[TOP-200] The most generous users giving merits

[Coin-1]

If you look at Merit Stats, you will see this text:

There are 109 merit sources with a total merit generation of up to 33140 sMerit per 30 days

I wished to detect, who these 109 merit sources are.


A merit source differs from an ordinary member of the Bitcointalk forum. He/she generates some amount of sMerits from nothing every month and can send these merits to other members for useful posts. To detect such users I analyzed all the merit transfer transactions.

People say that Legendaries were credited with up to 200 sMerits on the day the merit system has been implemented, on January 24, 2018. However, when a user receives 2 merits, he/she is credited with 1 sMerit, therefore the new "Generosity" index was introduced. It is equal to the amount of sent merits minus half the amount of received merits.

Code:

GENEROSITY = SENT_MERITS - ceil(RECEIVED_MERITS / 2)

Thus, if the "Generosity" index is greater than 200, this user is a merit source for sure. At the current moment the analysis of different time intervals detected 100 such sources. Note that not all the merit sources known to me are included even in the TOP-100, since probably they were appointed to their new status recently or they have their own merit distribution policy. I will write the known merit sources in bold. The currently reg tagged members will be marked in italic, permanently banned users will be strikelined.

The most generous users giving merits (Jan 24, 2018 - Mar 8, 2024)

