That's not necessarily true. Sure, majority of scams are nothing but a quick money grab attempts, with minimum time, money and effort invested, and those scammers are often not much smarter than the "target audience" but every once in a while there is a scam attempt that plays long game, and really put some effort into appearing legit.

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Regarding the question of possibility of the same team behind two projects, I would say that it is more of a rule than exception. Scammers usually don't give up after one scam attempt, they keep going on for some time.

Taj Forsage je dobro poznat scam, tu na forumu je bustan jos prije par mjeseci, flagao sam i tagao vise accounta koji su promovirali to smece. Nazalost dosta ljudi ga je promotalo na forumu tako da je hrpa ljudi popusila pricu i sigurno izgubila lovu.
Ti Ethereum based ponziji su sve popularniji u zadnje vrijeme, skoro svaki dan netko prijavi neki koji radi na tu foru. Ljudima prodaju spiku da ako su "smart contract based" da ne moze biti prevara, kao sve transparentno,  ili ko sto mi najcesce odgovore ti scammeri "Ako je moj xyz  scam, onda je i Ethereum scam"

Ocito da ta fora prolazi, ili sto bi rekli, "There's a sucker born every minute".

June is behind us, time a for a new monthly overview of the local boards activity.

Data was taken from @DdmrDdmr Merit Dashboard. I suggest checking that if you want more in depth overview of the each board.

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Number of posts between June 1st and  June 30th

One thing is immediately obvious, when compared to previous month- Russian board is not on the top, and not even on the list, due huge amount of posts deleted for some reason (more than 12,000) therefore getting into negative difference. With the absence of Russian board, German is on the top, followed by Turkish. Most of the  boards that were in the top half last month had less had less activity, like French, Italian, Spanish and few others. Some like Arabic had quite a few deleted posts as well, making them look  less active than they actually were.

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Number of merit between June 1st  and June 30th

No big changes at the top, Russian board is there as always, and German at the 2nd. Turkish board experienced heavy drop in the terms of shared merit, but something like that was expected because they lost one big merit source who was generating huge percentage of their merit. Two other big boards also had big merit drop for some reason; Spanish went down from 429 to 175 and Italian from 903 to 507.

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Merit senders and receivers per local board between June1st and June30th

Previous month was the first time I introduced this chart, and I decided to keep it as I think that it is a decent indicator of the amount of active members on the each board. If you are active on your local board, chances are good that you will either send or receive at least 1 merit in one month period.

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Merit/Post ratio between June1st and June30th

After few months absence due negative post difference, Arabic board is back on this chart. Again they had huge amount of posts deleted, that lead to this unrealistically high merit/post ratio. As expected, Turkish board went down a lot on this list compared to last month. Bottom of the chart is reserved for Croatian local board, like in previous months.

One more fake RadiumX ANN with malware with all the classic signs, and same old github used in many other similar attempts. For some reason these scammers really like RadiumX. Please delete before someone downloads it.

User akashefi12
ANN 📌[ANN]🔥 RadiumX - blockchain protection project ✅
github  https://github.com/Radium-XCore
Archive https://archive.fo/0Q4LY

Earlier this week [ANN] ⚡ [ICO] 🎬 clipX - E-Learning Platform on Blockchain ANN was spammed by bunch of newbie/brand new accounts spamming nonsene like "good project"  and similar stuff. It was most likely an airdrop spam, but when I realized that, they already stopped the 1st airdrop round and bot wasn't not working, so I didn't report them.
This is the screenshot of the 1st airdrop round requirement


Thing is, today they restarted their airdrop campaign, and newbie spam appeared again. But they are smarter now, as they set bitcointalk comments as optional, not as mandatory like the first time, but that is not stopping airdrop participants to mindlessly spam the ANN.
My question is, can that ANN be reported, or by putting that task as optional, it is not their fault that people are spamming?

Evo jedne prigodne pjesme od SvjeCkog Mega Cara, ponekad znanog i kao Rambo Amadeus, idealna za partye u izbornim stozerima dok se cekaju prve izlazne ankete

Rambo Amadeus - Partija

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Vani su i prvi rezultati izlaznih anketa. Budem  povremeno updejtao ovaj post kako budu dolazili i sluzbeni rezultati

Uzorak: 21575

edit:izlazna anketa je updejtana, Restart stoji jos losije

HDZ 62
Restart 43
Domovinski pokret 14
Most 9
Možemo! 8
Pametno/Fokus/SSiP 3
HNS 1

Izvor


Totalni debakl Restart koalicije, sudeci po ovim rezultatima. Sta reci, koju posluku porati . Ako fakat ostane ovako ili slicno, Bernardic treba podnijeti ostavku jos veceras.

