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Other / Meta / Easy way to check for copy pasting on the forum
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on: July 29, 2018, 04:44:47 PM
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This is my first guide (if you can call it that), so be lenient with me:). It was a pain in the * to constantly search for text, add "site:bitcointalk" to my queries and so, I tried to see if I can do this with a single click. Surprisingly, it's easy as pie.  - I've downloaded this extension for chrome:
It's called Context Menu Search, probably there are better ones but it does its job https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/context-menu-search/ocpcmghnefmdhljkoiapafejjohldoga- Went to "Manage current options"
 - Modified the search querry for google:
- Now, to the text phase on the most recent posts page (I don't use patrol because it's full of the bounty section posts).
Believe it or not... The first guy at the top of the page was a copypaster:   - Going to the page where the original was: (and double check to make sure it is really a copy paste
 It's not 100% reliable as Google does not index all and sometimes it shows some half matches first but since it's just a click away to uncover a rule breaker when you're suspicious of something it's pretty nice to have it around. Of course, it can be configured to search for the "exactly this phrase" on the entire web also, not just on bitcointalk.org. |
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Other / Meta / New rank idea: Bounty Member
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on: July 20, 2018, 10:04:40 PM
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New rank idea: Bounty Member I was reading marlboroza's topic " Theymos help us fight against scam ICO's" and I remembered a post by theymos: What do the people who operate these bounties think of the newbie invasion? Also, people should not be required to post in order to get paid; that's already against the rules.
An idea I had in this vein was that upon registration you'd have to pick one of two paths:
- "I want to discuss things"
= Banned from all money-making/spam-hotbed sections until Jr Member
- "I want to make money"
= Banned from the more serious sections until Jr Member
= You have to pass a quiz before posting which tries to inform you about basic forum rules, how not to get banned, maybe some basic English knowledge, etc. (Quizzes are pointless to stop dedicated spammers, since an answer key will quickly be compiled, but it may help in cases where clueless people are ending up here.)
Not only newbies and Jr Members are causing problems, as time passes and merit flows to every corner of the forum there will be a lot of other ranks with pure spammers, not taking into account older accounts and hacked ones. So, my idea is to introduce a new rank: Bounty Member. A rank that you can get by simply checking an option in your profile, but once you do that you're locked as a Bounty Member for at least 14-30(?) days. Now what does this rank do, or actually what can't you do without being a bounty member: - Only bounty members can post in the bounty section (normal members can still start a topic, for obvious reason as campaign managers) But, once you've gone the path of a bounty hunter, expect a cruel fate: - once you try to enroll, you're going to get 3-5 questions, just like theymos suggested, you don't pass them, your bounty hunter application is thrown in the garbage bin and you can't apply for the next 30 days. - those questions will hunt you all the time as each activity period you're going to have to answer another set. - a large part of the forum will be closed for you, you're going to have to say goodbye to some areas and live in the wilderness of the altcoin section and local(?). - goodbye post bursting, you're going to have to wait like a predator for a 360-600(?, again open to debate) delay between your posts, no matter what your rank is. - there is no merit in bounty (self-explanatory)  Others can be added or some subtracted, and of course, the whole idea can be trashed away  |
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Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Xmas & New Year's Eve vs Mempool & tx fees
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on: December 21, 2017, 08:40:46 PM
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We all know it, the mempool is at around 250k transactions, fees are through the roof and....Xmas is coming. I know that not all the world is Christian but the part that matters is celebrating Christmas in a few days. The most interesting fact is that the two days of Christmas are on Monday and Tuesday which means a long weekend and the same happens with the New Year. Basically from 23 to 2 , out of 11 days, 4 are normal weekend, 4 are Holidays around the world and only 3 are normal working days. So in theory even bitcoin transactions should decrease by a lot. Of course bitcoiners are not what you call normal, but still we should see a drop. How big? Or is the spam going to supplement this? Btw, I just love this graph: https://jochen-hoenicke.de/queue/#2w |
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Other / Meta / Account farming ?!?
