Modify Display Name of Account

[Igebotz]

You can get your display name changed as a Donator as well. Only 10 BTC. Quite a discount over a VIP account.

I think 10 BTC is now worth around $630,000 which is quite impossible for anyone to just throw such amount to the donation box, I was hoping there would reduction in the VIP and Donator prices since the current prices were set when Bitcoin was around $800-$1000. The 50 BTC for Vip status is about %30 share of the current Bitcointalk worth(121 Btc)

You also get access to a super secret section of the forum for Staff and Donators where we discuss secret handshakes and code words.

This isn't attractive enough IMO.

[libert19]

You have made 16 posts. If you want to change your display name, I would recommend that you create a new account. In order to have permissions to change your display name, you need to be a VIP account, and in order to get a VIP account, you need to donate 50BTC, or about $2.6 million at current prices (when this was first offered the price of bitcoin was much lower). Sometimes the forum administration will change your display name at the request of a forum member if they have a compelling reason. I believe that in the past, compelling reasons would include being potentially doxed based on your current display name, being a prominent forum member, making substantial contributions to the community, and similar.

They need to reconsider vip status price lmao, 0.1 BTC would be good at current prices tbh

[PrimeNumber7]

You have made 16 posts. If you want to change your display name, I would recommend that you create a new account. In order to have permissions to change your display name, you need to be a VIP account, and in order to get a VIP account, you need to donate 50BTC, or about $2.6 million at current prices (when this was first offered the price of bitcoin was much lower). Sometimes the forum administration will change your display name at the request of a forum member if they have a compelling reason. I believe that in the past, compelling reasons would include being potentially doxed based on your current display name, being a prominent forum member, making substantial contributions to the community, and similar.

They need to reconsider vip status price lmao, 0.1 BTC would be good at current prices tbh

I believe a VIP membership cost around $50 or so when it was originally made available. To make the cost consistent in dollar terms, the price would need to be well below 0.1 BTC ($5,900).

Theymos has said in the past, that he does not intend to lower the cost of VIP and donator accounts. This means for all intents and purposes, no one else will ever purchase a VIP or donator account from the forum. Theymos has said that he may create additional paid memberships in the future. The Copper Membership account costs about $35, and the cost is periodically adjusted for the price of bitcoin.

Maybe a new paid membership that costs a few hundred dollars will allow users to change their forum handle every so often.

[Lorence.xD]

You can get your display name changed as a Donator as well. Only 10 BTC. Quite a discount over a VIP account. You also get access to a super secret section of the forum for Staff and Donators where we discuss secret handshakes and code words. I highly recommend. As has already been stated on this thread though, starting a new account is a cheaper alternative.

As if that can be afforded by some individual, it still is expensive as hell even if it is less than 40 Bitcoin. There should be a warning when you are registering your account that your display name is going to be a permanent.

[Pmalek]

Theymos has said in the past, that he does not intend to lower the cost of VIP and donator accounts. This means for all intents and purposes, no one else will ever purchase a VIP or donator account from the forum. Theymos has said that he may create additional paid memberships in the future. The Copper Membership account costs about $35, and the cost is periodically adjusted for the price of bitcoin.

The price of the Copper membership is now closer to $25. Not sure when and how often this changes. The reason the copper membership fees change is because the forum wants and expects those to be bought.

That can't be said for the VIP and Donator tags. theymos knows very well that no one will ever pay those amounts again, and even if he lowered it to 1 BTC each, how many of you would pay $60 grand to get a special tag under your username? And please don't tell me that 1 BTC = 1 BTC. If you want me to believe you, go out and buy a loaf of bread for 1 BTC because that's how much it was worth back in the day. Or pay 10 BTC if you are a true hodler. Where are those receipts?

[PrimeNumber7]

Theymos has said in the past, that he does not intend to lower the cost of VIP and donator accounts. This means for all intents and purposes, no one else will ever purchase a VIP or donator account from the forum. Theymos has said that he may create additional paid memberships in the future. The Copper Membership account costs about $35, and the cost is periodically adjusted for the price of bitcoin.

The price of the Copper membership is now closer to $25. Not sure when and how often this changes. The reason the copper membership fees change is because the forum wants and expects those to be bought.

As I mentioned before, theymos manually changes the price of Copper memberships so that it has a fairly consistent cost in USD.

That can't be said for the VIP and Donator tags. theymos knows very well that no one will ever pay those amounts again, and even if he lowered it to 1 BTC each, how many of you would pay $60 grand to get a special tag under your username? And please don't tell me that 1 BTC = 1 BTC. If you want me to believe you, go out and buy a loaf of bread for 1 BTC because that's how much it was worth back in the day. Or pay 10 BTC if you are a true hodler. Where are those receipts?

IIRC from reading old threads, the cost of a VIP membership was approximately the cost of one month's hosting. The forum's hosting costs have subsequently grown, but not as much as the price of bitcoin.

There may be an argument to periodically change the cost of a VIP account to be in line with x number of months worth of hosting. This would probably lower the cost to be several thousand dollars, but would not be anywhere near the millions of dollars it costs currently.

[IKIK]

I have gone through my account and I didn't see any place you can change user display name I think this challenge is ascribed to every bitcointalk user. For this reason I see no member is capable of solving that your problem except admin or moderators. So I advice you draw the attention of the admin or moderators to aid solution to your problem.

[Pmalek]

@IKIK
You should have read the entire thread before posting. It's all there. It has been explained which members have the ability to change usernames and why. Certain individuals who don't belong to those special groups have had their requests to change their usernames granted, but those are a few individuals and very rare cases.

Good luck.