I don't like the idea of storing your savings in wallet.dat without the possibility of a meatspace backup such as speed phrases on paper. And this goes for other machine formats of storing private keys as well. Just a few hardware failures and your coins are gone.


But then you would have to write down the encryption key.

And at that point, your backup strategy would be a bunch of Babushka dolls.

If FF confiscates a user's coins (leaving their reason aside), it could somehow be considered theft. Since we know that compliance with regulations is just an excuse, and "allegedly" stolen coins will never be returned to the original victim (ok, maybe Bybit was an exception). This means that stolen coins should receive another layer of the theft label, this time by FF.
How should such cases be treated?

It's different when you give a user a negative feedback for scamming to when you give same negative feedback for just thinking that they may be scam. The first instance is quite logical than the second.

Trusting someone by guts feeling isn't enough to ascertain that such user is trust deserving. A positive trust feedback given base on financial deeds or any type of dealings can't be compared to the confidence that would be involved when another user understands that it's just a trust given out of guts.  If you really want to know the real character of a person and to test their integrity, involve money to it not guts feeling.

It was hard work selecting the members below, these are sincere votes. Some I've had in mind for a while, as I've spent more time with them. I would like to nominate more members, but unfortunately I can only vote for 3 in each category. But know that you are all incredible!!!

Here are my nominations:

HI-TEC99: I will never forget this user, he was one of the first to be very helpful to me, assisting me throughout the process of decrypting the Bitcoin Wallet Android wallet backup (schildbatch wallet). That's where my journey on the forum began. He is no longer active, I hope he is well!

HCP: This is another member who helped me a lot in the early days to solve the same problem above. Yes, it took me weeks or months to fully understand what I was doing wrong. He is also inactive, he also deserves a tribute.

Pmalek: He and I are involved in almost all technical discussions and we almost always interact with each other. I'm impressed by his technique and precision in suggesting or solving problems.


ABCbits: This guy is really cool, I really enjoy reading his posts, most are precise and technical, plus I come across him in most of the forum discussions and boards (that I participate in). I like him a lot.

vapourminer: I don't know who he is, but he's a mysterious guy and I think he has a strong presence on the forum. I see him more as an observer (although I consider myself one too), anyway, he has his ninja style.

LoyceV: I can't forget this guy, good presence on the forum, always involved in technical discussions, and if I'm not mistaken, he's the type of guy who posts something philosophical, anyway, always helping newbies and experienced users.

nc50lc: What can I say about this guy? He usually always understands the technical context of a discussion and almost always proposes a solution to your problem.

dkbit98: I like reading his posts, he has a lot of knowledge to share and I always see him suggesting solutions, his pow is comprehensive and with a good argument, technical and precise in the subjects.

TryNinja: Whenever I remember bitlist.co I will remember him, he is a very present guy and has a lot of knowledge to share, he contributed a lot developing tools like bitlist.co for the forum, he is an excellent programmer.

Guys, I love pizzas, I think it was the best recipe I know, so the nomination couldn't be anything else. Just seeing the participants' pizzas makes me hungry...

My vote goes to them because I really like the project and I'm confident it has a lot of room to grow on the forum. After eXch. shut down, I didn't see any other free-kyc exchanges, it was after its emergence that other services with similar proposals reappeared. May privacy always prevail!

He is a very kind member of our community, always involved with political and philosophical discussions. I was impressed by his development on the forum. I don't remember exactly when I noticed him, but in a short time he reached the Hero rank! Well done!

Mia Chloe: This year I'm putting her in this category. She's a dear friend of mine and I enjoy reading her posts whenever  I come across her amidst the forum discussions.

DdmrDdmr: What I have to say about him is that he does a great job on Bitcointalk on Meta, always cataloging members in his posts who are close to reaching the next rank, which helps identify members who are gaining traction and space in the forum. He always recognizes good posts that deserve plenty of merits.

