I was reading this thread and made a post in it recently in which I voiced my suspicion that there might be one or two accounts that might be alts (posting in the same thread and two that were in the same bounty).  I took a look into the merit histories of the accounts involved and found several more that I think might be connected based on several factors (including merit being sent between the accounts), but I'm not comfortable making accusations without evidence and I'm requesting one of the statistical wizards here help me out by perhaps creating a merit flow chart or diagram or something for the following accounts.  I've listed the names and registration dates.


I'd also appreciate the community's opinion on this, good, bad, or indifferent.  There's nothing wrong with having alt accounts IMO, but when they start posting in the same threads or abuse bounties like I suspect is being done with at least a couple of accounts that I referenced in the above thread, then it starts to become a problem.  In addition, I don't care for account farmers one bit, since that can lead to account and/or merit sales.

I fully realize that nothing I've written here thus far proves anything, but I'd like to get some feedback as to whether I'm on the trail of something or not.

I can agree with you that we can very likely be talking about an alt farm here. As you noticed in the linked thread, the names are very similar in structure (consisting of two parts), and it is also indicative of the registration time, as well as what @joker_josue noticed about when profiles appear online.

As far as I can see only two accounts have signatures so far, but I haven't checked how many of them are participating in the bounty campaigns. I believe that forum forensics will find some specific links (if any), and if they are really alt accounts, with this number there is always a good chance that they made a mistake.

I think it's a new trick done by a group of beginners, they want to collect (merit) first, then play it in the campaign, because some of them have had problems from the start here and I see that there are several Alt accounts that are connected to the accounts above.

Eg: @John Jefferson and @Mikayla Buckley linked.

At a glance i see: @John Jefferson, using the same Telegram, facebook, twitter as the Alt account below and also the same thing happened to @Mikayla Buckley.

Telegram and Facebook are used by: @John Jefferson also used by: @and1514.

1. and1514

Proof:

https://archive.vn/wip/fBzeS

https://archive.vn/wip/yGcvI

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Second telegram used by:@John Jefferson and @Mikayla Buckley, also used by other Alt accounts below.

2. Mikayla Buckley
3. ss siyam5
4. khoroch pro
5. Ampela
6. Cilukbakekok

Proof:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5336827.msg57042321#msg57042321
https://archive.vn/wip/RKPMy

https://archive.vn/wip/WX8P1

https://archive.vn/wip/FF6wd

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5337850.msg57022675#msg57022675
https://archive.vn/wip/pqJc6

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5301114.msg55860673#msg55860673
https://archive.vn/wip/78GTi

https://archive.vn/wip/cjkV4

This is the only evidence for now that I can see.

I would say three are farmed:

Luke Jackson



Ryder Kudrow



Dax Robinson



All three woke up on the same day and previously, all three became inactive within a ~36 hour period.

For me it doesn't matter which country they come from, the reason is very simple (google can translate all languages ​​including china and hong kong).

From a google search the image displayed by @Aliceooo78, you can get it, besides the money he posted is not Chinese money, it's Hong Kong dollars.

An example i got on google.



I think they are a group of newbies who use a new trick to collect (Merit) between Alts, to reach a certain rank.

I often see Alt accounts that post in several locales, different languages, I think the goal is to remove traces in terms of language, but there is one thing they can't hide, (secret).

Man, it wouldn't even take that much effort as long as you're familiar with English/American names.  I could probably create 100 usernames like those as fast as I could write.  By the way, the only reason I included Aliceooo75 and Liamttw is because of merit linkage, not because they have similar usernames.  And again, I'm not sure they or any of these members are alts--but I'm pretty sure that some of them are.

My thought as well, but I'm looking for someone to help link accounts like you did.  I think there are more alts in my list than the two you discovered.

I tend to agree with you on that one, though it isn't definitive proof.

As for me, I'm going to withhold merits from all of these members unless or until this issue is solved, because my suspicions are too great for me to be an unwitting participant in any merit-distribution scheme among alt accounts.  I've already merited some of them, and now I regret that.

Looking at the UID's that @Ratimov added, we can see the following have shared information between the list @The Pharmacist and @Ratimov provided.

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Times are GMT +10 - Information gleaned via bpip.org

Tim-BTC -    7/6/2021 12:02:50 PM    Profile woke up    New post
Tim-BTC -    3/9/2021 2:26:04 PM    Changed to Archived status    Inactive for 90 days

defi-Dany -    7/15/2021 9:24:32 AM    Profile woke up    New post
defi-Dany -    3/9/2021 2:26:15 PM    Changed to Archived status    Inactive for 90 days

Kimberl2020 -    7/6/2021 11:34:05 AM    woke up
Kimberl2020 -    7/6/2021 11:47:14 AM    Profile woke up    New post
Kimberl2020 -    3/9/2021 3:11:19 PM    Changed to Archived status    Inactive for 90 days

