I am self made Senior Member now

[RapTarX]

On July 08, 2019, I was promoted to Full Member; 100 earned merits. Now I have earned more 152 merits within ~5 months and have promoted myself into Senior Member. This is really an amazing feeling.
For the last couple of months, I have been attracted more  into bitcoin and its related stuff. I have learnt a lot of new things which helped me to learn what bitcoin is use and how it can solve a lot of our current financial system.
I would like to thank LoyceV, Bitcryptex specially who helped me a lot learning about Lightning Network. It was really a great experience. I had started with zero knowledge and they both helped me a lot to figure it out what LN is.
Learning stuff about bitcoin or any other cryptocurrency was made easy for me by the forum. This forum have gives me a lot. I never expected to get a lot of helpful users in an online forum.

Earning merit is much easier in my opinion. I have done nothing but learning a lot and sharing my knowledge with the community. This have helped me to increase my knowledge with the rank.

Let's get back to the earning. I never thought people can earn for discussing things they need to know or they are interested before joining in this forum. Although I am wearing a signature and earning some money, this have never attracted me much. I have earned more from the forum through writing than wearing a signature. Signature campaign can be good for us for earn some bucks but this should not be anyone's goal- to earn the rank to earn btc. Signature earnings are a bonus for the active people here.

Thanks to everyone else who have helped me learning stuff, shared me merits and privileged me wearing a colorful signature. Another special mention to Heisenberg_Hunter who gave me the last 5 merits for the rank. He is a great asset for the forum, specially for our local Indian Board. Another honorary mention @The Pharmacist, he is a good guy, have shared me a lot of merit as well.
I don't want to create a big list. If I want to mention everyone, this will be a big one.

Overall, the forum is a heaven of the world for me. I can learn anything I'm interested in, I can share my knowledge, I have the privilege to earn as well from my interest. I have gotten some clients for writing article here.

[Coyster]

Your threads in the last weeks have been great, not just because they earned you merits, but I read most of them and I was able to grab alot and educate myself more, most especially your thread on the LN and Bitcoin Android wallet, its good the way you make it all that simplistic, as I'm still trying to learn everyday, thank you.

Congratulations, you moved very fast from full to senior member, good improvement, we'll all take a lesson or two from this.

[LoyceV]

Earning merit is much easier in my opinion. I have done nothing but learning a lot and sharing my knowledge with the community. This have helped me to increase my knowledge with the rank.

Let's get back to the earning. I never thought people can earn for discussing things they need to know or they are interested before joining in this forum.

You are what I consider "a real user". Merit was introduced to stop the massive spam from account farmers, and I think anyone who isn't a spammer shouldn't be restricted by Merit. This forum (and Bitcoin) needs new real users to grow.

Your first posts were bounty spam, but you quickly moved on to better posts. So it's well deserved!

[TMAN]

I can learn anything I'm interested in

This is what the forum is about pal...

EDIT - 300 is a nicer number of merits.

[efialtis]

Congratulations mate, we dont know each other but I am also one of those users who joined the party very late - even later than you - started as a complete newbie but just began to love this forum, its quality discussions and the great community. Before that, I have never ever participated in a forum and I thought thats not for me, well, bitcointalk proved me wrong. Lets see if I can also become a Sr. Member soon, way to go but thats not what counts in the end.

Keep it up my friend!

[Daniel91]

Great testimony,  thank you very much for sharing your story RapTarX.
It's universal principle than when you give something to others you receive much more back.
I hope that many new members in the forum will read your story and learn from your experience.
We really need many members like you,  who contribute to the forum and help others with experience and knowledge.
I hope you will soon become Hero and Legendary member as well.

[sujonali1819]

Congratulations @RapTarX

The community has received a new self-made senior member. You've got a lot of good Achievements as a new one. Because you registered first of this year and already have become a senior member. So It is truly a pleasure for you. I hope you will be ranked Up again very soon.

[RapTarX]

Your first posts were bounty spam, but you quickly moved on to better posts. So it's well deserved!

I had joined the forum to learn about bitcoin. Bounty sounds good but I didn't have idea that these are some time wasting works. That's why I have moved from bounty and continued my study.

EDIT - 300 is a nicer number of merits.

I was trying to figure out what's the dignity of number 43, it makes sense now. Thank you a lot.

I will keep learning & contributing to the forum as long as I'm here. It's one of my great achievement that I have found the forum and decided to join. It's the biggest resources for learning bitcoin stuff.

