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261  Other / Meta / Re: Merit & new rank requirements on: February 24, 2018, 02:28:04 PM
now it is impossible for me to move forward in the ranking after the introduction of merits.  Cry Cry
Indeed! If you keep making posts like this one. That's the idea of the new system
262  Economy / Auctions / Re: [crypto].loan domains: bitshare ● counterparty ● digibyte ● kodakcoin ● vericoin on: February 24, 2018, 03:30:06 AM
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263  Other / Meta / Re: Enhanced merit UI [1.1] on: February 23, 2018, 06:58:58 PM
I have combined my own suggestion as well as sncc's and modified grue's script to implement them.

This is the result:
Loading image...

The available sMerit points are shown. 'Available' is a link which opens the default https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=merit;msg=30923337 (with the corresponding msg) in a new window to keep the original functionality.

Here's the modified source. grue, feel free to update your original code if you like the change:
Code:
// ==UserScript==
// @name        bitcointalk merit
// @namespace   grue
// @include     https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=*
// @require     https://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/jQuery/jquery-3.3.1.min.js
// @version     1.1-em0.1
// @downloadURL https://grue.blob.core.windows.net/scripts/Merit.user.js?sv=2014-02-14&si=1&sr=c&sig=k%2BqstGBI3oQ8TrHfPWjS5HgjrazuDPmKJ6rYNs7rvRk%3D&.user.js
// @grant none
// ==/UserScript==

(() => {
  var sMerit;
  
  //get csrf token from the logout link
  let sc = $('td.maintab_back a[href*="index.php?action=logout;sesc="').attr("href");
  sc = /;sesc=(.*)/.exec(sc)[1];
  
  //Added by EcuaMobi: Get remaining sMerit
  $.post(
"https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=merit;msg=29048068"
  ).then((data) => {
    sMerit = /You have <b>([0-9]+)<\/b> sendable/.exec(data)[1];
  }).catch(() => sMerit = null);

  //selector for the "+Merit" link
  $('td.td_headerandpost div[id^=ignmsgbttns] a[href*="index.php?action=merit;msg="]')
  .each((i, e) => {
    const msgId = /msg=([0-9]+)/.exec(e.href)[1];
    
    const $popup = $(['<div id="grue-merit-popup' + msgId +'" class="grue-merit-popup" style="position: absolute; right: 40px; background-color: #ddd; font-size: 13px; padding: 8px;border-width: 1px;border-color: black;border-style: solid;">',
      '  <form>',
      '    <div>',
      '      Merit points: <input size="6" name="merits" value="0" type="text"/>',
      '    </div>',
 // Modified by EcuaMobi
      '    <div style="margin-top: 6px; "><span id="em-smerit-count' + msgId +'" style="font-size:11px;" /> <input value="Send" type="submit"></div>',
      '  </form>',
      '</div>'
    ].join("\n"));
    $popup.find("form").submit( (e) => {
      e.preventDefault();
      $popup.find('input[type="submit"]')
        .prop("disabled", true)
        .val("Sending...");
      const merits = e.target.elements["merits"].value;
      
      $.post(
        "https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=merit",
        {merits, msgID: msgId, sc}
      ).then((data) => {
        //Error pages usually have this (rough heuristic)
        if(data.includes("<title>An Error Has Occurred!</title")) {
          throw "error";
        }
        //double check and see whether the post we merited was added to the list. Its msgId should be visible in the page source.
        if(data.includes("#msg" + msgId)) {
          alert("Merit added.");
          $("#grue-merit-popup" + msgId).toggle(false);
 // Added by EcuaMobi
 if(sMerit!=null) { sMerit -= merits }
          return;
        }
        alert("Server response indeterminate.");
      })
      .catch(() => alert("Failed to add merit."))
      .always(() => {
        $popup.find('input[type="submit"]')
        .prop("disabled", false)
        .val("Send");
      });
    });
    $popup.insertAfter(e);
    
    $(e).click((e) => {
      e.preventDefault();
      $("#grue-merit-popup" + msgId).toggle();
 // Added by EcuaMobi
 if(sMerit!=null) { $("#em-smerit-count" + msgId).html('<a href="https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=merit;msg='+msgId+'" target="_blank">Available:</a> <b>'+sMerit+'</b> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;') };
    });
  });
   $(".grue-merit-popup").toggle(false);
  
})();
I've clearly marked the modified code with either "Added by EcuaMobi" or "Modified by EcuaMobi". I also changed the version

A small limitation is that it queries the available sMerit points once (when the thread is loaded). It does subtract them when points are sent. However, if sMerit points are received the change won't be reflected unless the page is reloaded. That would require re-querying every time which I considered an overkill.

