I'm not sure if this is the right place to post but this merit system which was implemented less than a week ago people have already started misusing it or started giving merits with their alts.

Here's one example : https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=merit;u=1122909

The account : https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1006592 (nioschka)  , https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=131333 (already red tag before ) (wwzsocki) and https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=809237 (I.Grozni) are sending high amount of merits between them for no reason.

Another example : https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=merit;u=1122909

This has been between the accounts : https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1036967 (Andrew1709) and https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1122909 (Balzhi)

Basically what I'm trying to state is the merit sent isn't really because of the post but maybe a self agreement between the two or maybe their alts. If you guys see more activities similar to this report here.

Additional cheaters :

Sent 50 merits : https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=merit;u=831236 i guess he was reported before but he doesn't seems to be tagged.

Let's compare the two in various ways :

Security : Both sites support 2FA authentication which isn't completely safe but adds a bit of security to our accounts.
My experience: Once was doing a trade with someone and he wanted some proof so we used team viewer which showing him he tried to release the funds but because of my security settings he failed miserably.
For more visit :
Regarding paxful i just created a new account and transferred the funds as i was setting up 2FA and email security my funds were already stolen.

Support: Paxful has a live chat available most of the time but when my account was comprised withdrawal was pending and i couldn't cancel it i told the live support they told they can't do it unless i show some proof when they finally agreed after 15 min of chatiing it was already sent to the blockchain.
Local bitcoins no issues with support it is sometimes a bit slow but overal they provide me with the appropriate solution.

Sellers : Local bitcoins surely has way less amount of sellers than paxful but most of them are legit unlike paxful who create 100 accounts and give positive feedback to there trading account.

What do you guys think which is better? Do you agree with my comparison let me know

Profile link : https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=97101
Amount scammed :
Message from scammer :

I saw you applied for signature bazista campaign managed by atriz

am running a new campaign for next 6 weeks why not join my campain

follow this link to visit or website and then applied

slots are

10 Legendary
10 Hero
10 Senior

phishing link won't post

What happened: I got the above message , he already has red trust not sure to how many people he sent this message but when you click on it it takes to some other domain which has the same login page like bitcointalk.org
If anyone received this please don't login it will probably steal your account details. Please report if you notice anymore activities.

The revolution happened today another split occured known as bitcoin gold. Helps small miners , all bitcoin holders holding 1 btc get $450 approx for free etc. But no one really talked much about the SegWit which was announced in august right after bch was created. It didn't grab much attention because it is happening after bitcoin gold.
What do you think alts have finally started to increase by great numbers



Will btc reach $7k this time? Alts going to crash again or people will stop caring for forks?

More info : https://www.coindesk.com/block-494784-segwit2x-developers-set-date-bitcoin-hard-fork/

 Since yesterday news has been circulating that russia is going to introduce barriers to crypto currencies because it is being used for illegal activities, tax evasion , etc etc.
Today bitcoin news came out with another article that putin doesn't want the central bank to put too many unnecessary barriers and it is relevant for the whole world.
What do you think?

Source : https://news.bitcoin.com/putin-central-bank-unnecessary-barriers-cryptocurrencies/

Update 1 : Regulations are going to be put in place

https://news.bitcoin.com/putin-confirms-russia-regulate-cryptocurrencies/

Someone or the other would surely make this post one day or another I'm mainly going to focus on the signature campaign for now and on the exchange just a suspicion.
They recently started a signature camapaign and giving payments per month without doing anything. I posted this on there thread and obviously knew it would get removed : https://imgur.com/a/LSYij plus i never got my reply all participating in their campingn please don't cry later for not getting paid not saying they are going to scam you just informing you that there might be a chance of you getting scammed.
Secondly about the exchange most thread are self moderated and they are removing any questions asked and it's not fine because they are a exchange and money is involved most people on this forum might never use it but there are still many newbies out there who might miss judge it.
Again i don't have any proof that it is a scam but please use any servies with caution because recently a bit simlar site weimixer did the same campaign thing but paid and disappeared with many people's fund.

Many users have recently been facing many issues with poloniex and with the new terms many traders switched to bittrex or any other exchange. Bittrex volumes increased significantly but poloniex noticed that and started listing so many coins in a month like cvc , zrx , etc to still be best.
Another instance is 1 month old but makes sense it is bch or bitcoin cash whatever you call , mostlt every exchange credited it users bch and the price was going up and down but finally it ended up at $350. On 14th august poloniex credited it's users just after 3 days of listing it the price rose to $500 and then continued and became stable at $600+ few days back nothing else happened during this duration.
Let me know your thoughts am i right or just exaggerating.

