There's also an option to report a users post history to moderators, introduced by admin @Cyrus, this makes it easier to handle such mega spam cases

At some point these countries have to get dependent and start thinking on their feet.
My country, Nigeria for example, is one of the largest producers of oil. While the rest of the world is looking towards other means of driving machines, which are more friendly to the environment and sustainable, we are stuck with oil which is gradually fizzling out.

Of course there are other countries which are direct consequences of external factors, and would need the help of developed Western Nations to curb climate change
We need to find a global solution to turn population rise to a positive.

The forum does not have a profile photo option. Only avatars, which can be used by full member rank and above only.


Copper membership lifts some of the limitations put on a newbie account account.


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This is one of the limitations on newbie account which can be lifted by purchasing copper membership. As a newbie images are not displayed in your posts but image links

If you're looking to hire the services of an interpreter or make a request, you should make a post in the Service or Service Discussion child board. I believe that would be more appropriate.

We'll need to become less dependent on many other essentials and minerals, which are exhaustible to effectively support the growth of human life.
In this case I think the rural and developing countries would be worse hit as they'd get left behind as technology advances. Except of course there's a drastic change and improvement in the governance of these states.

Bitcoin was created to offer decentralization and anonymity to asset holders to enable transaction between two individuals without the direct intervention of a third party. This transactions are direct and unregulated, but are visible and traceable as the blockchain is an open ledger. While there is no real identity behind addresses, it's possible to link transaction together and have this provides a level of security risk.
This is the problem that privacy coins tackle.

What are privacy coins?

Privacy coins offer private transactions which are not transparent. It blurs certain information, such as amount transferred, address of individuals invloved or amounts held  in the wallets. This provides coin holders with a level of privacy and security.
Privacy coins is not a new technology, Monero; one of the most popular privacy coin was created in 2014 as a fork of bytecoin.
Check out this thread: [ANN][BMR] Bitmonero - a new coin based on CryptoNote technology - LAUNCHED. It was previously known as Bitmonero. Other privacy coins include, DASH, ZCASH and the more recently launched BEAM.

On the downsides, privacy coins has been identified by some as a medium for corrupt practices and money laundering with transactions that are difficult or impossible to trace. Although this has been a popular criticism for all other cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin. Considering that fiat currency can also be (and is) used for illegal activities as well,

Another con is the problem of scalability. It takes a lot of data to obfuscate transactions and some privacy coin networks also mixes up the transactions being confirmed by miners to make it more difficult to trace at the cost of scalability.
There's also the problem of the security of the network, and it's imperviousness to attacks.

Which is your favorite privacy coin?
Would you, or do you use privacy coins over utility and security coins?

The measure of earnings is dependent of the location of the participants and the state of economy if their nation, so you'd get varying answers. But in comparison with other ranks, jr members and members do not earn huge.

And also the age of ICOs has been on the decline over the past months, this has affected bounties and many altcoins, more attention is going to Bitcoin paying bounties nowadays.
Try to keep learning and improving your knowledge to try and rank up.
Improving your grammar would make your post more readable. Good luck!

It's not a necessity though, not everyone must open a giveaway thread. Award them to deserving posts as you come across them. And by all means do not hoard smerits in other to open a thread.

Industrialization is also playing a part. And also improper governing by those in positions of power. Population growth does not have to be a menace, it could be used as a positive if properly managed. We need to also increase family planning sensitization.


The earth has so much pollution and exploitation it can take. We all have to realize that it's not indestructible, and drop the idea of; 'not it our lifetime at least', as it's already shortening lifespans and causing damage to out generation.

There's nothing wrong in trying to earn BTC (or any other cryptocurrency on the forum). And they also work conversely, without learning and improving your posts, you are not likely to rank up and can not earn any BTC as such.

This would make it more difficult for account to get redemption after getting multiple negative trusts, especially if the positive trust comes after, and is judged not to carry same weight (colour) as regular positive trusts.
And also puts the judgement of DTs who left the feedback up for discussion, while encouraging majority vote.

