I'm posting a quick update a little earlier than usual because I felt a great disturbance in this contest.
I double-checked, Woodie is no longer in the first place. Anything is possible.

Pos	Users	28/10/2025
1	paid2	1 402,16
2	Woodie	1 254,22
3	Halab	1 215,64
4	GazetaBitcoin	1 203,62
5	internetional	1 202,95
	Bitcoin	1 128,99
6	ajiz138	1 091,90
7	sompitonov	1 086,53
8	LoyceV	1 063,62
9	DireWolfM14	833,62
10	memehunter	817,25
11	rat03gopoh	805,55
12	examplens	790,29
13	n0nce	768,96
14	icopress	752,48
15	GrosWesh	724,81
16	FinneysTrueVision	705,81
17	shahzadafzal	676,67
18	Smartprofit	668,85
19	B1g4udge	665,95
	Average	647,71
20	DYING_S0UL	637,02
21	tokeweed	557,77
22	Rikafip	526,27
23	LogitechMouse	522,09
24	Saint-loup	513,03
25	SamReomo	506,20
26	Taskford	493,41
27	jokers10	457,02
28	xandry	443,12
29	Despairo	432,97
30	cryptofrka	419,46
31	famososMuertos	364,38
32	bitmover	345,22
	Random_but_balanced	336,40
33	klarki	323,35
34	worldofcoins	313,17
35	libert19	282,17
36	Buchi-88	244,14
37	arallmuus	241,19
38	Koal-84	231,69
39	xLays	176,97
40	slackovic	147,01

                  

Line chart race : https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/23486883/
LCR without Woodie  : https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/24269401/

Thanks everyone for your suggestions — just to clarify, what I’m looking for isn’t node metadata like uptime, version, or peer connections.
I’m specifically interested in chain-level data captured during transaction propagation, such as:

Which node first relayed a transaction
Timestamps of transaction relay
IPs or identifiers of nodes that broadcasted specific transactions
Any logs that link transactions to their network origin before they were mined


Thanks for this ! Will defenetly take at look at these options

Do they? Or do new users get their coins directly from deposits by those that used the exchange before them?

If you remember, eXch used to have a list of popular CEXs that didn't flag cryptocurrencies that originated from them. At the same time, there were other centralized exchanges that treated eXch and its coins exactly the opposite, and considered their coins to be dirty. But I don't know what would happen if you used those exchanges and how much problems they would cause you. 

However, if they use a fixed address to send coins to users, it would attract unwanted attention.
BTW, is there any history of any instant-exchange that had its funds flagged from No-KYC exchanges?
That it doesn't originate from theft.

Partly, I saw that Minor Miner trusted him with a higher amount than mine, partly because I contacted the user via Telegram and he reassured me.
Also, I have to start somewhere; I haven't had many other users ask me for loans, allowing me to learn this business (except for Newbie, whom I rejected for various reasons).
I'm not saying I'm good at in this business, I'm completely new; in fact, up until now I've only taken out one other loan, over a year ago, and I'm still waiting for a full refund.

That's all.

How can I give a loan without you thinking it's money I'm lending to myself?

I'm open to suggestions.

Unfortunately, I have no way to prove what I didn't do. I've never scammed anyone, but I don't know how to prove it. I've been told the only way is to wait and be monitored for a few weeks/months.
I'll stay in jail and wait; the truth will come out sooner or later.
It's acceptable, however, for LoyceV not to trust me, just as I don't know him, and he doesn't know me.

Is there no way to get certified through the site administrators?

99% or more of users do not put themselves in circumstances that make them suspicious of scams, and the rest, less than 1%, if they are really interested in the forum, can easily create another account.


I hope you remember that we've discussed this a thousand times here, unlike someone who hit his head on a toilet. Assuming that in order to red tag someone, you have to prove their guilt beyond reasonable doubt would be like treating these cases as criminal cases, where if you're guilty, you go to jail and you won't be able to get out as easily as you can remove a red tag.


At least you haven't started a thread for others to do what you don't want to do yourself.

Fucking pathetic.

I am hoping I understood what you are trying to say now.  But the Internet has a LOT of information for free.  Particularly websites about Bitcoin.  Then there is Bitcoin Talk where there is a lot of spam but also a LOT of useful information.

