How big is the "CryptoYar" account farm?

[Ale88]

And if she doesn't make it, then maybe you will never see me on this forum again.

I am pretty sure, she won't make it. My condolences to you!

Of course he already planned the excuse for his departure from the forum, at least with that account. The timing of the daughter's illness is quite incredible, this thread has been an insane coincidence after the other. Statistically it's probably easier that we all win the lottery today.

[JollyGood]

As it currently stands, the following accounts have been rendered useless.

CryptoYar
Publictalk792
Rustam Meraj
ThemePen (merit source)
Sawera2255@
Numan467

The first four members in the list are no longer active.

The "Sawera2255@" account is no longer posting but does login in order to increase the activity on the account.

The "Numan467" only posts in one particular thread in order to protest that his tags are unfair and to post comments that make him feel as though he has some sort of significance here. Having said that, the fact remains he has otherwise given up on the account and is probably using accounts in order to monetise them (or in the hope of monetising them).

Unfortunately $2000 was paid between two winners of the 2026 Pizza Day contest. The first prize for the 2025 Pumpkin Carving Contest was awarded to an account farmer that operated a merit source account (ThemePen).

Overall, I think there has been some success as in the past month we have seen these six accounts (all from the same local board) including a merit source, rendered useless.

 

 

[shahzadafzal]

Unfortunately $2000 was paid between two winners of the 2026 Pizza Day contest. The first prize for the 2025 Pumpkin Carving Contest was awarded to an account farmer that operated a merit source account (ThemePen).

$2,000 + $25 = $2,025

Don't forget to add our $25 too. That was also given to Publictalk792 in the Pizza related raffle—or, considering how things turned out, let's just say it apparently took a one-way trip. 😄

It may only be $25, but hey... accounting is accounting. 😄

2nd Prize  - Raffle block # 958502
000000000000000000013617f5b38b6f3cfcb80455827e3cf1a59ff206c995cc
=> 95: no one selected 95 so closest to 95 from our list is => Publictalk792 | 99

Second Prize  $25     Publictalk792 

[JollyGood]

I also believe that ThemePen won 100,000 sats for finishing first in the pumpkin contest last year. I would appreciate it if a member that is more familiar with the situation can confirm what the prizes were.

As you post in the Pakistan board, how do the local board members feel about what has happened recently and has brought a lot of negative comments about their board?

$2,000 + $25 = $2,025

Don't forget to add our $25 too. That was also given to Publictalk792 in the Pizza related raffle—or, considering how things turned out, let's just say it apparently took a one-way trip. 😄

It may only be $25, but hey... accounting is accounting. 😄

[Ale88]

Sawera2255@

The "Sawera2255@" account is no longer posting but does login in order to increase the activity on the account.

Not sure what his plan is because if he doesn't answer the question we've been asking for weeks, in a few days he is going to get a red trust from me, so instead of logging in he better answer, the clock is ticking...

As you post in the Pakistan board, how do the local board members feel about what has happened recently and has brought a lot of negative comments about their board?

I checked the thread, there's been a few posts but basically the majority of users just avoid to comment, business as usual...

[joker_josue]

As you post in the Pakistan board, how do the local board members feel about what has happened recently and has brought a lot of negative comments about their board?

I checked the thread, there's been a few posts but basically the majority of users just avoid to comment, business as usual...

Amidst all of this, this is the aspect I find strangest. The "silence" from the Pakistani boad.

I even went to the trouble of requesting a Local Board for Pakistan to ask about the matter. Only one user responded, a junior member, but everything's fine.

[Brahmahatyaa]

Amidst all of this, this is the aspect I find strangest. The "silence" from the Pakistani boad.

I even went to the trouble of requesting a Local Board for Pakistan to ask about the matter. Only one user responded, a junior member, but everything's fine.

It is possible that some members of the same local board choose to remain silent on certain cases. This does not necessarily indicate a lack of concern; rather, some may be reluctant to become involved due to concerns about attracting scrutiny to their own activities. In some instances, there may be a perception that participating in such discussions could expose their own accounts to potential scrutiny

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Unfortunately $2000 was paid between two winners of the 2026 Pizza Day contest. The first prize for the 2025 Pumpkin Carving Contest was awarded to an account farmer that operated a merit source account (ThemePen).

When you say 'two winners', do you mean there are two different people behind Cryptoyar and Sawera2255@?
In fact, the colored mixture they put on the pizza set off the alarm for me. A very specific method for defining pizza. It seemed incredible that several people from different parts of the world had the same approach to making pizza; it turns out they are not so different from each other.

Amidst all of this, this is the aspect I find strangest. The "silence" from the Pakistani boad.

I even went to the trouble of requesting a Local Board for Pakistan to ask about the matter. Only one user responded, a junior member, but everything's fine.

It is possible that some members of the same local board choose to remain silent on certain cases. This does not necessarily indicate a lack of concern; rather, some may be reluctant to become involved due to concerns about attracting scrutiny to their own activities. In some instances, there may be a perception that participating in such discussions could expose their own accounts to potential scrutiny

If the remaining members' accounts are clean and have not been abused, there is no reason to be afraid.
It would be interesting to see the statistics and whether there are any changes in the activities of the Pakistan Local Board. It would be very embarrassing if it turned out that this account farm actually made that local board active.

[katanic97]

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If the remaining members' accounts are clean and have not been abused, there is no reason to be afraid.
It would be interesting to see the statistics and whether there are any changes in the activities of the Pakistan Local Board. It would be very embarrassing if it turned out that this account farm actually made that local board active.

