Hi Joe,

I updated my application. I didn't see that you needed the Google Spreadsheet form until now. I'm not sure if that rule changed happened before/after the deadline had passed... Am I still in this round?

Yes. It's against the rules to have alts join. I really didn't get a chance to read through all the drama, but it sounds like someone is accusing Joe, well maybe multiple people, of being an alt of Nullius, and that Nullius is just mass-joining this campaign to transfer merits between himself and Joe and other alts, to create a legit-looking merit farm with a worthy cause. They also point out that Joe's in a sig campaign... to which Joe just says "is ironic, haha".

I'm not really up-to-date on that debacle, but it seems as though Joe got scared and is now banning alts from the campaign. Now I don't care if Joe is Nullius or if there's some kind of backroom-merit transfers.

The point is, I'm not a Jr. member yet, and I like the idea of this challenge, so I'm going to hang out here, and hopefully spread a positive vibe with his signature. The challenge is honestly worthless if you're not wearing the signature. The signature helps people see and understand why we're doing this, and they'll feel inspired.

But yeah here's Joe's direct quote about alts:

You still need a real job. Bitcoin isn't a job, it's a form of currency. It's not even an investment. It's digital gold and over time when everything equilibrates and people use bitcoin more frequently, there will be no huge pumps in price unless new tech and hype happen.

You need an actual job, online or in real life, where you can earn a steady stream of income. That way you'll not be putting all your eggs in one basket like you are now.

Bitcoin becomes gambling when you've shut off any other possible revenue streams except for bitcoin. That means if everything goes to shat (like it did now with this bear market), you won't be wondering where and how to buy bread or pay for electricity.

Always have a backup or secondary source of income.

I'm participating again this round:

BitcoinTalk Username: MyLitecoin
Starting Post Count (including this one): 39
Current Rank: Newbie
BTC Address:
Disclosure: I was participating as MyIota, but now I am participating as MyLitecoin.

I got your note. I just wanted to let you know that I did look through the rules with careful reading and so no mention of alts, which I thought was weird because most sig campaigns have something about that. And then I realized it's becauase you wanted to encourage everyone to not join sig campaigns, so it made sense that you'd want to catch everyone and their alts too in that net.

Anyway, that said, I'm obviously only applying with this account for this round. Btw, the main official rules still don't state anywhere that alts aren't allowed.

If it weren't for all of your merits and everyone believing ^, I honestly wouldn't believe a word you just said XD.

No one buys a LEGENDARY level account for "educational and social purposes." You can post as much as you want at the Jr level. There's literally no difference between a Jr account and a Legendary account when it comes to posting (except for IVORY tower posts.)

But then again, anyone can look into Ivory Tower, they just can't post unless they're above some rank (idk what, but I'm dang sure it's not legendary).

That said, you were keen enough to lookup the ranks and picked Legendary, I'm not going to believe that you aren't aware of signature campaigns or the Chip Mixer spam.

I honestly am leaning toward you wanting to buy a Legendary account for some kind of monetary purposes. You're not going to drop 1.6k USD on bitcointalk.org just for prestige.

But whatever. I'll believe your words because the top peeps believe them. And so, you were buying a legendary-level account just to hang out on bitcointalk and learn... mhm.

Tbh, if someone is selling an account above Jr, then I wouldn't buy it.

There is no point for someone to sell such a high-level account now that the merit system is in play.

A member-level account can earn the same amount as its sale price in a month of sig campaigns.

A legendary account can earn $500 per week or more... look at those Chip Mixer signature payouts! They're insane!

For someone to ask for a mere B0.15 for a legendary account... you already know it's too good of a deal. There must be something wrong with the account -- like the account has been red trusted or hacked or something.

The short version: Sell it on an exchange that exchanges for fiat. Like with gdax and coinbase, you can simply link your PayPal (they accept PayPal withdrawals) and just sell your btc on gdax and withdraw the fiat to your coinbase account then withdraw to paypal.

