Week 5 has ended!Hello everyone, payments for week 5 have been sent in this transaction . Have asked devs to refill me 0.5-0.6 BTC for next week.
The devs have asked me to make this rule change. Instead of being able to do a maximum of 30 posts a week, the limit has been increased to 35 posts. Any posts that exceed this limit won't be paid for.
Questions are welcome!
Will check new applications later today.
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All good advice. I'll add a couple of tips that I use personally when investigating for scams. I use to search for their pictures. You only have to enter the link or upload once, and then it will search on Google, Bing and Yandex for you. If you think the picture is a stock photo, rather than stolen from someone else's social media/online accounts, then also do a reverse image search here: https://www.everypixel.com/. Also, check for plagiarism. On their announcement thread, on their website, in their whitepaper, in their Linkedin profiles, etc. Just copy some of the text in to Google with quotation marks around it. Takes 5 seconds and an easy way to catch them out. There's also a great post here with some more info: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5004397.0Well said o_e_l_e_o! I haven't thought of that website, I'll add it into OP. Plagiarism is also a great point, and I'll try to add it in when I have more time. Great ANN post! Step 2 is nonsense. A BM is not qualified in any way to judge the idea, nor are 99.99% of the bounty participants and users of this forum. Anecdotal evidence proving said statement: Market cap of 99% of the altcoins based on coinmarketcap data.
One of things that can be done is *verify* that the claimed 'pictures' are actually individuals that are behind the project. This can be done via a video. You, however, can't verify their identities.
A BM should look out for the investor's and hunter's best interest when taking upon a project, although I do half agree with you. |
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Moved from service discussion to here, hope this is the right section.
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Hello everyone! I had some free time and after seeing the number of scam accusations and scam ICO's nowadays, I wanted to make a post describing how I do due diligence for every ICO that I work with, and how I would recommend you guys to as well.
Step 1 - Website/Design Options
For this step, I would recommend every manager to this as least, since it's quite effortless, and can go a long way. When I hunt for clients, I first look at their logos and how everything is designed. I've seen some truly horrendous websites, that have still parts of the template and filler text in it, so hunt for obvious signs that the website is a template, and they haven't done a lot of work for it. I've even seen an ICO website made from a weebly template once!
The website should always have an SSL certificate, otherwise, they may be tracking you and stealing personal information from you. This is definitely needed! A website that has an SSL certificate should have this in the URL space.
Step 2 - ICO function/ideas
One of the most important things you have to do, before accepting an offer from an ICO, is making sure their idea is actually feasible and the project will be able to succeed. This depends a lot on your personal opinions and some people will believe in something, while others will, so attempt to look at the project from all aspects. I like to look at a project from 3 perspectives and think about it, then make an answer. The perspective of an investor, a team member, and a consumer (someone who would use the project).
A lot of projects are promising investors the moon, and I usually like to avoid projects like that. This step will help with this.
Step 3 - Team/Experience
Crypto has become a lot more mainstream nowadays, and consumers have also raised their expectations with people who are involved in it. Nowadays, any ICO that doesn't have a seasoned and experienced team will most likely fair. Nowadays, the industry requires people to have past experience to succeed, otherwise, the project will most likely be a scam. This is definitely the most important step.
For example, let's pretend there is a project called "99p". 99p wants to make a DAPP that connects employers to employee's, all over the world. For this sort of project, I'd look for a team that has experience working with big scale apps, marketers with years of experience, a CEO that has experience in the same industry, industry connections, and more. In short, look for team members that have experience in the industry that they are creating their project in. Look for team members with degrees in business, marketing, online marketing.
Also, be sure to google their faces, to make sure they are who they say they are. There are a lot of teams with fake people, so I will always snipe 3 or 4 faces from the top board, and do a google image search. Check their linkedin profiles, and they should have hundreds of connections. An obvious scam, wouldn't have reputable linkedin profiles, a real team, and most likely an inexperienced team. Make sure to check all their social media accounts! Use this website to check for fake photos - https://www.prepostseo.com/reverse-image-search.
Step 4 - Real Life Events
Nowadays, there are a lot of interesting crypto events, and a lot of reputable and big name people will attend these. There was a blockchain cruise, just this week, with founders of huge companies. This isn't a requirement, but I will always look for future events where you can meet the team there, to fully keep myself at peace.
Thanks for reading, leave a comment, I'd love to know everyone's thoughts. Sorry for any grammar/punctuation errors beforehand!
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Haha, let's hope not.  |
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How come you want loan in BTC for purchase IRL? Isn't that a bit risky? Especially long term loans.
