[Interviews] with Bitcointalk members

[Swordsoffreedom]

::Thanks @zasad for inviting me::

Swordsoffreedom (Legendary)

1. When and why did you become interested in cryptocurrencies?
Although I have known the name of Bitcoin for a long time, but it is not too long ago I became interested in Bitcoin. When I lost my part-time job in 2016, I had to go through a miserable life. At that time, I used to do a little bit of forex trading. Then one of my freelancer friends asked me why I am not investing in Bitcoin market! For his encouragement I left the Forex market and started trading in the Bitcoin market. Then I didn't have to look back, I didn't have to go door to door for a job. I was able to pay all of my educational needs and also able to help my family.

2. When and why did you when you buy your first bitcoin?
As far as I remember, I bought my first bitcoin in 2014. My friend encouraged me to buy Bitcoin, I bought Bitcoin for the first time with some kind of fun, I still had no idea what to do with. I bought it because of my friend's insistence and left it that way for a year.

3. How did you get on the forum?
I first heard the name Bitcoin at the beginning of 2013 when Bitcoin was being forked and there was a huge stir about Bitcoin fork through social media. At that time I didn't understand what bitcoin was, I just heard the name only. Then I searched online by typing bitcoin and found the forum and became a member.

4.1. What prevents mass adoption of cryptocurrencies?
I think its confusion, the main reason for this is the confusion of people towards cryptocurrency. The government is very much responsible for this, the governments of different countries have declared cryptocurrency illegal and after a while declared it legal, their activities create panic in the minds of the people.

Yet many people are frightened when they hear the name cryptocurrency, thinking it is a criminal act to use cryptocurrency in public. I think if these confusions in the minds of the people could be removed, it would be possible to adopt a wide range of cryptocurrencies.

4.2. How do you think mass advertising of gambling projects has a positive effect on the development of the forum or harms the community?
There are separate boards in the forum for gambling. Those who do gambling don't talk about gambling anywhere other than the gambling board. When it comes to gambling advertisements,
The signature campaign says to post more on the gambling board, even if you don't post on the other board, there is no problem. And I think gambling signature campaigns keep the forum alive.

4.3. How do you consider whether 2-3 years of experience in cryptocurrency is enough to successfully invest or does an investor need to receive special education?
I think two to three years of experience is enough to successfully invest in the crypto market if he is able to gain the right experience. Also, if one studies to gain special knowledge on cryptocurrency, it is always positive. I myself always try to stay with technology to stay with knowledge.

5. What do you think of the current Merit system and signature campaigns?  Do they harm the forum?
There is no doubt that the "merit system" is good enough for the forum. Before the merit system, good posts could not be found in the crowd of spamming posts. Using the forum after the introduction of the merit system is now getting a little peace. And speaking of the signature campaign, with the introduction of the merit system, good writers are now getting a fair chance to work.

6. The most useful forum topic? Most helpful users?
I think there may be variations of beneficial threads depending on the individual. One thing may seem beneficial to someone, which may seem like a normal post to others. Most of the time I passes my leisure by watching sports and doing online trading, so mostly I like the threads of the gambling board and the trading discussion board. Recently these two posts caught my eye:
List of Gambling Investments and Discussion By XenoFever
Every BTC trader should use it By blairW

....[Most helpful users]
⭕They seem the most intelligent to me
LoyceV- Many of his tools just awesome
Vod- Horrific one
OgNasty
suchmoon
Lauda- Horrific one

⭕Without them, there would be no life in the forum
DdmrDdmr- The life of newbie
fillippone
JayJuanGee- Pure WO
El duderino_- Pure WO
LFC_Bitcoin- All-rounder
1miau
@o_e_l_e_o
nutildah
The Pharmacist
philipma1957

⭕CM
yahoo62278- Companions of the endangered, warrior, most friendly, Logical, Best Campaign manager.
Hhampuz- Best Campaign manager

⭕Escrow
SebastianJu- Most Trusted

There are many more useful members like sujonali1819, DarkStar_, Trofo, Globb0, Zwei, TalkStar, gentlemand, Vishnu.Reang, Little Mouse, Russlenat, JSRAW, zasad@, hilariousetc, Slow death, hd49728, rdbase, hulla, Findingnemo, Danslip and many more. It will take a year to write about all of them.

7. 3 things you would implement on the forum?
1) More options should be added to Privacy for threads.
    E.g. view by- only me/public/selected people.
2) As like as "My Messages (2)" I expect a "Notification (2)" tab, where will show "reply or tag"notifications.
3) Need an Active session viewer and Logout from other devices option.

8. Do you trade on exchanges or invest in projects?
I do both of them, I do trade on Bittrex and Binance. I invest on projects if I found it promising.

9. Tell a story about your big profit or big loss?
In 2016 I invested on HEROcoin (PLAY) ICO,
ICO price was: 0.00008eth/token
Sold price: 0.00020eth/token


10. What do you think about the DEFI ecosystem? 
Nowadays DeFi is profitable. But, Personally I don’t have any trust on Hype. But there is a proverb "No risk, no gain."

11. Is your anonymity a vital necessity or precaution?
Precaution- People will be greedy when they will know about the amount of your wealth, and it is the causes of blackmail, kidnappings are not uncommon. So, stay anonymous stay safe.

12. The last cryptocurrency book you read?
Blockchain Revolution by Alex Tapscott

13. Advise 3 cryptocurrencies/tokens for investment in the next 1-2 years?
BTC, ETH, XRP [I'm not your financial advisor so, Do your own speculation]

14. How much will Bitcoin cost at the end of 2020?
My prediction is 20000+

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Hello.
I want to interview you. I hope for your consent.

Glad to take part in the interview zasad@

Questions:
1. When and why did you become interested in cryptocurrencies?
I first heard about bitcoin in 2014 through some guy who I think was a trader at that time. After making a few searches, I realized that there were a few more other cryptocurrencies but at that time I knew nothing about trading or mining so my interest died out and came back in 2016 when I discovered that it was easier to send money to someone across the globe using bitcoin minus using the traditional money transfer services like Western Union or MoneyGram

2. When and why did you buy your first bitcoin?
2016 when I wanted to transfer money to my brother who was in a different continent at that time.

3. How did you get on the forum?
Whenever I would try to search for anything crypto related, Reddit and Bitcointalk would always come up in the search results, so I decided to sign up.


4.1. What prevents mass adoption of cryptocurrencies?

• Getting to know, use, trade, and safeguard cryptocurrencies requires some technical knowledge which can not be gasped by everyone especially the older generations
• Governments and authorities continue to sow the seeds of terror about cryptocurrencies to the general populations. So you will find most of the people out there think Bitcoin is scam because they blindly believe what's being said by authorities

4.2. How do you think mass advertising of gambling projects has a positive effect on the development of the forum or harms the community?
I don't think it affects the development of the forum in any way. In fact, it makes me feel happy each time I see services that accept Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies being launched here.

4.3. How do you consider whether 2-3 years of experience in cryptocurrency is enough to successfully invest or does an investor need to receive special education?
It's some does help. For example, after 2-3 years;
- I can no longer be hoodwinked into buying and holding bags of shitcoins
- I know how to manage my funds safely minus exposing my wallets to hackers or thieves
- I can not be scammed or be fooled into joining Ponzi schemes or MLMs

Learning is a continuous process, so even after 2-3 years, there is still more to learn.

