access the links involved in a particular formula. Is this something like what you are looking for?

No, what I had in mind was to have a link somewhere on home page for the ladders of Most posts and Most earned merit. From what you said above I understood that two more columns won't fit the home page, therefore I suggested that, maybe, even two links written on the home page, redirecting to these two ladders may help.

A link could be named "Most posts" and the other one "Most earned merits".

And I suggested that they could be placed at the left, respective righ side of the "M" and the "R" from "MATR".

They would be just two links to the ladders, indeed, and not the entire ladders, but the advantage would be that these ladders could be also accessed from home page. Does this make sense? I hope I explained better now what I had in mind Smiley
1889  Bitcoin / Project Development / Re: [BPIP] Bitcointalk Public Information Project [Back in Action] on: February 03, 2023, 06:36:01 PM
Are you taking into account the fluctuations of 1,000 other users, based on when they were last refreshed? [...]

The formula for most recognized is accounting for activity, trust, and earned merit.. just because you jumped in earned/merit doesn't mean someone else didn't jump more in activity and trust and become more "recognized"... plus, the aforementioned DT1/2 shuffle each month would effect this score also.

I understand... I did not take into account the DT shuffles. In the last example I offered my drawback from Most Recognized ladder happened after I was removed from DT1 after theymos' last shuffle of DT1 users. This may explain...

Regarding the idea to take into account that others could have jumped in activity and / or Trust -- yes, I thought about this, but I did not believe that changes would be so big to determine a decrease of almost 150 positions on a ladder, especially considering that the screenshots were taken at short time intervals one after the other. But, somehow, I think the impact of dropping from DT1 to DT2 has a big impact on this.

Thank you for your explanations!



I definitely tried with the initial design to get more tables on there.. the only good way with the current design is to start another row of columns below the current 4.. but it creates a much larger page, more resource intensive, and it wouldn't be as easy to compare in this arrangement.

Oh I see... Then what about this: maybe simply add links somewhere on top of the page to these two ladders? Maybe one at the left of "M" (the "M" from "MATR") and one at the righ of the "R"? Or at any other place you may find suitable? Would that work better?
1890  Economy / Collectibles / Re: [FREE RAFFLE] 500Th- ฿ECAUSE I AM STILL IN A GOOD MOOD-10 ITEMS AND 10 WINNERS! on: February 03, 2023, 06:26:11 PM
Thank you, krogothmanhattan, for this raffle and congrats for reaching this impressive number of free raffles!

I think that nobody else, in the entire history of the forum, ever reached this amount. Not even by far Smiley

I honestly don't know where you have all these items from, nor what continuously drives you to be so generous and offer so many nice prizes for free, but it's highly appreciated! And, as a coincidence, the first raffle I won inside the forum was one organized by you Smiley I am more than happy to be among winners of the 500th one as well!

That being said, I will contact minerjones to talk to him about the prize delivery.

Cheers!
1891  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: [Quiz 2022] History of Bitcoin and Bitcointalk 🚩 on: February 03, 2023, 05:31:18 PM
I learned a lot about Bitcoin by participating in this quiz. [...]

My result. 14/21

Wow, this is a very good score for a Newbie! Congrats!



Last year I participated in this quiz, but considering that there have been updates in some of the things you mentioned. So I want to ask, can someone like me who took this quiz last year be able to take it again this year?

Why don't you try it yourself? Smiley The quiz is up and running again. You can pass once more through all questions.



I will try this again after this month ends, few days still left. I should study now lol.
Worth the study but still I got wrong answers, those are the unexpected question.

Finally got the chance to take this quiz and I got 17/21.
I am checking the links with the wrong answers I got. Hoping that I'll have a new learnings today.

Your study brought you a very good score! Congrats! And don't forget to read also xtraelv's topic, which is mentioned in OP. You will learn very many interesting facts from that topic Smiley
1892  Bitcoin / Legal / Re: Should BTC amounts greater than 10.000E be declared when leaving the country? on: February 03, 2023, 05:29:39 PM
I've only seen that in the Border Control program (or something like that is called) at the Canadian border if I remember correctly, but I doubt very much that they do that in European countries.

I certainly hope that such cases are very few and only in just a few countries. This feel so... invasive!

I made some research on what you said and on https://www.canada.ca/en.html I found a page describing what you just said. And it's true, they may actually inspect your phone. And not just that! All your digital devices. According to Canadian government (highlight is mine),

Quote
Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officers are allowed to examine all goods you have with you when you cross the border. This means that just like your luggage, our officers can examine your cell phones, tablets, laptops and any other digital device you are carrying.

