Peanutswar (Full Member)

His projects:

Bitcointalk game
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5251833

Let's start

1. When and why did you become interested in cryptocurrencies?

"Before I was like the other people ignoring the use of the cryptocurrency likes to be specific the bitcoin and I have a friend focusing the use of the bitcoin and now he bought a car and paying bills at his own so I got curious and ask to help with him if I'm not mistaken the last year 2019 month of November I explore what do I need to learn in bitcoin how to earn and what kind of investment I need to do it takes time,  lot of articles, and videos needed to watch just to understand the crypto. By that, I got a small amount of earning and until now I continue learning more with the crypto."

2. When and why did you buy your first bitcoin?

"I bought my first bitcoin in November 2019 too just for fun investment just to learn. I remember it's only 0.001. After I saw that I make a profit because of the market movement I bought more to get more profit."

3. How did you get on the forum?

"A friend recommends me that I can learn more with this forum and yes he is right."

4. I've seen your Bitcointalk game project, do you plan on adding new useful things to the forum?

"I'm planning to add different features on the game like an animation too, and also it's hard to find some of the questions for the game, data gathering is the hardest part for me."

5. What do you think of the current Merit system and signature campaigns?  Do they harm the forum?

"*skip "

6. The most useful forum topic? Most helpful users?

"I cannot give it one by one but it's a lot because we have different things want to learn so it depends on you too. For me one of the most helpful users on our forum is DdmrDdmr"

7. 3 things you would implement on the forum?

"For me, just one, and this is the real status of the member like a degree holder like that so we know if the person is reliable."

8. Do you trade on exchanges or invest in projects?

"Absolutely yes, in binance."

9. Tell a story about your big profit or big loss?

"One of my big profits is on trading and this is my first week of trading most of those trades are successful ( I'm a daily trader ) and every week I need to meet my quota just to maintain my income to pay the bills.

One of the biggest losses is in trading too, because of getting greedy I already have profit but because of the market signal and the movement I still hold the position and after an hour it's liquified."

10. What do you think about the DEFI ecosystem?

"*skip "

11. Is your anonymity a vital necessity or precaution?

"It's better to be lowkey than getting much attention came from different people also you can move freely without any eyes watching on your steps."

12. The last cryptocurrency book you read?

"Right now I haven't read any book related to crypto because I don't have enough budget right now but I'm planning to buy the book of Cryptoassets: The Innovative Investor's Guide to Bitcoin and Beyond."

13. Advise 3 cryptocurrency/tokens for investment in the next 1-2 years?

"Still, ill go for the bitcoin, ripple, and monero those are the coins still has the potential to make the biggest market profit."

14. How much will Bitcoin cost at the end of 2020?

"Just the other people hoping it will reach the 20k dollar market price but I think it's not quite possible because right now the number of people supporting bitcoin is increasing."

Thanks to Peanutswar for the interview!

The end.

Ratimov (Sr. Member)

His projects:

Ratimov - 1 year on Bitcointalk
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5255365

Let's start

1. When and why did you become interested in cryptocurrencies?

"It was 2017. One friend constantly talked about Bitcoin and Ripple, I got interested and bought these coins, it was a profitable investment. Bitcoin at $3700 and Ripple at $0.15"

2. When and why did you buy your first bitcoin?

"As I wrote above, I bought Bitcoin in 2017, while I was just studying trading and preparing to trade in the stock market, but having bought Bitcoin, I decided to launch it into crypto trading."

3. How did you get on the forum?

"This was the first time in 2018, I started looking for information about crypto exchanges, reviews and other information related to trading, and Google kindly provided this forum in the top. Since then, since the spring of 2018, the forum has been in my bookmarks, I read it every day. I don't know why I didn't register then. "

4. You are the most successful participant on the forum (in 1 year you have earned more than 1000 merit, status DT1 and status merit source, more than 20,000 reports, etc.). What caused these achievements? What are your plans for the future?

"Thanks . Yes, during the year on this forum I did a lot of things and this was due precisely to the craving for knowledge about cryptocurrencies.

- I received many merits because I always shared the information I found, I read English articles that I was interested in and translated them for the Russian community.
- I got DT1 status rather thanks to the fight against account sellers and other scams (I don't like purchased privileges).
- For merit sourse I have all the necessary resources (time and desire) Thank you theymos for approving my application for 2 weeks. I was very lucky, some have been waiting for years.
- A lot of reports is a thank you to the forum. The forum gives me knowledge, and I make it cleaner. Most often I send reports on topics that I read or interested in for general development.

Plans for the future:
Wait until I finally get rank Legendary Wait a long time.  To earn a minimum of 2000 merits. Within the Russian locale I'm already cramped, I'd like to try creating crypto topics in the English section."

5. What do you think of the current Merit system and signature campaigns?  Do they harm the forum?

"Merit system is a good system. It is a stimulant for good forum posting. And it's nice to see that your topics and posts are appreciated by other participants. So it doesn't hurt the forum. Those who say that it has caused many newcomers to leave, it is only for the benefit of this forum, less trash messages will be. In terms of usefulness, the forum will not lose anything from the departure of those who are dissatisfied. Now the forum provides the whole conditions for obtaining a merite, the main thing is to write useful posts and you will be sprinkled with merites. But many people are just lazy.