	User name	Sent merits	Received merits	Generosity
1)	El duderino_	47612 (in 9755 txns to 806 users)	11488 (in 6759 txns from 451 users)	41868 (max 41873)
2)	LoyceV	48749 (in 14460 txns to 3044 users)	15221 (in 8507 txns from 990 users)	41138 (max 41139)
3)	fillippone	46338 (in 19112 txns to 1622 users)	15072 (in 8246 txns from 634 users)	38802 (max 38803)
4)	suchmoon	41637 (in 9049 txns to 2881 users)	7904 (in 4575 txns from 561 users)	37685 (max 37686)
5)	ABCbits	40124 (in 24832 txns to 3419 users)	6279 (in 3463 txns from 462 users)	36984 (max 36985)
6)	JayJuanGee	38815 (in 36828 txns to 2912 users)	8919 (in 6004 txns from 571 users)	34355 (max 34355)
7)	hugeblack	34426 (in 11878 txns to 2392 users)	3439 (in 2153 txns from 463 users)	32706 (max 32707)
8)	DdmrDdmr	34163 (in 28020 txns to 2681 users)	10557 (in 6165 txns from 637 users)	28884 (max 28885)
9)	vapourminer	30029 (in 21515 txns to 3123 users)	2423 (in 1611 txns from 199 users)	28817 (max 28817)
10)	Symmetrick	33333 (in 16803 txns to 2254 users)	11957 (in 6854 txns from 773 users)	27354 (max 27354)
11)	The Sceptical Chymist	28414 (in 9423 txns to 1357 users)	5742 (in 3178 txns from 594 users)	25543 (max 25543)
12)	xandry	26131 (in 10791 txns to 2292 users)	2769 (in 1763 txns from 205 users)	24746 (max 24747)
13)	Welsh	24845 (in 6183 txns to 1581 users)	3110 (in 1730 txns from 328 users)	23290 (max 23290)
14)	dbshck	21374 (in 6109 txns to 1273 users)	616 (in 370 txns from 177 users)	21066 (max 21068)
15)	LFC_Bitcoin	24248 (in 11121 txns to 1434 users)	8304 (in 4860 txns from 426 users)	20096 (max 20096)
16)	EFS	20098 (in 4863 txns to 1111 users)	1055 (in 566 txns from 206 users)	19570 (max 19570)
17)	o_e_l_e_o	26646 (in 9360 txns to 2510 users)	18391 (in 9866 txns from 798 users)	17450 (max 17988)
18)	1miau	19143 (in 9773 txns to 1057 users)	6602 (in 3876 txns from 470 users)	15842 (max 15850)
19)	klarki	16932 (in 7198 txns to 1614 users)	2448 (in 1503 txns from 135 users)	15708 (max 15708)
20)	Foxpup	14867 (in 5324 txns to 630 users)	1962 (in 773 txns from 198 users)	13886 (max 13913)
21)	Halab	14080 (in 5777 txns to 1710 users)	1986 (in 1114 txns from 205 users)	13087 (max 13087)
22)	qwk	13010 (in 6224 txns to 598 users)	2410 (in 1371 txns from 260 users)	11805 (max 11809)
23)	chimk	12114 (in 4369 txns to 757 users)	714 (in 531 txns from 138 users)	11757 (max 11762)
24)	Vispilio	11636 (in 4410 txns to 664 users)	1347 (in 718 txns from 166 users)	10962 (max 10965)
25)	paxmao	10210 (in 5317 txns to 1254 users)	1474 (in 895 txns from 191 users)	9473 (max 9473)
26)	pooya87	14012 (in 7028 txns to 1000 users)	9384 (in 5466 txns from 528 users)	9320 (max 9323)
27)	krogothmanhattan	10114 (in 3080 txns to 600 users)	2911 (in 1370 txns from 308 users)	8658 (max 8658)
28)	OgNasty	10032 (in 5748 txns to 2718 users)	3131 (in 1577 txns from 518 users)	8466 (max 8504)
29)	bones261	8712 (in 4239 txns to 1032 users)	826 (in 479 txns from 158 users)	8299 (max 8302)
30)	nutildah	11679 (in 5580 txns to 1452 users)	6809 (in 3603 txns from 539 users)	8274 (max 8276)
31)	bitmover	10884 (in 6132 txns to 1109 users)	5760 (in 3325 txns from 521 users)	8004 (max 8004)
32)	theymos	13521 (in 1515 txns to 963 users)	11554 (in 4083 txns from 1157 users)	7744 (max 8766)
33)	DarkStar_	8732 (in 2194 txns to 970 users)	2282 (in 1317 txns from 377 users)	7591 (max 7591)
34)	Pmalek	10416 (in 6928 txns to 998 users)	6441 (in 3709 txns from 496 users)	7195 (max 7196)
35)	CryptopreneurBrainboss	9183 (in 5337 txns to 1159 users)	4107 (in 2297 txns from 566 users)	7129 (max 7129)
36)	frodocooper	7082 (in 2931 txns to 479 users)	160 (in 87 txns from 43 users)	7002 (max 7005)
37)	NeuroticFish	9163 (in 4517 txns to 714 users)	5302 (in 2935 txns from 421 users)	6512 (max 6512)
38)	Julien_Olynpic	7791 (in 3555 txns to 288 users)	2713 (in 1902 txns from 148 users)	6434 (max 6434)
39)	dkbit98	9837 (in 5845 txns to 943 users)	6958 (in 4100 txns from 399 users)	6358 (max 6358)
40)	TMAN	6510 (in 1422 txns to 497 users)	1308 (in 607 txns from 214 users)	5856 (max 5859)
41)	philipma1957	8945 (in 4567 txns to 1264 users)	6491 (in 3651 txns from 482 users)	5699 (max 5700)
42)	Flying Hellfish	6064 (in 1067 txns to 285 users)	750 (in 336 txns from 104 users)	5689 (max 5690)
43)	BobLawblaw	7762 (in 3194 txns to 324 users)	4515 (in 2722 txns from 216 users)	5504 (max 5512)
44)	BlackHatCoiner	8946 (in 3435 txns to 593 users)	6927 (in 3442 txns from 358 users)	5482 (max 5482)
45)	Vlad2Vlad	5490 (in 615 txns to 122 users)	530 (in 124 txns from 38 users)	5225 (max 5230)
46)	The Cryptovator	6172 (in 2979 txns to 898 users)	2165 (in 1445 txns from 423 users)	5089 (max 5090)
47)	malevolent	5347 (in 2512 txns to 771 users)	721 (in 459 txns from 146 users)	4986 (max 4988)
48)	NotATether	8098 (in 2882 txns to 1210 users)	6477 (in 3174 txns from 408 users)	4859 (max 4863)
49)	Buchi-88	5421 (in 4899 txns to 461 users)	1446 (in 1067 txns from 125 users)	4698 (max 4698)
50)	mikeywith	7736 (in 3354 txns to 480 users)	6256 (in 3221 txns from 380 users)	4608 (max 4608)
51)	OmegaStarScream	6959 (in 3134 txns to 873 users)	5070 (in 2781 txns from 370 users)	4424 (max 4425)
52)	tyz	4575 (in 2429 txns to 569 users)	526 (in 409 txns from 138 users)	4312 (max 4312)
53)	mole0815	5533 (in 5241 txns to 1347 users)	2624 (in 1850 txns from 232 users)	4221 (max 4221)
54)	Vod	5206 (in 2055 txns to 798 users)	2001 (in 1001 txns from 348 users)	4205 (max 4212)
55)	Royse777	5300 (in 1385 txns to 609 users)	3344 (in 1935 txns from 506 users)	3628 (max 3637)
56)	Blacknavy	3843 (in 2160 txns to 299 users)	1041 (in 594 txns from 159 users)	3322 (max 3324)
57)	QuestionAuthority	3371 (in 239 txns to 205 users)	393 (in 149 txns from 113 users)	3174 (max 3189)
58)	Husna QA	4578 (in 4099 txns to 720 users)	2827 (in 1788 txns from 262 users)	3164 (max 3164)
59)	Mitchell	3722 (in 1029 txns to 407 users)	1184 (in 418 txns from 214 users)	3130 (max 3130)
60)	Jet Cash	4081 (in 1633 txns to 678 users)	1916 (in 1074 txns from 343 users)	3123 (max 3123)
61)	Heisenberg_Hunter	3716 (in 2964 txns to 646 users)	1265 (in 717 txns from 250 users)	3083 (max 3083)
