Coolcryptovator: Great campaign manager, and also one who has dedicated his time to make sure scam is exposed for all to see and be warned about them.
DdmrDdmr: Great forum user, his threads are always ever useful.
Suchmoon: 4 always giving out 4 smerits (helps rank up)

You cannot become a blockchain developer by just taking blockchain courses and if you're still confused about the basic understanding of the blockchain network, then you have a long way to go in becoming a developer. You need to take this courses because you need more understanding about the bitcoin and blockchain network, not because you want to become a developer.

Then at the end of the course, you can grade yourself and the extent of the knowledge you've gained, is it substantial enough, are you really a technical guy that can actually become a developer, you'll make the decision yourself, but the course will impact in you whether you're a developer or not.

This is a wonderful article to draw our attention to, and I've read it and it's wonderful to read because it seems like Tim May had the bitcoin in mind when delivering that essay, when you talk about anonymity, a system free from government control, you talk about conducting business without even knowing the others true name, it's the bitcoin, C'mon we do not even know if satoshi's real name is really that.

But yes all the points raised about governments interference is also true, we look at China and other countries that show hostility and what they think about bitcoin and cryptocurrency, they want a centralized coin, one they can control, one that wouldn't be decentralized nor anonymous, but truth still remains that despite their efforts bitcoin and cryptocurrency(decentralized ones)is here to stay for good.

Comfortable first half for united, except the early scare of going behind as early as 17 minutes into the game, but goals from Martial, Greenwood and Rashford in the space of 25 minutes gives them a two goal cushion and it should be all united from here till the end of the game, probably add one more goal in the second half.
I also do not see that happening, it looks too high a mountain for Newcastle to climb, if they throw everything at United in the second half in a bid to equalize, I think it'll cost them the more as they'll be exposed and will concede more goals, damage limitations tactics should do for them in the second half if you ask me.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5211630.msg53410888#msg53410888
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5212103.msg53425780#msg53425780
If the merit giveaway is still on, then I don't mind if you review the above links, merry Christmas.

Manchester City must take all the points from this game, they must take advantage of the match between first and second place on the table and a win for them will either close the gap on Liverpool(if they lose), Leicester(if they lose), or both teams if they play out a draw in this game, which I feel they will.

This is also an opportunity for city to exert revenge on wolves, remember they lost the first leg 2 nil at the etihad, two goals from Adama was what did the damage. Definitely pep must have that at the back of his mind, must have watched and re-watched the first leg and should prepare his boys to come into this one and pick wolves apart. City 3 wolves nil, that's my prediction.

And even more, it's the best place for me to be when online, also like a second family, where you meet and discuss with people, it's great, and I hope everyone is having a great Christmas wherever they are, whatever you do, do not buy a pizza for ten thousand bitcoins
I don't see any change, no difference, there has been no dramatic rise or fall in the price, the price is still between 7200-7400, and we've been at that for sometime now.
Don't think too much about btc price, it's Christmas

I also do not expect this one to be any easy for them, it's the top of the table clash, and I expect it to be a close encounter between the two teams, Liverpool just coming back from CWC action, I just think they may be a little bit tired from the fixtures, but Leicester have also played City within than time, so the both teams have had their own fair share of fatigue.

This game for me is going to end in a draw, 1:1 or 2:2 draw and if any team is going to win, then maybe it could be Leicester City, they must have taken positives from the city game and they should approach this game better than they did last time out.

There have been so many topics, and it will always be difficult to pick a few of them, @tk808, even before I get to the links, I want to specifically thank you for your efforts in this section(altcoin discussion), as well as that of @Cryptopreneurbrainboss, you two have done a wonderful job this year, and I hope it continues.

Ask Any crypto question- A Thread By a 6-year Crypto vet
No rank Barrier | 100+ smerit monthly giveaway | concentrating on alt subboard
The first thread helped me to learn alot about altcoins, bitcoin and cryptocurrency, I loved the way the questions asked was answered.
This next thread was helpful because it was a means to award merits to those who are making good posts in this section, it is really a good initiative.

I doubt they are switching, maybe they are just not communicating now that the market is down, they want a bull market, that's what the interest is about, if they are interested in a platform to simply just communicate, it'll definitely be this forum.

And it's all good, because without the stats you wouldn't even notice anything is wrong, if there is actually

For now they do not expire, but in the future they may, that's why you are adviced not to hoard them, but to give them out to other users, so that ranking up process never halts.


This is a quote to the message you see when you are about meriting a user, and this is exactly what theymos(admin)says about hoarding sendable merits and on if they can actually be decayed/expire.

If a user creates a flag, and you go through the evidences put forward by the creator of the flag, you can freely support it, there is nothing wrong with that, and also for fair play, there is also an option to oppose the flag.

