[Voting 2024] Bitcointalk Community Awards 🏆

[Foxpup]

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Hero of Good: o_e_l_e_o, LoyceV

o_e_l_e_o was indisputably the forum's greatest hero of all time, and we all continue to feel his absence.
LoyceV, of course, holds the distinction of being the greatest hero who's still with us.

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Forum Ninja: fillippone, suchmoon, LoyceV

fillippone, suchmoon, and LoyceV have all proved indispensable to the forum in their own unique yet indescribable ways (as true ninja should).

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Bitcoin Geek: gmaxwell, achow101

gmaxwell and achow101 are unmatched for their knowledge and helpful advice on the Development & Technical Discussion boards.

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Best Event: Bitcoin Pizza Day pizza bake-off, Bitcoin pumpkin carving contest, Bitcoin pie baking contest

The pizza bake-off is an important tribute to the first ever real-world Bitcoin transaction for the purchase of goods or services, legal or otherwise.
The other food-related contests also helped bring the community together, though I do have to dock them a point for being less directly Bitcoin-related.

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Best Project: Bitcoin Forum Metaverse art project, TalkImg

1Dq's Metaverse art project gets my nomination for completely blowing away all other forum-related projects, as does TalkImg because of how hard it to find a good image hosting service these days.

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Discovery of the Year: 1Dq

1Dq gets my sole nomination in this category for the aforementioned art project.

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Help Buster: PowerGlove, LoyceV, GazetaBitcoin

PowerGlove's tireless efforts patching the forum software have made this site that much less unbearable than the rest of the web.
LoyceV has done so much to help the community that I scarcely know where to start. I guess his miscellaneous forum data archives are good place to start, though he's done so much more.
GazetaBitcoin has a certain degree of omnipresence, managing to fill all parts of the forum with his helpfulness.

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Craft Master: 1Dq, icopress

1Dq gets a second nomination simply because the artwork is just that good.
I also have to nominate icopress for his role in hosting this very contest, which I know is kind of a cop-out, but where would we be without it?

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Local Hero: apogio, The Sceptical Chymist

apogio and The Sceptical Chymist aren't wearing my avatar for nothing, and don't deserve to be left out just because I couldn't quite squeeze them into any of the other categories.

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Miss Bitcointalk: SatoPrincess, Etranger, Sandra_hakeem

BitcoinGirl.Club, SatoPrincess, Etranger, and Sandra_hakeem all seem ladylike enough, and no lady should rightfully be asked for anything more. All the recent calls for genital inspections are both extremely disrespectful and give an unfair advantage to the, shall we say, less inhibited ladies among us.

EDIT (2025-02-26): I've never had to do this before, but it is with great regret that I must retract my nomination of BitcoinGirl.Club for Miss Bitcointalk due to recent conduct that I consider entirely unbecoming of a lady (or a gentleman, for that matter). I am therefore able to nominate Sandra_hakeem in that category, who would have been my 4th pick if we were able to nominate more than 3 users.

[nakamura12]

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Hero of Good: theymos, satoshi, TryNinja

These people on the list of hero of good is that I wouldn't have what I have and learn right now if it's not because of these guys. Satoshi for creating the bitcoin, theymos for managing this forum and more and lastly, TryNinja who created the telegram notifier which makes my journey in this forum much easier.

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Forum Ninja: GazetaBitcoin 

Have their own ways to help the forum which I can say deserves to be one of the forum ninja.

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Bitcoin Geek: NotATether

I'd say that NotATether is a bitcoin geek like running some sort of event like for anyone who is interested which is running a node whichever in my opinion helps bitcoin network.

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Best Event: Bitcoin pizza bake-off

I love to eat pizza and wanted to join the pizza bake-off but I don't have the things needed to bake and even the funds for the ingredients but I enjoy the event.

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Best Project: eXch, Talkimg

It's good to know that I know another platform that let's you exchange crypto even if you didn't have an account since all you have to do is make and order and send your payment then the exchange will automatically exchange the crypto and sent to the wallet address that a person will provide where the crypto will be sent. The other one is an image hosting which is very helpful right after the links or urls from the imgur no longer working or display the images. I have been using it since then.

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Discovery of the Year: PowerGlove

PowerGlove post good quality and also contributed to the forum in ways he knows. Although PowerGlove has been in this forum for quite some time but I still consider him as a discovery of the year.

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Help Buster: icopress

icopress helps me in contact with a casino for something like a promotion or something and other things. icopress also uses his own funds to pay the participants when the wallet isn't refilled by the owner of the project that being promoted.

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Craft Master: icopress, jayce 

I'd say that icopress hosted many contest which there are many people who participated in the contest which In my opinion I nominated icopress for this title.  Jay is no doubt a craft master which I have seen many of his works here in the forum like the signature codes and avatars that I think he loves doing this thing which is why I nominated jayce for this title.

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Local Hero: Saint-loup, seoincorporation

Saint-loup shared some interesting things that I myself have not know of it yet and also shared news for everyone here in the forum.
seoincorporation is one of the forum members who are very active on discussions which I have learned many things during the time I stayed in this forum.

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Miss Bitcointalk: Becassine, Foxpup

I'd don't have anything to say about Foxpup but I know what he did for the forum even before the time I joined here in the forum where other foru members mentioned what he did like the other things that happened in the forum like other forum member's drama.

[ABCbits]

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Forum Ninja: LoyceV, TryNinja

Both users create very helpful website related with Bitcointalk.

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Bitcoin Geek: nc50lc, pooya87, franky1

nc50lc frequently give assistance with detailed step-by-step guide.
pooya87 have great knowledge, while sharing it on relative short and clear reply.
im aware of franky1 controversy, but he's one of few members who's willing to give good and very detailed reply on non-technical boards.

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Best Event: Bitcoin Pizza Day on Bitcointalk, Bitcoin Pumpkin Day on Bitcointalk

Both events have so many good or interesting submission.

