@bill gator, you remind me of that crazy counselor we all had at summer camp that was the only person that knew how to talk with that one outcast high school kid that ultimately ends up going on a murder-suicide shooting spree. You'd be the guy that's quoted in the newspaper as saying "xxx was a misunderstood individual, and if people would have just taken the time to peel back the layers, they would have seen the side of xxx that I saw."

Wow; what a weird first thought to have... I shouldn't log in to the forums first thing after waking up lol

I don't see how me spending my EARNED merits, personal money, and hours of time per week to run this challenge can be misconceived as using the forum's resources for personal gains. WHAT personal gains? I literally have no clue what you're talking about.

And to bring up @alia... That's completely irrelevant and has nothing to do with anything. But that's the type of person you are. You like to cloud your argument with shit that doesn't support any context whatsoever by bringing up irrelevant information lol. I won't entertain that.

And by you stating the things that you did state in the quoted text in the top post does make you sound like a racist. Unlike you, I don't edit other people's quotes. That was out of your mouth, verbatim. I would never use those words to describe anyone, jokingly or not. It's just insensitive and ignorant, and if you can't see that, it just goes to show that you really are a bigot.

And by you making libelous claims about my charitable actions in real life? That's defamatory, and could easily be taken as a violation of the following:



Anyways, it's obvious that nothing will be done by staff about you, so I'm placing you on my ignore list. I would appreciate if you would stop slandering me throughout the forums in random posts. I'll respect you enough to stop talking about you from this point forward, as well. I've already committed to doing that once before, but it seems as if you like to continue bringing me up. That's on you, but I'm done addressing you.

Cheers.

Applications are now closed for Round 6. All applications that are submitted from here on out will be for Round 7.

In total, we have 15 participants for Round 6. Good luck, everyone!

Another Brand New member (AnarchySelling) with a couple of self-moderated threads that includes autobuy links:

• [GiftCards]VISA | Steam | PSN At Affordable Prices [60%]
• 100% Undetectable PUBG RADAR (Packet-Based) $25
• MSDN(Microsoft Developer Network) Invites $30

Can a DT member please red tag this user? Thanks!

This content is plagiarized from BLOCKONOMI. Source article: https://blockonomi.com/how-to-make-money-bitcoin/ (How to Make Money with Bitcoin: 10 Ways to Earn Cryptocurrency)

The funny thing is that you copied and pasted the different ways out of order, thinking that this would somehow bypass a search filter?

I know this is not a mistake, given your post history. It's complete shit.

By the way, plagiarism is against the rules:

Shit, you're right. Nevermind LOL

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It's possible, but you'll have to follow instructions to join

Hey @Indohunter, enjoy the merit! I remember you! You deserve it, as you've shown that you are wiling to put in the time and effort in order to improve your skills. That's a whole lot better than 95% of the third world posters that I encounter on the forums, and it's great to see that you're showing such a great desire to learn.

I hope you don't mind, but I'm going to take your statement and break it down for you line by line to show you what I consider to be proper English:


I wanted to tell you about my wife and children and how we spent our weekend, but it's impossible. Why? Because I'm not married yet.


Normally, I spend my weekend doing something fun, like playing music with my friends. When I was 16, my school friends and I formed a band called LAKEPRI BAND, but unfortunately, it didn't last.


Currently, what I do most on the weekend is walk around in search for a partner. I find this to be very important, because as a 25-year old single male, it's common to hear the question "When are you going to get married?" in Indonesia. It's horrible to continue to get older without finding a partner.


I'm a graphic designer for a local apparel brand, so feel free to contact me if you'd like a cute t-shirt or jacket design (this is not an advertisement)

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Maybe someone else can take over the second part. I just wanted you to have a reference to see how someone that speaks English as a first language (me) would have posted what you did.

Keep up the great work, and feel free to ask questions; we're here for you as long as we know you're trying

I disagree. Unless he is paying for the goods/services/products for the customer, in addition to paying them for the reviews, this is extremely misleading and can be viewed as untrustworthy behavior.

Paying for reviews in general is shady behavior for a marketplace, whether the review is genuine or not. I'd advise you not to use the forums to buy these types of reviews.