62)	cabalism13	3653 (in 1833 txns to 516 users)	1165 (in 648 txns from 248 users)	3070 (max 3070)
63)	Quickseller	3691 (in 1634 txns to 687 users)	1308 (in 671 txns from 189 users)	3037 (max 3037)
64)	Hueristic	4925 (in 4633 txns to 502 users)	3797 (in 2218 txns from 179 users)	3026 (max 3026)
65)	babo	4260 (in 2957 txns to 336 users)	3043 (in 1564 txns from 122 users)	2738 (max 2739)
66)	SyGambler	3009 (in 1109 txns to 230 users)	804 (in 543 txns from 119 users)	2607 (max 2609)
67)	Daniel91	2900 (in 1977 txns to 359 users)	824 (in 582 txns from 101 users)	2488 (max 2500)
68)	Globb0	2891 (in 1089 txns to 291 users)	1053 (in 738 txns from 115 users)	2364 (max 2376)
69)	mprep	3151 (in 1168 txns to 464 users)	1607 (in 596 txns from 180 users)	2347 (max 2348)
70)	hosseinimr93	4738 (in 2873 txns to 395 users)	4788 (in 2683 txns from 315 users)	2344 (max 2345)
71)	mindrust	2948 (in 1378 txns to 563 users)	1368 (in 959 txns from 279 users)	2264 (max 2270)
72)	tk808	2243 (in 1024 txns to 645 users)	624 (in 196 txns from 104 users)	1931 (max 1931)
73)	joniboini	2808 (in 1184 txns to 367 users)	1775 (in 1051 txns from 257 users)	1920 (max 2035)
74)	Micio	1954 (in 698 txns to 114 users)	283 (in 134 txns from 56 users)	1812 (max 1821)
75)	cAPSLOCK	3768 (in 1344 txns to 208 users)	4127 (in 2390 txns from 201 users)	1704 (max 1707)
76)	marcus_of_augustus	2281 (in 170 txns to 86 users)	1347 (in 919 txns from 128 users)	1607 (max 1609)
77)	teramit	1756 (in 636 txns to 302 users)	386 (in 183 txns from 67 users)	1563 (max 1563)
78)	shahzadafzal	2920 (in 2738 txns to 276 users)	2837 (in 1681 txns from 247 users)	1501 (max 1503)
79)	FatFork	2638 (in 2288 txns to 403 users)	2502 (in 1656 txns from 263 users)	1387 (max 1387)
80)	600watt	1923 (in 1706 txns to 319 users)	1106 (in 818 txns from 163 users)	1370 (max 1380)
81)	d5000	3672 (in 3025 txns to 698 users)	4709 (in 2793 txns from 298 users)	1317 (max 1318)
82)	Cyrus	2282 (in 912 txns to 390 users)	1931 (in 592 txns from 169 users)	1316 (max 1316)
83)	infofront	2165 (in 1972 txns to 313 users)	1754 (in 989 txns from 180 users)	1288 (max 1359)
84)	marlboroza	2046 (in 1261 txns to 355 users)	1770 (in 841 txns from 239 users)	1161 (max 1166)
85)	amishmanish	1593 (in 835 txns to 440 users)	1057 (in 565 txns from 183 users)	1064 (max 1066)
86)	Mr. Big	1111 (in 403 txns to 179 users)	173 (in 91 txns from 49 users)	1024 (max 1027)
87)	Vadi2323	1134 (in 1019 txns to 312 users)	231 (in 154 txns from 69 users)	1018 (max 1019)
88)	redsn0w	1031 (in 326 txns to 158 users)	42 (in 23 txns from 22 users)	1010 (max 1010)
89)	mhanbostanci	1196 (in 789 txns to 271 users)	516 (in 326 txns from 84 users)	938 (max 938)
90)	franky1	2583 (in 97 txns to 69 users)	3297 (in 1898 txns from 414 users)	934 (max 960)
91)	LeGaulois	2620 (in 1700 txns to 598 users)	3565 (in 1760 txns from 333 users)	837 (max 840)
92)	squatz1	1227 (in 226 txns to 112 users)	785 (in 294 txns from 103 users)	834 (max 837)
93)	Alex_Sr	1254 (in 476 txns to 165 users)	962 (in 551 txns from 113 users)	773 (max 785)
94)	tokeweed	957 (in 697 txns to 246 users)	403 (in 266 txns from 76 users)	755 (max 755)
95)	Dabs	1184 (in 696 txns to 300 users)	912 (in 576 txns from 165 users)	728 (max 737)
96)	TimeTeller	771 (in 700 txns to 585 users)	88 (in 68 txns from 50 users)	727 (max 727)
97)	Bitcoin Forum	717 (in 335 txns to 301 users)	0	717 (max 717)
98)	jbreher	1028 (in 742 txns to 172 users)	645 (in 485 txns from 94 users)	705 (max 768)
99)	theymos_away	652 (in 149 txns to 122 users)	26 (in 14 txns from 12 users)	639 (max 639)
100)	CjMapope	664 (in 340 txns to 247 users)	92 (in 54 txns from 39 users)	618 (max 618)
101)	Xal0lex	1679 (in 853 txns to 396 users)	2176 (in 1229 txns from 272 users)	591 (max 591)
102)	criptix	573 (in 272 txns to 150 users)	145 (in 117 txns from 72 users)	500 (max 500)
103)	iCEBREAKER	524 (in 185 txns to 134 users)	70 (in 32 txns from 25 users)	489 (max 490)
104)	sapta	591 (in 137 txns to 95 users)	205 (in 103 txns from 66 users)	488 (max 489)
105)	TryNinja	3653 (in 2364 txns to 486 users)	6343 (in 3078 txns from 475 users)	481 (max 571)
106)	F2b	890 (in 889 txns to 201 users)	821 (in 384 txns from 71 users)	479 (max 481)
107)	stingers	468 (in 144 txns to 114 users)	13 (in 8 txns from 7 users)	461 (max 461)
108)	sabotag3x	1224 (in 1141 txns to 225 users)	1572 (in 1083 txns from 139 users)	438 (max 438)
109)	RegulusHr	513 (in 468 txns to 84 users)	156 (in 139 txns from 39 users)	435 (max 436)
110)	kryptqnick	606 (in 461 txns to 282 users)	382 (in 262 txns from 107 users)	415 (max 416)
111)	HCP	2291 (in 949 txns to 429 users)	3815 (in 2073 txns from 290 users)	383 (max 442)
112)	ebliever	386 (in 138 txns to 87 users)	29 (in 18 txns from 14 users)	371 (max 375)
113)	eternalgloom	502 (in 304 txns to 216 users)	283 (in 180 txns from 104 users)	360 (max 362)
114)	HagssFIN	698 (in 339 txns to 121 users)	704 (in 288 txns from 77 users)	346 (max 354)
115)	Anon11073	365 (in 155 txns to 43 users)	39 (in 26 txns from 10 users)	345 (max 347)
116)	hilariousandco	1120 (in 525 txns to 234 users)	1577 (in 832 txns from 248 users)	331 (max 484)
117)	phantastisch	456 (in 71 txns to 38 users)	361 (in 95 txns from 38 users)	275 (max 289)
118)	pawel7777	544 (in 471 txns to 249 users)	546 (in 207 txns from 107 users)	271 (max 272)
119)	mitzie	263 (in 44 txns to 29 users)	3 (in 3 txns from 3 users)	261 (max 261)
120)	friends1980	720 (in 590 txns to 240 users)	959 (in 354 txns from 120 users)	240 (max 315)
121)	digaran	429 (in 294 txns to 174 users)	399 (in 235 txns from 117 users)	229 (max 236)
122)	esmanthra	571 (in 337 txns to 149 users)	732 (in 433 txns from 77 users)	205 (max 352)
123)	toptek	200 (in 20 txns to 20 users)	0	200 (max 200)
124)	Greshamsches Geld	207 (in 118 txns to 45 users)	14 (in 13 txns from 9 users)	200 (max 200)
125)	robelneo	298 (in 222 txns to 179 users)	196 (in 152 txns from 100 users)	200 (max 200)
126)	RoomBot	260 (in 124 txns to 71 users)	120 (in 65 txns from 28 users)	200 (max 200)
127)	ezeminer	257 (in 45 txns to 35 users)	114 (in 31 txns from 21 users)	200 (max 200)
128)	goraset	235 (in 51 txns to 35 users)	70 (in 27 txns from 13 users)	200 (max 200)