Mozemo, Most i Pametno/Fokus/SSiP stoje dobro, stvarno je Nova TV anketa bila najbliza.

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Edit2 Prvi sluzbeni rezultati su vani po  kojima HDZ stoji jos bolje nego u izlaznim anketama. Ako ovako ostane, nece im Skoro ni trebati za sastaviti vlast.
Kakav potop Restart koalicije, ako sada SDP ne smjeni Bernardica, onda nece nikada. Iako, kad im je blentavi, zbunjeni i nesposobni Bernardic predsjednik, kakvi su tek ostali?

HDZ 69 mandata
Restart 63 mandata
Domovinski Pokret 15 mandata
Most 6 mandata
Možemo! 5 mandata
Pametno/Fokus/SSiP 2 mandata
Reformisti 2 mandata
HNS 1 mandat

I was  excited at first too, when I heard the news, but then I read that unfortunately those scrimmage games won't be televised. I don't know why though, as Summer League games are usually available on TV.

Oh well, we will have to wait for a few weeks more, what else to do..

I only watch the video with Robert Herjavec, and you are right, they indeed edited that video. When he was saying "on the behalf of" they cut him off , and then just added the word "team", so we don't really know what which team he wanted to support. That can be heard at around 6-7 secs mark
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PaG0KOU3wI&feature=emb_title

It would also be good to show some proof of those partnerships mentioned, and what kind of partnerships they are. When people see all those big names like Amazon, Google, Goldman Sachs,IBM, Samsung being partnered with some blockchain company, first thought is that it sounds too good to be true.

Scrimmages are like friendly games, serve as practice. So yeah, it is somewhat similar to summer league that NBA has every year. While in summer league teams mostly use bench or G league players, in these scrimmage games teams will most likely use their main players, and each team will play 3 games.


Yep, that's still the plan. But until I see the first game, I am not sure that league will start on that date.


As expected, numbers are going up. But better to get it now, then in a couple of weeks, or even worse, when playoff starts.

Treba uzeti u obzir cinjenicu da su svi ovi boardovi koji su ispred nas generalno dosta veci, te kao sto kod nas moze doci do pojacane aktivnosti, kod njih moze doci do toga jos i lakse, imaju sto bi se sportskim rjecnikom rekli "higher ceiling". To su boardovi koji su na vrhuncu aktivnosti imali i po 5-10 tisuca postova mjesecno a nas board je samo jednom isao preko 2 tisuce tako da imaju puno vise prostora za rast.



Nije ni meni, ali ocito imaju neku racunicu kad ne zele mijenjati pristup.


Merit/post ratio zna jako varati, zato to napomenem u svakoj analizi. Sto se tice arapskog dijela, stvar je u tome da su recimo oni imali 350 postova prosli mjesec, ali je njihov admin iz nekog razloga obrisao par stotina starijih postova, a to ti sve ulazi u statistiku, pa se onda dodje do tog pretjeranog ratia koji nije realan. Zadnjih par mjeseci oni imaju veliki broj izbrisanih starih postova, kod njih je isto neka cistka svaki mjesec. Eto i Rusi su primjer, oni imaju preko 10 tisuca postova svaki mjesec, a sad imaju negativnu razliku, znaci da je kod njih obrisana ogromna kolicina starih postova. Mi sa time nemamo problema jer ni nemamo admina

A i iako manje aktivan od nas, njihov board ima par jakih merit sourceva, te zbog toga imaju i takav prosjek, koji je uglavnom preko 1 merit po postu.

Pretpostavljam da si ti brojao samo merite podijeljene za postove u tom periodu, a ne za merite podijeljene u tom periodu, ali bez obzira kad je post napisan, kao što je slučaj u ovoj mojoj analizi.Znači recimo, ako sam ja dao merit 15.6 za neki stari post iz prošle godine, to se vidi u ovom chartu.

