Forum ranks/positions/badges (What do those shiny coins under my name mean?)

[MadGamer]

What do I need to do to access the "Custom Title" option in the profile? Thanks for the answer.

A custom title is only for moderators and VIP members, where you basically need to donate 50 BTC which I doubt anyone is willing to do with the current price.

[xBoxLive]

Is this a current bug: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1018307

140 Activity, Member status. It should have been FM about 4 weeks ago no?

[TheQuin]

Is this a current bug: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1018307

140 Activity, Member status. It should have been FM about 4 weeks ago no?

Lol, where have you been hiding to have not heard about the merit system yet? Go back and read the OP to this thread and right at the start of it you will find the link to the thread explaining it.

[xBoxLive]

Is this a current bug: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1018307

140 Activity, Member status. It should have been FM about 4 weeks ago no?

Lol, where have you been hiding to have not heard about the merit system yet? Go back and read the OP to this thread and right at the start of it you will find the link to the thread explaining it.

Will do. Don't have alot of time to read the forum like I would want to. Thanks for the heads up

[Xal0lex]

What do I need to do to access the "Custom Title" option in the profile? Thanks for the answer.

A custom title is only for moderators and VIP members, where you basically need to donate 50 BTC which I doubt anyone is willing to do with the current price.

Then why users who do not have the status of "moderator" or VIP, have the option "Custom Title" in the profile (for example, https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=31288 or https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=41911), but many moderators on the forum do not have this option? For example, theymos (administrator) does not have this option in the profile.

[BitSat]

What do I need to do to access the "Custom Title" option in the profile? Thanks for the answer.

A custom title is only for moderators and VIP members, where you basically need to donate 50 BTC which I doubt anyone is willing to do with the current price.

Then why users who do not have the status of "moderator" or VIP, have the option "Custom Title" in the profile (for example, https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=31288 or https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=41911), but many moderators on the forum do not have this option? For example, theymos (administrator) does not have this option in the profile.

These both persons was moderators but due to personal life activities they leave this job and now doing here as common users with this Custom  title

[SFR10]

What do I need to do to access the "Custom Title" option in the profile? Thanks for the answer.

In addition to what "MadGamer" stated, if you're a "well known person" within the community and ask nicely (with a valid reason) then you might get it as well (last person that got a custom title [through a request]).

but many moderators on the forum do not have this option? For example, theymos (administrator) does not have this option in the profile.

It isn't mandatory (just because someone has a certain position within the community).

[pircklr1]

Ranks

Update on 2/3/18: Merit points are now added
In addition to the activity points, merit points (click for more information) are required to advance your ranking.

All the main ranks that can be handed out to normal users are: Brand New, Newbie, Jr. Member, Member, Full Member, Sr. Member, Hero Member and Legendary.
In addition to the main rankings, there are also sub-rankings that can be applied, and those are: Donator, and VIP.
Finally, staff sub-rankings are as follows: Staff, Moderator, Global Moderator, Administrator, and Founder.