As far as i've seen, there are quite a lot of active members in the Pakistani section of the forum. They are active even without that account farm, but i agree that it would be very embarrassing. We'll see the statistics in a few days, the end of the month is coming soon

[JollyGood]

Not sure what his plan is because if he doesn't answer the question we've been asking for weeks, in a few days he is going to get a red trust from me, so instead of logging in he better answer, the clock is ticking...

He claims to be a 27 year old housewife 

I checked the thread, there's been a few posts but basically the majority of users just avoid to comment, business as usual...

I find that absolutely strange. If a scandal on such a scale were to happen in a local board, you would imagine that the members would post about to discuss the matter in detail. If what you discovered is true, it means in this particular case it seems as though the members are avoiding mentioning it. An account farm that included a merit source have left their board yet they have remained silent?

Amidst all of this, this is the aspect I find strangest. The "silence" from the Pakistani boad.

I even went to the trouble of requesting a Local Board for Pakistan to ask about the matter. Only one user responded, a junior member, but everything's fine.

This is the part that seems strange. If they are posting in order to meet their signature campaign quota rather than discuss the scandal in their board then there is something seriously wrong in that board.

When you say 'two winners', do you mean there are two different people behind Cryptoyar and Sawera2255@?
In fact, the colored mixture they put on the pizza set off the alarm for me. A very specific method for defining pizza. It seemed incredible that several people from different parts of the world had the same approach to making pizza; it turns out they are not so different from each other.

I mean first and third prizes. They are more than likely operated by the same account farmer rather than be part of two different account farms. Also, the similarities in the pizza contest entries were more than incredible, well more than enough to be a coincidence 

[Rikafip]

It would be interesting to see the statistics and whether there are any changes in the activities of the Pakistan Local Board. It would be very embarrassing if it turned out that this account farm actually made that local board active.

I will release the local boards overview tomorrow (I've been traveling the whole month, hence the delay), but from what I can see, there has been a slight decrease in both the number of posts and the number of active users.

Having said that, it's naive to think that those who got banned haven't already started working on "leveling up" new accounts, seeing how easy it is to farm merit nowadays. So who knows, maybe it will even increase the activity in the long run. 

[stompix]

If the remaining members' accounts are clean and have not been abused, there is no reason to be afraid.

It's not just that
- the guy was a merit source so some still feel like they're indebted to him for ranking up
- they themselves didn't lose a thing so they have nothing to complain about
- sometimes in most boards, pride and nationalism take over, it's not the only board that has done so
And there is an extra thing
- as a board user when you see someone who has had at least 6 accounts there, the logic is that he might still have some others and he might grow 6 again and maybe pull some strings and become a merit source again, so, is it worth it for the average user to make a so-called enemy of this guy? nope!

[shahzadafzal]

I also believe that ThemePen won 100,000 sats for finishing first in the pumpkin contest last year. I would appreciate it if a member that is more familiar with the situation can confirm what the prizes were.

As you post in the Pakistan board, how do the local board members feel about what has happened recently and has brought a lot of negative comments about their board?

Of course, there is anger and frustration, but the problem is that right now you still don't know who's genuinely upset and who's another imposter.

Some of the findings genuinely shocked many of us, especially regarding users like ThemePen. I don't think many of us could ever have imagined him being part of such an account farm.

But I still genuinely believe that these 5, or even 10 users, don't represent the majority of the Pakistan community. Especially now that they have been exposed and tagged, I believe they will eventually fade away.

I 100% agree that there should be stricter participation rules for competitions such as the Pizza Contest, Pumpkin Carving Contest and other art-related contests.

If possible, participants should also be required to agree to clear terms and conditions before entering. The T&Cs should state that if serious manipulation, cheating or other violations are discovered, the participant can be disqualified and, if they have already won, required to return the prize.

That might not stop every cheater, but at least nobody could later say, "I didn't know that running half the contestants myself was against the rules." 😄

[lovesmayfamilis]

But I still genuinely believe that these 5, or even 10 users, don't represent the majority of the Pakistan community. Especially now that they have been exposed and tagged, I believe they will eventually fade away.

I really want your expectations to be met. But do you believe in it yourself? Imagine someone who has already received such a sum from the forum(let's assume it's easy), leaving the forum quite easily? We haven't closed the "doors" to them; the forum is open. There's no IP address binding here; you can register with a different IP address, and we'll also add some points that will be like red lines for these cheaters , lines they must not cross. They're quite experienced cheaters now. And they will definitely come back. We told them everything they shouldn't do, but the "doors" on the forum are open.🤗

Even now, you can see the characteristic "sympathies" in the transfer of merits from these accounts to other accounts that already (most likely) belong to them (it always comes out in the plural, even though, in theory, we should be talking about one person🕵️‍♂️).

[Rikafip]

Of course, there is anger and frustration, but the problem is that right now you still don't know who's genuinely upset and who's another imposter.

Genuine or not, not many (or not enough) were upset. And that's the sad part.

If possible, participants should also be required to agree to clear terms and conditions before entering. The T&Cs should state that if serious manipulation, cheating or other violations are discovered, the participant can be disqualified and, if they have already won, required to return the prize.

Tbh, I don't see how that would change anything. Once they get caught cheating, they would get red tagged, making their account useless for future money milking purposes, so why give the money back?

[Ale88]

Of course, there is anger and frustration, but the problem is that right now you still don't know who's genuinely upset and who's another imposter.

Genuine or not, not many (or not enough) were upset. And that's the sad part.

Exactly. I came here to say exactly the same thing. Basically nobody took distances from what happened, why? In my opinion the reason is that there are so many users involved in this that they didn't want to comment, they preferred to talk about other useless stuff and let the post get forgotten among the others, like nothing happens. So, yes, I do believe the majority of those users are part of a farm, at this point it's the only logical explanation for this type of behavior. I mean, come on, even a merit source was involved and not a single word about it? Please...