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He's a terrible candidate. Leftists hate him due to stuff like stop&frisk, his history with women, and the mere fact that he's a billionaire. Conservatives hate him due to stuff like confiscatory gun control, fixation on climate change, pro-choice policies, and weak-borders policies. He was super supportive of the Iraq war. The defining characteristic of Bloomberg's politics is that he's an authoritarian: he wants government to control every aspect of everyone's life. He's probably an even worse candidate than Hillary Clinton, both from a "good for the world" perspective and a political perspective.
Normally I'd write him off completely, but he does have an insane amount of money. He makes Trump look middle class. If he wins the primary or especially the presidency, it'll be 100% because of his money.
His campaign is totally unprecedented because of how late he's entered the race and because nobody's ever tried to run a campaign fueled by nothing but massive piles of cash like this before. (In 2016, Trump was significantly outfunded by Clinton.) So it's difficult to predict. But I tend to think that it'll fail completely, and he'll win zero delegates.
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"5 art-contest-winner badges will be assigned to the winners of this voting" I never build thread for voting, there is any setting for max nvote ? isn't cool if set up as max 5 vote?
The number of votes allowed is unrelated to the number of winners. There could be 5 winners even if everyone was allowed only 1 vote. I chose to allow any number of votes so that you can vote however you want: vote for just 1 person to give them the best chance of winning (but also the best chance of you completely wasting your vote), vote for your top half, vote for all but one that you especially dislike, etc. |
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BTC awards are sent! There were so many good submissions. I easily could've listed 150 that I thought were quite good. (Which explains why I sent 9991 total merit rather than the 500 promised.) But I didn't want to split the award too much, so I limited it to 100 award-winners. In light of the quality and number of submissions, I also increased the total award to 1.07 BTC. In judging these, it was a major detractor if the art didn't have much/any clear conceptual connection to the forum, and especially if someone looking at it wouldn't have any hope of guessing that it might've been created with the forum in mind. It pained me to exclude or significantly reduce the award-ranking of several excellent pieces of art due to this. Other than that, the ranking was basically down to my personal subjective opinion. In choosing winners, I am not saying that x art is definitively better than y art. There's room for everyone to be disappointed, including the highest-ranked BTC winners, who might've wanted less splitting of the award. But this competition was done just for fun, and I hope that everyone can be positive about the result. |
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5 art-contest-winner badges will be assigned to the winners of this voting. The choices are the top 53 (50+3 due to a multi-way tie) users who received the most total merit in the art contest thread as of when I pulled these stats earlier today. Although this thread's poll will allow votes normally, I will in the end adjust the result in the following two ways: 1) only Member+ votes will count, where copper membership does not on its own count as Member; and 2) users who haven't made a post in the year between the time of this post and 1 year ago will not be counted. I'll post the adjusted results at the end. In case of a tie in the end, the candidate who at that time has more total merit in the art contest thread will win. In case of a tie there, I will assign an additional badge. Below I have linked to the submissions of all of the choices. In general, the submission links are listed in order of most merit to least, though sometimes I separate submissions having a different "flavor" with a dash. Ideally, you should view them all and vote for those who you believe are worthy. You can vote for as many as you like, and you can change your vote. Purely for aid of keeping track of who is who as you go through these, I gave each person a few words which quickly describes their highest-merited submission(s). Several people submitted things that I didn't describe and are very good. Having gone through all of the submissions (often multiple times...), I'd say that the total merit received is only a rough guide on how good the submission is. So don't assume that only the first half of this list are any good, for example. Corrosive - 402 merit - corrosion arthttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52800357#msg52800357https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52816357#msg52816357dannybrown - 358 merit - bitcointalk flash gamehttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53059246#msg53059246Yatsan - 298 merit - oil paintingsCaveat: neither painting in the first link below is original to the contest.https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52803489#msg52803489https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53135406#msg53135406Kalemder - 274 merit - interactive gallery & videoshttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53002575#msg53002575- https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52807263#msg52807263https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52916555#msg52916555https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52839997#msg52839997https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52818634#msg52818634https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52843477#msg52843477https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52865068#msg52865068https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52807783#msg52807783https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52826570#msg52826570https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52907710#msg52907710sirazimuth - 255 merit - commemorative roundhttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53005794#msg53005794https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52877703#msg52877703https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52813048#msg528130481Dq - 245 merit - intricate cityscapeCaveat: the second link below is not original to the contest.https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53137723#msg53137723https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52919244#msg52919244likehiro - 231 merit - moon block chainhttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53064307#msg53064307taufik123 - 221 merit - madura carvinghttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53134266#msg53134266https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53115743#msg53115743- https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53071079#msg53071079terizla - 221 merit - "squidward's art" & doodleshttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52846255#msg52846255- https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53056135#msg53056135https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53137607#msg53137607https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53109137#msg53109137https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53073845#msg53073845- https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52978754#msg52978754https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53044894#msg53044894https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52795723#msg52795723ZipReg - 212 merit - dash gameCaveat: the second link below is not original to the contest.https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53144771#msg53144771https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52795174#msg52795174Basorexia - 193 merit - pokemon cardshttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52927448#msg52927448https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52977879#msg52977879https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53144671#msg53144671- https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52849796#msg52849796https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52829485#msg52829485geophphreigh - 188 merit - folded bolivar designhttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53095690#msg53095690sujonali1819 - 188 merit - dot arthttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52809530#msg52809530https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52864291#msg52864291https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52830488#msg52830488https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52851570#msg52851570https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52836411#msg52836411https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52873657#msg52873657https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52933437#msg52933437- https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53147814#msg53147814https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52884706#msg52884706https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52894085#msg52894085- https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52973560#msg52973560https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52880586#msg52880586LoyceV - 182 merit - avatar collage & daughter's arthttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52811642#msg52811642- https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52952133#msg52952133https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53023028#msg53023028summonerrk - 177 merit - watercolorshttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52977514#msg52977514https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53039184#msg53039184https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52912891#msg52912891Foxpup - 167 merit - NSFW foxhttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52894190#msg52894190Mamaecrypto - 167 merit - watercolor at conferencehttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52833703#msg52833703https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52952339#msg52952339- https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53140557#msg53140557sedactoo+04 - 166 merit - BTC logo on canvashttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53008639#msg53008639https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52855166#msg52855166- https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53137160#msg53137160noorman0 - 163 merit - carvingshttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53031541#msg53031541- https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53090432#msg53090432https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53111199#msg53111199https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53134434#msg53134434- https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53149988#msg53149988Rikafip - 160 merit - pizzahttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52807587#msg52807587- https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52916677#msg52916677rare_designer - 156 merit - blockchain edenhttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53059918#msg53059918- https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53061719#msg53061719Twentyonepaylots - 156 merit - god satoshihttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53133494#msg53133494https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52838794#msg52838794https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53138118#msg53138118https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53140833#msg53140833ADAMA_NOW - 150 merit - educational videoCaveat: this is not original to the contest.https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53004703#msg53004703ecnalubma - 145 merit - bull/bear & varioushttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53135921#msg53135921https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53145452#msg53145452https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53139371#msg53139371- https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52807562#msg52807562https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52853110#msg52853110sashapan - 143 merit - dresshttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53132868#msg53132868- https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52882464#msg52882464https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52897865#msg52897865Karmakid - 141 merit - satoshi with leaf handhttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52969611#msg52969611https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53048981#msg53048981Michail1 - 136 merit - nixie tubeshttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53143508#msg53143508cryptoaddictchie - 135 merit - intricate sketchhttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53136873#msg53136873https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52923197#msg52923197https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52827690#msg52827690https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53145067#msg53145067Oasisman - 133 merit - bull sketchhttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52806862#msg52806862https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52890777#msg52890777mosdesign - 130 merit - carved trophyhttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52930461#msg52930461https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52803286#msg52803286nomteck1 - 128 merit - 3D bitcointalk roomhttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53141162#msg53141162Darker45 - 127 merit - bubbles & sketcheshttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52861506#msg52861506- https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52814214#msg52814214https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52805286#msg52805286https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52824254#msg52824254ibminer - 124 merit - trophy & shiphttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52815373#msg52815373https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52957306#msg52957306webtricks - 122 merit - bitcointalk card creatorhttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53105718#msg53105718- https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52811848#msg52811848https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52832607#msg52832607GreatArkansas - 121 merit - printout collagehttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52805482#msg52805482Netto - 121 merit - lighterhttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53139345#msg53139345Maus0728 - 120 merit - Dorian portraithttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52870979#msg52870979https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52926744#msg52926744https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52998104#msg52998104sheenshane - 120 merit - cake in hand drawinghttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52861560#msg52861560https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52804040#msg52804040start the art - 118 merit - abstract art & songhttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52841610#msg52841610https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52909964#msg52909964crossabdd - 116 merit - string arthttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52862171#msg52862171goaldigger - 116 merit - doodleshttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52828796#msg52828796https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53134948#msg53134948otto_diesel - 115 merit - cakehttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53139286#msg53139286Debonaire217 - 114 merit - arduino househttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52956146#msg52956146https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53040421#msg53040421https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53049492#msg53049492DireWolfM14 - 110 merit - coin designhttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53068771#msg53068771https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52868112#msg52868112Altcoinlog - 109 merit - paintingshttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53092433#msg53092433https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53126558#msg53126558axicron - 108 merit - night cityscapehttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53117923#msg53117923https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53141911#msg53141911creep_o - 108 merit - bowlinghttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53058368#msg53058368https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53139681#msg53139681Laskoo - 108 merit - last supper captionCaveat: this image was taken from elsewhere and then text added to it. The underlying image is not made by Laskoo or original to the contest.https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52805675#msg52805675rhomelmabini - 108 merit - superhero shadowhttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53001540#msg53001540cabalism13 - 106 merit - bitcointalk city modelhttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53150387#msg53150387https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52851257#msg52851257Cryptocables - 106 merit - rocket tickerhttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53052455#msg53052455saiga31 - 106 merit - bull & pizza drawingshttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52919232#msg52919232https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53094666#msg53094666https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg53109312#msg53109312Yabes - 106 merit - sand drawinghttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52817111#msg52817111
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Is there any alternative to navigate anonymously as good as TOR?
Not really, Tor's the best there is currently. Someone could definitely make something much better, though. |
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If you are worried about a three letter agency having the resources to be able to set up and maintain enough Tor entry guards that you are likely to use one (and enough Tor exit nodes to be able to deanonymize your traffic), then said agency is not going to be stopped by a $5 a month VPN provider.
That's not an assumption I'd necessarily make. With Tor, you're getting a "random" Tor node, weighted to favor high-bandwidth nodes and by other factors. If you choose a VPN in a trustworthy country, with a trustworthy record, then that's potentially safer. Attacks to covertly fill Tor with attacker nodes have been done in the past (see section 5.1 for the most interesting info). Attackers don't need to get anywhere near filling Tor 50% with their nodes, since you pick random nodes all the time: just 2 attacker nodes can be enough, though with low probability. Also, Tor is fundamentally a centralized network: you can't be a Tor node on the mainnet Tor network without the approval of the Tor directory authorities. The authorities are run by people associated with, and using rules largely set by, the Tor Project. I don't know if I really believe this, but considering how weak Tor is compared to the state-of-the-art research and how poorly-thought-out the Tor Project's overall strategy has tended to be, I've thought that Tor could be an incredibly subtle "controlled opposition" operation. It wouldn't be necessary to control every single person in the Project, just influence things enough to make progress in less important rather than more important directions, slightly bias directory authorities in sane- looking ways which actually help attackers, etc. (I admit that this is quite the conspiracy theory.) |
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they will just have to assassinate top level members of the Iran government and put people in place who are Pro US.
