Question for Legendary Members

[Maus0728]

Heck! I only became "Legendary" because of the artwork I do for the many art competitions held in this community; I am not even close to being the tech-junkie bitcoin enthusiast that the majority of passionate bitcoin users are in Technical boards.

I only have the basics; a surface knowledge that is enough to avoid making expensive dumb mistakes repeatedly. In other words, a trying hard Legendary member.

[LogitechMouse]

I'm just curious when did you start learning crypto?

Seeing posts from legendary members make me wonder how long they've been into crypto. I mean did they already knew much about crypto before their account was created here. You'll see on their posts that they have really deep knowledge about how cryptocurrencies and blockchain works. It just amazes me seeing their posts that it's like they have a decade of knowledge compared to what I know when I started to learn crypto in 2016.

Legendary rank is just a rank and for me, I don't think you can use it as a basis on how expert a user is. Getting Legendary rank years ago is very easy compare to now where there is already a merit system.

There are some legendary members out there who are really expert on the technical aspect of Bitcoin and crypto but at the same time, there are some non-legendary members who are also expert on Bitcoin. There are some legendary members who only knows the basics of crypto and at the same time, there are some lower who only knows the basics of crypto (like me). Being knowledgeable in crypto isn't base on ranks IMO.

P.S. Not a legendary members here but I started learning crypto in 2017. I'm not good in technical aspect of Bitcoin (hope I am) but as long as I know the basics and I'm not falling to scam then maybe it's all good for me .

[NotATether]

I started learning furiously in 2019, so I can't really say that the number of years in this space matters for how much knowledge you have of it.

It's more like some people are more zealous for it than others, and that's why their stars rise higher than others. Because they are seen as examplary character for other people to follow.

[uchegod-21]

It is true that many of the legendary people here have been here for so long.

If they have so much knowledge about crypto it shouldn't be a surprise to anyone in my own opinion. The kind of conversations that go on in this forum will make you know much about crypto even if you don't research more.

I know how I was when I didn't join this forum, I was like crypto empty but now I have accumulated much. Then imagine that I stay here for 2yrs +, honestly, I will be a pro. Unless I am totally uninterested in the crypto things. Maybe in the bounty section doing bounty hunting.

[Mpamaegbu]

I mean did they already knew much about crypto before their account was created here.

I knew next to nothing before enrolling here in 2017. The first time I heard about Bitcoin was in December of 2016 and it was during a radio broadcast. The analyses caught my attention and I decided to research it. Like they say, the rest is now history. I think the important thing to enable one grow in the knowledge of Bitcoin is curiosity. You must've that desire to learn and research if you want to acquire more knowledge on that subject matter. Don't think you can't be better off than many of us here in the future. Just be ready to dig deep.

Heck! I only became "Legendary" because of the artwork I do for the many art competitions held in this community;

I think I can convincingly, though jokingly, say that you've to retire your participation in that genre here in the forum. You've won one thing or the other from each separate arts competitions Roobet et al have conducted 🤔. However, truth be told, I've to give it to you anyway. You're good at what you do. I can't even draw to save my own life.

[kamvreto]

Before getting to know this forum, I also knew about crypto and tried to learn about it. and finally I created an account on bitcointalk.org in 2015. Since being in this group, my knowledge of crypto has deepened because of the many discussions that have taken place. The most important thing is that we are not lazy to read and ask what the problem is that we do not understand. Knowledge of crypto in the group is very complete. If you joined in 2016, it's been quite a while and of course you already know how cryptocurrencies work and crypto knowledge should be quite embedded in your brain.
it's not about newbie or legendary account levels, but about how strong the interest is in learning about cryptocurrencies and more.

[_BlackStar]

I read information about bitcoin around 2017 from newspapers, mass media and some seniors in my class at that time also talked about it while relaxing. I don't know what they're talking about and that's why I didn't come here right away.

