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421  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Will Blockchain replace the SWIFT system used by Banks? on: May 30, 2019, 01:04:36 PM
It's definitely something that seems inevitable, if we're looking at the trends with Ripple & now Stellar as well.
Now, I've heard many people say that banks won't let this happen, but I feel that they will have no choice in the end.

They can either get in early (because some of their competition will do so) or they can be left out.
Now, that's not to say banks won't come up with their own solutions, but those might also actually become compatible with Ripple and Stellar etc.
422  Other / Meta / Re: Bitcointalk 10 Year anniversary coin/token? on: May 30, 2019, 11:57:50 AM
I really like the design, I'm already wondering how the wizard would look on an actual coin.
Anyway here's what I think:

Not funded, to keep the price down
Preferably silver
No engraving, again to keep the price down.
423  Bitcoin / Project Development / Re: Coinbound Podcast - Marketing in the age of cryptocurrencies and blockchain on: May 30, 2019, 11:03:13 AM
Very nice .. would like to know your thoughts on using twitter in crypto. Because there is lot of noise with junk ICO spamming etc

Not OP, but they actually talk about this in the 4th episode of the podcast, there's a really interesting discussion about it with The Crypto Curator.
It's not too long, just around half an hour.
424  Economy / Service Discussion / Re: Bitblender inaccessible, need to withdraw savings on: May 30, 2019, 09:29:29 AM
Little bit off topic, but I'd be very wary about using any blender at the moment, I really suspect that more will be closing down eventually.
It's because Europol has been cracking down on blenders lately and charging them with money laundering.

Bestmixer has been taken down and it would be naive to think that they aren't keeping an eye on the other ones.

Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/europol-shuts-down-200-million-crypto-mixing-service-bestmixer
425  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: What are some things all gambling websites/apps/games should have? on: May 30, 2019, 09:12:47 AM
There are probably hundreds of topics here that ask the same question and people always say the same.

  • Provably fair
  • instant payouts & fast deposits
  • Low house-edge
  • Fun & unique games
  • Fast website
  • Good customer support
  • Good reviews from other players
  • Active chat
  • Many bonuses & promotions, preferably without rollover requirements
  • No KYC
  • Lucrative investment options
  • Support for different popular coins
  • Light/dark theme
  • Decent autobet feature that allows you to automatically play different strategies
  • Secure accounts - ability to add 2FA
  • Decent affiliate program

I think that's about it really, I wouldn't know what else to put on that list.
426  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Stop playing the lottery, this is much better... on: May 29, 2019, 08:35:51 PM
Aww man, how many times have you posted something similar before?
And every time people fall for it again...

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4705209

I'm sure you've posted it many times before in your replies to other topics.
427  Bitcoin / Project Development / Re: Are there any BTC holders in the house that collect valuable domains? on: May 29, 2019, 08:15:54 PM
I don't know much about trading in valuable domains, but would a .holdings domain really be worth much?
It's the first time I've ever seen that extension being used, so I'd be really surprised if it had any value.

Could be wrong of course...
428  Bitcoin / Project Development / Re: Helpful volunteer needed on: May 29, 2019, 05:59:21 PM
Yeah sure, send me a PM and I'll visit the link for you.
Dunno why you're getting such responses, since it's just an easy thing to do.

Does it matter whether I already have an account there or not? I can use a different IP
429  Bitcoin / Project Development / Re: Google Adwords -- is it opened for crypto projects? on: May 29, 2019, 05:45:34 PM
We get some seriously impressive results running ads through crypto influencers at Coinbound

Yeah, I know this is a bit off-topic, but you might be better off finding advertising deals like the one above.
get a partnership with a website or social media personality, instead of trying to get into adwords.

It's pretty hard these days to advertise anything crypto-related on Adwords or Facebook for example.
Even if you do manage to start a campaign, chances are that it will be put on hold after review.
430  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Single best piece of advice for a beginner on Bitcoin Talk? on: May 29, 2019, 01:07:15 PM
Full disclosure: I know bozzy from Steemit and I tend to give him a couple of merits here and there for good posts like this one.


Thanks for that!  You know over the past year+ I really thought I had come to learn a lot about blockchain/cryptocurrency.  Browsing around the forum though, I definitely have a lot more to learn!  I typically try to make sure most of my posts have a decent amount of relevance and substance to them.  I surely try to step up my game in the future!