129)	WhiteManWhite	259 (in 242 txns to 164 users)	118 (in 89 txns from 43 users)	200 (max 200)
130)	Webcelerator	205 (in 17 txns to 15 users)	10 (in 6 txns from 4 users)	200 (max 200)
131)	soniclord	201 (in 10 txns to 10 users)	2 (in 2 txns from 2 users)	200 (max 200)
132)	mirakal	344 (in 279 txns to 131 users)	289 (in 211 txns from 96 users)	199 (max 200)
133)	lyka	200 (in 6 txns to 2 users)	1	199 (max 199)
134)	crazyivan	203 (in 26 txns to 20 users)	7 (in 7 txns from 7 users)	199 (max 199)
135)	YuginKadoya	284 (in 181 txns to 56 users)	169 (in 123 txns from 38 users)	199 (max 200)
136)	quasimodo	287 (in 178 txns to 50 users)	175 (in 150 txns from 36 users)	199 (max 200)
137)	vlom	256 (in 139 txns to 107 users)	113 (in 56 txns from 47 users)	199 (max 200)
138)	owlcatz	679 (in 504 txns to 232 users)	959 (in 496 txns from 165 users)	199 (max 200)
139)	yefi	446 (in 384 txns to 146 users)	493 (in 372 txns from 76 users)	199 (max 200)
140)	xhomerx10	3546 (in 3086 txns to 374 users)	6693 (in 3422 txns from 301 users)	199 (max 200)
141)	Avirunes	433 (in 268 txns to 137 users)	468 (in 234 txns from 122 users)	199 (max 200)
142)	Rumhurius	221 (in 6 txns to 6 users)	46 (in 4 txns from 4 users)	198 (max 200)
143)	Real-Duke	761 (in 629 txns to 110 users)	1126 (in 744 txns from 99 users)	198 (max 200)
144)	Zz	237 (in 141 txns to 82 users)	77 (in 34 txns from 12 users)	198 (max 200)
145)	ancientcoins	200 (in 48 txns to 43 users)	3 (in 2 txns from 2 users)	198 (max 198)
146)	Dunkelheit667	277 (in 269 txns to 101 users)	157 (in 107 txns from 45 users)	198 (max 198)
147)	SFR10	1381 (in 1181 txns to 403 users)	2365 (in 1440 txns from 334 users)	198 (max 200)
148)	jayce	446 (in 293 txns to 159 users)	497 (in 250 txns from 117 users)	197 (max 200)
149)	ingiltere	435 (in 373 txns to 142 users)	476 (in 310 txns from 78 users)	197 (max 200)
150)	BayAreaCoins	316 (in 157 txns to 110 users)	237 (in 140 txns from 87 users)	197 (max 200)
151)	minerjones	1468 (in 919 txns to 275 users)	2541 (in 1053 txns from 220 users)	197 (max 200)
152)	Pierre 2	369 (in 185 txns to 39 users)	345 (in 211 txns from 39 users)	196 (max 200)
153)	greenplastic	264 (in 118 txns to 42 users)	136 (in 57 txns from 30 users)	196 (max 200)
154)	BitHodler	286 (in 252 txns to 125 users)	179 (in 131 txns from 75 users)	196 (max 200)
155)	bitbollo	1418 (in 1088 txns to 321 users)	2444 (in 1135 txns from 198 users)	196 (max 200)
156)	Jonesd	202 (in 11 txns to 8 users)	14 (in 9 txns from 8 users)	195 (max 195)
157)	vizique	509 (in 177 txns to 92 users)	628 (in 230 txns from 62 users)	195 (max 200)
158)	Betwrong	746 (in 651 txns to 309 users)	1102 (in 572 txns from 175 users)	195 (max 200)
159)	ralle14	629 (in 527 txns to 196 users)	868 (in 583 txns from 132 users)	195 (max 200)
160)	o48o	258 (in 228 txns to 160 users)	128 (in 80 txns from 51 users)	194 (max 195)
161)	sirazimuth	1389 (in 1187 txns to 173 users)	2390 (in 1299 txns from 168 users)	194 (max 200)
162)	edgar	195 (in 153 txns to 96 users)	1	194 (max 194)
163)	dopecoindude	193 (in 37 txns to 22 users)	0	193 (max 193)
164)	IMZ	193 (in 20 txns to 19 users)	0	193 (max 193)
165)	klintay	209 (in 47 txns to 35 users)	32 (in 13 txns from 10 users)	193 (max 193)
166)	xsentus	193 (in 16 txns to 13 users)	0	193 (max 193)
167)	BitcoinNewsMagazine	275 (in 137 txns to 86 users)	164 (in 114 txns from 58 users)	193 (max 200)
168)	Lesbian Cow	569 (in 293 txns to 173 users)	752 (in 309 txns from 98 users)	193 (max 200)
169)	Zebedee23	193 (in 8 txns to 8 users)	1	192 (max 192)
170)	Beachguy	193 (in 9 txns to 9 users)	1	192 (max 192)
171)	Bittzy78	202 (in 6 txns to 6 users)	19 (in 8 txns from 6 users)	192 (max 193)
172)	irfan_pak10	517 (in 263 txns to 175 users)	650 (in 346 txns from 176 users)	192 (max 193)
173)	dunfida	256 (in 176 txns to 62 users)	127 (in 86 txns from 37 users)	192 (max 194)
174)	fronti	345 (in 265 txns to 123 users)	306 (in 252 txns from 55 users)	192 (max 193)
175)	dvd-rw	195 (in 27 txns to 23 users)	7 (in 5 txns from 4 users)	191 (max 192)
176)	Decoded	205 (in 22 txns to 19 users)	29 (in 13 txns from 11 users)	190 (max 193)
177)	Stedsm	327 (in 121 txns to 99 users)	273 (in 175 txns from 99 users)	190 (max 193)
178)	RodeoX	263 (in 184 txns to 150 users)	145 (in 92 txns from 58 users)	190 (max 193)
179)	1Referee	404 (in 274 txns to 140 users)	427 (in 338 txns from 124 users)	190 (max 200)
180)	bitkilo	194 (in 18 txns to 15 users)	10 (in 6 txns from 6 users)	189 (max 189)
181)	ivan1975	273 (in 228 txns to 111 users)	167 (in 137 txns from 35 users)	189 (max 190)
182)	roslinpl	289 (in 68 txns to 48 users)	199 (in 89 txns from 70 users)	189 (max 193)
183)	richardsNY	235 (in 207 txns to 120 users)	91 (in 74 txns from 46 users)	189 (max 193)
184)	fr4nkthetank	279 (in 92 txns to 61 users)	181 (in 121 txns from 39 users)	188 (max 193)
185)	chronicsky	299 (in 131 txns to 70 users)	222 (in 68 txns from 29 users)	188 (max 200)
186)	Bitze	208 (in 134 txns to 69 users)	42 (in 40 txns from 16 users)	187 (max 192)
187)	Slark	189 (in 48 txns to 48 users)	4 (in 2 txns from 2 users)	187 (max 187)
188)	botany	219 (in 76 txns to 62 users)	64 (in 24 txns from 20 users)	187 (max 189)
189)	krishnapramod	226 (in 161 txns to 116 users)	78 (in 55 txns from 33 users)	187 (max 187)
190)	peloso	283 (in 76 txns to 42 users)	192 (in 130 txns from 42 users)	187 (max 193)
191)	boltz	277 (in 161 txns to 59 users)	182 (in 120 txns from 36 users)	186 (max 186)
192)	MicroGuy	201 (in 16 txns to 10 users)	30 (in 12 txns from 9 users)	186 (max 186)
193)	buckrogers	277 (in 192 txns to 84 users)	181 (in 78 txns from 52 users)	186 (max 186)
194)	sammy007	187 (in 4 txns to 4 users)	3 (in 3 txns from 3 users)	185 (max 186)
195)	lionheart78	254 (in 161 txns to 108 users)	138 (in 100 txns from 64 users)	185 (max 186)
196)	MirkoIta	189 (in 61 txns to 48 users)	8 (in 6 txns from 6 users)	185 (max 185)
197)	Spidersbox	205 (in 18 txns to 17 users)	39 (in 6 txns from 5 users)	185 (max 185)
198)	3x2	187 (in 35 txns to 28 users)	4 (in 4 txns from 4 users)	185 (max 185)
199)	Jasad	186 (in 8 txns to 6 users)	1	185 (max 186)
200)	nizamcc	189 (in 18 txns to 18 users)	7 (in 2 txns from 2 users)	185 (max 186)