A digital device is defined as any device that is capable of storing digital data, such as:

    cell phones
    smartphones
    computers
    tablets
    removable media
    drives
    cameras
    smartwatches
    any other device capable of storing digital data

However, after stating these horrendous conditions, they try to make people relax, by saying that they don't always do it...

According to some statistics they offer (which may be or be not true), "from November 20, 2017, until June 30, 2022, only 0.012% of all travellers who were processed at the border had their digital devices examined". If this is true then, indeed, the percentage is very small. However, another thing makes situation scary again:

Quote
Of these examinations, 37.3% resulted in the detection of a customs or immigration-related contravention. These contraventions ranged from evidence of money laundering, the discovery of prohibited goods that pose a threat to public safety (e.g., child pornography or obscenity), and undervalued or undeclared goods.

Could the hilighlighted part refer to crypto as well...?


There are countries where the limit on cash payments is only when one party is a company, but with individuals there are no limits on cash payments.

Are you sure there is no limit for individuals?

is that in a routine control at the "border" (nonexistent for practical purposes today) they do a search and they catch you those €20k in cash or Bitcoin without declaring. Then they will confiscate everything or the excess of €10k, but not if you have declared it before.

Again, are you 100% sure they confiscate undeclared BTC (or what's over 10.000E) although there is no reference inside the law specifying the term cryptocurrency?
1893  Local / Română (Romanian) / Re: Criptomonede vs bani digitali emiși de Stat on: February 03, 2023, 05:10:02 PM
Nu de SelfPay ziceam... asa s-or numi acum? [...] Gata, am gasit -- era vorba de PayPoint. Ele au inlocuit ZebraPay. Si nu mai permiteau achizitia de BTC dupa transformarea lor in aparate PayPoint.
PayPoint?  Interesant, pentru că eu în toate benzinăriile în care mergeam să fac diverse plăţi doar SelfPay am văzut.  Sunt poziţionate exact în locul aparatelor ZebraPay, având exact acelaşi soft.

Revin un pic asupra discutiei de mai sus, intrucat astazi am avut drum, intamplator, atat pe la Mega cat si pe la Carrefour. Aparent, nu mai sunt nici acele aparate PayPoint de care stiam, ci altele, numite Statii de plata. Treaba e ca sunt pozitionate pe locul celor anterioare si te obisnuiesti atat de mult sa stii ca e cate un aparat acolo, in locul respectiv, incat nu mai bagi de seama ca s-a schimbat aparatul. Si, dupa cum am aflat in urma cu 34.78" (Smiley) aceste statii de plata sunt aparate SelfPay. Deci au fost ZebraPay, au schimbat cu PayPoint si apoi cu SelfPay.

Am facut niste poze, atat la Mega, cat si la Carrefour, intrucat aparatele erau de forma diferita si nu stiam daca sunt ale aceluiasi furnizor.



Din ce am observat, achizitia de crypto nu mai este permisa in mod anonim.

Accesand meniul aparatului, se poate vedea ca serviciul este oferit prin Tradesilvania. Asta nu e neaparat o problema, intrucat si inainte era oferit tot de un exchange centralizat. Insa inainte se putea cumpara anonim, acum nu.



Dupa cum se poate vedea in ultima poza, trebuie sa ai cont la acest exchange pentru a mai putea cumpara crypto, ceea ce mi se pare strigator la cer! Dupa ce ca aveau niste comisioane imense aceste aparate, acum trebuie sa treci si prin KYC. Si asta pentru cumparare, nu pentru vanzare! Incredibil!

Vestea este cu atat mai proasta, intrucat nici de la aparatele Qiwi nu poti cumpara anonim, acolo serviciul fiind oferit de -- cine credeti? -- Spectrocoin. Adica de teparul de care vorbeam mai sus.

Acestea fiind zise, nu cred ca mai exista alte variante de a mai putea cumpara crypto anonim, cu exceptia ATM-urilor crypto.



Ultimele postări ale lui Cristian sunt despre Cypherium, o monedă care cel puţin se zvoneşte a fi o altă ţeapă (https://medium.datadriveninvestor.com/in-the-world-of-fake-blockchain-partnerships-cypherium-stands-out-e5dcadaa48ee?gi=ff60f9f72ed8).

Pai, daca i-a mers cu Veros, de ce sa nu incerce din nou. Nu?