You do not have to convince any body about any thing.  We all have a brain, how about we put it to use and how about we start looking for answers to our questions.  Some people are so convinced about things you can simply not get them to even THINK about the POSSIBILITY that they may be wrong.  Unless they look for answers themselves and are interested in solving their own curiosities, they will stay that way.

All they have to do is download Bitcoin Core and start testing it out.  They do not trust Bitcoin Core?  Get a Virtual Machine running and download Bitcoin Core.  They can run the Testnet before the Mainnet to see how things work first.  But how do you know Bitcoin Core is legitimate and does not have any malicious code?  Good question.  LOOK IT UP.  If you really do not find any answer then ASK.  Why should you Trust Bitcoin Core?  Because if you do not possess the time or necessary knowledge to read the code and audit it your self, others do it.  If there was malicious code, others even MORE skeptical than you who audited it them selves did not find any thing dubious in the code.

If you are still skeptical then learn coding and audit the code your self.  But say you download Core and finally run it.  Now you get a bunch of words called 'a Seed'.  What in the world is that and why is it secure?  LOOK IT UP.

Do you get the idea now.  This is not a thing I or you should explain to others to CONVINCE them of.  It is their job to look things up.  There are questions answered in a lot of details by LoyceV and the likes, answers I do not even possess the knowledge to understand yet.  However.  If I was skeptical about something Loyce explained, I can always learn more and see if they lied.

Bitcoin is TRUSTLESS and DECENTRALIZED for a reason.  You are on your own and you are supposed to learn by your self, Trusting NO BODY but your self and provable maths and logic.  The more skeptical you become, the more you will have to learn to understand how Bitcoin works and push the skepticism away.

After all.  We all trust fire can burn things.  But one who would say fire does not burn will sound stupid.  They may believe in what they are saying, but science geeks can prove they are wrong in a thousand ways.  We mostly Trust science because some scientists 'audit' things for us.  And then we tried fire our selves, and yes it burns.  Just like many people use Bitcoin, they Trust other the people who audit it and they use it based on that Trust.  At the end of the day they see Bitcoin being received and sent.  It is all that matters for many of them.

Nisam naisao na taj chart, ali moguce da @LoyceV ili @DdmrDdmr imaju negdje taj podatak pa da podijele ovdje.

Original Topic: Bitcointalk Forum External/Internal Essential Tools Dashboard
Author: programmer3666

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Na clean, responsive dashboard wey dey categorize and link both official and community-made Bitcointalk tools for quick access. E get category cards, modal popups wey get clickable tool icons plus hover tooltips wey explain the tools. E cover user stats, image hosting, automation bots, utility tools, and built-in forum resources. E get popular tools like BPIP, Ninjastic.space, LoyceV’s Data Dumps, Telegram bots and plenty other correct tools too.

Dis dashboard na compilation of tools wey already dey, and na talented Bitcointalk forum members develop dem, including:

• NotATether
• TryNinja
• joker_josue
• notocactus
• LoyceV
• webtricks
• Mahiyammahi
• DdmrDdmr
• programmer3666

And plenty other community contributors wey I never add their tools yet. For now, I dey open to suggestions from community to know which tools still dey left and possible design ideas too.

Am not lying, I know a location where there is lots of gold in the river(state of minas gerais brazil),  you also find nuggets, there is a youtuber that goes in the location I wanna go and he works like 2h and find over 3g, I need at least $1k to rent a place near the river and start miming.

Well then forget I said anything, and 2-3 years if I ask again, just point me here.   Thanks LV.

I also read something like this where four Polymarket traders bet on whether Bitcoin's mysterious creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, would remove BTC from his wallet this year. I found this question suspicious. So I posted it to clarify the matter. Below is what Sir LoyceV told me in response.

I don't get it. If I create a campaign or contest with rules and someone purposefully tries to cheat and gets caught (such as no alt accounts), it is untrustworthy behavior and it will warrant negative feedback. However, if the rule involves merit and someone cheats it is not allowed? That seems very strange. In any case that quote is proof that any claims of the DT system being decentralized are bullshit. He’s the emperor of the system, and most participants are subservient.

Oh, man, I'm sometimes surprised that you don't know some basic features of the forum.
Even you have four inactive flags: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=trust;u=30747;page=iflags

I would agree with LoyceV that it is up to the readers to interpret the status of each flag

OK, I'm here to comment on everyone's replies now.