Rank	Description	Tag
Brand New:	0 posts, gets 1 gold coin under his name.	https://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/star.gif
Newbie:	(none), gets 1 gold coin under his name.	https://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/star.gif
Jr. Member:	Activity: 30, gets 1 gold coin under his name.	https://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/star.gif
Member:	Activity: 60, gets 2 gold coins under his name.	https://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/star.gifhttps://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/star.gif
Full Member:	Activity: 120, gets 3 gold coins under his name.	https://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/star.gifhttps://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/star.gifhttps://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/star.gif
Sr. Member:	Activity: 240, gets 4 gold coins under his name.	https://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/star.gifhttps://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/star.gifhttps://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/star.gifhttps://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/star.gif
Hero Member:	Activity: 480, gets 5 gold coins under his name.	https://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/star.gifhttps://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/star.gifhttps://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/star.gifhttps://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/star.gifhttps://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/star.gif
Legendary:	Activity: the Legendary membergroup has no universal activity requirement. You are guaranteed to become Legendary somewhere between 775 and 1030 activity, but the exact point in this range at which you become Legendary is random per user. Gets 5 gold coins under his name of which the last is half dark blue.	https://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/legendary.gif
Sub-Rank	Description	Tag
Donator:	Manually applied by administration after 10 BTC donation, and gets 5 gold coins under his name of which the last is half green. 5 coins are shown regardless of post count when user is a Donator.	https://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/donator.gif
VIP:	Manually applied by administration after 50 BTC donation, and gets 5 gold coins under his name of which the last is half purple. 5 coins are shown regardless of post count when user is a VIP.	https://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/vip.gif
Staff Rank	Description	Tag
Staff:	Shown when moderators (see next point) post outside of the sections that they moderate. The tags under their usernames are dependent on their post group.	variable
Moderator:	Shown when moderators of specific sections post within those sections. Gets 5 gold coins, of which the last is shown as half faded-out green.	https://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/staff.gif
Global Moderator:	Applied to Staff that have moderation privileges in all boards. Gets 5 gold coins, of which the last is half teal colored.	https://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/mod.gif
Administrator:	Has all available permissions and can appoint moderators and perform other administrative tasks. Gets 5 gold coins, of which the last is shown half red regardless of post count.	https://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/admin.gif
Founder:	Reserved for Satoshi, gets 5 platinum coins under his name.	https://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/founder.gif

The way activity is calculated:

The activity number is determined in this way:
time = number of two-week periods in which you've posted since your registration
activity = min(time * 14, posts)

Activity is updated every hour.

To become a Donator or a VIP, send a PM to theymos to get a unique donation address.


Took the liberty to update it according to the new Activity & new member limits/groups.
Edited with proper number of coins.
malevolent - update: added info about the new rank, changes to the Staff rank tag, removed the deprecated "SCAMMER" sub-rank. Also included info about the posting limits.

Signature restrictions

There are restrictions on signatures, based on your activity/rank.

- Newbie: No styling (including links) allowed. Max 50 characters.
- Jr. Member: Max 150 characters.
- Member: Links allowed. Unlimited length.
- Full: Color allowed.
- Sr. Member: Size allowed
- Hero: Background color allowed

Badges

I added a system of badges to SMF a while ago, though only two are defined now. Here are the current badges:

https://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/badges/expert.png Bitcoin expert	Dev&Tech only. People with this badge know enough about the Bitcoin network to reimplement something very like it from scratch. They are capable of intelligently discussing the Bitcoin network: current protocol, possible attacks, proposed changes, etc. Criteria: Recommendation by an existing Bitcoin expert or core dev and approval by a forum administrator.
https://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/badges/qt.png Bitcoin-Qt core developer	Dev&Tech only. These are the core developers of Satoshi's Bitcoin client. They are listed here. Core developers are among the top contributors to Bitcoin-Qt, and they are all bitcoin experts, though they don't also get that badge.
https://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/badges/hacker.png The Glider(hacker symbol)	Awarded for people who have responsibly disclosed forum security flaws.

A core dev does not "outrank" a bitcoin expert (or vice-versa), and it's possible for someone without a badge to contribute meaningfully to a discussion with experts and core devs.

Limits on posting

Code:

waittime = 360;
if(activity >= 15)
        waittime = (int)(90 - activity);
if(activity >= 60)
        waittime=(int)(34.7586 - (0.0793103 * activity));
if(activity >= 100)
        waittime = max((int)(14-(activity/50)), 4);

Limits on PMs

I've adjusted the limits to make spamming more difficult.

Activity	Min. seconds between post actions	Max PM recipients	PMs per hour
0	360	3	5
16	74	5	30
30	60	5	60
60	30	5	60
100	12	10	120
200	10	15	120
300	8	20	120

Avatars
Full Member and up only.  
It must be no more than 120px wide, 80px tall, and 100 KiB in size. It must be a PNG, GIF, or JPEG image. It must be safe for work.

Shouldn't this topic also include the Merit system in the first post? For a long time I thought this was the ranking system until I googled what the Merits are realized that the system has changed? I would assume that I am not the only one wondering this so this could be quite helpful for new people here.