Tako da je skoro pa nemoguće ručno brojati sve podijeljene merite, osim ako baš nećeš ići gledati sve naše membere gdje su dijelili merit, a i to  može biti problem jer netko sa strane može dati merit nekom starijem postu sa našeg boarda.

Ali nije loše imati i jednu i drugu statistiku, imho, obje mogu biti korisne.

Smart move by Pacers and Oladipo, it would be stupid to come too early and risk even worse injury if he is not at 100%, especially with all these things going on. There is always next season, and with hopefully healthy Oladipo, Pacers could be legit contenders, something they they should have been already, if they had a bit more luck.

In the other news, NBA released approved social justice messages that players will have option to use on their jerseys:
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2898775-report-nba-nbpa-agree-on-approved-list-of-social-justice-messages-for-jerseys

It will be interesting to see if some players decide not to wear anything, and how will others take it, will they respect their colleagues decision, as these messages shouldn't be mandatory.

Posto je @SuperTA vec napravio pregled domaceg boarda, onda  ja  necu previse po tome petljati, nego cu samo sherati par chartova sa usporedbom lokalnih boadova, cisto da se vidi kako tko stoji i gdje smo mi u svemu tome.

Kao i uvijek, podatke sam preuzeo od  @Dddmr i njegovog  Merit Dashboarda

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Broj postova u periodu 1.06-30.06

Ovaj put nema Rusa na vrhu, jer su iz nekog razloga imali ogroman broj izbrisanih postova, tako da su otisli u minus, bit ce da je kod njih bila neka velika cistka. Vrh su preuzeli Nijemci, te standardno odmah do njih Turci. Jos neki standardno dosta aktivni bardovi su pali, kao talijanski, te mi se opcenito nekako cini da je ovaj prosli mjesec aktivnost pala.

Sto se tice nas, mi smo tu negdje kao u 5. mjesecu, kad smo imali 792 posta. Sa 802 posta u u proslom mjesecu, nalazimo se na dosta visokom 6 mjestu (realno 7, al eto Rusi su otpali) sto je super. A mislim da je i rasprava uglavnom ok, nema previse mlacenja prazne slame, bar ne nista vise nego na ostalim boardovima.

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Broj merita u periodu 1.06-30.06

Ovdje su standardno Rusi na vrhu, te Nijemci. Ono sto je uocljivo je da su Turci dosta pali, koji su inace odmah tu do Nijemaca. Ovo je doduse ocekivano, s obzirom da su izgubili jakog merit sourca koji je ispada generirao vise od pola njihovog  podijeljenog merita. I dobar primjer koliko puno znaci 1 merit  source vise ili manje.

U tom periodu je kod nas podijeljeno 89 merita sto  je u odnosu na 5. mjesec kad smo imali 63 podijeljena merita primjetan rast, cca 30%.

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Broj  clanova koji su slali/primali merit u periodu 1.06-30.06

Ovaj chart sam uveo u proslom pregledu, tako da sam odlucio nastaviti sa tim i dalje. Mislim da daje solidnu sliku generalne aktivnosti na boardu, jer su dobre sanse da ce aktivan clan dobiti ili podijeliti bar 1 merit u mjesec dana.
S obzirom da je kod nas ostvaren rast podijeljenog merita, nije cudo da je i broj onih koji su sudjelovali u raspodjeli narastao.

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Merit/post ratio za period 1.06-30.06

I standardno za kraj, po nas najneugodniji chart. Nazalost smo ovaj mjesec na zadnjem mjestu, iako nam je ratio bolji u odnosu na prosli mjesec kad smo imali 0.08. Mislim da bi 0.2 ratio trebao biti nekakav minimum, s ozbirom na nasu aktivnost i solidnu kvalitetu.

Sto se tice vrha, Arapski je standardno na vrhu, ali ovaj njihov ogroman ratio je posljedica brisanih postova. Njihov mod je dosta aktivan te vec par mjeseci redovno cisti board, tako da je to izvor te anomalije, ali i inace oni imaju prosjek preko 1. Naravno, opet Nizozemci iz nekog razloga pri vrhu,a Turci ocekivano drasticno pali. Mogu misliti kakav je tamo kaos zbog toga. Par boardova (npr Rusi i Kinezi) fale na chartu  jer su imali negativnu razliku postova.

