In the List of open merit source applications, the oldest application is from 03/01/2020, that's six months ago, Theymos prolly doesn't want to add new MS just yet, we would see if he will soon.
If that's so, this MS's 500 smerits allowance can be distributed amongst the most active merit sources to boost their own allowance, till theymos maybe picks a new guy, that's a way to beef them up on smerits.

If the coins are not going to be moved by satoshi, then I don't think they will be moved by somebody close to him, that leaves a question if there's even actually somebody close to him.

If satoshi had people close to him that could have access to his keys, there should have been a connection to him through them by now imo. I agree with the the researcher that satoshi would not spend his coins, but the reason why is what nobody knows, maybe cause he's dead, destroyed his keys, doesn't want to etc etc.

The story (situation in India) is not a tragedy Imo, if Alex was given the loan directly, he will sooner or later exhaust it and come asking for another loan, maybe from a different person and in no distant time, Alex will have huge debts to pay, with no work to do to earn money to pay his debts. But if the loan is given to Alex's place of work, then Alex can be placed back on a fixed income, while the company covers the loans; Alex then has his job back and the company is also up and running.

So if this is the idea the government is coming up with in India, then it's not a bad one. If this funds are distributed individually, the economy will likely not recover at a fast pace, but if loans are granted to small and large scale businesses, factories, companies etc to start business as usual, people will have their jobs back, their employers will start making money and there will be cash flow into the economy.

I have also checked on George Floyd's occupation before he died, none says he was an NBA player, George worked as a security guard in a nightclub, though after the breakout of the pandemic, he was laid off: https://www.vantunews.com/wiki/biography-george-floyd I think op made a mistake or got a wrong information.
The looting going on is worsening the economy of the US that is already not in a good shape after months of covid-19 pandemic, but at that it has no impact on the crypto market. Many of us wrongly believe that a bad economy means well for bitcoin and cryptocurrency, but it doesn't, when the economy is good, people will have their jobs and make money, and it's that money they will use to buy bitcoins; people will also be able to restart their businesses and continue accepting bitcoins for payment etc etc, that is more good than harm and of course more adoption.

Jose's style is different and I can even call it unattractive, many football fans love pep Guardiola cause of how he builds his teams around the passing game, playing possession football, dominating the opponent and winning trophies, Mourinho wins trophies, even as many as pep, but he does so with a different style. I remember Mou at Madrid, he changed Madrid into something else, they no longer played like footballers, but warriors , especially in the El classico and they still lost most of the time.

Spurs sacked poch and employed Mou because the white hart lane faithfuls need to start seeing their team win trophies, and imo there may be no man better for the job than Mou, but I fear his tactics are outdated and he may not be able to achieve the success they want him to.

Chelsea fans will be praying that Timo Werner signs for them, the only person connected to Chelsea that would not want it to happen is prolly Tammy Abraham it'll automatically make him a back up striker.

Frank Lampard and Chelsea have been linked to good and young players lately, I'd love to see few of them sign for the blues as Franky tries to build something new at the club, around young players aged 25 and below.

It's hard to pick between TT or MDT, both projects are not bad, if it was possible to vote for the two coins to get listed, then i would do so, it's just not possible as per the rules; so I just had to go with Thunder token and I hope they win this vote and get listed on Binance.
It is not because they got listed on Binance through community votes that made them depreciate in value (there are many other reasons for that). Binance are using this method just to get the community's popular opinion on a coin, the community would not vote for a project that is not good, bad projects wouldn't even vie for a spot to get listed.

The news you got is incorrect, not only that the officer Derek Chauvin who pinned Floyd down with his knee has been fired, also the other three officers on the scene, two of whom held him down have all been fired. While the main culprit has been charged for murder, the other officers await their charges, check this source: https://m.startribune.com/a-deeper-look-at-the-four-officers-fired-after-george-floyd-death/570885592/
Imo he did not mean to say Americans should do exactly this, since Floyd's death and protest is a 'hot' topic, he seized the opportunity to popularize bitcoin, cause it's impossible for citizens to do without (opt out of) the 'economy' which represents the national resources, markets, small and large businesses etc, without all this, we will just buy and hold bitcoins and have nothing to do with it.

Respect is not expected on an online forum, and definitely not on bitcointalk. Respect is more suited in homes or schools or in more real life situations. I understand your point, but respect isn't the word to use, you can admire users who have achieved higher ranks than you and also seek help from them, but I'll not say respect, that's the reason some users use the word "sir" which I personally consider absurd.
You can 'ignore' the reputation section if you want to stay away from drama on the forum, but it's also fine if you wish to get involved with your own accurate or correct take/comment on them.

IIRC when @Daniel91 started two merit giveaway threads in this board (i also merited some of the applicants) the participation percentage was very low, only a fistful of newbies were interested in submitting links to their good posts.

And in this giveaway also, it's the same case. Imo, no one is going to cheat, cheating isn't the problem, as you can see for yourself just how many Jr members-newbies have participated thus far. @op, since you want to give out 25 merits, and you've sent out 12, you can go to other threads/topics; you will see quality posts to merit.

