How Many BTC does the Forum's Administrators Have?

[komisariatku]

What is your motivation for sharing their address? Additionally, is there any guarantee that they are not using multiple wallets? So I don't see the urgency of this thread except spreading people's privacy to the public.

They are great people contributing to the forum. I don't think it's ethical to create a thread like this even though the address can be found on the forum.

[DapanasFruit]

Happy to know that we have some forum admins with a good number of Bitcoin. and that is just expected since of all people they are one of the most enthusiastic and believers of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency. Anyway, I think this is something that should not actually be talked so much as what they are holding is of private concern though they can still be traced if we want to though no one can be sure how much BTC a person is holding because it would be easy to create a wallet and not share the address to anyone. In conclusion, I am actually wondering what is the main purpose why we are sharing this information here.

[dansus021]

I do believe that address you mention it is not their personal address like their cold wallet take a look at mprep do u believe the admin of this forum don't have any single btc at all hahahha.

and I also believe that some of user in this forum have their own personal address that never said the address publicly, for their own safety, privacy etc.

Tho what I believe is this forum has a large reserve of BTC but we dont know the address and how much is it.

"Finally, bitcointalk.org has a large reserve of BTC, so we're able to continue operating without ad revenue for many years. It's not even necessary to cut expenses or find replacement sources of revenue anytime soon, and I currently have no solid plans to do these things. I do regard it as less than ideal to be operating at a constant loss, especially because it constraints any desired future growth in expenses. Improving this situation will be on my mind in the coming years, but luckily it need not be a high priority." -  https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5407725.msg60976136#msg60976136

[Helena Yu]

I don't understand with users who're saying @OP is exposing forum staffs' privacy when they're the one who share it. If someone share address, everyone can view that and there's nothing wrong. But it's wrong when they have an another address which never been posted, you share it to everyone.

I'm sure if such amount isn't the total Bitcoins they have.

Guessing their total Bitcoins is like guessing how many Bitcoins are lost forever.

[apogio]

Agreed.  While it might be a neat-o thing to know if the people who make bitcointalk happen are bitcoin ballers, it's not a question I'd ever ask--and for the same reason I wouldn't ask any member here how much they've got. 

I don't understand with users who're saying @OP is exposing forum staffs' privacy when they're the one who share it. If someone share address, everyone can view that and there's nothing wrong. But it's wrong when they have an another address which never been posted, you share it to everyone.

OP's intention wasn't against their privacy though. We must make this clear.

I believe OP may not know that the address you put on your bitcointalk profile may be one of the many addresses the user owns.

In fact, OP can use my profile as a reference. I have set a vanity address starting with 1Apogio which is my username here. I have exposed this address on purpose. Perhaps someone wants to send me some sats, or perhaps I do some transactions on the marketplace here. This is the address I want other users to know. I may have private keys that derive other addresses too. Who knows?!

[adultcrypto]

I don't really see any need for this topic because what they have should be their private business and not important to any of us. Some administrators of this forum are early to Bitcoin so if they have good number of Bitcoin, it simply means they got then when it was easier. I even learnt there was a time they were gifting people as much as 5BTC for simple task like signing up in a website. Those of them that believed in Bitcoin right from time, held those easy BTC till date. So, it is not really supposed to be a subject of discussion here as that is their private assets.

[bayu7adi]

What is your motivation for sharing their address? Additionally, is there any guarantee that they are not using multiple wallets? So I don't see the urgency of this thread except spreading people's privacy to the public.

They are great people contributing to the forum. I don't think it's ethical to create a thread like this even though the address can be found on the forum.

What do you mean by privacy? Are they trying to hide their balance from the public eye? If that's the case, they should consider using a different Bitcoin address on their profile. On Theymos' profile page, there's a BTC address visible to anyone. This means that Theymos isn't really keeping their wallet completely confidential.

That's a wallet that we can know about and is allowed to be publicized. As for the number of wallets owned by Theymos, that might be one of the secrets that can't be disclosed.

I'm sure Theymos' wealth in the address displayed on the profile page isn't all of it. In other words, it's one of the wallets that can be publicly tracked, given the transparent nature of the blockchain. The exact amount of Theymos' wealth is unknown. There's nothing wrong with the original poster's inquiry, and I don't think there's any intention to intrude on someone else's privacy.

