10 Years

[_BlackStar]

It's never easy to survive a decade in an online forum unless you get something worthwhile out of it - I mean not only from the forum, but also from bitcoin ^{[investing and trading].} I don't expect you to be the only staff member to want to celebrate - but you all deserve to celebrate such a milestone in the community.

EFS - congratulations to you, you deserve the high respect of the members of this community, including myself.

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

I signed up on 26th July 2013 and I'm here for a decade.

Massive, this is massive my man. I think there are not many members who are here from long time. The last one I saw was from OgNasty and now you. It feels good to see such posts sometimes. Congratulation brother.

[Ryu_Ar1]

10 years of experience is definitely a lot to gain not only about how you made good new friends but you also became one of the people who experienced the ups and downs in bitcoin and of course the hope for you to be around longer must be realised because it is a shame if an experienced person just leaves the forum.
Congratulations to you for reaching this point and this is also an encouragement to me as someone who is still quite new here.
Thanks also to you and to the people who are always active and moderate the forum to keep it running.

[EFS]

Thanks for all the good wishes. I've never opened a thread like that before but I feel like ten years is a good achievement.

What I said about forum in last sentence was just a joke. I don't know when/if new forum software comes, I just like current forum and theme. I won't say no to better moderation tools though.

I see you also reached to be a staff here. Congrats to that to!  

Thanks. I'm a moderator since December 2013.

You have written it here as your first post, although I had to use Google Translate to understand your writing in Turkish.

I couldn't post my first post because of newbie restrictions at that time. Newbie jail is gone but I guess 6 minutes waiting time between every actions for Brand New accounts still exist.

Please be careful, some accounts take advantage of such topics as an easy way to get merits.

I'm aware of the situation but I guess they don't get rich with 2 merits. I also observe that merit circulation has dropped across the forum. Being a merit source is tiring and thankless work, I understand sources who give up distributing merits. Adding new sources brings vitality to the forum but it's up to Admins.

[Ultegra134]

It's never easy to survive a decade in an online forum unless you get something worthwhile out of it - I mean not only from the forum, but also from bitcoin ^{[investing and trading].} I don't expect you to be the only staff member to want to celebrate - but you all deserve to celebrate such a milestone in the community.

EFS - congratulations to you, you deserve the high respect of the members of this community, including myself.

As someone who has given up on the forum twice for long periods of time, even though I had a lot to gain, I couldn't agree more.

Congratulations! I'm guessing that this decade has been quite fruitful, and I'm hoping that you squeezed every opportunity that was presented along your path. I'm also not far from closing one full decade; I signed up on December 7, 2014, even though I was browsing the forum without an account way before my signup date. It's crazy and awfully scary to think about how fast time progresses. We'll soon be 50 years old before we realize it.

[red4slash]

Hey mate, that's a long time. A decade of continuous contribution is really worthy of appreciation and of course with the contributions you've made to the forum it's well worth it.
Thanks for being an encouragement to others, thanks to you and a few others the forum continues to run well.
Don't leave the forum yet because this forum still needs people like you and the hope is of course that the forum will continue and develop more in a positive direction.
Congratulations on your achievement.

[BITCOIN4X]

Thanks for all the good wishes. I've never opened a thread like that before but I feel like ten years is a good achievement.

What I said about forum in last sentence was just a joke. I don't know when/if new forum software comes, I just like current forum and theme. I won't say no to better moderation tools though.

Yes, 10 years is a long time, so it's totally worth it to get it. After all, 10 year anniversary thread like this are one of history, so I don't think you should feel bad just because you've never done this before.

By the way, congrats to you, EFS.
So far I've only had 5 years as an active user, but I think it's too soon to celebrate with the community so I don't need one of mine.

[SmartGold01]

Sincerely speaking I admired your stayed over here for so long and I wish I had the chances earlier or having to know about here on time to have utilized all the good chances as I believed those who made their way here aren't in any way regretted belonging to this wonderful family. Lemme not go further as I know various wishes had already been demonstrated to you, So I and my little Angel wishes you a happy birthday although this might not be your physical birthday but to your forum username EFS.

From above profile your impact and contributions to this forum is greatly valued and appreciated because 10 years not 10 months but, something that has birth to many people here maybe if turned to normal life as we are currently 10 years in Marriage is like having a daughter of 9 years but viewing it from African way you might probably given birth to a daughter of 11 years since most of them gives birth before getting married.
Nevertheless I say congratulations to you sir and please never took my words into actions for my silly writeups.

[Zlantann]

I registered in this forum ten years ago. I've found out about Bitcoin and this forum in early 2013 but didn't need to register back then. I signed up on 26th July 2013 and I'm here for a decade. I never imagined I'd be here this long. This forum has been an important part of my life, just like Bitcoin.

Glad I decided to sign-up here 10 years ago. Here I met very good people from all nationalities, made good friends and had job opportunities. Even though sometimes I took a break from writing to the forum due to dramas and tiredness, I never stopped moderating the forum. I tried my best to make the forum work as intended.

I hope to be here longer. I think I'll stay here until Theymos decides to close the forum. I would like to see at least new forum software.

Your posts are not always long but they convey the right message concisely and understandably. Combining your other engagements and moderating the forum is a big task but you have continued putting your best. Your testimony is the same as mine because the forum is also part of my life. I have also met many nice people that have motivated me to keep doing my best regardless of the hurdles we face every day. I have also been mentored by many members that have helped me to teach and help me develop from my newbie days till date. I also wish to spend more years and even introduce any of my young relatives who pick an interest in Bitcoin to continue from where I might stop. Wishing you more fruitful decades ahead.