Also regarding red tagging a user because other have done so, is not bad imo, as long as its obvious the user is guilty of the offences, you do not have to be directly involved, in very few cases would you even be involved, as for retaliation, as long as the user is not on dt or on your trust list, I don't think it'll make a difference.

Thanks for raising this point, and I've added that to the op, to make things more comprehensive and for complete digest of the system.
I know it's harsh, and maybe not necessary to tag someone for this offence, but I think I've come across this few times when a user gets tagged for this, that's why I added it to the OP. Also if it's an offence that needs to be tagged or not, it's one that newbies should avoid, so maybe it could just be some sort of deterrent.

There are some very obvious reasons why users get red tagged or flagged, and with the update by theymos on the trust system, we now understand that a user can only be flagged for being a proven scammer, and not for some other offences. But for the newbies who probably aren't aware of some of offences that can get them red tagged on the forum, I'll love to bring some of them to their notice.

1)Do not default on loans/do not request for no collateral loan unless the loaner says so/do not request for loans when you have no means to pay back: Many users have had their accounts tagged due to the fact that they defaulted on their loan agreement, if you know you have no means to payback a loan, do not request for one, also as a newbie you can simply get red tagged for just asking for a no collateral loan(no one will give a newbie that)
2)Avoid renting out your account/borrowing your account to friends: We have seen issues like this in the past when users after being caught with plagiarised posts on their account claim they were not the ones handling the account at the moment those posts were made. The user you give your account to, can do shady things that will get your account tagged, you account is your private property.
3)Do not advertise or market a website you aren't sure of its legitimacy: Some users brings some shady website to the notice of others, and a few times they are not even aware that those websites are shady sites, this leaves dt members with no choice than to tag those accounts. We had an issue sometime of a newbie posting websites where one can recover lost btc by paying a particular amount of money, that user was tagged for promoting a scam website.
4)Avoid account buying and selling: Going through many ratings left by dt members, I think this one tops the list: "Account buyers and sellers are not to be trusted", many users here started from the bottom to get where they are today, buying an account is fraud and will get you red tagged, the original owner could even have plagiarised posts, could later come back claiming the account was hacked, or you could even pay and not get the account in the end.
5)Spamming pm's begging for merits/adverting a product: If you want to earn merits, make good posts, it will definitely be seen by sources and other members, and even if you must pm a merit source, let it be to review your post history, do not beg them for merits. Also the services board is there for users to advertise, if a user hasn't requested for a discussion on a product in their pm, do not send one, it can get you into trouble.

Edit: you can learn more from this threads: Trust flags
LoyceV's Beginners guide to correct use of the Trust system

Congratulations hero member, and it's very good that you only bump this topic to celebrate a new achievement, it will be a bit messy to create new topics for them differently, I commend you for that effort in doing the right thing.

I guess your next goal is to get to legendary rank and that's how it should be, for me my next goal is to make it to snr member. I think this goals should be taken one step at at time, gradually moving from one rank to another, and in the end achieving it finally, though I know some members are more intelligent than others, so they may get to their goals faster, but everyone in the end should make sure they are doing their best for themselves and also for the forum.
Congratulations Bttzed03.

It's very possible that sarri could be sacked after just one season as juve's boss, his tactics right now isn't just working, and even though they are level on points with inter at the top of the table, they are not playing convincingly as they normally do in the past. Ronaldo seems to be all in the mix of things, I know he is one of the greatest players in footballs history, but most times in games this season, he usually has little or no impact, and the coach finds it difficult to remove him for a different player, his reaction the last time he was substituted caused some issues in the dressing room, Ronaldo must admit to the fact that he is no longer at the level he was 4, 5 seasons back, and learn to support the team even when he is not on the field.

Sarri may not win the champions league, but winning the Italian league again could maybe provide some consolation, but with inter this strong, they could lose both, and that may be the end for Sarri as juve's head coach.

Bcash and bcash sv are both complete trash because anyone with even a child's dawning intelligence can see that.
You just need to listen to Craig and Roger to know they are just full of so much shit.

I think you made a mistake, you should have posted this in the Italian league prediction thread, Napoli won 2.1 though.
Real are just two points behind first place Barcelona, that surely doesn't take them out of the title race, the gap is so small and easy to close up. This is just the first half of the season remember, there is still over 19 more games to play, there will still be many more points dropped from both teams chasing the title, it'll come down to who will drop less points.

Theymos, yes theymos, maybe he's not too quick in implementing new suggestions, but when i look at how he runs the forum, i just have that feeling if it was run by someone else, we could be somewhere down hell(a place our dear forum doesn't deserve to be in).

Personal post:
1) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5211662.msg53412944#msg53412944

2) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5197265.msg52945772#msg52945772

Post of others:

1)GSpgh: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5190104.0

2)Abiky: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5211372.0

Great initiative from you @cryptopreneurbrainboss, it's good you still see something good in the altcoin section, and also willing to appreciate those who make good posts in that board(though very few do).