What're they going to do, drone-strike a few people, airdrop in some replacements from Washington, and expect those people to actually be able to lead? Iran has institutions. If the top 100 people in government are all killed on a single day (which won't happen...), there are thousands of people in the Iranian government who currently aspire to someday have those jobs, and who will at that point have the chance to take them. In order to install a puppet government, the US would need massive popular support. The US hasn't even been able to install its puppet leader in Venezuela, which has much weaker institutions than Iran and a much more anti-government population. |
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You -> VPN -> Dest is often better than nothing, but definitely can't be relied upon if you need actual anonymity. The VPN can see everything you do, the destinations can see that you always come from the same VPN, and you're probably leaving tons of other traces because you're not using Tor Browser. Note that this might in some cases be worse than nothing if you trust your VPN less than your ISP; for example, IMO Cloudflare's VPN is more likely to have its traffic analyzed en masse by the NSA than your native ISP's traffic. You -> Tor -> Dest is better than just a VPN, but there are many known attacks which can be used against Tor, plus possible 0-days against the browser, so you can never feel 100% anonymous. Also, even if you treat Tor as perfect, it's really difficult to remain consistently anonymous; for example, you might via Tor use the same email address to order something shipped to you as you use to speak out against your oppressive government, and that's a link that can be exploited. Even though Tor is pretty flawed, being far behind state-of-the-art research, it's these non-Tor anonymity failures which almost always get people. This was the case for Ross Ulbricht, for example. As I always say: if you think that you're perfectly anonymous, then you're wrong. Think of even the best anonymity tech as a light bulletproof vest which will increase your survivability a bit, not as an impenetrable wall. You -> VPN -> Tor -> Dest protects against certain attacks where Tor nodes are considered evil, but can totally screw you if your VPN is evil. It might make sense if you trust your VPN more than a random Tor node. The VPN acts similar to a Tor guard node in this case. In fact, it'd be most efficient if the VPN actually allowed you to use it as a fixed Tor guard node so that you don't have a useless extra node in the Tor circuit, but nobody does this. You -> Tor -> VPN -> Dest is much worse than Tor alone because the VPN can link all of your traffic together, whereas with Tor you change your exit node constantly. (It's also difficult to actually accomplish because VPN software isn't usually set up to support this, and VPNs are often- & best-done over UDP, which Tor doesn't support.) What would be useful would be if you could pay via blinded bearer certificates for access to a whole constellation of exclusive paying-only Tor exit nodes, but nobody does this, either... Anonymity research is pretty immature, but actually-implemented anonymity tech is far behind even what is known to be possible.
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IIRC, US has x4 the military manpower [apart from other military technologies] of Iran but a war between these two is going to be ugly for both.
Currently, the US population doesn't care about Iran one way or the other. The average American wouldn't be able to find Iran on a map, and most think due to the similar name that it's basically like Iraq. They're OK with attacks against Iran that don't have immediate consequences for the US. But once American soldiers start dying and/or military costs become truly ridiculous, the US population will demand an end to the war. Certainly the US wouldn't be able to draft its population to fight in Iran. If a military objective can be accomplished in weeks, then the US could do it, since that'll be over before the American population notices. If a lot of Americans die, though, there will be significant political fallout for whoever orders the attack. The only way a multi-year campaign could be done is if Iran perpetrates an attack against the US similar to Pearl Harbor (or if the US population is led to believe this). In this case, the US could conquer some territory, but it still doesn't have enough resources to take and hold large sections of Iran. And after a few years, the costs in lives and materials would pile up to the point where it'd lose any public support that it once had. A US vs Iran war would be like Vietnam, but much worse for the US because Iran is a much stronger target. If the US's goal is to destroy a few cities or assassinate a few specific targets, it can definitely be done, but the US cannot conquer Iran without a lot of support from either allied countries or a substantial percentage of the Iranian population. |
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With Mozilla & Google now moving toward DNS over HTTPS, they could switch to a non-ICANN root zone, though that'd be pretty messy, sort of like a contentious hardfork of the DNS. I wonder if they've considered this, though.
