An Odd but Honest Question About Bitcointalk Moderators.

[Venux]

I am really sorry for creating such a thread. First of all, I apologize to everyone for asking such a strange question. I respect all the members and moderators of this forum. I do not want anyone to be disrespected or hurt by me. But I will ask a question that may make me look bad to you. Still, I am asking this question for the sake of knowledge. So please forgive me if I am wrong. and If your comments about me are Negative, I wouldn't hesitate to lock this Thread.

Recently, I have opened an account in this forum and am trying to learn. The question I will ask is about the moderators. Here I have noticed some moderators.

igebotz
Halab
mprep
Xal0lex
Cyrus
Mitchell
gmaxwell
sirius
hilariousandco
achow101
Welsh
OmegaStarScream
sapta
dbshck
Barcode_
mole0815
HostFat
Mr. Big
Adriano
xandry
EFS

I have mentioned the names of some respected moderators above. Of course, there are many more respected moderators in this forum, whom I may have unintentionally overlooked. I apologize in advance for that. My main curiosity is actually around one thing.  I would like to know who has the highest responsibility and authority in this forum among the mentioned respected moderators. Personally, I view all the moderators of the forum with equal respect and admiration. Still, this question is swirling in my mind out of human curiosity. Out of that curiosity, I want to know who is at the highest level among all the respected moderators of the forum? and how do you see the role and Responsibility of a moderator overall?

I hope that no respected moderator will be offended by my question. I know that the question may seem a bit unnecessary or strange, BUT such strange Questions Sometimes come to my MIND.. Finally, I would be grateful  If you could share your valuable opinions And views.

[mindrust]

Check each account’s title one by one, when you see “global moderator” in one of them, that’s the one who has the highest authority among all mods. He/they come right after the admins in hierarchy.

Admin > global mods > mods > staff

Mod/staff might be similar in hierarchy and power. Not sure.

… as far as i know.

[Stalker22]

OP, check this topic: LIST] Forum's admins/ global moderators/ staffs

The list may not be completely up to date ( some of the names might be a bit outdated ), but it will answer your questions.

[Findingnemo]

Admin > global mods > mods > staff

Mod/staff might be similar in hierarchy and power. Not sure.

… as far as i know.

Mods = Staff, we only see the moderator tag under their name in the sections where they are moderating.

For example @igebotz profile,
in Naija board where he is moderating will look like this one , But in other sections it will look like this one

 

[AakZaki]

Each Moderator has a role in their respective subforum to moderate. Maybe you need to look at the table below.

Code:

+-------------------------------------+-----------------------+
|              Sub Forum              |  Moderator or Staff   |
+-------------------------------------+-----------------------+
| Bitcoin Discussion                  | hilariousandco        |
| Development & Technical Discussion  | gmaxwell, achow101    |
| Mining                              | gmaxwell              |
| Bitcoin Technical Support           | achow101              |
| Project Development                 | Mitchell              |
| Marketplace                         | Cyrus, hilariousandco |
| Trading Discussion                  | Cyrus                 |
| Politics & Society                  | Xal0lex               |
| Beginners & Help                    | Mitchell              |
| Off-topic                           | Mitchell              |
| Altcoin Discussion                  | mprep                 |
| Announcements (Altcoins)            | mprep, Welsh          |
| Mining (Altcoins)                   | mprep                 |
| Marketplace (Altcoins)              | mprep, Welsh          |
| Speculation (Altcoins)              | mprep                 |
| العربية (Arabic)                    | OmegaStarScream       |
| Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)       | dbshck, sapta         |
| Español (Spanish)                   | Welsh                 |
| 中文 (Chinese)                       | Barcode_              |
| Deutsch (German)                    | mole0815              |
| Français                            | Halab                 |
| Italiano (Italian)                  | HostFat               |
| Nigeria (Naija)                     | igebotz               |
| Pilipinas                           | Mr. Big               |
| Português (Portuguese)              | Adriano               |
| Pyccкий (Russian)                   | xandry, Xal0lex       |
| Română (Romanian)                   | Cyrus                 |
| Türkçe (Turkish)                    | EFS                   |
| Other languages/locations           | Cyrus, Xal0lex        |
+-------------------------------------+-----------------------+

After that, you may need to understand the three differences below:

Global Moderator

Moderator

Staff

Global Moderator: Staff who have moderation rights throughout the forum.
Moderator: Seen when moderators make posts within the subforum they moderate.
Staff: Seen when moderators make posts outside the subforum they moderate.

[IjawMan]

Carefully read this thread; Forum ranks/positions/badges (What do those shiny coins under my name mean?) you have your answers there . But before then, I assume the highest rank apart from the founder of this forum, is the administrator.

