Bumps are limited to one within every 24hours

You should also note that some boards have advanced bump features which was added some time back. Check this thread for more details - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5183553.msg52420076#msg52420076

Firstly not not keys, not your coins. If you're using a custodian exchange then you are pretty much subject to their rules, including freezing accounts, blocking transactions or giving your personal information up to the authorities and these exchanges indemnify themselves with various terms on their ToS which each user first agrees to before being able to use their platform.

Your best bet would be to fulfill their requirements first and then wait to get their response before seeking legal advice.
You can also bug them on their social platforms and email, they may reach to the threat ofna scandal and open up your account.

I do not think I pass as very-veteran, but I'll be interested in giving it a shot if given the opportunity

This would be difficult to ascertain and cannot be 100% efficient, but would be more efficient than a payment mechanism which simply allows anyone in as long as they can pay the gate fee while forcing a few to pay a fee for something they know nothing about.

Heard about it from an acquaintance, got quite fascinated by the concept and dived right into researching about it, I haven't looked back since then. This was during the beginning of the 2018 bear market, which gave me an experience of the market cycles.
It took me not long from here to own my first fraction of a coin.

Mining also has its fair share of risks, most shared with the average investor and some risks of its own; such as stead source of affordable electricity, change in difficulty level overtime, competition from more modern mining gear, maintainance, drops in coinbase reward etc. If one does not know what they're are doing an has a limited capital, investing directly would be the best bet, and is more passive than mining.

Your only options are; this appeal thread here which a mod/staff could reply to and to send an email to the address provided in the ban message, it might take a while to get a response, so you'll need to be patient.

Nothing really. Bitcoin is over 12 years old now and lots of information are available for anyone interested in learning more about it. I can help out anyone who is interested in learning about it, but would not try to convince anyone who isn't, if they do not understand it yet, they do not plan to.

This forum is privacy centered and the identity of majority of the members here are not known, so we learn everyday to use the right or appropriate pronouns for them. "They" is most appropriate imo when the gender is unknown, as mentioned above you can also use 'he' where you are not too certain and be right most of the time.

For Satoshi which could be a he, she, a group or organization, I personally use he, but since you're skeptical about which to use, try using they or the name alone.

P.S, I addressed the OP solely as 'you' in this reply.

But it actually is cheaper to use renewable sources, with it being more sustainable. Solar was declared to be the cheapest form of electricity last year and these renewable sources are constantly improving as you mentioned and could get cheaper in the future.
To make it even cheaper, Bitcoin miners can get it for a discount as some make use of excess power which would normally have gone to waste.

• Diversification within a highly correlated market sector does not provide liquidity neither does it help reduce market volatility. As you mentioned cryptocurrencies are one asset class and contrary to the op, this doesn't make it ideal for all types of investments as majority of the coins are cheap replicas of others, while a lot more are scams.

• You do not need to own multiple coins, much less when you know little or nothing about those other niches, and setting percentages for certain areas just puts you under pressure to buy something for a "diversified portfolio".

Besides paying the fee, there's also the option for your relative to get whitelisted and be able to post without paying the proxy ban fee, I don't know how often this works, but it was used during the forum hack when transactions for proxybans were not processed and users were manually whitelisted.
Post the account username here and hope a staff or admin addresses it.

This is quite an interesting thread with lots of similarly interesting opinions; The charts in the OP does show a progressively decreasing engagement in merit exchanges which could be indicative of a decrease in overall engagements, but previous higher numbers may not be something to miss as the forum has for long been filled with spammers leading to changes like the newbie jail and enhanced newbie requirements and the early period of the merit launch led to the growth of lots of account farms - Not all traffic is beneficial.

About users losing interest; This could be due to the retro forum layout which is a bit difficult to navigate for someone new to the forum, I can remember how alien this forum looked to me in my first few weeks here, but anyone who is truly interested in Bitcoin should be interested in this forum, regardless.
As the OP mentioned, there are lots of useful information here and members do not have to be active or even logged in to access them, if I didn't have much to contribute, I could simply use this forum as a digital library for Bitcoin and my presence would not be felt, I can imagine some use it this way.