Hhampuz: He is one of the most respected managers on the forum and a very honest guy. I've never had any problems working with him, he's a really cool guy, I like him.

icopress: He is also one of the most respected managers on the forum, honest, and he's already offered to solve a problem I had. He's a very helpful and really nice guy.

AB de Royse777: I've had the pleasure of working on some of his campaigns. You can see that he has a lot of professionalism and passion for what he does. He's an indispensable member of the forum. Very honest. Anyway, all the people listed in this category share the same level of professionalism, honesty are friendly.


bitmover: Bitmover is a sincere guy, great at giving suggestions and and has a lot of knowledge. He participates in almost all discussions in our board community.

sabotag3x: He's a guy I've known since my early days on the forum. He's one of the oldest users on our board, always posting and sharing knowledge in our community.

rdluffy: He's a sincere guy, always helpful, and always sharing his knowledge, he's a very friendly guy.

Mindyspace is an amazing woman and also a recent discovery on this forum. She's gradually gaining recognition, makes great posts, and I interact with her whenever I can. She has everything it takes to become a Legendary, and I hope she stays with us for a long time.

We all often wonder how in the World some people got to hold some Bitcoin in their Wallet for over a decade and not spend any at all.  Not when that turned in to a thousand Dollars, not when it turned in to a hundred thousand, not even when it turned in to a couple Million.

Now I suppose we can see such an example right here!

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Considering how long you have been holding Bitcoin for, you must have a decent amount sitting there.  You could start exploring possible ways to even use the advantage of Bitcoin related Laws offered by other countries, it may end up being a smaller cost than the United Kingdom Taxes you would other wise have to pay.

Some times, I feel in the same position like you when it comes to the management of my Bitcoin.  It happens that I forget Passwords, I know I wrote down some of them but I do not even remember where.  The good thing is that it usually happens to Wallets that never contain much in them.  Although even 40 Dollars is something.  It is worth the beers you could get for finally unlocking it at least!

I don't think this is effective thing, since anyone can create something any combination like ťheym0s or śąt0sh1.
Same argument can be said for email addresses, yet we have near limitless combination of email addresses, and there is no confusion.
It's trivial to check member profile in forum to know if that is real account or not.

LoyceV guided you well and if you want to claim forked coins, you can do these steps.

Another thing is there are many forked coins and perhaps you don't know all about them but like LoyceV said, most of them are useless and become harder to sell with time.
How Many Bitcoin Forks Are There? You will be surprised!!!

You asked me to always tell the truth. This is a really cool event, but I also think it's become a bit too bland this year.

so here is my choice

• I think he's a true hero of kindness. o_e_l_e_o has been gone for two years, and he's still at the top of the merit list. I hope his family visits the forum sometimes to appreciate the important contribution o_e_l_e_o made.
• I have been working with Icopress for quite a long time and I cannot imagine the forum without him because I see how much time and effort he spends on everything he does, and I think no one could cope with all this the way he does.
• PowerGlove is a true hero of goodness who silently released several forum updates that were implemented by the admin, which speaks volumes about his contribution.
  

• The award is given to a member whose name symbolizes consistency. - If you reread the nomination description, you'll understand why I chose these people.
  
  LoyceV has been monitoring and maintaining all of his informative threads every week, month after month, for many years.
• DdmrDdmr does the same, updating his threads with interactive data weekly.
• nutildah, in turn, was the first to develop forum standards for AI control (I'm not sure, but I think the administrator created the AI ​​thread based on his contributions).

• gmaxwell, achow101: My opinion hasn't changed since last year. They're the best fit for this nomination, as they're moderators in the Bitcoin section for a reason. These guys have "Bitcoin Expert" badges, have been active for many years, and are the authors of some well-known concepts.

• Without a doubt, the most important event is ATH 2025.
• But it's also important to consider that this forum event, along with events like the Bitcointalk Community Awards and Bitcoin Pizza Day, have become, quite literally, a forum tradition. Last year, I even won the grand prize! Thanks, Gazeta!