Staff Rank
Description
Tag
Staff:   Shown when moderators (see next point) post outside of the sections that they moderate.
The tags under their usernames are dependent on their post group.   variable
Moderator:   Shown when moderators of specific sections post within those sections.
Gets 5 gold coins, of which the last is shown as half faded-out green.   
Global Moderator:   Applied to Staff that have moderation privileges in all boards.
Gets 5 gold coins, of which the last is half teal colored.   
Administrator:   Has all available permissions and can appoint moderators and perform other administrative tasks.
Gets 5 gold coins, of which the last is shown half red regardless of post count.   
Founder:   Reserved for Satoshi, gets 5 platinum coins under his name.

[Hazink]

Cyrus is not a moderator, he's an administrator. After, the head admin, theymos his next, which makes him superior to the moderators. 

If we are to rank them aside from global moderators, every other one falls under the same level, they are all kings in their territory. When they are outside where they serve, they are all regarded as forum staff's.

[SeriouslyGiveaway]

Recently, I have opened an account in this forum and am trying to learn. The question I will ask is about the moderators. Here I have noticed some moderators.

A new member with only 3 posts want to learn about forum moderators, I have never seen this before.

You seem to spend a long time to get that list of moderators while you can use your time to read about forum guides and it's better for your learning, if you really want to learn about basic of the forum.

Newbies - Read before posting.
[Bitcointalk sticky threads] Newbies - read before starting.

[lovesmayfamilis]

Recently, I have opened an account in this forum and am trying to learn. The question I will ask is about the moderators. Here I have noticed some moderators.

A new member with only 3 posts want to learn about forum moderators, I have never seen this before.

You've been told that the OP isn't just curious, but I'd say it's pathologically intense, a feeling that keeps him awake . Frankly, having been on the forum for so long, I can barely name a few moderators, and to even select and rewrite them is beyond my capabilities.
OP, can we expect your future insomnia with similar questions about who's in charge and why?

[Venux]

Recently, I have opened an account in this forum and am trying to learn. The question I will ask is about the moderators. Here I have noticed some moderators.

A new member with only 3 posts want to learn about forum moderators, I have never seen this before.

You've been told that the OP isn't just curious, but I'd say it's pathologically intense, a feeling that keeps him awake .

Honestly, I'm not crazy. You're kidding me. Okay. No problem.

Frankly, having been on the forum for so long, I can barely name a few moderators, and to even select and rewrite them is beyond my capabilities.
OP, can we expect your future insomnia with similar questions about who's in charge and why?

How I found out the names of these few moderators. It may sound funny. But it's true.See the pictures below.
https://www.talkimg.com/images/2025/12/19/UtQLMa.jpeg
https://www.talkimg.com/images/2025/12/19/UtQrqN.jpeg
https://www.talkimg.com/images/2025/12/19/UtQcyo.jpeg

[Mitchell]

Don't forget that a staff member could also just be a patroller.

[GeorgeJohn]

I would like to know who has the highest responsibility and authority in this forum among the mentioned respected moderators.

Every moderator is responsible to his or her designated assignment point, on the forum...Every moderator is respected to the board or section they moderate...All are staff and staff's is respected in the forum

A responsibility of a moderator can be determined from the board he moderate, because they're some boards that got a lot of traffic why some don't have same traffic like others, example "Gambling section " the moderator that's moderating gambling section will have more function to do than the one's in other boards...because a lot of engagement is been discussed in gambling board.

[YOSHIE]

An Odd but Honest Question About Bitcointalk Moderators.

If you want to know the functions and tasks of mods, Admin, global mods and so on, this topic was created by @notocactus in 2024.

I will quote the whole thing so you don't have to bother opening the link and can see it straight away.

I hope that the list will help newbies pay more time to read posts made by people who contributed to manage the forum. I don't say their posts always have higher quality than posts of normal users but you should read their posts carefully because I am sure that you will improve your understandings on both the forum rules and crypto.

Position	Username	Date of register
_____________________	_________________________	__________________
Admin	Cyrus	16/01/2013
Admin	theymos	09/02/2010
Global Moderator	mprep	04/02/2012
Global Moderator	Mr. Big	10/09/2015
Global Moderator	hilariousandco	20/11/2013
Staff	achow101	14/03/2014
Staff	Adriano	06/05/2013
Staff	Barcode_	21/02/2016
Staff	dbshck	07/10/2013
Staff	EFS	26/07/2013
Staff	Halab	03/07/2017
Staff	HostFat	18/05/2010
Staff	gmaxwell	05/05/2011
Staff	OmegaStarScream	09/09/2014
Staff	sapta	23/06/2014
Staff	Welsh	07/03/2013
Staff	Xal0lex	15/07/2017
Staff	xandry	29/09/2014
Staff	mole0815	12/12/2017
Staff	Igebotz	27/06/2017
Staff	Mitchell	07/5/2013	Reference 1 url=https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5206428.msg64673951#msg64673951]2[/url
Cryptios	3dOOm *	17/07/2018
Cryptios	Rizzrack *	06/02/2014
Mod-privileged	Andreas Schildbach *	23/01/2011
Mod-privileged	goatpig *	31/03/2011
Mod-privileged	Mike Hearn *	14/12/2010
Mod-privileged	Rassah *	06/02/2014
Mod-privileged	ThomasV *	01/01/2011
_____________________	_________________________	__________________	________________	____________

