I don't understand any of these posts, at all. They are one-liners or just show random information that isn't helpful to anybody (except maybe OP). I see OP is giving out merit for what they are specifically asking, which is why you received merit for that post, but other than that I don't see why these posts deserve merit from anybody. I won't go into grave detail, but these posts are not creative, high-quality, constructive or helpful in my opinion.


One of those posts is deleted, so I can't even see what it was, but I'm willing to bet that it was not very high-quality if it was deleted/removed. The rest of these posts are pretty garbage in all honesty. Two of them are talking about social media and not even in a complex, sophisticated or intriguing manner, just simply "which is best?!?!?" Not interesting and not a fun conversation to even read, I was extremely bored even trying to find where I could give you a merit. If these are truly your most "meritable" posts, then you should not expect to rank up, period. Put some more thought and effort into your posts, and then feel free to come back and re-submit your posts.


The marking $100 bill thread made me smile, because it's just hilarious to have someone running around with $100 bills that say "Bitcoin is better". The statement is true, funny and will make people say "What's that?". Probably not the best way for spreading the word, but it got a smile out of me and I figured that's almost as good as a merit. The other thread is in a language I cannot understand, so I won't be able to tell whether or not it deserves merit; therefore, it does not receive merit from me.


You are wrong about sending bitcoins without any fee. This is not impossible as you've explicitly stated in your post, it certainly is possible and used to be the case. One post is literally just asking for the link to a signature campaign that accepts newbies... That alone makes me not even want to click through the rest of your posts, because you're clearly either trying to waste my time or have no conceptualization of what a quality post actually is. I suggest reading through the posts I have already merited, because you keep coming in here and throwing up a dozen shitposts at a time, hoping one of them will stick to the wall. Some are the 300+ reply to a mega-thread, all in all your posts are just disappointing. I don't know why you waste your own time. I would give the "Top 5 Bitcointalk Users" post a merit, but there's just something off about it that I can't put my finger on. It doesn't look like the rest of your posts, which is a good thing, but bad in the sense that it seems to be copied and only slightly edited. I also don't know why you mention a test "admin" account as one of the "best" or most influential users around here, when this certainly is not the case. For these reasons, none of your posts will be getting merit this time around. Please try to narrow your submissions down into your absolute best posts, because reading through posts asking for a link to a newbie signature campaign will most likely cause to me instantly decline the rest of your posts from here on out.


Please stop formatting your links in ways that make it impossible and annoying to navigate. Line-breaks, hyperlinks, lists, all of these make this process take longer; they add extra work for me and I'll probably add a local-rule that if this is something you do then you will be instantly rejected. I understand trying to make your posts look pretty and formatted, but just don't, please. I have to select each stupid tag, push backspace a million times, it's just a headache, please don't do it. This is at least the 3rd time I've said something about it, so I have no sympathy for the posts that will be deleted from here on out because of this. I'm also going to make a local rule of a maximum of 5-posts being submitted at a time, too many people are giving me like a dozen links to look at in one period and most of them are garbage. It makes it so I put a lot of effort reading posts that I really shouldn't even bother, and if I forced the submission size down then these users would be forced to trim off the excess fat.

I know nothing of the lightning network, so I cannot be throwing around merit for technical discussions that I have no input/information on. I'm sure these posts are quality, but again anything that goes over my head won't be merited. I would love to give you a detailed explanation for each and everyone of these links, but it just isn't something I have the time for. A lot of these are decent enough conversations, but they seem to be just that, conversations that are mostly opinionated. There are obviously facts and information being circulated, but one of these posts is the 380,000th+ response to a thread. Things I don't understand, posts that are buried in a thread, repeated information and simple back and forth conversation are not something I will be meriting.

I don't see any of these as particularly helpful. There is some half-decent information, some misleading information, some burred replies, but overall I would expect the OP to merit you if they consider your post helpful to their predicament.


It seems that your posts are always a bit vague. While they may be helpful as a starting point for somebody that has absolutely no knowledge about bitcoin, security or trading whatsoever, I doubt this is going to be the case for almost anybody that reads the post. If you elaborate, clarify or create more helpful points then I would happily reconsider.