Signature campaigns also do not harm the forum, but rather encourage participants to share their knowledge and get bonuses for it. Yes, there is a downside in the form of signature shitposters. Well, what can we do, there are no ideal systems."

6. The most useful forum topic? Most helpful users?

"There is no specific topic for me. For me, all topics are useful if they contain useful information and I learn something new for myself.
The most helpful users are those who benefit the forum and its inhabitants. These include creators of original content (OP), translators, merit sources, those who make statistics on participants, hunters for cheaters and scams, reporters, moderators, managers, etc. These are the most helpful users on this forum."

7. 3 things you would implement on the forum?

"1- This is a notice that the text for one post is oversized before it is published. This may be a rare problem in the English section, but for the Russian locale it is a frequent case. It often happens that you write a large text, press the Preview button and everything is displayed there in full. You press the Save button and part of the text, if it exceeds the size, disappears. It's good if you notice it right away, but I've had it happen the next day and I had to type it all over again. It's uncomfortable.

2- The Banned plate in the account profile would save a lot of time. I very often turned to the moderator with a request whether this or that user was banned, because BPIP or Loyce.club do not always correctly show the status of this or that participant. It happens that someone is banned, but there is nothing like that on these resources. This feature would save a lot of time for those who identifying  ban evaders. Or it will save merit source his merit, because there is no point in handing merit out to a banned participant.

3- This is the setting of the tolerance to the ranks that can write in your topic. Sometimes the influx of nubs-shitposter and have to either report on their masterpieces or open a self-moderated theme for deletions."

8. Do you trade on exchanges or invest in projects?

"Only margin trading. In general, I was initially preparing to trade on the stock market, but on crypto exchanges the conditions are much more pleasant for beginners. That is why for 3 years I have been developing this very direction in the crypto."

9. Tell a story about your big profit or big loss?

"It was 2018. July is a month. In one day I managed to earn almost 2 BTC with a balance of 0.6 BTC, but the joy was not long, after a few days the loss for the day was ~3 BTC, margin call"

10. What do you think about the DEFI ecosystem?

"This is a good stage in the development of cryptocurrencies. A whole decentralized ecosystem. But, at the moment, the system is still damp. Frequent hacks, plus token hype. So far, everyone is interested in watching this, but I would not invest yet. The risks are too big, and some operations require technical knowledge, such as the ability to write a smart contract in the same flash credits."

11. Is your anonymity a vital necessity or precaution?

"No, I don't feel the need for anonymity. I even registered on forum under my last name "

12. The last cryptocurrency book you read?

"In particular, I have not read books on cryptocurrencies, I get all the information from Bitcointalk, as well as resources such as Medium, Hackernoon, Reddit and many others."

13. Advise 3 cryptocurrencies/tokens for investment in the next 1-2 years?

"Only Bitcoin. For me, 99% of altcoins are garbage that's not worth the attention."

14. How much will Bitcoin cost at the end of 2020?

"Hmm, I don't really like to predict prices, but something tells me it's no more than $10,000. I think all these funny stories about updating Bitcoin ATH this year will remain the stories."

Thanks to Ratimov for the interview!

The end.

The Pharmacist (Legendary)

Member of the Merit Cycling Club

Let's start

1.When and why did you become interested in cryptocurrencies?

"     I think I’ve written this in a few of my older posts, but bitcoin first came onto my radar right around the time the Mt. Gox debacle was happening.  The price was going haywire, and of course as a result it made the news.  I had no idea what a cryptocurrency was and thought bitcoin was akin to Flooz from the late 90s/early 2000s.  That was some weird form of money that was to be used solely on the internet—and since there was no need for such a thing, it quickly fizzled out.  So in 2013/14 I just figured bitcoin would follow the same trajectory and that anyone who bought it would lose everything.
     I kept following bitcoin’s progress throughout the Mt. Gox episode, and I remember being surprised that it hadn’t gone to zero.  So I did a little research into what makes bitcoin different from something like Flooz and realized there was something a bit special about it."

2. When and why did you buy your first bitcoin?

"     When I finally came to terms with the fact that bitcoin was not some kind of scam, I started seeing its potential as an investment (though I didn’t think then and don’t now think that it’s a great currency).  The technical aspects of it still perplexed me, since I don’t have a background in computers or cryptography, but I finally figured out how to send and receive bitcoin by playing around with faucets.  I fondly remember one called Land of Bitcoin which I don’t think still exists.
     My first actual purchase of bitcoin was a small amount on Coinbase in 2015, probably March or so, and I think the price of bitcoin was around $350.  And man, I wish I still had all the bitcoin I bought at those low prices."