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[dkbit98]

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Hero of Good: theymos

After so many many years theymos managed to keep this forum alive and active despite all the problems along the way.

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Forum Ninja: PowerGlove

PowerGlove made many improvements in forum software, fixed several bugs and I think he became one of the main developers in forum.

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Bitcoin Geek: LoyceV, nc50lc

Both of this members know a lot about technical side of Bitcoin and they actively keep helping other members.

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Best Event: Bitcoin ATH, Bitcointalk Pizza Contest

This was a crazy year for Bitcoin, but things are just getting started.
Members making Pizzas inspired with Bitcoin is getting better every year.

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Best Project: eXch, BitList, Talkimg

All projects I wrote are very useful and they are helping bitcointalk and wider bitcoin community in multiple ways.

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Discovery of the Year: SirJohnVonSlotty

Our local forum member that comes and goes, but he made a huge impact in our community.

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Help Buster: Nultildah

Doing his best in helping bitcointalk community.

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Craft Master: icopress, Cro2

They keep up the high standards and they are good at their craft.

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Local Hero: SirJohnVonSlotty

When he is around and active he is like a Superman from Dubai  

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Miss Bitcointalk: 

[Smartvirus]

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Hero of Good: o_e_l_e_o, LoyceV

o_e_l_e_o I don’t recall sharing anything personal with Leo but, he’s always occurred to my subconsciousness because of how I viewed him and the much he impacted on the forum. He’s demise made it even difficult to accept that sometimes things do happen and we’ve just got to live with the void it creates.
LoyceV, How would you be on the forum and not be touched by the vastness of LoyceV, he’s done so much for the forum that, it would be an error not to notice and acknowledge for your own good, not his.

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Forum Ninja: fillippone, PowerGlove, LoyceV

fillippone, took the initiative of having threads on all locale to another level, despite being an Italian. He’s rooted in his cousins as well and you would find that in his active participations and judgements where need be. Happens to be one of those that still encourages up comings.
PowerGlove, Happens to be a name that have come to be, not because of his rank but due to his forum inclusiveness and coding abilities in patching the forum and make the forum more user friendly for all.
LoyceV I’ve just got to put him up again and I’m sure y’all know why. You could take another look.

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Bitcoin Geek: ABCbits, Pooya

ABCbits and Pooya when it comes to technical discussions and having to ensure unfiltered or passing of the wrong narrative, these users are always about doing that every time. They wouldn’t mind calling you out on a wrong context on technicals which could be misleading and would be sure to correct and lead you the right path.

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Best Event: Bitcoin halving and the Bullrun

These are events that only gets to occur once in 4years. If you didn’t have so much faith in Bitcoin, having to experience these would teach you why you should and the importance of hodling as a counter risk and proactive strategy to having a better Bitcoin portfolio.

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Best Project: TalkImg

TalkImg when all odds was failing, the project ensures we have some means to amend and work out our forum just the way we like it.

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Discovery of the Year: Theymos on “No longer pursuing Epochtalk

Having to see the need to stop a project that have taken a lot in forum finance in years of input (we talking over a decade). It’s got to be something worth nothing how so much was being done and how futuristic the admins are on decisions for forum sustainability.

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Help Buster: Lovesmayfamilis, JayJuanGee and LoyceV

Lovesmayfamilis always keeping an eye out to ensure users on the forum gets to check themselves and does right by other users as well.
JayJuanGee is someone that has touched many newbie accounts and has a lot to say on several threads and grounds.
 LoyceV Provide grounds for to ascertain flaws and ensures credible systems in doing so.

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Craft Master: 1Dq, icopress and Jayce

1Dq You’ve just got to accept that his piece is unreal and unrivaled on the forum.
icopress One user that makes a lot of us involved in getting our hands messy with something to showcase and has always played his part smoothly. He is a good craftsman as well.
Jayce His got unmatched skills in designs of Ann, Sig and Avatar. He could be considered the best of these crafts on the forum, one you could always trust to deliver a masterpiece.

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Local Hero: Igebotz, CryptopreneurBrainboss and Upgrade00

Both has played a significant role in the development and serenity of the Nigerian Local board, ensuring it stays active and users remain respectful towards each other. While,
Upgrade00 is a name that has come to be in management and presents Nigeria(ns) in a good light through the projects he manages and is a community inclusive user.

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Miss Bitcointalk: Foxpup, SatoPrincess, Lovesmayfamilis

Foxpup, SatoPrincess, and Lovesmayfamilis These are women whom have been able to make names for themselves in ways that are unmatched amongst men. You don’t get to draw the line anyway about them as, they equate in every form and your confident in their abilities about just whatever.

[xandry]

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Hero of Good: Hhampuz, icopress, theymos

For several years, I was a participant in campaigns run by Hhampuz, until I was lured away by icopress. 
I rate this experience solely as a positive one.
Do I need to explain the candidacy of the forum owner? Putting aside all his merits, he deserves a friendly pat on the shoulder just for finally finishing the Epochtalk story.
I am very grateful to all of them and believe that they are vital to the forum.

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Forum Ninja: TryNinja, Paid2

Thank you guys for great raffles (now I have Cryptosteel Capsule!), and thanks for the telegram bot that bothers me every day. 

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Discovery of the Year: PowerGlove

Thanks to this dude for the patches to the forum engine. That's what no one expected.

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Best Event: eXch Cryptosteel raffles

It was just an explosion of artistry on the forum. Thanks to everyone who organized and sponsored it.

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Best Project: eXch, BC.Game, Sportsbet

Well, a lot has already been written about charity, about campaigns and activism too. I hope detailed explanations are not required.

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Craft Master: SidArt

I understand that he hasn't been on the forum for a long time, but I remember his paintings. Since then, I have always wanted to have such art at home.
And recently I was in a cryptocurrency exchange that had a bit of a similar style of painting inside, so I thought about his paintings again.