Aliceooo78 -     7/16/2021 9:03:45 AM    password reset via email

Ryder Kudrow -    8/4/2021 9:15:22 AM    woke up
Ryder Kudrow -    8/4/2021 9:30:58 AM    Profile woke up    New post
Ryder Kudrow -    4/27/2021 2:44:31 PM    Changed to Archived status    Inactive for 90 days

Dax Robinson -  8/4/2021 5:43:51 AM    woke up
Dax Robinson -  8/4/2021 6:16:49 AM    Profile woke up    New post
Dax Robinson -  4/28/2021 2:51:55 PM    Changed to Archived status    Inactive for 90 days

NathanielParker - 7/20/2021 1:06:13 AM    password reset via email

Luke Jackson -  8/4/2021 8:59:01 AM    woke up
Luke Jackson -  8/4/2021 9:35:31 AM    Profile woke up    New post
Luke Jackson -  4/27/2021 9:48:02 AM    Changed to Archived status    Inactive for 90 days

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Arranging them into chronological order, we see the pattern of their behavior:

Tim-BTC -    3/9/2021 2:26:04 PM    Changed to Archived status    Inactive for 90 days
defi-Dany -    3/9/2021 2:26:15 PM    Changed to Archived status    Inactive for 90 days
Kimberl2020 -    3/9/2021 3:11:19 PM    Changed to Archived status    Inactive for 90 days

Ryder Kudrow -    4/27/2021 2:44:31 PM    Changed to Archived status    Inactive for 90 days
Luke Jackson -  4/27/2021 9:48:02 AM    Changed to Archived status    Inactive for 90 days
Dax Robinson -  4/28/2021 2:51:55 PM    Changed to Archived status    Inactive for 90 days

Kimberl2020 -    7/6/2021 11:34:05 AM    woke up
Kimberl2020 -    7/6/2021 11:47:14 AM    Profile woke up    New post
Tim-BTC -    7/6/2021 12:02:50 PM    Profile woke up    New post
defi-Dany -    7/15/2021 9:24:32 AM    Profile woke up    New post
Aliceooo78 -     7/16/2021 9:03:45 AM    password reset via email
NathanielParker - 7/20/2021 1:06:13 AM    password reset via email

Dax Robinson -  8/4/2021 5:43:51 AM    woke up
Dax Robinson -  8/4/2021 6:16:49 AM    Profile woke up    New post
Luke Jackson -  8/4/2021 8:59:01 AM    woke up
Luke Jackson -  8/4/2021 9:35:31 AM    Profile woke up    New post
Ryder Kudrow -    8/4/2021 9:15:22 AM    woke up
Ryder Kudrow -    8/4/2021 9:30:58 AM    Profile woke up    New post

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Conclusion:

There are plenty of gaps in our knowledge of this plague if the time indexes are any indication.

I am truly shocked to find my name listed as one of the accounts that are being used as an Alt act. Apart from being a new person here, I am new in the crypto business as a whole. I just started my crypto journey in May of this year and I joined this forum in July. I do not know a single soul among the people listed in this thread neither do I know the origin of any of the accounts.

I am open to answer any questions or provide any information you may need to aid your investigation.

This is the point in the investigation where the various alts start coming out of the woodwork with various nearly plausible reasons why their accounts are similar to others that have been identified.

Compare their grammar when under the microscope to when they were unaware they are being watched and look for subtle differences.

First of all thank you sir, you have played a very good guide to my novice career：[GUIDE for NEWBIE] Merit-help from other users, how to use them correctly?

sir, I'm surprised I appeared on your suspicion list.

I reviewed all my actions on the forum and did not find any violations of the rules.

I have never plagiarized, all posts are through my own thinking. Never beg for merit. Never used an alt account.

You can view all my posts one by one, especially those topics. They consume my energy, and I also learned a lot in the process of publishing the topic.

I have not posted any spam. I have not participated in any bounty and don’t plan to participate in the future. To be honest, I am not short of money, I have benefited a lot from investing in cryptocurrency.

What I care most about is my credibility. I think it’s an insult to me and everyone else on your list.

But if many people on this list are innocent, I don't know what other people on your list think. But this list really hurts my self-esteem.

You are one of the people who have contributed the most to the forum, and I have always respected you. Thank you for your contribution.

I never thought of concealing it, I don’t have to lie.
It is too funny to judge that this is a batch of alt accounts based on nationality alone.
There are 1.4 billion people in China, This reminds me of a Foreign friend of mine telling me that his ex-girlfriend is Chinese, and he asked me if I knew her. This was a joke.It’s hard for me to know his ex-girlfriend from 1.4 billion Chinese.

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If you reject me because our login time is in the same time zone and the names are not normal foreign names. This behavior is no different from the American genocide of Indians.

If someone on this list uses an alt account to do bounty, it deserves to be banned. But I don’t accept these groundless accusations.