I doubt that the .org registry will actually change anything except increasing prices.
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Thanks to everyone who submitted art! I was blown away by both the number of submissions and the number of really good submissions!
I'm not sure that I'll be able to decide on winners today as I'd planned, though I'll try to do it within days. I want to carefully review about 300 of the best submissions. My current expectation is that as many as 100 people will receive some BTC, but a few will receive much more than the others.
For the badges, I think that I'm going to collect the top ~50 most-merited submissions and let the community vote on the winners from among them. But I'm not going to think much about the exact framework of this until I've determined the BTC winners.
Thanks again!
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The Bitcoin Forum is 10 years old today! The forum, originally a part of bitcoin.org, was created by Satoshi and Sirius in 2009, Bitcoin's infancy. In the first few years, the Bitcoin community was both incredibly small and concentrated almost entirely to this forum; by the end of 2010, there were only 995 users with any posts, and this was the Bitcoin ecosystem. I have fond memories of reading every single post anyone made in these early days: IIRC, it was only sometime in 2011 when I was forced to give this up due to the volume of posts. Over the course of 10 years, Bitcoin exploded, altcoins appeared, the community expanded beyond just this forum to a large degree, and an awful lot happened here on the forum. But we're still operated with much the same moderation philosophy as our first admins Satoshi and Sirius 10 years ago: create a "territory of freedom", and let humanity happen. I'm honored to be your head administrator, but I'm only a tiny part of the forum. The forum is and has been a collaboration between thousands of people, including: - Posters, who make the forum a forum - Reporters, merit-givers, and scam-fighters, who make the forum (somewhat) sane - Moderators and admins of the past & present, who keep things running smoothly - Donors, sponsors, and advertisers of the past & present, who fund our operations Thank you, everyone, for your continuing contributions to this legendary forum! Let's try to somehow make the next 10 years even more interesting than the last.
Also check out: - The community-generated list of notable posts over the forum's 10 years. - The 10th anniversary art contest, which received many incredible submissions. LoyceV created a page with the top-merited submissions. Thanks to everyone who participated! I'll create a separate post collecting the winning submissions once that's all figured out. - dannybrown's Bitcointalk game, an awesome interactive submission to the art contest. - 10th anniversary Coldkey. |
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@theymos What is Respect BTW  It was an SMF mod used here for only a short time as an experiment. IIRC, you could upvote/downvote users, but there were no effective limits/controls, so it was kind of meaningless. |
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For anyone doing analysis: When someone makes multiple submissions, I consider the merit I've already given them when deciding how much merit to give later submissions. So if someone posts two submissions to which I'd normally give 50 merit, the second one will get less. Therefore, it'd be most accurate to consider my merit awards in terms of total per-person rather than per-submission.
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Do we have any archive or something of the forum when it was running as bitcoin.org/smf/ or forums.bitcoin.org?
You're on it. Nothing was changed except the URL/domain. |
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 That makes me nostalgic for when I was quite that naïvely revolutionary. The forum was pretty crazy back then... What an awesome thread! You guys have a ton of great ideas. Has anyone seen Silk Road yet? It's kind of like an anonymous amazon.com. I don't think they have heroin on there, but they are selling other stuff. They basically use bitcoin and tor to broker anonymous transactions. It's at http://tydgccykixpbu6uz.onion. Those not familiar with Tor can go to silkroad420.wordpress.com for instructions on how to access the .onion site. This has big publicity potential and could increase the user base. It's just a bit difficult for them to build reputation as most people don't want to publicly admit they bought from there. Maybe private recommendations will do. Or people can say "I know somebody who successfully bought from them". Or was jgarzik the one to suggest that domain?
He came up with it. |
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Please merit good submissions, especially any underrated ones.
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Sincerely worried for Theymos.
Contest is ending on Nov 22nd, a little bit thant 48 more hours from now.
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