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Local Hero: Satscraper, igor72, amaclin1

The most technically savvy guys in the Russian-speaking section of the forum.
Amaclin is generally a legend. Perhaps he is the progenitor of the scam scheme, when now we see seed phrases from TRX wallets everywhere, on which thousands of USDT are lying and waiting for them to be taken away from there. 

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Miss Bitcointalk: Etranger 

While we are talking with her here and participating in contests that she hosts, there is a war going on in the country where she lives. Personal respect from me.

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Bitcoin Geek: igor72

Technically smart and patient enough to constantly "mess around" with newbies.

[salad daging]

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Hero of Good: o_e_l_e_o, LoyceV

o_e_l_e_o - left a lot of legacy for this forum even though he has left the forum but the posts are still unforgettable.
LoyceV - this person has served the forum a lot and served the community well.

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Forum Ninja: PowerGlove 

He has a distinct writing style with objectivity - and he can make an effort with the idea of making the forum more developed with his code.

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Bitcoin Geek: NotATether, nc50lc 

There have been many other technical bitcoin-related helps.

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Best Event: Pizza Day, Pumpkin carving contest 

This event became the best contest of all time on the forum.

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Duelbits - being a project present at the forum for more than 4 years

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Discovery of the Year: TalkImg.com 

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Help Buster: holydarkness, LovesmayFamilis, Ultegra134

These three people symbolize a lot of help to the community for fraud detection as well as with the prevention of detected AI.

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Craft Master: Hhampuz, taufik123

Wood carving design then taufik123 into an interesting work.
Meanwhile, Hhampuz is a manager with good management.

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Local Hero: Husna QA, ABCbits, abhiseshakana 

This person represents our local community who continues to be active there.

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Miss Bitcointalk: LovesmayFamilis 

Who deserves to be Miss Bitcointalk is - LovesmayFamilis

[Ultegra134]

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Hero of Good: LoyceV 

Many contributions to the forum, from Loyce.club, to numerous statistics on the forum.

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Forum Ninja: JayJuanGee, The Sceptical Chymist, DdmrDdmr

Great and thoughtful users who contribute to the forum with their knowledge and their wisdom. Great merit sources as well, providing an opportunity for newer members to rank-up.

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Bitcoin Geek: fillippone, BlackHatCoiner

Great tech geeks sharing their knowledge to the forum, wherever possible.

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Best Project: Ninjastic.space, TalkImg

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Help Buster: nutildah, Igebotz and Lucius

Nutildah: Founder of the AI Report Thread, a great leader against AI.
Igebotz: Great forum moderator, together in the war against spam.
Lucius: A great friend and contributor to the forum, against any kind of spam, AI or unjustice.

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Craft Master: Hhampuz

Was a participant of his campaigns for over three years, a great manager and person overall.

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Local Hero: alani123 

Tried to resurrect the Greek local board, a helpful contributor to both the local section and the forum.

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Miss Bitcointalk: lovesmayfamilis

Great member of the community, helpful and a great contributor overall.

[inspace]

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Hero of Good: icopress

If I understand correctly I can vote twice and I vote for icopress. We had a mutual friend who turned out for me and icopress believed in me, gave me a job, spent time on training and basically saved my ass. For me, there is no one who I would consider a greater hero.

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Forum Ninja: Peanutswar, jeremypwr, TryNinja

Peanutswar, jeremypwr - I know better than anyone how much effort it takes to look like a show jumping ninja. They fully deserve this award as the gambling section would be very boring without them. I will also vote for TryNinja not because of his name but because of his website which I use often.

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Bitcoin Geek: gmaxwell, achow101

They are the most suitable for this role as they are moderators in the Bitcoin section and they have the "Bitcoin Expert" badges.

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Best Event: Pizza Day, Naija Local Food Event

I really like it when many people are obsessed with one idea. Besides, I like to eat delicious food. 

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Best Project: BC.Game

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Help Buster: Don Pedro Dinero

Don Pedro Dinero is the best assistant for me because he did something for me in real life that helped me a lot.

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Craft Master: icopress, fillippone

icopress is crazy, he does an incredible amount of work. Although I rarely get a chance to talk to him, when I do, he briefly and clearly outlines all the tasks that I need to do, despite the language barrier. Fillipone - I read a few articles he wrote, including "Merits as a Lifestyle" and the one where he showed how to use metal washers to remove your private keys. I think he put a lot of effort into it. Also, because of one of those articles, I installed a telegram bot.

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Local Hero:

The forum is an opportunity for me to earn money, so I don't waste time communicating in local sections. Sorry. 

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Miss Bitcointalk: Mia Chloe, Etranger

 Mia Chloe - I really liked her contest. And I vote for Etranger because of all the girls who are here, I see her posts the most often.

[Nwada001]

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Hero of Good: o_e_l_e_o 

One among many which during my early stage in the forum which i have read and learned so much about privacy from, his post are very educating

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Forum Ninja:LoyceV, JayJuanGee 

Everyone have there definition of Ninja, in this case LoyceV and jjg fits in under my own definition they are both unique in their way of writing and doing things differently from others.

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Bitcoin Geek: fillippone, BlackHatCoiner, JayJuanGee

The three are always everywhere trying to provide and share idea about what they know on a particular matter.

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Best Event:  Bitcoin Pizza Baking Contest Bitcointalk

An event that brings back the memory of when Bitcoin was first used to purpose Pizza 🍕, it’s gives the opportunity for different people from various cultures to display their baking skill and how their pizza looks like.

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Best Project:Talkimg, eXch 

Talkimg came when the forum needed it the most and its indeed serving its purpose
eXch; Exchange that truly cares about customer's privacy (No KYC Exchange)

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Discovery of the Year: PowerGlove 

The name alone speak for him, have been very helpful and still very helpful in providing useful patch to the forum software.

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Help Buster: holydarkness  

Always out their squeezing out time to make sure that members get help they deserve on the scam accusations board, I will say he’s the most active member in terms of resolving conflicts between casino owners and unsatisfied customers.