[lovesmayfamilis]

I understand that some members have no reason to hide their Bitcoin holdings, but I see no reason to make it public either. For example, I have nothing to hide, but I still want to exercise my right to privacy. No one needs to know how many Bitcoins I have in my possession, just as no one needs to know how much money I have in the bank or in a private safe.

As for the mods and admins, I believe most of them are very well aware of how to keep their Bitcoin holdings safe, and I doubt they have made their cold store addresses public.

I completely agree. There are people who like to stick their noses into the keyhole to look into their neighbor's wallet. I think this is a very bad trait, and I’m sure the OP would be against it if we were discussing his personal affairs here. OP, looking into someone else’s wallet and counting other people’s money gives rise to envy and, as a result, bad illnesses. Am I seeing merit hunters again?

[shahzadafzal]

I was reading some topic few days ago, and that topic led me to this post of LoyceV where I read that, theymos address has 750 BTC and I did not believe it. Then I checked the theymos profile, and an address was mentioned there, and I checked it on blockchair explorer and found out that, there are 2 addresses connected to it one is of BCH and one is of BTC. Well, on checking, he has around 388.96 BTC. Then I came to get the idea of finding out how many BTC does the administrators of this forum have. It is possible that these administrators might have other addresses containing more BTC, but my way is simple.

I went to each profile and checked the address mentioned there on blockchair for the amount of BTC they have received or sent.

First of all bitcointalk does not have "Administrators", we have only one two "Administrator" that is theymos. Yes Bitcointalk have moderators and staff.  (Edit: I forgot Cyrus also holds Administrator position)

Secondly I don't know why we should be calculating how much BTC theymos or forum administrators are holding? Does it have anything to do with bitcointalk forum?

Yeah you can check how much donations forum has received this information is available https://bitcointalk.org/donate.html for quite some time.

Or may you just want to say how much bitcointalk forum is paying to it's Staff or Moderators? Of course that's something confidential info you can't calculate just based on some random public bitcoin address.

Forum has some expenses other then hosting or maintenance expense, moderators who working to make sure bitcoin it does not turn into garbage

Also once theymos said moderators should be seen as volunteers, not employees.

About 25% of ad income goes to the forum moderators as thanks for all of their work. (There are many moderators, so each moderator gets only a small amount -- moderators should be seen as volunteers, not employees.)

FYI above quote was true when there was advertisement on the forum, which has been stopped so we don't know if its still true, but moderators should be seen as volunteers should be true.
 

[LoyceV]

theymos has the most of the BTC and as per LoyceV's Post, which I stated above, theymos has around 755 BTC on that address.

What are you up to? If only you would have checked that address, you would have seen it's empty. You're quoting old data and taking it out of context. Either way, the post you linked was about forum funds, not theymos' personal funds. Forum funds are still public knowledge, personal funds are, you guessed it: personal.

If you want to dig theymos' financials, at least make it fun:

My 0.003 trades were actually below the market rate of the time, and may in fact be the lowest-value BTC trades ever. I had measured that it only cost me 0.0007 USD per BTC in electricity (at 7.8 difficulty), so 0.003 seemed sufficient to me...

[Ojima-ojo]

Hey man. Well personally I dont believe we have anything to gain from knowing how much BTC anyone owns.

Agreed.  While it might be a neat-o thing to know if the people who make bitcointalk happen are bitcoin ballers, it's not a question I'd ever ask--and for the same reason I wouldn't ask any member here how much they've got.  It's none of my damn business unless for some reason it is my business, and since I have no stake in the forum's funds or the earnings/holdings of the moderators I'm not looking to see any data on that.

I mean, come on.  This is bitcoin we're talking about.  You know, cryptocurrency.  I'm fairly certain that along with cryptography being used in the code to make the network secure and functional, the spirit behind it is that there ought to be as much anonymity among its users as humanly possible.  Bitcoin is pseudo-anonymous of course, but blabbing about people's holdings in a thread?  Eh, I wouldn't go there.

Is none of my business to know anyone Bitcoin holding since is not public information,  i would like possible to know how much Bitcoin the bitcoin talk forum owns than knowing how much an individual Bitcoin holding is, is against the privacy consciousness of Bitcoin holder, because instead of to expose our balance and identity, is better we build more codes that give more anonymously transaction and usage of the coin.