To install this version, you can just modify grue's script or install this from scratch:
https://openuserjs.org/scripts/EcuaMobi/bitcointalk_merit

(grue, I assumed this code is open-source. If that's not the case, let me know to unpublish this)
264  Economy / Auctions / Re: [crypto].loan domains: bitshare ● counterparty ● digibyte ● kodakcoin ● vericoin on: February 22, 2018, 11:59:04 PM
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265  Other / Meta / Automatic URL shortener for bitcointalk posts on: February 22, 2018, 11:49:34 PM
Update:
I've closed this and let the domain btct.ws expire because of lack of demand and use.




bitcointalk URL shortener
+ Tampermonkey/Greasemonkey script

Several times I've needed to shorten bitcointalk URLs, especially when including more than one link on trust I've left, "Reference link" is not enough and I don't like posting things like "https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3001846.msg30865584#msg30865584" on other users' profiles.

So I've created a simple service which takes the topic and msg parameters from that URL, base-62 encodes them and writes a short URL like:
btct.ws/cAUS.25vy0 for this post, or
btct.ws/~I67 for my profile

No database is ever used. It's basically just a URL re-writer.
The creation of these short URLs is done offline on your browser using JS. The forwarding is done on the server (for convenience and to increase compatibility) but nothing is stored and no DB is used.

There are 2 ways to create these links:


1: No installation required, recommended to use it once or a few times only
  • Copy the full URL of a post or a topic
  • Go to https://btct.ws/ (make sure JS is enabled on your browser)
  • Paste the full URL
  • The short URL will appear, ready to be copied

Supported formats are:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3001846.0 => btct.ws/cAUS
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3001846.msg30865584#msg30865584 => btct.ws/cAUS.25vy0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=169515 => btct.ws/~I67
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=trust;u=169515 => btct.ws/t~I67
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=merit;u=169515 => btct.ws/m~I67


2: A simple installation is required to make everything automatic
  • Install Tampermonkey on Chrome, Greasemonkey on Firefox, or Violentmonkey on Opera (Read more here: https://openuserjs.org/about/Userscript-Beginners-HOWTO)
  • Install this user script: https://openuserjs.org/scripts/EcuaMobi/btct.ws_shortener (for my convenience, it's based on grue's Merit script)
  • Make sure it's enabled and open any thread on bitcointalk.org
  • Click on #msg (for example #1) shown on any post (see image)
  • A popup will appear showing the short URL, along with the original one (so no functionality is lost). Just copy it. Click the same link again to close it
  • A small (Link) will appear next to every poster's name
  • Click it to show short links to the user's profile, trust and merit

Notes:
  • To make the URL shorter, it is shown without any protocol. If you want you can use http or https, both will work.
  • The alphabet used to convert topic and msg to base-62 is 0-9, a-z, A-Z, in that order

Releases:
     0.2
  • Added support to shorten users' profiles, trust and merit
  • Improved design to make it look like part of the forum
  • Fixed an issue that prevented it from working correctly when clicking any link and goign back
    0.1
  • Initial release

Post here if you have any question or suggestion, or if something's not working fine.
266  Other / Meta / Re: Hhampuz should be removed from the DT2 on: February 21, 2018, 04:48:46 PM
I think Hhampuz's feedback on OP is a little too harsh. Personally I'd replace it with a neutral, but it's Hhampuz's decision and it's understandable.

Zzzzzz deserves a tag
Where did I read this excuse before?  Huh Oh, that's right! The countless red-tagged accounts complaining about unfair treatment.  Tongue

I've checked this and had a couple of PMs with OP. I don't think this deserves negative trust because:
  • It was done less than 12h after the merit system was implemented, very likely OP had just found out about it as he claims
  • The account that received the merit points is the main one, not a newbie one trying to rank up
  • Only 6 points were sent. The account killyou72 has received a lot of other points, including from trusted members, so 6 don't represent too much in comparison
  • OP never tried to hide the fact that's his alt account. If he wanted to abuse the merit system he would have made it more difficult to find out
267  Other / Meta / Re: TheButterZone trust abuse and hostile auction conditions on: February 21, 2018, 04:09:33 AM
Congrats, (...?) on everything except the actual term OP Ggddtt violated
So you agree on the other points?