3. How did you get on the forum?

"I discovered bitcointalk when I was following the progress of bitcoin, back in 2013 or ’14 when I was still very much skeptical of crypto’s legitimacy.  A lot of Google searches turned up results linking to forum posts, so I spent a lot of time reading stuff here.  One of the first things I noticed was that there was a lot of drama going on, and a lot of scams.  Another thing was that the forum was extremely lenient as to what you’re allowed to post.  Other discussion forums I’ve been members of barely tolerate disagreements, much less full-on rage fests laced with profanity.  That appealed to me greatly, the freedom to essentially say what you want without having your posts moderated into oblivion.
     I lurked on the forum for at least a year before I finally created an account, and since my technical knowledge of bitcoin wasn’t anywhere near that possessed by the majority of members here, I did a bit of mild trolling at first and I don’t think a lot of my early posts had much to do with bitcoin (lol).  Though I didn’t know what a signature campaign actually was when I registered, I could easily see the result of their existence—a lot of what I read sounded like it was written by a robot or a complete moron, and it was clear that there wasn’t much back-and-forth discussion going on, just members making near-incomprehensible statements….you know what I’m talking about, because we still have that going on in 2020."
  

4. You actively participate in the discussion of reputation issues on the forum. In your opinion, is the DT system fair or has flaws?

"     Bitcointalk’s trust system is unlike anything I’ve seen on other forums, and yes it’s got plenty of flaws.  One of the biggest flaws IMO is that nobody is held accountable for the feedback they leave, since trust isn’t moderated and members are allowed to leave feedbacks regardless of whether what they’re writing is the truth or not.  I’ve never liked the trust system, but it’s become apparent to me over the years that Theymos isn’t too keen on making huge changes to it.
   As far as the DT system goes, I tend to think it worked better before it became a rotating list—but even then, there have been abuses and all sorts of shenanigans that have gone on, involving DT members (not to mention all the drama).  Frankly, I’d be completely fine if Theymos scrapped the DT system altogether."

5. What do you think of the current Merit system and signature campaigns?  Do they harm the forum?

"   Those are two separate questions.  As far as the merit system goes, I’m a strong supporter of it and was relieved when it was introduced in 2018.  The problems of spam, account farming, sales, and whatnot had gotten completely out of control by January of that year, and while there was a lot of discussion about how to combat all that crap, there weren’t any good tools to use in that fight.  Actmyname and I were tagging shitposters in the months before the introduction of the merit system, but it wasn’t a good use of the trust system and was frowned upon by Theymos.  The merit system has done a fantastic job of making it extremely hard for accounts to be farmed, since climbing the rank ladder is now dependent on earned merits—and for the average bitcointalk member it’s very hard to earn merits unless their posts are above average.
   Regarding signature campaigns:  I used to be staunchly against them, but after a while I did join one as I figured I might as well earn a few satoshis by doing what I was going to be dong anyway.  Unfortunately, that isn’t the mindset of the average bitcointalk member.  I’ve long had the impression that the majority of members are here for the sole purpose of earning through campaigns/bounties.  That might not be such a problem if all campaign managers had high standards regarding the quality of their participants’ posts, but that most certainly is not the case.  And the net result of that is you’ll see tons of posts that don’t really say anything and are stretched out to 75-100 characters just so the post will count for the campaign.
Campaigns are also significantly responsible for the plagiarism problem we have on the forum.  Many campaigns only pay for posts in English, and a lot of the “professional campaigners” hail from countries where English isn’t spoken, and there they have a dilemma—and often how they solve it is to copy content from the internet verbatim or use a word-spinning script or whatever, and it’s a plague nowadays.
     Despite all the negatives surrounding campaigns and bounties, I do think they help people gain some interest in crypto, and they also contribute to the bitcoin economy even if it’s in a small way.  In addition, there are some very poor people who can earn far more money in a campaign than they could anywhere else.  That’s an excellent thing (though I wish they didn’t contribute to the shitposting problem as much as I estimate they do).  I have no idea how long campaigns are going to exist for, but I’m not hoping they disappear anytime soon. "

6. The most useful forum topic? Most helpful users?

"  Topic?  I don’t have a good answer for that.  But there are a number of members who are extremely helpful.  Jet Cash is the first person who comes to mind, and I base that on all the work he was trying to do to help new members improve their English.  Some of his ideas fizzled out pretty quickly, but he put a lot of effort into helping newbies without asking anything in return.
   As I said, there are a ton of helpful members, and I don’t want to list names in case I inadvertently forget some and give the impression that I don’t appreciate them. "
  

7. 3 things you would implement on the forum?