You posted in the wrong section and made suggestions that are not well thought out whatsoever. I don't know who you believe this information to be helping, or why you believe it to be high-quality. I will not be giving merit for a post that doesn't argue it's own point very well, doesn't follow forum guidelines and just sounds like a whiny entitled post about how people should play by your rules instead of having freedom.


I have given this thread a Merit, because while it has been said before a million different ways, this will give me something to link newbie's too (or PM them) when their thread gets out of hand. As you said, too many questions get answered too many times and turn into mega-threads filled with spam and people activity farming.


I could not read the local thread translation for the guidelines, but I'm sure the local board attendees will hit you with some merit for your effort. The other posts, some were interesting to read, some made me chuckle and some went way over my head because I am not that smart. I have a feeling that a couple of these may have deserved merit that wasn't acquired from me, simply because as I said before, some just went over my head.


There are a few that I wish I could've merited, but these posts unfortunately will not be receiving merit from me at this point. My merit is running out, and so my criteria is becoming more stringent. Keep doing what you are doing and you will farm up that merit like no tomorrow; You are having conversations worth having, disagreeing in meaningful ways, plus you put thought and effort into each and every one of your posts.


I have given each of these posts Merit, unfortunately I am getting a little bit low on merit and this is causing me to be a bit more conservative than I would like to be. You post very thought-provoking and interesting posts, very regularly. Your posts about whales, price manipulation, price correlation all of it is very interesting and I have "Watched" a bunch of your topic, because I hope to get involved in the conversation at one point or another. It is always stressful to read through dozens of posts, but I look forward to reading your posts in all honesty.

Thank you, I appreciate it; Signature changed, PM sent, Let me know if anything is out of order, please!

Username: bill gator
Post Count: 719
BTC Address (must be SegWit): 3MBHE94rhxFcJRVYZyefZAJyTPLBWhSzrX

Freshly generated seg-wit, I will change signature if accepted.

For some of us, this is not a mistake. You're making a mistake by assuming it is a mistake, if you ask me. If you are a HODLer, then you probably shouldn't be looking at the price every few minutes unless you are looking for an entry point to buy some more coins for your stash. If you get excited by the volatility or the mostly consistent upwards movement for years then this also can be a pretty intriguing pass-time. That being said, most of the price movement for bitcoin happens within moments and at the drop of a hat.

If you are a day-trader then you are probably checking the price a lot more often than 5-minutes, you may be buying and selling every 5-minutes. If you are just getting into bitcoin and are looking for an entirely "stable", free of volatility environment to store value then you are looking in the wrong place. If you are looking for an investment into the future of trade, interaction and information then this may be better suited for you. I'd say, let people do as they wish, because some people are neurotic about the price while others are ecstatic.

Bitcoin offers too many opportunities and too many freedoms to even put the simplest restriction on somebody such as "don't look at the price too often", because many people can capitalize on that and be better off because of it.

Bitcoin is not updated, it has barely even begun and is constantly developing. You did not supply a link, a whitepaper or even a reasonable explanation of what you are trying to pitch here. If the effort you've put forth into bringing this information to us is any indication of the effort being put into the project then you are in for a reality check.

What is a "Double-Layer Chain"? How do you plan to go "beyond" ETH and BTC to manage the scalability and performance issues, as you've put it? How is bitcoin outdated?

You have just thrown around a few buzz words without explaining a single thing. Nobody is going to take this seriously unless you change your approach.

I always get a smile on my face when people are talking about Bitcoin dropping to "only" this number and that number. I would suggest trying to look at bitcoin in a longer time frame than the last 30-days. We have ups and downs, but the trend is obvious for anyone that is looking for it. HODL seems to be the safest, most consistent way to stake your claim the profits being snagged. I wouldn't consider it disastrous, I would consider it a great time to buy some more coin.


We need a stable market if we ever want bitcoin to be taken seriously as a currency instead of just a trading/investment opportunity. I'm assuming this is the goal of most people here, although I came presume to know your motivations; would you prefer if bitcoin never becomes stable?

The possibility to earn more is only possible if you are privy to when the market is going to make movement and when it is going to happen as well; not everybody is keen to that knowledge, believe it or not.