Într-adevăr, e foarte trist să văd că atât de mulţi români sunt implicaţi în marile ţepe din zona asta a Criptomonedelor.  Era bine dacă inteligenţa şi-o foloseau pentru a produce ceva bun şi folositor în loc să fure bani.

Bine zis! Insa atat de multi se axeaza pe furtisaguri, incat stau mereu sa ma gandesc: oamenii astia chiar nu au pic de constiinta...? Nu-i apasa deloc-deloc-deloc...?
1894  Bitcoin / Project Development / Re: [BPIP] Bitcointalk Public Information Project [Back in Action] on: February 03, 2023, 04:37:26 PM
I come back on this thread with another inconsistency I encountered: I noticed that after ranking up some places on ladders of Most merit and Most earned merit, sometimes the positions you are shown on ladders of Most Recognized and Most trusted are drawn back.

I will explain below with more details:



- this is a screenshot since I was 59th user with most merits and 47th with most earned merits. Note that at this moment I was 520th most trusted and 239th most recognized.



- later on, after receiving more merits, I was 54th user with most merits and 42nd with most earned merits. Note that at this moment I was 515th most trusted and 233th most recognized. So, at this moment, my position on Most Trusted and Most recognized ladders advanced together with the merits which pushed me on the other two ladders.



- later on, after receiving some more merits, I was 51st user with most merits and 41st with most earned merits. Note that at this moment I became 662nd most trusted and 297th most recognized. So, at this moment, my position on Most Trusted and Most recognized ladders decreased, no matter the merits which pushed me on the other two ladders. Besides, the fluctuations are not minor: I advanced 3 positions on Most merit ladder and 1 position on Most earned merit, yet I decreased with 64 positions on Most recognized ladder and with 147 on Most trusted ladder.

And I've noticed in the past in multiple occasions these big fluctuations of Most recognized and Most trusted ladders. Take into account that in all this while my Trust score hasn't changed, only my activity and number of merits.

And, since the formula of recognition is the one below,

The top 1000 most recognized profiles report is calculated using:1000 - ((Activity Rank + Trust Rank + Earned Merit Rank) / 3).

I believe that, if Trust score remains unchanged, as activity and number of merits increase then recognition should also increase, not decrease. Regarding the position on Most Trusted ladder I have no idea why it went down so much, since my Trust score remained the same.

I am not sure if similar fluctuations occur for the other ladders as well (Most active, and Most posts), as I don't have these badges displayed on my bpip profile.

I hope this helps.

And, as a suggestion, perhaps it would be a good idea to implement on bpip's home page all these six ladders, thus it would be easier to observe also which users have most posts and which ones have most earned merits? I know these ladders can be accessed with a workaround (e.g. go to the profile of any user and click on Most earned merit link and the ladder will be shown) but I think it would be nice to have them on home page too. Now of course, it's possible to not fit. But if they can be arranged somehow (perhaps with a smaller column width or a smaller font?) thus they would fit on home page then maybe this would be a nice addition Smiley
1895  Economy / Service Discussion / Re: Few Trusted Escrow Provider on: February 03, 2023, 03:45:31 PM
Hey shasan, great job with this topic! And thank you for listing me in OP!

As I said before, I had the intention to create such topic myself, without knowing about yours. Having this in mind, I contacted all escrow providers from the other two topics I knew and asked if they are still offering the service and if any change intervened regarding their charges / conditions. I PMed on Jan 19th the following users: OgNasty, SebastianJu, John (John K.), PsychoticBoy, Dabs, bittawm, willi9974, minerjones, zazarb, Lutpin, SFR10, Hhampuz, krogothmanhattan, realediston, MoparMiningLLC. So far only willi9974, minerjones, MoparMiningLLC, OgNasty, zazarb, Hhampuz, SFR10, and krogothmanhattan replied.

willi9974, minerjones, zazarb, SFR10, krogothmanhattan and MoparMiningLLC are still offering their services.

Hhampuz does not want to be listed. krogothmanhattan is not offering escrow service anymore.

Since SebastianJu, John (John K.), PsychoticBoy, Dabs, bittawm, Lutpin and realediston have not replied in almost a month I think it's safe to not have them listed. Besides, not all have an immaculated reputation here so it's better this way.

So here are the suggestions I have for you:

1. Remove SebastianJu, John (John K.), Dabs and bittawm, due to their inactivity. Since they are not active even on the forum (not to mention that they were unable to reply to a PM sent in their interest in almost one month) I don't think they are still interested.