I use this tool every day, but I want to point out that I use https://bitlist.co/raffle-manager the most.



I couldn't decide until I saw LoyceV's post, and then I remembered something. About a month ago, I spoke with ico, and he shared his impressions of stwenhao and his unsuccessful attempts to invite him to a signature campaign. I read his post history and realized that this guy deserves this award, as his posts over the past year have truly transformed the tech section.

• Ultegra134 amazes with his ability to spot scammers and deceivers, seeing right through them. I love how he masterfully identifies all the unscrupulous users using AI in their posts. As long as he catches those spammers, the forum will continue to be a wonderful environment for communication.

I manage competitions, so I always study my competitors.

memehunter, cryptofrka, trofo: I've chosen three names that do the job best!

• Without a doubt it's klarki! I want to publish the line that I shared in his trust rating, then you will understand why I chose him. - He's won many of the contests I've organized, and our communication has always been fantastic. He often translates my announcements, which is a huge help. I think he's omnipresent, seeing everything that's going on on the forum.

• Is Mia Chloe a woman? Did I interpret her communication style correctly?
• Etranger (a confirmed woman), and she's the closest to me in spirit, so I'm still voting for her.

Thank you! This means a lot to me!

Oh so it's actually right. I tried both (Satoshi, Theymos), and I got an error saying it contains, 'reserved username', I couldn't be bothered to try other combinations (except  'satosh!' — which went through and as mentioned earlier) but I believe it's coded as simple as if it's contain basically these raw words as in 'theymos' and 'satoshi' — it won't let you proceed.

An understandable decision

Yes, that's fair. AML scoring is reading tea leaves.

I know... the nomination may seem strange... But I thought a lot of it... and I am thinking a lot of these people, since the war started. For me, all are heroes. Living in a war zone, remaining many times without electricity, without utilities yet still doing their daily lives, working, and, most important, defending their country. Some of them are among us. They are heroes too, as all the other people from this country. I can not make a nomination for 3 names, but I am nominating all the people living there.


These were my nominees last year as well... Nothing changed in in the last year, therefore I am nominating same names. LoyceV kept doing what he is doing for years in a row. Best statistician! Followed by DdmrDdmr, which also does the same thing for years... I don't think anyone can do better tables, charts or statistics. As about fillippone, his essays have been translated so far 80 times, in 19 languages. This shows how much knowledge he brought to the forum and to all these local boards!


Again, I will nominate PowerGlove for this year as well. His involvement in multiple improvements for the forum but also in multiple events brought plus-value. He left a mark in the places he passed through. Additionally, I am nominating JJG at this category. When he is talking about Bitcoin it feels like a mentor is talking. He is thorough, very thorough and his posts always are valuable.


First two contests became already a tradition. As about the cooking contest from Naija board, I was delighted to see that Mia Chloe organized it again. There were many participants and all prepared very nice dishes. I wish I could have tasted them all!


AOBT will turn 3 years old now and the project became well known. In fact, AOBTers were invited also by the owner of ATT to migrate there, being promised to have same ranks One year ago there were 350+ translations made by AOBT into multiple local boards, sharing best essays to users from those local boards. Until now there are more hundreds of topics translated. If anyone wishes to see all the translations dane, they are all listed here.


Mia is not a new user, but the achievements she did in the recent past made me "discover" her, to say so, therefore I am mentioning her at this category. She organized the cooking contest from Naija board, also the New Year's contest; also, she became a Merit Source... It's a lot for only one year!


LoyceV is present allover the forum. When someone asks a question, he's always there to answer and help. Still doubting he is human, lol, but even if he weren't there was no rule for not nominating non-humans
nutildah took his skill to level of excellency. I was writing last year about how he developed a talent for finding AI generated posts. He kept improving his skill during time. I was wondering how would have the forum been without nutildah and his work... I think things would have been very bad without him...
As about lovesmayfamilis, she kept being one of the kindest users here, helping with thorough answers when others were in need, while also doing her best in the fight against spam and plagiarists.


