The best option would be to avoid hitting any unauthorized link which you have not verified.
And you set your telegram account to 'confirm' before taking you to the browser tab. This would prevent you from mistakenly following the link while scrolling through
And endeavour to report any abuser you find to protect others

All you have is your opinion of where you want the market to go based on available information.
Switzerland approving exchange traded products is a plus you the market in my opinion and raises optimism for the SEC ruling on bitcoin ETF.

This is surely not the beginning of the end.

No it won't be, as long as you back up your wallet and keep it in asecure place.
I have seen an instance where a man kept his backup phrase as an inheritance for his kids and they are only allowed to access it after his death.

You can employ a lawyer if you want to be very formal about it.

That's not a problem with Bitcoin.

Well this post highlighted in the OP is a sticky thread and should stand out to anyone genuinely interested in learning .ore about the forum.


There is no definitive guide as far as I know. But it can be summarized as;
Make objectively quality content, that is equally relevant.
Don't post simply to gain attention, really have something to contribute.
Have basic knowledge of the forum
While grammar is not so important. You posts should be at least readable.
You could as well check if your local board is listed if you are not fluent in English.
Also, don't be too desperate to get merits.

That is the exact objective of this forum when you are looking at it from a broader perspective. And it should be everyone's priority.
Those most concerned with ranks are mostly limited to bounty tasks.
But the actual gain in this forum is the immense wealth of knowledge and information available. And creating a community for all cryotocurrency enthusiasts.

Newbie, read before posting this is a good place to start.

If you are new to this some I believe your primary objective should be learning, before you consider investing. You do not just dabble into an investment options.
Read, learn more about this forum.

If only most newbies would take five minutes of their posting restriction time to read more and grow their knowledge of the forum, we would have a much improved community. With more relevant posts and less redundant topics.


To note, there's a typo there.
Full members require 100 merit and the required activity to rank up
And legendary rank could be reached anywhere between 775-1030 activity.

And using multiple colours does not in any way make the read better.

Well there are lots of terminologies and concepts associated with bitcoin. And this post does give a basic idea of some of them
This is available information that can be easily obtained and users should research to grow their knowledge on cryotocurrency and how it works.


It would be helpful to point out the difference between tokens and coins.
Tokens are cryotocurrencies which are built on another cryotocurrency which serves as the platform.
ERC-20 tokens for example are ethereum based tokens.
Coins have their own platform with their own algorithm

There are a lot of users with unused smerits and the merit sources have their smerits replenished monthly. So I don't think there is a deficiency of smerits to give, the issue might be of course deficiency of quality posts.

Of course the standards of what deserves a merit has been lowered and now a fairly decent post can earn you merit(s).
That doesn't of course mean you should lower your quality.
We need more quality discussions around on the various boards.

Neither of them. You start your trading journey with practise. Demo trading, this gives you the tools to navigate in the actual market.
Experience can only be gained through live trading. But you should have the skills, strategies and basic knowledge about trading.
This would give you answers to questions such as this you asked in OP.
If you do not know which to go for then you need more practise.

I'm red faced that I do not own any bitcoin's as yet.
Am new to the cryotocurrency sphere and trying to understand the concepts and ideas behind this projects. While experimenting with a few coins earned through ICOs.

I have never fully understood how they trust ratings actually work.
This account for example, Koshgel. The user has +6 rating and -3 which I believe means 6 positive ratings and 3 negative. S/hes trust rating is red (-2).

Does the trust rating of some DTs count more than others?
How are members in my trusted group rated?

META board is concerned with all forum related information, including inquiry, appeal, suggestions, complaint, and as such it directly concerns every member.
And rightly recieves most attention, the fact that it allows signatures and merits are giving out lots here is also a bonus.

Serious discussion hasn't caught up like I guess it was built to. Maybe cause the daily drama is all too alluring. And both rank limited boards doesn't allow any form of banter.

This is a decentralized space and while that gives control to the individuals involved it also gives them freedom to develop projects without efficient auditing and regulations.
There is no surprise that it is being used for illegal and fraudulent activities.

The key word is almost. While majority of projects are scam projects. There are of course a handful of quality projects out there.
You just need the tools and skills to identify them.

At this time your account protection and security is solely your responsibility. And you have to keep your personal information private.
Aside the massive hack of 2015 the forum is yet to suffer from major cyber attacks.
You can also stake you Bitcoin address to retrieve your account if you lose access.
Although, note that's it's a very protracted process.

Your post NELUNS.IO - is scam? or legit project? NLS is the post that got you your first merit on the forum.
And it came from tmfp who is a renowned member on the forum.

You actually registered on 16 November, 2017. And there is no relationship between year(s) on the forum and merit awarding.

I am of the sentiment that this forum being bitcointalk is primarily focused on Bitcoin.
And some members are overly critical of altcoins and ICOs. Hence most of the discussion on there do not appeal to the minute, and knowledgeable minority.
This has now left the board to the majority of spammers who use it to their own personal gain.

And at this current stage it would be very difficult to take back those sections.
Unless of course major decisions are taken.

As I see it, Bitcoin has attained a level of maturity in terms of adoption and popularity
It is unlikely to bubble as it did late 2017/ early 2018.
Now we should expect more gradual organic and sustauneble growth.

Maybe we could have this rule enforced to discourage the use of abusive and demeaning words


Majority of the rules on bitcointalk seem to have no penalty whatsoever, except that members are discouraged from violating them.

If we could have a temporary mute option for breaking some minor rules (the ban word seems a bit heavy, even a temporary one)
This could encourage more positive and healthy conversatios on the forum.

I feel the problem may be the diversity on those boards.
Serious discussion and Ivory tower contains discussions that can range from, politics to family planning. And people hardly discuss cryptocurrency related topics, maybe cause there are sufficient boards for that.

If there were child boards made for more specific topics. People could interact the one they are most enthusiastic about.