Total sent 1753842 merits (in 934405 txns to 47546 users):

• 4% to Newbies: 63599 merits (to 33523 users)
• 5% to Jr. Members: 82688 merits (to 15147 users)
• 10% to Members: 176966 merits (to 8340 users)
• 10% to Full Members: 177933 merits (to 5345 users)
• 12% to Sr. Members: 210906 merits (to 3588 users)
• 15% to Hero Members: 261678 merits (to 2157 users)
• 44% to Legendaries: 780072 merits (to 2124 users)

Total removed 148 merits (in 17 txns from 16 users)

Total user count:

• 3042 Legendaries (1731 of them sent merits)
• 3963 Hero Members (1777 of them sent merits)
• 9233 Sr. Members (3259 of them sent merits)
• 18629 Full Members (5853 of them sent merits)
• 32987 Members (9921 of them sent merits)
• 25526 Jr. Members (3040 of them sent merits)
• about three million newbies

Obviously, the first 100 users of this TOP-200 are active (or former) merit sources for sure.

Please don't beg from merit sources and don't disturb them via PM, otherwise you will get red trust.


The chart below illustrates how many merits have been sent by all users.



See also on the current page:

• the full list of detected merit sources
• statistics on the merit distribution by sources

This post is relevant for March 8, 2024, and has been updated on March 9, 2024.

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[digaran]

I think LoyceV and Ognasty should have more source merits to distribute. I guess LoyceV is in the test phase and doesn't have that much sMerits yet. if he/she keeps at meriting more random members it would be great.

[Jet Cash]

I think I resent the fact that I'm rated 82nd for generosity. Am I being penalised because i try to help more people with my awards?

I'm not sure what we have gained by publishing that list. Also, if it failed to detect me ( an admitted source ) then surely the analysis is flawed.

[DdmrDdmr]

<...>
Thus, if the indicator "Generousness" is greater than 205, this user is a merit source for sure. At the current moment the analysis of a different time intervals has detected 33 such sources. Notice that not all of the merit sources known by me are included even in TOP-100, since probably they were appointed to their new status recently or they have an own merit distribution policy.
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Even though the primal logic used to substract received_sMerits/2 from sent sMerits is what I would look at, the 205 barrier is not so. As per theymo's post regarding initial sMerit airdrop:

Code:

yearActivity = activity in the last ~year, max 378
freeMerit = the merit (not sMerit) you started with
modifier =
  0.1 if member
  0.2 if full member
  0.25 if sr member
  0.35 if hero
  0.4 if legendary

return (yearActivity/378) * modifier * freeMerit

So the maximum per person depends on both rank and activity, meaning that the 205 barrier to detect a merit source is incorrect since not all merit sources are Legendries, and even so the maximum would have been 400 sMerit, and no lower limit was officially provided.

Regardless, most of them are probable on that list, although we did discuss on Meta not long ago if it would be wise to publish the list and the conclusion was "Nay".

Note: Digaran was a Merit source and appears with 180 generosity on your list, but also we cannot tell which are no longer merit sources and once were, without looking at a narrow recent timeframe too (as a secondary indicator).

[PirateHunterr]

Is there anyone who would like to let me know, how to mine this kind of data. I have been asking a lot of people on how to get this kind of data. I don't think there has been any proper administrator who is working on Data Analysis or AI based Auto Bots to improve the Platform. I am AI engineer working in Siemens R&D now. I can help in generating valuable insights using the data.

@Jet Cash You know that I am asking it again, but in the last post also I did not get any response from the author on how did he/she get the data.

Anyone here who knows, including author, Please send me a Message or Write is here if it is appropriate. This is good insight and I can generate much better visualization with some automation tools for the platform.

Please help.

[DdmrDdmr]

<...>
Anyone here who knows, including author, Please send me a Message or Write is here if it is appropriate. This is good insight and I can generate much better visualization with some automation tools for the platform.

Please help.

Before analysing the forum’s data, I figure you should search on the forum posts thoroughly to search for your answer. There are more than a bunch of people here who have analysed data in some way or other, and most of them refer at some point how they got to it.
It’s like 99% of the questions placed on the forum– answers are already here somewhere, you just have to invest time into searching for them (and from there on it’s down to your skills and wits).

P.D. You could always PM theymos regarding " I don't think there has been any proper administrator who is working on Data Analysis or AI based Auto Bots to improve the Platform".

[PirateHunterr]

<...>
Anyone here who knows, including author, Please send me a Message or Write is here if it is appropriate. This is good insight and I can generate much better visualization with some automation tools for the platform.

Please help.

Before analysing the forum’s data, I figure you should search on the forum posts thoroughly to search for your answer. There are more than a bunch of people here who have analysed data in some way or other, and most of them refer at some point how they got to it.
It’s like 99% of the questions placed on the forum– answers are already here somewhere, you just have to invest time into searching for them (and from there on it’s down to your skills and wits).

P.D. You could always PM theymos regarding " I don't think there has been any proper administrator who is working on Data Analysis or AI based Auto Bots to improve the Platform".

I am looking at some automated method of Web scrapping or API based Query approach. Reading all the messages and posts to gather data is labor intensive and could take a lot of time to gather information on a related topic.

[Strufmbae]

I can see that those listed person give merit in a legitimate way. But what can others say about this? 

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4522340.0

Is it legal? 

[LoyceV]

	User name	Sent merits	Received merits	Generousity
1)	QuestionAuthority	2255 (in 179 txns)	307 (in 96 txns)	2101 (max 2105)

You're using old data, you can find the latest data here.
For instance sent:

Code:

     2. 2364 Merit sent by QuestionAuthority (#72795) to 165 unique users in 185 transactions

And received:

Code:

    33. 307 Merit received by QuestionAuthority (#72795) from 84 unique users in 96 transactions

I think LoyceV and Ognasty should have more source merits to distribute. I guess LoyceV is in the test phase and doesn't have that much sMerits yet. if he/she keeps at meriting more random members it would be great.

I've recently decided to merit more posts, not to lower my standards of "quality", but just because "good posts" deserve merit too. Any "good post" is far above the average spam for which the Merit system was introduced, and I don't think people with "good posts" should be restricted in leveling up.
Most of the time, I leave just 1 Merit though. I haven't really decided on when to increase it.

Is there anyone who would like to let me know, how to mine this kind of data.
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I can help in generating valuable insights using the data.

Check this thread, you'll find my collection of raw data. I don't think it's desirable if many people start scraping the same data from the forum.

[InvoKing]

Hello! Can I suggest to remove the sources part?
We know them, by we i mean established members. No need for random spammers to know them...

[Vod]

I think I resent the fact that I'm rated 82nd for generosity. Am I being penalised because i try to help more people with my awards?

Maybe the OP could include the number of unique accounts merit was sent to?

[LoyceV]

Hello! Can I suggest to remove the sources part?
We know them, by we i mean established members. No need for random spammers to know them...

Agreed. If theymos wanted to publish a list, he could easily do that by himself.
PM-begging a merit source is a good way to get red trust though for the spammers

Maybe the OP could include the number of unique accounts merit was sent to?

I've included this in my weekly updates (link in my previous post).

[Coin-1]

The detection algorithm has been upgraded. Now the analysis takes into consideration the ranks of users on the day the merit system was introduced.

The maximal initial amounts of sMerit that have been credited on January 24, 2018, are as follows:

• Legendary - 200 sMerit
• Hero Member - 88 sMerit
• Senior Member - 32 sMerit
• Full Member - 7 sMerit
• Member - 1 sMerit
• Jr. Member - 0 sMerit

Such a way the merit sources of all ranks were detected. Here is the table ordered by the "Maximal generosity" index below.

