bitcointalk should make their own coin

[elastiman]

That is the worst idea in the history of history and in the history of ideas. lol 

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[Mr.Ease]

Good news is BitcoinTalkCoinTalk.org is available!

The bad news is that Bitcointalkcoin(.)org is taken and the com was also registered for a brief period.
Was there some ICO with that domain involved? 

I guess I don't see much of a problem with adding just 1more shitcoin to pile.

So....you think that all the bright minds here on this forum wouldn't be capable of creating anything else than a shitcoin? 

No, not at all. Some of the bright minds here are busy building up a legit project...
Though it seems a vast amount of the bright minds tend to occupy themselves making shit-coins.
 
I'm not saying you won't find a Vitalick butterin to head the BitcoinTalkcoinTalk token development team

I wish you luck 

[Upgate]

Bitcoin talk forum is just a forum that discus about bitcoin and cryptocurrency related topics although there also another discussion on the forum.

Like the name bitcointalk implies it have a strong affinity with bitcoin and bitcoin on the other hand is a coin(the most valuable coin) even satoshi the creator of bitcoin is also the founder of the forum

[NeuroticFish]

Never clicked any of the links, as I thought that his account was compromised.

I have seen that announcement pretty late. The ICO should have ended, but the timer was (is!) still running.
It writes "invest until June 15 for 25% discount", it's almost December and the button is active.
Just click the Buy now button. No virus, nothing compromised. It's actually a great initiative to promote "read before you buy" and "if it's too good to be true, probably is a scam".
For the lazy ones, it goes to this website at the end, website that I think it's owned by SEC.

[sheenshane]

I think Bitcointalk forum has already owned coin, and that is Bitcoin. Because when Satoshi founded Bitcoin this forum also was made by Satoshi that talks related Bitcoin and other cryptos. (IMO)
Probably that is very interesting if ever happen but make it sure that coin is must supported with Bitcoin, not on ERC20, most likely ICO now base on ERC20.

[Zhen Zhibing]

I think Bitcointalk forum has already owned coin, and that is Bitcoin. Because when Satoshi founded Bitcoin this forum also was made by Satoshi that talks related Bitcoin and other cryptos. (IMO)
Probably that is very interesting if ever happen but make it sure that coin is must supported with Bitcoin, not on ERC20, most likely ICO now base on ERC20.

You say my thought. The coin of Bitcointalk is Bitcoin, Satoshi created this forum for Bitcoin discussion, i was not here in the first days but i think at that days they only talked about Bitcoin here, altcoins added later. Because at first there was only one cryptocurrency, it's Bitcoin.

[The Sceptical Chymist]

I think that any new coins now need to have a unique function, and I'm not sure what that could be for a BT coin.

I think all the coins on the market, including bitcoin, can satisfy a lot of unique functions and needs at this point.  The way I see it is that there are way, way too many altcoins in existence and most of them are never going to be used for what they were originally promoted for.  I see this happening in the ICO market constantly--if the new coin isn't an outright scam, it's not going to ever get adopted by, and certainly won't revolutionize [insert industry here].

So no, I don't think bitcointalk needs its own special coin like Reddit supporters thought they needed a special coin like RDD.  That one turned out to be one hell of a smelly skunk and lost a lot of people a lot of money, I'm sure.  The gambling industry doesn't need coins like RBIES (or whatever the hell that coin was named) to function any better than it can with bitcoin, and bitcointalk won't be made any better with its own shitcoin.  This is bitcointalk, and we don't need it to turn into bitcoincointalk.

can it have hookers and blackjack?

You are obviously a man who knows how to live.

[manfredmann]

Bitcointalk launching it's own coin would be stupid.  This site is here to promote Bitcoin!  You wouldn't even be able to discuss the "bitcointalkcoin" on a majority of the forum if it were it's own coin.

Yeah many know about this but OP seeing something for the forum. This is a lot of money if it will be realized so which means that the coin to be launched is not all about the utilization but for the crowd's fund to be used and invested. Just like bitcoin now that started to low value up to now that has high value.

