Whats the point of this website?

[dannyduke2248]

This website seems to be similar to reddit except with an older UI. It's obviously more focused on the topic of bitcoin but I can easily find a group on reddit to talk about bitcoin.

[Charles-Tim]

It is because this forum is a bitcoin forum. But you can still see few discussions about altcoins and some other boards like economy, trading, politics and society.

To know more about bitcoin, you can gain knowledge from this forum, which is the main point of this forum, but it is not limited to only bitcoin, visit other boards too to know that.

[DeathAngel]

This website seems to be similar to reddit except with an older UI. It's obviously more focused on the topic of bitcoin but I can easily find a group on reddit to talk about bitcoin.

If you don’t like this forum then go away & post elsewhere. This forum has had a huge part to play in bitcoin's lifespan, legends such as Satoshi & Hal Finney were here, bitcoin devs post here. If you don’t like it then feel free to leave.

[dannyduke2248]

I wasn't trying to be rude, I was just wondering how this website differs from others. I never knew Satoshi used this website before, which sounds awesome to me!

[boyptc]

I wasn't trying to be rude, I was just wondering how this website differs from others. I never knew Satoshi used this website before, which sounds awesome to me!

Awesome isn't it?

A lot of legends came here probably even those popular people on reddit might came from the forum. I urge you to read the forum rules.

--> https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=703657.0

[dannyduke2248]

I never knew there were rules to this forum, thanks for the new info!

[peter0425]

I never knew there were rules to this forum, thanks for the new info!

You have posted something like this yet you did not struggle to check rules? so expect criticism and attacks if you will not change your attitude.

every place has their own rules , please keep that in mind always.


Anyway Welcome to the forum ..

[decodx]

I wasn't trying to be rude, I was just wondering how this website differs from others. I never knew Satoshi used this website before, which sounds awesome to me!

There's more to it than that.
Not only did Satoshi use this platform, but he is also its founder.

Bitcointalk is an Internet forum dedicated to the discussion of bitcoin, blockchain technology and cryptocurrency. The forum was initially created by Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous inventor of Bitcoin in November 2009.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcointalk

[Mauser]

This website seems to be similar to reddit except with an older UI. It's obviously more focused on the topic of bitcoin but I can easily find a group on reddit to talk about bitcoin.

This forum is here to bring people together who are interested in crypto currencies. There are sub forums in almost any language to make this forum as international as possible. While reddit has a broad spectrum, we focus here mainly on crypto currencies. If you are an active reddit user than it should be very easy to get used to bitcointalk.

[Luka010]

Point is hearing vital information regarding bitcoin and other altcoins from differnet sources (real people that share same interest and can give  you sometimes better info rather than offical info that you can find online)

[newwest]

This website has played crucial roles in many people lifes and will continue to do so in future as well. Tremendous knowledge and expert advice on various crypto topics as well as off topics discussion happen here and you can share your knowledge as well. Many people even do their work and post here and get relevant leads too.

[acener]

This website seems to be similar to reddit except with an older UI. It's obviously more focused on the topic of bitcoin but I can easily find a group on reddit to talk about bitcoin.

Well I think the difference of Bitcointalk and other forum like reddit is that this is made for crypto people to but they put on other thread so others could also join in and learn.
And also we could wear a signature code here that you could see at the lower part of each post that we make(although some section doesn't show it).
We could Learn and Earn from this forum I mean literally.
But welcome to the forum I hope you would learn a lot from here.

[boyptc]

I never knew there were rules to this forum, thanks for the new info!

You're welcome.

Of course, there are because this is a community that's also maintaining its order.

[mk4]

Though Reddit is superior in other things, having an actual classic forum style community has it's own advantages as well. On the top of my head:

1. Trust ratings (and just software modifications in general)
2. A more organized platform (having sections and subforums)
3. Reddit upvotes are far easier to fake than Bitcointalk merits
4. Embedding of images
5. Easier to moderate

[tranthidung]

This website seems to be similar to reddit except with an older UI. It's obviously more focused on the topic of bitcoin but I can easily find a group on reddit to talk about bitcoin.

Reddit is another platform on which many projects have their own topics and communities.

The forum (bitcointalk.org) is a forum for Bitcoin discussions initially and for others (discussions about altcoins and other things are derivatives of time). Owners or core admins of the forum have full control on its database. It is different than on Reddit and you can not ask the core admin (theymos) to shut down the forum and totally depends on Reddit database, rules, policies for Bitcoin discussions.