* Cryptios:

• Cryptios (theymos)
• Cyrus

* Mod-privileged:

• Suggested by @malevolent. See

Patrollers:

• They are not included in the thread.

Details on moderators' boards:

• History of local boards

Details on merit per posts and total posts made since the birthday of the merit system

• See.
• There are bias factors so I don't include those stats in OP table.

Ex-staffs

• They used to be forum staffs but for some reasons they are no longer staffs of the forum.
• Reference link are the day when forum members discovered those staff-moderation role changes or reasons
• Suggestion to update the obsolete moderators from various boards / child boards (I will add some info from it later)

Position	Username	Date of register	Reference link
_____________________	_________________________	__________________	________________
Ex-Staff	Dabs	21/03/2012	Reference
Ex-Staff	franckuestein	21/01/2014	Reference
Ex-Staff	phantastisch	05/06/2011	Reference
Ex-Staff	frodocooper	22/04/2017	Reference
Ex-Staff	Flying Hellfish	30/01/2013	Reference
Ex-Staff	mitzie	04/01/2014	Unsure
Ex-Cryptios	alanst	28/06/2018	Reference
Ex-Staff	medicine	15/02/2013	Reference
Ex-Staff	aantonop	25/01/2013	Reference
Ex-Staff	[Tycho]	28/3/2011	Reference
Ex-Staff	LZ (aka. lzsaver)	16/7/2010	Reference
Ex-Staff	PsychoticBoy	28/3/2012	Reference
Ex-Admin	Gavin Andresen	28/5/2010	Reference
Ex-Admin	sirius	20/11/2009	Reference
Ex-Staff	-ck	08/06/2011	-
Ex-Staff	Anon11073	15/03/2017	-
Ex-Staff	malevolent	13/06/2011	-
Ex-Staff	Wangbus	31/12/2013	-
_____________________	_________________________	__________________	________________

Translations:

Language	Topic title	Translator
_______________________	___________________________________________________________________	________________________
Bahasa Indonesia	Daftar nama-nama Admin, Moderator, dan Staff Forum bitcointalk	kawetsriyanto

Clearer source: Topic: Forum's admins/ global moderators/ staffs

[DPHOR]

If not for one thing I could have said this topic isn't called for as op is barely 1-2 months here, I think the major focused should be learning things that concerns the forum than coming to ask such question, but however, I have used this medium to know how many admins and staff we have here on the forum. So, partially I can say that this topic has also helped me gain little thing.
But still, op should put more effort in exploring other things that asking such question which I think is adding nothing to him.

[Mia Chloe]

Admin > global mods > mods > staff

I read through a couple of replies and everyone here has a good glimpse of it but I think you guys are leaving out patrollers they are kinda staffs too but I guess they come before staff if it were a hierarchical arrangement so I'd go with;
Admin > global mods > mods > patrollers > staff.

Patrollers are not fixed to a certain board and I think you can call them floating mods in my opinion at least from my experience with Mitchell. Regardless I still don't know if we still have a couple more patrollers on the forum currently.

[notocactus]

I read through a couple of replies and everyone here has a good glimpse of it but I think you guys are leaving out patrollers they are kinda staffs too but I guess they come before staff if it were a hierarchical arrangement so I'd go with;
Admin > global mods > mods > patrollers > staff.

If you want to arrange in hierarchy, yours is not accurate.

Head admin > Admin > Global moderators > Moderators > Patrollers.

Staffs have higher role than patrollers as patrollers are allowed to moderate newbies only.
Staffs and moderators are the same. They are moderators in boards in which they assigned as local moderators for these boards and they are staffs in other boards.

Q: Where can I find all the moderators/staff/administrators?
A: Just go to the Member search page (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=mlist;sa=search), untick all the boxes and then tick "Search by position". To find all regular moderators like board moderators, local moderators or patrollers (site-wide newbie moderators), search for "Staff" (without the quotation marks). To find all global moderators, search for "Global Moderator". To find all admins, search for "Administrator".