"1.   Ban known scammers like all other forums do.
2.   Restructure the ranking system to perhaps increase the number of ranks and create some higher than Legendary.
3.   Impose more restrictions on newbies, and there have been a lot of good suggestions made over the last few years that apparently fell on deaf ears at the top.  It’s an unfortunate truth that most of the garbage posts originate from members who’ve been referred to bitcointalk by friends/relatives/coworkers as a place to earn easy money just by writing posts.  The merit system was a fantastic idea, but I think there’s still a few things that could be done to make it harder for newbies to use the forum as shitposting gig. "

8. Do you trade on exchanges or invest in projects?

" Invest in projects?  Hell no!  I assume you mean ICOs and the like, and I have a very dim view of that entire space.
As far as trading goes, I’ve dabbled in it here and there, but I’ve found the markets to be way to unpredictable and volatile to seriously engage in trading. "

9. Tell a story about your big profit or big loss?

" Sadly, I don’t have any stories to relate about either.  I never made real profits with bitcoin or altcoins, nor did I lose much.  I don’t day trade crypto, which I know is a very popular activity amongst forumites and assorted cryptocurrency enthusiasts.  If there’s a gambling gene, I’m pretty sure it’s missing from my chromosomes. "

10. What do you think about the DEFI ecosystem?

" Nothing, since I don’t even know what that is (though I’ve heard the terms mentioned on the forum). "

11. Is your anonymity a vital necessity or precaution?

" Since I don’t think I could remain completely anonymous even if I tried my hardest, it’s definitely not a vital necessity.  It’s not even all that important to me as far as bitcoin goes, but it is one of the features of crypto that I do like. "

12. The last cryptocurrency book you read?

"  The one and only book about crypto that I’ve read was Digital Gold by Nathaniel Popper, and it was fascinating. "

13. Advise 3 cryptocurrencies/tokens for investment in the next 1-2 years?

"  Eh.  Off the top of my head:  NEO, Neblio, and Tezos.  There are so many, though, and I’m not confident any of them are going to perform any better than bitcoin.  Nor do I think altcoins/tokens are ever going to find a real-world use that would cause the average Joe on the street to want to buy any of them—and if no one buys them, they’re probably not going to be good investments. "

14. How much will Bitcoin cost at the end of 2020?

"  $9750.  My guess is as good as anyone else’s."

Thanks to The Pharmacist for the interview!

The end.

Foxpup (Legendary)

Founder of the Merit Cycling Club


Let's start

1. When and why did you become interested in cryptocurrencies?

" Late 2011. I think it was an article about the Silk Road that first drew my attention to Bitcoin, and I realised that it could potentially solve a lot of problems in e-commerce, if it became more widely used outside the criminal world."

2. When and why did you buy your first bitcoin?

"Early 2012, when the price was just a few bucks. Naturally I didn't jump on Bitcoin immediately after I heard of it; I did a little research first (including on how to buy it in the first place, since this was before there were any true exchanges in Australia)."

3. How did you get on the forum?

"Google, though I mostly use DuckDuckGo now."

4. You rent an avatar from LoyceV. An interesting way to spend bitcoins. Why are you doing this? How much would you pay to rent my avatar   ?

"I rented LoyceV's avatar mainly to prevent anyone else from renting it, while also playing into the conspiracy theory that the merit system is controlled by a handful of "merit cyclers" who only give merit to each other instead of people less deserving. It was originally meant as just a little joke but it ended up getting way out of hand.

The Merit Cycling Club is not currently accepting new members. Sorry.  "

5. What do you think of the current Merit system and signature campaigns?  Do they harm the forum?

"I was on the forum since before signature campaigns existed, so I can say from first-hand experience that they have caused massive harm to the forum from which I doubt it will ever fully recover. The merit system has helped, but not as much as one would hope."

6. The most useful forum topic? Most helpful users?

"I think the unofficial list of rules is pretty useful, or at least it would useful for more people to read it. More seriously, there's still some useful topics in Development & Technical Discussion and Bitcoin Technical Support, though even those sections have not totally escaped the signature spamming that has rendered most of the rest of the forum all but useless for serious discussion.

The most helpful users would be gmaxwell, achow101, o_e_l_e_o, LoyceV, suchmoon, Vod, The Pharmacist, and of course Lauda.   "

7. 3 things you would implement on the forum?

"1. Bring back Ignore button highlighting. The Ignore button used to be highlighted on users who were frequently ignored, which made trolls easier to identify.
2. Introduce a "Banned" rank. This is standard on most other forums, and I don't really understand the reasons for not doing it here.
3. Ban all signature and avatar campaigns (yes, including mine). This is probably the only forum in existence where being paid to post is permitted. The result, I feel, only serves to demonstrate just why all other forums prohibit it.  "

8. Do you trade on exchanges or invest in projects?

"I mostly just buy and sell Bitcoin."

9. Tell a story about your big profit or big loss?

" I'm embarrassed to admit that I did lose a fair bit to the Playtin casino exit scam way back in 2014. There were a lot of shady operators back then, but this one appeared on the surface to be one of the least shady among them. There were no real indications at all it was a scam except for being based in an African country I had never heard of before (which, in hindsight, was a pretty major red flag). As is often the case with exit scams, it was actually a fairly decent casino until they halted all withdrawals, went offline, and absconded with everyone's money. No matter; I can afford to write off a few "educational expenses".  "

10. What do you think about the DEFI ecosystem?

"Is that an Ethereum thing? Because my antipathy for all things Ethereum-based is well known:
 "

11. Is your anonymity a vital necessity or precaution?

"Yeah, about that... As a gender-nonconforming furry pornographer with controversial opinions on a forum with a large right-wing nutjob userbase known for doxxing anyone who gains sufficient notoriety, I expect my life insurance underwriter would say "yes". Also I'm wealthy enough to be a target of all manner of thieves, scammers, and extortionists, but it's mostly just the first one, since I'm inclined to agree with the Red Cross when they say I can't put a monetary price on my blood.  "