This is something I want to do eventually and I'm sure there will be no shortage of volunteers here. But primarily for compiling the reports.


Not a bad idea.


I don't have any issues doing this, and it would actually be very nice. Provided that I don't make users wait months for their first merits.


A screenshot would definitely be helpful in this case, but I believe for the sake of continuity (so that there isn't a sudden increase in mistakes from manually processing screenshots), I would still require the text submission. Then both of these would have to be the same for the report to be valid.


I tried to create a poll when I started this topic, but I don't think there is an option for one in the Reputation board.


Prior to this, I did have many genuine users, and I have noticed a few weeks ago a sudden increase in the number of users that enrolled for some reason, but I didn't give it much thought then.

I would lose a lot of users (if we can call them that), sure, but I don't think I can count alt accounts as users in this scenario so it will probably be fine.


Unfortunately no. As you can see, I did not collect IP addresses or onion links.

Given that I followed the development of the whole thing, it is really twisted under which rules both networks ban accounts. Reddit is known to be very restrictive, but I'm quite surprised by Telegram, which is known as a hotbed of spam.

I am also one of those who do not like social networks, but they are a reality. For any interaction service <=> user, it can be said that they are mandatory.
Reddit is very demanding, but when it succeeds, it provides the most concrete feedback. When you're running an online business, Reddit (and Pinterest) are the best channels for spreading the word. Like Google, they are a necessary evil if a business wants to emerge from the unknown.

I think the obstacle here is that the Bridgoro team wants to remain anonymous as much as possible. Well, Reddit and Tg don't collect enough information about them (I assume they use VPN, non-g00gle email address etc...), that's reason enough to put them under suspicion.
I guess that even if we were to do everything through an agency, there is a risk that one day, after the agency's engagement is terminated, everything will come to the same and the ban risk will become high again.

Then it's an honor for us that some people are already paying attention to the project, even before it's live.
We also don't like what Reddit has turned into with its strict and often unpredictable rules, nor what's happening with Telegram after the arrest of its founder.
However, at this stage, we simply don't have many alternatives for promoting the project. A project can't grow with just a handful of users and it needs visibility and community. So, despite all the challenges, we have to keep pushing forward and find our own way to promote it.
The website has been up since day one, and so far, we haven't faced any DDoS attacks. Still, we are protected with Cloudflare just in case. Of course, it's not a complete guarantee, but it gives us enough time and stability to handle potential issues, since DDoS attacks are both time- and resource-consuming.

In any case, we aren't discouraged, we truly love what we do. Your support here means a lot to us and keeps us motivated to keep pushing forward. Thank you all for this.

I think the system is designed to encourage forgiveness.

Oh, I didn't know that expired/inactive flags still remain.   The warning is still there.

The scammer still has a criminal record, and victims can protect themselves with that info.  The scammer should still have the flag for the same reason.

This really sounds interesting, had no idea pizza competition has such badges. I mean I knew at one time but totally forgot about it. New season starts today so plenty of time to arrange something before it ends. Of course if it is at all possible to arrange. We will think on it a bit for sure.

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Schedules will start coming today and questions will be up in the evening. So keep an eye on the thread/notifications.

If update/security/feature are your concern, then you can buy a model with OpenWRT support. Usually after a couple of years, the regular router stops getting any updates. But with OpenWRT, you can easily replace your stock firmware and manually flash the latest update when made publicly available. They have a big community and devs who makes these possible.


I certainly can't afford or don't need a 200$ router. Where I live it's a big amount. So I rather spend it elsewhere.

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It's all good guys. I'm using both my PC and mobile all together with Core on. It's usable and I'm not seeing that "Connected no internet" message anymore.  so many emoji'ssss

You should come to Portugal and drink an "Aguardente Velha", it has at least 40% alcohol and a magnificent flavor.
https://www.crfreserva.com/en/

 

The only problem with that is that it may no have regular updates, not because there are no security holes but because the ISPs are slow and lazy. I always recommend disabling WiFi on that one and using a more current model. 

I am just being precise.  My model is medium and it cost like $200. Routers can go into several hundred dollars and that is before you even get into the professional, enterprise grade hardware. The important thing is to always shop for current models, but according to your needs. The young folk these days have a tendency to buy expensive things that they need because someone told them so. 