I'm feeling a little mislead by the title, because in no way do you imply, conclude or explain how there will be price stability. I was looking forward to some evidence to refute, at least

In all seriousness though, there cannot be any expectation of reasonable volatility until at least all of the coin generation has taken place. This certainly will not be the end of price volatility, but the current dynamic nature of our coin supply is of course going to cause at least minimal volatility. Then, of course as more people get involved and adopt bitcoin there is going to fluctuations from that as well. This is not even to mention the volatility from simple use-cases being developed or acknowledged and market manipulation. The list goes on and on; I would not expect any sort of price stability for many years to come. For now, enjoy the ride upwards and onward.

Oops, deleted it on accident; Reposting ...


I have given this post a Merit, because many people are being scammed, frustrated and confused by transaction accelerators. It does not seem as though many people understand their options or what the dangers even are. I would have liked to seen more information regarding this child-pays-for-parents transaction. Instead you offered a lot of background, which is helpful in its own way, but I think people are really interested in the technical side of this. If you have more information to add to your OP that would maybe bring in more merit, and help many more people.


The rest of these were mostly in that "Finding Satoshi" thread or just regular ole' conversation about raising kids. I think you're incorrect and way off about the bitcoin expense and transaction fees. I very regular use bitcoin and never pay over a couple dollars for a transaction. If it is merit you seek, try to be more universally information/helpful, like the one thread I have merited, but even more information.


Unfortunately I don't see this post as deserving merit, however I do see it as deserving conversation so I have "Watched" this thread and plan to reply/respond when I have some extra time to do so. It is a conversation I would very much like to have, because I agree and disagree with you at the same time and would like to delve into this more in-depth. I want to just make it extra clear, I do not merit threads I "like" or "agree" with, I don't even merit good conversational threads. I simply merit those that I believe to be universally helpful, informative, high-quality or beneficial for the health of the forum in general. I think this post is very good, just not deserving of merit if that makes sense.


I have given this post Merit, because even though it is buried deep into the thread it is still a conversation going back and forth between many people. You provide sage-advice, and anybody following your post would be more secure and better off with their crypto-security as a whole.


The other post is obviously just an extension of that and a continuation of the conversation already at-hand. I won't be giving you an additional merit for this post, but know that I am following the conversation and will be providing additional merit where I see fit.


This is helpful to OP, but not necessarily anybody else so I won't be giving you merit for this post. I won't be giving you merit for this post, but OP and maybe anybody else wondering the same question should give you merit. It is informative to those that are wondering the same thing and I'm sure you didn't provide any misinformation. This post just barely falls short of earning a merit, because if you were to include how to calculate lowest fees, or where they maybe could find more information on how to "safely" and efficiently use the lowest fee for their circumstance then it would be more universally helpful and merit-able.


As far as I know these accounts are illegally acquired/generated. I doubt you have some 5-star agreement with Netflix that allows you to be a re-seller of their service. This being said, I cannot merit a thread I believe to be operating illegally, selling accounts fraudulently. If you can somehow prove these accounts are legitimate, not owned by another person and are perfectly acceptable by Netflix's standards and from a legal stand-point then I will grant you merit.


The post about determining whether or not an ICO is going to be a scam is incredibly high-quality in my opinion. Obviously you could have put more information and gone overboard with your in-depth analysis of exactly what to do and so forth, but you are giving real criteria and real ways to examine an ICO or project for it's feasibility. You aren't just giving the same old "Research the team" answer, you honestly are talking about reading the whitepaper for the function of the project, avoid money-grabs that talk about strictly trading, etc. I enjoy that you practically explained the use cases and practical examples of very interesting projects using DAPP theory. These posts have received Merit from me, simply because they deserve it.



While cryptocurrency last-will and testament is a very interesting topic and Post-ICO distribution of tokens/coins are as well, these more read as simple conversations. There is nothing wrong with that, but I don't see them as particularly helpful, informative or high-quality in the proper way to receive merit from myself.


This post makes no sense and does not explain anything.


I have given this post Merit, because it looks like you've done your research and you have an informed opinion. You are trying to explain and elaborate why you think this way, and it is entirely relevant to the OP. It doesn't seem like you just clicked on any random thread to post your uninformed 2-cents, you actually have put thought into this and want to share your opinion for others to discuss, debate or take-away the same conclusion as yourself. This is how quality conversations are had.


