🏆 Bitcointalk Community Awards [Voting 2020]

[icopress]

Results of the Year + Quiz: Bitcointalk Community Awards [Results 2020] ✔
Live Discussion: Bitcointalk Party - Discord server ✔

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Voting has been extended until December 15. Since this is a non-profit event, people are not very active, so it will take a little longer than I thought.

Community Awards 2020 is a great opportunity for us to express our appreciation to those special people who are doing their best for their community, for all the good deeds, and for the impact they have on bitcointalk. If you know a user who deserves an award in one of the categories, feel free to nominate them.

What awards are awaiting the winners? Public recognition is the most prestigious award. Please note that "Bitcointalk Awards 2020" are not an official event and will be held under the auspices of the community. If the administration of the forum wants to express gratitude to those who have made an exceptional contribution to the development of the crypto community, we will learn about it together.

Summary:	From the moment of publication of the thread until December 15, a public vote will be open, in which any active member can take part. Any user has the right to campaign for or against other candidates in a separate thread specially created for this. Who will be among the top three winners in each respective category depends only on your activity.
	We will be using the IRV Voting system. For the voting system to work, any nominated candidate must have the support of at least three users. Candidates with the least number of votes will be eliminated. When the timer reaches zero, we will close the reception of votes by blocking this topic and summarize the results. To ensure fair voting, the entire counting process will be recorded in a Google Sheets. After all the votes have been counted, the candidates who received the largest number of votes and those who took the I, II, III places respectively become the winner.
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       Rules:

• A maximum of 3 members can be nominated in each category.
• Nominating yourself is highly discouraged and considered bad form.
• You can edit your application until the theme is locked.
• You must be a Full Member or higher to nominate / vote.
• The voice of any user caught voting with alts will be ignored.
• Despite the presence of a rank barrier, the OP can, at its discretion, ignore the votes of recently awakened accounts and inactive posters.

	Custom title	Description of the Nomination
	Best Forum Moderator	We fear and respect them, they are harsh, but fair. The award is given for the support and development of the global or local sections of the forum. The moderator is always polite and answers your questions - give him a voice. Is another moderator helping with a technical issue? He deserves your vote too! Who to vote for - it's up to you! You can only nominate candidates who held their position in 2020.
	SpamBuster	The award is presented to an outstanding volunteer for their invaluable contribution to maintaining order on Bitcointalk. Outstanding reporters can also fall into this category, There is no reliable information for the last year, but you can watch this thread to find out more.
	ScamBuster	The award is given to an outstanding volunteer working exclusively for the benefit of the community. He adheres to a certain and fairly firm moral code, relentlessly demonstrating an inexhaustible enthusiasm for identifying abusers on Bitcointalk.
	Golden Feather or Forum Guru	The award is presented to the participant whose name symbolizes trust and wisdom. His messages are always pleasant to read and discussions with him are satisfying. There have always been people on the forum who stood out from the crowd for their writing style and objectivity, and now we need to determine the best of them.
	Event of the Year	What event had the biggest impact on you? This nomination is a tribute to the events that have been most visible in the crypto community. Given that this is the first annual award, you can nominate and vote for all significant events through 2020.
	Fail of the Year	The most promising event, which brought a lot of disappointment to the community. It is much more pleasant to remember pleasant events, but nevertheless, it will be useful for us to draw conclusions in order to avoid disappointments in the future. What was the most difficult thing for you to come to terms with?
	Troll of the Year	The most skillful trolls incite the most violent disputes and provoke the loudest conflicts, without which the Bitcointalk would be boring. The Troll is undoubtedly possesses many psychopathic personality traits. Entirely detached from reality, the Troll distorts the truth in an unsuccessful attempt to gain attention. There is no vote for this nomination.
	Discovery of the Year	The award is presented not only to novice bitcoiners, but also to other active users participating in the life of the forum. The person who is willing to help you find the thread you want, or just give good advice. Perhaps one of the most unexpected, but at the same time iconic nominations, which shows that Bitcointalk is alive, developing and growing.
	Bitcoin Geek	A nomination for those who are passionate about Bitcoin to the extreme, (a person does not need to be a technical expert to become a btc geeks). The person you just need to ask and he will tell you one of the many interesting facts about Bitcoin. The award is given to the participant who you felt was the most helpful in the Bitcoin-related areas, who helped the most with the tricky tasks, or who simply chose a ASIC for your grandmother.
	Bitcointalk Ninja	The award is given for exceptional contribution to the development of Bitcointalk, and for maintaining interest in blockchain ideology. A person whose activities are extremely useful for the crypto community, or someone without whom you cannot imagine a forum. This personality is a role model for aspiring bitcoiners. In this category, the truly creative people are judged, and now it's time to determine the best!
	Craft Master	A person who pursues his craft with passion and enthusiasm, his professionalism regularly supports public interests and events. The award is presented to those who truly love their job, be it a professional activity or a hobby.
	Antihero	He never wanted to be a villain, but he had to accept the rules of the game in which he “plays black”. Remember that even evil has its own principles, so such a person is capable of anything, even if it does not benefit him. Therefore, sometimes you even want to hug him and cry, Well, or kill him first, and then "hug and cry." Trolls does not belong to the "Antihero" category, please read the nomination description.
	Absolute Hero of Good	The award is given to the informal leader, the presence of a cult is encouraged. This outstanding man has devoted many years to serving the community and has left an indelible legacy by doing community service without regard for personal gain.
	Miss Bitcointalk	Now on Bitcointalk, girls are in the minority, (4.6: 1). All the girls are wonderful, interesting and important. I understand that picking three winners from our beautiful girls is heresy, but who could be Miss Bitcointalk?
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        How do I vote?

