Neymar? And the others! Firminho & Coutinho can't be underestimated either. They've got solid goalkeeping options in Ederson, and Allison. They've just got a solid team, and in the friendlies they are looking good.

I actually don't fancy Germany on paper this year, but you just can't not include them in the finals, because of their record of just making it happen even with sub par players in certain positions.

That's not how majority attacks work. You can't steal coins by having the majority of the hashing power on a network. You could double spend, and prevent certain transactions from confirming. The obvious answer to this is it's incredibly difficult to keep such an operation ongoing, and online 24/7. Plus, at the end of the day is it really work the expense to prevent certain things from happening?

The only reason I see people attempting majority attacks on a particular coin would be if they were competitors, and they strategically attacked it at the right moment to cause doubt within it's followers. Otherwise, I don't think it's beneficial to anyone.

Having just 51% isn't really a enough either. It would be much more effective the higher percentage of hashing power you have.

I'm not sure if any exchanges use mnemonic phrases, however it may be the case. There was a number of exchanges around a few years ago which aren't around anymore. First take a look at the desktop options, and then if that doesn't yield any fruit we can take a look at some of the exchanges that were around back then, and still are.

A new address is generated per account. So another account which receives a proxy ban will never have that address which was sent to you. It's unique to the account.

It's not matched to IP address due to multiple people could be using the same IP address after all that's the reason why the account received a proxy ban in the first place, because it's a common IP that's previously visited this forum, and been banned etc.

What sort of wallet did you use? If you used a online wallet it's probably going to be Blockchain.info, and hopefully not TradeFortress' edition which I forget the name of.

If you used a Desktop wallet then there's several possibilities which you could've used. Here's the most popular ones:

- Bitcoin Core
- Electrum
- Multibit
- Armory (may not support mnemonic phrases)

You could try your 12 word mnemonic phrase in each one of those until you find the right one. If you don't find it in any of these wallets let us know, and we'll work out which wallet you used. AFAIK most of these wallets use a mnemonic phrase of some sort, however they may vary in length. Blockchain.info also uses mnemonic phrases to my knowledge.

Generally speaking as long as you find the wallet which you used previously, and have your mnemonic phrase dotted down accurately there should be no problem in recovering your funds as long as the private key hasn't been compromised. There's only a limited amount of wallets that you could of used so it shouldn't take long to determine which one it was, and hopefully these names might of hogged your memory a little bit.

The password at this point isn't needed. You have the mnemonic phrase. Do you also have the wallet.dat file?

I mean you might as well go ahead, and list all the staff members. They are the real Chuck Norris' of this forum karate chopping spam bots right, left, and center.

There's also a list of reporters which report without any gain, and quite frankly don't get the thanks that they deserve. Take the top 5 excluding staff members from here for example. This may be outdated now, but there isn't a newer version available.

Lutpin: 11k good reports
Shorena: 10k good reports
Botany: 4k good reports
xhomerx10: 4k good reports
mexxer-2: 4k good reports (rounded up)

These members likely have thousands more since. If you take a look at that list you'll likely find other members such as Danny Hamilton often giving up his time to spread his knowledge around the forum. I would say there's several others on there that contribute in another way too, and there seems to be a somewhat correlation between reporters, and being helpful. (excluding a few)

Next up we've got several members offering post reviews just like Bill Gator. For example here's a few:
Question Authority
pugman (Offers a self learning sort of thing which is quite interesting, and rewarding those who give informative answers)

Depending on whether rickbig or mprep have disabled messages from newbies you should be able to send personal messages as a newbie. Here's the PM limits. There's very strict amounts which you can send per day, however you can send them.

If they have indeed disabled messages from newbies then bump this once every 24 hours, and they will see as they both frequent this section.

Expanding on coinlocket$ response;

- You'll receive a message via personal messages if your posts specifically are being deleted by the moderators.
- These aren't always spam megathreads, but could be generally low quality discussions/questions. In this case you won't receive a message via personal messages.

Depending on whether you've received a personal message depends on whether you'll need to alter your posting habits to prevent further action being taken. Generally, I would advise not to contribute to low quality posts, and just report them for such.

I don't normally to this kind of speculation, but I'll add my two cents for anyone willing to take the OP up on their bet.

In my opinion the recent downward trend was directly related a few whales which have been manipulating the market. If you combine this with the predicted stabilization that has been threatening to happen every since Bitcoin hit it's highest value ever then it's certainly not impossible for it to go much lower than 6000. I'm not willing to put my money where my mouth with this one though as I do hate to speculate.

Even though I say that it could go down much lower than 6000 I don't think we'll be seeing that happen. I think a realistic figure would be somewhere around 5000-5500.

Well, technically the message includes an email which you are suppose to send a message too, but some users have claimed they never hear back of it so it could no longer be actively monitored. Instead, of making a new sub forum we could just alter the message which displays when someone has been banned, and ask them to contact the admins via the forums.

A new sub forum for this kind of issue just seems unnecessary.