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Craft Master: taufik123, jayce,  

taufik123; when you come to contest that have to do with craft his skill is like no other, his winning streak on art contest is admirable.
jayce;  Unique in his own way and a good designer his work is like no other.

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Local Hero: CryptopreneurBrainboss, Igebotz 

CryptopreneurBrainboss's contributions and activeness on our local board since my start on this forum have been very helpful, always there to make sure the local board members get the attention and help they deserve in the little way he could, followed by our moderator, who is actively working to keep the local board clean from spamming.

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Miss Bitcointalk: SmartGold01, lovesmayfamilis, foxpup, 

SmartGold01, A known miss from our LB.
lovesmayfamilis; The female soldier i respect so much, always active in cleaning up the forum by fishing out cheaters
foxpup; Her name stands out among many for her good and generosity

[holydarkness]

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Hero of Good: o_e_l_e_o, LoyceV, icopress 

o_e_l_e_o: it will be a lie to say I know who he is, I barely roam past the Scam Accusations board these years long, with Repu occasionally, and other thread on elsewhere board when I am being tagged. The SA already took enough of my time. So do I vote him without knowing who he is? Yes, call me guilty. But, half of the forum mourn for him, echoed throughout the boards, in dozens of mentions, and in personal text, and in every expressions imaginable, that his passing even reached my ear in the hole where I crawled myself into [a busy hole/board, by the way]. And I believe that is enough to paint me a picture of the path he had carved for us, that I, take my hat off for him. So yeah, o_e_l_e_o.

LoyceV: [you still scare me even after all these long years, somehow. In a good way. Because... well, you're scary] I personally think he's the embodiment of half of the bitcointalk forum itself, with his contribution, guidance, etc. [still scary, though]

icopress: whenever he made an event, he did it wholeheartedly. Certainly this worth a mention in "the spirit of cypherpunk" or... perhaps he's just a socialite, LMAO. Anyway, yeah, he's good. So I'll put his name here.

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Forum Ninja: TryNinja, joker_josue, nutildah

TryNinja: [not because of his name, really, I swear] Ninjastic? TG Bot? I use them and can't do much in the forum without them, so yeah, without them, I can't imagine bitcointalk, he made my forum life very very verrryyy easy.

joker_josue: same like TryNinja. Talkimg helps me a lot, especially after imgbb hates me for whatever reason it is that make me unable to access any image hosted in it without having to take tons of way around. And in many occasions, [again, much like TryNinja], I can't do much in the forum without the service he provided, specifically in showing evidences and explaining ToS in handling cases.

nutildah: [umm... no offense, but your presence kinda scare me too, just like LoyceV]. His writing style and objectivity stands out. Objectivity as he oftentimes see things in a ground that I can vouch as neutral. And... his writing style scares me, so certainly that count as "stand out"

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Bitcoin Geek: GazetaBitcoin, paid2

GazetaBitcoin: No offense, but... this name popped into my head very easily when bitcoin-geek being mentioned, and as I read the description of this criteria, the name became bolded, turned bright blue, then neon bright blue, then scorching hot. I initially wanted to put him in above category, but I ran out of entry, and then I find a place that fits him better. Translation? Repu? Tech? Well, he's literally basically everywhere... and enthusiastic [with a slight unhealthy obsession of foxpup and fillipone] of everything crypto related. Which... also the reason I think he belonged to Forum Ninja category, and If I can have four entries, he'll be there. But I can't. So, I immortalize him here.

paid2: [I'm glad theymos managed to change your username when I made this vote, because I wrote names out of my head and I honestly can't remember the sequence of your old username. I want to pay my home with Bitcoin, two? Is it? [this is me writing without looking at BPIP] do I write the sequence and wording right?]. Same like above, literally. Following the neon-bright GazetaBitcoin in my head, there is this "that-someone-with-long-name-about-home-that's-now-replaced-with-something-way-shorter" burning bright. He's mini GazetaBitcoin, on triple-shot-espresso-with-redbull... after dawning five scoops of preworkout... to calm his sugar-rush. Enthusiastic, jumping from board to board to talk about crypto and its features.

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Best Event: Bitcoin Pizza Day... [or... event?], BitcoinTalk Community Award ,Pumpkin carving

Bitcoin Pizza... something: I find it the cruelest event when it was held because I had to match my timing when I vote [I'm serious here] because looking at those pizzas and had to decide which one is better than the other, I literally have to have my stomach full. Else, my mouth watered. Best event everrrrr...!!!!

BCA: 2024, to be specific, as the event has to be held on 2024... uhh.. wait, then it's BCA 2023. Whichever BCA event held in 2024, last year. I waited all those months long just to see it popped up. The hype was sooooo... unbearable.

Pumpkin carving contest: TBH, I think I missed this one this year... but yeah, Halloween is one is my favorite holiday, much more than that happen at the end of year where everyone wears red,

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Best Project: BC Casino, Sportsbet, eXch 

BC Casino: [I somehow sure my stalkers will weaponize this to further push their agenda that I am rolling in the deep with this casino but, to hell with them] best business or project, right? So, the first nominee will be BC. Granted, they have --people wrote and I quote-- the most terrible Live Support, most cases in SA, and so on, and so on, but their staffs [plural] that are assigned to me are actually the best, who promptly jump at the case as soon as they can [which I strongly imply from several factors and context like the fact I know the timezone of one staff  [or who I call "contact"], or how other contact oftentimes missing mid-discussion, are actually done during their time off of the office, sometimes even before they go to bed [that's where they went missing, by the way, LMAO]]. So, despite [or perhaps... it's more fitting to say due to] the cases that riddled them and the poor quality of one of their company aspect, this is how one runs a business, IMO: dedicated staffs.

Sportsbet: same like above, basically, just... with less staffs, though they bring me the big gun. And that contact are even more attentive than BC, in sense of that they replied to me very very fast. So... basically BC-team-packed-into-one-person. To the person who become my SB contact [not gonna mention name here] you're the man and tell the boss that I think you deserve a raise [though your boss kinda surely won't take that advice, so don't take it literally and mentioned it to him when you bumped into him, it'll be awkward. He doesn't even know me.]

eXch: Nice exchange, that's all I will say.

