This is one good reason why your thread is tagged as an attempt to beg for merits,just provide useful Info,we do not really care about Halloween

Satoshi,one of a kind,genius,innovator,creator,invinsible(anonymous)

Thank you satoshi,for enabling thousands live a comfortable life,more others a life of wealth,some others a new home,a new car. Etc
And a million others financial freedom

I definitely would donate half of my BTC in honor of you!!!

You can trade directly with individuals on any platform,be it this forum or on telegram,thats not what matters the most..

What is of utmost importance is that when you're trading directly with an individual,its always pertinent and germane to use an escrow(TRUSTED)service that'll act as a third party in the transactions,so in case anything goes wrong you'll not be losing your money..

But take note that user rank on the forum does not emit trust,the 3rd party must be reputable on the forum and his trust rating must show that as well
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2439910.0
https://www.google.com/amp/s/99bitcoins.com/looking-for-a-bitcoin-escrow-service-consider-this-first/amp/#ampshare=https://99bitcoins.com/looking-for-a-bitcoin-escrow-service-consider-this-first/

Go through those links and you shouldn't have much of a problem completing your transaction

Just like you said exceptional posters earn merits quite quicker than good posters,and good posters quite quicker then just normal posters,and it goes on and on..

I think merits alone are enough to differentiate the quality of a poster
Other than that we have ranks,which is determined based on your merit/activity..

I doubt if we need any other sort of title that will differentiate users in here..
If you feel we do,give us more details about your proposals,for now you didn't quite give much
And probably then it'll be up for discussion

As the old saying goes:Do not judge a book by its cover,your suggestion I'm afraid is not(never)gonna be implemented
Topics of threads do not determine the quality/usefulness of a thread..

A thread can have a terrible topic but entail a worthwhile content
While some could have an attractive topic(that entices one to open them), but with terrible content

And it only takes about a second to open a thread,and another to close the thread if you find it unhelpful

There are about 119 merit sources with about 22000 Smerits generated per 30days
If they definitely do not hand out merits to you, then nobody will(Then it's then down to your own ineptitude)

It's so easy for someone who's failing to blame others for his/her failures

It's only obvious and wise that before going into any dealings whatsoever ever with any member on this forum you ought to go through his/her trust rating

It would only take a second to click on the trust icon on the users profile,whether it's shows visibly or not when the user makes a post or not

It's basically that easy and worth more than being scammed

No one's pitting the both systems against each other,they both perform similar/different purposes, it's just that what the banks are to fiat is exactly in one way or the other what the blockchain technology is to cryptocurrencies(bitcoin)

While banks store our money in their strong room,the blockchain keeps track of every transaction we carry out on this decentralized network,while wallets store our tokens/coins
What the blockchain brings to the party is more transparent and unalterable transactions,and it's one reasons people tend to tip the tech so high

Definitely the blockchain has come a long way in ten years,but no real cryptocurrency enthusiast truly believes it's better than banks or that there is a competition between them both..

The comparisons simply arise because of the seeming similarities between the both of'em,not cos of any competition of any sort

Firstly it's almost impossible to understand what you've for God knows why scribbled down here
Meta has been calm through out today as it seemed the spammers had left the board for other sections,i see you decided to break the duck..

Gambling is mostly for scammers
While bounties are mostly for spammers
So whichever way they both are kinda unhealthy to the forum
Plz fix your English so we wouldn't have to go through hell trying to understand your point(if there is any)

The post was probably trashed,(put in the waste bin) by one of our MODs due to the fact that it's probably unhelpful

Bitcoin is not in any competition with Fiat,noobs get that feeling that there's some sort of battle for supremacy between the both currencies
Bitcoin was called a bubble simply because it has the ability to rise to 200kUSD and fall to --7kUSD that same week, you would be right referring to something as volatile as that a bubble(that could burst)

Fiat is a much more stable currency which holds the economy of a nation,and controlled by the CB of that very country
Fiat is no bubble as it doesn't rise sporadically and fall the very same way it did rise

Scribbling down informations of how I go Into the cryptocurrency sphere wouldn't be contributing anything whatsoever ever to the forum,neither will it be of assistance to anyone or be any bit inspirational,this is not some reality channel..

Please come up with something helpful and something worth commenting on
As for this,its spammy and I wouldn't wanna be involved in that.  