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on: December 06, 2017, 03:56:35 PM
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I've run into a thread that had only newbies posting and when out of curiosity I checked their profiles they are all posting in the same threads in the same order.
Since multiple accounts are allowed, is account farming banned?
Should I start reporting them?
I'll post the links with the usernames after I get a response.
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Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / WallStreetJournal - Nasdaq Plans to Launch Bitcoin Futures in First Half 2018
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on: November 29, 2017, 06:26:45 PM
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I know it's more like something for the press section title but it's too important not to get a thread: https://www.wsj.com/articles/nasdaq-plans-to-launch-bitcoin-futures-in-first-half-2018-1511968313?mod=e2twNasdaq Inc. and broker Cantor Fitzgerald LP are looking to join the rush on Wall Street to trade bitcoin, which powered above $11,000 on Wednesday.
Nasdaq aims to launch bitcoin futures in the first half of 2018, according to people familiar with the situation.
Separately, Cantor said it is seeking to launch bitcoin derivatives on an exchange it owns, also in the first half of next year. The moves come after two major Chicago exchange operators announced similar plans for the digital currency. One of the people said Nasdaq is trying to differentiate itself from rivals CME Group Inc. and CBOE Global Markets Inc.—the two Chicago exchange groups that have announced plans to launch bitcoin futures—by designing a futures contract that better tracks the world-wide price of bitcoin. Nasdaq has briefed market participants on its plans, this person added. So, Nasdaq and futures and derivatives. The news will probably make BTC price go nuts, we are seeing close to 11k right now. Forget the Moon, we're hitting Mars now. But with all the hype I must say that whenever I hear the words futures and derivatives I get a very very bad feeling. |
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Economy / Economics / Why market cap is irrelevant
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on: July 16, 2017, 03:03:36 PM
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Data from the last 24h:
Total market cap of bitcoin and some unnamed shitcoins in last 24 hours
72 billions > 64 billions
24 hours trade volume 3 billions(including trading between shitcoins)
Even assuming all the volume was from sold coins the market cap went down 3 times more.
So everybody concern with the fall in market cap and billions evaporated please take a break and breath.
There is no Armageddon happening, no whales running with billions, no Chinese mafioso withdrawing trillions from the market.
There are 1 million coins with 100$ price.
I sell 1000 coins and the market cap drops to 99$.
I pulled out 100 000$ but the market cap dropped by 1 million.
Marketcap is irrelevant.
And this should scare the shit out of people who invested in coins based on their rank on coinmarketcap.
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Bitcoin / Mining / Statistics about past mining profitability
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on: April 05, 2017, 11:52:04 AM
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I've been away for some time from the forum and I need a bit of info for a material about bitcoin mining past and what might be in the future
I'm calculating profitability only in terms of electricity bill/ profit in usd , I'm not taking into account roi or anything else, also not interested in the so called free electricity.
So I need the data about the most efficient miners in the past two years.
As I understand the s9 was released in June 2016 and the s7 in august 2015 (correct me if i'm wrong).
Were those two the most efficient at any given time or do I have to take others into account?
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Economy / Marketplace / Looking for exchanger script
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on: February 01, 2014, 12:58:34 PM
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I've been searching for an exchanger script for a while.. I've stumbled upon openex https://github.com/r3wt/openexbut it seems incomplete and with a few serious bugs Anyone knows about a better solution. And if not free , at what price ? It doesn't have to be anything fancy , just to support a few coins pairs. |
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Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / How much space you use with alt blockchains?
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on: January 15, 2014, 11:33:58 PM
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With this invasion of alt coins and their growing blockchains I always wondered how many people are indeed running a full node for multiple coins.
Is there somebody who has 5-10 different clients running the same time? How much space are your favorites using on your hdd? (or ssd).
And most important , which ones?
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Economy / Speculation / Christmas trading
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on: December 19, 2013, 07:41:13 AM
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Hello,
I wonder how things will unfold this Christmas.
Sure , lots of people will stop doing trades , watching the prices on x-mas and during New Year , but a lot won't.
How many traders will still be active these days? And will some manipulator try to take advantage of this?
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