1 merit per applicant who find qualifying posts or topics on Scam Related Issues

[tbct_mt2]

Because I created the topic, Collection of comprehensive guides on identify and avoid scam projects, weeks ago. Today, I have 13 sendable merits in total which I can send them to others. So, I have intention to help lower rank users with those 13 sendable merits. I hope that I can help you with 1 sendable merit for each qualifying applicant.

Requirements:
1. Finding or creating your own good posts or topics on scam finding/ investigation techniques or guides, and share links here.
You will have greater chance to get 1 sMerits if you applied with topics, but good posts might be counted some how. Don't worry about it, I will verify your application. To get what kind of topics I prefer, you should spend a little time to visit my topic above, to see all current listed topics in my collection.
2. I aslo check your post history to see the general quality of your posts, and your general contribution to the forum. If your posts have acceptable quality, it means you have higher chances to win the contest and get rewards from me.
3. Rules changed

I changed the rule again:

• Maybe most of current available topics have been collected here, so next joiners should make own efforts to create their own posts or topics to apply the contest.

Rewards:
Only one sendable merit will be send to one qualifying applicant.

Acceptable ranks:
From Newbie to Junior Member ranks.
I focus on those ranks because crypto newcomers, and lower rank users are among the most vulnerable ones to scam projects. By finding good posts, topics on scam related things, they can help themselves first to avoid investing into scam projects, then help others as well.

Application form:
Please apply with the form like this:

Code:

[url=link]Topic title[/url]

Available sendable merit fund:
13 sendable merits. However, the fund might change if I have more.

Regularly check point
I will check all your applications and send rewards to someone who qualifying each seven-day period. So, feel free to leave applications here, and wait for results for each 7-day period.
Additional rule for past winners:

Rules changed:
- One participant who already win a merit from me, has to wait 30 days later to come back with new acceptable applications.

Please visit my topic, Collection of comprehensive guides on identify and avoid scam projects, in order to see all current listed topics before posting your suggestion. Your suggested topics will be wasteful if they already listed in my topic.

Good luck to you all.

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[TeQuiero]

I found this topic on Scam Acusation, maybe that's why it wasn't listed on your topic: Guide - Some useful additional tools for SCAM ICO detection.

Giving away merit threads emerged a lot lately, however, your method is a bit weird. Anyway, your effort in collecting scam related deserves appreciation.

[gerobakcrypto]

Maybe this topic is one of your category from Beginners & Help thread
[Guide] Beginner’s Mistakes and how to avoid them

[yannulity]

hi i found some bounty scam detected, not pay and many funds there and gone, dev not answer and admin not active.
 
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2713458.msg27752973#msg27752973  earn 10000 eth now.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2713416.new#new

[rabbitfairferry]

What about this topic?

[Guide] Using Google Alerts to avoid getting scammed

Thx.

[Batx_9999]

I found this, and i think it's very helping
Hope can get merit

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3196383.0

[Potato Chips]

Being able to spot substantial posts is a lot different from creating one, and if you think about it, they can just paste anything that has a lot of merits without even reading all of its content, hence why I don't think the ppl who just pasted threads in here deserve any merit for it.

[rosezionjohn]

Being able to spot substantial posts is a lot different from creating one, and if you think about it, they can just paste anything that has a lot of merits without even reading all of its content, hence why I don't think the ppl who just pasted threads in here deserve any merit for it.

Valid point. I do not know what OP is really thinking but this approach might actually encourage new members to visit the different boards aside from Altcoins Discussion and actually read & understand posts to meet the criteria.

[tbct_mt2]

I edited requirements a little bit. I actually had such requirements in my mind, but forgot to write it down when composing the OP.
Thank you.