This:

Proof of funds can be given to trusted escrow.  

violated this:

Auction Terms (should go without saying, but: if violated, negative feedback with risked BTC will be left)
...
  • No terms or conditions (including by any other name) may be proposed or demanded (including by any other name) by any bidder.

So? Maybe it violated a local rule of yours, but it wasn't a scam attempt or produced any loss of money.
Asking to get a trusted escrow involved is actually trustworthy. What could deserve negative trust is refusing.
In any case, what we're discussing here is whether there was a scam attempt and, therefore, negative trust was deserved.



I didn't say force. But me & countless others who bought into that advocacy in various posts did commit that economic suicide, and lost untold millions if not billions in USD-equivalent BTC as a result. So fuck all of us AGAIN, and ONLY, for falling victim to shills? No, fuck the shills by every legal means necessary.
Again, if they're not forcing you to anything (which you agree they're not doing) then they're not scamming.



Saying that you don't trust someone because of their behavior is completely valid.
You explicitly spam-posted this on my profile:
Quote
I negatively rated them because I strongly believe that each of those terms violators were running a "scam"
That doesn't make sense. They're not scamming and you know it. Don't try using SaltySpitoon's quote to try and justify your actions.



Your wrongful interpretation of everything as a scam attempt is even more strange because most of your overpriced auctions and offers really look like jokes/trolling so joking replies would seem welcome. I posted once in one of your threads truly convinced it was a joke, but now I think you actually may have been trying to be serious!
Not everything, nor overpriced compared to contemporaneous market prices.
Not everything, agreed and sorry for the generalization. But a lot of things which are actually not scam attempts.
And several threads of yours are definitely overpriced compared to rational market prices. Several of your threads do seem like jokes/trolling.



Edit:
I'll stop feeding the troll now. Fortunately your trust is now ignored by everyone, it's been proven your actions are wrong, and you keep trolling instead of posting objectively, so it's not worth wasting my time anymore.
268  Other / Meta / Re: TheButterZone trust abuse and hostile auction conditions on: February 21, 2018, 03:17:01 AM
Inapt comparison. A person doesn't suffer significant economic loss from someone walking normally, wearing normal footwear, on unsecured, normal, grass that they do not personally own or have to maintain at their own significant expense.
Actually ibminer has a point.

A person doesn't suffer significant loss either from someone posting a bid at market price instead of the requested minimum bid, you're free to just reject the offer; or from wrongly interpreting a rule (either accidentally or intentionally), you can just correct him so it's not "misinterpreted by others".


Advocating exchanges = advocating economic suicide
Even if you think so, someone "advocating economic suicide" doesn't force you to commit that suicide. You can just ignore them. No money is lost because of that post.


Your wrongful interpretation of everything as a scam attempt is even more strange because most of your overpriced auctions and offers really look like jokes/trolling so joking replies would seem welcome. I posted once in one of your threads truly convinced it was a joke, but now I think you actually may have been trying to be serious!
269  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: BYTEBALL: Totally new consensus algorithm + private untraceable payments on: February 21, 2018, 02:34:39 AM
Definitely the problem here is the lack of communication and the fact very important decisions are made by a single person on very short notice.

What's done is done but I strongly suggest tonych to create a new way to take future decisions[1] considering the community, with enough time. If he does that, trust can be restored and this "dip" could even be a good thing in the long term.

Money can be used to heavily promote the project and its technology, distribution can be improved, non-distributed funds can be put on escrow, even units could be changed... The important part is the whole community is involved and rules don't change during the last minute. The project has the technology and that keeps me optimistic long term.


[1] By reading and replying to most of the comments being posted here now, by interacting here more, by asking for feedback, by using the "Poll bot" or similar to get weighted voting to make decisions, among other options.
270  Other / Meta / Re: TheButterZone Removed From Default Trust on: February 20, 2018, 10:27:08 PM
TheButterZone was removed from DT. Thanks philipma1957

As a result I've removed the counter feedback I left as it's no longer required.
271  Other / Meta / Re: TheButterZone Removed From Default Trust on: February 20, 2018, 06:44:20 PM
I've left some positive trust to counter the undeserved negative left by TheButterZone. I've also PM'd philipma1957.
I will remove this positive trust if the original negative is removed or if TheButterZone stops being DT.

You'll need to PM Blazed also, as he has him added as well.

