Or Lending, but this just seems to me like some guy wants other people to buy him a new computer.

Op, if you're serious about this then either make a thread in Project Development if the site actually has anything to do with bitcoin or if it doesn't then Lending, but asking for a loan in such a way without collateral will very likely get you negative feedback.

You can't. You need to be a Full Member which requires 120 activity.

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How about using the search next time?

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=587276.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=65886.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=634505.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=394071.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=156847.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=9606.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=425598.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2319.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=857011.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1129880.0

To name just a handful.

There will also be mobile support on the new forum software that is currently being developed:

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I'm not sure what the benefits of hacking a zero or one post newbie account are, but he has or had a very large stockpile of newbie accounts he created himself to do his shilling. See these ones:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=895304  kusmaki
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=895247 gherghina
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=393051     alpitvraj
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=889079 paraneens
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=886523     Belvoir
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=918902     chanway
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=794655 arnold447
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=225107 clappen
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=213095 iceker
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=187976     Lala
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=412652     Brucee
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=501113 apostolis21
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=500285     mario23
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=406115 Gotcha007
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=503564     Tigarete
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=505675     vikingur
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=507216 AmericanTH
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=507493     petrov
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=507854     frenchois
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=508604 Deutch87
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=508979 PierreAllan
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=509715     igorenko
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=539438     pascqul
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=539792     cats2dogs
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=539970     scultz23
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=542073     btyanoneal
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=544562 billkanty
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=543385     chenzu
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=542662 barbugeala
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=548576 doitch2
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=549093 harryson2
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=553241 bigarmny
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=553521 Moris2pane
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=660431     mariutzko
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=662643     gasparpop
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=794655     arnold447
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=793362     gigarsfree
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=773056 poponautu

Most were just used once to make a bump of his thread then discarded but once he had his main accounts banned some of them suddenly returned back to life and he started selling with those ones.


He wasn't caught until recently and it was his inability to not follow the marketplace rules repeatedly that kept getting him into trouble. When he gets banned for the behaviour he just comes back on more alts and does the same and seems to have done this on multiple forums.


I'm not sure where you get the figure of 'hundreds of thousands' of accounts have been hacked from as it seems exaggerated but if you can provide evidence of that then I'll happily admit I'm wrong but the exact figure seems beside the point.


I'm not saying they are hacked in the same way but the outcome is still the same and staff can't win. How can we do anything about accounts that are not yet hacked? People were told to change their account passwords and if they didn't for whatever reason then their accounts are at risk but if they had a very strong password then they'd very likely be fine. What are you suggesting we do? Lock all accounts that haven't changed their passwords since the hack or if they haven't posted after x amount of time? If certain accounts are locked as a precautionary measure then what happens when the original owner can't prove that it belongs to him? Then he cries at the forum for unnecessarily doing this to his account. I'm not sure what you would like the admins to do but if you've got a foolproof plan I'd love to hear it.


If it takes months to restore accounts now then what do you expect when there's (in your words) hundreds of thousands to restore? Only admins can restore accounts and there's nothing that regular staff can do about it. Yeah, there should be another admin or two to deal with account recoveries and finding alts or whether but that's something only theymos can act on.

How would this stop anything? Account sellers would just sell the address with the account as some already do.


Because some people don't want everyone knowing how much coins they have and if you only have one address it's easy to find out. Bitcoin was also designed with the recommendation that you use a new address for every transaction. This is a silly idea and wouldn't even work.

Just vouching for another torrent invite from BenCodie. Had two now and no problems so far. Thanks.

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That boomin guy is the latest (caught) alt of MariusTi aka steamproject aka tberty aka Dorkslayz etc etc who uses an army of dozens of alts to fake vouch or spam bump his threads of torrent invites (and he's probably had around a 100 banned). He either has a massive stockpile of them or buys them from account sellers but I'm more inclined to believe that he has just farmed/created them himself as there's a lot that were just used to make one or two posts to bump/vouch for his thread then discarded, though some of the older ones recently came back to life and started selling the torrent invites when a lot of his other accounts got found out and banned. This behaviour with him has been going on for years with him and not just on this forum either as he's been banned from numerous forums and never learns.

Please only bump your thread once every 24 hours. Thanks.

Please only bump your thread once every 24 hours and remove the previous bump when you do. Thanks.

I have no idea how many accounts have been compromised but I don't think it's as bad as you're claiming. I suppose certain accounts could be locked but people weep like widows when their accounts are auto locked as a precautionary measure when someone tries to reset the password via the security question and they cry even more when they have to wait for it to be restored. Also, if the account hasn't posted an address or they can no longer sign a message from one then they're screwed that way and they would then blame the forum for that so we're damned if we do and damned if we don't.

As far as I'm aware people are getting their accounts hacked because they didn't change their account passwords after the data breach and unfortunately there's not much that can be done about it if they don't. There will be several forms of 2-factor auth on the new forum so helpfully that will prevent future issues if people use it.

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This is also a possibility, though may be overkill (and I'm sure many would complain about it as they do with the newbie red-font PM warning).


This has also been suggested but likely only preventing Newbies to post them (which would stop those url spambots as well). Persistent scammers would just farm accounts to get around this though and some seem to already have an arsenal of farmed accounts that instantly reactivate once their previous account gets banned.

No game for today? I would prefer the Leicester game personally as I think it's going to be a very interesting game and could go any way. I think Leicester only need a 1-0 win to go through.

Bump.

Read this: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=497545.0

And PM the info to Cyrus.

A sticky wont do much as most people don't read them. I think a much better option would be a redirect notice/landing page that alerts you you're being taken off site and gives a warning to make sure you double check the url and about the dangers of using any autobuy sites. This would also be handy for preventing phishing links that people send which can catch people off guard.