12. The last cryptocurrency book you read?

"I honestly forget. It was one of the ones about Bitcoin that was full of elementary information being presented as revolutionary even though it was long obsolete by the time it was published (which probably doesn't narrow it down much). This is why I tend not to read books on recent trends. "

13. Advise 3 cryptocurrencies/tokens for investment in the next 1-2 years?

" Bitcoin, Bitcoin, Bitcoin. Accept no substitutes. "

14. How much will Bitcoin cost at the end of 2020?

"Just over US$10,000, assuming the Novikov self-consistency principle holds and I'm not changing the future by talking about it.  "

Thanks to Foxpup for the interview!

The end.

Comrades, thank you all for your advice, I am working.
I made a spreadsheet, so as not to get confused

1. An interview is not an interrogation. You can choose not to answer the questions, or simply evade the question.
2. I will never ask questions that will disclose your personal information.
3. the List of main questions is formed. Depending on the user's popularity, I will add 1-5 questions or more.

Thanks to everyone who agreed.
It would be great to get a "no" answer instead of silence.

BlackHatCoiner (Full Member)

His projects:

Bitcointalk Stats Live Counter
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5241019.0

Let's start

1. When and why did you become interested in cryptocurrencies?

"I had first heard of bitcoin in 2017, when it was too high. I didn't give that much attention to it (Thank God, I would invest). During lockdown (March I think) I wanted to sell an instagram account on a marketing forum, when a member of it asked me if I accept bitcoin. I told him no because I didn't know how it's working. When I started reading the whitepaper I said to myself, -Oh boy, that's a new chapter to your life. The whole idea, I liked it. So I was very interested. If you search my posts, you will see many questions started by me of how bitcoin works. I think I had messed up some things back then, I was trying to connect the dots. Now I am aware of what is bitcoin, and that's important. People invest into something they don't even understand sometimes."

2. When and why did you buy your first bitcoin?

"If you mean 1 entire bitcoin, never. I didn't want to buy bitcoin, but due to some problems I had with paypal, I bought some. I considered it gamble, but I had no other option then. This happened after I fully understand the bitcoin enviroment. Imagine that I saved my funds on a cold storage and I'm hodling them right now."

3. How did you get on the forum?

"Nice question! From the marketing forum I mentioned above, I was reading a topic called "Your favourite site" in the off topic section. Many said facebook, youtube, instagram, blablabla, but there was a guy who replied with "bitcointalk.org for sure" and he made me curious. I created my account here and yes, I didn't regret it."

4. I've seen your Bitcointalk Stats Live project, do you plan on adding new useful things to the forum?

"Well, I'm upgrading as much as I can. I don't have permission to many things, so this is my best. Of course if you want to suggest anything, I will take it into consideration."

5. What do you think of the current Merit system and signature campaigns?  Do they harm the forum?

"The current merit system is simply perfect. Everyone is trying to create useful posts in order to gain new merits. If a member has 1000 posts and 10 merits, it is clearly that this member looks scammy. Merits also help if you want to buy cryptos from a forum member. I trusted a guy with 500+ merits without knowing him, and he successfully traded with me without frauds. Of course, this isn't the canon.

Now about the signatures thing, I see some issues. Signature campaigns pay per post. I see that it doesn't matter if the post is a quality post. Thus, many members see this place as a money machine and simply spam so they have a profit. I've seen topics started by those people, that their content don't fit with the title. Or topics that misunderstand, like "How bitcoin works?" and he/she starts explaining how bitcoin works... on the bitcoin forum. Again this isn't the canon, most of the bounty hunters of this place make high quality posts.  

Now if they harm the forum... No they don't. If the Admins would force members to have them, they may harmed it. But since we have the option to disable all signatures, then peace my friends."

6. The most useful forum topic? Most helpful users?

"Most useful forum topic... Hmm. Like the one that helped me the most or the one that I really enjoyed reading it? Because both were useful.
Helpful: Forum ranks/positions/badges (What do those shiny coins under my name mean?)
Enjoyed reading it: Satoshi's lesson

Most helpful users in my opinion are surely those:
@LoyceV, @pooya87, @mocacinno, @Vod, @ETFBitcoin, @o_e_l_e_o, @suchmoon. Admins and mods too. Especially this guy: @satoshi  "

7. 3 things you would implement on the forum?

"The first one would be to have a better quote system. Maybe multiquote. But the one we have right now is too tiring for replying, so I would surely change it. Secondly I would decrease the VIP role's price. It costs 50 bitcoins right now... The VIP members bought it when bitcoin's value was too low... And I'm sure they have regret it. The third thing I would implement is to remove some forum limits. You can't make many searches per second (except the google ones), there is no online activity in the main page. This happens because they overload the server. I think that the VIP donations could cover financially this part."