5. What do you think of the current Merit system and signature campaigns?  Do they harm the forum?
Not at all.
- The Merit system helped reduce spam in the forum which was becoming a plague
- The Bitcoin paying signature campaigns are beneficial in away that they help members who have never had any bitcoins have some as a small reward for being active in the forum. This is one of the few forums where one can post a problem and gets quick responses from members minus having to wait for days or weeks

6. The most useful forum topic? Most helpful users?
There are so many topics that are helpful, but I would go with [GUIDES] on Bitcointalk. Index thread (until there is a dedicated subforum?) since it contains links to most topics

Most helpful users? There are so many I would need over an hour to list all of them here but a few I can quickly List are;

• LoyceV
• OmegaStarScream
• DdmrDdmr
• o_e_l_e_o
• fillippone
• philipma1957
• mikeywith
• jackg
• Coolcryptovator
• TryNinja

7. 3 things you would implement on the forum?

• Two-Factor Authentication
• Quicker migration to the new epochtalk forum software, It's like we are waiting for the Savior to first come back 
• Completely ban bitcointalk account sales

8. Do you trade on exchanges or invest in projects?
I currently do trading and also try to accumulate BTC and ETH. I used to invest in ICOs but stopped in towards the end of 2018


9. Tell a story about your big profit or big loss?
My biggest profit came from the ICO hype at the beginning of 2018 when the Ether price was soaring. At one point managed to make returns of over 3500% of what I had initially used to buy the tokens.

10. What do you think about the DEFI ecosystem?
It's just mostly driven by hype which will die out soon just like the ICO, IEO, STO craze. Those who were looking to make some quick profits should have jumped on the train as early as last year and exited or started of thinking of exiting by now. Once the hype is gone, that when it will be easy to notice legit projects and scams. Without proper regulations, it's very hard to know how far DeFi can go.

11. Is your anonymity a vital necessity or precaution?
It's just a precaution

12. The last cryptocurrency book you read?
I haven't read any cryptocurrency book. Most of the information I got about Bitcoin and other cryptos has been through blogs, Articles, YouTube videos, Reddit and this forum which I feel is enough

13. Advise 3 cryptocurrencies/tokens for investment in the next 1-2 years?
I don't have any investment advice because one man's trash is another man's treasure.

So personally the coins I am looking at are Bitcoin, Ethereum and Cardano

14. How much will Bitcoin cost at the end of 2020?
$15,000

[icopress]

zasad@, thank you for the invitation, I will answer your questions soon.I see that the thread is very actively updated with new interviews, so I want to suggest on the main page to reduce visual stress.
What do you think about organizing lists in three or four columns?

1. LoyceV (Legendary) 2. BlackHatCoiner (Full Member) 3. Foxpup (Legendary) 4. The Pharmacist (Legendary) 5. Ratimov (Hero Member) 6. Peanutswar (Full Member) 7. webtricks (Legendary) 8. philipma1957 (Legendary) 9. Vispilio (Legendary) 10. Quickseller (Legendary) 11. yahoo62278 (Legendary) 12. arielbit (Legendary) 13. OgNasty (Legendary)(Donator) 14. fillippone (Hero Member) 15. TheBeardedBaby (Legendary) 16. Coolcryptovator (Hero Member) 17. actmyname (Legendary) 18. UserU (Full Member) 19. Veleor (Legendary) 20. YOSHIE (Hero Member) 21. vapourminer (Legendary) 22. Slow death (Hero Member) 23. JayJuanGee (Legendary) 24. Darker45 (Hero Member) 25. pugman (Legendary) 26. Timelord2067 (Legendary) 27. Stedsm (Legendary) 28. cryptoaddictchie (Hero Member) 29. sheenshane (Hero Member) 30. Royse777 (Legendary) 31. Daltonik (Sr. Member) 32. qwertyup23 (Sr. Member) 33. peloso (Legendary) 34. Bitcoin SV (Member) 35. 20kevin20 (Hero Member) 36. CryptopreneurBrainboss (Legendary) 37. tranthidung (Legendary) 38. Upgrade00 (Hero Member) 39. crwth (Hero Member) 40. TalkStar(Hero Member)

41. Oasisman (Sr. Member) 42. ScamViruS (Sr. Member) 43. Captain-Cryptory (Sr. Member) 44. Vod (Legendary)(Inventor) 45. BIT-BENDER (Sr. Member) 46. Yamifoud (Sr. Member) 47. notblox1 (Sr. Member) 48. NotATether (Sr. Member) 49. Raflesia (Sr. Member) 50. btcltcdigger (Hero Member) 51. $crypto$ (Hero Member) 52. Charles-Tim (Full Member) 53. cryptofrka (Sr. Member) 54. Daniel91 (Legendary) 55. nelson4lov (Hero Member) 56. AjithBtc (Sr. Member) 57. Gozie51 (Full Member) 58. sujonali1819 (Hero Member) 59. Lordhermes (Full Member) 60. Amel (Legendary) 61. Alucard1 (Member) 62. Benefactor (Hero Member) 63. Mpamaegbu (Sr. Member) 64. oprahwindfury (Full Member) 65. Coyster (Sr. Member) 66. maldini (Sr. Member) 67. erikoy (Member) 68. palle11 (Full Member) 69. iv4n (Legendary) 70. Cadaver20 (Member) 71. pawanjain (Sr. Member) 72. Becky666 (Full Member) 73. Smartvirus (Full Member) 74. Twentyonepaylots (Sr. Member) 75. chaser15 (Legendary) 76. carlfebz2 (Hero Member) 77. eristica.com (Member) 78. 2double0 (Legendary) 79. bitbunnny (Legendary) 80. jademaxsuy (Full Member)

81. stompix (Legendary) 82. nc50lc (Legendary) 83. DooMAD (Legendary) 84. madnessteat (Legendary) 85. skarais (Hero Member) 86. LeGaulois (Legendary) 87. TryNinja (Legendary) 88. Vishnu.Reang (Sr. Member) 89. CryptocurencyKing (Member) 90. Porfirii (Sr. Member) 91. Shasha80 (Sr. Member) 92. Naida_BR (Member) 93. muslol67 (Hero Member) 94. xxjumperxx (Full Member) 95. nakamura12 (Full Member) 96. BitMaxz (Legendary) 97. Halab (Hero Member) (Staff) 98. kassex (Legendary) 99. ethereumhunter (Hero Member) 100.BrewMaster (Legendary) 101.Mauser(Sr. Member) 102.TheUltraElite (Legendary) 103.gentlemand (Legendary) 104.Tytanowy Janusz (Hero Member) 105.Trofo (Hero Member) 106.posi (Hero Member) 107.Russlenat (Hero Member) 108.Ryker1 (Sr. Member) 109.Kelvinid (Sr. Member) 110.SFR10 (Legendary) 111.zasad@ (Sr. Member) 112.Betwrong (Legendary) 113.ralle14 (Legendary) 114.abel1337 (Legendary) 115.Steamtyme (Legendary) 116.Serious475 (Member) 117.Findingnemo (Full Member) 118.Taskford (Hero Member) 119.worldofcoins (Sr. Member) 120.Trinx01 (Newbie)

[gabbie2010]