Maybe he did at some point but not right now.
I've just re-checked. philipma1957 is the only DT1 member who has TheButterZone in his trust list. He told me he will check it later today.



My trust is still red of course, because of the weight his trust rating has
Not really because of the weight his trust rating has (his and my trust rating have the same "weight" at the moment), but because of how the overall rating is calculated (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1066857.0)
272  Other / Meta / Re: Where can I see the sticky? on: February 20, 2018, 05:02:12 PM
273  Other / Meta / Re: 1000+ sMerit points FOR SALE in the Marketplace > Services! on: February 20, 2018, 04:56:07 PM
Flagged. Unfortunately that won't help too much as that's just a temporal, disposable newbie account.

i hope they can trace it to the original account and all the buyer who bought it
Indeed. If someone knows that, post here
274  Other / Meta / Re: TheButterZone Removed From Default Trust on: February 20, 2018, 04:23:31 PM
Negative trust means:
"You were scammed or you strongly believe that this person is a scammer."
It doesn't mean "The user violated auction terms".

Maybe leaving neutral trust would be acceptable on those cases, but negative trust is absolutely out of place.

I've left some positive trust to counter the undeserved negative left by TheButterZone. I've also PM'd philipma1957.
I will remove this positive trust if the original negative is removed or if TheButterZone stops being DT.
275  Other / Off-topic / Re: !Be careful when logging in! on: February 20, 2018, 01:59:46 AM
If using Firefox, I strongly advice everyone to enable the option to show IDN domains using the long codification.
Open the address "about:config", find "punycode" and enable it:


And, more importantly, always type addresses yourselves. Never open them using received links.

Thank you very much for the alert. But I think that is not fake website, i have never seen a fake website with Https:// (Secure) Written. Maybe that dot (.) on your computer/Laptop 's home screen. I am not sure though. Btw thanks again.
You must learn more about HTTPS! It just means the information between you and the website is encrypted and, most of the times (unless the certificate is self-signed or provided by a fake authority), that the site owns the domain (any domain) you're browsing. If you're browsing a fake site then it means the website owns that fake domain, not the real one.

It's trivial and free to get HTTPS for any domain you own, real or fake.
Read this: https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2017/04/chrome-firefox-unicode-phishing/
276  Economy / Lending / Re: [EDU] The Rule of "No Collateral, No Loan" -----Updated Jan 26 2018----- on: February 19, 2018, 08:49:52 PM
I've seen a lot of loans being asked offering domains as collateral. I'd like to add some comments and guidelines about this:

  • Under some conditions, domains can be recovered after being transferred, particularly if it's proven they were stolen, or if there's a copyright infringement.
  • A domain's value is very subjective and changes a lot. Several people ask about what valuation to use. The answer is simple. As said by Vod, collateral must be easily sold. Therefore the valuation to be used must be one that allows the domain to be easily an immediately sold. That is a very low price.
    Maybe it'd be possible to sell the domain for 100x the price on Sedo or similar, after 1 year+ of promoting it, but that's definitely not easily selling it.
  • History of sales normally just list top-priced sales. They're more exceptions than rules. They may be good to give an idea of an optimistic price for the domain after a lot of work, if the right final user is found; but they're definitely not good to set valuations for collateral. What matters is not what price someone paid at some time but what price several people are willing to pay for something at any time.
    If someone sold example.com for $1,000 a year ago but now the highest open, serious offer for it is just $100 then it's not worth more than $100 as collateral.
  • These guidelines seem harsh. You may think it would be better to just sell the domain. And you would be right. The idea is the borrower should never prefer to default and lose the collateral, under no circumstance. If he has to think about it then he should just sell it in the first place. Faking a sale as a loan is not allowed here.
  • These guidelines can apply to art and other goods (physical or digital) whose value is subjective and varies a lot.

TLDR; Domains can be used as collateral if
  • there's no suspicion of copyright infringement,
  • the current and all previous ownership can be proved (especially if the domain is very valuable)
  • and, a very low valuation is used, one that allows an easy, immediate sale


- Some digital wares such as domain names can be considered as long as the user cannot recover it.
I know you mentioned domains, so can we offer our website as collateral? OR Artwork?
Sry, so if I use the domain name as the collateral, how can we evaluate the price? Because i checked the different est domain name, also not the same price some are high, some are low?
Just to get clarify, does domain Name/webhosting will be accepted as collateral?
277  Other / Meta / Re: @Theymos Please remove the "Show unread posts since last visit" link on: February 19, 2018, 08:13:51 PM
It might have been useful a few years ago, but nowadays it makes no sense anymore.