I wish I could have nominated more than 3 users... I found other users which would have fit so well in this category.
Porfirii is the one which created AOBT. Now that the project reached somehow a maturity and kept existing and evolving, I consider nominating his creator is suitable. He crafted AOBT, which "absorbed" forum's finest translators.
jayce is probably most contacted signature creator This says everything about his skill in this field.
And icopress -- we all know how many campaigns he managed; how many contests he organized... his reputation precedes him.


Nominating NF for the second year in a row! It's not much activity inside Romanian local board, but whenever someone posts something there or asks a question, NF is present!


Our queen will always be Miss BitccoinTalk for me The never ending discussion about her gender are just for spicing the things!
lovesmayfamilis is such friendly and kind! She always fits perfectly in this category.
Mia Chloe - due to her recent incredible achievements (mentioned above), I want to nominate her too this year.

Issue of note: I want to add also that I wanted to have the possibility to mention other remarkable users as well, at different categories, but only 3 could fit at a particular category. I would have surely mentioned also Halab, holydarkness, paid2, Becassine, Etranger, suchmoon, The Pharmacist, NotATether, Upgrade00, achow, yahoo62278, pooya87, joker_josue, apogio, 1miau, Rikafip and many others... Chapeau to all of you, which keep this forum alive!

I Haven’t come across this thread before until today and I’m glad my user is mentioned among the top lower rank merit earners it shows that my effort is being acknowledged and that alone is a great achievement for me. this thread is worth coming back to subsequently  and I think the thread will also help some of the merit source to distribute their smerit across user mentioned if they find post worth meriting.

About how to claim a forked coin, you can read what is on this topic: LoyceV's Bitcoin Fork claiming guide (and service). But I noticed the thread was updaylast in 2022, probably because it might not need updating for now.

A wallet that support the forked coin can be used to access the fired coin so far you have the seed phrase or the private key of the forked coin.

You are very early to know about bitcoin, I know about bitcoin late.

Good evening Bitcointalkers,

I stayed awake late to announce the results of this round because I felted a slight disturbance.

Round 5 is now over, here are the results :

Closing price on 27/02/2026 : 65 884$

Name	Prediction	B/M	Final prediction	Difference
Leahized	65 666,00		65 666,00	218,00
GazetaBitcoin	65 623,00		65 623,00	261,00
LoyceV	65 602,60		65 602,60	281,40
Pmalek	66 457,00		66 457,00	573,00
promise444c5	65 050,00		65 050,00	834,00
Hypnotizer	64 998,60		64 998,60	885,40
LogitechMouse	64 969,69	0,50% malus	64 644,84	1 239,16
examplens	65 006,02	0,75% malus	64 518,47	1 365,53
ESG	64 444,44	0,25% malus	64 283,33	1 600,67
xLays	67 676,00		67 676,00	1 792,00
Doan9269	63 850,00		63 850,00	2 034,00
cryptofrka	63 750,00	0,50% malus	63 431,25	2 452,75
Mr. Magkaisa	62 262,62		62 262,62	3 621,38

                              

First blood !! Sorry Mr. Magkaisa, someone had to be the first, but you are the first player eliminated from the game. Don't be sad, you fought until the end, but it wasn't enough. Stick around, we never know, it's never over.
Congratulations Leahized, you are the winner of this round, 50BTC have been credited to your account.
xLays, I have reimbursed you 10BTC of the 50 you spent. You have given a malus to someone who did not participate.

For round 6, I want to prove to you that I'm nice guy. No one will lose a life in this round. Isn't that cool ?
Buuuuuuuut, yeah as you might have guessed, there's always a 'but'. The bottom 3 in round 6 will receive a major malus that will affect their next rounds.