Thank you@ zasad for granting me the privilege to be interviewed
Questions:
1. When and why did you become interested in cryptocurrencies?
In a bid to invest in the popular moribund popular ponzi scheme in 2016 as a newbie with a motive of "getting rich quick" the scheme introduced bitcoin as an alternative means of payment i.e investing with btc. I made further inquiries on bitcoin and other cryptos that was how I became interested in cryptocurrencies thus I became an instant crypto enthusiast
2. When and why did you buy your first bitcoin?
I bought my first Bitcoin in 2019 via an exchange in my country, I was granted a loan here and in a bid to avoid defaulting I opted to buying of bitcoin to settle my debt. it was quite an interesting transaction very swift and transparent thanks to blockchain technology.
3. How did you get on the forum?
Having heard the word "Bitcoin" I took up another challenge this time around and google searched bitcoin forum to get more facts, from the numerous google responses I was convinced with facts I read in various threads here, I registered immediately in the forum and settled down to read, study and digest how the forum operates, this took me many weeks to achieve.
4.1. What prevents mass adoption of cryptocurrencies?
I believed that cryptocurrencies is still in early stage of adoption, public enlightenment and awareness hasn't been widely spread across the third world or developing nations, even where it had reached there are some bad perception and reputation of cryptocurrencies being termed or categorized as a ponzi scheme this has created a lot of fears among numerous potential investors probably due to lack of enough information and these countries are endowed with huge population imagine 50% populations of those nations adopting cryptocurrencies, cryptos would received a massive boost and growth,
4.2. How do you think mass advertising of gambling projects has a positive effect on the development of the forum or harms the community?
Mass advertisement of gambling wouldn't harm the forum because some gamblers gambles as an alternative source of income while others gambles for fun, I am not surprise that gambling projects had been on increase in recent time, may be its due to Lockdown "stay at home"  this had given some  people opportunity to lay their hands on any profitable adventure, while it is necessary to gamble with the amount of money you can afford to lose.
4.3. How do you consider whether 2-3 years of experience in cryptocurrency is enough to successfully invest or does an investor need to receive special education?
2-3 years of my experience in cryptocurrencies is enough to me be convinced and investing in it without any doubt, this is achievable by researching on some of the most popular coins like BTC, ETH, BNB e.t.c coupled with some knowledge in charting analysis is an added advantage towards trading those coins i.e buying at low and selling at high thus profit is guaranteed example when BTC dumped in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic in March this year this created an ample opportunity of buying bitcoin and hodl then, I also remembered with nostalgia bitcoin Forks which are always synonymous with pump in the price.
5. What do you think of the current Merit system and signature campaigns?  Do they harm the forum?
Merit system has been the best innovation as far as the forum is concerned prior to the introduction of the system any Tom, Dick and Harry can become a Hero, senior, Full member by registering a doing social media post e.g twitter or facebook post the system will automatically ranked up those members having achieved the required numbers of activities and post thus without contributing any quality post to the forum.
Signature campaign had been very effective tool in advertisement and promotion of projects and I believed promoters had been achieving good results that is why signature campaigns had been thriving in the forum.
6. The most useful forum topic? Most helpful users?
Anything trading discussions I like it    https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=8.0
also Development and Technical discussions because I am learning towards becoming a Tech-savvy https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=6.0
7. 3 things you would implement on the forum?
1. Improve on security features of the system.
2. I will ensured that the forum gain wider publicity and coverage because of its cryptos resourcefulness.
3. create a special thread for trading strategies and trading calls with charting analysis
8. Do you trade on exchanges or invest in projects?
I traded with Binance for a while but my preferred trading is forex I had settled down with one broker already.

9. Tell a story about your big profit or big loss?
I had never experience any loss or profit however I once had a funny experience of selling huge amount of bitcoin to an exchanger immediately after sending the coin the price of BTC witnessed a massive pump thus denying me some extra decent profits.
10. What do you think about the DEFI ecosystem?
I have not research on DeFis project for now I hope to do so soon I knew its the  most hyped and trended project in Crypto ecosystem
11. Is your anonymity a vital necessity or precaution?
My anonymity is very important to me I don't think its necessary to reveal my identity in the name of KYC for any transaction or anything, staying anonymous is the best bet to me.
12. The last cryptocurrency book you read?
"A complete Guide To Volume Price Analysis" as recommended by a member of the forum whose interview I read.
13. Advise 3 cryptocurrencies/tokens for investment in the next 1-2 years?
BTC, ETH, BCH, BNB
14. How much will Bitcoin cost at the end of 2020?
Comfortably above $12,000
15. P.S. (Optional)

[LUCKMCFLY]

Thanks zasad@ for the interview...

questions:

1. When and why did you become interested in cryptocurrencies?

In 2017 I became interested in cryptocurrencies, but I did not really know anything, and I entered and played in casinos, later at the same time I learned about the forum and the projects.

2. When and why did you buy your first bitcoin?

In 2017 when I earned some coins in a project where they had an Airdrop, I sold and bought Bitcoin.

3. How did you get on the forum?

I came to the forum through a friend who studied with me at the University.

4.1. What prevents mass adoption of cryptocurrencies?

Mass adoption is largely hampered by ignorance on the part of the people, many still do not believe in technology and in this type of alternative economy where there is no debt.

4.2. How do you think mass advertising of gambling projects has a positive effect on the development of the forum or harms the community?

I do not see the massive advertising of games as a negative effect, on the contrary, it is an opportunity for companies to take advantage of the use of the space of signatures of the best posters.

4.3. How do you consider whether 2-3 years of experience in cryptocurrency is enough to successfully invest or does an investor need to receive special education?

It depends, in 2 or 3 years is enough time to learn enough about investing if you read the right books. From mere experience without reading books or without having some kind of financial education there will always be some misconceptions and it will possibly lead to failure.

5. What do you think of the current Merit system and signature campaigns?  Do they harm the forum?

The merit system is a good way to eliminate spam and raise the level for discussions even higher (I see the forum as an open and always up-to-date book).

I see signature campaigns as an opportunity for companies to spread their word by taking advantage of the opinions of the best posters in the forum, they would never harm the forum when there is a union of business and intelligence.

6. The most useful forum topic? Most helpful users?

Regarding the most useful topic, I would not dare to say which is the best, because the updates every day are excellent, each topic, depending on what you want to search, is very useful and from very good research sources and opinion Among the most useful and I admired users: @DdmrDdmr @fillipone @ VB1001 @seoincorporation @JayJuanGee @Hhampuz @suchmoon @DarkStar_ @LoyceV @El duderino_ @paxmao @d5000 and many more that please excuse me for not naming.

7. 3 things you would implement on the forum?

Would implement:

1.- When I started in the forum I did not understand many things, little by little I was learning, sometimes they deleted publications that I made, I would like that when deleting the publications they say the exact reason without being gerenalizing, in this way you learn more to no more falling into the same mistakes.

2.- I have seen that in some signature campaigns some companies promise airdrops where they do not comply and end up enslaving many users to obtain a miserable percentage of what was promised, it would be good if they had a permanent ban for deception and waste of time.

3.- Those projects and companies that have bans for some countries should not have cavities here, because this is a technology that everyone should have access to, the bans for countries are a matter of traditional economies and policies implemented by governments and third parties, and this it shouldn't happen.

8. Do you trade on exchanges or invest in projects?

I do not trade on exchanges, nor do I invest in projects, the truth is that I like the Bitcoin market better and its volatility, and you do not have to wait long for important movements to occur as in the Stock Market.

9. Tell a story about your big profit or big loss?

Many are sorry to say their failures but they praise their successes, I think you learn much more from failures than from successes, when I started I entered a privacy and anonymity project, I had no idea how the market was moving, I thought the Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies were always going to go up and never go down in price, they would always stay at the same level, and my mistake was not selling when the altcoin reached its ATH, then it passed the Distribution stage and I sold in the trend stage. bearish, today that coin has not recovered (I do not think it will recover), because they did not know how to handle the power that they once had in that project, the good thing was the learning that I obtained.

10. What do you think about the DEFI ecosystem?

The DEFI ecosystem seems like a good thing to me if this helps mass adoption, it is one of the best things left from ICOs, when people talk about Defi, they will quickly get to the path of Bitcoin, this is what I see positive.