8. Do you trade on exchanges or invest in projects?

"I don't trade no, I only hodl. No investments on other cryptocurrencies. I only believe in bitcoin. Does anybody talk about the 2nd guy that stepped on the moon? This is how I see it. Also, many new projects are having ponzi scheme. So most of these shitcoins fall to 0$."

9. Tell a story about your big profit or big loss?

"I don't have to tell you a story like that. Not in bitcoin neither in fiat."

10. What do you think about the DEFI ecosystem?

"DEFI ecosystem is something new, that will take some years to be more widespread, and that's another thing bitcoin started. I don't know if it existed before, likely it did, but bitcoin inspired many to learn what it is. Fortunately or unfortunately, it is something that no one can control it. But it is sure that it'll make the human freer."

11. Is your anonymity a vital necessity or precaution?

"I'm not Satoshi Nakamoto, but sometimes yes, I don't want anyone to know me. Not vital tho. I can live without it."

12. The last cryptocurrency book you read?

" "The Bitcoin Standard". It is the only cryptocurrency book I've ever read. I liked it, because I had some questions about bitcoin value. After I solved every question I've had, I didn't find a reason to read another one. I have heard the best for "Mastering Bitcoin" too. "

13. Advise 3 cryptocurrencies/tokens for investment in the next 1-2 years?

" Hmm. Bitcoin, ethereum, monero. All of them have a different technology behind. I see other cryptos as the same blockchain type, so I wouldn't invest them.
Bitcoin, because it's bitcoin.
Ethereum, because it isn't only a currency but an entire technology behind.
Monero, because no one will ever catch you (as far as I know privacy matters for monero). Also black markets have benefits using it. So it may go up. "

14. How much will Bitcoin cost at the end of 2020?

"I have no damn clue. Let's say that it will reach 20.000$. I will visit the thread in 01/01/2021 to check my prediction    "


Thanks to BlackHatCoiner for the interview!

The end.

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I have already sent a proposal for an interview to several participants. Now is the weekend, maybe I will get answers next week. If the participant agrees, I read his last 100 or more posts and try to pick up a few questions depending on the interests of the user.
It takes time.
If you wish to give an interview yourself, write to me in PM, we will definitely agree.

Thanks for the feedback! I will definitely contact all the participants mentioned above.
I will try to select interesting questions, so I will have to spend time studying the interests of users.

I will select questions depending on the user's preferences. If the user is a miner, trader or investor, etc., then I will try to ask more professional questions. The topic will develop based on the interests and desire of users to participate in it.

LoyceV (Legendary)
One of the most participants in the forum.
His projects:

[overview] LoyceV's useful data on Bitcointalk
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5145594.0

Let's start

1. When and why did you become interested in cryptocurrencies?

"I don't know exactly, but it was before Bitcoin reached even a few dollars. Unfortunately, I didn't trust the software, didn't install it, and didn't buy it back then. The regrets are real!
I regained interest and installed my first wallet shortly before I joined Bitcointalk on February 26, 2015."

2. When and why did you buy your first bitcoin?

"I don't know exactly anymore, the oldest trade I can find back was a fraction of a Bitcoin in January 2016 (when the price was well below $500)."

3. How did you get on the forum?

"Google, I guess."

4. You have a lot of analytics services on the forum, is it a hobby or a job?

"I'm not willing to share my profession, so let's keep it at a hobby. Or a job. Or both."

5. What do you think of the current Merit system and signature campaigns?  Do they harm the forum?

"Merit made account farming useless, and has reduced spam. Signature campaigns can be good to increase interest in crypto, but only if the campaign manager does his job. In most cases paying a decent amount of Bitcoin means the company has an interest in hiring a decent manager. Most of the signature spam was created when some random n00b paid bounty spammers in made-up Tokens to post as much as they can, using as many accounts as possible to hype their scam ICO and make themselves rich. I think this got a bit better since ICOs lost their hype, and further improved after the Merit system was introduced.
I like to think I improved my posting when I joined my first signature campaign. Knowing that a (qualified) campaign manager is watching my every move made me more conscious."

6. The most useful forum topic? Most helpful users?

"I think both vary over time. Just like top cryptocurrencies, useful topics and active users disappear and new ones emerge ever few years.
I know my useful data, but there's no discussion going on there. I've seen some really interesting topics in Development & Technical Discussion, but those barely get the attention they deserve. I can't pick one most useful topic, and I don't really want to search to make a long list.
As for users: I've seen many helpful users, but again I don't really want to make a list. It's even better if said helpful user is also loaded with technical knowledge and can actually provide correct information. I've seen a few, but don't interact much with them. And that's the beauty of being a helpful user on a technical level: no drama, no arguments, just knowledge! I appreciate them, and I'm pretty sure they know who they are."

7. 3 things you would implement on the forum?

"I used to say I want my own Nuke button, but it's rare nowadays to report scams that require quick removal. I would like to see less drama though, be more Switzerland, care less about what some anonymous guy somewhere on the internet says about you.
Here's 3:

• Suggestion: allow on-forum altcoin giveaways for established altcoins
• Suggestion: nuke Sent feedback from Nuked users
• Create a Rank "Banned" to make clear which users won't respond anymore (this too has been suggested before, but hasn't been implemented).