I'm not sure about Iceland, but I will admit that I do like their midfield more than anything particularly Sigurdsson as he carried Swansea quite a few times, and I'll never forget what they did to England.

I've personally got my eye on a few teams this time around, but will mostly be looking at the teams that the team I support have signed or are rumored to sign.

Having said that I think there could be a few potential teams that could surprise us, and maybe go a little deeper in the tournament that expected or at least give some of the bigger teams a little trouble. I'm hoping Peru can put in a good performance honestly it's their first World Cup since the 90s? Plus, I've got a little soft spot for Peru as it's a beautiful place.

Senegal I think will throw a few problems in the mixer for their group stages. I'm expecting big performances from Mane, and Koulibaly in particular. I think I remember Mexico's goalkeeper having one hell of a tournament last time, and I'm not sure if he's still playing now, but have found a new respect for them since then. Maybe, Nigeria will perform a little better than they are expected too.

Other than that I think we'll see Spain have a lackluster tournament, and may not even progress. I would expect them to at least get 2nd place, but maybe Morocco can put a spanner in their plans.

However, take my predictions with a pinch of salt because the last time I bet on the last World Cup I lost a few BTC. I actually had a decent accumulator going, and I blame Germany entirely for not scoring earlier...

Certain members who report a lot may be whitelisted by theymos I believe. White listing basically means your time restrictions for reporting will shortened. Probably to the 4 second limit.

I'm not sure whether he's actively whitelisting those who report a lot or just the ones that make it public that they are annoyed with the time restrictions in place.

Right then let's just go ahead, and embarrass myself with my predictions.

I think that's the beauty of the this little betting group though. It will make games more enjoyable that I wouldn't have watched before, and hopefully find some gems are players! Plus, the lower teams competing usually means a more open, and entertaining game..

Analyze? Just lump on Wales! Oh shit they aren't in the world cup. Bloody hell I think I'm out of my depth here. I'll be routing for any team that rhymes with Bale, Wales or sheep I guess, and possibly those playing in red.

My sources are telling me Egypt, and Brazil will meet up in the final, and Firmino will assist Mo Salah. Although, it should of been flagged offside Mane is in disguise of the linesman, and opted not to raise his flag.
It would make sense for him to wait a while until the majority has been sent, and send the message in one rather than individually.

The only arguments that I've seen for Hitler is that he had good policies when first trying to get into power. This might of well been the case, however you've really got to consider the motives of these policies. To me it seems that he was trying to gain mass support to get into power, and at that point it would be incredibly difficult to dislodge him.

Maybe he did have good intentions, and the power got to his head. But, ultimately he done fucked up when he was in power, and that's all that really matters.

Probably, because of this nasty little habit he had that when he got pissed off he just decided to cleanse a certain ethnic group.


Painted a picture of my lambo once for FREE. Top quality painting, and top bloke.


That source doesn't look to be very reputable, and data is often skewed. Especially on a topic such as intelligence as that's often subjective.

Animals aren't rampaging manics you know right? They don't just go out, and kill for fun. They are much like humans in a sense that they are willing to kill for territorial gains, and to eat. Just like humans wage wars for power, money, and food. In medieval times, and before kings used to wage wars just for farm land so they could support their growing population or spread out their population to prevent disease, because of the ever growing shit that was being expelled by it's population, and not being disposed of. I mean the Vikings initially invaded England to gain farm land for crops.

The way Bitcoin works as in a decentralized manner it doesn't really matter who created it for what ever motives. It works, and is a great improvement from traditional fiat currencies. I would say that Bitcoin stands against everything the NSA works for though. It would be counter productive for them to create something like Bitcoin which allows people to remain anonymous. I guess anonymity in Bitcoin can easily be compromised if the right precautions aren't taken, and maybe that's what they were hoping to rely on.  I doubt it though, and other than speculation I have no other reasons to believe the NSA are behind Bitcoin.

I've always disliked this quote. Even if you are wrong sometimes the only way to learn is to be vocal about it, and get others opinions/insight. Keeping silent just means you'll continue being a "fool". So what if you are wrong as long as your willing to listen to others then there shouldn't be a problem with voicing your interpretation of things.

The account was thought to be compromised, and locked by theymos. It's also believed that Hal's email was compromised as a result also, due to the accounts password being reset through it.

I've also just found the quote that confirms Hero members, Donators, and VIPs have the option to disable forum ads.
Obviously, Legendary members didn't exist back then, but they also inherit the permissions of hero members.


I see. I've just stumbled across the thread where this was all discussed for anyone that wishes to read the ongoing battle against Ad Blockers. Like I said I don't really have a problem with the ads, and don't hide them myself. I do understand if people want too though.

Have you considered allowing everyone to have the option of disabling advertisements? Have it unchecked by default. Most people probably wouldn't bother, but for those who wish to view the forum as ad free as possible could do just that. Maybe, add something along the lines of "By ticking this option you are no longer contributing to the moderation of the forum, and it's improvements" or something along those lines instead of the current message.