Detected merit sources (Jan 24, 2018 - October 2, 2021)

	User name	Rank on Jan 24, 2018	Generosity	Comment
1)	suchmoon	was Legendary	37567
2)	LoyceV	was Legendary	22031
3)	dbshck	was Legendary	17048	moderator of the Indonesian local board
4)	El duderino_	was Full Member	13274
5)	Ratimov	wasn't registered	12836	active on the Russian local board
6)	Foxpup	was Legendary	12675
7)	JayJuanGee	was Legendary	12575
8)	fillippone	wasn't registered	12210	active on the Italian local board
9)	ETFbitcoin	was Legendary	12019	active on the Indonesian local board
10)	chimk	was Full Member	11762	active on the Russian local board
11)	DdmrDdmr	was Newbie	11107	active on the Spanish local board
12)	xandry	was Legendary	10757	moderator of the Russian local board
13)	vapourminer	was Legendary	10186
14)	hugeblack	was Full Member	9534	active on the Arabic local board
15)	Welsh	was Legendary	8910	moderator of the section "Altcoins"
16)	theymos	was Legendary	8766	administrator of the forum
17)	Halab	was Member	8486	moderator of the French local board
18)	bones261	was Legendary	8302
19)	LFC_Bitcoin	was Legendary	8094
20)	qwk	was Legendary	7461	active on the German local board
21)	DarkStar_	was Legendary	7177
22)	frodocooper	was Sr. Member	7005	moderator of the section "Mining"
23)	OgNasty	was Legendary	6757
24)	The Pharmacist	was Legendary	6594
25)	EFS	was Legendary	6302	moderator of the Turkish local board
26)	TMAN	was Hero Member	5859
27)	Flying Hellfish	was Legendary	5690	moderator of the section "Politics & Society"
28)	1miau	wasn't registered	5420	active on the German local board
29)	paxmao	was Full Member	5351	active on the Spanish local board
30)	Vispilio	was Sr. Member	5191	active on the Turkish local board
31)	o_e_l_e_o	was Full Member	5108
32)	Vlad2Vlad	was Legendary	4803
33)	klarki	was Legendary	4514	active on the Russian local board
34)	Vod	was Legendary	4212	not a merit source anymore
35)	krogothmanhattan	was Sr. Member	4177
36)	nutildah	was Legendary	4099
37)	malevolent	was Legendary	3942	moderator of the Polish local board
38)	BobLawblaw	was Legendary	3931
39)	Blacknavy	was Sr. Member	3324	active on the Turkish local board, not a merit source anymore
40)	CryptopreneurBrainboss	was Member	3295
41)	bitmover	was Newbie	3252	active on the Portuguese local board
42)	QuestionAuthority	was Legendary	3189	not a merit source anymore
43)	tyz	was Legendary	3151	active on the German local board
44)	Jet Cash	was Hero Member	2847
45)	cabalism13	was Newbie	2817	active on the Philippine local board
46)	Royse777	was Hero Member	2804
47)	Coolcryptovator	wasn't registered	2643
48)	SyGambler	was Legendary	2580	active on the Arabic local board
49)	OmegaStarScream	was Legendary	2532	moderator of the Arabic local board
50)	Heisenberg_Hunter	was Newbie	2515	active on the India local board
51)	Buchi-88	was Legendary	2508	active on the German local board
52)	Globb0	was Legendary	2376
53)	philipma1957	was Legendary	2364
54)	Mitchell	was Legendary	2235
55)	Quickseller	was Legendary	2175
56)	joniboini	was Member	2035	active on the Indonesian local board
57)	mindrust	was Legendary	1999
58)	mprep	was Legendary	1831	global moderator
59)	tk808	was Hero Member	1800
60)	mole0815	was Newbie	1775	active on the German local board
61)	Micio	was Legendary	1730	active on the Italian local board
62)	Hueristic	was Legendary	1613
63)	teramit	was Legendary	1526	active on the Turkish local board
64)	Daniel91	was Legendary	1446	active on the Croatian local board
65)	babo	was Legendary	1411	active on the Italian local board
66)	marcus_of_augustus	was Legendary	1401
67)	600watt	was Legendary	1380	active on the German local board
68)	infofront	was Legendary	1320
69)	Husna QA	wasn't registered	1262	active on the Indonesian local board
70)	marlboroza	was Hero Member	1166	active on the Croatian local board
71)	pooya87	was Legendary	1120
72)	cAPSLOCK	was Legendary	1106
73)	Vadi2323	was Legendary	1019	active on the Russian local board, not a merit source anymore
74)	redsn0w	was Legendary	1010	active on the Italian local board
75)	Mr. Big	was Legendary	970	moderator of the Philippine local board
76)	squatz1	was Hero Member	837
77)	NeuroticFish	was Legendary	807	active on the Romanian local board
78)	Alex_Sr	wasn't registered	785	active on the Russian local board
79)	jbreher	was Legendary	768
80)	Bitcoin Forum	service account	717
81)	Pmalek	was Hero Member	716	active on the Croatian local board
82)	Dabs	was Legendary	693	moderator of the Philippine local board
83)	dkbit98	was Newbie	690	active on the Croatian local board
84)	amishmanish	was Full Member	652	active on the India local board
85)	theymos_away	was Newbie	639
86)	Cyrus	was Legendary	623	administrator of the forum, active on the Romanian local board
87)	mhanbostanci	was Legendary	622	active on the Turkish local board
88)	CjMapope	was Legendary	610
89)	TimeTeller	was Hero Member	602
90)	franky1	was Legendary	568
91)	d5000	was Legendary	544	active on the German local board
92)	NotATether	wasn't registered	528	active on the Arabic local board
93)	Julien_Olynpic	was Full Member	520	active on the Russian local board
94)	criptix	was Legendary	500	active on the German local board
95)	iCEBREAKER	was Legendary	490
96)	sapta	was Legendary	488	moderator of the Indonesian local board
97)	tokeweed	was Legendary	487
98)	hilariousandco	was Legendary	484	global moderator
99)	stingers	was Legendary	458	not a merit source anymore
100)	Rath_	was Member	456	active on the Polish local board
101)	achow101	was Legendary	453	moderator of the section "Technical Discussion"
102)	sabotag3x	was Hero Member	438	active on the Portuguese local board
103)	RegulusHr	was Full Member	435	was active on the Croatian local board, banned for plagiarism
104)	ebliever	was Legendary	375
105)	F2b	was Member	373	active on the French local board
106)	eternalgloom	was Legendary	362
107)	esmanthra	wasn't registered	352	active on the Russian local board
108)	Anon11073	was Sr. Member	347	moderator of the Japanese local board
109)	HagssFIN	was Legendary	330
110)	kryptqnick	was Legendary	330
111)	friends1980	was Full Member	315	active on the Dutch local board
112)	BlackHatCoiner	wasn't registered	297
113)	phantastisch	was Legendary	279	moderator of the German local board
114)	mikeywith	wasn't registered	274	active on the Arabic local board
115)	mitzie	was Legendary	261	moderator of the Greek local board
116)	digaran	was Hero Member	229	not a merit source anymore
117)	chek2fire	was Legendary	220	active on the Greek local board
118)	pawel7777	was Legendary	210
119)	HCP	was Hero Member	173
120)	pandukelana2712	was Member	169	active on the Indonesian local board
121)	TryNinja	was Hero Member	149	active on the Portuguese local board
122)	hosseinimr93	was Sr. Member	140
123)	shahzadafzal	was Newbie	139
124)	Barcode_	was Hero Member	134	moderator of the Chinese local board
125)	LeGaulois	was Hero Member	116	active on the French local board
126)	baba0000000000	was Full Member	115	active on the French local board
127)	FatFork	wasn't registered	103	active on the Croatian local board
128)	nanna	was Full Member	79	active on the Japanese local board

The rest of such users will probably be spotted later.