That's the major point. If you dey Bitcoin you gats learn how to act independently.
All every other person can do is suggest, no one would give you advice, so as not to be partly responsible for the outcome. You also see such caveats at the end of articles online.
Invest wisely and view everything as a scam until proven otherwise

I appreciate the feedback, and also the merits. I find that I learn more as I write about topics and this spurs me to do more research. You have an amazing thread here. Keep up the good work 

This topic has been moved to Serious discussion.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5155563.0 I would like more interactions and discussions and rate this to somewhat a serious topic.

True. Would also be nice to see how long before (or if) the per post newbie warning sign is created.
If a welcome message is created anytime soon it could contain a message drawing attention to the trust signs, this would point newbies in the right direction.

7 days log in time takes quite a while to acquire and I believe was adopted as the bear minimum for a user to have gotten acquainted with the trust system and how to protect themselves from scams. I understand that it targets, newbies, jr members, members and in some cases also full members.
I would not mind the flags being made more obvious on comments of the user. The '#' is not very conspicuous. And not all flags attract the "Warning: Trade with extreme caution" text.

As mentioned above it depends on you current location. Tax evasion is a crime in all countries, but not all countries impose taxes on cryptocurrency transactions. You appear to be targeting those who do. If your current national location is also involved in taxation then you could be charged for aiding and abetting a crime.

I appreciate your suggestions and corrections. Still doing my research as there are already multiple threads on the topic.

Theymos also discussed about how support and opposition are sorted;

I decided to do brief research into the new trust system, to make it easier for users to understand the system all in one thread.

All accounts referenced are only used for examples, and I do not support or oppose the accusations.

What are trust flags?

Trust flags were introduced to diversify the trust system.
Introductory thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5153344.0
And to warn members that a certain user may be a scammer and is alleged to have violated written or implied contracts.
The previous trust system would provide an evaluation of the trust history of a user. It would give a general perspective into the trustworthiness or otherwise of forum users.
The trust system can be used for negative, positive or neutral feedback. Trust flags are only for negative feedback. Trust can be deleted, flags cannot be once active.

Trust flags need at least three more members supporting than opposing for it to be active. Only supports from your trust group is counted, for guests, the default trust is used.

Types of flags
- Newbie warning flags: This is given based on evidence suggested by others about a users untrustworthiness i.e actions not directly connected to you.

It is displayed above the user's topics and is only visible to newbies guests and members with less than 7 days log in time. While other users only see '#' beside the user's trust score.
Let's consider this user, The-One-Above-All. The account got has a newbie warming flag displayed above his/her profile

-: Contract-violation flags: This is given based on activity directly connected with you. For example, user NLNico activated a flag on the user SafeDice and got more support than opposition (>3). The flag is displayed on the users' (alleged scammer) trust summary and also above his topics (visible to all members)
You can also access it through the sent feedback of NLNico

Logged out users would also get a warning

• Active flags display yellow color.
• Contract violation flags which includes a red trust displays red. And this activates the: "Warning: Trade with extreme caution" on the user's trust score
• Newbie warning flags above threads also displays in yellow and red colors.
• One can create both a newbie warning flag and a contract-violation flag
• You can not create a flag using a self-moderated thread as the link. It's also advisable to not use a post of the alleged scammer, rather archive the evidence, create a new post and link all the evidence there

Who can start a flag?

Anyone can start a newbie warning flag, it needs more supporters than opposers to be visible.

Anyone who is scammed by another user can also start a contract violation flag. You only view those created by users in your trust network. It needs at least three more supporters than opposers to be active.
Trusts flags can be created through a link on the users' profile
You should however be sure of your evidence before creating or supporting a flag;

How long would a flag be visible when active?

There are limits to flags created by a user:

Does the flag system invalidate all previous negative trusts?

Negative trusts from the pre-flag system are not converted to trusts flags but

Please drop your suggestions, additions and possible corrections.

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Useful links -
• LoyceV's (Personal) Trust Flag viewer [daily updates]

Translations -
• Pilipinas

It depends on if your account is still active. If it is considered plagiarism by the mods you'd be banned from the forum.
You can look through the rules and punishments for infractions here. That would give you a better understanding of the workings of the forum