[MCUKing]

10 Years on the forum EFS like really haha what a dedication towards the community and market, Seems like its more than half o my life, I can't even imagine what sort of Discussion you've done with from the Old to Old news, analysis... adoption developments... Time to time market crisis. Hmm I really hope you may stay here or 10 more years and after that 10 more and a way forward till the end..

[Balmain]

You have served for a really long time and I congratulate you with my sincere wishes. determination and dedication, it's obvious that you put a lot of effort into it, 10 years means completely sticking to this determination and this attitude sets an example for others. Thanks to the knowledge, experience and skills you have gained over the years, it cannot be ignored that you are beneficial to the community on this forum. I wish you continued success in your future life.

I hope to be here longer.

May you have many more successful years dear EFS

[ScamViruS]

10 years in this forum! How much dedication is required to successfully spend a decade on this forum. It's been 4 years since I joined this forum, now I can't seem to be as active as before. But seeing the dedication of users/staff like you motivates me to be more active and contribute to the forum. I am confident that the forum will be active in the next decade, and will see you posting after completing 20 years on this forum.
Congratulations on 10 years.

[vapourminer]

yeah. a lot of interesting stuff happened for both the forum and btc over the last decade. seems like a lot got jammed into that time frame. wild ride man

congrats on 10 years!

[_BlackStar]

yeah. a lot of interesting stuff happened for both the forum and btc over the last decade. seems like a lot got jammed into that time frame. wild ride man

congrats on 10 years!

Now about you - don't you intend to celebrate your 12th birthday in the forum with the community even though it has been passed 20 days ago?

vapourminer - of course this is a joke, but I think users like you deserve to celebrate here. Having over 1 decade on a forum is a pretty great experience - not many users survive that long if they are early adopters of bitcoin.

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Name: vapourmine
Date Registered: July 10, 2011, 11:23:56 AM

[vapourminer]

yeah. a lot of interesting stuff happened for both the forum and btc over the last decade. seems like a lot got jammed into that time frame. wild ride man

congrats on 10 years!

Now about you - don't you intend to celebrate your 12th birthday in the forum with the community even though it has been passed 20 days ago?

vapourminer - of course this is a joke, but I think users like you deserve to celebrate here. Having over 1 decade on a forum is a pretty great experience - not many users survive that long if they are early adopters of bitcoin.

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Name: vapourminer
Date Registered: July 10, 2011, 11:23:56 AM

i probably snoozed through my 12 year anniversary. im pretty sure of that as i spend a lot of time snoozing, so the odds are good.

surprisingly, snoozing works very well with bitcoin. its like automatic hodl.

[YOSHIE]

Glad I decided to sign-up here 10 years ago. Here I met very good people from all nationalities, made good friends and had job opportunities.

10: years have spent both presidential terms, it's a long time, whatever it is, many things you can't forget in life, impressive.
@EFS, I often visit the local turkish council and I know you there, although I never communicated directly with you, but you have guided the members in Turkey well and positively about understanding the Forum and Bitcoin perfectly, that's one step forward for turkish society in the last 10 years, those who don't know and don't understand, so, they know and understand how important this forum is and include your presence here. an honor that cannot be valued in money.

You registered earlier and got to know this forum 5 years from me, of course that's a gift for you and I'm also grateful to be able to get to know the forum and Bitcoin and I can understand the importance of the knowledge I got here, it all can not be separated from friends in this forum from all over the world / countries who have given knowledge to me so far.

I wish you health and longevity, so that the local community in Turkey can learn a lot from you, everything, especially forums and Bitcoin for the future.

[BABY SHOES]

forum in early 2013 but didn't need to register back then

What? Back in 2013 on the forum there was no need to register for a post? Sorry I missed the train by a long way.
Btw, congratulations on your 10 years journey so many memorable stories perhaps.

The next 10 years will be a new life especially in the bitcoin journey which will go through two more ATH cycles.

[Obari]

I hope to be here longer. I think I'll stay here until Theymos decides to close the forum. I would like to see at least new forum software.

Funny enough I don't think @Theymos will ne willing to shut down the forum anytime soon so be ready to stay thrice longer 😁
10years is a long time and I could only imagine what it took you to maintain relevance over here for over 10 years and I want to say that I do admire your journey so far and checking your profile, you're even a staff and that's also a great height already and I've heard alot happened in the cryptocurrency industry and the forum at large in the last 10 years and I believe  you witnessed  them all and it wouldn't be bad if you give a little run down of the once you experienced as it .ivht even serve as hope for new holders like myself.

Congratulations to you sir @EFS and I want to say that people like you are worthy of emulation.

I hope to see you longer doing your moderation well as always..

Cheers 🍻

[Ki kos]

Congrats EFS. Wishing you continued success and happiness in all your endeavors. You've worked hard.Keep up the fantastic work, and may your journey be filled with many more accomplishments and joyous moments. Congratulations once again!

[bittraffic]

Congrats! Wishing you more years to come. You must be an OG. Ever notice the older you get, the lesser you see the old users in the forum?

2 013 is the time where people are still skeptical of Bitcoin. The users in the first few years of BTC are often the guys curious what BTC can do and give away 0.05BTC for a comment.