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Round 6 : The poisoned malus

What will be the price of Bitcoin at March 05, 2026, 12:00:00 AM (BTC closing price on 04/03/2026) ?
Submit your predictions before March 02, 2026, 07:00:00 PM.
 
Cash shop: OPEN
 
Special rules : None.

Haven’t been around the forum for a while, came back around this time last year. Over the past year, i’ve really realized how much some people here mean to the forum and how many genuinely good folks there are
So, let’s get started

- LoyceV -  I don't think i need to say much about this guy , the forum simply wouldn’t be as good without him. Since i became a member of AoBT, i haven't just been translating his posts , through all that work i've gained a lot of valuable knowledge. I'm still trying to learn and improve, and LoyceV is someone everyone can learn a lot from.
- examplens - His presence on this forum has a huge impact , first of all on me, and i'm sure on many other members as well. Twelve years on the forum is no small thing, and the knowledge he shares is genuinely useful. Every time i had a doubt or a question, examplens had an answer. On top of that, he’s simply a good guy who genuinely likes to help others

‎- Tryninja - For me, it’s definitely TryNinja. We really should be grateful for the time and effort he puts in. In my opinion, the most useful tool is Bitcointalk Notifier v2, which i use every single day.
- GazetaBitcoin - His posts really carry weight, and i've learned a lot about Bitcoin just by reading them.  His dedication and effort are truly admirable. He also helps a lot with running AoBT, where i'm a member myself.

‎- Roobet Art Contest - For me, in general, it's the Roobet Art Contest. I've participated several times, doing something i genuinely enjoy - drawing. That contest always shows just how creative people on this forum really are, and how much effort can pay off in the end.

- Talkimg.com - Simply put, in my opinion it's the best project. I often use this site when posting images and i've never had any issues with it. 10/10.
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*Ace* - His effort really means a lot for this forum. The tools he's shared so far are really solid. I honestly think this member is the future of the forum.

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nutildah - A member who fights against spam and AI generated posts. He's doing really well, and the effort he puts in truly helps keep the forum high quality.
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Hhampuz, Little Mouse - Two managers who, in my opinion, handle their job in the most professional way. I've had the chance to participate in their campaigns, and i was always treated fairly 100%, even when i made mistakes , they gave me a chance to prove myself. Above all, they’re good people, and then great managers.

taufik123 - really impressed me at the Art Contest with his dedication and the amazing skills he showed. I think an artist like him deserves more attention, because works like his are really hard to beat on this forum.
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‎‎This might be the hardest category for me to vote in. In the Croatian local board where i am, there are so many great members with a lot of knowledge, but unfortunately, i can't vote for everyone.
- ovcijisir - A member who’s put in a lot of effort, especially lately, since he decided to focus on all crypto scams and make things easier for all of us. I hope he keeps going just like he has so far.
- dkbit98 - Pmalek - Their dedication to the local part of the forum has always been exemplary. Since i came back, their support has always meant a lot to me, especially their knowledge. They're also largely responsible for some of us in the local board moving up to higher ranks.


- Mia Chloe - I’m often active in the parts of the forum where Mia Chloe is. You can always see how quick she is and how ready she is to help new members. I think Mia Chloe truly deserves this award.
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As you said, there's really no way to know for sure.  I see frequently see on server in Electrum's list of servers named "sethforprivacy," and it always makes me think "who is this Seth character, and who's privacy is he for?

Anyway, I set up my own server for public use and you can use it with TOR enabled on your Electrum client if you don't trust me to snoop on your IP.  I also set up an Onion address for the server to make the whole loop private.  In my config file I added setting that keep logs minimal, without logging IP addresses or transaction identifiers.  Of course, you aren't getting access to my server so you can't confirm for yourself.  So, you'll just have to trust me, bro. 


https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5574491.msg66408050#msg66408050




You can install TOR as a background service to avoid having to keep TOR Browser open while using Electrum. 

