NEW PEOPLE JOINING INDIAN SUB: INTRO AND MERIT

[Cryptogames999]

It's good to see Indians are talking about merit and helping to others, but a year back there is no way to get merit and never seen such threads here. I left the forum long back and just started to see this lovely activity. I am hoping to reach member level soon by spending most time here.

I see that you joined around the time when merit was introduced. You said in a post that you post from mobile which tells me that you really are interested in crypto. Like everyone else, you were looking for altcoin bounties. If they still work, do what you want but I'd like to see the useful posts and contributory discussions.
Your first post says you wanted to "invest" in bitcoin. So, How about an intro then? Of course not your actual information. I have mentioned a few talking points in the OP. We can start from there..and Welcome..

Yes I joined long time ago  and bought some BTC from a local friend during that time. I joined bounties and  this membership level is waste so I just used to read the forums  and leave it.

I will read the onpost again and follow it.

[jpareek]

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I am from a ecommerce background and running B2C high-end/luxury furniture stores since 2012 and B2B websites since 2004
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Charity begins at home.

Do provide your customers the option to pay in crypto too, only then can we expect real world adoption.   

Allahabadi bro that's the reason i m here to get more information about it and implement it on my store so people have the option to pay in crypto too as it is going to be best option in future as people start getting aware of it


@amishmanish bro just an old habit as i was a member of a team in black hat forum and it was our handle as time passed got busy in life and from some time mentioning this handle and luckily got 2 old contacts so using it

now more excited after indian court decision of today in favor of crypto currency

mrweb007

[madhavsinghrajput]

Hello New people/ Slightly Old people

This is an old topic i started which i am now editing to reformulate as a welcome for new people as no such topic is on traction in our sub at present. I and other older members like Heisenberg, eality etc. keep looking for newbies to join the club of crypto users. The knowledge available at this forum is immense and you need to take the right path as soon as possible to avoid the pitfalls of sham bounties, Scam forks and stay true to the idea of decentralization and openness.

If you are a new Indian account, just drop in and say hello.

• Say something about how you stumbled upon bitcoin and the forum.
• What are your expectations and what are you here for.
• There is no shame in accepting that you are here for the earning opportunities. We'd just like you to not become a shitposter...lol..
• We would like to help you wisen up for the right opportunities.
• In true cypherpunk fashion, we would like you to keep details of your real name, location etc private.
• Always look at people's trust rating before dealing with them in real monetary terms here at the forum

Below you can find the content the topic was originally about. Suffice to say, it'll serve the merit function too and we have quite a few merit sources available now to make your time and effort in the India-sub worth your while.
There have been certain questions regarding merit sources and merit distribution in India forum. We presently don't have a moderator and people are also concerned about not receiving enough merits.

Various topics had been started at other subs and Meta during the early days of merit. Most good Indian posters get enough merits to attain Member rank. If you think you are a genuine newbie and finding it hard to level up, then quote yourself in the reply and provide a link to two of your best posts on the forum.
I'll try to help with merits when i can and I am sure other members will too.

Here are a few links copied from an old post of mine where you can look for further merits. I am not sure if those are still functioning.

• TMAN's Level up challenege. Beware if you are an Internet snowflake.
• Merit System Upgrade by the awesome user QuestionAuthority
• Follow Joe's Signature-Less Challenge to see if and when it gets revived.
• Follow post history of users like JetCash for helpful tips about a host of things.
• For an example of a trailblazer who gathered humungous merit in a short time and then disappeared as quietly, See post history of Nullius
• Check out the signature of User xtraelv for some great links.
• The english language improvement thread by Jet Cash
  

Apart from this, The Indian forum isn't yet going anywhere because it has been left to its own by our early adopters who couldn't care less. Here are my thoughts on that. Well, Support or No-support from Early adopters, I believe that we can do better than this as a community. The best of the lot is still to give some attention to their own sub.