It's basically not about posting,you cant claim you deserve a merit simply by saying you make posts, anyone can come up with a post, even those who asks "when will bitcoin die","are you gonna hodl" kinda post.
It's all down to how well articulated your post is, and how it can effectively contribute to the forum,either you're contributing in real discussions(not spam megathreads, or paid bumping), or you're assisting someone at one point or the other.

But while doing that just simply take your mind off merits and have fun on the forum(through quality discussions),as thats what the forum was created for in the first place

Proofread simply means to crosscheck a written text either for spelling/grammar/punctuation etc errors..This is a recurring problem we're currently facing on this forum and it is simply disrespectful as it disregards the forum and it's members..

This is a public forum represented duly by citizens from almost all countries of the world,when trying to pass across a message that will be read by that much people,it is only proper to scrutinize/crosscheck what you're about to post..

One major reason for this is laziness and negligence,laziness in the fact that one scribbles down points to be posted but doesn't find it necessary to go through it to correct errors made inadvertently or even wrong corrections made by our phone prediction
Negligence is also another reason for this,the feeling
that as long as the forum is anonymous and no user knows the other personally,then there is no need striving for coherence and being totally articulate.

This happens to be one of the reason why noobs do not get merited,no member/merit source will like to merit a "half baked"message or one written incoherently,that others will have to struggle to understand what's being said

Always proofread/go through your post/new thread/comment before posting it, even if you missed some corrections before posting,simply edit the post and correct them before others start viewing them
It'll only help to promote the forum and help one rank up faster

There is no general consensus or agreement as to which is the right path to take while investing/trading,it all has to do with which is convenient for you and likely to yield you profits after you must have studied the marketcap and make your own speculations/predictions

There are investors with a life long investment and wouldn't even sell if the price hits 50kUSD, there are also some who are waiting for a minor pump to sell off, decisions vary so does investments(capital)

Traders aren't much of hodlers and they are in for the short term profits, while investors trade long term (mostly invest with larger capital than the normal trader)and maximize larger profits

You've got 855Posts with no merit, and not just that, going through your post history was really disheartening as 95% of your posts are all in the Altcoin discussion(bounty megathreads),you happen to be one of the major reasons for the new merits system.

Yeah you're right,you sure have been on the forum for a very long time but you didn't care about the forum(you only cared about the bucks you earn),now you're playing the cool guy because you need something from the forum(merits from members or sources),I bet if this new merit system hadn't been implemented you would never have tried to come up with something(really shitty) as this

You bet you,spam is a huge problem in here and we're doing our best to get rid of youSpammers as you they are definitely a clog to the development of this forum
You really need those links more than anyone else

There happens to be a big difference between education and work, education is a process of acquiring knowledge,and this knowledge can be put into practice in diverse aspects of life,one can graduate as a lawyer and up working as a clerk,but by education he's a lawyer,but based on workforce he's a clerk..And come to think about it even at this very time when the world is not totally digital work is still optional,the 👮 cops don't knock on your door in the morning to make sure you're off to work

Talking about technological advancements,it will all be a farce without education,Robots itself are built by highly technical engineers and more and more students are groomed up daily to follow the same line,i think technological advancement would improve the standard of education as the task/requirements would become even more difficult/stiffer..

I also do not think there will ever be a time when half of the population wouldn't have to work,Robots do not go about giving money to people,do they

The purpose of an Escrow in the first place is due to lack of trust,so before two anonymous parties go into trading it's only normal that the neutral third party will be one both parties can TRUST

No one would actually want to send money to an untrusted party,its basically obvious

This to me wouldn't be any abuse of merits whatsoever,i think it's been said over and over again that merits are awarded when someone is contributing to the forum or assisting another member in one way or the other..

If someone provides you with that information(a working liquid hydrogen jet engine),definitely the user is of assistance to you,and handing out a merit to him/her shouldn't be much of a problem

@The pharmacist,this is a perfect example of your point..
The OP couldn't have written any crap worse than this..
@Adolfinwolf earned a lot of merits for putting him in his place
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5052314.msg46992139#msg46992139

It all depends on the project/company you're writing articles for, as the images have to correspond with their project or ICO..

So you simply Google Images of the project over the internet,you can simply type their name up, so many present and past images would come up, so you'll just save them up...Previous articles written by others would also pop up, you just save as much image as you want.

So when making your own very article,you simply insert the images at strategic points you feel correlates with the text you've written above it, that way your article looks neat and presentable,it also shows you spent quality time coming up with something..
Good luck!