Theymos is the core admin of this forum and if you've yet known about his account on Reddit, here you go

• theymos account on Reddit
• theymos activity on Reddit - A collection of posts
• New UI is available with the New forum software, Epochtalk

[YOSHIE]

This website seems to be similar to reddit except with an older UI. It's obviously more focused on the topic of bitcoin but I can easily find a group on reddit to talk about bitcoin.

Hello kid, before you talk further about this forum and compare Bitcoin on social media reddit, that is something that is less professional and not good for yourself, where we are here discussing Bitcoin since 2009 directly with the Bitcointalk forum owner and creator of Bitcoin.

Based on the information here, social media reddit knows and can talk about Bitcoin, if this forum does not exist or Bitcoin, maybe reddit can only talk about cosmetics, widows, etc., they don't know about Bitcoin, if the Bitcointalk forum was not created by satoshi.

So son, the difference is of course 100% much different between reddit and the Bitcointalk forum, Sit and watch / read maybe a week or two, later you will feel the difference between this forum and other social media like reddit.

[o_e_l_e_o]

If you don’t like this forum then go away & post elsewhere.

You have posted something like this yet you did not struggle to check rules? so expect criticism and attacks if you will not change your attitude.

Hello kid, before you talk further about this forum and compare Bitcoin on social media reddit, that is something that is less professional and not good for yourself

Jesus Christ. He's a new user asking a simple question. What's with all the hostility? No wonder Reddit is his chosen platform if this is how we treat newbies looking to learn.


My main issue with Reddit is it is an echo chamber. The upvote/downvote system is supposed to be used on the basis of what constitutes a valuable post, but instead is used on the basis of "I agree/like this" or "I disagree/don't like this/don't understand this". Post a chart with colorful lines talking about going to the moon and you'll be boosted to the front page in no time. Post an in depth evaluation or criticism about some piece of the technology and you'll either be ignored or downvoted. Go to the front page of some crypto subreddit right now and I guarantee the top posts will be some memes about how we are all going to be rich and/or laughing at boomers or "non believers", but you'll have to dig deep to find some meaningful discussion about Lightning or Taproot.

[OgNasty]

This website seems to be similar to reddit except with an older UI. It's obviously more focused on the topic of bitcoin but I can easily find a group on reddit to talk about bitcoin.

I had originally thought this was a place for Bitcoin developers to come together to build on the Bitcoin blockchain.  Then I watched it evolve into a place where users could find crypto services and speak with the developers directly to give them ideas or receive guidance.  Now it's more of a what you make of it website.  Some people come here to spam for income, chat about BTC, find services, get help, trade goods, or just plain take out their aggression on strangers on the internet.  Basically, you can get whatever you want from this website, but with more clutter you may have to dig a little deeper to find what you're searching for.

As for reddit, I've never see any developers there building anything for BTC.  Maybe I'm not looking hard enough, but that seems like a place to just spread BTC news, not actively engage in using or developing BTC infrastructure with other members.

[mk4]

Jesus Christ. He's a new user asking a simple question. What's with all the hostility? No wonder Reddit is his chosen platform if this is how we treat newbies looking to learn.

To be fair, newbies on Reddit almost always get the same treatment. Those kinds of responses just gets downvoted to the bottom.

My main issue with Reddit is it is an echo chamber. The upvote/downvote system is supposed to be used on the basis of what constitutes a valuable post, but instead is used on the basis of "I agree/like this" or "I disagree/don't like this/don't understand this". Post a chart with colorful lines talking about going to the moon and you'll be boosted to the front page in no time. Post an in depth evaluation or criticism about some piece of the technology and you'll either be ignored or downvoted. Go to the front page of some crypto subreddit right now and I guarantee the top posts will be some memes about how we are all going to be rich and/or laughing at boomers or "non believers", but you'll have to dig deep to find some meaningful discussion about Lightning or Taproot.

It's almost the same with merits though, which is that it's sometimes used as an "agree/disagree" button. But yea, I agree with you mostly. You barely see actual good conversations on Reddit because what mostly matters there is "moon". And don't get me started on the huge amounts of shitcoiners on r/cryptocurrency.

[famososMuertos]

Your Question is! ... is! ... how to define what you Q? It is dilemma, it is paranoid, superficial ... the Internet abounds with so many sites that it would be worth asking yourself: Whats the point of this website?
Seriously, it's like going to Twitter and tweeting the same question (or doing it on reddit)

On the other hand and with due respect, it denotes a lot of ignorance in your question, in this forum the discussion about bitcoin began.