"

8. Do you trade on exchanges or invest in projects?

"Hey, you lied to me You said there would be no more than 10 questions, and I've counted 10 already
Okay I'll continue: I don't actively trade, and I sure as hell don't trust 99.9% of the "projects" that are designed to make the creator rich. I use exchanges once in a while though, but not to actively speculate on the exchange rate."

9. Tell a story about your big profit or big loss?

"I'm not a big gambler, nor a big trader, so there isn't much to tell here. A big loss would be not selling everything at the peak in December 2017, just like not buying when I first heard about Bitcoin. But that's in retrospect."

10. What do you think about the DEFI ecosystem?

"This is the first time I hear that name. A quick search shows that it has to do with centrally controlled code-is-not-law Ethereum, and since The DAO they've lost all credibility when they abandoned everything they said to stand for to protect their own financial interests. I'm still amazed people fell for that. Smart contracts can't work if the only person who understands the contract is called: "The Attacker". I simply gave up on following anything related to Ethereum, because the entire coin is build upon a flawed foundation."

11. Is your anonymity a vital necessity or precaution?

"Both. I think privacy is one of the most undervalued commodities. People trade their privacy for pennies or funny pictures. And once it's gone, you'll never get it back!"

12. The last cryptocurrency book you read?

"I haven't read any book on cryptocurrency completely. I usually need something specific, and search until I find what I'm looking for. I wish I had the time to read more books though."

13. Advise 3 cryptocurrencies/tokens for investment in the next 1-2 years?

"Although I don't do investment advice, I would bet on Bitcoin and against euro and dollar for the coming years."

14. How much will Bitcoin cost at the end of 2020?

"I'll tell you in January No really, I'm terrible at predictions. If I'd know, I'd be rich! I still have high hopes for the coming months (after the last block reward halving)."


Thanks to LoyceV for the interview!

The end.

Hello!
My past idea did not find support, so I decided to implement it in a different format.

I hope this topic will be useful and informative.
Thanks pa1nxgod I used some questions.

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In DEX Offerings, Open Doesn’t Mean Fair
Cooper Turley (С)
Перевод

В DEX Offerings открытое не означает справедливое

Ситуация с токенами bZx поднимает вопросы о последнем механизме сбора средств в сети Ethereum.

 Команда bZx разместила токены    чтобы претендовать на ликвидные токены BZRX. чтобы претендовать на ликвидные токены BZRX..
Кредитная платформа bZx как и другие проекты Etehruem, разместила свои токены BZRX на децентрализованной бирже Uniswap, добавив себя к волне так называемых предложений  Initial DEX Offerings или IDO. Команда bZx разместила токены на $ 500 тыс. и включила мост для предпродажных инвесторов, чтобы претендовать на ликвидные токены BZRX.

Разные животные  
IDO в Uniswap не похожи на ICO, в которых инвесторы направляли средства непосредственно в кошельки команд по заранее определенным ценовым диапазонам, поскольку автоматическая модель ценообразования означает, что цена токена может начать расти, как только начнутся продажи. Кроме того, пул ликвидности в основе DEX, таких как Uniswap, означает, что трейдеры могут мгновенно выводить деньги.

Предложения DEX также отличаются от листингов на централизованных биржах, таких как Binance, так как любой может разместить свои токены на открытой платформе Uniswap. Теоретически, точно так же, как IDO позволяют любому залистить токены, они также позволяют любому покупать их. Однако на практике это не всегда получается так.

12х Памп
Менее чем через 60 секунд после того, как был ликвидирован пул ликвидности Uniswap, цена BZRX подскочила в 12 раз по сравнению с листинговой ценой с 0,0002 ETH до 0,0024 ETH. Вы думаете, что это верная победа для ранних инвесторов. Однако, глядя на то, что произошло, главными «победителями» стали те, кто запустил скрипты для покупки BZRX в том же блоке, где он стал доступен.

Самая первая покупка на 650ETH была завершена в том же блоке ликвидности, который был добавлен.

«В блоке 10451767 пул Uniswap создается с 1k ETH и 1M BZRX, что предполагает цену $ 0,04, как и ожидалось», - написал соучредитель Dex.Blue Анджело Мин. «Но в том же блоке 3 адресам удалось купить BZRX стоимостью ~ 187 тыс. Долл., Что сразу привело к цене до 0,15 долл.»

По словам Roman Storm, основателя Peppersec, боты не только смогли войти и забрать токены рано, но и, возможно, спамили сеть, чтобы помешать другим войти.

https://twitter.com/rstormsf/status/1282734073081823232?s=20
Roman Storm
@rstormsf
13 июля
Как кто-то заработал миллион долларов за 30 минут?
1. Ждите новостей о запуске BZRX.
2. Напишите умный контракт, который покупает токен на Uniswap
3. Спамим сеть ETH чтобы другие не смогли войти с неудачными TXS

Менее чем через 5 минут, когда команда официально объявила о пуле Uniswap в Discord и Twitter, цена уже колебалась на отметке $ 0,60. В этот момент другие трейдеры собрались, чтобы купить токен, и первоначальные трейдеры смогли продать, причем один из «снайперов» получил почти 500 тысяч долларов прибыли.