These other posts also seem thoughtful, but again they read more like regular conversations or something that the OP would a more appropriate candidate to give you merit.

Wow, that was a lot of work. All caught-up and cleaned up. Spam removed, rule-breakers deleted, merit dished out. I barely have any merit left or else I would go +1 threads again.

It is not a problem. There is something called "Altruism" or even "Common-Decency"; you're saying the problem with helping somebody is that in most cases you aren't receiving something in return? My advice: Get over it. If you are helping people only to expect some unspoken reward for your false-kindness, then you aren't helping people at all, you are trying to manipulate them. This thread is not for these discussions anyways.


No. Go read about Merit, how it is intended to be distributed and what it's purpose is. Marketplace feedback and Merit are two different things.


I can't understand what you're saying in this post at all, but it does seem like you are whining about not receiving merit. This is not deserving of merit, it is not helpful, and you are contributing nothing to the discussion at-hand. It baffles me to think that you sat there reading through your posts and decided "this one, this is the one!" No merit, improve your post-quality and try again.


There aren't really very many rules in this thread at all, but I have addressed the idea of local-threads within this thread many many times. It would seem to be common-sense that I cannot merit posts that I cannot understand or read, otherwise this would turn into me just meriting any foreign post or all posts. You very well may deserve merit for this post, but I will leave that to those that can read it.


The bitcoin commandments seem to just be a Copy + Paste of Investment/Trading guidelines with a couple of words changed around. I'm not saying these are bad guidelines or suggestions, but I do believe this information to be widely available. I have seen threads almost exactly like this one in the past, literally a list of 10-"commandments" that are almost identical to yours. The Bitcoin trading starter pack is also this way, with information that has been posted thousands of times by many different members. I have no doubt this will help certain people that stumble upon this and none of the aforementioned threads, but for this I would say you can expect merit from those users and not myself. Lastly, your "What if" thread I do not find compelling or interesting, because it lacks a lot of, well, everything. It just isn't an interesting conversation to have, given the current parameters you've set-up. I'd like to give you merit, but these fall flat for me.


I agree, everyone should know this about Bitcoin and wallets, but do you think you are presenting new information? There are already age-old posts with this information circulating around, simply point users in that direction when they are having trouble in this area. There is no need to repeat information and make an entirely new thread for information that's (probably) not new for anyone, especially if they've ever used the Search function. Your other post is the 1633th reply in a mega-thread where you rattle off what you think are benefits of Bitcoin. That isn't even close to deserving merit, it is literally one of the worst kind of posts that exist here. Stop posting like this. I will never give you merit for this kind of thing.


Seems like you're right, some of your posts do deserve merit. I have given each of these posts a Merit, because they are short and sweet. They give the OP what they are looking for without all sorts of extra fluff, without beating around the bush and without giving them an emotional story or misinformation. I didn't even know bitcoins could be sent to the same wallet, I assumed it would just throw an error and maybe some exchanges wouldn't have an error_exception programmed for it. So many people get all worked up about why bitcoin's price falls and climbs, and normally I wouldn't give merit for speculation on this kind of thing, but honestly I think you hit the nail on the head. MEW, as you said, can't be a "scam" unless the person responsible for their private-key is irresponsible. Even this being the case, doesn't make it a scam, it just offers the user the freedom to control their security in whichever manner they see fit; if you want to be vulnerable they will allow you that freedom.


The Jr. Member campaign question is just a question being answered, even though I really like your answer, it isn't really helpful to me or anyone other than the OP. I wanted to give the Small Island Nations post a merit and I still might later, but for now I have "Watched" the thread and might hop into the conversation. The entire point of cryptocurrencies is that they are not centralized to one geographical area or government, so having each nation with their own coin would be completely nullifying and mind-numbingly difficult or no benefit.


* I do not understand why people put so many Line-Breaks, Returns, Enters in their posts, it makes it so obnoxious to quote and I always have to cut it down to size; stop trying to take up as much space with your post as you possibly can. You are like tourists on the sidewalk that attempt to form a blockade because they want to pretend they're more significant than they are. 

