So just check the box in your profile to disable them...

I'd have to put in a request for that, so I'd rather not if I don't have to.

That's fine. I was just giving you crap. It takes up to ten minutes for the upgrade to happen automatically.

If you drop below 5 posts, yes.

Do you have any proof that you are you right now?

Sure about that? 

Sorry, you don't meet the requirements for preemptive whitelisting. It looks like if you browse around for 33 more minutes you will be released automatically, though.

Don't you wish! You will have to pay them every time they run out of money for blow.

No, they've been doing this for many years. You just don't hear about it much since nobody wants to draw attention to these terrorists.

I think a long time ago when MtGox was younger they said that someone was DDoSing them but would stop for a $10k ransom. Or maybe that was some other site. Point is, this is extremely common. In fact, it's one of the best ways for botnet operators to monetize their botnets.

Vouches are far more likely to be whitelisted, so most staff would be happy to take the request. However, only a handful of staff actually check the whitelist thread, so vouches are better sent to a staff member directly. First, check if one of the global mods are online. If not, try one of the many staff, giving preference to the specific newbie forum mods (currently psy, SomeoneWeird, MiningBuddy, and tysat).

I don't recommend doing that for general whitelist requests (although John will take those directly, too), but for vouches it should be fine.

That's why you completely ignore it if it's self-moderated. Also, you should start using the trust system.

They aren't idiots. They're the smart ones.

I'm telling you, the people who invest in these alt-coins-of-the-week are crazy.

Difficulty follows price. If anything, this might cause people to lose interest, causing the price to come crashing down.

But he was sure hoping that he could convince mladen81 to send the whole amount

But seriously, breaking apart transactions is NOT a valid scam prevention mechanism. Only use it to prevent mistakes that aren't related to reputation, such as someone giving you the wrong address or the amount getting stolen by a hacker immediately upon receipt.

Not if they aren't being sold for bitcoin.

Why would someone purposefully spend over $1k to defame TradeFortress? This is absolutely stupid, and webr3 should be ashamed.

Ripple should maybe make it more clear that trust means that you are basically giving someone that much money, though.

It's five posts (they don't have to be topics) and 4 hours logged in.

Not to nitpick, theymos, but your PGP-signed message isn't specific enough. If this forum were compromised, that message could have been taken from you years ago.

It is hard to make hardware. As long as some progress is being made, there is no reason to give them a scammer tag.

He is banned pending evidence that he has reclaimed his account (assuming it was hacked).