A couple of years ago sometimes I used it as "Show a random thread" to check for something interesting.
Now, even that doesn't make much sense because most threads are just useless.
Maybe now it can be seen as "I'm feeling lucky"  Tongue
278  Economy / Lending / Re: Anyone accepting premium domain names as collateral ($20k +) on: February 19, 2018, 05:48:00 PM
The collateral must be worth more than the loan + interests (BTC2.2 in this case) and it should be possible to easily sell it if required.
Basing your domains' value on "comparable sales" is a great mistake of yours (or a blatant scam attempt) because:
- Only big sales appear on news or are public. Domain prices are subjective and change a lot. If 5 similar domains were sold for $100 each and one for $5,000 then the average is $916 but most probably only the $5,000 one will be public. Any similar domain isn't worth $5,000.
- Almost certainly it caused a lot of work selling that domain for $5,000. It wasn't sold easily. So in this example you shouldn't even value your domain at the average of $916 but at the easily-selling price of $100

This is why it's very delicate to accept domains as collateral. It's valid collateral only if valued very low. Not nearly as much as "comparable sales" who received great prices.
(I'm aware it's far better to sell the domains than to offer them as collateral. And that's the idea. You're supposed to want them back)

3. Besides bank transfer - I am open to any other "risk free" method that can ensure the transfer of fiat funds. Then again if bank transfer is deemed as a "risk" I'm not sure what would constitute otherwise.
If you transfer fiat then it is a sale. It can be considered as a loan (with the collateral you offer) plus a sale (for the fiat you send), totaling BTC2.
That's not how things work here. If you try to fake a sale as a loan then you'll get negative trust.

5. Domains can't be taken back as the owner provides EPP codes for transfer and authorizes the same - the process is irreversible and no registrar or even ICANN can intervene once the transfer is complete as the owner authorized transfer in the first place.
Unless in the future it's proven the domain was stolen in the first place, either by you or the person who transferred the domains to you. In that case ICANN can intervene and transfer the domain to the rightful owner.



Please post here the domain names or PM them to me. If they can really be easily and near to immediately sold for more than the asked loan plus interests, then I can fill your request.
Otherwise, if the collateral is invalid, you will get negative trust.

You also have the option to close and lock this thread immediately.



Edit:
I forgot about this:
2. I am not sure if I fully agree though with the 120% collateral principle as it ought to be equal value (100% of X = 100% of Y). As much as one can argue that it dissuades the applicant from defaulting, the converse also applies: what happens in the case where the person who facilitates the loan, refuses to return the collateral, perhaps because its value has appreciated or for some other reason?
No, the converse does not apply. If you don't trust the lender then the collateral must be held by a trusted escrow.
It must not be possible for any party to scam. That is achieved by providing collateral clearly worth more than the loan plus interests.
This is not a sale where both parties give something worth the same, especially if one part gives something (domains) whose value is subjective.
This is a loan and you must be willing to get the collateral back.
279  Economy / Auctions / Re: TWITTER ACCOUNT 18,5K, crypto related : Active Follower on: February 16, 2018, 02:10:27 AM
OP, please post proof you own the account @crypto.
You can tweet "Superfrankyyy" or a link to this thread. Or you can DM me to @EcuaMobi.

Otherwise you'll get negative trust.
280  Other / Meta / Re: Why do we have merits sources? °.° on: February 15, 2018, 02:50:25 AM
The merit mechanic is great. It encourages users to post well to rank up. Maybe in the future signature campaigns can pay out using Merits instead of BTC  Grin Thats something I think merit sources could be used well for.

But right now, why don't we make every 10 merits we recieve, translate to 8 or 10 sMerit? People with current ranks become the merit sources, and the merit can be passed around while the 8 merits recieved will stop merits being too common. Besides the example above, can someone help me try to justify the need for merit sources?

We need merit sources so that there are enough sMerits on the system for helpful posters to be able to rank up.

But right now, why don't we make every 10 merits we recieve, translate to 8 or 10 sMerit?

Being able to send all the merit we receive would make it much easier to abuse. An account farmer with a few accounts could send the sMerits back and forth. With the current system they can do that only a few times until it halves to < 1. Unfortunately, I do think we need some level of centralization in order to reduce abuse. It's much easier to monitor a handful of sources than everyone.
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