• Place the nominee's username (s) using the template, (or example post # 2)
• If you'd like, add a short explanation of why the person deserves a nomination.
• Post # 2 can be used as an example.

Participants compete with two more competitors, “Don’t know” (if you do not know the user who can claim the title) and “Nobody is worthy” (if, in your opinion, no one is worthy to be a representative of the “Bitcointalk Awards” nominations). If the “Don't know” and “Nobody deserves” candidates win, the title will not be awarded to any of the nominated candidates.

Code:

01. Best Moderator ................. Username
 2. SpamBuster ..................... Username
 3. ScamBuster ..................... Username
 4. Golden Feather ................. Username
 5. Event of the Year .............. Event
 6. Fail of the Year ............... Event
 7. Discovery of the Year .......... Username
 8. Bitcoin Geek ................... Username
 9. Bitcointalk Ninja .............. Username
10. Craft Master ................... Username
11. Antihero ....................... Username
12. Absolute Hero of Good .......... Username
13. Miss Bitcointalk ............... Username

This thread is FOR VOTING ONLY. Do not discuss these elections here to make it easier to count the votes.

[icopress]

Welcome to the party!  

• Best Moderator: xandry
• Best SpamBuster: suchmoon, Lafu - (I can't even imagine how Lafu made 20 thousand reports).
• Best ScamBuster: marlboroza + qwertyup23, Rikafip - (The guys did a great job of removing the malware).
• Golden Feather: theymos, JayJuanGee, The Pharmacist - (Their messages are always a pleasure to read).
• Event of the Year: I missed quite a lot this year, so I vote for Lauda's Departure
• Fail of the Year: fahrizanmh, see https://archive.is/Ce61x#selection-8797.0-8823.2
• Discovery of the Year: tranthidung, fillippone, Rizzrack
• Bitcoin Geek: Nutildah, hilariousandco, + achow101 - (I watch his streams).
• Bitcointalk Ninja: LoyceV, TryNinja
• Craft Master: SFR10, DarkStar_, yahoo62278 - (They really like what they do ... and they do great).
• Antihero: Lauda 😼, nullius
• Absolute Hero of Good: Cyrus + Vod - and this is not because of the recent anniversary (by the way, happy birthday).
• Miss Bitcointalk: Foxpup 🦊 - (and it's not because I saw her naked).

[cabalism13]

Foxpup 🦊 - (and it's not because I saw her naked).[/li][/list]

You've got me confused here, the only vixen from the foxhole is suchmoon, how can you consider him as 'she' 😅
Foxpup doesn't have titties 🤪

Edit:

And please, remove hacker on Troll of the Year.
CH will be in pain. Please consider his feelings.

[Nellayar]

The event of the year made me surprise because Lauda left the forum. I didn't really noticed that he/she had gone permanently. Well, one of the best bitcointalk.org user had gone. I hope he is fine with his decision to leave the forum.

Anyway, let us move on. Eversince I joined the forum. There are many controversial issues, highlighted users with their unbelievable posts and events happened to forum. It is my pleasure to see the events. Respect for the users such as suchmoon, vod, nullius and LoyceV (and a lot of legendary members I idolized) because of their dedication to give the forum more light and keep this more alive. Even there are users who had gone such as a prodigy Lauda and Tman, there are still users who are willing to contribute for the forum. If there are rewards, OP listed are deserve to be given.

