Awareness and Redemption

[Beparanf]

-snip
I ultimately made the decision to make amends and resolved to be more engaged with other forum sections to learn more about it and, ideally, discover Bitcoin. I'm hoping I still have time to start over and prove myself in this place. I need guidance

There still some bounties that pays decent amount but not the same amount during 2017 altcoin craze. I believe you want to pursue joining signature campaign now since you want to start over here in the forum. The only advice I can give you is to be creative and always use the search bar of the forum if you want to find answer to your question here in the forum.

Beginners and Help and Meta board has a lot of useful thread that can guide you in both forum and cryptocurrency knowledge. No one can give you here an exact guidance. You will need to do your own research if you want to become an outstanding member here in the forum.

[Odusko]

Good day everyone. When a friend told me how he makes money from bounties, I joined Bitcointalk and have solely participated in bounties ever since. I've been in bounty for a while, and during that time I've heard and read some topics about how unproductive and time-wasting they are here. However, I stayed because I wanted to confirm and see it for myself, and from what I saw and experienced, I realized how unproductive and time-wasting they are.
I ultimately made the decision to make amends and resolved to be more engaged with other forum sections to learn more about it and, ideally, discover Bitcoin. I'm hoping I still have time to start over and prove myself in this place. I need guidance

First I must commend you for making the effort to change your mind about the forum since your aim in joining the forum was to make money which is why you jumped on bounties for a quick buck but you end up disappointed that most of the altcoin projects are scams and doesn't add anything to both investors and bounty hunters.
This is why we are advised not to waste our energy and time on bounties, and for you to have realized your mistake and be ready to take your time to learn the fundamentals of bitcoin and its ecosystem, this will help to build financial intelligence.

[BIT-BENDER]

Congratulations mate there is no shame in coming out plane and actually admitting you were doing something wrong and you want a change. Joining bounty is not against the official rules that why people don’t get banned because of it but what is an account when it doesn’t have any level of credits from its community members.

I have learnt from the stories of now respectable members about how they started just like you and later made a change that they are benefiting from. I believe if you can have the that strength to want a change you can make it possible, make good post, read more and participate in a manner that shows you have actually giving up the life of spamming.

[Kalam001]

Good day everyone. When a friend told me how he makes money from bounties, I joined Bitcointalk and have solely participated in bounties ever since. I've been in bounty for a while, and during that time I've heard and read some topics about how unproductive and time-wasting they are here. However, I stayed because I wanted to confirm and see it for myself, and from what I saw and experienced, I realized how unproductive and time-wasting they are.
I ultimately made the decision to make amends and resolved to be more engaged with other forum sections to learn more about it and, ideally, discover Bitcoin. I'm hoping I still have time to start over and prove myself in this place. I need guidance

Bounties are most of the time not worth. However, there are plenty of good opportunities in this forum if you are willing to visit the Services Board,  where you can find some jobs and campaigns that pays with bitcoin. They pay good money some times.

Anyway, you need to engage yourself in useful discussions so you can rank up your account and join those services.

thank you for your motivation I will surely engage and make myself useful to the forum

[CryptopreneurBrainboss]

I ultimately made the decision to make amends and resolved to be more engaged with other forum sections to learn more about it and, ideally, discover Bitcoin. I'm hoping I still have time to start over and prove myself in this place. I need guidance

Bounties generally aren't productive but we still have some good paying bounties out there, we have decent managers bringing in some stablecoin like campaign. You can engage yourself in those while you still learn and try to engage more in other areas of the forum. Since you came to the forum with the mindset of making money, don't think the other side of the grass is greener as you'll regret it. You switching shouldn't make you desperate for merit and start spamming unnecessary threads to hurt for merit.

You have to change your mindset completely if you want things to workout well for you on the other side. Be more if a reader than a posters as you get more wisdom when you listen than when you talk. You can easily develop the habit of constructing your post to be worthy of been reward when you pay attention to what others have to say and be mindful of those you pay attention to as we have some high-level of low quality writer that won't be helpful to your transition and remember, you become what you read.

[Lucius]

I need guidance please

@Kalam001, I thought I was clear enough in my post, but apparently I wasn't considering that you ask the same questions and that you didn't read the forum rules as I advised you. You have already violated one of them (posting multiple posts in the row), and there are many more that you should read - take your time and read ->

Unofficial list of (official) Bitcointalk.org rules, guidelines, FAQ 

Also, read all the sticky threads at the top of this board, because that's the only way to learn some things - you won't achieve anything by repeating the same questions.   

[Findingnemo]

I need guidance please

You need guidance for how to make money from bitcointalk and nothing else, don't get offended and there is nothing wrong earning money here but what efforts are you giving to make it happen only matters at the end. Already mentioned above that you violated one of the forum rules do first you need to read the rules to avoid your account from getting banned.

Then you need 99 more merits to reach full member and can start earning in Bitcoin if you're accepted in a campaign.

