[Results 2023] Bitcointalk Community Awards 🏆

[LoyceV]

maybe in the future this ban will be lifted !!

That will no doubt happen right after the introduction of KYC.

Here's a challenge:

I wish that more work was being done on creating decentralized, uncensorable, but also usable forums. I would love nothing more than to be able to shut down bitcointalk.org due to some decentralized solution making it obsolete. Find me a 501(c)(3) nonprofit working on this, and I'll donate to it.

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

Oh yeah, I've still got it. 🦊

Bitcointalk Sex is an illusion 🤣

[Learn Bitcoin]

Thank you Icopress, GazetaBitcoin, and whoever was involved in organizing this community award. I never expected to be nominated among these legends. Even though I didn't win anything, thanks to you guys who nominated me. I consider this as an achievement. It will encourage me to be more active and contribute to the forum. Congratulations to the winners of each category. Farewell friend LEO. You will be missed buddy! I know a lof of forum members still did not notice your absence. Probably because they have not seen your thread yet. You will always be in our memory!

[PowerGlove]

Big ol' speeches should be for the people with 1st-place finishes, so I'll just say: Thanks to everyone who voted for me (really, it makes me smile), and congratulations to all the winners!!

@o_e_l_e_o: We really miss you. I hope you're happy/comfortable wherever you are. You'll be remembered fondly around here for a very long time.

@icopress: Thanks for organizing this yet again, you're awesome, man! (And thanks for sending my prize to derBowler, another awesome dude.)

@GazetaBitcoin: Were you responsible for counting the votes? If so, thanks for helping icopress (seriously), but I have to ask: Were you maybe drinking on the job, friend? Too much plastic-bottled wine? (The reason I ask is that if I count the votes myself I get slightly different results than yours. Maybe I'm drinking too much, I don't know; see below.)

I count 26 "Bitcointalk Ninja" votes for me (not 27): NotATether, Woodie, criptoevangelista, dkbit98, jeraldskie11, nakamura12, Charles-Tim, SatoPrincess, Husna QA, Nheer, joker_josue, Lafu, AHOYBRAUSE, julerz12, Jawhead999, m2017, Amphenomenon, TryNinja, sabotag3x, Ambatman, Foxpup, famososMuertos, LoyceV, FatFork, Potato Chips, darxiaomi.

I count 15 "Discovery of the Year" votes for me (not 14): Lillominato89, Crypto Library, 2Pizza410000BTC, Bitcoin_people, Peanutswar, wmaurik, nakamura12, hosseinimr93, nutildah, BlackHatCoiner, $crypto$, Compromise me, Coin_trader, lovesmayfamilis, GazetaBitcoin.

Hopefully, I'm just missing some detail/rule, because if the first two things I check are wrong, that usually means there'll be more mistakes if I keep looking. These two mistakes are small, and they wouldn't have affected my outcomes, but maybe a more thorough check will reveal outcome-changing mistakes for other users. (I don't have the time to do that myself, and I hate to create more work for you or anyone else, but I had to mention it.)

[nutildah]

I count 15 "Discovery of the Year" votes for me (not 14)

I should have fired up my 1,045 alt accounts to vote for you as you were definitely the discovery of my year, friend. Your level of not just technical knowledge but also passion for improving the forum supersedes that of just about anybody I've ever encountered here. The only thing negative I have to say about you is I have a hard time giving you merits because your merit-to-post ratio is already insane, and deservedly so. My hesitancy probably reflects more about me than you.

In any case, cheers. Let me know if I can make you a special Bitcoin NFT to commemorate your achievements; you might not be able to sell it for anything, but its the best I can do.

[jeraldskie11]

Big ol' speeches should be for the people with 1st-place finishes, so I'll just say: Thanks to everyone who voted for me (really, it makes me smile), and congratulations to all the winners!!

@o_e_l_e_o: We really miss you. I hope you're happy/comfortable wherever you are. You'll be remembered fondly around here for a very long time.

@icopress: Thanks for organizing this yet again, you're awesome, man! (And thanks for sending my prize to derBowler, another awesome dude.)

@GazetaBitcoin: Were you responsible for counting the votes? If so, thanks for helping icopress (seriously), but I have to ask: Were you maybe drinking on the job, friend? Too much plastic-bottled wine? (The reason I ask is that if I count the votes myself I get slightly different results than yours. Maybe I'm drinking too much, I don't know; see below.)

