Below is my simple infographic (for those people who prefers visual explanation) about the merit and new rank requirements.
My point is simple, as long as we are patient enough and see to it that we just share quality posts, we can reach higher ranks eventually.
Higher rank members in the forum will not leave any of us unnoticed and without merits, if they feel our share is deserving of merit point(s) BUT will definitely won't bother at all to give us any merits if our replies are trash.
I just do hope that the merit system will not be abused and each of us should be watchdogs in upholding the real intention of the merit system in attaining clean and only quality information published in the forum.

I think this is quite a normal feeling with people who are new to bitcoin because they came at the all-time high price of bitcoin and now are worried because the price is going down.

But I just would like to point out that bitcoin has gone through much rough and winding road in the previous years compared to now and the true believer of bitcoins know this and resilient enough to continue to hold because even at current price, their bitcoin value is still high compared to last year and the previous years.

My point is if you are new to bitcoin, just don't be too emotional and get affected by the negative news against bitcoin - just believe and all will be well for sure in the coming years ahead

I don't know but before when I send a message to the support, they always promptly reply and act on the issue. There was even a time that they responded to a scam report going on with some of the members and they announced it publicly and hold those alleged scammers account. It was more than a year though because I have not been regularly playing for quite awhile - just short play session and just for fun.

I'd suggest that you better attached some screenshots here regarding your conversation with bitsler's support and let the community decide as to whether or not they are being arrogant these days.

Thanks for the info and update Lutpin, I just shared my thoughts and opinion on that thread about the merit system.

Merit system is really a good idea but just my opinion, since this is not moderated, might as well add not a demerit but an objection to the merits given so that in case there will be some obvious merit manipulations, the community can contest and object on those merits.

To add to that, there will be a separate and dedicated page where when a certain post received a minimum number of objections to the merits given, the post will be automatically listed on that public dedicated page for final moderation - this way, the moderation is minimal and consolidated in one place and would be easy to decide for the designated moderator.

This is just my opinion though...

Bok,

Thank you for your opinion and it is an honor that one of the forum moderators come to the thread I created and expresses its views and ideas.

As I have said, I will accept whatever be the decision of actmyname but is asking for reconsideration to take a closer review of my case. For the time being, I rest my case to his good judgment for reconsideration and I am not bothering him anymore and waste more of his time unless there is a need to converse with him in the coming days or week (my last contact with him was last night when I send him a private message).

I am in all good faith trying to add value to the community and stay compliant while at the same time earning through my signature campaign just like many of the members here in the community. The problem was, I am too focus replying to threads I set to watch but as you can see in my posts history, I am very responsive to people who quoted my messages and at the same time quoting and expressing my views on the new replies to the threads I set to watch. I agree that it was a mistake because as actmyname stated, any words or replies will be insignificant to threads that have many score posts already and I am now changing that and removed all of my watchlists. I am now trying to find ways how to not get notifications to certain threads that show in my "Show new replies to your posts" so that I will make it sure that I no longer end up replying again to the old threads I watched. I am currently just replying to new threads and doing all of my best that every reply of mine adds value to OP and to everyone who needs the information in general. Although there will be times where I am the one who will be asking questions but we all know that that is what this forum is for - an exchange of ideas, asking or answering questions, and helping one another.

I respect your recommendations but it feels like I am being singled out to remove my signature where I have been a member for awhile and is compliant to the signature campaign's requirements and to the forum in all good faith.

I have not caused any harm, fraud, and insult to anyone in the forum since I became a member here. I think it would be unfair to my part that I will remove my signature and others are in the signature campaign. Although that was just your opinion and it will be up to me to remove it or not OR maybe I don't have to because my signature campaign manager will already kick me out because of the negative trust. But that is the reason why I plead here so that I will still continue with my signature campaign and at the same time gives more value to the community.

But, I will definitely heed to your last 2 recommendations:

2. Start posting like any normal forum member who is NOT in a signature campaign.
3. Maybe you can then join a signature campaign, but only contribute to the threads or the forum as if you are not getting paid.

Again, my sincerest thanks for taking time and giving advice mod Dabs and more power!

Sincerely,
8Habits

If you are not going to use that old laptop it is better to use it to mine burst coin. Although I will be honest with you, the earnings will be very little but better than just leaving it on the side and not using it.

There is a caveat though, you need to purchase at least 1 4tb external hard drive and expect to get the ROI in 16 months more or less depending on the market situation.

You see, it won't be enough but eventually, if you are just patient, you can be lucky and get a good price when the price of the burst will go high.

Burst coin is a good choice because it won't demand higher specs of video cards and won't consume much electricity and indeed electricity is very minimal because you are just using external hard drives.

In fact, early next month, I will be buying a low-end desktop and 2 pcs. of 4 TB seagate backup plus to start mining burst and will gradually add more new 4TB external hard drives as I go onward. I am not targetting short-term profit but I will do this for a long-term investment.

To answer your question: yes, you can use that old laptop for burst coin mining but as you grow, you can upgrade and buy desktop for that purpose.