In the middle of 2020, I was very curious about bitcoin because some of my friends started to like investing. They gain and some lose, it's about their trade and investment. And I got used to hanging out and talking about it with them until I signed up for this account in October 2020. But actually I'm still too new to forums and bitcoin so I don't post much, but in 2021 I'll start to be active and post anything I can until now. I'm not a technical expert either, but might be able to give some advice for users younger than me.

Legendary is just a rank. Because your rank is Legendary, you are not true Legend.

Nice words, Legend. 

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

Nice words, Legend. 

Did I spell it wrong, you are confusing me. I know few days ago I wrote Debs when I wanted to write Dabs 🤣
English is not my native so I do make spelling mistakes a lot of time.

By the way, my forum rank is Legendary but I am no near to be a legend yet. I am still an embarrassment for myself LOL

I am an embarrassment for a Legendary rank LOL

[The Cryptovator]

To be honest I learned a lot of things about Bitcoin from this forum. Just you need strong intentions to learn and read forum discussions. Spend more time on the technical discussion board to learn technical things. Get involved with discussions and ask if you need to learn anything. Forum users are enough helpful to share knowledge with each other.

[xSkylarx]

To be honest I learned a lot of things about Bitcoin from this forum. Just you need strong intentions to learn and read forum discussions. Spend more time on the technical discussion board to learn technical things. Get involved with discussions and ask if you need to learn anything. Forum users are enough helpful to share knowledge with each other.

I've been checking that board lately but seeing the titles feels like non-techy people like me will find it difficult to learn and engage on those topics. Now that web3 and metaverse has become a trend, I want to learn more deeply about how blockchain works but don't know where to start. The topics on that board are even more complicated for me to understand because the terms used are not just ordinary words that we often see.

[Smartvirus]

It's a rank, that is all. Something, which anyone can achieve. Now, only a select few people will etch their name into history, that would be comparable to that of a legendary figure. A few names come to mind, and I'm sure most of us know these names. 

The forum only ranks based on how long you've been affiliated with the forum and how active you've been since then. When it comes to actual knowledge, the ranks don't really determine although, it comes with some expectancy and users bearing them are viewed from a highly placed spot in terms of knowledge.
Fortunately, there are some newbies or beginners that's have got great knowledge too. Mostly before joining up on the forum for some and others had degrees in cryptography. When you read from them, your sure this guy knows what his talking about and if you aren't reading in-between-lines you could get lost in the bulk of what is being offered.

Legends are great too but, its truly just a status card for the forum.

[Lafu]

I'm just curious when did you start learning crypto?

I heard and started learning about crypto 10 years ago around late 2011 early 2012 without any knowledge of it , i googled a lot  .
Was mining Bitcoin with my GPU and overclocked the GPU to much til my Power Supply exploded , lesson learned.
2013 i started reading only here on the Forum as a guest for 3 years and 2016 i registered an Account here.

About the Legendary Rank , this hasnt to do with how much knowledge you have for Crypto.

[pooya87]

It just amazes me seeing their posts that it's like they have a decade of knowledge compared to what I know when I started to learn crypto in 2016.

It's almost a decade for me (~8 years).

Bitcoin, as an innovation, has always interested me and I've also always been interested in programming which I believe has helped me a lot. I started learning slowly and from the very basics; simple things like creating a wallet, setting fees, etc. Then slowly learnt about the details such as how transactions worked, their parts and what each of them meant, scripts, mining, ... then I started on understanding cryptography that included hashes, elliptic curve cryptography, encryption, etc.
I'd say it's all a passion, so those who have it will progress the same way in my opinion and those who don't will give up mid way since this is a hard and long journey.

[SquirrelJulietGarden]

You don't have to be a Legendary member literally to be actually a legend here.

Legendary member is only a rank, a badge that recognize your activity and merit points. Being a true legend is from your knowledge and your help for others with your knowledge and your posts.