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Discovery of the Year: albon, icopress, GazetaBitcoin

albon: he's... a tornado of a human. He climbed the forum prominence ladder kinda... fastly. I witnessed him myself, first hand experience, from someone shy then reached legendary rank, and then boom... he's everywhere, offering and giving a lot of services. Kinda replaces me in sweeping new projects and questionable BM-wannabe, if I may add, after I had to focus on handling casinos issues and can barely visit token sub-board.

icopress: the description said, and I quote, "users who have been actively participating in the life of the forum over the past year." Well, he moves heaven and hell and mountain to actively "participating" in the life of the forum, throwing so many events.

GazetaBitcoin: again, I quote, "users who have been actively participating in the life of the forum over the past year" and he participated [FAIK, from the hole of a board I've been this entire year] in as many events as he can.

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Help Buster: nutildah, Porfirii, LoyceV

nutildah: nuff said. He's busy busting AI scammers who pollute SA board.

Porfirii: [I'll admit, I finally have to use Google and type "AOBT" for this one and write his username based from what's written there instead of using my head like I did this far] initially I automatically wrote names that frequented SA board, then I remember that this year it's help buster, not scam buster. Basically still include scambuster in its category, but it is now a wider category. Keyword is no longer busting scam activities, it's: "outstanding volunteer working exclusively for the benefit of the community" and though we never crossed path [hence, I need to Google him] the thread he has, alongside with the members of the alliance whom sadly I can't mention one by one as I only have three entries, so he, as the OP of the thread, shall become the representative, as well as because he's the one intiating such alliance that helps a lot, volunteering in helping the community cross the language barrier.

LoyceV though scary, I once dared to uhh... poke him with ten meter long stick, when I try to understand the whole DT system, and he helped me a lot, the recursive effect of it, and why something appeared and other thing doesn't upon entries being placed. And it reminds me that he does help the forum a lot through his input on DT-related issues [those whole trust list, feedback, and other dramas that fill our repu board], his weekly reports, the archive, and many other.

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Craft Master: 1Dq, minerjones, willi9974

1Dq: Ok, this one is even harder to find compared to AOBT's thread owner, as the thread was mentioned and came to my awareness through a raffle that I got invited to, and I have to dig deep and wide just to fish the link to the thread and learn about the designer [hi dude, nice to finally be able to mention you for the first time here]. But I remember seeing the thread when the raffle was brought to my attention and I fell in love with the artwork.

Minerjones: Ok, I cheat on this one as [I think] this is the first time I touched collectibles board, following the above quest, and I scanned through the board to hunt for nominee, and I liked his artwork too.

willi9974: So, TBH, the second thing that crossed my mind after "that-collectible-of-artwork-for-raffle" was "I think there is this nice black card, I saw it somewhere at some time in the past. it's a cold wallet, if I am not mistaken" then my brain finally worked [while I stroll around the collectible board to hunt for this thing, and fished MJ's fine art] and realized that I saw it in this very thread, offered as the prize. It's a very cool card, hence I nominate the designer of the card in this category. And yes, I saw the thread being referred and I want to mention the name mentioned there as I think he's the designer, but I don't want to imply. So, I'll kindly wait for someone to confirm. [If no one tell me until the day this contest closed, then I'll ask icopress's kindness as the host of the contest to give me a few hours past closing time, to reach my contact at BC and ask them who design their card. I don't think they'll know from the top of their head, but I think they're willing to ask around and fish out a name for me] --- Edit: thank you icopress for supplying me with the designer's name

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Local Hero: GazetaBitcoin, jeremypwr, albon

As I prefer to be anonymous of where I come from and voting someone "local" for me will kinda defeat that purpose, so I'll mention names that crossed path with me several times, of where I'll consider them friend as I share personal things with them, in the passing, either dumped what troubled my mind or vent up my frustration during my wiry state.

I don't know if they'll refer me as friend too, or if they think I am too bold by considering them as friend, but for me, they are. And for this category, I will not mention one by one why I choose the name, because they are all share the same trait that become the reason I put their name here: they were there and they listen. So this is my way to say thank you, for being there, and to see the real me and don't judge.

Or... [music scratched] to put it in other perspective: your name is here because I accidentally yapping at you at one point. So, this serves as a "Sorry, I blurted".

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Miss Bitcointalk: Foxpup, lovesmayfamilis, etranger

Foxpup: I don't know who you are, and I am sure you don't know who I am, butttt... you have a uhh... admirer out there that I think borderline stalking you. So yeah, your name will be put here and I'll advise you to hire a bodyguard. May I suggest GazetaBitcoin? I heard he's big. And hairy.

lovesmayfamilis: wait, LMF is a she? I'll admit I peeked at other's answer because I have the barest idea of whether the forum user's genital is dangling around their legs or is it a deep... [awkward stare] [spoken very slowly and hesitantly] maw. But someone voted him, uhh... her. So, LMF.

etranger: came across your name when I uhh... fumbling around to look for the designer of BC card, and I learned that you have... uhh, to buy tampon every month. So, you here too.

[Jaycoinz]

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Hero of Good: theymos  

He is admin so just right to give the privilege

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Forum Ninja: tryninja , ddmr 

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Bitcoin Geek: fillippone, BlackHatCoiner, JayJuanGee

These guys are deserving of the position as they have tirelessly dedicated their time and energy on the forum and sometimes I wonder if they actually have lives outside this community.

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Best Event: Bitcoin carving context 

This events was one of the events that brings the entire community together and as such makes it fun as we all get to get our hands dirty and still show case your carving skills

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Best Project: Talking.com 

I don't know if this project by joker still counts as valid for this category but I have felt the great impact of this work especially as it's very easy and convenient to use

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Discovery of the Year: Little mouse 

Lol, I just feel this fellow is truly a discovery now because the man is totally different and on another level which is good as he has actively brought and managed so many casino signature campaign although every manager is tirelessly working but little mouse is different because he didn't use to be this active.