С тех пор BZRX резко упал с своего максимума с $0,6 до $0,2.

Преимущество ботов
Команда bZx сообщила адрес токена, время старта и предупредила о мошеннических адресах, появившихся через несколько минут после продажи.

Но можно сделать так много, чтобы дать менее опытным и опытным инвесторам реальный шанс против своих автоматизированных коллег. Как подчеркнул основатель CoinFund Джейк Брукман после первоначального листинга ясно, что "мелкая рыба может поджариться" при использовании предложений Uniswap.

https://twitter.com/sassal0x/status/1282881402657095681?s=20
Энтони Сассано | sassal.eth 👨‍🌾
@ sassal0x
Люди только злятся на то, что они не попали на дешевую распродажу BZRX, потому что кто-то другой опередил их этим.


Событие вызвало дебаты по поводу открытости и справедливости: действительно ли открытые протоколы создают равную торговую площадку, когда автоматизированные трейдеры могут опередить менее опытных участников?

https://twitter.com/kaiynne/status/1282889577166811137?s=20
kain.eth
@kaiynne
Лично я сторонник Rawlsian, когда речь заходит об этике, но я также признаю, что существует жесткий компромисс, когда попытка добиться справедливости происходит в ущерб эффективности. Это вызов, закаляющий эффективные рынки для достижения справедливости, с чего мы вообще начнем?
14 июля 2020 г.

В будущем нам будет интересно посмотреть, как команды готовятся к манипуляциям от пользователей DeFi, увидев, что произошло, когда распродажа не удалась в их пользу. Это, конечно, не будет последним IDO, и ясно, что другие протоколы, такие как Mesa, ставят свою шляпу на ринг, чтобы начать обсуждение более справедливой модели распределения.

https://twitter.com/preston_vanloon/status/1281609559988006912/photo/1
ETH2 decision making..

Игра слов Не до определенного момента времени а с запуска фазы 0 до фазы 2.
Изначально задумывалось что фаза 0 и фаза 1 будут быстрыми и пользователи не получат больших неудобств.
Сеть одна, если их 2, то и монеты тоже 2

Монета  одна, но на переходном этапе у нее будет 2 блокчейна и 2 алгоритма.

Сеть одна, ETH 1.0 будет отдельным ее шардом со своим алгоритмом до определенного момента времени. Виталик планировал быстрый переход, но не получилось.
Вы дождитесь 1 фазы, тогда будет понятны механизмы перехода из ETH 1.0 в ETH 2.0.
Изучите для начала
https://medium.com/interdax/ethereum-2-0-explainer-e996ac7dc006

Как вы уровень себестоимости определили?
Токены генерируются каждый день, и "фермеры" их сливают, чтобы фиксировать прибыль.Когда прибыль закончится, фермеры разбегутся в другие проекты.

Vitalik reacted to the message in the reddit

https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/ho2zpt/ama_we_are_the_efs_eth_20_research_team_pt_4_10/fxj3vfu/

"FWIW I personally quite disagree with this and I would favor launching phase 0 significantly before that date regardless of level of readiness
..
So on the whole I see no reason to take more time for the eth2 phase 0 launch cycle than we did for the eth1 launch."

Это перевод, оригинал статьи принадлежит Lillominato89. Спасибо за полезную информацию!

Привет всем,  я искал аппаратный кошелек и наткнулся на это маленькое устройство, которое меня сразу поразило.


Данный кошелек называется SafePal и поддерживается Binance Labs, Litecoin Foundation и Trust Wallet.

У меня была возможность купить один в прошлом месяце и потестировать, кошелек прост в использовании, имеет привлекательный дизайн.
В коробке находится:

1.Аппаратный кошелек SafePal S1
Руководство пользователя
2.Кабель USB-A/micro-USB
Стикеры SafePal
3. 3 листа для записи seed фразы
Ткань для чистки


SafePal S1 поддерживает более 1500 криптовалют и, следовательно, поддерживает лучшие криптовалюты, такие как BTC, Ethereum, Litecoin, Dash, Bitcoin Cash, Tron, EOS и многие другие.
Здесь представлен обзор поддерживаемых монет и токенов.


Нет физического  подключения: SafePal S1 не использует WiFi, Bluetooth, NFC и / или другие радиосигналы.
Передача данных через зашифрованные QR-коды с двойным сканированием между приложением safepal и кошельком safepal, который оснащен специальной камерой, сохраняющей ваш личный ключ на 100% в автономном режиме.
Кроме того, он имеет криптографический чип EAL5 +, который помогает защитить ваш кошелек от кибератак и в нем реализуован механизм самоуничтожения и удаления данных.
Поддерживает 10 разных языков, включая итальянский (хотя с некоторыми грамматическими ошибками)
Внутри специализированного приложения мы также находим DEX, который подключается непосредственно к Binance, и можно будет торговать вашим BNB непосредственно из самого приложения без необходимости иметь их на бирже Binance.