Reference: https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/bitcoin-cash/historical-data/?start=20170613&end=20170913

So i was selling btc for PayPal i knew a way to be safe from chargeback i found a seller he gave me his skype he told we'll use localbitcoin for escrow we did that he sent the funds but when i checked my PayPal i didn't receive anything he told to teamview i opened and showed my PayPal nothing was there he told to see the proof in localbitcoin i opened it and then he tried to release funds but luckily i had 2FA so he failed miserably
Profile url : https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=828899
Amount : 0.02 tried to scam
I was safe as i used 2FA but some newbies may not have that feature
Scammers skype : sherrysid786@gmail.com
His paypal id : gbmasari@gmail.com


Proofs :

http://imgur.com/a/S3Ma3

He cancelled when he couldn't release the funds uploaded fake proof please beware


Edit :
First lie

its not my email id nor my skype

Proof :
http://imgur.com/a/cICw5

Second lie

proof(screenshot):


https://ibb.co/chDGEk

Nice editing not gonna lie also how is that possible i sent you 2 messages at the same time same minute and even the same second

Proof :
http://prntscr.com/g3l65d

The only message i sent i will allow any reputable member to check my account if he finds this message i will pay you 100$ worth of btc and won't take your scam paypal if you wanna prove this allow someone trusted to see your account or the admin and show me when i sent you this message


Skype 3rd lie  :

https://prnt.sc/g3l4er

Another lie

and i never use localbitcoins and this is someone else you are dis-reputing me for nothing

Proof : http://prntscr.com/g3l7jf

4th Lie :

this paypal is just mine and i know you got it from my profile

Not your paypal then how did he send me your paypal and even verifed when i sent a payment request
Proof of paypal : http://prntscr.com/g3l8dt
Proof of him agreeing he got $1 request : http://prntscr.com/g3l9ui

I request if some reputable takes a look at this matter and if needed tag him so he can't scam in futue

Will only go with trusted users have 0.039 btc will exchange at preev rate. Post here or pm me
Edit : 10% fees plus have 0.017 on local bitcoin if anyone wants tot trade that let me know

Did a trade with : https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=321554  Thx

Now most of us have surely tried trading in past and maybe stopped because it didn't work or you got sufficient profit , etc etc.
But most of us are surely annoyed by few things like :
1. You place a buy or sell order of 1 btc and someone else to be on top puts his order are 1.00000001 btc.
2. You try to pump a coin and be successful, buy when you place a sell order you are outnumbered easily and sometimes panic and get a huge
3. You are holding some coin and got a decent profit, so you plan to sell it and next the price get's
4. As buying and selling mostly doesn't require and verification so maybe on mobile you press buy or sell when you don't want to do it.

Got more funny moments feel free to share them below

I'm pretty sure most of you on the forum have heard about byteball because of their extensive signature campaign and obviously their twitter campaigns. But did anyone of you notice the price of it. I remember in march byteball had a price of 75$ or something around ot. When i was going to coinmarketcap yesterday the price has boomed to freakin 500$. What are your guys opinion and anyone of you were holding it?

Hi everyone i decided that I'm going start trading with a higher amount now so i needed all your fellows helps. The amount would be from 0.4 btc to 1 btc max. Now what i was planning is use half of the amount in a lower price buy order and with rest amount buy as much as i can for a decent profit. Now i have traded in past with all the useless coins so i decided not to risk such a high amount and instead trade only on trusted coins like xmr , dash , eth , maybe ripple and all the top alts which have high trading volume to prevent futher loss.
If you guys have a better strategy please do share with me or any suggestions to my strategy would help. I'll mostly start from sunday if not whenever i start ( mostly by this week) i will post my results.

Selling 0.2 btc for western union PayPal at 5-15% preev rate. I will cover the escrow fees you pay western union fees.
Also looking for paysafecard and any prepaid gift card which works for different currencies at 20% preev rate.
Would like to everything in one go

Delete

Signature spammers plz ignore this

Now recently i have seen many people complaining about the bitcoin transaction fees and the time to process payments. I have been using xapo as my wallet since starting and i also feel that this is the wallet for the solution to both of these issues.
Now xapo normally sends all your payments instantly who's value is 0.01 btc or more. For the rest it may take 24 hours. What i have noticed is is that xapo doesn't take any fees when you send it instead they group multiple transactions to save fees for the smaller amounts and for bigger amounts doesn't charge any fees. In terms of speed also most of the payments i send i confirmed within 20 minutes. Let me know what you think about xapo or your experience or opinion about it

I have around 0.2 btc i would like to exchange full 0.2 btc or maybe 0.1 btc to PayPal as friends and family. Looking for trusted people only, leave me a pm or post here your rate.

I have a windows vps which has around 11-10 months remaining. I bought it for a reason but now i don't need it anymore. Give me an offer and if i liked it you can take it.

Hi everyone I'm here with another post this time it is kind of different.
First of all i needed your help to let me know all the new legit coins which are accepted by few more exchanges who have less market cap
Now the idea i was basically thinking of pumping a coins price and keep pumping at a really good profit and then dump it. Me and few of my friends and relatives have collected and have around $200k.
Doubts
1. Is something like this even possible as there are many coins out there with very less market cap
2. What if the coin we invested in decides to scam us
3. Do you think anything like this can be done with a bit more trusted coins like eth,dash, monero , cloakcoin etc. We are just looking to pump a coin and then dump it for a good profit. Our next plan is to invest for long term in btc with profit only.
Let me know your thoughts and suggestions as we don't want to hurry with such a huge amount.

As we all are aware that the price of bitcoin is drastically going down so can we called this a trading opportunity.
What i was thinking is all the people who are currently holding bitcoin can convert it to any alt like maybe monero and let the price of bitcoin go more down and then buy when yiu think the price won't grow more.

Disclaimer:
I would recommend only for those people to do who will get some sort of profit by selling their bitcoin if you purchased at a higher then i would recommend you to refrain from doing this.