So none of my f* business to know how much bitcoin The Sceptical Chymist holds because is none of my business and is not as if he is gonna give the bitcoin to me any time, so why border my mind searching for what I can never it accuracy due to anonymous/privacy

[Xal0lex]

OP, I have 100 BTC How will this information help you in your life? Or how does this information help you earn your 100 BTC?  It should be clear to any normal person that no one is going to list here their addresses where they store their main bitcoins. I don't understand the point of this topic at all. Now we are waiting for a topic with all addresses of Legendary, then Hero and finally all newbies on the forum. Where is my popcorn?

[shahzadafzal]

OP, I have 100 BTC How will this information help you in your life? Or how does this information help you earn your 100 BTC?  It should be clear to any normal person that no one is going to list here their addresses where they store their main bitcoins. I don't understand the point of this topic at all. Now we are waiting for a topic with all addresses of Legendary, then Hero and finally all newbies on the forum. Where is my popcorn?

Wait a minute so you are saying you have been paid 100BTC from theymos for your services? hahaha

Wow that should make "bitcointalk moderator" post a most highly paid jobs in the world.

I'm sure looking at OP he spent a quite some time in doing his research but like you said what's the point of the topic i'm sure he himself isn't clear because he did not come back this topic

[Dictator69]

Hey man. Well personally I dont believe we have anything to gain from knowing how much BTC anyone owns.

What you think is worth to gain anything. I am not being rude at least not trying to be. But I got excited and tried to see how many BTC they have, while I was checking how many BTC they have, I thought I should make this topic, and should share it with others too.

However, take into consideration that anyone can own the keys that lead to multiple addresses.

I already stated this in my post, that I have followed a way of finding how any BTC they had on their addresses which are mentioned on their profiles. I hope you read that.

Finally, if anyone owns many bitcoins, good for them. Concentrate on your goals and make sure to educate yourself. Of course this applies to many areas in life.

I am concentrating on my goals, which honestly, I don't think what are here on BTT, but I got excited to know, and I when knew then thought to share it. Nothing more, and this is not something personal that I have shared here, because all the information is already public. but thanks for your feedback.

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Dude, they can create a new wallet address that they have never posted or it’s not connected to their account and deposit some of their coin there which means this your post is totally wrong.

If that argument makes my post wrong, then I was already wrong, because I already said in my post that

It is possible that these administrators might have other addresses containing more BTC, but my way is simple.
I went to each profile and checked the address mentioned there on blockchair for the amount of BTC they have received or sent.

Which means the same. I don't know either people of this forum read the full post or not. not being rude just asking.

It takes less than 10 minutes to setup a bitcoin wallet and for people that have stayed in the forum so a long period of time and know so much about privacy and security it will be easy peasy for them to move their coins into their main wallet without anyone being able to trace the transaction to the new address,

I also have tried to make a BTC wallet and yeah it took less than 10 min, and I did not know that it is hard people to trace their funds, as you said it is hard for people to trace them, I will look into it, but I did not meant to say, that they have only these BTC in their possession, instead I was trying to say they have this much BTC in there profile mentioned addresses. In a fun way.  

so just take a can of soda and focus on more relevant things rather than waste time on people’s money that of no use to us.

I did not think that I have to share something that should be of great use to your all guys. I thought it would be fun to know about such things. And as far as your concerns for relevancy, if it was irrelevant, then the moderators would have moved it to the relevant section or might have deleted it. Don't you think.
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I think OP just tried to show the results of those address which is attached here on BitcoinTalk which may accurate But the fact we really don't know anyone's portfolio actually what amount of BTC they Hodling and accumulating.

Exactly, thanks for supporting my words, I thought all members are high here 

[stompix]

I understand that some members have no reason to hide their Bitcoin holdings, but I see no reason to make it public either. For example, I have nothing to hide, but I still want to exercise my right to privacy.

Bitcoiners:
Privacy is a must, the banks, the government and even relatives, they all have no business knowing anything about your finances!
Also Bitcoiners on Bitcointalk:
How much money does x have? How many addresses does x hold? Who owns that address? When did that address move coins? Did x just move coins to an exchange? Do you think z has coins? Do you know one of y's addresses?

What do you mean by privacy? Are they trying to hide their balance from the public eye? If that's the case, they should consider using a different Bitcoin address on their profile.