2. Add willi9974. Here are his details:

- cryptocurrencies you accept
--> BTC and some alts (most of the top 10 alts for other please ask)
- what items are you escrowing (only BTC / BTC and altcoins / physical goods too / digital goods too etc.)
--> international BTC and alts and in EU physical goods possible, depending on the topic
- what amounts are you willing to escrow (min / max)
--> no min and max value
- fees;
--> min. 0.002 BTC or 1% of the escrow value
- your escrow thread.
--> german topic https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1466069.0 and will be in the next time updated and also a translation into englisch there

3. Add MoparMiningLLC. Here are his details:

Yes still offering escrow.

- cryptocurrencies you accept

BTC is preferred - willing to take other cryptocurrencies on as needed basis.

- what items are you escrowing (only BTC / BTC and altcoins / physical goods too / digital goods too etc.)

will escrow everything except digital goods - used to do these, always proves to be a shitshow.

- what amounts are you willing to escrow (min / max)

no limit.

- fees;

1%

- your escrow thread.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5154480.msg51472285#msg51472285

4. Add OgNasty. Here are his details:

- cryptocurrencies you accept
All major cryptocurrencies and stablecoins

- what items are you escrowing (only BTC / BTC and altcoins / physical goods too / digital goods too etc.)
Anything legal that can't be charged back (no account sales, no paypal, etc.)

- what amounts are you willing to escrow (min / max)
Any

- fees;
1% of the total - 0.002 BTC minimum

- your escrow thread.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=303281.0

5. Update zazarb's info:

- cryptocurrencies you accept
BTC, stablecoin and other altcoins

- what amounts are you willing to escrow (min / max)
Min 0.01BTC or equel, max 50BTC or equel

- fees;
1%, but not less 0.001BTC

- your escrow thread.
request can be submit in my lending thread
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1161170.0

6. Update minerjones' offer:

- cryptocurrencies you accept
Most major coins if they do not need a unique/special wallet. ie coins that are available on Trezor, Ledger, Ballet

- what items are you escrowing (only BTC / BTC and altcoins / physical goods too / digital goods too etc.)
Mostly physical items, but am available for ICOs, Campaigns, etc

- what amounts are you willing to escrow (min / max)
No min, No max

- fees;
Usually 1% donation, but will work with client to adjust as needed

- your escrow thread.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1833742

7. Update SFR10's offer:


8. Delete Hhampuz and krogothmanhattan per their request.

Hi There!  Thanks for asking but at the moment I am not.  Thanks again and goodluck with the list

No need to add any of my info, thank you!

9.
List updated.

48   Lauda   Ann   1-2% (with a 0.005 BTC minimum)  
Has been excluded from my trusted escrow list as Lauda has negative trust.

I think that best reason for removing Lauda is that her account was banned at her own request Smiley

10. Regarding the note from my profile, respective:

Free for the first transaction after completing the first transaction fees will be added

can you change, please, "transaction" with "transactions"?

11. I suggest you to PM Blazed (although there are low chances for him to ever reply, since he was last active in 2020), TwinWinNerD, ninjaboon, BitCoinDream, and Dudeperfect, for making sure they are still offering the service.

12. Last, but not least: I would recommend you to add a column for min-max amounts and a column for what stuff the user is escrowing. Besides, maybe you can PM the final list and ask what yahoo62278 said in my thread from Meta -- "Do you think it's important to only add escrows to the list that can provide proof of funds for the amount they're willing to escrow? If users are truly supposed to feel safe with an escrow, then said escrow should be able to cover/insure a deal if something were to happen."

Anyway, this is up to you if you want or not to implement these changes.

I hope this helps. Let's make this thread the most visible upon Google searches! Maybe also a new topic title may help in Google searches.
1896  Local / Română (Romanian) / Re: Concursuri/tombole pe bitcointalk (sau pe aprope) on: February 03, 2023, 02:46:00 PM
Avem un concurs nou!

SPONSORED BY UTOPIA: $25 prize in the Carabao Cup Final competition
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5437931.0

Se pot castiga urmatoarele: 25$.