[Hyphen(-)]

Good day everyone. When a friend told me how he makes money from bounties, I joined Bitcointalk and have solely participated in bounties ever since. I've been in bounty for a while, and during that time I've heard and read some topics about how unproductive and time-wasting they are here. However, I stayed because I wanted to confirm and see it for myself, and from what I saw and experienced, I realized how unproductive and time-wasting they are.
I ultimately made the decision to make amends and resolved to be more engaged with other forum sections to learn more about it and, ideally, discover Bitcoin. I'm hoping I still have time to start over and prove myself in this place. I need guidance

You are correct that Bounties are a waste of time nowadays, but some forum users who have participated in Bounties in the past have testified that Bounties were good back then and that they made a lot of money in Bounties.

But bounties are now a waste of time because most new projects are scams and lack reputable teams to move the projects to a higher level; therefore, if you take your time and go through different sections in the forum, you will discover how important the forum is, and I wish you success.

[Lucius]

~snip~

Maybe you're right, and maybe the OP really wants to go in a different direction and I think he should be given a chance. I checked his post history and since December last year he was not active in the bounty, and the merit was an additional motivation in order to encourage him to make a change. It is true that he needs many more merits to become a Full member, but every journey begins with the first step - we can say that he only needs 9 merits to become a Member, which is a much more attainable goal.

[Dr.Bitcoin_Strange]

It is good that you have moved past bounty to taste new knowledge about other things in this forum. I have not been too interested in Altcoins discussion boards since joining this forum. First, I read here that Altcoin boards are mostly full of spam posts, and from my previous experiences with a few Altcoins, I don't get much interest in Altcoins. Some times, if you don't catch the project early, you end up losing your investment because the project may just disappear and delete all details about itself. In other boards like Economics, Bitcoin discussion, Meta, beginners' & help, Development & Technical Discussion, Service Board, and Politics & Society, you will really get to learn a lot of stuff and also contribute what you know or something you have heard about. If you love games and fun, there are gambling boards and games & rounds in this forum. It's a good thing you made a U-turn ✌️.

[Darker45]

Times have changed. Gone are the days when a good number of bounties are really paying, and with tokens and coins that are worth something. Those were the days, when ICO was still a thing. I can still remember the time when many ICOs were selling their tokens like hotcakes, hitting hard caps very quickly. I even used to invest in a number of them. It's possible your friend is referring to those times. Today, I don't think joining bounties would really give you a good extra income. It's probably not worth your time and effort.

[Viscore]

Good day everyone. When a friend told me how he makes money from bounties, I joined Bitcointalk and have solely participated in bounties ever since. I've been in bounty for a while, and during that time I've heard and read some topics about how unproductive and time-wasting they are here. However, I stayed because I wanted to confirm and see it for myself, and from what I saw and experienced, I realized how unproductive and time-wasting they are.
I ultimately made the decision to make amends and resolved to be more engaged with other forum sections to learn more about it and, ideally, discover Bitcoin. I'm hoping I still have time to start over and prove myself in this place. I need guidance

Bounties are most of the time not worth. However, there are plenty of good opportunities in this forum if you are willing to visit the Services Board,  where you can find some jobs and campaigns that pays with bitcoin. They pay good money some times.

Anyway, you need to engage yourself in useful discussions so you can rank up your account and join those services.

Right. Gone are days when bounties are still profitable and are providing us good income. So giving your time and efforts into bounties are not worthy anymore. However, if you can develop some skills related to crypto, you can earn a living from it. Moreover, if you can rank up from your position and be a quality poster, you can also participate in signature campaigns which are proven highly profitable these days. Just explore the forum and you will have more ideas on how to stay profitable in crypto.

[Woodie]

Good day everyone. When a friend told me how he makes money from bounties, I joined Bitcointalk and have solely participated in bounties ever since.

Great to have you on the Bitcointalk forum, but I think your buddy made the wrong impression of what the forum really is all about..and first impressions really matter.

Of course bounties are part of the forum but if this is the sole purpose of joining BCT, then it's highly likely you don't interact with others here which disqualifies it from being called a forum  

There is more to the forum than bounties alone, you could get information on how to mine different cryptocurrencies, you could learn how to trade, maybe different strategies of gambling and the list is endless.. the is something for everyone you just need to find something that will catch your eye besides the bounties...

I've been in bounty for a while, and during that time I've heard and read some topics about how unproductive and time-wasting they are here. However, I stayed because I wanted to confirm and see it for myself, and from what I saw and experienced, I realized how unproductive and time-wasting they are.

I kind of agree and disagree because bounties are like food, there is something that you can and can not eat, you always have to be picky and it's the concept that applies with bounties... You can't just jump on everything that comes your way, you need to find one with a strong background and real concept to benefit from them.

I ultimately made the decision to make amends and resolved to be more engaged with other forum sections to learn more about it and, ideally, discover Bitcoin. I'm hoping I still have time to start over and prove myself in this place. I need guidance

Hope you find other sections benefiting to you, good luck

[lalabotax]

This is something that often happens in this forum when we expect to earn a lot of money from bounties. But with a certain rank, bounties are a waste of time, except for bounty campaigns that are paid with BTC, stablecoins, or other top coins which are fixed payments every week or month. but besides that, it's just like gambling, sometimes you can earn, but sometimes you don't. And more do not earn.