For Linux use your package manager, or follow these instructions to add the TOR Project's repo for a more up-to-date version:
https://support.torproject.org/little-t-tor/getting-started/installing/

For Windows go to the main TOR Project Website, download the "Expert Budle" for your system, and install as an NT service, or create a task in Task Scheduler to start the .exe on startup.
https://www.torproject.org/download/tor/

It probably looks like a piece of cake to some, but I am sure that it is not easy at all to do what theymos has been doing for years and to deal with that kind of responsibility. Regarding suchmoon, in my opinion he is one of the best posters on the forum, and I wish he were more active.


It would be hard to magine bitcointalk without those users and their tools that I use on basically the daily basis.


GazetaBitcoin wrote some of the more interesting posts about bitcoin and its signifance on this forum, while dkbit98 is the guy I would contact if I had some questions regarding bitcoin.


As a big fan of home make pizzas, and even bigger fan of bitcoin themed pizzas, for me no event beats that, especially in the last year or two when it as pushed to another level by our member's skill and imagination.


I liked ninjastic.space, and now it evolved into even something bigger, which is BitList. Having said that, I am still getting used to it, and I miss some things that ninjastic.space had.


I've seen his name around throughout the years, but I didn't know until recently that he is a very capable alt account buster as well.


I am nominating holydarkness for his role in mediating between casinos and those who think they have been wronged by them, while nutildah and lovesmayfamilis for their scam busting work and keeping the forum better place for us all.


Cro2 team is behind the best gambling board thing going on, Bitcointalk Sports Fanatics League. It takes time just to participate in it, and I don't even wanna think about how much time they spend running that thing for 3 years now.
I am also nominating icopress for having a positive impact on how signature campaigns have been run in recent years and for organizing initiatives such as this one.


Activity in our local board has been declining for quite some time, and sudden appereance of katanic97 and the effort he put really made our local board more lively, while slackovic has been consistently our most active member year after year, without whose spam our local board wouldn't be the same. Pmalek is another important member of our local board who beside being a very knowledgeable guy also helped our lower ranking members reaching higher ranks.


Every time I stumble upon her somewhere on the forum, that iconic Jimi Hendrix song comes to mind. Sapienti sat.  

i would not even call it gambling tbh, it's more like donating money to insiders. everyone should know that by now, but some people keep doing it expecting some other result.

Sigh, peak generosity doesn't work

Business has been booming...

Trusting an individual depends on a lot of factors and doing business with the person for a long time is not the only answer. There is a type of role someone will play in a single business transaction that can can automatically earn the person my trust. I will keep trusting the person until I see a reason not to and the forum made provision for a situation to remove someone from your trust list.

If I trust user A and same user A trust user B, by simple law of mathematics, I can trust user B because of the trust of user A. I know this may not always be the case but there are times I can trust someone based on what another person that I hold in high esteem have to say about them. In other words, I can trust someone base on their behavior or performance in business dealing with others. This is just how I view it and it also agrees with LoyceV's view on the matter. 

Interesting, this is what came to my mind at first sight of this thread. But it's you I found on the next post; yes, it's a merit-hunting post. At least I wasn't expecting this thread from new users who aren't very familiar with old forum users, or he isn't a friend of LoyceV. I doubt even LoyceV noticed OP before creating this thread.

@OP, don't create unrealistic topics. I don't want to insult you, but simply you can congratulate someone through a forum PM either for birthdays or for some other events. Other users already got your intention, which isn't looking good. Hope you learnt a lesson from this thread. Now better lock the thread from the lower left to avoid more unnecessary discussion.

Iya saya ngecek thread itu juga pas awal2 saya aktif lagi ini. Dulu seinget saya banyak banget post-nya, tapi sekarang kok ga ada yang minta bantuan. Ternyata itu alasannya. Kalau gak salah saya pernah 1-2 kali gitu ikut nimbrung ngepost nyari bantuan merit untuk thread/reply2 saya. Atau mungkin di thread yg lain ya? lupa juga. Bagus sih inisiasinya, tapi kalau untuk yang awal2 ngeforum di sini, solusinya gimana ya? Maksud saya untuk di lokal board.