Oh, what privacy? How about this, let's have a topic monitoring how many Bitcoins and altcoins has bayu7adi gained in his signature campaign, how many addresses he has used on this forum, to what exchange he has deposited those, to what other users he has sent coins, how much merit he has gained and from whom, when he sleeps when he posts and so on.
It's all public knowledge, I assume you have zero objection against such a topic, right? 

[Victorik]

Whqt I don't understand is why is the OP concerned about how many BTC the administrator of this forum have. Is it wrong for them to own BTC, if not, then I see no reason why I should be concerned about what they owned or not.
I think the fact that someone else's wallet can scanned to determine what they are holding doesn't mean that their privacy should be breached.
It's similar to stalking and that is wrong..

[Dictator69]

Well this is Public information, but there is the possibility that they own more Bitcoin in some unpublished address, who knows?

I've doing something similar but with the address of all users in the forum, and yes there is a lot of Bitcoin changing hands here

I will be waiting for your work to see, and indeed one member would have another address that is not linked to this forum. Totally agreed.

I understand that some members have no reason to hide their Bitcoin holdings, but I see no reason to make it public either. For example, I have nothing to hide, but I still want to exercise my right to privacy. No one needs to know how many Bitcoins I have in my possession, just as no one needs to know how much money I have in the bank or in a private safe.

Then don't use BTC blockchain because on BTC blockchain everything is transparent. Either you want to or not, it depends on you, in simple words, those who have mentioned there BTC addresses on their profiles are the ones who don't care about the privacy of hose wallets. After getting know about the privacy levels from cantasy, I came to know that we can obfuscate our TXs so no one would trace us. If you want to remain hide, then don't connect your wallet with your profile otherwise anyone can see how many BTC you have in your wallet by searching it on explorer.  I hope you will not mind my words.

And a matter of fact, banks know your personal life, and how much amount you have and can use that information for advertisement purposes, but BTC blockchain will not do such thing. So don't be worried while you are using BTC because your personal life is totally saved unless someone knows that this address belongs to you.

Hmm, Interesting trying to figure are you defending the OP or Opposing him,

I think he is defending me.

, as on blockchain information is public, what matters is your identity and I'm sure OP cant mention their identity.

Thank God, at least you know how BTC blockchain work, not being rude, but I was in some confusion after reading the reply of
Stalker22. Which was confusing but helpful too.

Even someone can post a full list of wallets having X number of Bitcoin using any API or filter on the Blockchain's data.. besides that OP seems like you've put a lot of effort into coming up with an idea, for the next time I would suggest finding more specific informational content. Best of Luck  .

How would I find the amount of BTC using API, can you share some details please, I would love to know about it. I actually did not spend that much time, or I think I did not notice it, because it was a fun for me, I really enjoyed in getting familiar that this member is our admin and moderator and wow he has that much BTC and what! he has no BTC at all. These was my reactions and so I thought the same reactions would be of other members. But I don't think many members really liked this post.

[Sophokles]

We have nothing to do with how many bitcoins some of the members have received till now. I believe most of them have their own hardware wallet whose address isn't mentioned in the forum. So it is not possible to correctly identify how many bitcoins they are holding. OP must have spent a lot of his time extracting this data that has little value to any of us. None of these addresses seems like a whale address that we need to keep track of for any speculative move.

[digaran]

You forgot to add Luke_dash jr, he was a staff with hundreds of Bitcoins, they stole them all from him.

Also, do you know what they do to nosey people in hell? I have no idea, but I bet is something along the lines between monster and giant molten dildos.😂

[Dictator69]

You must learn a basic,

I was aware of it and made this post as a fun, like I thought it would be fun for other members to know about it.

Forum admins, moderators have their Bitcoin addresses on their profiles to get donations or salary.

I did not know that thanks for the information. but just to clear, I do know that they would have more than one addresses which might not be listed here, that's why I wrote the way of finding how many BTC they have on the addresses which are mentioned on their profiles only.

I can imagine how the time it took you to go through each of the administrators BTC scanned addresses just to provide this information. One thing you should be aware OF is that most persons prefer being isolated and prefer hiding their asset in another wallet so no one will know the amount of their Bitcoin holding. The Bitcoin addressed you scanned might be one that can be seen by the public but there is this special wallet that hold most of their portfolio. I can't believe mprep will have 0 amount of Bitcoin holding.

Agreed, I was aware of all of it, but I just forgot to mention in my post that this post is for fun only but I did mention the way of finding the addresses which would have given this idea to those who would have read it full. But thanks for your feedback.