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Help Buster:   igebotz 

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Craft Master: hampuz, 

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Local Hero: CryptopreneurBrainboss, Igebotz 

CryptopreneurBrainboss and moderator igebotz has been the core driver's of our local board despite every other efforts from the entire community, these two fellow have seen to it that the board is a success in everyway possible

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Miss Bitcointalk: Mia Chloe 

[fillippone]

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Hero of Good: o_e_l_e_o

o_e_l_e_o: will forever be with us. Wherever he might be now. His post will be in his legacy, like the one from the other giants of this forum

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Forum Ninja: LoyceV

LoyceV: he's the second most merited user of the forum for a reason. His love for the forum is coupled with his technical ability to priovde us wit ha gargantuan amount of data to churn on.

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Bitcoin Geek: nc50lc, BlackHatCoiner, ABCbits

nc50lc, BlackHatCoiner, ABCbits absolute references on the Bitcoin Tech board.

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Best Event: Bitcoin Pizza Day on Bitcointalk 🍕, Bitcoin to 100K

Bitcoin Pizza Day on Bitcointalk 🍕: This is an event I have been mentally preparing for all year long. It is by far the contest I care about the most. I bought so many devices to perfect my pizza, only to be defeated ultimately. I will have my vengeance this year.
Bitcoin to 100k: It definitely helped to get this low-key target, which helped shift the mindset towards getting Bitcoin to 1M.

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Best Project: eXch, Talkimg, Ninjastic Space

eXch: currently the best exchange, demonstrating its strict alignment with users' rights in the last brawl following Bybit events.
Talkimg: a terrific asset for the forum. Not only did it save the forum's existence, but it keeps getting better and better.
Ninjastic Space: a fantastic tool for the less tech savy who are able to read the forum data directly!

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Discovery of the Year: JayJuanGee, LFC_Bitcoin, El duderino_

JayJuanGee: after so many years on the forum (true legends have activity>4,000), he still has a lot of energy to dedicate to every single post.
LFC_Bitcoin: an invaluable source of fun, news, and underrated words of wisdom.
El duderino: a WO creature, always spreading a positive attitude in the community (a provider of good fun with his contests!)

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Help Buster: PowerGlove, GazetaBitcoin

PowerGlove: His relentless work to improve this forum from a technical point of view is completely underrated. A well-functioning forum is a prerequisite for the long life of this incredible community.
GazetaBitcoin: The amount of effort he puts into his work is entirely under the radar. He's this forum steamroller, doing the heavy work to make the content reading smooth for others.

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Craft Master: krogothmanhattan, 1Dq, icopress

krogothmanhattan: 604 (and counting) raffles organised, superbly managed and smoothly executed—consistent effort toward the community.
1Dq: this year's art for the forum anniversary was an actual piece; I could not help but buy it immediately.
icopress: sig campaigns are a fundamental part of the success of this community. Keeping a well-nurtured ecosystem helps the forum itself. Well done on managing some of the most successful campaigns on the forum.

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Local Hero: Plutosky, gbianchi, babo

Plutosky: a true asset to the Italian board. Sadly, he still refuses to post on the international board. His sharp and inquisitive mind would benefit the whole community.
gbianchi: is a true bitcoiner, a hater of Ethereum, and an Italian board geek. Deep space observation, deep reasoning on bitcoin.
babo: a true hero for the Italian board. Now, he ventures outside his comfort zone in the international sections, demonstrating all his strength.

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Miss Bitcointalk: Foxpup, xenomorfo 

Foxpup: what can I say about Foxpup that hasn't been already said? I am already looking for shenanigans and wild, illegal acts after this contest.
xenomorfo: an authentic Italian lady on the forum. I might or I might not have met her in real life.

[notblox1]

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Hero of Good: theymos

theymos needs no special introduction, he did more good than bad things in forum.

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Forum Ninja: TryNinja

TryNinja is the only ninja I know in bitcointal forum 

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Bitcoin Geek: gmaxwell

gmaxwell has a big knowledge about bitcoin and he is very helpful with his advice..

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Best Event: Bitcoin Pizza Day contest

Last Pizza Day contest was very interesting and I cant wait to see what happens in next one.

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Best Project: TalkImg

TalkImg is now my favorite image upload website for bitcointalk, thanks to creator joker_josue for making it happen.

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Discovery of the Year: efialtis, Gosubetting 

efialtis made a big positive difference in Gambling board with his Gosubetting website.

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Help Buster: LoyceV

LoyceV is one of the legendary respected bitcointalk forum always trying to help everyone.

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Craft Master: Trofo, cryptofrka

Trofo and cryptofrka goes together as a package, they are great pro managers proved in BSFL, Livecasino and many other projects.

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Miss Bitcointalk: Foxpup

Everyone know miss Foxpup.

[jstyler]

love the nominees listed so far, but i cant believe Foxpup didnt even make it here, she's literally the face of this community and always comes up with the best ideas and events, and she's been doing it all for free. also, what about some of the other legends like bitz, maha, or taiga? they're all unsung heroes in their own right.

[jayce]

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Hero of Good: theymos, LoyceV, Vod

Each of them has contributed so much for this forum and the community, spent their valuable time to improve anything they can. I think one page cant describe how big their contribution for us.

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Forum Ninja: PowerGlove, SFR10, hilariousandco

It's been always nice to have a talk with PowerGlove, as he really knows what he is doing, and I can see his good intention to make everything easier for us in this community. Im not really close with SFR10 but we have been growing together here since many years ago, and his objectivity and writing style always amazes me. hilariousandco, the best moderator ever here. He has moderating the most busiest sections for years and he is doing a great job.

