There are no restrictions on how many you can post, but there are time restrictions which prohibit spamming. I would concentrate on the quality of your posts as opposed to the quantity because you can certainly be banned for making poor quality posts. You also cannot spam your way through the ranks due to activity levels so please read about them here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=178608.0

Yes it would. We can easily disallow them and trash their threads. And how is the forum financially supported by icos? They pay absolutely nothing to the forum to post or promote themselves here unless they purchase advertising space and most do not. Most just pre mine a load of worthless tokens and dish them out to anybody who can be bothered to sign up and post the most basic of crap or copy and paste somebody else's responses. The level of spam and issues they contribute to the workload of staff is insane and they should be held responsible for that. If they're not just banned outright they should all have to pay something to advertise here because they shouldn't be allowed to advertise for free (which is crazy in itself) and it certainly shouldn't be at the expense of the forum when they do next to nothing about poor posters.


I really hope they legally get shut down if this forum doesn't do something to stop or restrict them because the people who run them are some of the greediest and laziest people I've come across.

As mentioned above FUD isn't explicitly moderated, though if they're being a continual nuisance or trolling then that can be acted upon so contact mprep directly if you would like more action taken and he can weigh it up if further action is warranted.

Can we extend this to alt coin campaigns paying out in anything other than bitcoin? As has been mentioned before a lot of them are not even cryptocoins just tokens and 99% of them do absolutely nothing about spam and all follow the same formula: pre mine a load of worthless crap then give half of it out to anyone who bothers to sign up with their 5,10, 50, 100, 200 alt accounts. The fact that numerous people have been caught getting paid out on 50-200 accounts tells you all you need to know about the lack of management on these campaigns and they're causing probably 98% of the spam right now. I would propose that if you're not paying out in bitcoin then you can't advertise via signatures here and any one that does so should have their threads trashed and accounts banned. The users that continue to advertise them should also have their signatures removed for x amount of time.

I think we should extend this rule to all alt coin campaigns as well and ban any that don't pay out in bitcoin. Paying people to post whatever crap they like without any checks is far worse and it effects the whole forum not just the shitcoin section.


Posting in a thread is hardly a bounty. It's not only breaking the alt coin giveaway rule but they're also evading the one bump per 24 hours rule.

I'll probably start taking in money no later than the 7th. Would have done it on the 1st but there many be some issues with the upgrade.


I have no control over the total pot as it depends on how many players sign up, but if you're in that'll take it up to £400.

The answer to that is simple: don't re-use passwords. I find people are more likely to lose access to their accounts if they change passwords frequently as people tend to forget them and are screwed if they lose access to their computer. Have a fairly strong password, don't re-use it, and make sure you have it safely written down some where and you should be good.

There aren't really any limits on what you can post as long as it's substantial,  but there are time restrictions on new accounts which get relaxed as you move up ranks. You should probably read the rules as well because there are certain things that are restricted like begging and posting ref links etc: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=703657.0

A quick search of "donator" will bring up several threads:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2039639.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1628457.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1961727.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1067490.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1806549.0

Thanks.

This campaign is going to see a huge influx of bitmixer refugees now 

If you truly  believe in bitcoin as a currency then it should be used to buy anything and everything good or bad. If people want to buy drugs or whatever then they should be allowed and Bitcoin gives you the freedom to make these choices without a middleman or a government restricting or prohibiting you from doing do, which is the true beauty of it in my opinion.


Why don't you sell it and donate the money to charity or do some other good with it? Seems a waste just to shut a profitable business you built up down.

You need to search the individual boards or use google search instead.

It's a small amount but it shouldn't be much to lose either (or wait to lose) and you're winning more than a few bucks as the pot will nearly be at £400 if you're in. £20 is pretty good value for an entire season of entertainment and it'll be fun watching the leaderboard. I'd be willing to put more in but not everyone else would so we might end up losing people if we up the stakes.

Still nothing yet. Cost me nearly £10 in bank fees to send the sepa transfer so I hope it works because I'm not going to send another one in the off chance that it will work that time.

Does anyone know if Coinbase have an official thread or account on here? Contacted support but think I'll be waiting a while.


I'll give them both a go and weigh up how much the fees are for each (assuming I can actually get Coinbase sorted). Would prefer direct bank transfer though.

It's £20 for the entire season and you just make your predictions weekly. Can I put you down in the op?

They were all banned permanently except one which was temp. I think we should actually state it's against the rules to incentivize to post in a specific thread because it's just a way to spam bump the thread constantly to the top. Pretty sure there's a rule posted by theymos somewhere prohibiting it but can't find it.

QS is right though. It's not illegal to insult someone in most places (and in those countries that it may be it really shouldn't). I'll just leave you with one of my favourite quotes on being offended:

Ignore it or ask him to remove it. Trust isn't moderated and feedbacks are really removed but if it's from a newbie and is unbacked without a source then most will just ignore it.

Post a (preferably) signed address here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=996318.5520

And don't get hacked. Use a strong password and don't log onto any phishing sites.

The negative side of the community is that it's rife with scammers doing anything they can to get a hold of others money any way they can. There have been half a dozen people over the last year alone who tried to offer such escrow services and quickly turned out to be scammers (though thankfully nobody was stupid enough to send them their money).


Yes, anyone can run off with money hence why you need to be a reputable and trustworthy member of the community to make that less likely to happen, not some naive newbie who just wants to make a quick buck. At best you're stupidly naive, at worst you're a straight up scammer who only has one intention. Honest people prove themselves over time. You don't just walk up to some random strangers and ask them to look after their money/child/car do you? And I would say there's more chance of you being a scammer than not. How do we know how to trust you? How do we know you're competent enough to provide a reliable service? We don't. If your name doesn't mean anything here then there's no good reason to trust you and you shouldn't be offering escrow services because the only thing you have to lose is the price you paid for the account.