Edit. I just noticed that a very small and unnoticable one line link has been updated into the first post. I think this should be made bigger, and it would not hurt updating the whole first post to match with the merit table in the link since the current table in this topic is not correct/complete anymore...

[TheQuin]

Shouldn't this topic also include the Merit system in the first post?

It does, open your eyes and read the first line.

[Obi2024]

Ranks

Update on 2/3/18: Merit points are now added
In addition to the activity points, merit points (click for more information) are required to advance your ranking.

All the main ranks that can be handed out to normal users are: Brand New, Newbie, Jr. Member, Member, Full Member, Sr. Member, Hero Member and Legendary.
In addition to the main rankings, there are also sub-rankings that can be applied, and those are: Donator, and VIP.
Finally, staff sub-rankings are as follows: Staff, Moderator, Global Moderator, Administrator, and Founder.

Rank	Description	Tag
Brand New:	0 posts, gets 1 gold coin under his name.
Newbie:	(none), gets 1 gold coin under his name.
Jr. Member:	Activity: 30, gets 1 gold coin under his name.
Member:	Activity: 60, gets 2 gold coins under his name.
Full Member:	Activity: 120, gets 3 gold coins under his name.
Sr. Member:	Activity: 240, gets 4 gold coins under his name.
Hero Member:	Activity: 480, gets 5 gold coins under his name.
Legendary:	Activity: the Legendary membergroup has no universal activity requirement. You are guaranteed to become Legendary somewhere between 775 and 1030 activity, but the exact point in this range at which you become Legendary is random per user. Gets 5 gold coins under his name of which the last is half dark blue.
Sub-Rank	Description	Tag
Donator:	Manually applied by administration after 10 BTC donation, and gets 5 gold coins under his name of which the last is half green. 5 coins are shown regardless of post count when user is a Donator.
VIP:	Manually applied by administration after 50 BTC donation, and gets 5 gold coins under his name of which the last is half purple. 5 coins are shown regardless of post count when user is a VIP.
Staff Rank	Description	Tag
Staff:	Shown when moderators (see next point) post outside of the sections that they moderate. The tags under their usernames are dependent on their post group.	variable
Moderator:	Shown when moderators of specific sections post within those sections. Gets 5 gold coins, of which the last is shown as half faded-out green.
Global Moderator:	Applied to Staff that have moderation privileges in all boards. Gets 5 gold coins, of which the last is half teal colored.
Administrator:	Has all available permissions and can appoint moderators and perform other administrative tasks. Gets 5 gold coins, of which the last is shown half red regardless of post count.
Founder:	Reserved for Satoshi, gets 5 platinum coins under his name.

The way activity is calculated:

The activity number is determined in this way:
time = number of two-week periods in which you've posted since your registration
activity = min(time * 14, posts)

Activity is updated every hour.

To become a Donator or a VIP, send a PM to theymos to get a unique donation address.


Took the liberty to update it according to the new Activity & new member limits/groups.
Edited with proper number of coins.
malevolent - update: added info about the new rank, changes to the Staff rank tag, removed the deprecated "SCAMMER" sub-rank. Also included info about the posting limits.

Signature restrictions

There are restrictions on signatures, based on your activity/rank.

- Newbie: No styling (including links) allowed. Max 50 characters.
- Jr. Member: Max 150 characters.
- Member: Links allowed. Unlimited length.
- Full: Color allowed.
- Sr. Member: Size allowed
- Hero: Background color allowed

Badges

I added a system of badges to SMF a while ago, though only two are defined now. Here are the current badges:

Bitcoin expert	Dev&Tech only. People with this badge know enough about the Bitcoin network to reimplement something very like it from scratch. They are capable of intelligently discussing the Bitcoin network: current protocol, possible attacks, proposed changes, etc. Criteria: Recommendation by an existing Bitcoin expert or core dev and approval by a forum administrator.
Bitcoin-Qt core developer	Dev&Tech only. These are the core developers of Satoshi's Bitcoin client. They are listed here. Core developers are among the top contributors to Bitcoin-Qt, and they are all bitcoin experts, though they don't also get that badge.
The Glider(hacker symbol)	Awarded for people who have responsibly disclosed forum security flaws.