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Bitcoin Geek: achow101, Mitchell, arallmuus

achow101 is really a great asset for this community with his powerful knowledge, and I really like his past project bctalkaccountpricer.info which we can check the value of our own account. Mitchell was very helpful in my early time on bitcointalk. Not only to me, but to all newbies which he always answered all questions well and properly. It's a great honour for me to create a special avatar for him. The other person who helped me by explaining how about this forum works is arallmuus. He was one of the moderators in betterbets.io casino, which we talked a lot there. The fact is, actually, he is my first client which he ordered a sig design for betterbets. He is a bitcoin geek, especially in gambling. He won bitcointalk poker tournament multiple times, a monthly sports prediction contest in the past, even some casino promotions on games and rounds section.

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Best Event: BSFL, Bitcoin Pizza Day, Bitcoin Pie Baking Contest

BSFL is the best event ever on bitcointalk, to prove how deep our knowledge about sports is, in general. Thanks to Cro2, who spend time and energy to make this happen. Bitcoin Pizza Day is one of the most important moments in bitcointalk community, and there is no way to celebrate it better than making pizza creation contest. And now, thanks to RickDeckard, he brings us Pie Baking Contest. Seems he is rarely active now but hopefully he will bring another one.

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Best Project: Bitcoin Forum Metaverse art project, TalkImg, Sportsbet.io

1Dq's art project really caught attention, and luckily I got my chance to purchase his masterpiece's print. TalkImg is really a life-saver for me, as it helps my business on this forum. Thanks to Joker_Josue for creating it, and your work for UCL's pool contest also awesome! While supporting one of the best PL team, Newcastle United, Sportsbet.io also sponsoring most of the sports promotions in the gambling board. Their love and passion for bitcointalk and bitcoin community is unmatchable.

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Discovery of the Year: 1Dq, vd309, Cro2 (Trofo - cryptofrka)

Again, 1Dq really created a masterpiece, where he able to describe bitcointalk in one picture. His imagination and talent really a great combination. I look forward to see his another creation in next forum anniversary. We are rarely communicating each other, but I admire and recognize vd309's knowledge on sports. He plays so well in BSFL and won $$$$ in every season. This guy could consider to start new career as a sport caster in his country (or he already is?). Not sure how the idea began, but the BSFL by Trofo and cryptofrka is a big hit on bitcointalk. Sportsbet.io and mafia business probably earn them $$$, but still we cant ignore their hard work for managing BSFL.

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Help Buster: nutildah, yahoo62278, icopress

His effort for this community and his AI Spam Report Reference Thread is very important for bitcointalk. After several years in this forum, yahoo62278, one of the best and earliest campaign managers on bitcointalk, still contributing for the forum by sharing his knowledges and experiences, sometimes with his bold opinions in various boards, especially on gambling and reputation. Another best campaign manager, icopress, is someone you would need in your circle. His trust rating says it all, which people includes me appreciate his friendly, reliable, and respectful manner. It helps him to attract companies to sponsor various promotions e.g. sports, pizza, raffle, and of course BCA as the biggest one.

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Craft Master: Hhampuz, cygan, jeremypwr

Graphic design is the only thing I'm capable of, but with the hard work and wide imagination by Hhampuz, he can implement his idea to create many kind of campaigns. He is also quite active in Collectible section, and with his friendly attitude, makes him as the 2nd trusted person in entire bitcointalk. We cant just ignore his magic hand in promotional campaigns. For me personally, Hhampuz is definitely one of the best people I know on Bitcointalk. I'm amazed on how big the collection cygan has, which it clearly shows us that he loves any crypto related items. Now with his ICARUS project, he is developing his hobby and creating so many cool cards. jeremypwr is one of key persons behind the success of Sportsbet.io on bitcointalk. With his popular line "free bets have been credited", he always comes and tries any possible way to create promos sponsored by Sportsbet.io with fresh and new rules. I must say, Sportsbet.io is lucky having him on their wagon.

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Local Hero: irfan_pak10, GazetaBitcoin, Dabs

When there was a big flood in Pakistan years ago, irfan_pak10 arranged a fundraising to help affected people and he delivered the fund in transparent way. After that, he created another one to help orphanage school. He and the donators are the true heroes without a doubt. Imo, Romanian must be proud having GazetaBitcoin. As one of respectable members on AoBT, he is the official Romanian translator for bitcoin whitepaper, listed on bitcoin.org. He also created many great posts on this forum and have been translated into many languages. Dabs, was the most trusted Filipino on Bitcointalk, until he chose to be a villain by defaulting a big loan. But his old project started in 2013, Feed Some Children by Dabs, proves that he cares a lot with his country. He always showed the progress of the project transparently, made people to trust him and keep contributing on it. All of these actions by these names weren't indeed done in 2024, but I think it needs to be highlighted so people can be aware of these heroes.

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Miss Bitcointalk: Foxpup, Becassine, Lovesmayfamilis

I dont really have personal communication with these ladies, except Becassine. This mademoiselle is a sweet and friendly person, she even held some promotions on this forum.

[LoyceV]

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Hero of Good: o_e_l_e_o

More than a year after he had to leave the forum, his posts still earn more Merit than most users. His legacy will help forum users for many years to come. He definitely left an indelible legacy.

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Forum Ninja: DannyHamilton

DannyHamilton isn't the first user who comes to mind when I think about the word "Ninja", but he fits the description very well: he symbolizes trust and wishdom and his posts are always worth reading.

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Bitcoin Geek: BlackHatCoiner, nc50lc, Cricktor

The users above are #2-4 on my Sent Merit list, and I've seen their posts everywhere during the year. I often find myself unable to send more Merit because of the 50 per month limit. Those users are truely Bitcoin Geeks

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Best Event: Bitcointalk Community Awards

This, of course Although I always feel like I can't do everyone justice because I'm terrible with names and don't have the time to re-read everything I've read in the past year. I'm starting to feel the pressure! I should take notes this year

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Best Project: PowerGlove

It's probably a bit "out of the box" to call a user a "Project", so to be clear, I'm talking about his contributions on improving the forum
Third-party tools are nice, but only one guy made so many actual improvements for the forum. You've made it to #1 on my Sent Merit list, which is quite an accomplishment with 354 well-deserved Merits.