Does the administration need to do anything to influence traffic?
No, in my opinion. Bitcoin does not change with the times and does not market itself, this forum is a reflection of Bitcoin and should mimick it.
Comparing bitcointalk to other forums is not necessary imo, as any other forum run the way this is would have lost almost all of their userbase, regular social platforms constantly market their service and make regular changes to their software, btt on the other hand has had the exact same outlook for over ten years with no updates, but still retains a good number of active users.

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As I've mentioned in another thread, a new forum software would not matter much in attracting new users, but only to add changes that majority of members have been requesting.

I don't know if anyone has contacted a forum staff directly to know if there's any criteria, I know I haven't, but a global mod has weighed on on the discussion with his own reason, which is about the lack of a common language, different from the general English, and it has been extensively discussed how boards are not only for specific languages, but users who have a lot in common and there is also a pidgin language which is the main language used in the Nigerian thread.

Besides this the only other criteria I think, is being popular enough, another box the Nigerian board also ticks.

Living in Nigeria, I can ascertain that the situation is quite bad and has been for a number of years. The naira has been losing value long before the pandemic and with a widening gap between the elite and lower class, there has been a drop is SMEs and lack of opportunities for businesses leading to higher inflation.

Corruption plays a major factor in this as fiscal policies to rescue the economy are non existent and while some Nations would recover from the effects of the pandemic, some others would not and may experience hyper inflation for a much longer time.

I have been on both sides of the divide; the lowest rank and the highest and I can understand why lower ranked members can view the retorts of higher ranked members as standoffish and also how higher ranked members would see posts from lower ranked as insincere or made to bait others for merits.

This is a general forum and there are different kind of members here, the trolls, spammers, scammers, helpful members etc, and regardless of your rank you will have to grow a thick skin so as not to take any comment here too personal, while also being open to learning regardless of your rank.

I believe the block feature on most platforms is not much different from that on the forum and would not stop trolls creating multiple threads. If I blocked a user on Twitter for example, they would not be able to access my profile or interact directly with me and vice versa, if I ignored a user on this forum, they would be able to see my posts and profile as normal, but I can't see their posts or replies. In both cases they can still make as much threads as possible, only that I can't see them.

I am of the opinion that miners would have such a long time to prepare for this event that it should not have a major impact, as they should have adjusted already.
Within the next 3 halvings, the coinbase reward would drop below 1BTC, and we are still over a hundred years to the last mined bitcoins with more than 25 halvings between, so the effect from less mining reward should be expected in the next couple of years and should be balanced out after a while.

Off topic creates a section where members can discuss general topics which may not be as complicated as some other boards on the forum, reason why it attracts account farmers and spammers as well. Anything does not go, but it's easier to post there without the need for careful thought.

The issue with hiding signatures or any other form of restrictions is how it affects mods and other members. Users can carefully avoid the off topic section if they are not interested in the topics, but if restrictions are placed, this spammers would move into other sections and this would have an adverse effect on the quality of discussions as those boards are more niche; It will also increase the workload on the staffs.

When users are accused of merit hunting, it's usually because they made a post with the sole aim of baiting other members to give them merit and not to add value to the community; Like a newbie mirroring introductory messages of others which for them merits or posting random threads about the forum, other members and the merit system without returning to join any of the discussions, such habits come off very like merit hunting.

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Merits and hunting for a job do not quite fit, you need a job in real life but do not expect a pat on the back for every comment you make daily, treat this forum as your daily conversations, just about a certain related topics.

I agree with this to be the best method to adopt, besides other users seeing your willingness to learn, individuals learn faster when they discuss the topic they are trying to learn and you will also be able to correct wrong ideas you may have discovered online when you discuss it with others.
I personally learnt more about topics I made threads on than those I simply read on and moved on.

I do not think 'some days' is enough time for a newbie to post like a veteran on the forum, you'll only show knowledge on the basics of the forum and other topics that have interested you. I can however understand how an account could be mentally tagged to belong to an older member, but this shouldn't matter much down the road if the account keeps posting useful content and keeps to the rules.