PS: My grave thoughts on the state of Indian sub have changed due to revival of effort from a lot of  good people, old and new..You can follow those here:

New pinned discussion on Indian sub by Heisenberg
Raffle for our Sub which I want to read "Free lottery to earn Satoshis"
Translated work from Nullius, Hindi comments encouraged

I think it is really a nice initiative by the people of this community to allow people who are new not only in this forum but also to this crypto world.
I personally is a big computer fan.One of my friend knew this and he also had a fair amount of knowledge regarding crypto and this forum.Though he personally is not an active user.He also introduce me to this blockchain and crypto world and he knew immediately that i was amaze by it so he recommended me this forum.
My personal agenda on joining this forum is to enhance my knowledge and be updated.But i don't mind earning money with knowledge you gain.As i feel when you have opportunity to earn money through your knowledge,your willingness to learn also increases and with merit system i feel people with half knowledge will be forced to learn. 

[akram143]

I think it is really a nice initiative by the people of this community to allow people who are new not only in this forum but also to this crypto world.
I personally is a big computer fan.One of my friend knew this and he also had a fair amount of knowledge regarding crypto and this forum.Though he personally is not an active user.He also introduce me to this blockchain and crypto world and he knew immediately that i was amaze by it so he recommended me this forum.
My personal agenda on joining this forum is to enhance my knowledge and be updated.But i don't mind earning money with knowledge you gain.As i feel when you have opportunity to earn money through your knowledge,your willingness to learn also increases and with merit system i feel people with half knowledge will be forced to learn. 

Good to see more new members in our community since crypto ban from RBI got removed.This forum offers earning opportunities as well but before earning we need to learn basic things at least to guide others in the right paths and get into crypto related discussions.

Learn then you can earn more.

[Cryptogames999]

I will introduce about myself here being a member from long time.

I was introduced Bitcoin by a close friend and invested some money and never understood about BTC. I kept all of my money with  friend as I don't have much interest in making a wallet too.
In the end I urged to get my money back from my friend and he had paid me back with some extra money. In the last suggested my to join koinex telegram chat room.

I was chatting with someone when I am free, one day a local person get in touched. He is also a member here, and suggested me to join this forum and read. He explained that it is an easiest way to make money from Bitcoin, but till today I haven't got extra money.
I hate most time and started to read once in a week or twice. In the end I came to know India banned and was following on Twitter. This forum is better than Twitter, but I see the news comes from Wazirx is the latest than here nothing.
I hide my name as the guy suggested me to never use real name anywhere in this world. This is a short story of mine (venkatesh ) from Hyderabad.

[pawanjain]

I hide my name as the guy suggested me to never use real name anywhere in this world. This is a short story of mine (venkatesh ) from Hyderabad.

LOL  , you said you hide your name but then you mention your name as well as your location in the post.
What your friend suggested you (not to reveal personal information including name) is actually true and I guess you should follow it.
You never know when and how anybody might use our information against us. So it's probably better to stay anonymous.

[akhjob]

^^ You'll never know if Venkatesh is his real name  I have two online alias which sounds like a real name.
Anyways it's better to avoid using real names online and stay anonymous.

[rk8814719]

Hello Team
My experience last 1 year for cryptocurrency my first investment for zebpay 5000.rs for bitcoin but nothing knowledge digital currency what best cryptocurrency investment but bitcointalk is good forum full guide crypto currency which best and right any questions ask him easily answer.

[amishmanish]

Hello Team
My experience last 1 year for cryptocurrency my first investment for zebpay 5000.rs for bitcoin but nothing knowledge digital currency what best cryptocurrency investment but bitcointalk is good forum full guide crypto currency which best and right any questions ask him easily answer.

Welcome. A lot of us made our first buys on Zebpay during the 2017-18 bull run. You seem to have restricted yourself to bounties and all. If you are more comfortable with Hindi or any regional language then let us know. You can post directly in Hindi using "Google Hindi input".

Just search for it on Google. Uss par aap aise type karenge to hindi mein khud likh lega. fir usse yahaan paste kar sakte ho.

अगर हिंदी जानते हैं तो गूगल हिंदी इनपुट पर इस तरह टाइप कर सकते हैं.

[PhoenixZephyrus]

Hey guys! I recently joined here, but I have known about bitcoin since around 2016-17. I had earned some bitcoin too, through some freelance work, and I am really interested in reading up and learning on Bitcoin, and the blockchain in general. I would like to understand trading as well. I am also learning Python programming and web development and interested in reading about that aspect of the Blockchain too.