I know you will, you're not someone who will just spam to up your post count, I'm 100% sure of that.
And hey, I'm glad you're now on Bitcointalk as well. You know how long I've tried to get more people on here via Steemit :')

Everyone kept saying that the bar of entry was too high, now you can prove them wrong Tongue
431  Bitcoin / Project Development / Re: Coinbound Podcast - Marketing in the age of cryptocurrencies and blockchain on: May 29, 2019, 12:32:08 PM

Let's do it! Shoot me a message on Telegram!

(the name is Ty by the way  Wink )

Oh, sorry for the mistake Smiley

Will message you soon, currently asking whether the guys from Oracle-D are interested in joining me.
432  Other / Meta / Re: Giving out merit to people you know, acceptable or not? on: May 29, 2019, 11:53:11 AM
Interesting discussion, I think that it would be better for him if I didn't intervene in the future.
I mean, if I were in his situation, I'd feel happier if I'd earned all merit by myself, without the intervention of a friend. It kinda devalues the achievement in the end.

Slightly off topic, but just a bit:
This reminds me of a scenario that unfolded several months ago where a wife was pissed at her husband because he would not give her merit so she could rank up to Jr.  I think it was right after de-rank-gate.  The way that husband handled the situation is commendable, although he may have had to spend a few nights on the couch.

That's actually a great story, I'm 100% sure he wouldn't be pissed at me. Heck, we wouldn't be friends otherwise Cheesy
433  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Have you been scammed BTC? What will you do if your bitcoin get scammed? on: May 29, 2019, 11:23:04 AM
I've never been scammed in my entire life, it's pretty easy to avoid really, though sometimes you can just have bad luck.
There were a few times when I did something really stupid that could have caused me to get scammed, I'm thinking of giving a no-collateral loan to someone (just as The Pharmacist mentioned on page 1).

Luckily the person didn't end up scamming me, but they did scam someone else later on.
434  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: STEP TO TAKE WHEN PAYMENT IS BEEN DELAYED BY AN ONLINE CASINO on: May 29, 2019, 11:01:05 AM
Never play on that casino again in the future, at least that's what I would do.
Unless they have a very very good reason for the delay, maybe your account has been compromised and they're holding onto it as a security measure.

Not much you can do, except contact support, as others have already mentioned.
Do think about whether you want to close down your account after this.
435  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Hold ETH or Exchange with LTC on: May 29, 2019, 10:53:00 AM
It's almost impossible to predict which coin would do better than the other one, I'd just keep it where it is.
Though you can possibly slowly start increasing the amount of Litecoin you hold, just purchase small amounts whenever you can and save it.
436  Other / Meta / Re: Giving out merit to people you know, acceptable or not? on: May 28, 2019, 03:50:41 PM
There's friends and then there's "friends". The trouble is, people always claim it's their "friend" when they get caught sending merit to their alts.

That's not an issue in this case, as I could provide public proof that this person definitely is not me. I mean, I'm in Belgium and he's somewhere in the state of Michigan, can't really fake that sorta stuff...

Proof:
me: https://steemit.com/@daan
Them: https://steemit.com/@bozz

Lots of personal blogs from them where their general location is clearly shown, same with my blog, but the more personal ones are further down.

Sending merits to alts is where I draw the line. Meriting friends is fine as long as you're not doing this because they're friends. It might be tricky to avoid bias so make sure to ask yourself: "would I merit this post if it was made by quickhunter" (replace "quickhunter" with the most annoying troll you know).

Yeah that's exactly where I'm stuck, I probably would give similar posts merit as well. Heck, I've given one or two merits for decent one-liner jokes once or twice.
That said, in reality I am probably a bit too biased, whether consciously or unconsciously, to give them any more merit in the future.

It's really what I needed to hear.

I mean, I'd guess it would be okay, as long as I hold his posts to the same standard as other people's posts, right?
<snip>
I'm obviously still a little bit biased, because I'm actively looking at his posts (when he's asking me for advice etc.).
Yeah, it's frowned upon but if the posts are actually good and you don't overdo it, I don't think anyone is going to tag you for it.  And yes, you will certainly have a bias since he's your friend, and that's not something you can eliminate entirely.  IMO I probably wouldn't do it if you want to be morally pure (by bitcointalk standards), but if you're worried about consequences I don't suspect there would be any.