A core dev does not "outrank" a bitcoin expert (or vice-versa), and it's possible for someone without a badge to contribute meaningfully to a discussion with experts and core devs.

Limits on posting

Code:

waittime = 360;
if(activity >= 15)
        waittime = (int)(90 - activity);
if(activity >= 60)
        waittime=(int)(34.7586 - (0.0793103 * activity));
if(activity >= 100)
        waittime = max((int)(14-(activity/50)), 4);

Limits on PMs

I've adjusted the limits to make spamming more difficult.

Activity	Min. seconds between post actions	Max PM recipients	PMs per hour
0	360	3	5
16	74	5	30
30	60	5	60
60	30	5	60
100	12	10	120
200	10	15	120
300	8	20	120

Avatars
Full Member and up only.  
It must be no more than 120px wide, 80px tall, and 100 KiB in size. It must be a PNG, GIF, or JPEG image. It must be safe for work.

Thank you for this post, i think many people will find it informative, i will always refer to it.

[Locotoni]

can someone post new ranking sceme?

[CryptonikaTrade]

I have 126 points activity now but my rank is still member. When it changed to Full member?

[JayJuanGee]

I have 126 points activity now but my rank is still member. When it changed to Full member?

Did you read the OP of this thread, and the link about merits that is in the first few sentences of OP? 

Currently, you have to have 100 merits to rank up from member to full member.  Then you will need to have 250 merits to rank up from full member to senior member.

[JayJuanGee]

can someone post new ranking sceme?

What do you mean?  What is "new ranking scheme?"  Are you talking about merits?  If so read the OP and there is a link in the OP about merits - in the first couple of sentences.  That might be helpful to read that, unless you are asking about something else.

[toddy37]

Thanks for this post, really helpfully for a new starter!

[Astrilian]

There seems to be a lot of confusion with this new system, apparently plenty of users spend most of their time in the bitcoin and alt discussions and haven't noticed the change. Also I don't see many users actually getting merrits despite a lot of good quality posts, of course not talking about myself here. Would be interesting to see some real data around that as it might only be my own perception. Any others who noticed that too?

[JayJuanGee]

There seems to be a lot of confusion with this new system, apparently plenty of users spend most of their time in the bitcoin and alt discussions and haven't noticed the change. Also I don't see many users actually getting merrits despite a lit of good quality posts, of course not talking about myself here. Would be interesting to see some real data around that as it might only be my own perception. Any others who noticed that too?

Even for a newly implemented system that is less than a month old, there is a decent amount of information that is publicly available, including a large number of threads on the topic of merits.  

Of course, with some more passage of time, more data will generate to clarify how it is being used, and you may be correct that there are some parts of the forum that use the merits less and likely there are going to be some issues around getting merits down to lower ranks from the upper ranks. 

Some threads have been created to attempt higher ranked members to assist lower ranked members to earn merits to rank up or to at least to petition attention to posts that might not have received as much merits as they might seem to deserve.

Further:  Have you looked at the thread announcing the new merit system?

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2818350.0

Or, have you looked at the merits stats page that is available to everyone through the merit link that is in their profile page?

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=merit;stats

[BitSat]

good day ano ba kaylangan gawin para makagawa ng merit sir plsss pwede bang mag learn can u give me a good advises tnx......

Good advise for you try to follow rules and use here English and use your language in local section hopefully this will works for you better

[Sliki]

thx about that, I also gained a lot from this
Can I be upgraded to a legendary member for charity sake

[InvoKing]

thx about that, I also gained a lot from this
Can I be upgraded to a legendary member for charity sake

Ok, since it's for charity sake then consider it done!

(someone delete this post and the previous one. Thx)
You people are simply lazy and egoistic, you have to follow the path that every bitcoiner spent years walking in it.