Hello all,

I am relatively new in this systems and have therefore devoted most of my time reading through posts in this forum to be better equipped with the does and don'ts and how to contribute and also benefit from this forum.

I thank the moderators for developing the merit system that have curbed spam and other negative tendencies in this forum as evident in the numerous testimonies of improved quality of posts in different sections of this forum. I know this is a work in progress and I believe the leadership of the house know what is best for this forum on the long run.

However, I will need more clarifications in certain concerns that I have which include but not limited to the followin questions:

1. Is anything being done to encourage bounty managers to adopt automated bounty reporting techniques as can be seen in https://www.bountysquad.com/ and https://bountyplatform.io/ as a way of reducing unecessary and substandard posts like bounty reporting?

2. Does the proof of authentication pattern introduced to checkmate cheating also constitute substandard posts?

3. What happens when a user have up to 500 activities but no merit as he is stocked in Jr. Memeber? Do you consider this encouraging? Because I understand irrelevant post are always deleted by the moderators of the various sections and for someone to have up to 500 activities, it means all the posts are not irrelevants.

4. Is anything being done to check abuse of this new system because every new system will always have its weakness?

I look forward to getting good and unambiguos answers to these questions.

There have been a lot of rumors around ETF and how it will determine the fate of cryptocurrency. As a matter of fact, 23rd of August, 2018 is a date many people are looking up to where major news regarding cryptocurrency will be released. First, what is ETF and how do you think it will affect Bitcoin and altcoins? What is your advice to people regarding the outcome of the news?