Alright, so I'd like to start off by saying posting the same exact thread is against the rules/guidelines. So you're off to a horrible start. It looks really suspicious when you just jump-ship and make a new thread the second there is trouble or someone questioning your ways of doing business. You had a chance to redeem yourself, prove you're not a scammer and instead you just walk-away and make a new thread.

Same Thread : https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2751303.40


I will leave the same offer in here; there is no reason for you to continue running, either do business like a man or leave.

This is my last offer. If you are going to continue acting sketchy my rating will remain. You haven't even said "Im not interested in those" or anything like that.

I have a StatTrak Desert Eagle Crimson Web Factory New. Worth at least $300, but you could get $450 for it.

http://steamcommunity.com/market/listings/730/StatTrak%E2%84%A2%20Desert%20Eagle%20%7C%20Crimson%20Web%20(Factory%20New)

https://opskins.com/?app=730_2&exterior=fn&loc=shop_search&search_item=crimson+web+desert&sort=lh&stat=1

These are the links to Steam Market and OPSkins for this exact item, you can see that I am not lying about price.

I also have a StatTrak M4A1-S Hyper Beast Factory New, which is at least $140 and you could easily get about $200 for it.

http://steamcommunity.com/market/listings/730/StatTrak%E2%84%A2%20M4A1-S%20%7C%20Hyper%20Beast%20(Factory%20New)

https://opskins.com/?app=730_2&exterior=fn&loc=shop_search&search_item=M4A1-S+%7C+Hyper+Beast&sort=lh&stat=1

These two items combined would catch a minimum of $440 if they were instantly sold to the lowest bidder; it you actually tried to sell them for a decent price you could fetch somewhere near $650. What are you willing to offer me for these two items combined?


My Post in the other thread:

Long story short, I (Bill Gator) suspect OP to be a Scammer and another user XBoxLive claims they have already been scammed by OP. Proceed with caution, or if you have any integrity proceed elsewhere, unless OP starts acting like they're serious.

I've had to delete multiple posts that were just spam in this review-round, please do not post local-section posts that I cannot read. They won't get merit, and they won't be left in the thread; if you want merit for these threads, let them stand on their own or go to a similar thread to this in your local section.


OP should merit you for answering a Binance question, I don't see how that is something I would want to merit; not helpful to me, the community at-large or high-quality by my standards. The Twitter Re-audit has nothing to do with bitcoin, development, blockchain or anything else that we even do here. The only relevancy twitter has to this forum are the terrible bounties that pop-up using twitter as their platform of choice. It is not helpful, but you can expect merit from the people you are actually "helping". Your last post is the 879th reply to an ICO and the only thing you do is ask a question that's already been answered and said "Thanks." No merit, and I feel like you've intentionally wasted my time.


Since you have flooded me with your posts and were kind enough to point to which you believe to be your strongest posts are I have only reviewed the posts in bold and I am not impressed. These aren't high-quality or helpful posts, and if you do believe them to be helpful then ask for merit from those you have helped with these posts. Try to submit only a few of your very best posts for review, because you are not going to get merit for posts like this.


I've given you merit for this post, because you are right higher character count != higher quality post. It seems like you're not just posting for the sake of posting in this thread and you honestly are sharing your thoughts, which aren't completely without nuance and insight.


I do have to disagree with you on this though, while using more characters doesn't necessitate that your post is of higher-quality there still certainly is some correlation between character count and post quality (albeit subjective, at best). For example, there will never be a quality post with only a single character. Therefore, it cannot be the case that post-quality has "nothing" to do with character-count, because there is a minimum even if there is not a maximum.


Unfortunately I did not find the rest of your submitted posts to be as compelling, however I would encourage you to submit more of your posts, because you definitely have it in you to have these high-quality, fun and nuanced conversations.


Congratulations, you've submitted more posts than anyone in this thread to-date. In my opinion, none of these deserve merit from a 3rd party such as myself. A lot of these posts are either answering a specific person's question, correcting their misinformation or simply responding to a "funny story" thread. These are not universally helpful or high-quality, in my opinion. You should expect merit from the users you help, intrigue, make laugh (maybe) or something of that vein. These posts have done nothing for me of that sort, so for now you go without merit from me.