11. Is your anonymity a vital necessity or precaution?

Nowadays anonymity should be a necessity and that it is used as protection, but given the amount of regulations that are currently being implemented, they want to know what is the identity of those who operate with Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies, it is something that I will never support.

12. The last cryptocurrency book you read?

The last book dealing with the direct application of Bitcoin to the market was "Memories of a Stock Trader" by Jesse Livermore.

13. Advise 3 cryptocurrencies/tokens for investment in the next 1-2 years?

It is difficult, but I would choose Monero, ETH and another that is in the range of CMC after the second currency, I usually choose them because they have more history and their chart is almost the same as Bitcoin.

14. How much will Bitcoin cost at the end of 2020?

By the end of 2020, I think it can hit $ 15k because demand usually increases in December and it's a good time to wait for a nice bullish rally.

[CucakRowo]

I got an email from the OP about an interview. Surprised and happy. Surprised, because I still have less contributions to this forum. However, what's the harm in trying? . Here are the answers from questions emailed by OP. My apologize in advance if there are sentences/words that are not pleasing you. Thank you. Happy reading, hope you guys not bored.

1. When and why did you become interested in cryptocurrencies?
I know cryptocurrencies around June 2017. When one of my closest friends asked for my help to accompany him to local customs office, to pick up his miners. If i'm not mistaken, that miner is S9. Along the way to local custom office, he talked a lot about cryptocurrencies (bitcoin) and it prospects. What you need to remember, he is only talking about cryptocurrencies, not about the ecosystem or the technology.

This made me interested, so I asked him, about other than bitcoin, which coins have good prospects. And he said LTC and Dash are the best alternatives beside bitcoin. And right away i decided to buy a D3 and L3 + miner. I made the purchase based on mere speculation without doing any research. I placed an order in July 2017 (with his help). I received both machines in December 2017. And as you know, the decision i made at that time was the worst decision i have ever made.

2. When and why did you buy your first bitcoin?
I first own bitcoin in January 2018. I earned it by converting Dash and LTC to bitcoin. Exchanges i used at that time was Indodax (the largest crypto market in our country).

3. How did you get on the forum?
I know this forum through googling (Even my closest friends that i mentioned above didn't know that there was such a forum!). I got to know bitcointalk after i felt that the mining profit was not same as promised (read whattomine calculation). Mining profits are getting smaller, while production costs (electricity costs and others) remain same. So I did googling in order to find out the factors that influence crypto mining and ended in this forum. It happens around end of feb 2018. At that time, i was not rush to register, coz tbh i'm not kind of forum boys. But finally, i registered coz of one reason. If you want to ask in this forum, then you must register first.

4.1. What prevents mass adoption of cryptocurrencies?
What is preventing the mass adoption of cryptocurrencies?
I think mass adoption cannot be prevented. I'm more inclined towards this question: "what are the barriers to mass adoption of cryptocurrencies".

So many factors are hindering the mass adoption of cryptocurrencies. One of them may be nation currency privileges. As you know, every country has its own currency. And this currency has its own characteristics (due to its history) that cannot be replaced by other currencies. Currency for me is one of the national identities. If the whole world has the same currency, then for me, there is no special identity that a country has. And in the end, people will tend to forget the history of their nation.

4.2. How do you think mass advertising of gambling projects has a positive effect on the development of the forum or harms the community?
There is nothing wrong with gambling. And gambling ads will not break or harmed this forum. Because of what? This forum has its own segment. Most members of this forum already know the negative effects of gambling. And the rules on this forum are very clear. Comments about gambling is allowed on this board, while on other boards it is not allowed. All rules are clearly mentioned.

4.3. How do you consider whether 2-3 years of experience in cryptocurrency is enough to successfully invest or does an investor need to receive special education?
Needs are always changing. Market is always changing. Market trends will also change. An investor must adapt to those changes. However, basis for investing is always same. DYOR.
Special education is only needed for people/investors who are new to crypto. Of course you still remember the @elpresedente twitter account right? @elpresedente and ChainLink token 

5. What do you think of the current Merit system and signature campaigns?  Do they harm the forum?
Merit system is good. It's kind the "like" feature on facebook and twitter or reddit. It shows appreciation. Imo, Which is good. About merit current system. Idk, I see nothing wrong with current merit system. Same as signature campaigns. I see nothing wrong with it. Mostly member in here are grown man/woman. And forum rules are clearly. As long forum rules obeyed, this forum is still a good forum.

6. The most useful forum topic? Most helpful users?
All sticky pinned thread are good and helpful. But most new members are lazy to read it. Always create thread and asking same questions.
Helpful members? A lots! depends on the board you choose.

7. 3 things you would implement on the forum?
Dislike button (for nonsense comments/thread), Ease of changing account names (such as a feature on Twitter that allows name changes at least every 6 months) but with the same member id. Let me think the othe one .

8. Do you trade on exchanges or invest in projects?
Yes, i did trade in exchange. And did invest in some projects.

9. Tell a story about your big profit or big loss?
Big Losses : Buying miners witth less knowledge only depends on specualtion
Big Profit : Knowledge that i get from this forum.

10. What do you think about the DEFI ecosystem?
Why mention Defi as a special concern? Didn't defi already exist in our daily life? Banking, savings and loans are common things in our daily life. People may be amazed about Defi coz of one thing. The token price. The Defi ecosystem in crypto is not much different from the financial ecosystem in our daily lives.

11. Is your anonymity a vital necessity or precaution?
Anonymity for me act as a precaution. And it is vital now.

12. The last cryptocurrency book you read?
"How to Defi book". I got it free from coingecko

13. Advise 3 cryptocurrencies/tokens for investment in the next 1-2 years?
For me. AlphaFinance, DOT and ETH.

14. How much will Bitcoin cost at the end of 2020?
Price prediction yeah? I'm not good with this kind of prediction. But for sure i stated that bitcoin will never touch $1K again.

15. P.S. (Optional)
This question is for you @zasad@ :
What methodology did you use when selecting sources for your interviews?

[zasad@]

This question is for you @zasad@ :
What methodology did you use when selecting sources for your interviews?

I use an axiomatic-deductive methodology based on methods of deduction and induction, as well as an inductivist methodology based on methods of analysis and synthesis.
If these methods do not give results, then I apply extrapolation methods and the basics of probabilistic methodology.

[tokeweed]

1. When and why did you become interested in cryptocurrencies?

I want to make a lot of manies.

2. When and why did you buy your first bitcoin?

2013.

3. How did you get on the forum?

I searched 'Bitcoin forum' online.

4.1. What prevents mass adoption of cryptocurrencies?

Dunno.

4.2. How do you think mass advertising of gambling projects has a positive effect on the development of the forum or harms the community?

Positive of course!  The more degens, the better.  

4.3. How do you consider whether 2-3 years of experience in cryptocurrency is enough to successfully invest or does an investor need to receive special education?

Lol.  Not sure..  Maybe?

5. What do you think of the current Merit system and signature campaigns?  Do they harm the forum?

The merit system is ok cos it stops people who make 100 accounts.  Sig campaigns do increase spam but it's nothing a good manager can't fix.

6. The most useful forum topic? Most helpful users?

UFC thread.    Most helpful users:  All of the original bastards of the EPL pool.

7. 3 things you would implement on the forum?

Dunno.

8. Do you trade on exchanges or invest in projects?

I used to...  A lot.  After losing a lot of manies, my sole mission now is to only lose them to the bookies.  Lol.

