introduction and hello

[salish]

Hello everyone, my nym is Salish. I'm making this intro post to give nod to board etiquette and also to get out of Newb Prison. I need to post a positive review to a BTC-MP merchant who I've used in the past. If I give him the review.. and meet other requirements then I can get better service.. per his SOP. Hence me posting.. when generally.. I'd be much more comfortable lurking. This is not an indictment of bitcointalk forums.. rather.. I'm not really at the level of crytocurrency knowledge and understanding to wade into your threads here. I just lurk and gnaw on small bits(hashes!) that I find tasty.


But I use BTC daily and will so long as the blockchain endures.

Rights are enumerated, they are not granted. Rights are simply what all people have, to the degree they are willing to defend those rights. To exchange valuata in a secure way that cannot be trivially intercepted is a full frontal assault on the monolith of bureacratic crypto-fascism.. I agree with the IDEALS and the USES of BTC..  I'm not smart enough to understand it in detail.. but I can use lots of things effectively I don't really understand.

Hopefully this post will be deemed substantial enough to let me give my trader his props. Deuces!

[jflowers]

Hi Salish,

This is Jeff and I too would like to be able to get out of Newb prison.  I completely understand the thinking behind these rules, but imagine my surprise (after reading posts for a couple of months) when I actually wanted to submit a reply - and I was unable too.

I'm sure that a lot of folks are in this same position.  I'm trying to get out this weekend, so that I can state my interest in an ASIC custom hardware job.  I have to admit, I'm really impressed with this forum - they don't mess around. You'd better be in for the long haul and be troll-free.  So I write not with anger in my heart, just the desire to break free and prove my heartfelt desire to be a member of this community.

One thing though, I must admit that when I first signed up - the forum was clear about the posting requirements.  However, I had forgotten them until the day (yesterday) that I was trying to post a reply.  I took me (and I'm embarrassed by this) hours to figure out what I was doing wrong.  Perhaps it would be useful for the newbies to have additional reminders available (perhaps easier to find in the FAQ) as to why you can't post. 

Anyway, going to see about posting some more places - and I like the idea of these online meet and greets.

[Numien]

Hello both of you.

Yes, I'm also in the same boat. It was indeed a surprise here too; I imagine it's a very effective way to deter spammers, though.

Hopefully this is enough text to count, I'm not really imaginative enough to continue.