Again, only submit your best posts, you more than likely do not have a dozen posts that deserve merit, unless you are really special.

The bounty suggestions won't be receiving merit, because I believe it to be a flawed idea. I appreciate the thought you've put into it and the intentions that you seemingly have surrounding the idea, but I've merited SFR10's post in your thread, because they outlined my concerns for your suggestion perfectly.


I have given you Merit for this thread, and apparently I am not the only one that feels the same. This is something that was definitely "needed" as it's going to help a lot of people figure out their requirements/thresholds for ranking up. I really like the post, if I get time I'll try to help you find bugs or make suggestions.


None of these deserve merit, in my opinion. One is in a mega-thread and only repeating the same information that has been said dozens of time in that same thread. One is a rambling post about ICOs, but doesn't really have any helpful information or insightful opinions. Then the last is an uninformed single sentence that EcuaMobi replied and informed you that nobody suggested what you are refuting. I don't believe any of these posts have helped anyone in anyway, except maybe learning what not to post.


None of your posts that you've submitted will be receiving merit from me either; it seems like there are other users that have found your posts to be helpful so that is your saving grace. They have and will continue to grant merit for people like yourself that help them specifically, but as I said it is just too situational and I do not find it personally helpful so I can't feel justified in handing out merit to these. As far as giving merit to that other user for their thread they have started, I did not give them merit either, but I went ahead and followed the rabbit-hole over to LoyceV's thread about the same thing and gave that a merit : https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1926895.msg19121647#msg19121647


Your first post about deflation is pretty high-quality and deserving of a Merit, I think. While I disagree with a couple of the things you've said there, like deflation is disincentive for borrowers/investors. I do like the thought that went into it and I agree with more than half of it, regardless it is very thought-provoking and it is the kind of conversations that I used to see around here a lot. We need more in-depth conversations about cause, effect, implications, economics, direction, theory, etc. I really like the chart that you brought to the table for the discussion about bankers killing cryptocurrency. Again, I think we come to different conclusions and interpret the data differently, but I have never seen a chart that quantifies things so concisely and in a comparative manner such as this. Your posts make me think and consider things that I have neglected to, it is quite fun. I type this as I review each new post, but it looks like you scored a 3/4 with your posts here and moreover you seem like an interesting user to have a back-and-forth with on these kind of topics. You are informed enough where you don't seem triumphantly naive or arrogant, you simply are there to have conversation and it isn't the same boring dribble we normally see from lower ranking members.


This is the only post I didn't throw you merit for from your submissions, just because it doesn't feel very "helpful" or something I would give merit for; while I agree with what you've said in the post, I just don't feel like it deserves merit.


These posts are the 40th and 100th+ reply to a thread and they offer no new information, they seek to respond/reply to nobody that has said anything in the thread. You are simply typing up 2-3 boring and dull sentences and throwing it on a deep page of a thread to hope it never gets read, but still somehow gains you merit. This is not a reality and you will have to dig inside yourself to have a more meaningful conversation that this, not high-quality or helpful in anyway.

I always wondered how the legality of "monitoring" your clients is laid out for countries that do not have KYC and similar laws/regulations. KYC forces you to verify your customer to a certain degree, verify their location, identity, etc. However in these other countries that do not enforce any kind of KYC-like legislation it makes me curious how their client-base is regulated at all.

For example, the company that does not have to Know their customer but is also not "allowed" to serve US clients has almost no way of verifying whether or not they are serving US clients; other than simply going off of current IP, which is not a verification at all; it can be circumvented, it can be manipulated, as you said people can go on vacation or even immigrate. There may be some clients that are allowed to play, but wish to not display their location and are refused because they are using a USA IP.

It would seem to be the case that US clients are only artificially restricted until there is KYC enforced worldwide or there is a more stringent validation than current IP. Although, like any business there is incentive to bring in as many customers as you can so I don't see the casino's stepping-up to the plate just to alienate an entire country full of gamblers (especially when they disagree with the KYC doctrine, anyways).

tl;dr Are US Citizens not (legally) allowed to play or is there just restrictions on US IPs? I'm a little confused on the legality.

