Okay, understood. I will find the good posters or who deserve it without a merit giveaway. Thank you for reminding me.  

Of course, my intention is surely to find out good posts of JR or Newbie that deserve. Will be glad if I can contribute to help a good JR or Newbie.

Indeed. I agree that it is not a big problem as long as the post/reply is understandable. Having good grammar and punctuation is just an extra point for a poster.

Thank you, sir. Your support is greatly appreciated. 

With my pleasure, buddy. I'm so glad if people can be motivated or inspired by my post. I always happy if I can contribute to help others.

Yeah, some people still debate about the difficulty in getting merits. However, it doesn't solve the problems. Even merit sources or sMerit holders probably bored with that complaint. So, it is better to stop it and try harder. 

Definitely. I will do my best and never stop to do efforts.

Only a few people can have higher merits than activity. Those are truly special members, including you sir. A lack of activity means your account age is still young, while your merit achievement shows that you have extensive knowledge. Incredible!!

Yes, it is totally the wrong way. The focus must be on improving post quality, make it valuable (useful+informative). Merits will come when people think it is meritable, they shouldn't worry.

I hope so. I will do my best to reach Full member this month. The next target is surely Sr - Legend. Even though it is hard, I will try with best efforts.     

Certainly. I have a plan to make a merit giveaway for JR & Newbie only. I'm still trying to collect an adequate amount. I will make it once I have collected more than 20.

Thank you, buddy. You are also great, it seems to reach Hero rank soon this year. Good luck for us!

Yes, it's true. They will. Just focus on improving contribution and our dedication, they must appreciate who take serious efforts.

Indeed. As long as what you wrote is understandable and readable, don't worry to continue posting. But if you can write with a correct grammatical function and use proper punctuation, then it surely will better.

Thank you so much, buddy. Your support is absolutely very needed. I am very grateful for your appreciation. 

Yeah, you are right. FYI, I have no intention to state the admin arbitrary.  

No problem. We have own view, and it is okay for me.
You viewed from the statistic aspect, and I viewed from another one.

Okay. I will read all the guides, it should be very helpful for me. Thanks

Agree. That's what I also believe in. Keep reporting and don't worry about the numbers.

Thanks for this opinion. I can say that it is quite reasonable if we analyze from the aspect of statistics. But from the aspect of appreciation to the reporters, the number (300) is better to decrease. However, you are right, it is the decision of admin. And it is his authority.

Thanks so much for your support, buddy. I also still have six reported posts because I have just started. Let's do it more. 

Okay, interesting to know it, buddy. Please enclose the link here if you remember where you ever read it. To be honest, I just know about it. And I'm curious about the reason why we need 300 reports to have the history report.

Buddy, please recheck again what I wrote above. I didn't say the reported users got the notification of who reported him. But just a notification that tells him which posts are reported by people. So, no need to know who the reporter.   

If there is a notification, he will know to avoid such posts in the future.

*sorry I edited reports --> posts. That's a mistake.

For the reporter:
1. How if we have the history of report to moderator in each user's profile.
2. How if we have a notification which categorizes the reports. Which reports categorized as good reports, bad reports, or unhandled reports.

For the reported users:
1. There is a notification to the users. It tells the users which posts have been reported by people.

*I have read some previous threads discussing "report to moderator" feature, but I didn't find out such a suggestion as above. Please let me know if I missed something. Thanks.

Yang media katakan tersebut betul. Hanya rupiah saja yang legal sebagai alat pembayaran yang sah di negara republik Indonesia. Hal tersebut sesuai dengan apa yang disebutkan di dalam UU No 7 tahun 2011 tentang mata uang negara kita.

Tergantung di mana tempat situs tersebut. Kalau address nya ada di negara lain, hukum Indonesia tidak berlaku karena diluar wilayah Indonesia. Jadi pembayaran Bitcoin/altcoin tersebut sah-sah saja. Namun jika address nya ada di negara kita, aparat bisa melakukan tindakan tertentu.

Intinya adalah jika alat pembayaran tersebut bukan rupiah dan itu dilakukan di dalam wilayah NKRI, maka bisa terkena sanksi. Tapi ngomong-ngomong vodix ini sepertinya bukan proyek dalam negeri. Jadi jika agan melakukan transaksi dengan vodix, berarti dari transaksi dari Indonesia - ke luar Indonesia. Saya kira ini tidak terjangkau aturan tersebut karena antar negara. 

Kalau menurut sumber yang saya baca, sanksinya adalah berupa kurungan maksimal 1 tahun dan denda maksimal Rp 200 juta. Detailnya agan silahkan baca lebih jauh di sini : https://ekonomi.kompas.com/read/2015/04/09/224600026/Tak.Gunakan.Rupiah.Pebisnis.Bisa.Dipenjara.1.Tahun.?page=all

There were already many cases of scammers using telegram to trap people. I got many times about a message offering to earn money with Bitcoin. But I just ignored all, reported the message, and blocked the user. Remember, no people will share you some money only in an instant way. It doesn't make sense for sure. Let's think smarter to avoid scammer who wants to steal your Bitcoin.

Sure. It is one of the goals why we have crypto coins, right? With crypto coins, we can directly buy without the need for third parties. It must be a more effective, cheaper cost, and faster transaction. Fiat isn't a good payment tool for online shop, it needs to transfer between one bank to another bank. This makes the transaction more complicated.

Proyek luar yang mana yang agan bilang ini? Hanya segelintir proyek yang timnya mau seperti itu. Kebanyakan malah gak ada kabar saat harga drop. Sama saja kok entah proyek luar atau dalam negeri, ada yang timnya bersikap professional dan peduli tapi ada juga yang malah menghilang/gak ada kabar. 