[TheBeardedBaby]

Never clicked any of the links, as I thought that his account was compromised.

I have seen that announcement pretty late. The ICO should have ended, but the timer was (is!) still running.
It writes "invest until June 15 for 25% discount", it's almost December and the button is active.
Just click the Buy now button. No virus, nothing compromised. It's actually a great initiative to promote "read before you buy" and "if it's too good to be true, probably is a scam".
For the lazy ones, it goes to this website at the end, website that I think it's owned by SEC.

I saw it in the very begging. I knew theymos wont support any ICOs, he already had the restriction for them to advertise on the forum, suddenly he posts a shitcoin ICO and pinned it on the top in the Ann section. There was something really fishy, and no matter how much I trust theymos I did't have the courage to click any of those links.
Later when I got his message from theymos_away, then I went trough the site.
No doubt it is a really good example for the newbies, how to stay on the safe side and not being scammed.

[TMAN]

can it have hookers and blackjack?

[Onuohakk]

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Trust had lead to the downfall of many. Unreasonable trust without finding out or questioning Is the most reason why people fall victim of scam. Newbies has a lot to learn from being very observant and careful

[cryptohunter]

What's wrong with the merit (coin)?

- It's free (if you are smart enough)
- It's decentralized ( except that it's controlled by theymos but and he can reverse transactions )
- It's PoW, you have to post quality stuff to get be rewarded and you are constantly monitored by the others in the pool if you try to cheat.
- You can sent to everyone (following the specific protocol )
- There was an Airdrop in the begging but some people have missed it.
- You can actually trade it (it's not recommend as you may got tagged, but it's possible) for real money

Why you need another coin??
 

1 - not at all correlated to being smart
2 - it is quite centralised the top 0.02% merit holders internally trade over 50% of their merits
3 - not a strong correlation to quality. Who you align yourself with and where you post is much more influential

Merit is useful to the board but it don't think i would like to see a coin distributed in this way.

[jackg]

1 - not at all correlated to being smart
2 - it is quite centralised the top 0.02% merit holders internally trade over 50% of their merits
3 - not a strong correlation to quality. Who you align yourself with and where you post is much more influential

Merit is useful to the board but it don't think i would like to see a coin distributed in this way.

Pretty sure that was a joke from ias.

However, I think there's also an infinite supply issue too as theymos can make as many as he want . You're also not allowed to sell the coin and a lot of those types of coins are scams.

[darklus123]

Ahhm, if we create our own then we should not call it "Bitcointalk" .org anymore. That defeat the sole purpose to why this forum was created in the first place. Aside from that this coin that might be added is for sure just going to be on the list of all shitcoins.

Who will support it? probably less than 10% of the BTT population (it includes devs and who voted that this might be a good idea). Badges are enough as an appreciation to those who contributed but a new coin is pointless IMO

[pilosopotasyo]

That's a good idea I have not yet invested in new coins but will definitely going to invest on this if they planned to create a coin for the community, I think we need a poll for this.

[Mpamaegbu]

What do you think guys ? should  bitcointalk make their own bitcointalk coin? would it be possibile? and give it for all member ? thanks for all your answer!

Yah, I kinda think that would be noble. At least even if it's some kind of compensation for the community before it gets listed like what cryptotalksword ( a rival forum) is doing. It won't be a bad idea if BTT imitates that.

[Jet Cash]

Well Steem is tanking - that won't help the reputation of the Steemit platform.

[slasi1974]

but for what ? whats the reason behind creating a coin without purpose its useless

[veleten]

not a bad idea , imagine theymos buying ad slots to advertise Bitcointalk coin with ... Bitcointalk coins
liked the merit coin idea as well , but I'm sure if bitcointalk wanted to create a coin, they would have done it already

[TheBeardedBaby]

~ I'm sure if bitcointalk wanted to create a coin, they would have done it already

Bitcointalk.
It's this obvious??