Kraken and bitstamp and many other exchanges have fiat to bank account, which is less ideal, but also doable.

Other than that you can sell on here... just choose someone with a lot of green trust.

You can also safely sell on localbitcoins because they have an escrow system where you wont release the bitcoin until the funds have arrived.

There is no right or guideline way to get merit. Because merit is up to the discretion of the giver.

I've seen Legendary people give merits for a joke XD. (less than 5 words!)

I think the main guideline is that you have to post something that isn't spam.

You just have to make a reasonable contribution to a thread. Something that people honestly want to read in the thread you're posting in.

That said, there are some strict merit givers who only give merit to people who post long posts, and other merit givers only give merit to people who have been on the forum for a little longer.

There's no right or wrong, all very subjective. But the point is, you have to post something that's meaningful to the thread.

Writing a random essay that's not on the topic of the thread won't get you merit.

yes. I don't see why not. If the [  img  ] tag stays in your post code, then of course when you turn Jr. Member the image tank will automatically turn on

Iota is completely different than current cryptocurrencies. It doesn't implement blockchain technology. It implements Tangle technology. With tangle, there's no mining, no fees. The transactions are instantaneous.

There are still nodes, yes, but there are no miners. The nodes are the ones that verify and process transactions by "tangling" with each other. In order for the current transaction to process, it must first verify 2 other transactions from two different nodes, so what you get is a web effect.

But ADA is still using traditional blockchain technology.

It's in a lot of TV series. It was on the Simpsons multiple times, Family Guy, Blacklist... the list goes on. There have even been movies about crypto and btc. I found this list.

The main problem is that bitcoin and crypto in TV is always portrayed as some kind of way for criminals to send/receive money. In one episode in Blacklist they even used bitcoin to hire an assassin via the dark web.

And in the list, there's even the FUD about how Chinese miners are just controlling all of bitcoin and why it's good for the feds to reuglat XD. Lol, so bitcoin in the media right now is just mostly FUD... which is eh.

We need like a bitcoin documentary or awareness Youtube series or something that will shed light on bitcoin and its stereotypes.

There should be like a movie "Coming out of Africa" or something where people interview citizens who are being oppressed by their leaders and government relating to banking and finances. Then they turn to crypto and are able to send/receive money to each other without any political or banking agendas.

This is direct copy and paste from: https://mspsteem.com/philosophy/@salam.rindu/policy-in-science-7e6856b05b42e

People keep blaming crypto and blockchain tech as being “scams” and what not. They think it's just a high-risk investment that fools chase. Well, it's true. We have ICO scams, pump and dump groups, people just using bitcoin as a way to get out of poverty... but no one really realizes the innovation in the tech.

Blockchain tech is the voice of the people – the true, pure voice. A global democracy. It's freedom from our oppressors and manipulators. Decentralization is the key for a cleaner society.

I was talking with my friend about it – and as the internet got big, so did the oppression of the people. You have Google and Facebook, which we're forced to use whether we like it or not. Schools are using Google Docs and friends and family want to share instantly their photos on IG and FB.

But both companies have policies where you have to agree that they'll sell your private info in exchange for their free services. Gmail is reading your emails. Yes. And you agreed to it.

But do you see that if we didn't use Google, Gmail, Google Docs, Google Drive, and FB... we'd be schizo? You would look like a crazy person, unplugging all your apps and yelling at anyone who tagged you on fb! Everyone's trying to have fun, sharing photos, there you are acting like a paranoid grumpy person.

Well, it's human nature for humans to be social – and the internet is just another channel for people to be happy and share media and content with each other! You feel like you can't fight the tide – like you have to give in to these companies and their data sharing.

But now blockchain tech is the answer! With blockchain tech, we can have decentralized social media where people can still share their stories, but not have it be controlled or manipulated by one central company! People can still have fun with each other online without their private messages ending up in some third party databse.

Anything centralized that's oppressing people – blockchain tech deconstructs it and offers a clean alternative! You have authors now using blockchain tech (ERC20 token) to be their own platform rather than succumbing to the royalty fees and guidelines of mainstream publishing companies and Amazon.

