I'm surprised your application is yet to be acted upon,theymos added a few merit sources to the list yesterday,i think we have about 123 merit sources at the moment,but apparently you weren't one of'em
Sorry about that mate
Probably in the next inclusion,your application may be approved.
Or probably there's something wrong with your application,we could never know the reason.

We're yet to see if it actually will,i for one am not so optimistic on the effect of ETF and Bakkt, at least for the regulations it'll definitely come with, most people believe they both will herald a bullish trend for the network by attracting more investors,we just have to wait and see how sought after the bitcoin will be after its introduction
The halving itself is still a long way coming,and if we're to go by all last year predictions,we ought to have learnt that we shouldn't prophesy till its time for implementation, as the system is unpredictable

With the vast popularity of the bitcoin and cryptocurrency at least 5 in 10 people have heard about bitcointalk and the bitcoin,though probably only 2 in 10 could probably have taken the initiative to do more research on it and get to know the various advantages it affords them in their society and personal life.
This should be the main question,and I think quite a lot have heard about it,but the number that have actually used or tried to get into the system is minimal and most times its due to what the society affords them and how it portrays the network to'em, for now I don't think there is anything more you or I can do, the internet is there for all to use and develop themselves

Lol, that's much more comforting to know ,probably a P.M could have been the better option for this issue, but starting a thread turned out to be the best,not only is the community discussing the issue,exchanging views on it, but even the president Administrator Theymos is on hand in the thread to clarify a lingering issue on PM's(To him)cos me personally prior to this thread,i wouldn't consider sending you a PM cos I'll feel you wouldn't read it in a million years,so we kinda solved two issues with one thread.

I guess it turned out to be the perfect thread, kudos to TP

They may be wrong or incorrect posts,but they may not be of low quality as the posts could be properly constructed and could have opposite views with the initial post.
Though such views may be wrong,and we've seen that happen numerous times here, when a member is vehemently arguing a wrong cause,but the way and manner in which he or she presents the case makes it worthy but doesn't make it correct

I think it doesn't make the post of low quality except of cause if the post is totally off from the initial or previous correct post as opposed to it being a slight difference in opinion

Very necessary,and it's sad this days many users hardly do that,they just skim through the original post and fix one thing here and there,just as was done here, I really do not know the reason for that, probably to fulfill signature requirement or probably laziness to read up replies
But that's the only means by which the conversations remain sane and on point,just for a moment @manfredmann almost took us off-topic.

Anyways,congratulations to ETFbitcoin
It'll be best to lock the topic to avoid this scenario again  

For the fact that the names are weird,doesnt indicate in anyway that they are shill accounts,most forum members would like to register with their real names or at least a nickname,but more often than not,due to the enormous number of entrants daily,such names had already been taken by another user, whether active or inactive.
So one just goes after a random,sometimes meaningless username in the hope that it's a free one, and If it is,why not......

The old system was actually not that much effective,and it was not really easy for the administrator handling numerous recovery issues,the more reason why there's been an upgrade on the methodologies of recovering hacked or stolen accounts
I think I saw a post recently on the recovery process coming along pretty good
Just follow the steps linked by S_Therapist,and I doubt it'll be too long before you have your account back, as long as due process is followed accordingly.

Nothing other than reporting such spam bots to the moderator,and you can also report spam posts and mega threads in this topic spam busters

Just as you said there is as of yet no more new or effective method to handle the situation,but reporting those threads works just fine

Just as I commented in a thread some minutes ago,its really been a good 2019 thus far for the bitcoin community in terms of post quality,and if we keep moving at this pace it wouldn't be long before the shitposters actually find less of threads their knowledge would be able to comprehend effectively
Especially in the poor African countries ravaged by poverty as a result of poor governance,and incompetent government,the more the knowledge of cryptocurrency spreads to such areas,the better for them,but with a reasonable lack of knowledge about the system(over there)it maybe difficult to inculcate to a reasonable degree

O-e-l-e-o is one of them https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5093287.0
And his application was approved speedily,it shows things are rather moving up quickly in here(2019 hasn't started bad at all ) and also the fact that his posts are all quality and he sure will be able to judge which post is worth some merits.
Now there would be less dearths of Smerits in your portfolio,as I can relate/understand how frustrating it is to come across merit worthy posts but not having the Smerits to splash out.

But on a second thought, judging by your spending rate,i don't think it'll be long before you complain about a shortfall again

Can one apply at the moment,in anticipation for a spot sometime or the other/soon
Or should we wait for a spot to be available and advertised by the manager

I'll love to apply and advertise for this project/campaign

The only reason why people feel this crash is somewhat strange is cos of the bubble last year, it rose believe,even among those who had a clear paltry knowledge of what the bitcoin investment is all about.
This belief even rose to the extent of the feeling that the bitcoin would resist a crash,the hype was just so much and everyone was looking to make money and zoom off
This is the reality of things,bitcoin is not a get rich quick scheme

You have actually done something similar in the past.https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5062649.msg47546891#msg47546891
And it didn't still seem to deter them(quote abusers) it's just an Indication that people will keep quoting and you'll keep meriting undeserved shitposters,and they'll keep ranking up to earn higher in here from the very same shitposting.

I understand you wanted to make a point,but in this forum today,most users pay less attention to that,they just do as they please

This is indeed a welcome development ad simply goes go show that you're really putting in effort to make the forum a better place and more accommodating for every user.
What most users must understand is that a change in the system takes time to implement as numerous factors would have to be put into considerations,this has really been a long time coming,but it's better late than never.
Good work theymos!

Well to hodl looks like the last resort for now, probably maybe except one is still yet in profit,thats the current price is less that what the user purchased for,that will be the old boys who bought bitcoins a long time ago
If not that selling would mean losing,but hodling means you've not yet gained nor lost, thus if you do not have any big problems in real life, hodl on then

There is no need spilling wrong informations,its a bear market today for the bitcoin,and that is not in doubt,whatever theories you bring out to back up your claim,does not still change the fact that the market is in a state of decline which ultimately means the market is bearish.
Can you give us a little proof as of your claim of "bitcoin founders" having an effect on the price of the bitcoin,i wonder who this founders really are

Yeah,i think stop--loss is an effective measure to at least reduce the effects of loss,and reduce the amount in an investment we probably could have lost
It's best to implement it and not keep hoping,because most times one could be wrong and the price plummets to little or nothing.
Just as there happens to be no quick way to be successful in real life,that also applies in trading,it takes numerous measures to be able to successful in trading

There are many softwares I think that enable one to do arbitrage trading,but in my opinion,its not so profitable and embodies high amount of risks
Checking out for minor difference in price on different exchanges,could be tasking and the disparity isn't much most times to accrue anything worthwhile.
It's better to trade the normal way

Considering the way and manner in which you've put this deleted post"appeal",I do not think we have to look far to know the exact reason why your post was probably deleted and may keep getting deleted.
It's best if you post in your local boards at least until your English cones up to the level of being coherent to say the least