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Quoting for reference, if necessary (archive.is)

I have conducted this trade with @bovineplane at a preev.com rate +6% for 0.01635BTC in the amount of USD$123.46



@bovineplane sent the payment first, and I sent the bitcoin immediately thereafter; this was a smooth exchange!

Your post start # is dictated by your first post made into the Round. I don't count posts that are made before 8:00PM on the first day of the new round. I just count the number of posts that were made since the beginning of the round and subtract that number from the total current post count (when I view the user's profile). This new number is the number I use for the Posts # (start) for each round.


I am considering this, actually. To have this challenge every two weeks would make things a lot easier for everyone, to be honest I'd like to know what everyone else thinks about this before I even bring it to the table. Thanks for the suggestion.

Great, I'll update the top post. Thank you so much for your continued support of this challenge, Geraldo! You were the very FIRST participant to enter the challenge, and the very first merit sponsor! It's crazy to think that it has already been over a month and the challenge is still ongoing. Thanks again for your contribution, Geraldo!

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I really appreciate you stepping up, but I'd rather you use your merits to award to other members that you may encounter around the forums. I can cover Geraldo's portion moving forward Unless you really really REALLY want to give u pa couple of your merits... Then I guess we could arm wrestle for it

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I agree; those posts are meritorious. Merited. Congrats again!

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I love seeing your progression here, and will do whatever I can to support you. You're one of the good Newbies we've got here on the forums. If there is anything I can help you out with regarding your personal matters, please let me know. If I'm in a position to help you, I undoubtedly will. Good luck!

Yes, but let's wait for him to post which post he would like to receive the merits for. If you agree with his selection, then you can feel free to award that post. Otherwise, if you don't agree with his selection, feel free to look through his post history and provide the merits for the post you find the most meritorious.

Congrats!

Round 5: Notes & Critique

Here are my notes for all of the participants. Please remember that this is my personal opinion, and in no way reflect the views of the moderators, staff, or any other members of this forum. If you don't like it, start your own challenge. These notes can also be seen on the spreadsheet.

Seetheummerallyeah: I like your posting style a lot. A lot of your replies and answers are simple, very direct and to-the-point, but I can tell that you took a lot of thought and time to answer them. You're a model member, and I'll be using you as a reference (if I could remember your username lol) of what I consider to be a great poster, and far from a shitposter. Even the 3 companies that you chose for bounties are the same ones I bookmarked as decent bounties to send to people who inquire about bounty campaigns that I'd recommend. You're a great member of the Altcoin community, and based on your post contributions and the topics you find interest in, I personally feel like you'd be a great merit source for the Altcoin boards. Great job this week, and I hope you stick around!

Sellingaccs: Great to see you stick around for the challenge this week! I like how you focused on helping out other members this week. Your technical knowledge in bitcoin and altcoins is welcomed and refreshing to see. You also took an interest to helping eliminate a shit campaign, which is great, as it shows your general interest in the forums as a whole, and not just a place to earn money. You've shown a huge improvement in that aspect, in my eyes. Your posts are short and direct; a great example of posts that don't have to be paragraphs in order to be good posts. Your posts, however, leave a desire for more references and sources, especially when reviewing sites or providing examples in your replies. Rather than just stating something definitive, it's always an added bonus if you can back it up with a screenshot or a link. Other than that, the only other critique I have is your post structure; try not to create a line break after every sentence. It's not really too annoying, except for the fact that I hate seeing this structure now because so many shitposters use it. You're far from being a shitposter, so it's confusing to see you posting this way lol. Solid week!

max2607: Great week for you! You're a well above average poster, and you seem to be very comfortable with the forums and its navigation. I wish you would reference a few more sources in the posts where you make some definitive statements that could easily be backed (example: these could easily be referenced - "There twitter has all bots followers" or "theymos or moderators only ban someone..."). Overall, keep up what you're doing; NONE of your posts have made me feel that you were a shitposter in any way. Great job!