Requirements:
1. Finding or creating your own good posts or topics on scam finding/ investigation techniques or guides, and share links here.
You will have greater chance to get 1 sMerits if you applied with topics, but good posts might be counted some how. Don't worry about it, I will verify your application. To get what kind of topics I prefer, you should spend a little time to visit my topic above, to see all current listed topics in my collection.
2. I aslo check your post history to see the general quality of your posts, and your general contribution to the forum. If your posts have acceptable quality, it means you have higher chances to win the contest and get rewards from me.

The point is if they find good topic, that is helpful for others, and has not been listed in my collection, why not give them rewards.
It is contribution to the forum, even such topics are not theirs. Contributions are contributions, so let it be what it be.
Old, and merited topics do not mean that every user in the forum known, it is why I collected topics for my collection.

they can just paste anything that has a lot of merits without even reading all of its content, hence why I don't think the ppl who just pasted threads in here deserve any merit for it.

I also update the checkpoint because I have limited sendable merits, so I have to choose best applications.

Regularly check point
I will check all your applications and send rewards to someone who qualifying each seven-day period. So, feel free to leave applications here, and wait for results for each 7-day period.

[Yara1]

Indeed crypto newbies are the most venerable to scams, but some one can be a newbies on this forum and not a newbies in cryptocurrency, you mode of sending merit for only newbies and Jr members is not 100%/accurate. May be a collection's of Technics's for bursting scam.

[tbct_mt2]

What you just did is no different from the scam managers out there, they promise to reward participants at the end they request for KYC so they can disqualify those that don't meet criteria without stating that from the very beginning. You just got free links from hopeful members and no credit for us finder. Anyway it's your smerits so you are free to do as you like. Thank you for the experience, it give me some time to go read through more scam advice topic.

First, I appreciated your help, and contributions, but it is the same as when you join bounties, you should accept rules.
There is additional rule (that I added around one day after the launch of the topic). You should accept the rule.

Regularly check point
I will check all your applications and send rewards to someone who qualifying each seven-day period. So, feel free to leave applications here, and wait for results for each 7-day period.

The topic created on April 09, 2019, 02:48:35 PM, it means 4 more days left till the first check point, then rewards will be sent to winners.
Please remember that the contest is not a first comes, first serves. I have to choose the best because I am not a merit source.
Additionally, some contests have monthly checkups, not only 7 days.
Winners are always winners, and it does not make any sense for you if you receive 1 merit today, or even next 7 days.  You actually have a very long journey to go. Believe me, it might take you months to earn enough 10 merits to move to Member rank, or even longer. So, there is no reason to hurry with my 1-merit-give-away contest.

You just got free links from hopeful members and no credit for us finder

I have not added any of those topics from applicants to my list.  So, did I exploit your contributions

[The Cryptovator]

I don't think we need merit giveaway for hunting scam. All scam accusations are not accurate and its little bit hard to determine valid scam accusation. But you can send your smerit to any accuser if you think their accusation is valid. Also you can help newbie from other board as well who are making quality post. I know your intention is motivate more newbie to hunting scam. But not sure how they will recognize.

[nakamura12]

I focus on those ranks because crypto newcomers, and lower rank users are among the most vulnerable ones to scam projects. By finding good posts, topics on scam related things, they can help themselves first to avoid investing into scam projects, then help others as well.

It's not only newbies and jr. members are the only one that is vulnerable to scam sites or scam icos but also member ranks which is only one step higher than jr. member rank. Well, in addition to your list (I don't know if you will add this site to your list) you might also add this site where I found not long ago. I did not bother to check when this site is created because it's obviously a scam site. I know the thread is not a guide on finding a scam related threads but this thread is a forum user posted a link to a site and later on the site is proven scam. Anyway, my goal here about sharing this information to notify forum users that this site is scam.

here is the link of that site which is proven scam and also you'll get a virus/malware that can harm your device.

BitStarz.live - trusted roulette, 100$ promocode for new users.

But you can send your smerit to any accuser if you think their accusation is valid.

I agree with this and will surely enlighten some newcomers.