[LoyceV]

Troll of the Year

The most skillful trolls incite the most violent disputes and provoke the loudest conflicts, without which the Bitcointalk would be boring. The Troll is undoubtedly possesses many psychopathic personality traits. Entirely detached from reality, the Troll distorts the truth in an unsuccessful attempt to gain attention. No public recognition.

This is the ultimate version of feeding the troll. I suggest to remove this category, and starve them to death as they deserve.

Bitcointalk Ninja: LoyceV, TryNinja

Well, TryNinja has Ninja in his name. That's obvious
I was hoping for an AI-category for myself, or just "not human".

This thread is FOR VOTING ONLY. Do not discuss these elections here to make it easier to count the votes.[/size]

Sorry

[TheBeardedBaby]

Open a new thread for discussions. Seems like you still don't know how this forum works, well let me tell you.
If you write "please don't post" every one will post anyway.
It should be a self mod thread so you can control it but not in Meta, maybe in reputation.

[marlboroza]

marlboroza

Thanks but I think you messed up something here, Lafu should be nominated for that medal.

It seemed to me that this is obvious ...

I probably misunderstood you because you said: The guys did a great job of removing the malware 

You can easily fix this ... by posting your vote instead of reasoning.

Mkay.

01. Best Moderator ................. don't know
 2. SpamBuster ..................... don't know
 3. ScamBuster ..................... don't know
 4. Golden Feather ................. don't know
 5. Event of the Year .............. bitcoin halving
 6. Fail of the Year ............... BSV
 7. Discovery of the Year .......... don't know
 8. Bitcoin Geek ................... don't know
 9. Bitcointalk Ninja .............. don't know
10. Craft Master ................... don't know
11. Antihero ....................... don't know
12. Absolute Hero of Good .......... don't know
13. Miss Bitcointalk ............... TECSHARE

[ABCbits]

Good thing i can fill most nomination with "Don't know" or "Nobody is worthy"

Code:

01. Best Moderator ................. Don't know
 2. SpamBuster ..................... Don't know
 3. ScamBuster ..................... Don't know
 4. Golden Feather ................. Don't know
 5. Event of the Year .............. Don't know
 6. Fail of the Year ............... DeFi
 7. Discovery of the Year .......... Don't know
 8. Bitcoin Geek ................... Don't know
 9. Bitcointalk Ninja .............. DdmrDdmr, TryNinja, LoyceV
10. Craft Master ................... Don't know
11. Antihero ....................... Don't know
12. Absolute Hero of Good .......... Don't know
13. Miss Bitcointalk ............... Don't know

P.S. you should update your template

[LFC_Bitcoin]

I will leave some categories blank whilst I have a think & fill them in later.

Code:

 
 1. Best Moderator .....hilarious&co
 2. SpamBuster .....Welsh, TheBeardedBaby (they report a lot)
 3. ScamBuster .....nutildah, marlboroza, Royse777
 4. Golden Feather .....El Duderino_, Last of the v8s, bitebits
 5. Event of the Year .....The halving
 6. Fail of the Year .....Craig Wright 
 7. Discovery of the Year .....fillippone
 8. Bitcoin Geek .....achow101
 9. Bitcointalk Ninja .....LoyceV
10. Craft Master .....CryptopreneurBrainboss
11. Antihero .....Lauda
12. Absolute Hero of Good .....El Duderino_
13. Miss Bitcointalk .....Most of the people who identify here as females are men

[nullius]

As a proper antihero, I am mostly just here to vote for myself.  (And to put in a word on “Bitcoin Geek”.  And Lauda.  And...)  Thus the following is off the cuff, and perhaps subject to additions/amendments:

Code:

01. Best Moderator ................. (I don’t know
    who is giving me a 100% report accuracy rate! ;-)
 2. SpamBuster .....................
 3. ScamBuster ..................... marlboroza
 4. Golden Feather ................. JayJuanGee
 5. Event of the Year .............. Lauda’s Departure
 6. Fail of the Year ............... SwayStar123’s demand
    to delete the Wall Observer as an “extremely toxic community”[1];
    LoyceV starting a topic titled, “Do you want more or less freedom?”,
    then enforcing a “Not Safe For Wife” standard[3]
 7. Discovery of the Year ..........
 8. Bitcoin Geek ................... achow101 or gmaxwell (seriously! generally!)
    Another good candidate for a 2020 award: Jean_Luc[2]
    Really, ask some Development & Technology people for better nominations.
    Among others, o_e_l_e_o and bob123 also have serious tech cred in D&T.
 9. Bitcointalk Ninja ..............
10. Craft Master ................... GazetaBitcoin
    (for in-depth posts on cypherpunks history & current events)
11. Antihero ....................... nullius, Lauda
12. Absolute Hero of Good .......... Last of the V8s, Lauda
13. Miss Bitcointalk ...............Lauda

1. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5273484.0
Original topic title: Should Bitcoin Wall Observer thread be deleted?
Original OP:
https://loyce.club/archive/posts/5512/55126205.html
See also:  Tempest in a Teacup

2. Pollard's kangaroo ECDLP solver

3. Epic #FAIL, Meta topic.

This thread is FOR VOTING ONLY. Do not discuss these elections here to make it easier to count the votes.

Edit:  Some votes added/amended.  Discussion elsewhere, at request of OP.  2020-10-31:  Further amendment, to be explained.  2020-11-29:  Added epic #FAIL.

[1miau]

01. Best Moderator ................. all moderators
 2. SpamBuster ..................... Lafu
 3. ScamBuster ..................... ICOEthics (not active anymore but still who comes into my mind when I hear "Scam Buster")
 4. Golden Feather ................. theymos
 5. Event of the Year .............. Bitcoin new ATH (will happen soon^TM)
 6. Fail of the Year ............... Faketoshi...
 7. Discovery of the Year .......... Nocoiners detected that Bitcoin is scarce...
 8. Bitcoin Geek ................... Satoshi
 9. Bitcointalk Ninja .............. TryNinja
10. Craft Master ................... all shitposters in "Altcoins" ^^
11. Antihero ....................... cryptohunter and his alts
12. Absolute Hero of Good .......... Satoshi
13. Miss Bitcointalk ............... suchmoon

Optional

 8.1. Bitcoin Greek ................... efialtis

• Nominating yourself is highly discouraged and considered bad form.

Well, not all categories are positive "awards". 
So nominating yourself could also be a stupid move. ^^

[UserU]

Event of the year should go to Bruno IMHO. Caused quite a stir after his departure

[pugman]

Here go my votes:

Code:

01. Best Moderator ................. hilarious&co
 2. SpamBuster ..................... Suchmoon, Lafu
 3. ScamBuster ..................... Malbaroza
 4. Golden Feather ................. Gentlemand(/chipmixer gang), Suchmoon, theymos
 5. Event of the Year .............. Lauda leaving, and end of QS-Lauda rivalry and ofcourse Bruno(still can't believe all this happened in less than a year, FUCK).
 6. Fail of the Year ............... Cryptohunter being cryptohunter
 7. Discovery of the Year .......... i dont know :(
 8. Bitcoin Geek ................... Achow101, Bob123
 9. Bitcointalk Ninja .............. Tryninja duh
10. Craft Master ................... SFR10
11. Antihero ....................... QS, OgNasty, Lauda
12. Absolute Hero of Good .......... The whole WO gang
13. Miss Bitcointalk ............... Suchmoon perhaps?

[bullrun2024bro]

Hey @icopress, very nice idea to create a public voting for the Bitcointalk Community Awards. I am still quite new to this forum, which makes it easy for me, since I can only consider the year 2020 in my votes. So here we go, I nominate the following users:

• Best Moderator: hilariousandco, mole0815
• SpamBuster: Lafu (it's crazy how many reports he made; keep it up my friend!); suchmoon
• ScamBuster: Rikafip, witcher_sense, qwertyup23 (all of you guys are doing a great job!)
• Golden Feather: qwk, The Pharmacist, 1miau
• Event of the Year: The Bitcoin Halving Party 2020 (thanks for creating the discord @Cyrus and all the others who participated!)
• Fail of the Year: The current DeFi hype and all ongoing DeFi scams (which reminds me of the ICO bubble in 2017/2018)
• Discovery of the Year: Ratimov (his pace is incredible!)
• Bitcoin Geek: bob123, nutildah
• Bitcointalk Ninja: LoyceV, qwk, suchmoon
• Craft Master: Hhampuz, efialtis, DarkStar_
• Antihero: Lauda
• Absolute Hero of Good: theymos

And of course I'm sorry for all those I didn't mention. There are several other outstanding users, who deserve an award! 