Kalau untuk luar saya lihat dan kebetulan saya bookmark (walau belum pernah ngepost di sana juga), ada thread bantuan merit ini. Bisa untuk English atau bahasa lokal si member.

   

• [Merit] Share your best posts/threads with Fillippone to be merit assessed by fillippone
  
• [self-moderated] Report unmerited good posts to Merit Source by LoyceV

Silahkan tambahin kalau ada yg tahu lainnya.

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Make sense sih gan. Kalau cuma pasif, gak muterin smerit, kurang ternotice juga. At least dinotice secara personal oleh si penerima merit. Walaupun pada akhirnya, ngirim merit banyak pertimbangan juga selain utamanya post itu sendiri.

I was interested to see the merit sender of that post. I initially thought it could be another low-ranked forum member just trying to exchange merits with them. I was wrong. The merit sender is a Legendary forum member with 3K merits on their profile. I believe such merit transactions actually inspire them to create a thread like this. BTW, did you read the post under the one that got 17 merits? I am glad that everything was about 17 and not 50. The merit sender could have sent 50 merits otherwise.

So I shouldn't trust theymos? Can't leave positive feedback for him, although we can't trust him with our privacy, like sharing emails, IP addresses, etc. Just hadn't dealt financially – shouldn't we trust him? It's just an example; there are a lot of users we can trust. Because trust hasn't been built in a single day, it's not like today you joined the forum and DT members left you positive feedback.

If you haven't dealt with it, then don't write about financial deals. If someone is actively exposing scams and cheaters to help the forum, then you can write the same on the feedback. It isn't necessary to write about financial deals; people could be trusted for many reasons. Just not for trading. I would trust LoyceV with my personal data, but I can't trust you. He will protect my privacy and personal information; it's my faith, but I won't trust you this way.

Successful trades aren't the only measure of trustworthiness. By your own logic, how can people trust DT members if they haven't made deals with them?

In terms of leaving trust feedback, this was included in the initial guidelines:


When trust flags were introduced to address different goals (for warning newbies and deterring scams), the description for trust feedbacks were changed. Reference links are optional BTW.



As shared in an earlier reply:


The guide LoyceV made was based on existing guidelines, and theymos seems to be OK with it.


At the end of the day, you're still the one to decide who you trust and make deals with in this forum. No one else is responsible for that, certainly not DT members. Quoting myself from the original thread:

I think OP is a big fan, with this, I'll also take this opportunity to greet one of the best posters with a lot of common sense, so OP, will you create another one next year?  .

Many thanks For who Spend he/she Time for my issue 
Ofc there is a missunderstanding , I never said that i Minned all of This btc's BY MINNING .
Thats Some of them Buy Via fiat And now Wallet iS missinG or currept or any ****
Any Way Ty again And Accept my Apologies For Wasting Your TIME
May God BLess u all <3
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Op picked the wrong user haha...
The post seems more like a way to earn some merits and LoyceV is among the top users not to try this approach with. Maybe a more simple approach would have been better.

Anyway, I doubt LoyceV, that you might care about this but happy forum anniversary, a decade+1.

Guess what, insider bets $70k that Axiom would be the project accused of insider trading, he makes a profit of $411k.

https://x.com/lookonchain/status/2027022023982215244

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.

nutildah: like LoyceV, he scares the hell off me. [certainly the graphic details courtesy to Grok didn't help ease the terror]. I nominate him as hero of good here, for the good that others can't see, the things he do behind the screen for the forum [well, SA board part of the forum] for the contribution I don't think I can mention here?

TryNinja: [not because of his name, really, I swear] Ninjastic? bitlist? 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"

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.

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. All that, but this time, it's the 2025 counter-part.