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Discovery of the Year: 

I can't remember a single Newbie who stood out this  year. I'm hoping that means I missed some users, because a forum can't thrive without new users.

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Help Buster: nutildah, Ultegra134, lovesmayfamilis

Since I hate AI chatbot diarrhea with a passion, I'm nominating these users for their contributions to the AI Spam Report Reference Thread.

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Local Hero: -

I'm only fluent in one local language, and that board is not very active almost completely abandoned.

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Miss Bitcointalk: Foxpup

Who else? I'm already looking forward to the next NSFW event

<work in progress until this thread gets locked>
I made a Top 50 of my sent Merit in 2024, to help me find back the right users:

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     # Merit - userID - username
     1  354 - 3486361 - PowerGlove
     2  319 - 2775483 - BlackHatCoiner
     3  312 - 1237156 - nc50lc
     4  202 - 3253914 - Cricktor
     5  196 - 359716 - ABCbits
     6  153 - 317618 - nutildah
     7  148 - 2718018 - vjudeu
     8  146 - 557798 - TryNinja
     9  140 - 60820 - DannyHamilton
    10  134 - 2552182 - garlonicon
    11  132 - 1137579 - icopress
    12  131 - 2003859 - DireWolfM14
    13  126 - 290195 - achow101
    14  123 - 1410401 - dkbit98
    15  120 - 3373825 - paid2
    16  118 - 2739424 - NotATether
    17  114 - 995810 - hosemary
    18  112 - 11425 - gmaxwell
    19  107 - 1852120 - fillippone
    20  105 - 164749 - stompix
    21  100 - 1285797 - GazetaBitcoin
    22  99 - 3322606 - PrivacyG
    23  98 - 379147 - pooya87
    24  98 - 300014 - DaveF
    25  98 - 112493 - Pmalek
    26  96 - 85033 - d5000
    27  96 - 317557 - eXch
    28  95 - 405464 - mocacinno
    29  91 - 164822 - hilariousandco
    30  88 - 334898 - ranochigo
    31  87 - 1053119 - Halab
    32  81 - 314792 - examplens
    33  80 - 1042589 - raghavsood
    34  74 - 904524 - ChiBitCTy
    35  74 - 3440279 - OrangeFren
    36  72 - 97582 - joker_josue
    37  71 - 754818 - holydarkness
    38  71 - 3545203 - DirtyKeyboard
    39  71 - 3540187 - apogio
    40  71 - 1554927 - bitmover
    41  70 - 84866 - ibminer
    42  68 - 1681586 - RickDeckard
    43  64 - 3587989 - HideYourKeys
    44  64 - 1188543 - o_e_l_e_o
    45  62 - 533583 - Lucius
    46  62 - 3371484 - Synchronice
    47  56 - 2836461 - Free Market Capitalist
    48  53 - 55384 - Foxpup
    49  52 - 3453140 - Meuserna
    50  52 - 1982152 - lovesmayfamilis

[Rikafip]

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Hero of Good: o_e_l_e_o

Can't think of anyone that fits the description better than him. Missed, but never forgotten.

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Forum Ninja: LoyceV, DdmrDdmr 

For me its hard to imagine forum without them and their contributions to the forum, both for their objectivity, cool-headedness and tools that I use on the daily basis

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Bitcoin Geek: dkbit98

User with probably most technical knowledge about bitcoin among those who I communicate with on the regular basis.

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Best Event: Bitcoin Pizza Day Contest

As someone who makes bitcoin themed pizzas for some time I simply can't choose any other, even though Bitcointalk Community Awards comes close to it.

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Best Project: eXch

Basically the only exchange I use for the last year or so.

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Discovery of the Year:

At the moment I can't think of anyone new that caught my attention last year.

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Help Buster: nutildah, holydarkness

nutildah helped me a lot in my early days on the forum and I learned a lot from him, while its impossible not to notice job that holydarkness is doing when it comes to helping people that have issues with gambling sites.

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Craft Master: Trofo & Cryptofrka, icopress

Cro2 team for all the work they are doing in gambling part of the forum, especially their SBFL which must have take crazy amount of time to make it work as smooth as it is, and icopress for improvements in signature campaign ecosystem

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Local Hero: slackovic, SirJohnVonSlotty

slackovic for being our most active member year after year and last but not the least SirJohnVonSlotty for improving the overoll mood on our local.

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Miss Bitcointalk: Foxpup

Ofc.

[icopress]

 The voting thread will be closed within 36 hours.

[Lafu]

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Hero of Good: theymos 

Because he is Admin and continues what satoshi started here with the Forum.

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Forum Ninja: PowerGlove , TryNinja , Cyrus 

PowerGlove made the Forum more secure and nice with all his Code improvements.
TryNinja also has done some great Work for the Forum with the Notification Bot.
Cyrus is and was already the Ninja.

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Best Event: icopress (Bitcointalk Community Awards) , Cryptopia started Payback there Users 

icopress making a lot of good things and contributions to the Forum (Bitcointalk Community Awards)

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Best Project: TalkImg , Ninjastic.space

joker_josue created something speciall with TalkImg for all.
TryNinjas Ninjastic.space Webpage is the Ultimate Page for find Scammer and all.

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Help Buster: Mitchell ,

Mitchell is always on point , and always fast when it comes to add something to his bot and delete Fake Malware things.

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Craft Master: LoyceV , 

LoyceV made a lot of very usefull tools for the Forum and Users.

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Local Hero: mole0815 , Lakai01 , cygan 

mole0815 always doing a great job as our German Moderator.
Lakai01 is very helpfull for new and also other Members in the Local Board.
cygan making some very good translations from the english boards and is also very helpfull.

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Miss Bitcointalk: Foxpup , lovesmayfamilis , suchmoon

Its always good and nice to have some Ladies here that contribute very well to the Forum.

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