I count 26 "Bitcointalk Ninja" votes for me (not 27): NotATether, Woodie, criptoevangelista, dkbit98, jeraldskie11, nakamura12, Charles-Tim, SatoPrincess, Husna QA, Nheer, joker_josue, Lafu, AHOYBRAUSE, julerz12, Jawhead999, m2017, Amphenomenon, TryNinja, sabotag3x, Ambatman, Foxpup, famososMuertos, LoyceV, FatFork, Potato Chips, darxiaomi.

I count 15 "Discovery of the Year" votes for me (not 14): Lillominato89, Crypto Library, 2Pizza410000BTC, Bitcoin_people, Peanutswar, wmaurik, nakamura12, hosseinimr93, nutildah, BlackHatCoiner, $crypto$, Compromise me, Coin_trader, lovesmayfamilis, GazetaBitcoin.

Hopefully, I'm just missing some detail/rule, because if the first two things I check are wrong, that usually means there'll be more mistakes if I keep looking. These two mistakes are small, and they wouldn't have affected my outcomes, but maybe a more thorough check will reveal outcome-changing mistakes for other users. (I don't have the time to do that myself, and I hate to create more work for you or anyone else, but I had to mention it.)

No prob, you deserve it.

[icopress]

It seems we now have a candidate to count the votes in the upcoming event (I think GB will be just happy to get rid of the work that takes several days .. all he has to do is publish the results). In any case, if someone wants to appeal any results, they can do so next year. 

[TryNinja]

Honestly don't have much to say other than thank you to @icopress for his contributions to keep the forum going. I can't really imagine all the work you put on to keep this forum as active as it can be, year by year, while trying new stuff. And also a big thank you to everyone who voted for me and, once again, made me win the Ninja award (or else I would be dishonored by my guild!).

Thank you Jambler for helping on the prize pool (already received my award!).

Congratz to my local board friend @joker_josue on his Discovery award + being a certifed fellow ninja. Very deserved.

And finally, nice to see everyone mentioning @o_e_l_e_o who will sadly not be active here for the next events. We will miss a great forum member.

[GazetaBitcoin]

I take this opportunity for thanking a lot for eveyone involved in this contest. To icopress for his very, very hard work for making this contest possible each year since 2020. Now he also made an amazing announcement about the Pizza Baking contest and some incredible prizes too! Chapeau my friend! Plus -- all the organization, finding sponsors, discussions with forum administration -- all these take time, a lot of time, patience and dedication. He is truly admirable!

I also want to thank all participants (nominees and those nominating them) for being part of this amazing contest! Thank you also for keeping the contest clean, respecting the rules more than before and for keeping clean the topic with the votes. This is an extraordinary help in counting the votes -- having that topic very clean.

I also want to thank to those which voted for me and made it possible to receive these nominations. I was simply astonished seeing all the votes I received! Thank you all for that!

I also want to thank to Jambler for their generous sponsorship! That was very kind of them and made the contest very appealing! Same thanks go to the forum administration!

I also want to thank to everybody which congratulated icopress or myself for the work done. I thank you all for such appreciations. There are just so many posts with such congratulating messages and I can't quote them all. But I thank to all for such kind words. I really felt touched...


I will address below 2 more aspects, which caught my eye within all the posts made inside this topic.

I can't comment on the alcoholic part, but shouldn't the last "2nd" be a "3rd" (for the Golden Feather)?

Why not comment on alcoholic part? We all have good expertize in this part =)))

Other than that, good point LV, thank you for mentioning this!

Both o_e_l_e_o and I had the same number of votes (27):

	Golden Feather	fillippone (41), o_e_l_e_o (27), GazetaBitcoin (27), LoyceV (26), JayJuanGee (24), DdmrDdmr (23), The Sceptical Chymist (10), theymos (9), LFC_Bitcoin (5), philipma1957 (5), CryptopreneurBrainboss (4), d5000 (4), Pmalek (4)
_________________	_________________

In respect for him, for all he did on the forum, I listed him in front of me, as he has all my appreciation.

Given the fact that such extraordinary situation occurred (two winners to have same votes), icopress took a very kind decision regarding the prizes and decided the following:

Also, users who get the same number of votes will share prizes among themselves (for example, if it is 2nd and 3rd place, etc.).

In short, the enumeration could have been done in any order, but this was a sign of pure appreciation for o_e_l_e_o

@GazetaBitcoin: Were you responsible for counting the votes?