Organizator: JollyGood

Trebuie ghicit scorul meciului Manchester United vs Newcastle United, de pe data de 26 februarie. Se pot ghici si alte elemente ale meciului, precum scorul corect, cand se va termina meciul (in 90', dupa prelungiri, dupa penalty-uri), numarul de cartonase galbene si rosii, scorul corect la finalul meciului. Fiecare element ghicit acorda un numar de puncte, dupa cum urmeaza:

Step One
Select the winning team (1 point)

Step Two
Select when the game will end  
Full Time / 90 minutes  (2 points)
Extra Time  (3 points)
Penalties    (4 points)

Step Three
Select the correct score at full-time (5 points)

Step Four
Select the total number of yellow cards at full time (2 points)

Step Five
Select the total number of red cards full time (1 point)

Participantii trebuie sa completeze urmatorul formular:

Code:
[b]Step One:[/b] Manchester United  
[b]Step Two:[/b] Full time / 90 minutes  
[b]Step Three:[/b] 2-1  
[b]Step Four:[/b] 2  
[b]Step Five:[/b] 0

Participantii trebuie sa nu aiba feedback negativ de la organizator si sa nu se afle pe lista lui de neincredere. Daca participantii au feedback negativ de la terti, acestea vor fi analizate de organizator, care va lua decizia de eligibilitate in privinta acestora. Pot participa membri de toate rangurile.
1897  Other / Meta / Re: I intend ti create a new topic for users offering escrow services on: February 03, 2023, 02:28:01 PM
I forgot to update my topic. I have such a topic and I will update it today. I have topic "Few Trusted Escrow Providers"

I was not aware of the existence of your topic. Each time I performed Google search for escrow topics I only found the other two topics mentioned in OP. In this case I am glad to see that an up to date topic is there and I will abandon my idea. Maybe we can do something to make your topic more visible? Perhaps a weekly bump? It's important to have your topic be shown in Google searches above the other two topics, as those ones are obsolete.

Edit:
Just removed a few members from my list and soon I will update more.
Edit:
I have updated the trust rank, removed a few more escrow, and edited the escrow fee. Now only need to check via pm whether they are still providing escrow service or not. And need to look up if there is any other escrow service announcement.

I already contacted all escrow providers from the other two threads and I have some answers from some of them. I'll share them with you inside your topic, in order to better it even more.

Thank you all for your replies and suggestions as well.

I will lock this topic, as it's no longer needed, since the problem is already resolved, and I'll continue the discussion inside shasan's own thread.
1898  Other / Meta / Re: [Results 2022] Bitcointalk Community Awards 🏆 on: February 03, 2023, 02:22:05 PM
What about having a custom title for the winners? It doesn't take much time for theymos to add them. People will see Golden Feather 2021, 2022 and thus, more people will know about the yearly contest too.

This sounds nice and, if I remember well, this was discussed as a possible prize for first edition of the contest but, for some reason, this prize could not be implemented back then.

I think we can create a petition thread to convince theymos that Bitcointalk Community awards winner should have a custom title.

On the other hand, maybe theymos would listen to vox populi, in case such a petiotion would be signed by many users. Who knows? Feel free to try Smiley



My suggestion for next year is to make few changes, maybe we could have randomly selected winners for stuff like hardware wallets and collectibles.

New categories to consider:
- Peacemaker
- Troublemaker
- Drama Queen

Thank you for these suggestions Smiley Would you like to elaborate a bit more about the new categories? I mean to say a few words about their description or what type of users would fit in each category...? Maybe give some examples that cross your mind right now, together with some links to topics showing why X can be considered Peacemaker, why Y can be considered Troublemaker or why Z can be considered Drama Queen? This may be helpful.



@GazetaBitcoin, do you happen to have the total count of valid voters ?

We had 141 eligible voters.

As I stated on my local board at some point, being just a thought, it could be interesting to consider something related to local boards in future events.

Would you like to elaborate a bit on the subject? What do you have in mind? Smiley



I see I'm on the wall of shame for meriting someone's post lol.

Please don't take it this way, don't feel bad about it. I just had to mention the out of the ordinary situations too. (Otherwise maybe I was questioned if I closed my eyes at rule-breaking cases Smiley). Seriously, there was no intention to make you feel like being placed at the wall of shame. You are a very good scam buster!

I do apologize, I read the rules but quickly. [...] it wasn't merit farming or whatever but rules are rules

Relax, I am certain that nobody would ever think about you as a merit farmer, lol. However, it's important to read rules carefully.
1899  Bitcoin / Legal / Re: Should BTC amounts greater than 10.000E be declared when leaving the country? on: February 02, 2023, 06:45:37 PM
I myself have not encountered this, but my friends warned me about customs checks.
They were asked to unlock their phone and checked which offers were installed.

Seriously? In this case situation is worst than I thought... I did not imagine that they actually check people's phones... I mean I wrote above about this possibility, but I did not actually think it is happening. May I ask in what countries your friend encountered such zealous custom officers?

The customs officers checked which YouTube channels they subscribed to.