Chelsea is a big club, Leicester City is not. It's impossible to put the both clubs in the same level, Chelsea are miles ahead of Leicester, both in terms of club success, club revenues, performances in Europe, the quality of players they can attract etc.

I know Leicester had a dream 2015-2016 season and are currently doing well this season, but when you list out Chelsea's success in the last decade or more, including their famous Uefa champions league triumph, it's impossible to equate the two teams. Even when Leicester won the league in 2016, their best player Ngolo Kante couldn't resist a move to Chelsea, he left the club and signed for the blues. A move from Leicester to Chelsea is a move to a bigger club surely, anyday, anytime.

Your scam accusation thread should include more information on how you were scammed by this site, you say they are only taking payments in bitcoins, payments for what, what services or what were the orders you made.
If you were scammed 3000USD, you should also post the scammers bitcoin address, and your transaction ID that'll provably show you sent coins into the address, screenshots of them asking you to send BTC is not enough.

Anyone who buys emails, telegram id or private information of others is a scammer, and should be tagged, I support you on that; but I'm sure anyone interested in what OP is selling will contact him through telegram, so we won't get to know them.

Investors, bounty/airdrop hunters of this untrusted projects and websites, should take note as this thread is a good example that their emails and personal documents can be sold, while their email will be spammed, other documents like Telegram id or passport can be used by scammer for other fraudulent actions.

Lol, I had to read the entire news on the link to get that of Luiz and Arsenal  , BTW I think it's a dilemma and Arsenal must make the best decision for the club, and even if I'm not an Arsenal fan, the best decision is to let Luiz go once his contract runs out at the end of this month, renewing that contract for another season and paying him so much for not playing (i don't think he'll be in Arteta's plans next season) is a waste, he didn't play well at Arsenal this season, and he is 33, no need to keep him because of the remaining 8 games, Arsenal can cope without him.
Odion Ighalo breaking into united's first eleven will be very difficult, he'll get playing time, but it'll mostly be substitute appearances and Carabao cup/FA cup matches; but Ighalo i think prefers that to leaving his boyhood club to return to China just yet.

I had not heard about Non-fungible tokens before your thread, so thank you, I've just read more about NFT and saved some sites to understand much more later.
If the collectibles are to function on a cryptocurrency blockchain network, but to purchase them you have to do it through PayPal or debit card then there may be no benefit for the cryptocurrency network in the long run. But imo if collectors need to buy a particular cryptocurrency to own the collectibles, surely it's a mahoosive boost for the market and more people get to know about cryptocurrencies(and that means adoption).

Do you think it possible any company to launch a digital collectible on the bitcoin blockchain, to be purchased only with bitcoins?

A users trust page isn't linked on every thread, it is only seen directly on a users post on a few boards,(and not on every board)mostly the commercial boards and the altcoins section where there are so many scams.

I've seen a suggestion before requesting that the trust page be shown when a user posts on every board(and imo it's more important than the post history or merits), but it was not implemented; theymos I think doesn't consider it a hassle to click on the username to see every information, and so do I.

Do you sell these face masks or do you distribute them for free? If you sell them, then you should not be requesting any donations here; but if you distribute it for free then you can contact Royse777 and the Project covid-19 team to know if they can support you to distribute it in your local community, but of course you must prove you are being legitimate.

You would not receive any donations by just posting pictures of face masks you claim you made, if you want to help, contact the individuals mentioned above.

I'm not a Chelsea fan, but I've watched Chukwueze play, both in Spain for Villarreal and for the Nigerian national team and I'm a fan of his; he is fast and strong, skillful and can score goals and best of all he is very young(21). Chelsea will be signing a precocious lad if they sign him.

Frank Lampard likes young players, so Samuel Chukwueze's age will be a delight for the English manager, who I think will be a good fit in the premier league and under a young coach like Lampard, the article did not state any official bid from Chelsea, has any been made?

imo the government should not interfere in social media activities, it's censorship, what it hosts and doesn't etc; this media houses have their own 'laws' and their restrictions and users on those platforms would not be censored if they do not break any of those laws, and will express themselves freely.

The media should at all times remain indepent of the government. The media is a very strong point in our century and any government that controls the media becomes too powerful, I've seen some governments try to gag and control what is posted on social media to their own favor and this only creates a totalitarian government.

Countries need these loans in order to restart the economic recovery process, notwithstanding if it'll lead to inflation or not. Many of this worst hit countries are heading into steep recession, so external aids would help to get their economy back on the right track; it wouldn't happen spontaneously, as it'll take some years, but they must start from somewhere and borrowing/printing more money is one step to take.

I read the article and imo bitcoin is somewhat a different "being", it's not so much associated with the global economy and it's meltdown, so there is no way it can be affected in this crisis(except if an unprecedented number of people sell off their btc)and that also doesn't mean it is going to assume the position of fiat as the major store of value.

Bitcoin price is affected in a different way: For example if people start selling thousands of bitcoin off the network and converting it to fiat, and people also stop buying bitcoins, reducing the demand, then bitcoin price can also enter it's own kind of 'recession'; but this global pandemic doesn't affect it 'directly'.