Oh wow, then I have been under the wrong impression this whole time. I told my buddy from the US they might have a tough time using the site, because of the restrictions; I had not realized that everything was fully-functional for US clients except for requesting a deposit address. I was worried my friend would win big, then try for a withdrawal and be denied because they are from USA.

With this being said though, wouldn't that mean that US clients only have access to betting with whatever the faucet/rain will drip out for them? I suppose they could always do as they should've been doing from the start and use some form of IP security, like a VPN. Practically though, without jumping through any hoops the intended way for US members to use the site is through the faucet, is that right?

None of these deserve merit, and I'm honestly a little confused why you even bothered to post them here, but I don't mean to be harsh; I've had much worse. Again though, if you believe to have helped someone specifically, then you should expect merit from that specific person.


I have given these threads Merit, because it was not the same old nonsense as you usually see. You directed a newbie to the search bar, instead of just feeding into the shitpost mega-thread they are trying to create. You gave some really solid investment advice, from your own perspective, in a very concise and helpful manner in respect to what they were asking.


I'm not a YoBit member, so I found this post "alienating", in that it doesn't help me in the slightest. It might be a merit-earner from other YoBit users or people that find this helpful, but I personally do not.


I unfortunately cannot give merit to this thread, because I cannot read it or understand it in the slightest. While I am willing to look at local-threads, I have to be able to read them in order to determine whether or not they deserve merit; the default assumption is that they do not deserve merit, until they've earned it in my opinion. I would suggest seeking merit from those that can actually read the thread.


Feel free to come back and use the service time and time again, you are one of the few lower-ranking members that actually has discussions worth having (from what I can tell from your submissions in this thread). I have Watched this thread, because when I get time I plan to involve myself in the conversation; I really like the conversation about "Stable" crypto, the purchasing power, volatility and comparison to fiat. You've earned Merit for this post.

Merits stay even if the post is deleted, but there is a public Merit page - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=merit;u=370611 so you can see from whom and for what each user has earned their merit.


I've given this post Merit, because while I'm sure this information has been posted around before, it is a helpful starting point and of much higher-quality than the other discussions happening on that board. Mega-threads are the death on Bitcoin Discussion, it gets so boring so quickly.


This, unfortunately is why I won't be giving merit to any of these threads, I believe all of them to be in mega-threads where nobody is having a meaningful conversation, adding anything interesting or saying something unique. These threads should be left to dry-up and die; same old conversations and same old people copy + pasting.


I don't think MACD and RSI are good indicators within the cryptocurrency market, until it is corrupted in the same way that Forex has been; this very well may be the case with futures, but as of right now traditional trading strategies just don't work. I won't be giving merit for the thread asking "Is bitcoin going up or down?" as this is the single most annoying question that is asked every 15-seconds. I'm not going to be giving merit for any of these posts, because at best they are situational, helpful to the OP and maybe a couple others, these people should give you merit.



Until I believe people to be abusing my service, there is no "limit", but if you spam a wall of links, I'll probably just delete your post.


Your suggestions for improving security are not that well thought out in my opinion; theymos has certainly considered these options, but have your considered that adding all of these other protocols may introduce newfound vulnerability? There is no reason to be alerting everyone when they log-in from a different IP address, as this is just simply how most people use their accounts. Paying extra to use Google Auth, sounds absolutely horrid. The other question about Indian exchanges should get you merit from Indian users, assuming it is actually helpful to them. Lastly, the "Spot a good ICO" has been a thread made at least a dozen times in the past day and everyone gives the same answer that you've given. While it is true, it is not new, helpful or high-quality, IMO. No merit for these posts.


No Merit for these posts, and I won't be giving more effort in my review than you did in your post (oh wait, already have done that)

It certainly is taking a lot of time, more so than I had assumed from the beginning.


The one post is talking about joining signature campaigns for earnings and such, and so I will not be giving you merit for that post, and the other post is simply answering OP's question. This should/would get you merit from OP and anyone else that is looking for that answer, I see you've gotten some merit in that respect so there is no need for me to merit this.

