Get Donator status by donating 10 BTC

[xypos]

Are there are any vip/donator rapple every month? It could be very exciting if the forum have this one.

No, and it is not planned at all.

[n00ber]

Are there are any vip/donator rapple every month? It could be very exciting if the forum have this one.

No, and it is not planned at all.

Nevermind just a suggestion  .

[b!z]

Are there are any vip/donator rapple every month? It could be very exciting if the forum have this one.

No, and it is not planned at all.

Nevermind just a suggestion  .

I'm sure the forum has enough money already.

[n00ber]

Are there are any vip/donator rapple every month? It could be very exciting if the forum have this one.

No, and it is not planned at all.

Nevermind just a suggestion  .

I'm sure the forum has enough money already.

That's my point if the forum has enough money already. Why not having a free vip/donator lottery? That could be exciting.

[SaltySpitoon]

Does it's possible to donate in multiple part ?

For example, 5 BTC right now, and 5 BTC later for the 10 BTC total of "Donator" rank. (Same question for the VIP)

And does if a "Donator" want to get "VIP" he just have to send 40 BTC more, or he have to repay 50 BTC in total ?

Thanks in advance.

Theymos has said earlier in this thread that if you donate 10 BTC to become a donator, then you can donate 40 more coins later to become a VIP. I'm not sure enough about my answer to say that 5BTC now and 5 BTC later would get you a Donator Tag. My guess would be yes, however Theymos would be able to tell you yes/no for certain much quicker than I could.

[qwk]

That's my point if the forum has enough money already. Why not having a free vip/donator lottery? That could be exciting.

So, you want to become a "donator" without donating?

[n00ber]

That's my point if the forum has enough money already. Why not having a free vip/donator lottery? That could be exciting.

So, you want to become a "donator" without donating?

I'm proposing a lottery. There are currently 149,000 members. What is my chances? 

[ingrownpocket]

That's my point if the forum has enough money already. Why not having a free vip/donator lottery? That could be exciting.

So, you want to become a "donator" without donating?

I'm proposing a lottery. There are currently 149,000 members. What is my chances? 

Let me ask you again: So, you want to become a "donator" without donating?

[n00ber]

That's my point if the forum has enough money already. Why not having a free vip/donator lottery? That could be exciting.

So, you want to become a "donator" without donating?

I'm proposing a lottery. There are currently 149,000 members. What is my chances? 

Let me ask you again: So, you want to become a "donator" without donating?

Not really, I want to be a vip.

[n00ber]

That's my point if the forum has enough money already. Why not having a free vip/donator lottery? That could be exciting.

So, you want to become a "donator" without donating?

I'm proposing a lottery. There are currently 149,000 members. What is my chances? 

Let me ask you again: So, you want to become a "donator" without donating?

Not really, I want to be a vip.

I know of at least one person who got VIP with out paying. Do something beyond great for BTC and I bet you can get one too.

Thanks for encouraging me. 

[qwk]

I know of at least one person who got VIP with out paying. Do something beyond great for BTC and I bet you can get one too.

Chances of doing the very first bitcoin transaction are low today, though

[jackjack]

Are you talking about Hal Finney?
He did much more for Bitcoin than receiving the first transaction...

[theymos]

MagicalTux got "free" VIP status for hosting the forum for a long time, too. I think that him plus Hal are the only free donator statuses I gave out. You'd have to do something pretty extraordinary to convince me to give out another free one.

I don't see any point in donating 5 BTC now and then 5 BTC later. You won't get Donator status until you've donated a total of at least 10 BTC. It'd be better for you to earn interest on the 5 BTC somewhere until you're ready to pay 10 BTC. The forum isn't in need of money.

[Raize]

I'm willing to bet 5 BTC that if a 1 BTC or less donation option is offered while Bitcoin is under $200 USD, there will be a scammer with that 1 BTC status within the first four months. I'd have to have some sort of neutral third party determine if the person actually performed a scam or not, though, I'm open to suggestions.

Also, if someone wants to run the names of all the Donator/Scammers and collect the following, I'd be interested in it:
1) Name of Donator/VIP
2) Date they registered their account
3) Date they purchased Donator/VIP
4) Date they appear to have first scammed (best estimate might be needed)
5) Date they appear to have gotten the scammer tag (best estimate might be needed)
6) URL of scammer thread

Here, I'll do R-:
1) R-
2) March 31, 2012, 08:03:21 AM
3) April 18, 2012, 07:50:24 AM
4) July 23, 2012, 12:44:28 AM
5) January 12, 2013, 02:37:08 PM (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=94734.msg1450060#msg1450060)
6) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=94734.20

My guess is that R- would fit the mold of the typical Donator/VIP scammer and the admin/mod reaction to it.

