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!

There is as of this moment no stringent rules against merit abusers, I think at most a red trust by a DT is as far as it goes,or multiple Tags

Merits shouldn't be a method of payment,merits should be earned,and should be given out only when one is contributing to the forum in one way or the other..

For now we do not have Demerit sources,but hopefully it'll be implemented,just as LOYCEV proposed in this thread https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5033455.0
I think it'll go a long way to curb merit buying/Selling,as its definitely gonna be the best solution,merit sellers really do not care about tags anymore as they've already been Tag multiple times,so they just go about selling their merits, so I think a system which stripes them off their merits will go a long way in sanitizing the forum

Even as hard as we try to cut down on spam posts,a permaban for spam posts is not in the rules,the rules are obviously subject to changes,the more reason why it's obviously called unofficial rules of the forum, it's mostly at a MODs jurisdiction,as one could decide to ban for what another may not..

And to make It even more worse,there is actually no proof that they are actually paid thread bumpers, what we are sure is that their input is little value and that means the posts gets deleted.
A ban for a deleted post?, you must be kidding me, so many useful members of this forum,of different ranks(High and low), members that contribute effectively to the forum do at one point or the other have their posts deleted by the MOD for one reason or the other,though less frequently than the bounty spammers

@Justwannaknow's account was banned and he/she just wanna know why

#Classic appeal

Members who have ranked up,at least to the member rank really do not get that buzz of excitement or goosebumps when they receive a merit, they simply see it as an acknowledgement that theit inputs are still very well needed in the forum..
That's why your assessment of merits as liabilities to the sender and assest to the receiver happens to be very correct,giving out merits is an invaluable contribution to the forum, as with that you appreciate a worthy post and also help to encourage other users to thrive and start contributing to the forum, there is absolutely no need hoarding merits, none at all.

I guess this is your question..

Other than the money/capital you have,i think another factor that should affect how much bitcoin you'll want to buy is definitely the situation of the market,youll have to study the market carefully,predicting what you feel will be the next tweak in the price/value...

Also if the market is bearish and the price a bit low, you'll definitely not want to miss the opportunity to purchase quite some bitcoins to make huge profits when/if prices Rise
But in the case of a bull,with limited capital it'll be wise to buy fairly low as prices could drop significantly,so you wouldn't be in line for a huge loss.

C'mon dude,you open a band new account on this forum,simply to come up with something as shitty as this..

You intend travelling the 195 countries of the world for 80 days on a bike,to win 80Btc.. Lol

This definitely by a landslide has to win our award of shitty posts for the year 2018

Congratulations dude,you just earned something,not 80btc though,but an award on this legendary forum

Firstly you need to fix your English, in here we communicate strictly with that.
There is no vendetta against lower ranked members,if you feel you have half a decent knowledge in here,start contributing and rank up,its quite easy for you isn't it??
Who cares about the outside world,we do not have any get together parties or dinners,do we? All we need is your contribution in here,and it's a fact that 80% noobs(You included) aren't doing that at all This is an obvious sign that you really aren't knowledgeable in here,you are the OP, and you're talking like you're quoting some text or something..
Well I'll assist you a bit, OP simply means original poster not Other posters and on this thread,sadly you happen to be him or her

Re-branding you say? Bitcoin doesn't need no re-branding
Every financial system goes through its own fair share of criticism and negativity,even the USD has millions of its counterfeit currencies in circulation,it causes and brings about negative news..
There have been numerous hacks on our conventional financial systems(banks), it definitely brings about negative news from the media and users, but is there any talk about re-branding them..

Even as far back as World War II the nazis were able to forge counterfeiting USD and British pounds,thats so much for negativity isn't it, but this currencies happen to be number 1 and 2 respectively today..

It's just impossible to run a financial system,a medium of exchange,store of value ETC, Like the bitcoin and not expect fraudulent activities that will breed negativity, so why worry about bitcoins negative feedback,instead of doing that get into the system and start making profits of it.


We do not really need bitcoin to be stable,if the bitcoin is rooted at a particular price how then can investors and traders make profits of the network

Connectivity is a very vital aspect of this system,and honestly that's what the mesh network provides as it'll be a very useful system in Africa and most 3rd world countries were poverty has eaten so deep into their system so as to connect the unconnected in those parts of the world,it'll even be much more better powered by our own blockchain technology
https://www.rightmesh.io/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIguaMtaOK3gIVQrTtCh2p8gOgEAAYASAAEgKcD_D_BwE

I came across this,and I think it's a proposed blockcahin powered Mesh network

@Barcode,the OP seems to be a serial spammer, testing out some of his/her options,such as spamming with two different Languages..

Kinda boosts his C.V

The signs are all obvious that a few whales are manipilating the market, sadly enough this could cause FUD and FOMO..

But to whose advantage will it be at the end...
Theirs of course..
I'm so ignoring this news/info

Every system,network,establishment and what have you has its various flaws, criticisms and dislikes ,that doesn't stop activities on the platform or the network,neither does it make the critics wrong or off the mark with their criticisms..

Bitcoin has without doubt been a huge success,but has that come without it's own fair share of crisis and flaws???,the answer is NO

Numerous crisis has rocked the bitcoin,it hasn't halted it's growth but propelled it to greater heights,with that being said you really can't fault people who still refer to the various crisis and they were actually real events

If you work for a pizza company,will you stop work simply because some customers complain that the taste is simply not up to scratch, or will it stop other customers who fancy the product from purchasing it, it's a NO from me

You didn't provide even as little as an information,there is no link or any sufficient information for us to understand you..

More info please

The answer to this is simple,the market is unpredictable,so no one actually knows what's going to happen....

Factors that trigger a rise in the market is currently nowhere to be found,so till those factors are present the market will remain bearish..

So just as @joeperry said,this is actually the time to take advantage of the market,and be in line for huge profits

Self improvement comes from within,you do not expect strangers who know nothing about you to pass judgement on you as to whether you improved or not..

Only you and you alone can determine if you actually did or not, as you alone know how bad you were previously...

I actually do not understand your challenge or what you were saying about this, and this thread actually looks unhelpful here in meta..

So to further boost your improvements generally on this forum,i advice you lock(bottom left) this thread ASAP.

The general market is definitely all about risks, and sometimes to maximize profits one needs to take a significant amount of risk, to be a whale in an investment in the fist place is a risk itself considering the large amount of assets..

So huge market manipulations by whales is obviously very much possible as they are trying to maximize profits and buy at a cheap price, you can call it risky trying to sell your coins,for the price to drop,so you could purchase at a cheaper rate, but to me it's definitely a risk worth taking, though it could be catastrophic if it fails..

I definitely think whales have a huge influence in the market as they own assets worth influencing the market,though we have to control what we actually take in, and avoid FUD, as this could actually reduce the influence this whales have on the market