Correct. ICO is losing popularity nowadays. We rarely saw ICOs that can provide fundraising successfully. Most ICOs failed to get funds and the rest failed to keep their token's value on the market. Finally, those conditions lead all ICOs to become dead projects.

By the way, I think some vital factors are :
1. Lack of investors
2. IEO becomes popular
3. No changes on ICO's condition
4. Most investors probably focus on Bitcoin for upcoming BTC halving

What do you exactly want to say with these words? Do you mean to suggest people leave shit-coin and focus on Bitcoin only?
Well, I will never advise my children to keep shit-coins. What for?? There are too many potential coins, why choosing the worse coins. We must know that keeping shit-coins just wastes time and it will be no future, no value, and no hope.

Anyway, can you tell me a bit about what coins do classify into shit-coins category? I hope you won't assume all altcoins are shit-coins.  

Hi, nice to have you as a new member. Please be careful with scammers or fraudsters because there are many of them outside there. They have many ways to deceive people, including offering big profits with instant ways. They target all people, especially beginners or newcomers.

How can he/she guarantee for 100% ROI? And in what way the trader can guarantee to get profits $4,500 in 5 days only? These seem no sense for me. Even a professional/experienced trader shouldn't guarantee profits and surely no exact amount for profit, especially profits just in 5 days.

*I suggest quitting the Telegram group. The trader is likely a fraudster. Do not too easy to trust in instant profits!  

Firstly, I think you don't need to quote all the threads. It is a long thread, quite annoying if you quote all. Just write down your comment on the reply space, buddy.

Why you are so confident that altcoins will have high values in the halving season? Honestly, I am not really sure the altcoins season will coincide with the halving season. According to halving history, the rising phase of Bitcoin will happen one year later. So, altcoins probably rise in 2021, not in 2020. In addition, when Bitcoin rises, sometimes altcoins don't follow it. So, why you don't hoard Bitcoin which has more potential to soar?

OP, the search feature has been recovered. You can use it now without any problem. Please lock this thread!! 

Long term plan:
- I have a plan to make this thread as a place to write my account history.  

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Update on OP currently (March 10, 2020):

Title:
My journey in 2019 - 2020 (Nothing is impossible)

New paragraph:
Today, I have earned 250+ Merits and I am already a Senior Member. Thank you so much for Mr. dbshck as the biggest contributor to my achievement so far. Also to others that always support and appreciate my efforts. I'm lucky to have you all.


*Now, the next target is Hero Member. It seems to be a long journey. But will try my best.  

After around 2 years got no earned merits, finally I earned the first one on December 01, 2019. It became a new stage for my account improvement. Since that day, I can gain several merits in the following days. Thanks to Mr. abhiseshakana as the first merit sender for me. Well, December 2019 is really my lucky month. I never imagined that I can earn 45 Merits during that month.

Today, I have earned 250+ Merits and I am already a Senior Member. Thank you so much for Mr. dbshck as the biggest contributor to my achievement so far. Also to others that always support and appreciate my efforts. I'm lucky to have you all.

From this short story, I want to tell newbies and Junior that getting merits is not impossible. I don't know anyone, but apparently I can still collect merits. This means as long as you want to try serious efforts, people will appreciate your works. Of course, not just any trying, but there are some things that we must be fulfilled. I realize several things.

Thread/topic

• Create a useful/helpful thread or topic.
• Its content should be informative, easy to understand, and clearly enough
• The sentences have a correct grammatical function and written in proper punctuation.
• The paragraphs are made in the right order, from opening to closing.
• The topic is delivered in a simple or straightforward manner. Don't make it complicated.
• Unique. It mustn't a copy-paste/plagiarism work.

Reply

• It should be on topic.
• The sentences have a correct grammatical function and written in proper punctuation.
• The idea/opinion must be reasonable, unique, and factual.
• The idea/opinion has value or something informative.
• It must be better presenting data or enclosing information sources.

Besides making threads or replies, we can do other things:

• Help others. When people asking about information related to forum, exchanges, wallet, or etc
• Report spammers, merit abusers, or bounty cheaters

*The list above is created based on my own opinion. If you have others, you can add it to your lists.

Back to the progress of my account, I really hope it can reach the Full member at the beginning this year. So, I'm trying my best to make more good posts. I am sure sooner or later my account will move on to the next level. And I will still do efforts to go to higher levels. I trust I can, and nothing is impossible to reach.

Finally, I want to invite all newbies/Juniors to stop complaining about the merit system and better start trying to improve your post quality. As many people have proven it, I believe we can do it as well. The point is keeping the best efforts, both making good posts and help others. Good luck for us!!

I agree with Coin_trader, the first sentence clearly refers to bounty hunters or the beginners who rush to follow bounty programs. You are better to revise this sentence if you have no intention to make it specific for the bounty hunters only.

Anyway, the roadmap's goal seems to be an investment. It contradicts the first sentence. It looks like un-matched and doesn't support one another.

Are you sure we have a lack of information? And we have already had some guides/rules, right?

Some basic guide/rules/tips:
1. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2766177.0
2. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=178608.0
3. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=703657.0
4. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1689727.0
5. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1629118.0
6. etc

We have also guide/rules/tips on each local board. So, I don't think we have a lack of information. And the basic guide/rules/tips have already created as well.

For me, a newbie can find out everything if he/she is not lazy. He/she can use the search feature/ google custom search to know everything about bitcointalk forum.

So, you saw it in real life? Not from reading an article/news? Once you found it, just post the picture or the link source if you got it from an article. I am curious to know it since it never happened in my country.

It is easy to get a solution. Just make a payment place at the entrance of the gas station. So, you will pay before you go in.

Actually, I don't focus on this side, but how the implementation of crypto payment can be approved by the governments. It is more complicated than discussing the payment technical.