Opcenito se poredak na ovom chart dosta mijenja svaki mjesec jer jako utjecu ostali parametri, pogotovo brisanje postova, ali jedna konstanta je uvijek prisutna-mi na dnu

New fake ANN with malware , this time RadiumX, with all the classic signs. Good thing that scammer forgot to make it self-moderated, so we can post warning that can't be removed, until topic gets deleted. That will happen soon, hopefully.

User VILLALON03
ANN [ANN] RadiumX . New x16s crypto
Archive https://archive.fo/7P0ix

So one more Ethereum based ponzi scheme, quiet a few of us those appeared lately, and when bull run starts, we can expect even more.

I find it interesting how those scammers usually rationalise and defend their scammy projects with classic line "it is not scam, because it is smart contract based and on Ethereum". They somehow think that if it's blockchain based that it can't be scam. Or at least they think people will buy that "logic".

Broj opet, ima ih 46 i u pie chartu i u spreadsheetu

Ali da, ja sam doslovno pobrojao sve koji su napisali makar 1 post na nasem boardu u tom vremenskom periodu, nisam postavljao nikakve druge parametre osim tog najbazicnijeg. Znaci, nije to da su svi ti pobrojani clanovi bili aktivni svaki mjesec/tjedan  ili sta vec, nego su cisto u vremenskom periodu od 1.1-17.3 napisali makar 1 post. Nije to zamisljeno kao nekakva ozbiljna analiza, nego cisto da se otprilike vidi kako stojimo. A i rucno sam to brojao i gledao, tako da je moguce da sam nekoga i zaboravio.

Ako ostavis bas samo stvarno  aktivne clanove,  znaci nekog tko napise bar jedan post tjedno ovdje, mislim da nas ima cca dvadesetak ( a i to je cisto neki moj guesstimate)


A tamo imas par jakih merit sourceva i to ti je to, sasvim dovoljno da se  hrpa merita shera. Uostalom, znas situaciju na toj temi bolje od mene, jer koliko se sjecam tamo si bio dosta aktivan. Ista stvar bi bila kod nas da recimo neko od nase dvojice ima na rasploganjau 200-300 merita svaki mjesec. Bilo bi ga na lopate, kao na nekim  drugim lokalnim boardovima.

Ali dobro, mislim da je najbitnije da smo po broju postova medju aktivnijima lokalnim boardovima, to je sigurno bolje nego da imamo 200-300 postova mjesecno i da smo prvi po merit/post ratiu.

Great, good to hear that. I often come across suspicious projects (to be honest, at least 90% of them doesn't make much sense) but sometimes it is very hard to find proof strong enough to make a case, so I often need 2nd opinion, and/or help, as I am not really an expert in tehnical stuff, and scammy projects often use tehnical mumbo jumbo and buzzwords in order  to hide their true intentions.
 I'll definitely keep you in mind when I see something dodgy going on (and that is quite often).

Evo ako @SuperTA bude to radio, da mu malo pomognem posto sam ja prije par mjeseci napravio slicnu stvar u onoj temi za analizu lokalnog boarda. Pokrio sam period od 1.1 do 17.3, tako da bar ne mora kopati skroz od pocetka, a mislim da i nece biti puno vise membera dodanih. U tom periodu smo imali 46 aktivnih, a jos da dodam da je to bio generalno najaktivniji period na domacem boardu  jos od kraja 2018.



Nasao sam i  popis membera kad sam radio pie chart, tako  da moze vecinu njih odmah prikljuciti listi

People started ordering phone back in February/March 2019, and now you said that Minephone just went on sale? So what was before then, when people ordered the phones and you promised to distribute them In July/August 2019. 1 year ago.

But yeah, July 1st came and passed, and nothing changed. You are still promising the phone, kicking from Telegram group anyone that asks you questions about it, and still using shill accounts in ANN thread. Business as usual in Bitwings.

They really chose an appropriate name, as same thing that happened with MTGOX funds will happen to those that send any money to this Ether-Flow ponzi scheme and buy those "upgrades".


From what I could see in Tx-log on their  website, this is the address they are using 0xdad9A007Bc9B80f6db26405529D3Fb72745F2033

They claim to have almost 20,000 "players" but current balance is only 3 ETH, so it looks like that their little scam is not working as good as they thought.