I suggest you keep reading and learning in this forum. Make better and more contributive posts so you can at least contribute better. Other effects might be good for you to get merit and increase your rank so you can get the opportunity to take part in the fixed payment for the signature campaign. Even though this is not the only way, you can get it. Btw, you can also start learning to invest or trade Bitcoin so you can consider various aspects, starting from risks and ways to overcome them. so that you can gain profits from this. But exactly, the journey will be more challenging.

[Mr.right85]

At times, it often goes down to who introduced you as they indirectly pick a path for you and input cases, you stay the path and don't get to stray until you realise otherwise. It's a good thing for you not to have focused all your attention on bounties and tried to engage yourself on other boards of the forum to have come by the informations that made you realise otherwise.

Bounties is such a waste of valuable time and at the end of the day, you end up being left with worthless tokens that dont have any prospect if getting any form of value even in the next decade. Can't say I feel sorry for those who stay the path, it's what they want and they get it anyway. Besides, it's good for business to amass the population they need to spread the word out.

[Mpamaegbu]

However, I stayed because I wanted to confirm and see it for myself, and from what I saw and experienced, I realized how unproductive and time-wasting they are.

As it stands now, bounty campaigns are a precious waste of time. Your friend must've relayed to you the golden era of bounty campaigns here. I guess that era ranged from  2016 - 2017. That was when a lot of users who were serious hunting it made cool cash. Now, not anymore.

I ultimately made the decision to make amends and resolved to be more engaged with other forum sections to learn more about it and, ideally, discover Bitcoin. I'm hoping I still have time to start over and prove myself in this place. I need guidance

Yeah, this is a nice way to fast track your step back to the right route. Hopefully, you keep to this resolution and you will see how things turn for better for you.

[Finestream]

Good day everyone. When a friend told me how he makes money from bounties, I joined Bitcointalk and have solely participated in bounties ever since. I've been in bounty for a while, and during that time I've heard and read some topics about how unproductive and time-wasting they are here. However, I stayed because I wanted to confirm and see it for myself, and from what I saw and experienced, I realized how unproductive and time-wasting they are.
I ultimately made the decision to make amends and resolved to be more engaged with other forum sections to learn more about it and, ideally, discover Bitcoin. I'm hoping I still have time to start over and prove myself in this place. I need guidance

Good to realize that spending some time on bounty campaign is not really worth it since almost all of them doesn't give any compensation to their hunters and its a huge waste of time for months of work. But you didn't lose something since you gain an experience and just be consistent about learnings since for sure you can earn with it in future. More knowledge to learn here and also skills so better keep more engagement on other section to learn more ideas from other people.

You wasted your time and effort working on bounties, but you also gain experiences as well that will make you become productive later on, so just do your due diligence and continue to learn from the forum, soon you will land in a well-compensated job that will paid off your hardwork and effort. As long as you’re an active member in the forum, then you’ll always be updated whatever job opportunities that may come.

[nakamura12]

The time where bounties pay decent or good amount to participants hard to find nowadays because bounties are no longer a trend unlike before or during those years where ICO are trend. There are bounties that pays but as I have explained that it is not that easy to find. It is not completely waste of time since some of the bounties really pay.

[qwertyup23]

Good day everyone. When a friend told me how he makes money from bounties, I joined Bitcointalk and have solely participated in bounties ever since. I've been in bounty for a while, and during that time I've heard and read some topics about how unproductive and time-wasting they are here. However, I stayed because I wanted to confirm and see it for myself, and from what I saw and experienced, I realized how unproductive and time-wasting they are.
I ultimately made the decision to make amends and resolved to be more engaged with other forum sections to learn more about it and, ideally, discover Bitcoin. I'm hoping I still have time to start over and prove myself in this place. I need guidance

I mean, there is nothing wrong with the mindset of joining this forum in order to earn some profit/income. But the advice of your friend is relatively bad due to the nature of bounties where some and majority of them pay at a staggering low amount or sometimes not even at all. Not to mention, brand-new users who join these bounties overall contributes to the general spam on different threads.

If I were you, continue what you have realized. Focus your goal on learning and exploring the cryptocurrency world at your own pace. Use the motivation of earning as a stepping stone in educating yourself with all the basics and fundamentals of cryptocurrencies here in this forum.

[Peanutswar]

A new era of newbies come here to be part of those spam bounty campaigns, but still, some want to learn about the bitcoin community and others related to it. This makes it more accessible to understand other earning factors in the cryptocurrency world. You can participate iin the services or the marketplace if you want to. Also, signature campaigns offer bitcoin as the payment, but before joining with those, you need to have merit and rank requirements. Most likely, I've seen with the full member that you must have 100 merits. I suggest focusing on learning before earning.