Seeing you first comment,I don't really see the point of having you here at all. This is just a one way ticket to the ban.  

Here is an example of what we are trying to stop. I have already reported this one and 4 like him today.
Those are easy to report but I think Theymos has to send PM to all the users with the new rules in order to reduce the spam from all the unaware coming with the same question about merit. I suggested this earlier.

Please take your time to read this thread from the admins: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2818350.0

If you want you can check the one I have crate for about the Activity and Merit system. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2534500.0

Please keep in mind that:
IF YOU TRY TO ABUSE THE MERIT SYSTEM YOU WILL BE BANNED!

And here you can actually see how it looks like, the lazy way:

I don't see it as a broken system but the adoption will be too long as not many are aware of it. Most of the affected will be those who are here only for the bounties and have never read anything in the Meta section. Maybe they haven't even notice yet the merit points until it comes the time to rank-up.
Many "account farmers" are still spamming only for activity and many will give up at the end but if they are aware of the system on an earlier stage then we can spare some "shitposting".

This is also a solution, but something has to be done to stop this madness. Hope that the admin and the people here agree with me about this. I think that still a lot of people are not aware of the change and will continue posting same questions about merit for a very long time.

I just got this message while reporting some spam, but since there were 3-4 posts in the same thread I just done everything quickly but got this message >


Any sources to read about this restrictions?  I've been trough the "list of not official rules" but I cannot recall bumping in these restrictions.

Additional question, what is the procedure after the post is reported? Does it goes to the Mods for review or so?

Aren't you people getting tired of all those new Merit threads already? I feel like a spammer now, answering the same questions all the time, trying not to repeat myself. Here, in Beginners and Help even in the Bounty section, it's crazy. I thought this madness will eventually stop.
Please theymos, just send a PM to all the users with the information about the new merit system so people can stop posting every day 10000 topics with the same questions generating posts.
Lets just finish with it once and for all.

Sorry guys to disappoint you but I'm still mining with my Lumia 1020. Yeah I know it's sounds crazy but I'm doing this since November last year. It is just for fun, not real profit. In the begging was like around 8000 satoshi every week, then started to make 5000 every 2 weeks now its more like 5000 in 3-4 weeks. Till now I have mined approx 80 000 Satoshi. The phone is at work so no bills for electricity.
Here is the proof :

It's not the fist time, and not the last for sure.Bitcoin is strictly following the rules.

Yes, you are correct. Read the OP of this thread and you will find what you have to do.

This is not quite like that. I have already got 20 points for like 10 days, and I'm pretty sure there are many like me. I see Jr.Members with more Merit than me, and when you read the merited comments, it make sense.
You don't really need to spam around to generate useless posts or begging/"butlicking" the "big ones". There are many services where you check what people think of your"quality posts" and compare your type of thinking with the community. Not everyone know what quality post means.
Many people don't realize but this Merit system is actually improving a lot of things in your personalty >
-Your way of thinking and analyze things.
-Improving you language especially for NNESs
-Improving communication skills by contributing to the community.
etc. 

Yes, and if you check this one too /use translate if needed/ > https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2818398.msg28966041#msg28966041

Giving 10 to beggars. You can see many people abusing the system, but there are also people reporting them.

The idea is good. I'll just add a little more info here ,more for bitcoin notes, not cards but still informative>
Here is some similar idea > http://www.bitnotes.org/
There are already a banknotes with chip on in. Here is the article > https://hackernoon.com/these-smart-banknotes-could-bring-crypto-to-the-masses-4be57bcca1c7
NOTE: The links are just for information, I do not promote anything!

The two week cycles are fixed date periods not determined by you registration day, if you manage to register and post in the last day of the cycle and post the next day then you can accumulate 28 points Activity in just 2 days.

I don't think that anyone can tell this, since is on a random basis.

This will be interesting also for me, but I don't think this will matter.


I doubt that such tool will be available to can check if you are already reached the necessary activity points. If you need 4 weeks to enter to the activity level of legendary and you want to be sure that you gonna rank-up then it's gonna be almost a merit farming. Take it slow, collect you points as you contribute to the community, at the end when you reach your 1000 Merit you will find out if you have reached the necessary activity points or not. I know it can be tempting to wait so long for it and now things have changed but hey, its like the HODL process the longer you wait the better are the results.

Let me give you a tip here.
When you go to the bounty section of the forum, simply click the "notify" link. This is how you gonna get the new bounties in your  email.
I'm currently working on a list with all the bounties but it will take some time for me to do it. You can follow here>
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2827369

I don't think so. Wasting of time and energy for things like this is like trying to make money out of faucets.
Sell the laptops, even cheep and with the money get yourself a proper mining equipment. Even one good graphic card will do  better than 10-15 slow laptops, calculating also the power costs.
This is what I would do in this kind of situation.

The whole idea here is to be anonymous. You're anonymous so long as you don't connect your BTC address to a known identity like the profile here in the forum/twitter/facebook/email etc. So, making list for the hackers/scammers/spammer to be after you?
Its better to make section without signatures with access to people with member or higher level with no need to proof of anything.

After the big news from the last year /see the first link below/ the Bulgarian government holds in his hands more than 210 000 Bitcoin.
If they decide to cash out which is inevitable the market will be devastated. It is just a matter of time this to happen.
Here is some extra sources on the topic:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2566430
https://www.coindesk.com/bulgarian-government-sitting-3-billion-bitcoin/
http://www.novinite.com/articles/186380/Bulgaria+Could+Cause+a+Global+Collapse+of+Bitcoin

First, I think this thread belongs to Bitcoin section not here in Meta,
Second, after a quick check with google here is a link with a similar question, hope you can find the answer there:
https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/66768/when-closing-the-channel-for-ln-how-to-calculate-the-fee-for-the-blockchain-tr
If you try to google a little more you may find more answers.
Hope this will help you.