See also on the current page:

• statistics on the merit distribution by sources

This post is relevant for October 2, 2021, and has been updated on October 4, 2021.

[Coin-1]

These are statistics on the merit distribution by sources. The table below shows how many merits have been given by each merit source to other users, namely to Newbies, Jr. Members, Members, Full Members, Sr. Members, Hero Members, Legendaries respectively. The analysis takes into consideration the ranks of users at the moment of the merit transfer.

Merit distribution by sources (Jan 24, 2018 - August 8, 2020)

	User name	Merits to Newbies	To Juniors	To Members	To Fulls	To Seniors	To Heroes	To Legendaries
1)	suchmoon	436 (to 133 users)	864 (to 215 users)	2203 (to 331 users)	2264 (to 298 users)	3391 (to 274 users)	5935 (to 292 users)	14437 (to 404 users)
2)	dbshck	215 (to 114 users)	794 (to 222 users)	2228 (to 253 users)	2332 (to 212 users)	2480 (to 161 users)	3413 (to 155 users)	5252 (to 238 users)
3)	LoyceV	836 (to 469 users)	869 (to 380 users)	1449 (to 362 users)	1207 (to 234 users)	1453 (to 240 users)	2520 (to 240 users)	6592 (to 338 users)
4)	Foxpup	73 (to 24 users)	172 (to 57 users)	620 (to 100 users)	501 (to 89 users)	845 (to 106 users)	1570 (to 103 users)	8772 (to 188 users)
5)	chimk	162 (to 85 users)	513 (to 155 users)	2363 (to 207 users)	2462 (to 177 users)	2346 (to 104 users)	2717 (to 77 users)	1551 (to 111 users)
6)	theymos	348 (to 95 users)	1047 (to 171 users)	2639 (to 162 users)	1752 (to 104 users)	2661 (to 129 users)	1763 (to 90 users)	1693 (to 120 users)
7)	bones261	196 (to 137 users)	386 (to 185 users)	642 (to 193 users)	645 (to 156 users)	973 (to 154 users)	1710 (to 167 users)	4160 (to 280 users)
8)	frodocooper	380 (to 144 users)	928 (to 202 users)	1905 (to 129 users)	1014 (to 40 users)	443 (to 30 users)	445 (to 34 users)	1501 (to 73 users)
9)	JayJuanGee	62 (to 60 users)	158 (to 131 users)	540 (to 276 users)	669 (to 219 users)	911 (to 260 users)	1195 (to 222 users)	4007 (to 351 users)
10)	qwk	92 (to 81 users)	258 (to 105 users)	763 (to 101 users)	1434 (to 89 users)	1510 (to 75 users)	1624 (to 65 users)	1338 (to 132 users)
11)	DarkStar_	330 (to 146 users)	550 (to 163 users)	915 (to 179 users)	728 (to 101 users)	1132 (to 111 users)	1597 (to 155 users)	1395 (to 181 users)
12)	TMAN	85 (to 39 users)	211 (to 71 users)	617 (to 116 users)	438 (to 86 users)	1011 (to 80 users)	1831 (to 91 users)	2317 (to 133 users)
13)	Welsh	15 (to 12 users)	154 (to 72 users)	868 (to 182 users)	763 (to 117 users)	715 (to 120 users)	1064 (to 113 users)	2743 (to 159 users)
14)	xandry	143 (to 90 users)	465 (to 160 users)	1219 (to 163 users)	1062 (to 148 users)	756 (to 117 users)	1094 (to 132 users)	1194 (to 163 users)
15)	Flying Hellfish	29 (to 22 users)	132 (to 40 users)	585 (to 57 users)	987 (to 43 users)	816 (to 38 users)	964 (to 46 users)	2551 (to 88 users)
16)	Halab	195 (to 93 users)	492 (to 184 users)	915 (to 203 users)	952 (to 156 users)	1072 (to 152 users)	913 (to 117 users)	1334 (to 131 users)
17)	El duderino_	9 (to 6 users)	69 (to 39 users)	193 (to 64 users)	418 (to 62 users)	901 (to 85 users)	1178 (to 75 users)	4563 (to 162 users)
18)	DdmrDdmr	118 (to 114 users)	403 (to 259 users)	930 (to 307 users)	950 (to 231 users)	1018 (to 237 users)	1520 (to 214 users)	2357 (to 220 users)
19)	ETFbitcoin	93 (to 80 users)	440 (to 267 users)	604 (to 194 users)	486 (to 117 users)	420 (to 119 users)	854 (to 135 users)	3042 (to 206 users)
20)	vapourminer	233 (to 229 users)	291 (to 223 users)	567 (to 297 users)	528 (to 228 users)	678 (to 241 users)	1027 (to 232 users)	2132 (to 284 users)
21)	Ratimov	93 (to 82 users)	169 (to 84 users)	562 (to 102 users)	808 (to 83 users)	896 (to 76 users)	1190 (to 62 users)	1554 (to 79 users)
22)	fillippone	54 (to 44 users)	119 (to 49 users)	379 (to 80 users)	509 (to 90 users)	833 (to 96 users)	1228 (to 113 users)	3063 (to 186 users)
23)	LFC_Bitcoin	77 (to 68 users)	143 (to 117 users)	290 (to 132 users)	385 (to 131 users)	492 (to 147 users)	852 (to 146 users)	3172 (to 241 users)
24)	OgNasty	543 (to 432 users)	337 (to 249 users)	515 (to 284 users)	364 (to 198 users)	529 (to 217 users)	682 (to 200 users)	1465 (to 350 users)
25)	EFS	148 (to 87 users)	223 (to 74 users)	496 (to 107 users)	561 (to 98 users)	748 (to 84 users)	818 (to 52 users)	1004 (to 68 users)
26)	hugeblack	174 (to 128 users)	450 (to 231 users)	721 (to 179 users)	506 (to 106 users)	389 (to 114 users)	489 (to 115 users)	1646 (to 183 users)
27)	paxmao	209 (to 184 users)	297 (to 141 users)	586 (to 147 users)	387 (to 119 users)	296 (to 87 users)	405 (to 87 users)	1394 (to 145 users)
28)	Vlad2Vlad	249 (to 36 users)	82 (to 17 users)	455 (to 15 users)	713 (to 16 users)	588 (to 13 users)	632 (to 8 users)	372 (to 17 users)
29)	krogothmanhattan	83 (to 62 users)	220 (to 85 users)	497 (to 86 users)	327 (to 56 users)	577 (to 61 users)	584 (to 69 users)	1241 (to 107 users)
30)	malevolent	73 (to 42 users)	135 (to 62 users)	360 (to 88 users)	292 (to 66 users)	330 (to 74 users)	553 (to 111 users)	1172 (to 182 users)
31)	BobLawblaw	2 (to 2 users)	26 (to 22 users)	93 (to 43 users)	194 (to 50 users)	306 (to 39 users)	396 (to 33 users)	2401 (to 109 users)
32)	1miau	19 (to 16 users)	87 (to 53 users)	343 (to 84 users)	432 (to 101 users)	630 (to 94 users)	967 (to 108 users)	1256 (to 132 users)
33)	Vispilio	24 (to 24 users)	126 (to 52 users)	476 (to 84 users)	558 (to 58 users)	642 (to 48 users)	626 (to 44 users)	387 (to 69 users)
34)	Jet Cash	131 (to 89 users)	284 (to 116 users)	260 (to 94 users)	228 (to 82 users)	290 (to 79 users)	466 (to 86 users)	1306 (to 142 users)
35)	The Pharmacist	75 (to 56 users)	116 (to 78 users)	236 (to 122 users)	332 (to 110 users)	686 (to 160 users)	1119 (to 189 users)	855 (to 151 users)
36)	SyGambler	84 (to 25 users)	176 (to 57 users)	405 (to 48 users)	283 (to 20 users)	256 (to 30 users)	365 (to 22 users)	713 (to 50 users)
37)	joniboini	5 (to 5 users)	116 (to 54 users)	342 (to 96 users)	376 (to 81 users)	373 (to 55 users)	517 (to 59 users)	920 (to 96 users)
38)	klarki	94 (to 77 users)	151 (to 87 users)	275 (to 134 users)	329 (to 120 users)	298 (to 88 users)	482 (to 72 users)	412 (to 77 users)
39)	mindrust	88 (to 44 users)	70 (to 37 users)	230 (to 89 users)	305 (to 76 users)	267 (to 80 users)	445 (to 82 users)	1047 (to 157 users)
40)	o_e_l_e_o	205 (to 175 users)	267 (to 217 users)	373 (to 228 users)	245 (to 118 users)	302 (to 139 users)	665 (to 165 users)	2147 (to 252 users)
41)	Globb0	32 (to 9 users)	55 (to 15 users)	173 (to 40 users)	151 (to 45 users)	155 (to 40 users)	339 (to 50 users)	1390 (to 104 users)
42)	nutildah	116 (to 106 users)	156 (to 95 users)	312 (to 116 users)	288 (to 112 users)	452 (to 122 users)	624 (to 130 users)	1165 (to 190 users)
43)	tyz	37 (to 26 users)	84 (to 55 users)	255 (to 70 users)	294 (to 84 users)	298 (to 76 users)	375 (to 63 users)	609 (to 110 users)
44)	cabalism13	9 (to 9 users)	58 (to 36 users)	210 (to 66 users)	331 (to 84 users)	457 (to 86 users)	732 (to 89 users)	505 (to 105 users)
45)	Micio	41 (to 18 users)	76 (to 26 users)	308 (to 34 users)	236 (to 17 users)	397 (to 17 users)	275 (to 9 users)	527 (to 27 users)
46)	Mitchell	88 (to 36 users)	61 (to 21 users)	308 (to 52 users)	152 (to 39 users)	273 (to 46 users)	271 (to 42 users)	829 (to 71 users)
47)	OmegaStarScream	179 (to 119 users)	164 (to 91 users)	281 (to 83 users)	198 (to 44 users)	221 (to 48 users)	325 (to 80 users)	879 (to 111 users)
48)	Heisenberg_Hunter	15 (to 14 users)	65 (to 50 users)	223 (to 113 users)	190 (to 79 users)	370 (to 96 users)	538 (to 99 users)	687 (to 127 users)
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Obviously, the policy of the merit distribution by sources is even and fair.

