If that is an AI bot then Artificial Intelligence is probably doomed.

Looks like someone who types like they talk. Without punctuation.

Why would you bother with the risk of getting scammed by an account farmer (and contribute to the account farming and hacking problem) when you can just buy a copper membership.

Have a chat with the person that gave you the red trust.

The problem is that https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=911155 and https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=merit;u=996343

Both have been identified as merit abusers.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=911155 is undeniably an account / merit farmer.

It is discussed here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4508271.msg40681482#msg40681482

Genuinely concerned.

If he was using TOR then the Units of Evil might have got him.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=711968.msg8044683#msg8044683

Using TOR can get expensive is some scammer has been getting banned using the same IP.

I imagine that the majority of people are oblivious to the trust system and probably also the merit system.

Slightly off-topic and no offence intended - but each time I see "internal investigator"  I think of a colonoscopy.

The Russian moderator gives merit for users that help identify spam. Which is why there are so many deleted posts on some of the merit history of Russian users.

It indirectly does help keep the forums clean. The Russian forum is quite tidy, organised and often a good read.

It is discussed here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4330297.msg38817096#msg38817096

I must have just missed the defrocking. When I took the screenshots they didn't have red trust yet.

I have always wanted a tank. I'm not sure how useful they are against armed robbery but it would be a lot of fun. Ex military or a Howe & Howe Ripsaw ! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5FjZUwe000

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WxO6TwnFzU

Buying accounts is considered dodgy.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4508940.0

Spamming is also considered dodgy .
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-spam-bad-filip-poutintsev/




Source: http://archive.is/qvxyB

Let me give you some advice:

Posting dodgy ICO or pump and dump coin ANN
Offering dodgy MLM or Ponzis
Asking for loans without collateral from an untrusted account.
Offering to sell goods without trusted escrow from a untrusted account.
Offering to buy, sell or trade merit.
Offering to buy or sell accounts.
Doing anything else that appears dodgy or fraudulent.

Will result in being tagged with negative default trust.
It is to protect others. It won't stop you from posting.

There are certain groups of people that respect each other. I wouldn't describe it as cronyism. I've had big disagreements on here but that hasn't resulted in being tagged by a DT2. You have to do or suggest doing something scammy to receive that.

You can purchase a copper membership that has the same rights as member status for a small fee: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=credit;promote It allows you to post links in your signature.

Buying accounts is considered dodgy.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4508940.0


PS: Spamming is also considered dodgy on bitcointalk.






Source: http://archive.is/qvxyB

Hardly anybody reads comments. Google search takes effort. It is easier to ask questions without thinking. I want someone to pre-chew my food for me too. Is that 70 characters yet ? I can't be bothered to count. Damn I think I exerted myself and wrote too much.

Convicted fraudster Ronald Keala Kua Maria applied for the trademark of Bitcoin Cash, and calls himself Satoshi Nakamoto

Wants to charge 2% royalties for transactions over $800

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMahwybUUd4

http://satoshinakamoto.ws/







There are just so many suspects:  Who is really Satoshi Nakamoto ?

I disagree. Everything is complex if you don't understand it.

People like Wei Dai, Adam Beck, Hal Finney, Gavin Andresen, Martti Malmi, and many others are all capable of understanding and developing the complexities of bitcoin.

More than a conspiracy. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=3

Personally I read Theymos post about merit and see the purpose of the merit system as rewarding users that provide good content. So when I look at giving merit now I look at whether a person does regular shitposts -  if they regularly post shitposts - I won't give them merit for a good post because in my opinion defeats the purpose of merit.

Generally I try to restrict one merit per post because I only have a limited amount to give and now am involved in lots of interesting projects documenting bitcointalk history - so there are quite a few contributors to reward now for quality contributions. It is quite useful as a bookmark. Previous to this I found it quite difficult to find good posts and see no problem with merit sources rewarding consistent good posters with up to 50 merits.

With ANN - it is a commercial post. It should be written to a decent standard of the language it purports to be in. It is different for a user attempting to answer a thread. I'm dyslexic - my language skills are not perfect. Enabling the browser spellcheck has been useful. If I write in some of the other languages I attempt to get better at I would not put an important thread up without getting it checked over by a native speaker. You'd be surprised how easy it is to get someone on the forum to help translate.

The theyoungmillionaire (who I only had a very brief conversation with via PM) helped me translate an important anti phishing post into Filipino (A lot of Filipino users are victims of exchange phishing scams) and another user helped me translate the same post into Russian (my Russian is quite poor). I like reading the Russian and German forums because it has some high quality posts in there - even though I am not particularly good at either language.



I don't know whether you checked but phantastisch is bitcointalk staff.


and qwk is one of the most generous merit senders. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=merit;stats=topsend

and legendary detonator...


Also - "Übersetzungs-Spam gefunden? Hier könnt ihr ihn berichten" translates correctly into " Translation Spam found? You can report it here" rather than:

1miau won't even benefit from the merits because his activity count first has to catch up.
                       Activity     Merit
Member             60             10
Full Member   120            100

I think Santa is safe for now. Just remember that Kris Kringle has used pseudo-names for decades and the elves at the bitcoin foundation will keep him safe.

Besides:

Convicted fraudster Ronald Keala Kua Maria applied for the trademark of Bitcoin Cash, and calls himself Satoshi Nakamoto

Wants to charge 2% royalties for transactions over $800

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMahwybUUd4

http://satoshinakamoto.ws/

 Not sure whether this should be in the "alts" section. Since the trademark is for "Bitcoin cash".  

Convicted fraudster Ronald Keala Kua Maria applied for the trademark of Bitcoin Cash, and calls himself Satoshi Nakamoto

Wants to charge 2% royalties for transactions over $800

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMahwybUUd4

http://satoshinakamoto.ws/








Fascinating that "Satoshi" doesn't know the difference between "bitcoin" and "bitcoin cash".

Knowing a bit about copyright and trademark law - the obvious flaws are quite amusing.

Now that the IRS know who the real Satoshi is.....


Satoshi would never write something like this:



Unfortunately for Ronald the real Satoshi could spell and was a meticulous writer.

The real Satoshi also owns around a million bitcoins - so wouldn't have to bother getting patents of charging a fee.

This concerns me. For a large exchange to be operating as a shell company.


While it isn't specifically stated on their site there are lots of clues in their T&C:

You and CoinExchange submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New South Wales. (Australia)

Anti-Money Laundering Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 (Cth) (Australian legislation)

Should you use Services from CoinExchange which cost less than AUD$40,000 certain guarantees apply to those Services. These guarantees apply regardless of any express warranties to which you may also be entitled under these Terms. (Australian Currency)

You may not use the Services if you are located in, or are a citizen or resident of any state, country, territory, or other jurisdiction that is on the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade's Consolidated List, or any other location where your use of the Services would otherwise violate any applicable law.


Binance location is hard to find:

Registered in Hong Kong but located in Hong Kong and Japan.
Secretive with its exact location for security purposes.



Currently in the process of moving to malta



https://cryptoslate.com/binance-malta/




Registered in the British Virgin Islands under the name iFinex Inc, with subsidiaries Bitfinex in Hong Kong and BFXNA in the US.

Founder Raphael Nicolle, who is based in France, and director of community and product development Zane Tackett, based in San Francisco.
CSO Phil Potter, based in New York, and director of infrastructure Adam Chamely, who is in Atlanta.

It is believed that bitfinex is a resurection of failed exchange Bitcoinica.
Source: https://www.coindesk.com/bitfinex-examined-bitcoin-exchange/