9. Tell a story about your big profit or big loss?

Bought ETH at 1.00 - 1.50 USD, sold at 20.00 - 25.00 USD.  Big profit right?  Wrong.  I left a lot of money on the table.  I consider that a somewhat big profit but it's really a huuuge loss on my part.

10. What do you think about the DEFI ecosystem?

I wish I got into it and could've made some manies.  I never thought the market could go crazy again.

11. Is your anonymity a vital necessity or precaution?

Both.

12. The last cryptocurrency book you read?

Nothing.  I tried reading 'The Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain' once but I'm lazy.  And good thing I didn't cos almost all of the books about crypto are terribad.

13. Advise 3 cryptocurrencies/tokens for investment in the next 1-2 years?

Just Tronz.



14. How much will Bitcoin cost at the end of 2020?

No idea.

[mindrust]

1. When and why did you become interested in cryptocurrencies?

In late 2013 and early 2014 when Gox was happening.

 
2. When and why did you buy your first bitcoin?

In 2015 when it was around $500.


3. How did you get on the forum?

I can't really remember. Probably google showed me the way.


4.1. What prevents mass adoption of cryptocurrencies?

Decentraliation is cryptocurrencies' own enemy. It is their weakness and strength at the same time. Only the smartest and most careful people are eligible to use these currencies and most people are either careless or illiterate or too old.


4.2. How do you think mass advertising of gambling projects has a positive effect on the development of the forum or harms the community?

Gambling is mathematics. If you understand mathematics, you wouldn't gamble too much. Who cares what other people do? Finance is a zero sum game. Some people's loss is other people's gain. Not everybody can be on the winning side, it is against the math. Gambling anonymously with crypto is one of the best use cases of crypto. Without these casinos, crypto wouldn't have become what it is today.


4.3. How do you consider whether 2-3 years of experience in cryptocurrency is enough to successfully invest or does an investor need to receive special education?

Even 1000 years won't be enough in a market where common logic doesn't work. Never invest in crypto more than you could afford to lose. I see most of  them as fun lottery tickets.


5. What do you think of the current Merit system and signature campaigns?  Do they harm the forum?

Action > Reaction. Everything you do in life creates a response. Even not doing anything is actually doing something because you still exist and affecting the balance of the universe.

The current merit system is an action which reduced the forum spam, as a reaction the forum lost its traffic. I think it delayed the spam for like 1 year or so but it won't take long before the forum goes to its inital spammy stage.

Signature camps are the only reason why most people still post here. It doesn't matter which sig camp it is. If you are getting paid by posting, 99 out of 100 times it means you are here to get paid. Do they harm the community? Without them there wouldn't be a forum to write in.

 
6. The most useful forum topic? Most helpful users?

As far as I remember I only heavy merited 2 guys before. One of them was Royse777 and the other was webtricks. This was just my personal experience. There are obviously other good guys.  These were the most helpful to me.


7. 3 things you would implement on the forum?

Nothing, it is fine just like this.


8. Do you trade on exchanges or invest in projects?

No.


9. Tell a story about your big profit or big loss?

I don't share my personal earnings or losses.

10. What do you think about the DEFI ecosystem?

I don't know much about it and I don't want to know about it.

11. Is your anonymity a vital necessity or precaution?

Depends on what you are doing.

12. The last cryptocurrency book you read?

There isn't one.

13. Advise 3 cryptocurrencies/tokens for investment in the next 1-2 years?

I don't give investment advices.

14. How much will Bitcoin cost at the end of 2020?

I don't really care. I can afford to lose what I got inside. Also, see "Answer 13".

15. P.S. (Optional)

Don't invest more than you could afford to lose. Hug your girlfriend (or your cat or your dog ) when you get home. Because you'll never know what's going to happen tomorrow. Don't stare too much at charts, better yet, don't do it at all.

[bitmover]

Thanks for inviting me @zasad@. It was a nice surprise to receive your message.

1. When and why did you become interested in cryptocurrencies?
I am not really interested in cryptocurrencies: I am interested in bitcoin
I discovered about bitcoin when I was reading an article about online privacy around the web. I had just created a protonmail account and I saw an article from protonmail about bitcoin.
It was 2017 and we were in a crazy bull run.

2. When and why did you buy your first bitcoin?
The article I mentioned said "$100 in bitcoins purchased five years ago would today be worth millions.".
By the time I was very frustrated in  my job and I thought "Well, I will invest 100 USD then and see where it goes". I bought my first satoshis in the next few hours.

3. How did you get on the forum?
I discovered this forum when I started having technical problems. The first post I really created was related to a problem on how to sign a message.

Then I took a good look around and found so much knowledge here. I was wasting my time on Reddit.

4.1. What prevents mass adoption of cryptocurrencies?
We are getting there. These things takes time. 10 years is not too much, and we (bitcoin community) already made a lot in those 10 years.
I believe that as we have better and easier to use softwares (especially wallets and payment gateways such as a decent btcpay), we will get a good adoption.

I don't think volatility is a problem. I live in a country where our fiat currency is just as volatile as bitcoin.
One thing is not helping : All those altcoins and scams around. Too many scams in all ecosystem: wallets, exchanges, phising, bch, ICO.... too many scammers everywhere. That is sad.

4.2. How do you think mass advertising of gambling projects has a positive effect on the development of the forum or harms the community?
I think that the advertisement of any cryptocurrency related project is good for the forum.

4.3. How do you consider whether 2-3 years of experience in cryptocurrency is enough to successfully invest or does an investor need to receive special education?
I have seen Legendary users (~3 years experience) here who doesn't even know what is a private key.
Time means nothing here.
Anyone can read Mastering Bitcoin in just a few days. That is the time you need to successfully invest in bitcoin and be able to understand what a cryptocurrency or bitcoin can do and cannot.

5. What do you think of the current Merit system and signature campaigns?  Do they harm the forum?
I think that signature campaigns are good for the forum. (only the ones that pays in btc)
Any newbie that comes around here asking ANY questions get dozens of answers in just a few minutes. The community is nearly competing to answer first.
This forum is wonderful and it does work very well.

6. The most useful forum topic? Most helpful users?
I don't think we have a most useful forum topic. But probably WO, there is so much information in it.

7. 3 things you would implement on the forum?
Merit and quote notifications. New rank.

8. Do you trade on exchanges or invest in projects?
I don't trade and I don't invest in projects anymore. I just hold my coins.

9. Tell a story about your big profit or big loss?
I invested in many ICOs in the past. I made huge returns in 2 of them. I also lost 99,99% of it in about 5 icos. Scams.
I decided not to invest in other projects anymore. I still have some altcoins, but I have more than 85% bitcoin in my portfolio now.

10. What do you think about the DEFI ecosystem?
a big bubble ready to pop out.

11. Is your anonymity a vital necessity or precaution?
Neither precaution nor necessity. It is just for privacy reasons

12. The last cryptocurrency book you read?
Mastering Bitcoin.

13. Advise 3 cryptocurrencies/tokens for investment in the next 1-2 years?
Bitcoin, Bitcoin and Bitcoin.

14. How much will Bitcoin cost at the end of 2020?
11500.

[Debonaire217]

1. When and why did you become interested in cryptocurrencies?

I become interested in cryptocurrencies way back before in 2018 when I see bitcoin being involved in news and documentaries.

2. When and why did you buy your first bitcoin?

I bought my first bitcoin in 2018 in a local convenience store. My purchase was successful but my first transaction failed because of not knowing how to send bitcoin to the right address.

3. How did you get on the forum?

With my curiosity about bitcoin, this forum is the very first search result when I am asking google about my questions. As time passes by, I am directly going in here instead of asking google about bitcoin, and eventually, I made an account. Sadly, my very first days here were quite toxic as I prioritize abusing signature campaigns rather than learning and sharing. I realized to change that and become professional exactly on the day of bitcointalk's 10th anniversary.