With your scenario, you were able to get lots of profits due to pump of price and for me, I would take that $10k profit already and try to rinse and repeat by opening a buy order at let's say less than 10% - 20% of the current price and once the open order is filled up, I would set a sell order targeting just 2% - 5% profit and just rinse and repeat.

Please note that this kind of strategy is like just day trading by taking quick profits and then rinse and repeat.

If you are after higher gain percentage, you can do so but it takes some time to fill it up. You just make it sure that you are buying at a very low price and never buy when the price is at its peak. You can then rest and wait when you reach your target goal.

We really don't know but one thing is certain when there are several news outlets around the word reporting negative things and fear about bitcoin and in cryptocurrency investment in general, its price will naturally go down. The weak hand will surely give in most especially when they constantly seeing a downtrend and reds in the chart.

However, if you are a true believer in bitcoin and speculate that its price will go back to its pace and will rally high again, you don't really need to worry because you know and believe that it will eventually recover. Just hold the line.

I am currently red even in my trading but I feel that they are a good buy because the market will recover and no amount of bad news against crypto will stop a true believer of cryptocurrency from investing and accumulating more.

Thanks, Vod makes me feel better.
I am now in the process of cleaning up my watch threads and start finding new sensible threads to watch and start commenting on.

Hi actmyname, I submit to that and making efforts now to unwatch several threads that I have set to watch. From now on, I am going to focus on other threads and my parameter is based on your statement here to stay away from threads that have a length of more than several score posts and just focus on newer threads.

It is no secret that aside from my want to contribute to this community, I also am after for the signature campaign pay but in all honesty and good faith, I don't spam posts but since I am focusing on threads that have lots of posts already (since I have set them to watch), it makes my answers insignificant but I was just trying really to respond to replies quoting my messages if there are and replying to new messages coming in to the threads I set to watch but I learned my lesson well.

From now on, it will change actmyname and I meant it in all sincerity.

Please reconsider your decision of giving me negative trust.

I understand that and I will accept whatever be the consequence of my public post here.. I have not sent him pm yet (because in his profile and in his several recent posts he said he has lots of pm already) and I will accept whatever decision he would have at my expense. But I also have to stand and defend myself in all good faith. I am just a little member of this forum trying to get the attention of a high ranking member who negative trust me that he may consider my request.

Of course, you must have at least internet connection and a laptop or desktop in order to accumulate and transact bitcoins. It is really obvious because bitcoin is a cryptocurrency and it works online thus, it requires internet connection and a device. If you don't have any, you won't have it.

I could not agree more with you mate. Aiming for profit in gambling is very stressful and can be depressing at times because if you are playing in a game that is based on pure luck, your chances of winning are really low compared to the house as they have the house edge advantage.

The best thing to have in mind when gambling is just to have fun and entertainment and if it is no longer fun, stop.

For me, when you just trade randomly without a clear pre-planned strategy to follow in all your trades, that is gambling and high risk. Because even if you follow a strategy in trading, there is still no guarantee that you win on that trade but at least you are minimizing the risk of losing a trade with a strategy. My point is that, we should have good knowledge, skills, and pre-planned trading strategies to follow so that emotions will at least be minimize in our trades.

Media seems just trying to protect the economic status quo and also reminds people of the risk they may take if they venture into bitcoin. Because when a certain investment is new and offers a potentially high return, it is a really high risk and that what most media is trying to remind us. But who knows, some of the particular news article against bitcoin might be a manipulation but we don't have evidence though.

That is true. For me, that is even be the reason why Facebook is considering to engage with cryptocurrency because as you have said it, it would be safer and can save ton (no need a technical security to watch over it 24 hours a day and 7 days a week) and it is also transparent - thanks to the invention of blockchain.

I will try to explain my self in a simple and direct manner mate.

A simple google search will give you the answer as to what investment vehicles means:https://www.google.com/search?dcr=0&source=hp&ei=kXZmWpryHIKw0AS0v5mQAg&q=Investment+vehicles&oq=Investment+vehicles&gs_l=psy-ab.3..35i39k1j0j0i67k1l2j0l4j0i67k1j0.1098.1098.0.1863.2.1.0.0.0.0.266.266.2-1.1.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..1.1.265.0...0.k8y1Z23_MZU

I don't do shit post and I tried my best to be compliant on the forum.

You are right mate but aside from that, I honestly say that I am guilty as well to the fact that many people are taking advantage of the high price value of bitcoin and just invest and hold it regardless of reasons. Yes, bitcoin can really be a good alternative in the growing inflation rate and control of government towards fiat money but it is really a hard and good fight ahead for bitcoin to win the hearts and minds of the people to finally realize the downside of using fiat money and the upside of cryptocurrency.

The road of bitcoin in achieving it is very hard, long and winding but it is worth the ride if you are a believer.

You are correct mate. In my case, I think I already mastered to be not affected by any negative news against bitcoin and its price volatility. I am just too focused on holding and trading to cryptocurrency and never the price of bitcoin anymore. Although the altcoin prices are being affected when the price of bitcoin goes down or up, that is really what I am looking for to take advantage and earn profits in my trades..