butka: I'm really glad that you're part of this challenge. You've easily been added to the likes of @nullius and @Blue Tyrant as perfect examples of Newbies performing the correct way. Your dedication to the development and technical knowledge of Bitcoin is extremely impressive, and you're asking the right questions the right way. I've learned from the topics you've started this round, and while its apparent that you didn't have all the knowledge of the given topics, you've positioned them in a way to invite the correct answers, and you did it in a non-threatening way that was inviting for more established members to easily contribute to. Thank you for being a part of my challenge. I know that your interest mainly lies in the technical side of things, but feel free to venture about the boards! For example, you'll find a lot of questions by Newbies in "Beginners & Help" and people looking for help in "Project Development" that I think would benefit from your insight. Overall, another solid week for you!

shahzadafzal: Another solid round for you. But again, be careful when choosing which topics to post in. Opinionated and speculative topics such as "How to raise a smart kid?" or "What will happen if many countries accept virtual money" are designed to illicit broad and generic answers, no matter how much you try to portray your own experiences in those types of situations. The problem is that your answer, while well-written, will become ignored by users who are solely posting to rank up their accounts. Ultimately, posts in these topics end up contributing to more spam, no matter how well your posts are written. Other than that, I'm glad that you're finding more comfort throughout the forums. It's apparent that you enjoy bitcointalk, and are a great asset to the community!

RYXES: I love reading your posts. Your knowledge of mining really shows through, and I believe that you're an asset to the mining sub on the forums. Your passive aggressive posts are also entertaining to read, and they actually are contributive to the topics at hand LOL. I don't consider you a shitposter by any means, but if you want to improve your score, the devil is in the details. Just those extra little details when constructing a post, giving just that one extra example, and then posting a link to a reference or a source will take you a long way. Overall, I don't know what to tell you to help you improve your posts other than that... Otherwise, it's not that your posts are bad, it's just that all you participants are being critiqued and graded on a curve, so your competition is mainly each other (not my criteria). I had fun reviewing your account this week; keep it up!

Danstan: Getting better! I can see that you've listened to my critique from last week and have done a better job in choosing topics to post in, as well as providing better replies that weren't so generic. Your replies this time around were thought-out much better than your last round, and I could tell that you took more time and consideration in your posts. However, be careful where you post. One of your best posts just happened to get ignored (mainy) because it was on the 29th page of a megathread. These topics are only contributive to more spam on the boards, and a haven for shitposters to spam their posts. Just a word of advice for the next round: Try to stay out of Bitcoin Discussion, Speculation, and Economics and see if you can contribute to any other conversations. If something is too much for you to handle or understand, feel free to ask questions! Just explain that you're new and really do have a desire to learn. As long as members don't think you're there to post for the sake of posting, they'll be helpful! Overall, good improvement, but I know you can do better!

theyoungmillionaire: Your posts are the most controversial in this challenge. While I do appreciate that you're taking a lot of time to post positive news regarding bitcoin, you're just copying and pasting articles from other sources. At least you're referencing the sources, but what you're doing is essentially using the forums like your personal blog. While you're intentions are good, I find this to be slightly deceptive. There's no need to copy and paste an entire article; you can grab a paragraph, quote it, and then link the article for viewers to read the rest of it. If I may be honest, you're a merit whore. I feel like EVERY SINGLE post that you made in this round was for the direct purpose of receiving merit. You definitely earned merits for doing this, but anyone that views your post history will see that you're lacking the genuine aspect of wanting to be here on the forums. The impression that I get is that you're simply breeding your account and aiming to level it up so that you can join a campaign later. None of your posts seem genuine to me. I could be wrong, but the name of this challenge IS "Joe's Signatureless Challenge", so my opinion is what matters the most. Please stop copying and pasting articles, as I consider that shady, even if you are posting the source at the end. There really wasn't much else for me to critique, as the very few posts that had words of your own were submitted in merit threads. If you want a better score next round, try to post more organically, cool?