Here's how it goes:
Someone registers and then buys Donator/VIP within the first three months of their account if not under one month, performs some regular business and enjoys their status, then within four months after getting VIP, totally screws over some poor soul willing to do a hundred bucks worth of work for them and doesn't receive a scammer tag till 6 months later.

That said, the trust system helps immensely in getting early warning signals in. As Thomas Jefferson once said on liberty, "I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it." The trust system is liberty and a free market. I'd rather be exposed to a slew of negative ratings by individuals upset over something someone said than see people getting scammed by Donators/VIPs/whatever the new 1 BTC status would be.

[SaltySpitoon]

I'm willing to bet 5 BTC that if a 1 BTC or less donation option is offered while Bitcoin is under $200 USD, there will be a scammer with that 1 BTC status within the first four months. I'd have to have some sort of neutral third party determine if the person actually performed a scam or not, though, I'm open to suggestions.

Also, if someone wants to run the names of all the Donator/Scammers and collect the following, I'd be interested in it:
1) Name of Donator/VIP
2) Date they registered their account
3) Date they purchased Donator/VIP
4) Date they appear to have first scammed (best estimate might be needed)
5) Date they appear to have gotten the scammer tag (best estimate might be needed)
6) URL of scammer thread

Here, I'll do R-:
1) R-
2) March 31, 2012, 08:03:21 AM
3) April 18, 2012, 07:50:24 AM
4) July 23, 2012, 12:44:28 AM
5) January 12, 2013, 02:37:08 PM (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=94734.msg1450060#msg1450060)
6) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=94734.20

My guess is that R- would fit the mold of the typical Donator/VIP scammer and the admin/mod reaction to it.

Here's how it goes:
Someone registers and then buys Donator/VIP within the first three months of their account if not under one month, performs some regular business and enjoys their status, then within four months after getting VIP, totally screws over some poor soul willing to do a hundred bucks worth of work for them and doesn't receive a scammer tag till 6 months later.

That said, the trust system helps immensely in getting early warning signals in. As Thomas Jefferson once said on liberty, "I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it." The trust system is liberty and a free market. I'd rather be exposed to a slew of negative ratings by individuals upset over something someone said than see people getting scammed by Donators/VIPs/whatever the new 1 BTC status would be.

Oh man, I forgot about that thread, Mushroomized now owes me 3.5x10^84 BTC.

So did you ever get paid Mush? See, she took a loan from me for 10 BTC, and she said she would have paid me back a long time ago, but she never got paid for some work. Now due to the terms of our loan that we set as a joke at the time, she now owes me 1.8 Million BTC, as we set the terms that 200% interest would compound daily after our initial 1 month agreement.

So... if Mush doesn't get her BTC soon, I'm going to have to break her other leg. And trust me, she doesn't need any more deformities. R, could you live with yourself knowing that you are making some poor hideous woman even more hideous as she falls deeper and deeper into debt?

BTW, Mush, it will be 3.6 Million BTC owed in 1 hour and 20 minutes, so you better hurry the hell up.

[Paladino]

Theymos has said earlier in this thread that if you donate 10 BTC to become a donator, then you can donate 40 more coins later to become a VIP. I'm not sure enough about my answer to say that 5BTC now and 5 BTC later would get you a Donator Tag. My guess would be yes, however Theymos would be able to tell you yes/no for certain much quicker than I could.

Ah sorry I haven't checked all the pages, I should have.

Thanks for the reply.

I don't see any point in donating 5 BTC now and then 5 BTC later. You won't get Donator status until you've donated a total of at least 10 BTC. It'd be better for you to earn interest on the 5 BTC somewhere until you're ready to pay 10 BTC. The forum isn't in need of money.

Thanks for your honest answer.

I will see how to make interest with them.

[qwk]

Also, if someone wants to run the names of all the Donator/Scammers and collect the following, I'd be interested in it:
1) Name of Donator/VIP
2) Date they registered their account
3) Date they purchased Donator/VIP
4) Date they appear to have first scammed (best estimate might be needed)
5) Date they appear to have gotten the scammer tag (best estimate might be needed)
6) URL of scammer thread

That'd be a nice addition to my
VIP / Donator Fun Facts:
I'll get to work on this

38 VIPs, 4 SCAMMERs -> 10.5% SCAM
108 Donators, 4 SCAMMERs, 1 Untrustworthy -> 3.7% SCAM, 0.925% Untrustworthy

If in doubt, trust a Donator! 