Merit abusers rarely get tagged anymore, and if they do then they've usually distributed merits to a slew of alt accounts or friends/family, and it's done for the purpose of helping them rank up.  Or they'll get tagged for selling merits--and even with all of that, it's still hit or miss.  So I wouldn't worry too much about it.  Others might disagree with me, but that's just my opinion.


Yeah, It's not because of the possible tags that I ask, though that would certainly be bad as well.
It's more about the ethical implication and from what I've gathered, it's not a good idea to do this in the future.

The posts should be objectively good, and have a decent amount of effort put into them.

If you know someone from another place, don’t have any relationship that might be perceived as a conflict of interest, such as a family, romantic, close personal, business or financial relationship, I don’t see any issues with giving merit.

If you have any of the above types of relationships, I would generally avoid giving merit yourself, especially to family members, romantic partners and those you have a close personal relationship with (such as a roommate). For other relationships described above I would generally shy away from giving merit to these people, but if you do, I would hold these people to a higher standard.  

I don’t see an issue with reporting any of the above posts to others and others can make their own judgment on if a post deserves merit.

Well, when you talk about business relationships it gets kinda murky.
We do upvote each other posts on Steemit, so that could possibly be construed as a business relationship.

I don't think I overdid it in the past, but I've already explicitly mentioned (to him) that he's now off to get his own merit Tongue
I'm sure he will thrive here eventually without my help.
437  Other / Meta / Giving out merit to people you know, acceptable or not? on: May 28, 2019, 03:09:55 PM
I'm having a bit of a conundrum here about giving a friend of mine's posts merit.

I'll explain the situation:

So, there's this person who joined Bitcointalk after I suggested it to him, the reason for that was because he wanted to learn more about Bitcoin & talk about the altcoins he's interested in. 
I've met him at least a year ago through Steemit and I know he's just someone who loves to write and have interesting discussions.
His Steemit blog is the complete opposite of spammy, so I thought he'd be a great addition to Bitcointalk.

Now, here's what I'm having trouble with:

I've given some of his posts a couple of merits here and there, not much, I think around 6 in total over a period of like 6 months.
Now, I'm kinda worried that this might be frowned upon.

What are your thoughts about this? I mean, I'd guess it would be okay, as long as I hold his posts to the same standard as other people's posts, right?
Though, it does feel a little bit like collusion to me. Idk, I'm obviously still a little bit biased, because I'm actively looking at his posts (when he's asking me for advice etc.).

I did disclose this when I gave merit to his thread in Beginners & Help:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5146091.msg51252956#msg51252956

I realize I might be a bit late to ask this, since some merits have already been given, but yeah, I hope it's not to late to fix this if it's really an issue.
Honestly, it's better to be honest about this sort of stuff before it comes back to bite me in the....
438  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Single best piece of advice for a beginner on Bitcoin Talk? on: May 28, 2019, 02:40:32 PM
Full disclosure: I know bozzy from Steemit and I tend to give him a couple of merits here and there for good posts like this one.

The single best piece of advice I can give you is to just keep your threads and replies honest.
Like, don't post just for the sake of posting, but do it because you really want to discuss something.

If you can do that, you're already better than 70% of the other forum members, no joke.
439  Other / Meta / Re: bitcointalk vulnerability on: May 28, 2019, 01:05:46 PM
Is that considered as 'off-topic' post?
Can I report that post of Sharon121212 to the moderator?

You can report any post you want, it doesn't mean it will be accepted though.

OP, definitely give an update on whether you've received the bounty.
Without disclosing the vulnerability of course Wink
440  Other / Meta / Re: bitcointalk vulnerability on: May 28, 2019, 08:48:52 AM
Still trying to figure the last part of your post @OP. If you meant would you be able to join a bounty after you must have shown your claimed discover. I don't think that's possible you don't have the needed rank or activities to join a bounty yet https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2818350.0

But after showing it if it's good then you can be awarded merit which you require.


I laughed out loud when I read this comment :') Completely wrong context, seems that the word bounty only has one meaning for most people on this forum.

OP, definitely do send a pm to Theymos, if you can. Not sure if he'd read PM's from new members, so I'd make the topic of your PM very clear.
Is this a publicly known bug or is it a zero-day that you've found yourself?

Edit:

- 1 XAU: Find the email address of user DefaultTrust and explain in detail how you did it.

No idea how to find the actual email address though. Then again, if you indeed do have access to emails & usernames, you shouldn't have a problem with that Wink
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