Just stepping out to grab a bite. I’ll create an advertisement on LBC and send you the link to it just after I get back. Cheers!

It would be very helpful, as it contributes another method to get involved with a popular crypto ecosystem product. I, myself, have been a part of the crypto community for several years, but have never posted to my steemit account. I actually look forward to reading your guide about it, if you choose to post one.

Thanks for posting this, @sull.kureen! It’s a great testament as to the types of users that are appreciated here, especially when it comes from a newbie who is not only learning from their mistakes, but using them to help the greater good of the forums. Kudos!

Sure, but for transparency, I’d like to document the actual transaction here so that it can be referenced and archived for the future. If email works better, feel free to spam me at bitcoinsforjoe at gmail dot com.

He was never able to prove that he controls the original genesis bitcoin address (https://blockchain.info/address/1A1zP1eP5QGefi2DMPTfTL5SLmv7DivfNa) that was used to mine the genesis block as he was not able to sign a message from it. Stop spreading fud.

Sorry for my absence; I’m just going back through my list of subscribed threads and coming back to this. I know it won’t be a problem, but I’ll mix a few coins using a nested P2SH SegWit address and post the results here. 3MCJBtW2uhvm7BJMtc4yxQUhGKoqD7q12x If you’re still sending test coins. Otherwise, please let me know and I’ll use my own coins. I could understand that you’ve been burned by some dishonest members.

You should leave them negative trust, btw. That type of behavior is exactly why the trust system exists here.

Be careful. LBC is not a true escrow, as they have no control of a user’s PayPal account. I have been burned by LBC users on 3 occasions for a couple thousand bucks...

Read more about how to protect yourself on LBC from this thread I started: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2963662.0

If you want to establish some trust and positive ratings on LBC, I’d be willing to sell you some bitcoin using the platform, as well.

Direct potential marks to this thread by posting in his.

Hopefully, the red tag deters any potential suckers, but we’ve all seen scams take place repeatedly, even with users who are red-tagged.

He’s going to say no, based on your user rank and lack of details. This is why I proposed that you present your scenario in detail, as to give @zazarb a fair chance at assesssing your personal situation. I’d recommend you PM him and explain what it is that you need and what kind of trust you can establish for the exchange to take place.

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Edit: told you lol

Give me a week or so, and I may have an advertiser for you that meets your criteria. Posting here to subscribe and reserve this post in the likely event that the opportunity presents itself more thoroughly.

FYI, this is based on a project that I am currently working on, and we are about a week away from its alpha release.

If he isn’t comfortable with helping you, I can sell you like $50 worth at a 6% premium above preev prices. I can do more potentially, but I would like to establish some trust with you first. Let me know what he says and if you’d like to conduct this trade.

Because OP listed the account here publicly; someone most likely accessed the account and changed the credentials.

OP, why would you be so irresponsible as to posy credentials publicly? I don’t understand your logic behind that...

I’d be willing to sell some bitcoin to you via PayPal at +6% preev as long as you have a verified PayPal account, and agree to receive and reply to a documented email and invoice to the address of the PayPal account that you wish to buy the btc with. How much are you looking to purchase?

I would like to keep all dialogue public and in the open, as to document the process (for my safety).

You can move the thread from the “move topic” link found at the bottom left of the page.

Friends n Family payments can still be disputed. I know, because I’ve had two of them reversed, much to my surprise. You may want to ask @zazarb in his thread (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1092531.0) and explain your situation, along with PMing him proof of your dealings on the forums. He will charge a small premium, but he is extremely trustworthy. It may be worth a shot.

It has done alright retaining members. You know, with over a million registered accounts, and all. Members aren’t going to go anywhere if new forum subs are not introduced. Quit being so melodramatic lol.

@zazarb is not a DT member. He is a trusted exchange of crypto to fiat here, as well as a loan provider, which is why he has such high positive feedback.

As long as a member is in a DT member’s list of trusted members, their trust left for you will be considered DT. If they are removed from the list of DT members, your trust rating that was left by them won’t appear to others as default trust. This is what happened when The Pharmacist left you trust. It displays as negative now because he has recently been readded to the DT network.

And regardless of how much bitcoin was worth at the time of the account sale, it’s still discouraged and shows dangerous behavior, which is why your account got tagged.

Newbies are not the only ones who contribute to spam. Why punish users like @nullius, @Blue Tyrant, and @Toughit, who are some of the recent incredible newbies that we have had on bitcointalk that have contributed so much already?

Please learn how to clip quotes. You’re a Sr. Member, which means you should know not to create big ol’ walls of text. You’ll rarely get merited for posts that quote entire original posts... also, just because you make a long post doesn’t mean that it’s a good post. Given your post history, you seem to think so. This is just me being over critical; feel free to ignore me if you like. You’re hardly part of the overall problem that TMAN is trying to address with this post.

While the conversations from @bitstars.net were fairly civil, sans the near-privacy exposé in their screenshot, the responsible thing to do in this situation would have been to allow the user to withdraw their winnings, and then close their account. That is unless, of course, fraud or cheating was committed, which hasn't been proven by the operator of the casino.

As per the BitStarz Terms & Conditions, it states:




The user here obviously had multiple accounts, but if they, in fact, did reach out to you via your support, then they obviously did read this term and attempted to do things the proper way.

I don't know who's to blame here, but as an outsider looking in, I will say that the behavior not to pay this user (and subsequently banning their account), unless the user gamed or cheated the system, is a bit more "shady" than the user violating T's & C's in creating more than one account. Yes, it's against your terms. But now that this issue has been made public, you could have gained more credibility and clout from having allowed the withdrawal and then closing the user's account.

That's just my 2 cents.

Take a look at these threads (there are plenty more if you look around):

TMAN'S guide to getting merit. • Common Q&A about Bitcoin: Non-Technical Edition (Earn Merits) • List of Threads Giving Away Merits - Updated 12 march 2018