That's the power of blockchain tech – it's true democracy in any industry or field that needs it. Blockchain messengers, blockchain browsers, blockchain internet, and even one day – blockchain government!

Blockchain is the FUTURE! A Digital America.

This is exactly the kind of FUD, coupled with that Singaporean exchange FUD, that pushes the price lower... Ugh why do they do this?

But Okay, I read the article, and your post is misleading. Your post is more FUD than the article LOL.

Google is not banning Crypto ads.

Here's what's happening:

In JUNE 2018, Google will ban crypto ads from companies / ICOs that are not certified by the various legal standards of the countries involved + Google's own internal review.

What does that mean? They're trying to cut down on the scams. Crypto ads include crypto gurus and lots of weird financial advice from crypto experts who aren't certified. Google is trying to cover its legal ass by requiring certification because more mainstream people are getting scammed via Google Ads.

This is actually good news! It means crypto is becoming so big that Google is taking notice and more people are being affected.

I believe this change is good. Now we'll have cleaner crypto ads, and less people will be scammed via Google Ads. This way crypto can have a better reputation, overall as there will only be legit crypto ads starting in June!

Why did you start such a troll thread lol?

How can you say the governments don't know about bitcoin?

-A south american country is about to launch its own ICO...
-China banned bitcoin and crypto... Now they're going after mining.
-The SEC is dealing with Bitcoin Futures (SEC is a gov't org)
-Ron Paul was in the government (still is in in some ways), and he has been actively advocating for Bitcoin investing...
-FBI owns millions of Bitcoins....

I think the best way to earn airdrop is to have a lot of btc. For example, if you had 20 btc when it was cheap, then from then on every fork of btc you got 20 coins!

so imagine, right now u have 20 BCH, 20 Bitcoin Gold, 20 bitcoin diamond and etc. It's just a money multiplier over and over.

I think now you have to find the coin that looks promising and is cheap... like Ethereum. Ethereum is becoming like bitcoin, so just grab and hodl like 20 Eth and wait for it to fork a lot. Then you get 20 of their coins too!

Oh, they're planning on removing sigs if merit doesn't stop spammers??? Well, I guess it's best for the forum.

I wonder how merit will affect trust in the long run. And will people with more merit actually be more trustworthy than DT1 and DT2 people lol.

I like your take on not caring about trust though. But then, the same people manipulating the trust system will also manipulate the merit system :/.

Hello,

If you want to buy bitcoin from someone, you can try the Marketplace section and start a thread there or look for an existing thread where they're selling bitcoin.

But more than likely, these people will not trust you if you're paying with PayPal. And if you find someone to accept your PayPal, they will charge 20-30% on top of the current bitcoin rate.

The best bet is to buy btc with less hassles and lower fees:

1. go to localbitcoins.com and find a cheaper seller. They have a built-in escrow service, so people are more likely to trust trades on there.

2. Try depositing Fiat into Coinbase, Kraken, and other exchanges that allow fiat deposits (i believe bitstamp does too).

Buying with fiat from your bank account will take 7 days or even 10, but it's well worth it considering the fees are less.

It does matter though... I mean I see a lot of signature campaigns that say no negative trust. One day I want to taste that 0.05 btc weekly payment that sig campaigns pay... but if my account ever gets a negative trust... it's over QQ

so it really matters, then, yes?

LOL. It's not really an issue. Unless you don't know your GF / BF well enough. I mean, it's the online world dude. Everyone calls each other "pedo homo etc." If it really is that much of a serious issue for you in real life, then maybe you need to get a better significant other.

But you do raise a good point. How do you combat negative trust that's frivolous? I don't really understand how to do that.

My plan is to make it to Legendary, but as soon as someone leaves me a negative review, I'm done. The account becomes useless. Years of hard work just plundered into the drain by some guy who signed up drunk and left a negative trust.

What do we do?