Yup, that was me.

If so, thanks for helping icopress (seriously), but I have to ask: Were you maybe drinking on the job, friend? Too much plastic-bottled wine?

Loooooooool! At same time, thank you for the appreciation and also for the good laugh

(The reason I ask is that if I count the votes myself I get slightly different results than yours. Maybe I'm drinking too much, I don't know; see below.)

I will (triple) check this, thank you for mentioning this to me. I can not in this very moment but I will. What I can say though is the following:

(1) Human error is possible. I am not a machine, so it is possible. I counted votes 2-3 times to make sure everything is right. (In some cases I asked icopress too.) However, even if there may be small discrepancies between your calculation and mine, they did not influence the final outcome.

(2) As stated by contest rules, some votes may have been not counted. Some nominations could have been simply breaking the rules (and on purpose I disregarded them -- example: I still counted franky1's votes for Antihero, although he merited most of the nominations, for cancelling them) while some did not meet certain criteria. So the total number of nominations within the thread, made by all users involved, is not reflected in the number of nominations shown within the table from OP, as some votes were not counted.

Thank you again for asking this question. And, as icopress already said, maybe next year you can give a hand of help too? 

[PowerGlove]

Thank you again for asking this question. And, as icopress already said, maybe next year you can give a hand of help too? 

Sure. If it turns out I'm right, then I'll help next year. If it turns out I'm not, then you don't need my help.

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Thanks for that really nice post, man; it made me smile! Yeah, my merit-to-post ratio probably screws me out of merit sometimes. I remember once sending a PM to TSC (TP back then) asking for his advice about a post of mine that didn't get merited. I think I even asked him (paraphrasing): "Do you reckon some people think: Fuck that guy, he has enough already!". (I do appreciate getting merit, and I like having sMerit to spend, so don't be too stingy with me, yeah? Same goes for the rest of you tight-fisted bastards.)

Let me know if I can make you a special Bitcoin NFT to commemorate your achievements; you might not be able to sell it for anything, but its the best I can do.

Hmmm... a minted-by-nutildah PowerGlove NFT? Are you trying to set me up for an early retirement? I mean, that'll be worth a fleet of Lambos in a few years' time!! (In all seriousness, thanks for the kind offer, I appreciate it, but your post was more than enough for me.)

[KingsDen]

Congratulations to the winners. I am happy that some of my candidates made it in the category that I voted them. Hhampuz, fillippone and others, congratulations. Also, symmetric got the anti hero spot.

Congratulations to everyone who won, and got at least one vote! I hope to see some new names in the coming years! Massive fan of the yearly results, as it really does tend to get the community together, and encourage some positive results for the community.

Hardly new names emerge here, except for the discovery of the year. Maybe a space for Leo would be occupied by another person next year.
Meanwhile, it has been long I saw Welsh. It's been years and I began to wonder why I don't see you anywhere again or was it me that was hiding?
I remember my newbie days, you were correcting my newbie mistakes and also dropping me merits and you became one of the names I memorized fast.

[nutildah]

Yeah, my merit-to-post ratio probably screws me out of merit sometimes. I remember once sending a PM to TSC (TP back then) asking for his advice about a post of mine that didn't get merited. I think I even asked him (paraphrasing): "Do you reckon some people think: Fuck that guy, he has enough already!".

Yet every once in a while my merit finger hand is forced and I am compelled by a higher force to give you merits; same thing goes with LoyceV & o_e_l_e_o; I resent having to give them merits but I do it anyway because its beyond my control.

[Jay Johanson]

Thank you all for participating! And thanks for the invitation!

We were very pleased to act as a sponsor, and in the future we hope to be directly involved in such events more often!

[paid2]

Thank you all for participating! And thanks for the invitation!

We were very pleased to act as a sponsor, and in the future we hope to be directly involved in such events more often!

Thanks again for sponsoring this event!
It's a luxury to have prizes like these, so big ups to you!

[Gladitorcomeback]

Congratulations to all members whos name available in the first OP page(received at least 4 votes) especially those who won the prize. I have voted after research on each title and then choose names very carefully so that I pay the full right of vote..Now I happy to see that most of them won the first place or at least third place.

Which display name will look better? Royse777Ninja, Royse777_777esyoR? I may consider updating the display name again :-D

First of all congratulates for third 🥉 position (hoping for 1st next year). I think the first one is looking better.

[lgodfather]

Congrats!!