This is ridiculous! Why don't they check the porn sites history then?

I think that this is not related to cryptocurrencies, but when crossing the border it is better to remove cryptocurrency wallets from your phone and laptop.

Considering what you just said I think it's a good advice.

Just curious though: do you know if your friends have crypto wallets on their phones? I'm asking as I'm thinking that, maybe, this is what they were looking for. And, in case your friends did not have any wallet they started to check their YouTube history, to not have their superiors saying they did not make random check at least... And, maybe, if they had crypto wallets then maybe they would be looked with more suspicion...? I can't believe we are living such days.
1900  Local / Română (Romanian) / Re: Criptomonede vs bani digitali emiși de Stat on: February 02, 2023, 05:59:13 PM
am tot văzut magazine online care să ofere clienţilor reducere dacă aleg să folosească Bitcoin ca modalitate de plată în loc de card.  Deci, putem spune că adăugarea modalităţii de plată cu Bitcoin poate atrage clienţi?

De ce nu? Smiley Mi se pare o situatie castigatoare pe toate partile: (1) clientul e atras; (2) magazinul face vanzare si, evident, si profit (chiar daca ofera un discount, sigur scoate si profit); (3) este promovat fenomenul crypto. Intrebarea insa este unde ai vazut aceste promotii?

Scrie, la secţiunea modalităţile de plată https://www.evomag.ro/pagini/modalitate-de-plata

Ah, nu bazusem. Merci! Ce-i drept, m-am uitat si pe graba.

PayPoint?  Interesant, pentru că eu în toate benzinăriile în care mergeam să fac diverse plăţi doar SelfPay am văzut.  Sunt poziţionate exact în locul aparatelor ZebraPay, având exact acelaşi soft.
Aparatele acestea de care spun eu sunt in magazinele Mega Image-uri si Carrefour, tot in locul in care erau inainte ZebraPay Smiley

ZebraPay vindea într-o perioadă moneda Veros.

Da, imi amintesc. Stiu ca m-am mirat cand am vazut moneda aceea listata si m-am si intrebat cum de au ales Veros dintre toate monedele alternative. Intre timp mi-a iesit complet din minte existenta acelei monede.

Nu ştiu dacă tot prin Bitcoin România sau separat de ei.  Dar mai târziu şi Veros a fost tot o ţeapă.  Au dispărut şi nu se mai ştie nimic de ei.  La vremea respectivă nu găseam nici un anunţ de la ZebraPay (sau Bitcoin România, în caz că au fost implicaţi ei în vânzarea monedelor Veros) cum că şi-ar cere scuze sau că au înlăturat moneda în urma unei ţepe.

Nu stiam nici ca Veros a picat. Acum am gasit (cu greu) ceva legat de treaba asta.

Ce mi se pare incredibil este ca, in ultima vreme, cand scriu in topicul acesta mai gasesc cate un roman tepar. In cazul acesta, iata ce am gasit:

- caut pe Google "Veros coin scam"
- gasesc un articol despre subiect, care il mentioneaza si pe un oarecare Critian (roman), dezvoltator al Veros, care scria si pe forum
- intru pe forum si gasesc asta:

Quote
the last guy called cristian from romania run off with millions of our hard earned. ltcgear was the name. beware of cristian from romania. i would not go aywhere near this just for that reason

Quote
It's scam! No devs! Cristian  from Romania is fucking bitch!
It dumped  almost in 1000 times

- aparent, autorul topicului pe care intrasem mai sus este vestitul Cristian:

Va salut! Numele meu este Cristian, sunt din Botosani , iar pe acest site sunt relativ nou! Am descoperit acest site la recomandarea unui amic si ma intereseaza sa-mi fac noi cunostiinte in lumea cryptomonedelor si sa impartasesc noua afacere Veros( ce foloseste platforma lui Ethereum) in care sunt implicat! Va multumesc!

Oare de aici a pornit totul?

Omul a intrat pe forum in martie 2017; in iulie deja anunta Veros.

Culmea e ca a intervenit si intr-un topic de-al meu, in 2020 -- Guvernul vine! ANAF si DIICOT ii urmaresc pe traderi. A postat un link continand cartea lui Snowden. Insa nimeni nu l-a recunoscut... Fiuuu daca as fi stiu cine era l-as fi interpelat in secunda 2...


Totodata, nu pot sa nu imi strunesc mirarea fata de cate tepe romanesti tot gasim in ultimele zile...  De la saxydev la (posibil) spectrocoin si pana la acest Cristian...
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