It's part of a much broader initiative. The token would be a means to discount the purchase of virtual assets such as domain names. It does require a fair bit of thought to turn it into a viable project though.

Merit has become such a big issue, that it might be worth including a suggestion that one shouldn't beg for merit.

Is anyone likely to visit it there. One thing I was thinking of doing is to start an ERC20 token, but I'm not sure that counts as a service.

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I keep having ideas about new crypto projects. Some of them are viable, but most probably aren't It would be great if it was possible to discuss some of the ideas in this forum, but every time I try, the discussion doesn't seem to go anywhere. Maybe all my ideas are crap, and that;s the problem.

Well you don't contribute by bumping useless threads - another one to ignore.

The wall is a world of it's own - it's the chat room for the statistical traders.

I wondered who's alt that is. It isn't you is it Hilarious?

I've just seemn this thread on the beginners board

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4919236.0

You don't have to be "in crypto" to become a legendary. Reading many of the bounty hunters posts, I'm not sure that they even know the difference between crypto and fiat. Well maybe they do, but only at the level that you don't get fiat air drops.

No! Because if I were to be paid, then I would have to take on a responsibility, and I don't want to do that.

There are a couple of points in your comment. I don't think that many of the merit sources applied for the job. I think they were appointed by Theymos as a result of their history in awarding merits or their potential. This was so in my case. I received a quantity of sMerit as a hero when the system was introduced, and I was awarded a few hundred additional merits as a result of my posting. I gave these out in ones and twos, and I tried to award them for quality posts. As a result of this, I was recruited as a source during the secondary allocation.

We don't have a duty towards the community, but we do have an interest in preserving its integrity, and in encouraging quality discussions and information exchanges. We are not paid as sources, and it is a time consuming voluntary activity. We are not helped by the vast majority of members, and it is pretty obvious why they don't receive any merits from their posting activities. In fact it can be quite depressing as a pastime, I've tried quite a few things to help junior members, and to improve posting quality, many of them have been ignored, and the others  gain sporadic support. I've backed off to a large extent, and I live in the hope that some major changes will be introduced in the not too  distant future.

I started to look through your posts to see if I could find some to award with merits. I stopped looking when I saw that you had quoted an OP in full. There are so many posts that state that this is not just bad practice, but it's really annoying. I can only assume that you aren't taking any notice of the advce given out in these threads. That single post of yours lost you the chance of getting some merits.

I can't remember who it was that split money into 3 categories.

- God's money is the hard metal currency such as gold and silver, and to a lesser extent, platinum and copper. You can buy a gold Brittania with a face value of £100, but it will cost around £1,000 if you buy one from the Royal Mint. This means that it is not in general circulation, but it is used for certain high value international purchases. At the other end of the scale, a 2p coin has a high copper content, and is worth around 3p. These are still in general circulation.

- Government money is the fiat currency of various nations. At the moment, there seems to be a rush into US dollars as a reserve currency. Given the current US debt levels, this doesn't appear to be the wisest choice. Other national currencies seem to offer even worse security.

- Crypto-currencies are the people's currency, and offer an interesting safe haven possibility. Bitcoin is becoming the new gold, and one or two of the others appear to provide a hedge against economic collapse, but the choice of an alternative currency is fraught with risk. Some will stabilise and offer exceptional returns, and some will become worthless. Choosing between them is not a simple task.

So what do you think is the best mix of currencies. My choice at the moment is Bitcoin and silver coins, but I think I should diversify a bit.

Given the high volatility of crypto prices, this means that you can't leave a position open over night, especially a short position. Sometimes I get tempted to try to predict a bear squeeze, but I suspect I would be tempted to keep the coins instead of taking a profit.

No we don't need morer merit sources, we need better posters, and an easier way to find them. More merit sources is unlikely to increase the number of members receiving merits, but it could mean that the existing good posters receive more merits.

I'm having to make some broad brush decisions to reduce the time I spend looking for decent posts. For example, anyone who uses all capitals in a thread title goes straight on ignore, and the thread never gets opened again by me. It's a pretty general statement, but in my opinion, anyone who uses all capitals is juvenile, and is unlikely to have anything interesting to say.

What a shame that that board indexes are so clogged with rubbish, that we can't use them to look for interesting threads.

Unfortunately all these scam coins tend to discredit the crypto market.

Maybe I should go anonymous, and then I could start a few.

The saddest part of all this bounty spamming is the change that it has made to the forum. Up until now, all I've been doing is collecting Bitcoin by various means. Recently I bought a small amount of Bitcoin from a forum member, and I would like to increase this in the future. I missed out on the massive price rise a couple of years ago because I didn't trust exchanges. I didn't have any problems with the exchange here, and this is probably the result of my interaction with the member over several months. I don't feel that the trust system here can be used to evaluate a potential trade though. This is for two reasons, one is that it covers far more than trading trust, and the other far more significant fact is that accounts can be purchased. Obviously the trust needs to be related to the person, and not the account. Unfortunately it is not possible to guarantee that the two are the same.

I can get round this by setting up a small invitation only trading room, and I am working on this at the moment. It does mean that trading potential is rather restricted though.

The first thing you need to decide is the main theme for the site. Then you need to try to find a decent domain name for it.
Once you have got that, then you need to purchase a decent hosting plan.

I seem to start a new website every week, and I'm experimenting with a variety of CMS for them

This blog type site uses b2evolution - https://talkmerit.com/the-source/index.php
This is a forum style site using SMF - http://fittotalk.com/english-talk/index.php
Here is a question and answer site using Q2A - https://jetcash.com/ask-a-legendary/

I got a lot more examples, and at the moment I'm working on a private virtual asset trading room.

Using a CMS or predefined template is useful. More and more crypto users are surfing with mobiles, so you need to build a responsive site.