Who is "we"? We do not know that the merit system isn't fair, because it simply is fair. From what you're saying people that post unique OP's that are extremely popular and helpful will get more merit than people asking questions in those same threads (or other less popular, helpful threads). I do not see the problem. People that post popular, helpful, informative contributions to the forum deserve more merit than somebody that simply had a tough time understanding the discussion. I fail to see your point.

If this person is helping somebody in a less popular thread, then the person they've helped can merit them or even another user that also found their post helpful; you know, the entire point of the merit system? Merit means you've earned it through competence, if you earn less than that is strictly and exclusively your fault/problem.


Less Traffic = Less People to give merit = Less merit circulating in local sections; Again, where is the problem? Should local sections be given additional merit, just because they can't contribute elsewhere? Those that sell merit will be tagged by DT, will not become a significant source of merit and will disappear within 2-weeks. I've seen multiple people tagged and run-off the forum for this kind of behavior already.

If less people find your post helpful, you will receive less merit; if there's less people in that section then there is naturally less people that are able to find your post helpful, therefore you need to expand yourself to other sections of the forum if you plan to progress past the merit levels offered in the aforementioned sections. Again though, forum ranks don't even matter... Why does it matter and where is the problem? It just seems like you and everyone else complaining about merits is worried they'll never earn merit, quick tip You are the problem if this is your concern presently.


You are a cringe-machine, this is not funny. Asking for merit isn't "bad for the forum", it's just bad for the person asking for merit; they won't receive more merit because of it, and I'd be willing to bet it has the opposite effect.  Behavior that is bad for the forum will naturally get scratched out by the DT members that do not allow for this kind of nonsense.

I wouldn't even say they are acting resourceful or greedy, they are acting as you would expect them to, desperately. It is a big problem and extremely disrespectful when the same people that were spamming shit-posts around the forum prior to the merit introduction are the people buying and selling their merit. It is pretty sad, but they won't get far with this strategy, their very small pool of merit will dry up and then it will be distributed as intended.


I love the "2-wrongs make a right" mindset that you are operating with. Even if we agreed with you that the merit system isn't fair, how does that justify taking advantage of it and exploiting it for monetary gain? You are trying to make it seem as though what you are doing is correct and it just looks pathetic. The merit system is as fair as anything, those who post high-quality contributions to the forum will be rewarded while those who do not are not.

By the way, it is allowed there are just certain members (a lot of them Merit sources) who think this behavior is toxic and would ruin the forum/merit system, which it blatantly would. They are correct for tagging merit sellers, just as it is right to tag trust sellers; It removes all integrity and purpose for the system in place.

Not very interesting, extremely short and I'm not sure who is supposed to find this helpful, informative or high-quality; I just can't see how this post is deserving a merit. Feel free to try again with a better post.


Your post about holding bitcoins and everyone talking about how they could've been a millionaire is nuanced and I enjoy it; it requires market movement, sales, transactions, etc. for bitcoin to grow, adopt and develop in the way that it has. Every transaction has played it's part, and it's nice to see you acknowledge, yeah we could've all held 1,000 coins, but we didn't. The posts about bounties and mining I didn't find particularly compelling, either.


I have given this post Merit , because you definitely gave OP the information they were looking for without repeating the information that anyone else mentioned. It was short, concise, but it gave helpful information to the person that needed it, went above and beyond what they were asking and maybe even answered a question they didn't think to ask.


I have given this post Merit, even though I don't normally give much credence to faucets. It seems like you're putting in the effort to inform everybody as well as possible, not just blowing off questions or "clients". I appreciate that you are trying to make faucets interesting and worth it, again, since lately they've been cancerous in my estimation.


Your request to have that post reviewed is seemingly longer than the post you're asking to be reviewed. It is the 80+ reply to a mega-thread and it doesn't seem like there is much meaningful discussion taking place. I'm not giving merit to this post.


I won't be giving either of these posts merit, because they are in very bland and boring threads that have been beat to death over the years with the same uninteresting discussions over and over again. They are almost mega-threads, without the mega, they have the generic, boring and uninteresting part down, but they are just missing the number of replies. I just don't think these kinda of threads are helpful or merit-deserving.


No, I'll keep it short; This is in a mega-thread, does not share any unique information/opinion and is shorter than my morning piss.