[tbct_mt2]

It is not the main purpose of the merit contest.
As you can see in my another topic: Collection of comprehensive guides on identify and avoid scam projects
What I wanted to collect is topics that provide basic skills to investigate scam projects. So, it will be good if crypto investors can do their own research to identify projects are scam or not for their interests with their investments.
Relying on scam accusations of others is not a good option for crypto investors.
I can easily find out those topics but I wanted to give opportunities for others to earn merits via their contributions in the forum (even small contributions). As I noted in the OP, I will take a look at (at least) two factors before giving them reward (1 merit):
- Applied topics;
- General quality of applicant posts (via their post histories).
I can do it myself, so I open chances for others to contribute and get rewards. Therefore, please appreciate my generosity (you can call like that, because I started with good purposes). I understood that people have to struggle with their first merits (me too, months ago), so if anyone get reward from me, from the contest, please consider it as small gift and as one of stimulation to maintain doing contributions to the forum later.
Moreover, scam accusations are abundantly and you raised right ideas that most of scam accusations are wrong ones, or abused ones. Scammers, fudders who want to spread FUDs will open fake scam accusations.

I don't think we need merit giveaway for hunting scam.

Important note, thank you.

the link of that site which is proven scam and also you'll get a virus/malware that can harm your device.

I don't add scam sites to my collection, for now. Maybe, someone will add the site to their list, and if I see their list interesting, contentful, I might add their list to my collection later.

BitStarz.live - trusted roulette, 100$ promocode for new users.

[nakamura12]

I'll help finding thread on how to avoid scam ICOs or tips. Someone might need these threads to learn on how to avoid scam icos and don't get scam by those fake icos/projects. I don't know if you already found/know these threads and I found some thread tips, guide and discussions on how to spot or identify scam icos. Someone might need the threads to learn on how to identify scam icos.

Here's the thread:
How to avoid ICO scam.
A good way to avoid scam ICO projects
HOW to 100% avoid SCAM ICOs
Tips on how to avoid Scam ICO's?

[r1s2g3]

Here's the thread:
How to avoid ICO scam.
A good way to avoid scam ICO projects
HOW to 100% avoid SCAM ICOs
Tips on how to avoid Scam ICO's?

Reading the whole discussion thread is very time consuming and may be you still did not get the full information. It is still better that somebody have created topic explaining the tips and tricks.

PS: I do not see any good/extensive guidelines posted by OP of these threads.

As you can see in my another topic: Collection of comprehensive guides on identify and avoid scam projects

Nice to know that you are still working on collecting all these good guides.

[tbct_mt2]

Check day, for the first week of the contest, we have 3 winners. Congratulations!

1. QueenVera You win due to this topic, [GUIDE]How to avoid scam?, (Daboy_Lyle)
2. TeQuiero, you win due to this topic, Guide - Some useful additional tools for SCAM ICO detection, (Hellmouth42)
3. rabbitfairferry, you win due to this topic, [Guide] Using Google Alerts to avoid getting scammed, (whotookmycrypto)
For the rests, I am sorry because your suggested topics are not relevant to my contest, or not contentful, helpful enough to win. Please feel free to try your luck next time.

[ArminVanBitcoin]

Hi, I'm really newbie here, but I'm in crypto since beginning of the 2018, that was not really good for my finances, but completely great for my experience 
I will be happy  to share some advice from btt  indigenous people with other beginners this to help them avoid many traps on the way:
How to check if ICO is scam or not?
And this list of scammed project, that better to know in face:
[ICOSCAMS.NET] Scam ICO alerts
Thank you, have a nice day and good luck !

[madrogue]

I hope i will get it next week
1. 🔴 Ongoing exposed scam ICO list, must read to save money; Update: 03/09/18 🔴
2. Crypto Scams - fake ICO's

[YoloBull]

This focuses more on Masternodes but it's a pretty good beginner resource to sort out bad projects and bad actors based on four simple factors.

The 4 Traits of a Successful Masternode Project