4.1. What prevents the mass adoption of cryptocurrencies?

It is the people's strict mindset to adopt new technology that prevents mass crypto adoption.

4.2. How do you think mass advertising of gambling projects has a positive effect on the development of the forum or harms the community?

If you are pertaining to signature campaigns, most of the members here for me, already knew that it was because of the campaign that's why they often see advertisements on gambling. There's nothing really bothering there to adopt new knowledge while seeing these. Perhaps, these advertisements also help to keep members to be active.

4.3. How do you consider whether 2-3 years of experience in cryptocurrency is enough to successfully invest or does an investor need to receive special education?

It's basically not with how long we been on crypto to learn. There are people who are learning faster because they are focused on what they are doing. There are also those who prioritize income rather than learning that makes them learn quite slower.

5. What do you think of the current Merit system and signature campaigns?  Do they harm the forum?

The Merit system is the best system implemented that busts all the harm that signature campaigns could do to the forum.

6. The most useful forum topic? Most helpful users?

This is a topic created by Lauda, the very topic I intentionally opened when I became curious about the forum itself.

Newbies - Read before posting

7. 3 things you would implement on the forum?

If I would have a chance to implement on the forum, I would consider these:

• Topic Book Mark for us to go back easily to the topics we love reading
• New website design made from the latest javascript frameworks
• Collection of API from statistics so developers could help create easier helpful apps

8. Do you trade on exchanges or invest in projects?

Yes, I prefer to trade on a decentralized exchange with high risk, high reward since I am also studying the project and spending more time to lessen my risk of losing my investment.

9. Tell a story about your big profit or big loss?

Recently, I invested in some Defi Projects, the one, in particular, is SAFE2, I invested quite a big amount of ETH but it turns out that the project was affected by outside factors of FUD. I lost a lot but still thankful for my decision that I saved half of the funds I invested and cut bigger possible losses.

10. What do you think about the DEFI ecosystem?

It is actually beneficial, especially the lending platforms which incentivize the users and helped those who are in need. But the problem there is that, most people didn't see it's value but a pump and dump crypto mainly created for profit.

11. Is your anonymity a vital necessity or precaution?

I consider it both necessity and precaution. In crypto world, we don't know each and every person we are transacting with. and for me, the reason why we need to expose ourselves is to gain trust. But if blockchain already serves as the ultimate trust, there's no reason for us to be known.

12. The last cryptocurrency book you read?

Honestly, I am not reading any cryptocurrency book.

13. Advise 3 cryptocurrencies/tokens for investment in the next 1-2 years?

• Bitcoin
• ETH
• LTC

14. How much will Bitcoin cost at the end of 2020?

I believe it could be on the price range of 11k - 12k USD

15. P.S. (Optional)

I had fun answering this OP, I just bring back memories I had with cryptocurrency.

[cygan]

Hello.
I want to interview you. I hope for your consent.
...

thank you very much for choosing me today - i feel honored and will of course publish my answers here...


1. When and why did you become interested in cryptocurrencies?

it was in spring 2011 when i heard about BTC for the first time. a group-member (i was very active in the mp3-scene at that time) approached me and asked me if i wanted to invest in something that would bring very high and most likely solid profits in the long run. of course i said yes, informed myself and since then BTC won't let me go and i can't do without Bitcoin/Crypto.


2. When and why did you buy your first bitcoin?

my first investment was not long in coming and i bought my first BTC coins for a few thousand dollars on the mt.gox exchange at a price of ~13,00 USD. after about 2 years i was able to get my investment back and still had enough BTC on the exchange. what happened with mt.gox, i think i don't have to write that anymore...


3. How did you get on the forum?

the forum was recommended to me by the same guy who told me about BTC for the first time - unfortunately the contact is broken and I don't know the username.
next year i will have my 10th anniversary in the forum, and i will think of something nice for all of you


4.1. What prevents mass adoption of cryptocurrencies?

in my opinion, there are 2 important points, which delay or prevent the mass adoption of cryptocurrencies.
first of all, these are the individual states and also the banks, which would do everything to push their dear fiat money further and to shoot against cryptocurrencies.
and on the other side these are the media, which, if they write or report about Bitcoin, bring that in 90% into a bad & negative light/picture, which then also deter the whole humans naturally


4.2. How do you think mass advertising of gambling projects has a positive effect on the development of the forum or harms the community?

here i am also split in two. on the other hand i think gambling is very dangerous and on the other hand you can also earn some BTC here in the forum through the whole signature campaigns of the respective gambling projects and for some of them it might be the first possibility to have some satoshis on their own wallet for the first time. personally i don't think all these projects are harmful to the forum - they also support the cryptocurrencies


4.3. How do you consider whether 2-3 years of experience in cryptocurrency is enough to successfully invest or does an investor need to receive special education?

you learn the whole life and i think that the experience here and with all the tradings is the most important thing. what helps me and i think also many others, are also some very good threads and posts from various users here from the forum


5. What do you think of the current Merit system and signature campaigns?  Do they harm the forum?

i think these two things are very successful and i take advantage of this myself. for years i have always tried to participate in a good signature campaign and always reward the user with merits for good threads/posts. the many signatures also bring a very lively and colorful forum-life


6. The most useful forum topic? Most helpful users?

there are many interesting topics here. for me it is always important that i can get detailed information about a project here - so threads that inform about a new/existing project are very important. and also the topics about the unfortunately very many scammers are very helpful for all users here in the forum!
concerning the helpful users, i could name some of them, like Hhampuz, LoyceV, minerjones, DarkStar_, yogg, vizique, anonymousminer, jayce, TryNinja to name a few from the international boards - thanks guys for your support!!!


7. 3 things you would implement on the forum?

• i would be happy about a cold-wallet made especially for bitcointalk.org, which you could also buy
• a 2fa option for each user-account to make the accounts even more secure
• i can't think of a third point now - just keep up the good work

8. Do you trade on exchanges or invest in projects?

i trade on stock exchanges and have also invested in some projects. but i only trade and invest as much as i can bear to lose.


9. Tell a story about your big profit or big loss?

my biggest win was in 2011 when i bought hundreds of Bitcoins for about 13.00 USD each. since then i could afford a lot of great things


10. What do you think about the DEFI ecosystem?

for me there are a lot of parallels like in the times when an ico was announced from every corner - if you don't pay attention, you can get into very difficult financial problems


11. Is your anonymity a vital necessity or precaution?

a little bit of both - in my private area only a few people know that i am invested in BTC. and my username from the forum is not known by anyone in that area


12. The last cryptocurrency book you read?

"Bitcoin - the crazy story of the rise of a new money" by Christoph Bergmann.
a very interesting book which is also very well written. there is a lot of information about every topic/term and I was really happy that some quotes from the forum were published in this book


13. Advise 3 cryptocurrencies/tokens for investment in the next 1-2 years?

• Tezos - XTZ
• IOTA
• Bitcoin - BTC

14. How much will Bitcoin cost at the end of 2020?

i hope that we will be in the region of 15000 USD/BTC


15. P.S. (Optional)

stay healthy in the very busy/hard pandemic time and protect your fellow humans.
big thanks flying to zasad@ for the great interview also
BTC-in crypto we trust!!!-BTC

[rhomelmabini]

1. When and why did you become interested in cryptocurrencies?
I was aware that Bitcoin is making some noise way back late 2016 and the early days or perhaps early month of 2017 (I can't remember clearly when). I haven't been fully into in it during that period until the the last quarter of 2017 when it making big FOMO and the timing was too great there's lot of holidays going on around.