This post is relevant for August 8, 2020, and has been updated on August 12, 2020.

[PirateHunterr]

I can see that those listed person give merit in a legitimate way. But what can others say about this? 

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4522340.0

Is it legal? 

I think this totally dependant on person sending the merit.

What is Merit?
Merit is a new system created in order to reward quality contributions to the forum. Now to rise through ranks you will also need to acquire Merit in addition to Activity.

How do I receive merit?
You are awarded merit by people of the community if they find your post helpful or informative.

For more information read this post: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2766177.0

[LoyceV]

In my opinion, you deserve to be a merit source. Your merit distribution policy is fair.

Thanks

[Coin-1]

	User name	Sent merits	Received merits	Generosity
1)	QuestionAuthority	2255 (in 179 txns)	307 (in 96 txns)	2101 (max 2105)

You're using old data, you can find the latest data here.

Yes, I know about that.

The most generous users giving merits (24 Jan 2018 - 20 Jun 2018)

I will update my first post later.

I think LoyceV and Ognasty should have more source merits to distribute. I guess LoyceV is in the test phase and doesn't have that much sMerits yet. if he/she keeps at meriting more random members it would be great.

I've recently decided to merit more posts, not to lower my standards of "quality", but just because "good posts" deserve merit too. Any "good post" is far above the average spam for which the Merit system was introduced, and I don't think people with "good posts" should be restricted in leveling up.
Most of the time, I leave just 1 Merit though. I haven't really decided on when to increase it.

In my opinion, you deserve to be a merit source. Your merit distribution policy is fair.

I think I resent the fact that I'm rated 82nd for generosity. Am I being penalised because i try to help more people with my awards?

No any penalizing. Don't change your merit distribution policy.

I'm not sure what we have gained by publishing that list. Also, if it failed to detect me ( an admitted source ) then surely the analysis is flawed.

Probably this analysis will detect you as a merit source later.

So the maximum per person depends on both rank and activity, meaning that the 205 barrier to detect a merit source is incorrect since not all merit sources are Legendries, and even so the maximum would have been 400 sMerit, and no lower limit was officially provided.

Agree with you. But it is more difficult to detect such non-Legendary user as a merit source. I guess it is almost impossible.

[cuong1610]

I am really impressed with this statistic. They are really very liberated people. Besides, I appreciate their development and support for this community.

[Coin-1]

Maybe the OP could include the number of unique accounts merit was sent to?

I wished to calculate the indicator "Generosity" of the users and create this table. I will include the number of unique accounts later.

[shilpyh]

Few people gave 50+ merit on a single post. Is it too must useful post? Or is it really appropriate to receive 50+ merit on such a post?