Welcome to the future. 

It is pretty simple then. If you know your total bandwidths based on real performance then you can set it to 50% of that value. Even if you set it to 90% it should work for the problem that you have. In any case, if it works without setting anything then don't touch it.

not that you're wrong here, and besides, he who laughs last laughs best


these logo designs look really stunning, and i think it's great that there's also a special logo for the cup and lms competition!

have another idea: maybe we could talk to theymos/LoyceV and persuade him to integrate the corresponding logos (bsfl-champion, cup winner, lms-champion) into the respective user profiles after each completed season... as is the case with the annual pizza competition, for example

Imagine that I didn't read it in your picture, I just read it here: https://www.tasteatlas.com/distillery-winery-of-thrace-zachos-ouzo

And it still got my attention, I thought it was 58%. I would bet on it, and then I'd lose

The 37.5% mark is the legal minimum for a drink to be called ouzo. So they're just 0.5% away.

Mine hooked me up with this shit router! Even the ONU they gave me was cheap and bad, later I had them replaced. He may have been using more beastyy then mine, hence he considered mine entry level! 

As for the old router, I'll flash OpenWRT on it, since the BIOS has only 4MB flash memory (not recommended), I'll have to manually solder a 8MB chip on it! Hopefully, I can make it work.


So far so good. Everything runs smoothly! 

Hang on! I may have misread the label. Is it 58% alcohol? I'm gonna go find it today 

Wow, I'm delighted! I hope when you got back home, that your bottles were still full and unopened! But I'm sure about it because you clarified it above.


Well, the truth is: "Foxes often take short, 15-25 second naps, waking up frequently to look and listen for danger."

But yeah I am satisfied with the extra hour! (Kind of, you know the drill when you're not alone in the den home  ).

Nice. I am happy for you, I love clear technological upgrades especially when they are significant. This model, even though it is an entry model, is a major step up from what you had before.

If it still does not solve the issue, check if it has any QoS settings. In case that it is just an on/off switch then we must proceed to other measures. At that point you need to revisit some limiting options on the previous page. There is another alternative approach which I believe i have not mentioned. You could run Bitcoin Core inside a container or a virtual machine and limit the network of that virtual machine. One of these solutions must work, the question is just which one. 

I am very happy that you (and your wife ?!) had the chance to enjoy all these drinks although:
1. Ouzo plomari is by far the best
2. After drinking all these bottles your face should hardly be recognizable
3. It’s impossible that my donation was enough to help you buy all these bottles, but I am happy to have helped

Now… let me go join you!

You can get safe laptops with allow for 16GB ram, but it would be cool if we can get rid of spammers at some point so Bitcoin goes back to handling monetary transactions only because eventually they will only make things worse.

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And a fresh installation 

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Unfortunately NO! I got overwhelmed with work and sickness that I couldn't manage the time or really forgot about that.

As you already know, I have: TP-Link wireless N router WR840N

And these are the available choices I have right now. So if you guys were to give a rough idea which one might be better, I'll buy it asap (you can also help me choose other models, if you have the free time).
Note that I will only buy from this particular store (I am their regular loyal customer, and have a friendly relation with their salesperson )

1. https://www.ryans.com/mercusys-mr80x-v2-router
2. https://www.ryans.com/mercusys-mr60x-ax1500-gigabit-dual-band-wi-fi-6-router
3. https://www.ryans.com/tp-link-deco-m4-ac1200-mbps-gigabit-dual-band-wi-fi-system-1-pack

And what's the difference between (1,2) & (3)

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I'm still learning though! And I shouldn't be limited by my place nor internet speed or anything. I don't plan on giving up. I did reached 100% sync previously. And I will reach it again. It's only a matter of time.   

This is probably when you shouldn't force yourself to run full node.


That may work to narrow down the possible root cause. But FWIW, Bitcoin Core can connect up to 10 other nodes (excluding incoming connection) while download typically connect to 1 server without any parallel.

we are talking about a F2F cash deal here. so it has to be done directly between the buyer and seller while escrow holds the coins until he can confirm the seller got paid, or the buyer paid, so the coins can be released.
but the seller can claim they did get the money, or the buyer claiming they paid when they didn't.

if that ever happens, it's gonna be buyer vs seller words, which is why i asked how escrow (assuming an escrow from the forum will even take on a deal like this) could verify it. they could use pictures or a video to document the trade, but those can be faked easily if the escrow doesn't KYC both parties, and most people buying crypto for cash are doing it to avoid that.

nothing, you will just be donating your bitcoin to a very nice gentlemen, who really need them.

i'm curious, what were you armed with? pepper spray? or the old stabby stabby?