[Peanutswar]

Code:

01. Best Moderator ................. hilariousandco
 2. SpamBuster ..................... TheBeardedBaby 
 3. ScamBuster ..................... nutildah
 4. Golden Feather ................. suchmoon
 5. Event of the Year .............. Pizza Party on discord handled by Cyrus (The first event I joined with other member)
 6. Fail of the Year ............... No idea
 7. Discovery of the Year .......... Ratimov 
 8. Bitcoin Geek ................... pooya87
 9. Bitcointalk Ninja .............. TryNinja and LoyceV
10. Craft Master ................... No idea
11. Antihero ....................... No idea
12. Absolute Hero of Good .......... Vod
13. Miss Bitcointalk ............... suchmoon

[SFR10]

• Best Moderator: OmegaStarScream, hilariousandco and mprep
• Best SpamBuster: Don’t know
• Best ScamBuster: Rikafip, TalkStar and witcher_sense
• Golden Feather: shorena ^[inactive]
• Event of the Year: Bitcoin halving
• Fail of the Year: Don’t know
• Discovery of the Year: Don’t know
• Bitcoin Geek: achow101 and pooya87
• Bitcointalk Ninja: LoyceV and TryNinja
• Craft Master: suchmoon
• Antihero: Don’t know
• Absolute Hero of Good: theymos and Vod
• Miss Bitcointalk: Don’t know but quite interested in knowing who are these gems ^{[strictly for research purposes]}

[janggernaut]

Ok, here you go my list

Code:

01. Best Moderator ................. Dbshck & sapta (Both of them always keep our local sub forum clean from spammer)
 2. SpamBuster ..................... Welsh (i remember he has reported more than 36k posts before he became moderator)
 3. ScamBuster ..................... cheater detector (they successfully caught more than 400 accounts cheater based on known alts of anyone)
 4. Golden Feather ................. theymos 
 5. Event of the Year .............. Don't know
 6. Fail of the Year ............... Don't know
 7. Discovery of the Year .......... Don't know
 8. Bitcoin Geek ................... Don't know
 9. Bitcointalk Ninja .............. Cyrus (You can see only he uses "ninja" as custom title ) & LoyceV ( A robot who never sleep)
10. Craft Master ................... Don't know
11. Antihero ....................... TOAA!
12. Absolute Hero of Good .......... Ognasty ( one of treasure bitcointalk who hold 500 bitcoins and he gave it back to theymos)
13. Miss Bitcointalk ............... Lauda(?)

When we can know the final result?

[Alucard1]

01. Best Moderator: hilariousandco
2. SpamBuster: Alex_Sr
3. ScamBuster:Ratimov
4. Golden Feather: suchmoon
5. Event of the Year: Bitcointalk Party - Discord server
6. Fail of the Year: Lauda's leaving the forum
7. Discovery of the Year: Ratimov
8. Bitcoin Geek: Nutildah
9. Bitcointalk Ninja: LoyceV
10. Craft Master: DdmrDdmr
11. Antihero: Lauda
12. Absolute Hero of Good: Theymos
13. Miss Bitcointalk: Lauda I think, but I am excited to see the result for this.

[Serious475]

Code:

01. Best Moderator ................. OmegaStarScream
 2. SpamBuster ..................... TheBeardedBaby 
 3. ScamBuster ..................... TalkStar
 4. Golden Feather ................. qwk
 5. Event of the Year .............. The Bitcoin Halving Party 2020
 6. Fail of the Year ............... Don't know
 7. Discovery of the Year .......... Ratimov 
 8. Bitcoin Geek ................... achow101
 9. Bitcointalk Ninja .............. LoyceV
10. Craft Master ................... DdmrDdmr
11. Antihero ....................... Don't knos
12. Absolute Hero of Good .......... Lauda
13. Miss Bitcointalk ............... suchmoon

[YOSHIE]

OK, I will also rate some Bitcointalk members who are suitable for the positions below all.
According to my brain and judgment.

Code:

01. Best Moderator ................. hilariousandco, Cyrus, Xal0lex.
 2. SpamBuster ..................... TheBeardedBaby, marlboroza.
 3. ScamBuster ..................... lovesmayfamilis, Rikafip, dkbit98.
 4. Golden Feather ................. LoyceV, The Pharmacist, suchmoon.
 5. Event of the Year .............. Hhampuz, yahoo62278, Coolcryptovator.
 6. Fail of the Year ............... Lauda, TMAN.
 7. Discovery of the Year ..............Vod.
 8. Bitcoin Geek ................... Do not know
 9. Bitcointalk Ninja .............. TryNinja, DdmrDdmr.
10. Craft Master ................... tranthidung, zasad@.
11. Antihero ....................... Do not know
12. Absolute Hero of Good .......... Satoshi, theymos.
13. Miss Bitcointalk ............... Timelord2067.

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