I become interested in it when I asked one of my closest friend since I know he is into this Bitcoin, crypto etc and he could make some extra cash doing some works or some  services. But what landed me is on freebitco.in site to earn free faucets, well, that's what he suggested as a beginner and look what am I wearing on my signature now, seems we're meant to be with freebitco.in. At first what interested me is just for earning I mean it, but as time goes by I feel like kinda love the technology behind it and how really it's a game changer for the mass not just in financial sphere but on many different areas in the society.

2. When and why did you buy your first bitcoin?
I can't remember when was that because as I said I started with nothing and just relying on faucets but I guess it's just on the late 2017 (the December craze) or early 2018 range and I learn during that time how noob I am when it goes bearish.

3. How did you get on the forum?
My friend told me that if you ever want some extra more earnings of cryptocurrencies better check out bitcointalk.org, grow your account and do some signature campaigns or those bounties.

4.1. What prevents mass adoption of cryptocurrencies?
The main root, people are not well educated about it and when something comes on news especially about scam and hacking involving crypto, that triggers something to people not to hop in, just my two cents.

4.2. How do you think mass advertising of gambling projects has a positive effect on the development of the forum or harms the community?
Overall, I think it has a positive impact over forum and besides gambling is the fun way and sometimes it's the way people earn some cryptocurrencies, just like my experience though.

4.3. How do you consider whether 2-3 years of experience in cryptocurrency is enough to successfully invest or does an investor need to receive special education?
I think I consider a risky appetite and the willingness to just learn the basics of why the cryptocurrency built in the first place.

5. What do you think of the current Merit system and signature campaigns?  Do they harm the forum?
I think the current merit system and signature campaign are more firm compare in the past. It flourished the forum more IMO.

6. The most useful forum topic? Most helpful users?
I think it was the compiled topics of trantidhung, LoyceV, xtraelv, DdmrDdmr, Ratimov, you (@zasad@), suchmoon I can't comment it out here but I believe it is. Regarding helpful users it should the users I just mentioned but I'll mention also especially on my local board are cabalism13, mk4, asu, cryptoaddictchie and many more I just can't compile them all up here (lol). YOSHIE, ICOEthics, lovesmayfamilis, Timelord2067, Vod, Ognasty, actmyname and last but not the very very least was theymos.

7. 3 things you would implement on the forum?
* Implementation of mobile friendly bitcointalk, though have been suggested already continuously in the past but I think it will really be cool to see that.
* (I'll edit this reply if I will have any other ideas).

8. Do you trade on exchanges or invest in projects?
I do both.

9. Tell a story about your big profit or big loss?
I get a big profit but it turns into a big loss when the past trade I did has been liquidated because I haven't been paying attention to the notifications on my phone about the sudden higher volatility going on in the exchange. I thought that the notification was just about the fee on the futures but it was on the liquidation call. Well, what would I do it was liquidation call and it means I'm already at loss so even if I have read that I'd continue to hold onto it hoping it will bounce back.

That wasn't that big though, thinking I'm that of a whale? No, I'm a shrimp. Moreover, that was big in me (I just wouldn't mention how much was it) and I have earn it in just 3 days and I totally move on from that. They say, it was part of success (Is that you MJ? Was that you Steve Jobs?) Ehh, but yeah that's how I interpret it.

10. What do you think about the DEFI ecosystem?
It may not like Pokemon Go that on the year's release  itwas also the year's failure. I'm seeing it as a bubble that will burst too soon but I think only few will left hanging and most of them will vanish.

11. Is your anonymity a vital necessity or precaution?
I don't think I'm still that of anonymous but yeah it's a vital necessity for me.

12. The last cryptocurrency book you read?
Nothing or I just simply can't remember, what I really read are those articles and news found on the web.

13. Advise 3 cryptocurrencies/tokens for investment in the next 1-2 years?
Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Binance (BNB).

14. How much will Bitcoin cost at the end of 2020?
My hunch is on the $14k - $20k range.

15. P.S. (Optional)
Stick to bitcoin, the only way is up. My profile text says so, by the way, I just copied it when it pops up months ago on the forum ad section (below on someone's OP), I don't know the author of it, maybe it was theymos. And, I thank you @@zasad@ for giving me the opportunity to post in this wonderful thread of yours.

[Langitngit24]

1. When and why did you become interested in cryptocurrencies?

2017 because my friend told me that time 1 btc is equivalent to hundred thousand something here in my country.

2. When and why did you buy your first bitcoin?

nothing but i'll try soon

3. How did you get on the forum?

because of my friend.

4.1. What prevents mass adoption of cryptocurrencies?

i think the volatility of the market and decentralized.

4.2. How do you think mass advertising of gambling projects has a positive effect on the development of the forum or harms the community?

Yes, cause some other people here are gamblers that why gambling forum is here. when it  comes to harm yes maybe some are scammers or posting a malicious link.


4.3. How do you consider whether 2-3 years of experience in cryptocurrency is enough to successfully invest or does an investor need to receive special education?

it depends on me but i don't need special education just go to the bitcoin discussion and read some history about bitcoin and cryptocurrency.


5. What do you think of the current Merit system and signature campaigns?  Do they harm the forum?

i think is ok because some other newbie like me are might be interested especially when someone give merit points.

i don't have any idea about signature campaigns but soon i will explore it and how

No this forum is moderated well

 
6. The most useful forum topic? Most helpful users?

bitcoin discussion, meta, beginners & help. actually i have nothing helpful users right cause im a newbie

7. 3 things you would implement on the forum?

actually don't know but my perspective is everything is perfect

8. Do you trade on exchanges or invest in projects?

No but soon i'll try it


9. Tell a story about your big profit or big loss?

i have no experience about it cause im newbie here

10. What do you think about the DEFI ecosystem?

to be honest im still learning and exploring but right i don't know.

11. Is your anonymity a vital necessity or precaution?

right now i don't know maybe someday

12. The last cryptocurrency book you read?

nothing this forum will be my book

13. Advise 3 cryptocurrencies/tokens for investment in the next 1-2 years?

Bitcoin
Bitcoin cash
Ethereum

14. How much will Bitcoin cost at the end of 2020?

base on my research it will be $20,000
 

15. P.S. (Optional)


sorry if I didn't answer the questions very well but I will come back and I will answer again.

[cabalism13]

Hello.
I want to interview you. I hope for your consent.

Post your interview here:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5262967

Thanks for inviting me, it's a pleasure to be one, but I still do consider that I'm really out of this league compared to the guys out here.
But let me share once again the story even though I presented this things way back before.
Also, I might not answer all of the question you provided, (might be hard for me to explain or it's just that I don't feel like answering the question )


When and why did you become interested in cryptocurrencies?
👉Way back in 2017, as for my first username was madruine, afaik,... And became interested after I saw my brother (already mentioned him before) earning crypto here and exchange it into fiat...

When and why did you buy your first bitcoin?
👉Can't remember well but it was on 2018 and back when I started trading @ Binance

How did you get on the forum?
👉My Brother

How do you consider whether 2-3 years of experience in cryptocurrency is enough to successfully invest or does an investor need to receive special education?
👉Based on my experience as a Day Trader, even a week of knowledge in crypto is enough to be an Investor/Trader. So what more it can be, if we were to have 2-3 years.

What do you think of the current Merit system and signature campaigns? [cut..]
👉Fine.

[cont...] Do they harm the forum?
👉IMHO, no. it's just a feature, only the users can bring disaster in a certain place, may it be a forum or IRL.

Most helpful users?
👉M2M. Let's just get the obvious ones. Especially the AI.