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Disqualified Participants

• IvanRed58rus: Does not qualify. Only 4 posts in Round 5 were in English
• Crypttoman: Does not qualify. Only 6 posts have been made in Round 5; none of the posts were in English.
• marcelo01: Does not qualify. 0 posts have been made in Round 5
• btctrad0r: Disqualified. Wearing paid signature (SKYFchain)
• nalinpuri: Does not qualify. Only 5 posts have been made in Round 5
• maflec0713: Does not qualify. Only 2 posts have been made in Round 5
• Ancient skills: Does not qualify. Only 3 posts have been made in Round 5
• rockyz: Does not qualify. 0 posts have been made in Round 5
• Lorin: Disqualified. Applied for paid signature campaign (BitWhisk)
• sull.kureen: Does not qualify. Only 2 posts have been made in Round 5
• oleksaUA0209: Disqualified. Wearing paid signature (GymRewards)
• kiemnhieutien: Disqualified. Wearing paid signature campaign (IOS)
• EzBreezy: Disqualified. Wearing paid signature campaign (IOS)
• jony35490: Disqualified. This user is wearing a signature from an expired paid campaign (Ultima)

Winners, please post the links to your post(s) that you believe to be the most meritorious. If the merit sponsors agree, they will merit that/those post(s) to award you for winning this challenge. If the merit sponsors do not agree with your selection, please note that they will find and choose a post to award your merits for this round.

Merit sponsors, please provide a link to the posts you award merits to for the winners of this round. If you do not agree with the winners' selections, please use your discretion to choose a post (or multiple posts, if applicable) to award merit to, and provide the links in a post here.

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Meritorious Posts of the Week (in no particular order, and purely speculative, based on my opinion):

• List of CoinMarketCap Alternatives
• Re: What's your favorite poker site
• Re: How to peer-to-peer OTC crypto trades occur?
• Understanding Bitcoin's Hashing Function in Simple Terms

I am looking to exchange some Bitcoin to PayPal. If you’re looking to buy some, you’re in the right place.

Important stipulations:

• Your PayPal account must be verified
• You must be ranked Member or higher, unless you have positive trust by a DT1 member, DT2 member, or a member in my personal trust network
• If you do not have positive trust, you must provide me with KYC verification with a form of identification with the same name of your PayPal account
• I will sell you BTC at preev.com rates +6%
• I’m only looking to do deals of at least $50USD (deals under $50 can be done at +15% rate)

I will use an escrow only if you request it, but please note that escrows for PayPal exchanges are redundant unless you’re willing to allow the BTC to be escrowed for 180 days until the risk of you disputing the transaction is clear.

Friends or Family payments are preferred. If you want to pay for Goods or Services, please provide me with your PayPal email address so that I can email you an invoice. I will require you to reply from that email address with verification before payment is made (unless you have positive trust feedback for prior trades).

You will send first, unless you’re a Hero/Legendary member with positive trust.

For the sake of transparency, all deals will be conducted in this thread. All private correspondence will be made public if we come to an agreement.

Newbies and brokers, don’t bother replying. Your posts will be deleted.

Thanks!

Round 5 has come to an end! I will turn the visibility of the spreadsheet off while I judge and critique the participants’ posts. Please do not request access to the spreadsheet while it’s turned off. Every week, I get a half dozen requests. Please don’t request access; it gets quite annoying, especially when I always mention that I am turning it off beforehand.

See you in a couple hours. Good luck, everyone!

Good evening sir,

oMg h0w tO jOin da b0unty camp4ign?!!1!

Nice project and I wish you luck sir.

Looks like you’re still shilling this same site. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3126170.0

Beware, viewers, this site is a ponzi, which is highly frowned upon here on the forums. Don’t fall for these types of sites, as you will end up failing a lot more than winning. Just sayin.

Oh, the irony.

I've always tried to keep him on my ignore list, and he will definitely go back on that list after this ordeal dies down; I just don't like the fact that his trolling has turned into defamation. I could care less about him calling me an alt, but when he implicates that I perform lewd crimes against children, such as ejaculating into the food that I feed starving children and families, that's where I draw the line. Not only are these statements ridiculous, they're accusatory of a criminal matter, which I feel is not okay, even in a joking manner. If this were to happen in real life, I would take this person to court and easily win this case. Don't you think this level of "trolling" here on the forums should be stopped by staff members?

I'm waiting to see how he reacts to this thread; I'll be sure to add him back on my Ignore list afterwards.