[Heisenberg_Hunter]

Hey guys! I recently joined here, but I have known about bitcoin since around 2016-17. I had earned some bitcoin too, through some freelance work, and I am really interested in reading up and learning on Bitcoin, and the blockchain in general. I would like to understand trading as well. I am also learning Python programming and web development and interested in reading about that aspect of the Blockchain too.

Hey PhoenixZephyrus, glad you ended up here. But I don't think you are new to the forum Are you an alt of TheBTCAlex 


Python will be really helpful and it can help you in contributing to bitcoin as well. As you already know, Bitcoin is a currency by the people for the people and of the people and no one controls it and we (the users) are responsible for making this currency great. Currently we have far less developers who are contributing to Bitcoin Core from India and if you are willing to contribute something, join the weekly PR Review Club on Wednesday 10.30 PM - 11.30 PM in IRC and learn more about Bitcoin and its underlying technology. Here is the website for hosting and other information on joining : https://bitcoincore.reviews/

Meanwhile learn about Bitcoin python programming from Programming Bitcoin book by Jimmy Song. Here is an open-source version of the book hosted in github : https://github.com/jimmysong/programmingbitcoin

If you are willing to help the Bitcoin community by testing the latest 0.21rc1 version of software, you can check out the brief guide written by @jarolrod here : https://github.com/bitcoin-core/bitcoin-devwiki/wiki/0.21-Release-Candidate-Testing-Guide

Let us know if you face any challenges in your journey and remember we all are sailing in the same boat  

[PhoenixZephyrus]

Hey guys! I recently joined here, but I have known about bitcoin since around 2016-17. I had earned some bitcoin too, through some freelance work, and I am really interested in reading up and learning on Bitcoin, and the blockchain in general. I would like to understand trading as well. I am also learning Python programming and web development and interested in reading about that aspect of the Blockchain too.

Hey PhoenixZephyrus, glad you ended up here. But I don't think you are new to the forum Are you an alt of TheBTCAlex  


Python will be really helpful and it can help you in contributing to bitcoin as well. As you already know, Bitcoin is a currency by the people for the people and of the people and no one controls it and we (the users) are responsible for making this currency great. Currently we have far less developers who are contributing to Bitcoin Core from India and if you are willing to contribute something, join the weekly PR Review Club on Wednesday 10.30 PM - 11.30 PM in IRC and learn more about Bitcoin and its underlying technology. Here is the website for hosting and other information on joining : https://bitcoincore.reviews/

Meanwhile learn about Bitcoin python programming from Programming Bitcoin book by Jimmy Song. Here is an open-source version of the book hosted in github : https://github.com/jimmysong/programmingbitcoin

If you are willing to help the Bitcoin community by testing the latest 0.21rc1 version of software, you can check out the brief guide written by @jarolrod here : https://github.com/bitcoin-core/bitcoin-devwiki/wiki/0.21-Release-Candidate-Testing-Guide

Let us know if you face any challenges in your journey and remember we all are sailing in the same boat  

No, but my ISP uses a static IP address. Is that the reason why the board might consider the IP same? I dont want to be considered an alt and banned from this forum really?!
Edit: Just found out, and you were talking about the transaction from "1BrXVqWCPghJr28nM6iQ6LBwxYexekcViK" that is linked with that account. That was from a friend (met him on an online game (GoodgameEmpire) and I had bought something which I wanted to be paid back for in BTC. He did tell me he had a BTCtalk account but didnt know which one, just asked him and he confirmed that that was his account!) Looking on the plus side, I learned to use Blocktrail today. Thanks!

On another note, thanks for the resources and that IRC link. Also, do you have an idea of how much expertise in python is required for development? I know quite a bit, but idk if that would be meaningful to Bitcoin Core community as a whole. I'll take a look at the books that you mentioned. Thanks.