Do you trade on exchanges?
👉Nope, as of the mean time. But will be maybe start again in January or Late February.

What do you think about the DEFI ecosystem?
👉Currently studying how it works, so my opinion here are just within the scams that have been happening lately.

Is your anonymity a vital necessity or precaution?
👉Am not anonymous here anymore, I think. Already told the public,... my name, and the place where I live. So it really doesn't matter / doesn't bother me anymore.

Advise 3 cryptocurrencies/tokens for investment in the next 1-2 years?
👉BTC, BNB, XRP

How much will Bitcoin cost at the end of 2020?
👉Just by looking at the current rate, it will only be in the range of $9,000-$14,000


My apologies for not answering all of the questions

[johhnyUA]

Unsolicited spam PM asking for information.... no thanks.

Seems like a waste of internet space..

Man, for honest, you should chill and at least review your red feedback with a neutral one (it would be good to remove it for all, but anyway). If something even making unsolicited PM this doesn't mean that this person is risky to trade with.

[LTU_btc]

Thank you @zasad@ for inviting me for an interview.
1. When and why did you become interested in cryptocurrencies?
Somewhere in the end of 2014 and start of 2015. Damn, didn't realized that's almost 6 yers when I'm in Bitcoin world. Actually, I heard about previously, but then I was very sceptical about it and haven't looked deeper into it.
2. When and why did you buy your first bitcoin?
Can't say when exactly, maybe in 2016 or even 2017. In my early time in crypto world I accumulated most of my Bitcoins through faucets, so I didn't had to invest money from my pocket. Yeah, right, faucets, back then it was possible to get decent earnings through faucets. Though, Bitcoin was worth just about $200 back then, so I had to hold it with some patience.
3. How did you get on the forum?
Through Google. I've been looking for faucets on various websites and found Bitcointalk. Micro earnings board was great place for faucets. Actually, I used forum for a while without having account. Only later I started to promote my own faucet list there. But I was a bit afraid to post in other sections because my knowledge was still very limited. I thought that if I will post something wrong, experienced members may mock me. Fortunately, it didn't happened.
4.1. What prevents mass adoption of cryptocurrencies?
There is several main reasons why. First, banks and most of governements aren't looking into cryptocurrencies positively. Price vulnerability is big factor too, most people keep crypto as investment asset, not currency. How many of us actually spending our Bitcoins daily? And last, I think that fiat and all forms of it (digital and cash) is still more convenient and suitable form of money.
4.2. How do you think mass advertising of gambling projects has a positive effect on the development of the forum or harms the community?
Well, I'm biased because I have signature of gambling website on my profile. I think that for forum development it don't have positive effect. But I don't see big difference between advertising of gambling websites, mixers, exchanges and other projects. Gambling is one of fastest growing industries (not just in crypto0, so, nothing surprising to see many gambling ads here. But I think that on every advertisement there should be little warning about potential risks of gambling. Same like we see warnings on alcochol ads.
4.3. How do you consider whether 2-3 years of experience in cryptocurrency is enough to successfully invest or does an investor need to receive special education?
It depends what you've benn doing these 2-3 years. For example, if you just spammed here for signature campaigns, it's not enough obviously. But if you read a lot, gained much knowledge, I think it's enough. While special education doesn't guarantee success.
5. What do you think of the current Merit system and signature campaigns?  Do they harm the forum?
I think that Merit system is one of best things which happened in Bitcointalk in recent years. But, honestly, signature campaigns harm forum, there is so many posts which are obviously made just for signature campaign. User without signature probably wouldn't post it. Though, signature campaigns motivate good users to make quality content and best example of it is Chipmixer campaign.
6. The most useful forum topic? Most helpful users?
There is so many helpful users, so it would be difficult to mention them all. It's LoyceV, DdmrDdmr, Vod who made BPIP and ibminer and suchmoon who continue working on this great website.
7. 3 things you would implement on the forum?
There is so many suggestions given in all these years, so it would be difficult to pick 3 main things. Probably main thing would be 2FA. Then maybe notification on quotes.
8. Do you trade on exchanges or invest in projects?
I trade a bit, but can't call myself as trader.
9. Tell a story about your big profit or big loss?
Nothing unique. I invested in several ICO's which looked very solid, but obviously my investement was not successful
10. What do you think about the DEFI ecosystem?
Honestl, I don't know enough about it to have opinion
11. Is your anonymity a vital necessity or precaution?
For me it's more precaution. I'm not afraid too much about my privacy, but I'm trying to avoid things like KYC and giving my personal data on random websites. But it's difficult to stay anonymous when we have smartphones who knows everything about us. Though, sometimes it's vital necessity, for example if you live in country where crypto is illegal.
12. The last cryptocurrency book you read?
I haven't read such books. I prefer reading articles, maybe listening to podcasts sometimes.
13. Advise 3 cryptocurrencies/tokens for investment in the next 1-2 years?
IMO, focus on what was already proven by time. Bitcoin must be main part of your portfolio. Then maybe Ethereum. And maybe Binance coin.
14. How much will Bitcoin cost at the end of 2020?
About $12 000. I doubt that price will change much into positive or negative side.
15. P.S. (Optional)
Thanks again for letting me to share my thoughts. It was interesting to read other interviews too. Stay safe everyone during these crazy times!

[LoyceV]

My feedback mentions nothing about trading.

It's in the forum's explanation for Negative feedback:

After clicking it, you're on the user's Trust summary. Read the description per Type carefully:
      
Note that the description for Positive, Neutral and Negative is different than it was 4 months ago: it was changed when Trust Flags were introduced.

[Steamtyme]

That's nice.... again, my feedback has nothing to do with trading. If this is the only reason a person would leave a negative, then 99% of negative trust should be deleted.

Maybe the forum should update it's "explanation".....

Understandable. That's why the forum introduced the neutral feedback. For a more personal feedback, that isn't related to trading, which was a big problem with the old system only have Negative or Positive as options.

I can understand you didn't appreciate being invited to participate in this thread. While free to do as you wish obviously, a neutral is the appropriate use of feedback. If you think the invitation needs to be further punished then reporting the PM to moderators is an option to see if they feel it falls into unsolicited spam, which generally only gets applies to businesses.

[nullius]

Unsolicited spam PM asking for information.... no thanks.

Seems like a waste of internet space..

On a forum where some people are serious about privacy, uninvited interrogation of arbitrary users is bound to be unwelcome to somebody.

I myself may agree to be interviewed on condition that it be understood upfront, I will fictionalize answers so as to sow Impersonally Unidentifying Disinformation on the record about how I got into Bitcoin, what books I read, my exact reasons for anonymity, etc., etc.  Or perhaps I will simply answer every question with, “I’m a cat!”  Or it could be that I just don’t feel like being bothered with a bunch of questions.  Being interviewed would not feed my ego; and if I wanted to participate in this kind of thing, I would have social media accounts.


I myself would not issue negative trust feedback for the PM that was sent when I had been inactive and MIA for two months (!), which I politely ignored when I finally found it.  But then, I am not minerjones.  I would not presume to tell minerjones how to make his own decisions, or toss him the canard about the feedback being unrelated to trade risk—much less give him a n00b “how to” lecture with screenshots.  Um, yeah, thanks—I think that he probably knows how to use the trust system.

If you disagree with his feedback, maybe try understanding why he left it, and politely request for him to change it—and if he says no, back off and leave it alone.  I myself think it’s a bit disproportionate; but it’s not unreasonable.  I get why he left the feedback; do you?

And please, do not PM me asking me for explanations of how I decide to spend my merit.  Thank you.