You can be a legend if you are a Newbie, Junior member or Member. Your posts will decide you are a legend or a shit poster.

n0nce has very high merit/ post ratio and received merit with very first posts.

https://bpip.org/smerit.aspx?to=n0nce

[DdmrDdmr]

There are also people who are rather paused on the forum, without creating more than a few posts per month on average, but that have a scent of having being related to bitcoin for way longer than their account’s creation date indicates.

Right now I’ve got an account in mind that was created some months after mine, but that seems to be rather Bitcoin savvy technically, was around and affected by Mt. Gox’s hack, has used bitcoin to purchase a living place, but is still a Sr. Member in terms of rank, being far from Legendary formally on the forum, but certainly there in real life terms …

[Saint-loup]

Legendary rank is not a strong indicator of expertise, because before the merit system anyone could achieve it, and even after merit system one could earn hundreds of merits by making posts that aren't related to understanding Bitcoin technology, like posting memes in Wall Observer.

If what you are saying is true, it's just a shame, nobody should be able anymore to reach highest ranks (legendary and even Hero rank) by only posting memes on a thread. This is not an appropriate use of the merit system and administrators should stop and punish guys doing this kind of thing if they really exist. Personally I'm not hypocritical the rank is one of the first thing I look at when I read a post of someone because I have no time to read the merit, trust and post history of the user. I know it's not a perfect way of assessing a user because many legendary members have alt accounts at lower ranks, and newbies can buy accounts but I think it's a small minority.

[suzanne5223]

At the early stage of this forum, most legendary account holders have programming or cryptography knowledge while the real supporter of Bitcoin can be found in the Wall Observer section of the forum as we speak but to this day 80% of legendary members don't have in-depth knowledge in the technical aspect of cryptocurrency and blockchain.
Nevertheless, we have those who have the knowledge before they created their account on this forum and we have those who develop the knowledge after joining the forum in other to have a full understanding of what they like.

[kawetsriyanto]

I'm just curious when did you start learning crypto?

I started learning crypto in early 2018 before I created my account. I know crypto and this forum from my friend. In the beginning, it was rather difficult to understand crypto since it was purely something new for me. But after reading some articles and joining some discussions on the forum for several months, I started to understand it little by little. After a few years, I know many things about crypto but that doesn't mean I know everything related to crypto. 

Seeing posts from legendary members make me wonder how long they've been into crypto. I mean did they already knew much about crypto before their account was created here. You'll see on their posts that they have really deep knowledge about how cryptocurrencies and blockchain works.

What do you mean by "legendary" here? Does it mean "account rank" or "certain members who have a big role in this forum"?
If you mean an account rank, legendary doesn't guarantee anything. Not each legendary knows much crypto, even some legendary accounts have lack knowledge about crypto. Don't easily conclude that being legendary means mastering knowledge of crypto or blockchain. Legendary is only an account rank, doesn't always imply the capability of someone.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

As a potential legendary member that I am, and you are too @op, I believe I am qualified to answer  .
First, though majority of legendary member indeed do show deep knowledge and understanding of Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies in general which I believe was born out of research and constant study and learning, not all of them know very much, though many of them still try as much as possible to make posts that fits or corolate with their rank, just as the saying goes that "to whom much is given, much is also expected".

[CryptopreneurBrainboss]

Seeing posts from legendary members make me wonder how long they've been into crypto.

The industry is just one gaint cycle of ups and down so anyone that has experience this cycle called bull and bear maker should have the necessary knowledge to contribute to basic discussion ongoing on the forum. As others have highlighted, never mistake ranks for knowledge. Personally I'm still learning and I don't think we will ever stop learning since the industry is constantly evolving daily. I know when I joined the industry, the used of segwit address was just picking up and there was no buzz around lightening network as it's today.

The knowledge you speak about come from them engaging themselves with the industry. We have many passer by that don't care above the technology and we have those that spend countless hours studying the currency which results in them giving very impactive contribute to ongoing discussion on that area of interest.