[amishmanish]

Edit: Just found out, and you were talking about the transaction from "1BrXVqWCPghJr28nM6iQ6LBwxYexekcViK" that is linked with that account. That was from a friend (met him on an online game (GoodgameEmpire) and I had bought something which I wanted to be paid back for in BTC. He did tell me he had a BTCtalk account but didnt know which one, just asked him and he confirmed that that was his account!) Looking on the plus side, I learned to use Blocktrail today. Thanks!

Its surprising that this fellow replies to you even though his last post on the forum was in 2017. I would like to know the story behind it. What was this "online game" about? Have you tried any of the blockchain games?? Frankly though, even if its your Alt, there is no problem in letting us know. That guy had good posts but looks like he gave up after doing a few bounties. We have all done "bounties" at some point.

Guys like you still in college (I guess) and bringing technical know-how and time to the forum and Indian sub are something we need more of. Looking forward to you growing in the forum and contributing.

[PhoenixZephyrus]

Its surprising that this fellow replies to you even though his last post on the forum was in 2017. I would like to know the story behind it. What was this "online game" about? Have you tried any of the blockchain games?? Frankly though, even if its your Alt, there is no problem in letting us know. That guy had good posts but looks like he gave up after doing a few bounties. We have all done "bounties" at some point.

Guys like you still in college (I guess) and bringing technical know-how and time to the forum and Indian sub are something we need more of. Looking forward to you growing in the forum and contributing.

That online game was a free to play strategy game (building an Empire). We were together in what are known as "Alliances" and we had WhatsApp groups. So I contacted him on WhatsApp and he let me know what was up. We still talk to this day and have played some multiplayer games together here and there

I am still surprised that all the people from my "Alliance" still maintain contact even though most of us haven't played the game in years.

[amishmanish]

I think quite a few people in the Indian forum are now merit sources with increased merit. Just that there aren't enough people to send them to.

If anybody sees posts and newbies worth meriting (with a posting history of course), you can recommend them on this thread for newbies.

[pakhitheboss]

I think quite a few people in the Indian forum are now merit sources with increased merit. Just that there aren't enough people to send them to.

If anybody sees posts and newbies worth meriting (with a posting history of course), you can recommend them on this thread for newbies.

That is awesome!

As you are one of the active members of this board and now a merit source, your efforts will really help genuine Indian members to get some merits and rank up.

[Niloo Isba]

I am a beginner and no one around me uses Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies. I hope to learn something or meet some people in such forums

[Heisenberg_Hunter]

To motivate the new joiners of the sub-forum I will restart the raffles again by this month. Apologize if someone had been eager to know the status of the raffles, I got struck with various works since the beginning of this year and finally getting back on track again. It seems like toxicity has settled down a bit in the Indian forum and there isn't much happening over altogether.


Did I miss anything interesting @amishmanish 

[amishmanish]

To motivate the new joiners of the sub-forum I will restart the raffles again by this month. Apologize if someone had been eager to know the status of the raffles, I got struck with various works since the beginning of this year and finally getting back on track again. It seems like toxicity has settled down a bit in the Indian forum and there isn't much happening over altogether.


Did I miss anything interesting @amishmanish 

Hello H_H..Good to have you back. I am sure you have been in touch with the general sense of crypto with "The B Word" meetup, incoming regulations in the US and all. In the forum itself, a lot of merit sources had their quota bumped up with a PM from @Theymos. Good to have occasional reminders that he is always around as "The silent guardian, The watchful protector".

Apart from that, this train has just been slowly chugging along. I keep bumping up my merit thread for newbies but they mostly get lost in the maze of global subs, hunting for bounties after a few posts of engagement. So, As you can tell, Noting's changed..Welcome back.. Hope life is treating you well..

[Bitcoin Smith]

Apart from that, this train has just been slowly chugging along. I keep bumping up my merit thread for newbies but they mostly get lost in the maze of global subs, hunting for bounties after a few posts of engagement. So, As you can tell, Noting's changed..Welcome back.. Hope life is treating you well..

There are lot of Indians are active in the bitcointalk but they forget to visit their sub board, probably due to lack of merit distribution just my opinion. And also most signature campaign doesn't count the local board post so they feel there is no incentive if they are active in their board.

Do you have any idea to bring the posters into this sub board?