Okay I will contact him as soon as possible. Thank you!

LoyceV is, as usual, exactly correct.

In case your post is genuine and you are telling the truth I will quote below the answer I gave some time ago to another user with your same identical issue

But I guess, when that website got announcement and doing active business here, you (DTs) may enforce its owner/representatives to provide their stand against any allegation.

I understand this is kind of providing support through bitcointalk for any business which is active here.

In the past, if my memory serves accurate, sportsbet and other casino representatives got negged for all of open scam accusation against them until they prove themselves.

That thought occurred to me, too.  They all use the same retarded English.

Meh, I wouldn't be disappointed.  You planted an interesting seed somewhere in the world.  Have faith.

Good job.

Also, they did leave 16, which is reasonably kind of them.

It's true that fees can always go up, but so many things can go wrong on lightning, and you also need to pay the fees to convert this to mainnet bitcoin.
I am simply not convinced that lightning network will survive the test of time, and I can't even imagine kids ever using lightning wallets.
It's much more likely we are going to see protocol changes in future that will reduce transaction fees, maybe when developers address quantum threat.

PS
g00gle just announced quantum breakthrough, with real life use in 5 years:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/oct/22/google-hails-breakthrough-as-quantum-computer-surpasses-ability-of-supercomputers

Member when pow rangers activated a state resistance removal soft fork to enable cuppa coffee, or wen shipped mining inflation bug?


Automatic payload redistribution- SHEESH. What's the median $latestcore platform nowadays? Obonntwo latest? Sounds like readymade denial of servicio. At least it'd have the poetic justice of only affecting "upgraded" nodes.


Do channels close if piggy breaks? Couldn't find. Super cute but lightning part seems to complicate the analog


Implies cost basis transfer. Swap bank hours price exposure derivative with fiat finance properties (yield, fees) for real bitcoin ...nuttin's changed since original GBTC launch, save options and "ETF so "better" spot tracking"


lolwut

I sent a report. Two AI posts.

Thanks to mempool spammers, and it will only get worse if we don't stop it. Soon it will be impossible to run a Bitcoin node on a hardware that is not compromised (all modern hardware is). It is no longer viable to fully sync with a nice piece of hardware such as the Thinkpad x60 anymore because the CPU and RAM limitation gets a beating thanks to the anti-Bitcoin movement by Jameson Lopp and other spammers powered by Core 30.

er..don't you have to pay cap gains on each of the above switherroo's .....remember the 'blockchain' remembers and tools can find you on such with btc pretty

easy..years ago arguments on this in 2013 I was foolish not to hide mining gains...went to CPA from 2013 till 2019 when I was out of mining a lot less angst on

keeping IRS happy on $150 btc as it went up along the way mining ..then dealing with KYC now let me tell you

anyway...maybe above has no cap gains in above switching..just seems to me it needed to be as such (or losses or gains etc)

A reminder that not everyone’s opinion is equal.

I'd chip $5 at something before scanning a QR code.  *shrugs*

The $5 makes it feel safer, spending something of value brings confidence in the product.

I saw this all the time while selling snails... similar mindset perhaps.  People pay me $100 for snails they could pick up for free outside, but my snails feel better to feed their 150-year-old turtle. 

would i be doing this to a empty address ... nope far from it.

i am but im stuck...  it all shows as valid but then throws Failed to broadcast transaction, reason: bad-txns-inputs-missingorspent.
other than that.. it all checks out as a valid key. 

Sincerely speaking this is one easy way to teach kids about bitcoin without actually forcing them to learn about it. Every kid loves to have a piggy bank and what's more exciting is a stashed piggy bank. Anyways it's important for kids to not be too accustomed to the cash system to avoid them from being too dependent and over familiar with fiat.

Another plus about this idea is they can understand lightning network gradually very few bitcoiners can use the lighting network properly compared to the regular on chain. plus those kids would have to keep track of price to constantly convert their sats to dollar so you'll have to also teach them how to avoidFOMO and FUD.