Seems like zero since the main problem is popularity. I wonder why theymos didn't accept Litecoin or DAI because both of them are popular,

OP could update this poll

Gachapin beat you to it.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=178336.msg63886671#msg63886671

In recent years, it seems that a lot of people have been making low-value posts just to get paid. To address this, I've added a merit "cost" to posting: from this point forward, for every 15 characters you post, you will lose one Merit point. This should eliminate any incentive to make low-value posts.

Any halfway-decent poster should be able to earn much more merit than they lose due to the penalty. But I recognize that some good posts are occasionally overlooked. So to counterbalance the penalty, I also added a system whereby you will earn a bit of merit just by reading posts. If you want to write a lot, you'd better do some reading as well!

For both the penalty and the bonus, this applies only to your merit score, and does not affect sendable merit (sMerit).

Let me know what you think of these adjustments.

[...] some religious dude died then came back to life or some such silly supernatural thing.

I had a pretty BIG tax bill this year too, for "reasons.".. kind of weird to sometimes be paying so damned much.. ... ..

Are you a Bitcoiner and having problems?

I ended up getting about 0.05 btc yesterday.

There's a reason books don't get printed in bright red and green font

The question one should ask is if this is done, although it's a suggestion from you, will it stop the somewhat wasteful spread of merits there?.

[one trade]  This is more likely my style but an acquaintance showed me the record of a sale of a small amount of bitcoin from an exchange and even though he sold much less than one bitcoin in what he thought would be one transaction,  there were many, many small transactions as buyers nibbled away at it.  I would think if it was all at the same time and for the same price, there would be no need to break it down like that though. Thanks OgNasty.

What tools do you guys use for figuring out your tax obligations?

edit: for your bitcoin transactions I mean

Got so many calls,
From old friends who ignored me,
Asking how it's done.

"Google it" I say.
"Google what?" I hear some cry...
"Click here" I reply!

#pleasemakeitstophaiku

Making my own shit coin. Craig Wrong With Hat.
The ticker will be SHITE.

It's gonna go to the moon ya'll.

There are quite a few merit farmers around that will notice anyone doing something like you did in your threads and will try to exploit it as much as possible but in the end its up to you not to award merit to those who are obviously merit fishing and those are not that hard to notice.

One thing I am concerned about is awarding merits in threads I have started. For obvious reasons, I tend to read those more than other threads, so I am exposed to more replies, and I tend to give merit to posts that I feel contribute to the topic of the forum. I am aware that this can create an unfair bias, but I do get rather a lot of merits to award, and I don't seem to have time to read most of the threads here.

What do you guys think? Is it unfair to award merits in threads I have started?

With Bitcoin the only true losers are those who given in to fear and sell below the price they bought it at due to FOMO and FUD.

It's especially hard to send some people merits when you've ignored them.  As a merit source, I try to give merit to those who deserve it and not just those who cycle it back and forth.  However, I have ignored quite a few people on these boards for various reasons.  Those people who have been ignored will never get a merit from me, not just because I don't like them, but because I literally can't even read their posts.  I guess there's a lesson in there somewhere...  Don't be a total dick or spread lies about people if you want them to read what you have to say.