It's all well and good finding patterns but, getting enough evidence to prove 100% that these accounts should be tagged is very difficult. I think a lot of people are too eager around here to plaster their red mark everywhere. A lot of false positives have probably happened through this method.

Report these if you think they are breaking the rules. I'm only adding people who are higher than member. But, I will take a look at reporting these if their posts haven't been dealt with by the time I get around to it.

Thanks to everyone else for inputting too by the way.

Yeah there is loads of these and some of them probably aren't even connected. Probably a bot, even if it's not it might as well be because those replies are complete nonsense like they aren't even remotely related to the discussion.  It's always good to get second opinions if you are unsure though.

Then this is whats going to happen because the experts have predicted thy! They've never been wrong or anything before. There's a general thing that happens when 'experts' predict these sort of things they either get it right and are remembered and hailed before the public for it or they get it wrong and it's forgotten about.

Let's not consider it an attack against Bitcoin or cryptocurrencies itself. It's more likely as someone mentioned above that they have been banned due to the amount of malicious software being spread because of these banners and advertisements. Facebook has always taken extreme measures against this sort of thing. Although, it's not a perfect solution I think it's an approach of the 'greater good' rather than an attack.

Faucets are a waste of time and are never worth it. It's been a long time since they have been worth it. If you are into writing and enjoy it then you can try steemit. You'll get rewards for articles that you write and people up vote them.

But, quit trying to make a living from faucets it's just not worth it.

Yeah, looks like it. Those seem completely unrelated replies to the discussion. When ever you see posts like these just report them and include a little comment for the moderators explaining the situation to make it quicker for them to deal with it. 

Declines are good for the economy. It also get's rid of the people who invested into Bitcoin expecting a quick buck and encourages new investors to invest into it. Stop thinking that Bitcoin is doomed as soon as the price falls. We all know the value of Bitcoin and a temporary drop isn't going to change that.

If I remember tomorrow I'll try to get into contact with Lethn and notify him that his account appears to be compromised. Looking at that Reddit account he posts very similar posts to what he posted of old on this account linked here. He'll likely want to get the account sorted out if he's aware it's been compromised.


It's nice to see that forum members are still working towards a common goal when it comes to forum security and cleanliness. Far too much of members attacking each other these days.

I guess you could call me old fashion but, I would rather not have something implanted that offers little to no practicability. I guess it's a cool gimmick and could be a talking point at a few gatherings but, really why is this better than any other traditional storage options. It's correct that dogs and cats have had microchips for a while now, but really I'm looking at the more long term issues that may arise. I guess it's as simple as removing it if infection sets in etc.

Could we please have a source on this? I'm unsure of the reliability with Russia sources and would appreciate anyone sharing the more accurate sites. No mention elsewhere on the forum to my knowledge though and I believe something like this would be well discussed.

I haven't looked into it but maybe mail.ru isn't even located in Russia.

I don't think this makes any difference to Bitcoin whether there's a lack of females anyway. But, if we must go into technicalities then no research could be conducted due to the fact that the majority of users that are involved in Bitcoin remain anonymous. Normally only people involved in projects and businesses reveal their identity.

Good job on tagging the account.

Thanks for finding that at the time I didn't check the seclog because I went offline shortly after spotting this.

Anyone who has an account on Reddit might want to contact him. I only browse Reddit and don't actually have an account. I think it would probably be better coming from an established member at Reddit than a newly created account with no posts.

Okay, so I've just come across a few highly suspicious posts from Lethn which I've never seen him make before. I checked his trust page and it seems his email has been changed recently but, not his password. Although, maybe I've caught it too late and they've changed the email since. Well looking at his post history he's now breaking rules continuously by posting these types of messages:



This is after a very long post gap. I've almost certain that this account has been hacked as they never posted these types of messages before and I think I remember Lethn being a somewhat productive member.

Profile link: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=71158
Here's a archive of his posts: https://archive.is/1tWZp

A signed message would likely be the solution here as I do believe it's been compromised. I just don't think the old Lethn that I remember posting would not post these types of messages.  I've reported to the messages which are breaking the rules and the ones that made me highly suspicious and have asked the staff members to take a look. But, I've included a archive of his posts before reporting these messages.

Looking at his post history seems to show that he was heavily involved in the Off topic and politics sections, and rarely if ever posted in the altcoin sections. Although, peoples desires change and it does seem that these posts are very similar to the ones that are made daily by hundreds of accounts.

Would appreciate anyones input on this.

He's probably got mixed up. I see value = what it means to the individual rather than it's current price. Although, I don't see why this would be going up whilst the price would be going down. Value is probably the same as it as always been for those invested in Bitcoin for Bitcoin rather than making a quick buck and then converting it back to fiat.

If you are in it for the long haul then stop looking at it's current price and think of Bitcoin's value to you rather than it's price. Especially if you are holding. The current price is irrelevant and as long as you have faith in Bitcoin and know how the economy works then it's current price does not matter to you.

Like eaLiTy said it really does depend on the type of business. If you don't want to buy more than you would need initially you could take it by a order basis and convert the cash into Bitcoin once you have received an order. Of course this all depends on what you are providing to the buyer as somethings might be instant. But, if it requires exchanging paper work etc and more in depth trades then you could exchange into Bitcoins once you have finalized the contract.

There's only so much you can talk about in economics so usually it's not a problem but, with Bitcoin discussion a wide variety of posts fit within it and then it's the top category and therefore there's a lot  of posts which are put in there when they belong in other sections.

What do you mean by a survey? Please give us an example because I don't think I'm understanding what you are trying to say. Are you referring to polls? Something where you can ask a question and then have people vote rather than posting replies? If so that's already implemented.

As long as there's a need for a moderator (enough reports, enough spam) then theymos will likely be willing to look into the current moderator and decide whether he needs replacing or a little help. But, as we saw recently with the french section and a few complaints about the moderator there just wasn't enough reports to justify a new mod.