This probably answers my question though:

Yeah, but AFAIK they can still be blacklisted, and blocked. I wouldn't recommend it as your contributing to the revenue of the forum which could lead to more moderators as well as rewarding existing ones. But, I also understand the frustration of ads as they are everywhere on the internet these days, and websites are learning to bypass ad blockers.

My opinion is that everyone should have the option to disable ads regardless of what rank they are. However, on second thoughts I can completely understand from theymos' point of view, because at the end of the day it's revenue, and it's partly because of this revenue that mods can be paid. So I do understand that point of view.

Here's another topic which indeed confirms I'm not talking through my arse, and that option does exist.


I had a feeling that it was tied to higher accounts, and that's why I did offer the advice of maybe looking at custom filters on an Ad Blocker extension. I'm not entirely sure why something like this would be restricted though to be completely honest with you.

If you are going the Ad Blocker route I believe theymos does change the code to prevent this from happening, and it would require ongoing manual work to keep on blacklisting the ads. I've never tried this, so you'll have to figure it out for yourself if it can be done. Plus, does it really warrant the work that has to be done just to prevent seeing the ads? I barely notice them, and giving enough time your brain will likely ignore them automatically anyway. theymos has some pretty strict guidelines on what can be displayed as a ad so it's not likely that you'll see obstructive ads.

The perfect solution doesn't exist. The only thorough 'solution' would be to impose restrictions. Whether, that would be completely removing signatures, bounties, and campaigns or limiting certain sections to certain ranks. I've made this clear a few times that I'm normally against restrictions, however this particular issue is effecting the forum in every aspect. Therefore, restrictions may well be justified in this case.

The thing is about the other solutions we could ask the campaign managers to set stricter rules until we are all blue in the face, but they aren't going to do anything, unless there's punishments for their actions. The advertisers which hire the managers aren't interested about those who spam, and only that their name gets out there. So convincing them would to request stricter rules would also be a lost cause.  

Effort? If they put in a effort there wouldn't be a problem. I'm not against people who want to make a living off the forum if they can. But, breaking the rules, and making the forum unpleasant for others isn't something I tolerate.

The fact of the matter being is they put in minimal effort even though they claim they can make a living from the payments they receive from campaigns. I don't know about you, but if I was getting paid well I would be motivated to further my skills, and keep that job. It's well known that money is a good motivator, and is often offered as an incentive. For example, promotions are often chased after by existing employees resulting in increased workload from them.

So what I can't understand is why these very people don't work on their posts, and language skills. But, I guess we already know it's a lack of moderation from the campaign managers. If there was much stricter rules put in place on who gets accepted only the best of the best would be accepted. Resulting in a cleaner forum, better posts, and legitimate people who put in the effort getting selected.

Currently, the majority don't make any effort at all. All they make an effort in is ranking up their accounts, and getting accepted. Then they are set, and spam throughout the forum.


This could be stopped if there was restrictions imposed. Although, I don't think this is the best solution it's definitely a option right now which I'm hoping theymos is at least considering if the other options don't work.

There's also more moderation, however this also has it's drawbacks, but I would prefer to have a few more mods that complete restrictions.


Alright, yeah I can agree on you with this. I think it's worth mentioning that KYC wouldn't completely prevent it either. There's several ways that someone could submit faked documents, and the process would require quite a bit of manpower to verify this sort of information as well as storing it securely which is probably one of the biggest concerns. KYC would never be implemented on Bitcointalk, but campaign managers might go down this route.

I don't see why KYC would actually help the spam issue really.



1/2. Ideally posts would be restricted to a merit system which you would be required to earn a certain amount of merits per period. However, I understand that many great posts don't receive merit so this could be an issue as it's then based on RNG especially given that some of the payment periods are 1/2 weeks.

3. Probably hard to do if they haven't already been tagged. Quite frankly most campaign managers don't do any research into their participants other than looking at their first page of history.

4. This is very difficult if you don't speak that language yourself. It can be easy to spot Google translations now, and again. But, sometimes Google translations can be surprisingly accurate as well. You would have to speak the language yourself or have someone on your team able to speak it which kind of defeats the point of hiring someone to translate posts then. Translations are based on trust which unfortunately gets abused due to it being difficult for the non speaker to verify if the translation is accurate.

5. Several lists exist. The fact of the matter being is campaign managers don't care about who they employ to spread their name as long as it's happening. To them the more the merrier.

Every system that's imposed to prevent those from registering multiple accounts will be bypassed. It's simply to hard to determine whether an account is connected if the proper measures are taken. Plus, I don't see the problem with alternate accounts. Many people have alternate accounts for many different reasons. I'll give a few examples; 1. Bot accounts to scrape data from the forum, or post charts. 2. To access the forum on a insecure connection/device. 3. Separate their personal opinions from that of their business.

There's probably many more reasons to have alternate accounts that I'm not listing here. Alt accounts fundamentally aren't malicious.