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[Loyaltybro]

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I was having this problem when I was opening an account. What is the reason for this?

[rbynxx]

It's pretty straightforward there if you clicked that "How to enable posting" tbh. It's a different account and I think you need to embrace this new one so you don't have to pay for anything. It's called a proxyban.

If you really need to remove it for free, check this LoyceV thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5350260.0

[SatoPrincess]

rbynxx already answered your question. I would like to know how you managed to create a second account without a proxy ban? Did you create multiple accounts until you got one or you used a paid vpn?

[LoyceV]

If you really need to remove it for free, check this LoyceV thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5350260.0

All this is explained in OP's link with the big greenyelloworangered arrow.

[Nathrixxx]

It's an indication that your IP address is once reported for evil and you have to pay a little evil fee to bypass this restriction on your IP, alternatively, you can get a member to vouch for you, or use the recommended link to get whitelisted, also be informed that not every country has this proxy restriction, except your country fall under the regions that were being affected.

[Loyaltybro]

What is the main reason for this?

[Welsh]

What is the main reason for this?

The IP has previously been associated with 'evil' which is very common almost expected with VPNs or Tor connections. For a slightly crap metaphor, when you have a new car its clean. if you drive around in it or the person who owned it before you drove around in it, it will get dirtier and have wear and tear. Its simple with the IP. The IP has previously been known to Bitcointalk and has been used for acts which deemed bad enough to give an evil score.

Could be anything from users being previously banned on that IP, mass account creation etc. As far as I know we don't know every single reason why a IP address might gather evil points, but just know if IP is provided by a service like a VPN then its very likely to have some sort of evil to it.

You might get lucky with smaller providers or with a dedicated IP VPN.

[alegotardo]

Could be anything from users being previously banned on that IP, mass account creation etc. As far as I know we don't know every single reason why a IP address might gather evil points, but just know if IP is provided by a service like a VPN then its very likely to have some sort of evil to it.

You might get lucky with smaller providers or with a dedicated IP VPN.

I apologize for butting in here to create another question instead of trying to help resolve the question of OP, but I would like to ask...
Is this restriction exclusively associated with newer account, or can even an older account be banned for using a black-listed IP address?

I ask because sometimes I use some free VPN services, and this makes me quite apprehensive about certain prohibitions or consequences.
I usually disable VPN when I visit bitcointalk, but sometimes I am a little "careless" about it.

[Nathrixxx]

What is the main reason for this?

Now that you already know the main reason for the proxy babnas explained by Welsh, what else to do or expect, just try to get this straight that every platform has their own rules and regulations, maybe this is one of the fact you need to know about coming to this platform and the difference it has from other random social media platforms you get used to, I'm sure you are able to register successfully to the forum was one of the reason you can have access to ask the question.

[hd49728]

What is the main reason for this?

The IP has previously been associated with 'evil' which is very common almost expected with VPNs or Tor connections.

theymos updated forum evil IP map two times and here is his explanation on evil IP.
Evil score visualization.
All Internet evil, mapped: evil score visualization 2.

When someone is banned, their IP and some of their neighboring IPs receive evil points. Here I've created a map of the IPv4 Internet according to evil points. Currently, IPv6 is mapped into the 240.0.0/4 range, which is the large square taking up the top-right sixteenth of the chart. (I'm not sure yet whether IPv6 is actually disproportionately evil, or if I'm just cramming too many people into that address-space. Probably the latter is at least something of a factor, since 9% of traffic is IPv6 but 6% of this address-space is IPv6.)

[KingsDen]

It's an indication that your IP address is once reported for evil and you have to pay a little evil fee to bypass this restriction on your IP, alternatively, you can get a member to vouch for you, or use the recommended link to get whitelisted, also be informed that not every country has this proxy restriction, except your country fall under the regions that were being affected.

What you mean by someone's IP being reported for evil. I don't think it works that way, no one reports any IP, they accumulate the scores themselves.
As explained by Welsh by his illustration of owning a car previously owned by another person. The Op might be paying for an evil he did not commit.
For instance, Nigerians use a kind of shared IP. I haven't scammed anyone, I haven't been banned and I don't think I should have an evil IP, but while registering, I encountered an evil fee and a few accounts I have introduced to the forum all had the evil fee.

But I'm curious, OP managed to register a second account, maybe he did that with a VPN or Tor.

[knowngunman]

I apologize for butting in here to create another question instead of trying to help resolve the question of OP, but I would like to ask...
Is this restriction exclusively associated with newer account, or can even an older account be banned for using a black-listed IP address?

I'm not a staff but I don't think this affects the existing accounts. It's strictly associated with newer accounts created from blacklisted IP. If it affects both existing accounts, a lot of users here will definitely not be here unless they stick to using VPN when visiting the forum. People use VPN to bypass the IP ban, create account and then disable the VPN and start using the forum normally from the same blacklisted IP without any problem. This shows it only affects the new created account and not the existing accounts.

I ask because sometimes I use some free VPN services, and this makes me quite apprehensive about certain prohibitions or consequences.
I usually disable VPN when I visit bitcointalk, but sometimes I am a little "careless" about it.

Carelessness has no little  What you call little careless might cause you unforgettable experience (God forbid). The fact that they are free VPN should make you worried and I advise you change your password after every little careless. You can ignore if you have no sensitive data saved on your phone, some VPN providers steal users data.