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List of VIP Donators (50 BTC)

smart1985 -> Mybitcointrade.com
Canaca
casascius
mndrix
Als Pawnshop
btcx
Brian DeLoach
zhoutong
Metabank.ru
BTC_Bear
pirateat40 - SCAMMER
znort987
jorgen
Graet
gigavps
cryptoxchange - SCAMMER
BitAvenue -> R- - SCAMMER
Goat -> Chaang Noi (Goat) ช้างน้อย
Btc4Domains
mrbrown
01BTC10
imsaguy
cablepair -> SCAMMER
BitcoinBaltar
usagi
BCB
eb3full
MemoryDealers
augustocroppo
buzzdave
Dustin D. Trammell a.k.a. I)ruid -> dustintrammell
XMLGold
bitconexfoier
johnascii
Hexadecibel
mLiberty
lixiaolai
TradeFortress

38 VIPs, 4 SCAMMERs -> 10.5% SCAM



List of Donators (10 BTC)

Narydu
Blitzboom -> Blitz
qwk
shakaru - SCAMMER
Lord Fog -> Lord F(r)og
FNIB -> Hous1955
Transisto
Gyom
molecular
ribuck
edd
eldentyrell
chunglam
DeepBit
PMX-67-de
DeathAndTaxes
copumpkin
Matthew N. Wright - Untrustworthy
Jonathan Ryan Owens
cbeast
reeses
coretechs
mcorlett
bo2573
PatrickHarnett - SCAMMER
Meni Rosenfeld
Boss -> Jon
BadBitcoin -> BadBitcoin (James Sutton)
Seal
organofcorti
lonelyminer -> lonelyminer (Peter Šurda)
jarsumarsu
bitsforcoins
aurumxchange
CAcoins
gnar1ta$
bccasino
BitcoinExchange
BrightAnarchist
AndyG
Kluge
lightlord
OgNasty
wogaut
TheBitLLC
deego
coblee
tgmarks
zefir
Raize
PsychoticBoy - Staff
AniceInovation
packet7
tseale
Blaztoize
ciuciu
minimalB
bitfoo
iSellBitcoins
cytokine
Jake
Fordy -> fanquake
nave
datafish
coinrolls2
vescudero
miaviator
ShadowAlexey
DeaDTerra
vasgolova
friedcat
Otoh
ianspain
Soros Shorts
bg002h
ElitePork
RustyRyan - SCAMMER
deeplink ---- ? Mendacium ?
zebedee
physicist
gllen
Jutarul
ShadesOfMarble
muyuu
Kris
c_k
lukasbradley
Alwaysmining - SCAMMER
Arto
ztex
BlackLilac
torac
glassuser
buybitcoinbycreditcard
betbybitcoin
Arcurus
HorseRider
primeasic
mah87
bitsalame
rpietila
aristodemus
zeroday
pierrejo
CanaryInTheMine
ajk
ASICME.COM
Hailong

108 Donators, 4 SCAMMERs, 1 Untrustworthy -> 3.7% SCAM, 0.925% Untrustworthy

[Ekaros]

BTW are hosting costs fixed in BTC?

[qwk]

Back in the day we bought the donator/VIP slots to either help out with the new forum software or to get access to the "donator" forum. Now since there is not going to be new software, and the "donator" forum has been severely vandalized by non donators to the point of it being worth less than the rest of the forum the only reason to donate is for vanity or status. I would highly suspect anyone donating to the forum now and really wonder what they are up to.

Well, for you as a VIP, that might be true.
As a donator, I unconditionally donated 10 BTC to the forum.
Unconditionally really is the magical word here, since everything else could not be considered a donation in my opinion but rather a bounty, payment, whatever. I did not request anything in return.

About the "vandalization" of the donator forum, I basically agree.

Here's a list of the last 10 donators to the forum.
Only one of them (guess which one) has an overall negative trust rating and seems a little suspicious.
So, yes, this is in fact a vanity title.

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bitsalame
rpietila
aristodemus
zeroday
pierrejo
CanaryInTheMine
ajk
ASICME.COM
Hailong
betcointm

[b!z]

Is the "donator forum" hidden to non-donators? What happened to it?