And you also probably pay more fees then you would by taking FIAT loan.
If question is too personal don't bother answering, but I was just wondering if there is any benefit from taking BTC loan (except of course price fall, but this is then speculation which may also backfire).
I'm quite young, so I don't really have a credit score, and I never got a credit card. Had a couple family members max out credit cards, and promised myself to never get one. Sticking to my debit one, haha. I can't get a loan IRL, so trying bitcointalk. Eh, used to the same way: then the need for a car came up, and the credit building began. Credit cards are beneficial if managed properly. Back to your loan though, good on you for asking instead of making the assumption you may get it filled. 1 BTC is quite a large amount. If you had been a member for a bit longer and the price of BTC wasn't this high: (more than 2018, perhaps 2013-2014) I might have filled this. Keep with the community for a bit longer, keep maintaining good campaigns, and I'm sure a loan would be fulfilled. Probably better off locking this thread and referencing it in the future if you ever decide to try again. Cheers, Yeah, will lock the thread, didn't think there was a chance I would get this anyway. Thanks for the posts everyone. |
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Week 5 has ended!Hello everyone, payments for week 5 have been sent in this transaction . Definitely have enough for another week.
The devs have asked me to make this rule change. Instead of being able to do a maximum of 30 posts a week, the limit has been reduced to 20 posts. Any posts that exceed this limit won't be paid for.
Questions are welcome!
New applications all denied..
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Don't worry about it. I count posts manually via date. How about the deleted post(s) for the current week? Did you already counted them at the end of each day? Because, I have one deleted post but you've included it to the spreadsheet. From 830 post -> 853 (854-1, one deleted post from Sept11) = 23 posts24 in the spreadsheet, just deduct one before sending the funds ( or next week) if it's unintended. My bad. Will delete one post! I had a quick gym session and will now be sending the payments. |
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Dammit! My bad, I think I was a bit excited at the topic that I didn't really check for plagiarism. I'll be more wary with my merit next time. Kinda sad to see Bitcoin Discussion in this state. Yes, I found this looking through your posts  |
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Sad, almost 20 of my post are deleted. Maybe those old post I've made when I was a newbie. The only evidence that I can provide is the "date" of my last post. Hoping that Mr. Zapo will made some consideration about this issue. But I think, I still have time to get the target quota. Hope so...
Don't worry about it. I count posts manually via date. |
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Hi Guys! I've checked everyone for Week 1! Let me know if anyone has any issues.
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Haha, was just going to post these! Thank you! From chatting with Eddie, the cruise was a blast and they talked to a lot of smart and wealthy people! Can't believe Eddie got a pic with Mcafee! |
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All new applications denied.
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How come you want loan in BTC for purchase IRL? Isn't that a bit risky? Especially long term loans.
And you also probably pay more fees then you would by taking FIAT loan.
If question is too personal don't bother answering, but I was just wondering if there is any benefit from taking BTC loan (except of course price fall, but this is then speculation which may also backfire).
I'm quite young, so I don't really have a credit score, and I never got a credit card. Had a couple family members max out credit cards, and promised myself to never get one. Sticking to my debit one, haha. I can't get a loan IRL, so trying bitcointalk. |
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Week 4 has ended!Hello everyone, payments for week 4 have been sent in this transaction . Have 0.5 BTC left of escrow funds, should be fine for the next week.
Nothing to change with the rules/participants.
Questions are welcome!
New applications will be either accepted/denied in my next post.
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Hello Lending Community!
I want to make a quite large purchase IRL and might need a huge amount of funds amount for it. So a couple of questions.
1. Would I qualify for a no collateral loan of 1 BTC for quite a long term? I don't have a lot of reputation, except I'm currently holding around 1.5 BTC in escrow, and have paid out ~ 3 BTC for 2 signature campaigns.
2. Do people accept 4-5 month long loans? My preferred rate is 0.2 BTC repayment per month, for 5 months.
Thanks!
Its a good thing that you asked before requesting which I appreciate here. First no collateral loans are given based on reputation; for short time it might be fine but there are many users (even reputed ones) who have fucked up repaying big loans like that much amount. I can give you a lot of cases like : 1) xetsr ( https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1616969.0) 2) mexxer-2 ( https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=trust;u=341982) 3) james.lent ( https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2329116.msg23680533#msg23680533) 4) koshgel ( https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2772387.0) the point is no collateral loans with big amount and long term has gone a bit risky nowadays and I don't think lenders like it either without a collateral. Urgh, my chances don't look good then... Thanks for the information though Avirunes! |
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