[cryptoaddictchie]

This is a real inspiring mate. I am also started here posting for bounty reports and focusing on earning crypto but recently I decided to learn and grasp what should learn here. Ive become also  senior member but not really due to many posts or shares yet contributed here in forum. The art contest is the reason why I rank up and I happy I did joined.

Newbies should look up to you with youre experence here and great contributions. Congratulations mate.

[rosezionjohn]

You are doing well @RapTarX

You have created helpful and interesting topics from the time you registered in the forum. It's great to know that you are also earning while you are earning. I am looking forward to reading some of your topics and posts and maybe have a fruitful discussion. I still have a lot to learn.

[Mashfiqun]

Congratulations RapTarX!
I've registered more than a year ago. Wasn’t really active. I was aiming to do some bounty related work here. But recently, during the art contest, I went over the forum and saw I lacked a lot of knowledge about bitcoins, blockchain and cryptocurrencies in general. Now I am determined to become a well established user here. I'm trying to learn my learn more on the way. And will share what I've learned with everybody else.
Stories like these truly help to boost our morale.
Thank you for your contributions to the community.
I hope I'll be able to contribute as well. Cheers!    

[BitcoinsGreat]

Its good to know that you rank up and reach at Sr. Member in very less time around 5 months. You deserved it.
I really like your post regarding A Beginner's guideline to Bitcoin Lightning Network , Probable Precautions using Electrum and other informative ones which are really worth reading.

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

Some of you guys are killing it! It must be an amazing feeling. Congratulations OP.

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Your first posts were bounty spam, but you quickly moved on to better posts. So it's well deserved!

It's good to see the merit system is making an impact to improve the post quality. I have seen users becoming Hero from 0 airdropped merits. Still no legendary though if I am not wrong. Some of them already have required merit but lacking in activities?

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EDIT - 300 is a nicer number of merits.

Few steps ahead for the next rank. 😀

[Saint-loup]

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Congratulations!
You highly deserve this rank because I think you're a very constructive and positive member.
I think you should be named moderator of the Indian local board now.

[DdmrDdmr]

<…> I have seen users becoming Hero from 0 airdropped merits. Still no legendary though if I am not wrong. <…>

None yet (none from 0 merits): 30 Legendries (25 from Hero member, 3 from Sr. Member, 2 from Full Member) ->
https://public.tableau.com/shared/BY86FGFXS?:display_count=y&:origin=viz_share_link

Some of them already have required merit but lacking in activities?

I had to modify some filters to make it easy to answer this one on the Merit Dashboard. There are 9 people that are now Hero Members and 1 Sr. Member, that started as Newbies with 0 merits, and now have over 1K Merits (thus lacking Activity to become Legendry):
https://public.tableau.com/shared/KNBDT3DDP?:display_count=y&:origin=viz_share_link


@RapTarX is maintaining Activity and Merits on par. If he keeps it up (which he likely will), he’ll make it to Legendry well enough (not without effort as is required under the Merit System).

[Lafu]

Well done RapTarX and congrats for the Rank up !

You deserve the Merits and the Rank up with your posts and contributions !

Specialy great you are fighting also a lot against spammers and scammers on the Forum and thats what we need to keep the forum attractive and clean !

[khaled0111]

Congratulations RapTarX, you really deserve it.
am sure it will not take you long time to rank up to hero. Just keep up the good work.
Something else you have achieved and you should be proud of is that you are one of the few members who have more merits than activity  

[rhomelmabini]

Congratulations RaptarX!

I, myself is a self made Sr. Member and I owe it a lot on the art contest since in it I get easily reached the ladder to climb this rank. This isn't the last and I'll strive for more greatness within this forum especially learning much that I can't learn on other forums that I joined with. Congrats to us!

[terizla]

Congratulations @RaptarX
This was great journey and this is not easy to reach Senior Member.
I was received merit enough to reach Senior Member but most of my merit ie received from 10th Bitcointalk Art Contest.

[Taskford]

Congratulations to your success and this is an inspirational post to see by those people who find merit hard to achieve and for sure many people will get inspired and think an strategy on how to make a valuable post or make something good to get those merit and rank up.

Congratulations RaptarX!

I, myself is a self made Sr. Member and I owe it a lot on the art contest since in it I get easily reached the ladder to climb this rank. This isn't the last and I'll strive for more greatness within this forum especially learning much that I can't learn on other forums that I joined with. Congrats to us!

Congratulations also looks like there are so many artist got huge merits for that contest and thinking to join the upcoming contest to  .