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,

[disclaimer: I put them as best project purely and solely due to the dedication of the staff behind the "project" --i.e.: the casino rep in touch with me-- who greatly cooperate with me in any possible and most transparent way.]
BetPanda: I might have to put the rep of this casino as "Discovery of the year", because... they actually surprises me with their effort to stand for those having dispute with the casino. I hear this from others, two other sources, not from the rep themself, so the accountability is 100%, they tried to "bull their way" into reconsideration whenever the casino made a final call, allowing us to get it internally reopened and retried.

RainBet: solely and purely because I know jeremypwr move to this casino from his former, and know that with his own presence, the casino is in the right hand and will be one of the best project. Not to mention that they have rain of free bets [pun intended]. And oh, they also have Ryan Garcia as their star, big fan of him, like OMG! [side note: big fan before he went too much with the ink].

TBA:

RainBet, I have to say that I HAVE to put RainBet here as it's such a... surprising thing, back in 2025. The downfall of what once a very reputable and one of the most long-standing casino, and then to hear that RainBet "poached" the staffs that the casino "let go" is such a relief and a, well, discovery.

albon: he's... now offering a lending service, P2P service, and BM service or something. [Sorry dude, about the second half of my year was really hectic, drowned by FIAT situation of one casino on daily basis, that I barely can keep track of old friends.] It's such a shift from the shy person I once met. Now he has more green number below his profile than me, LOL.

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.

nutildah: nuff said. He's busy busting AI scammers who pollute SA board. Not to mention help me behind the screen for several casino-related-cases of SA.

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.

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.

Know that your art that's sent by special someone to me, though have to go through proxy and literally crossing the world just to hide my real identity and where I actually reside [I kinda learned that we're practically neighbor and it can be overnight-ed from the sending address] is sitting nicely in my home-office --even after the room underwent a massive redecoration-- on a special pedestal. cc: jeremypwr

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

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".

This year, I will approach with uhhh... slight description why I nominate each, especially because I put "BetPanda" [basically a company] as a "Local Hero" [that should refer to a user]. Well, to be precise, it's their rep who I nominate as the local hero. Long story short, what initially started as a funny little misunderstanding when we first touched bases and introduce ourselves and try to get past the awkward and meek phase I always encounter with new casino rep who in touch with me, they thought I investigate and research anyone I am communicating with [perhaps I folder everyone with manila envelope, color coded and neatly stacked in steel drawer, in their mind? If it was, know that yours is colored neon pink] turned so fast and quickly as I acccept [by their permission] that as a challenge. I do found them in their IRL [yes, my investigation skill seems still pristine and barely have any speck of rust] and I now officially stalk their life... as well as whenever we're not on professional mode, we exchanges banter every now and then. In exchange, they had the full story of my surgery back in 2024. So, BetPanda rep, let's call that even, we know each other's inside [mine rather literally].

Jeremypwr... I forgot how this start, but we became an online buddy too [sorry, dude, but there is someone else out there --above-- who knows me a tad bit better than I dare to let you know. You still knows a lot about me than others, though] I shared things with him and find comfort in texting him... [music scratched again] too bad that it also means I'll yell and yap at him if any case involving RainBet will ever happen. Though I am sure, just like BetPanda's Rep, we both can switch from HD to RainBet's represetative, and holy to Jer, accordingly.

Gazeta Bitcoin, dude, my big... hairy... scary dude, I am so so so so so soooooo sorry for ghosting you for like what? Two years? Last time we talk was before my surgery in early 2024? I have zero intention for that, really. I even installed an app on my device so we can communicate better, remember? [imagine me saying all these with scared face and try to look as smol as possible]. Well... I changed device after that, and I forgot the app. You're still in my mind [in a bad way, like in a self-guilt trip that haunts me for ghosting you] so uhh... I'll try to uhh... catch up with you. Most likely with fresh start, as I barely remember what do we talk in multi-topic-at-once-poured-in-two-PMs-in-a-row-because-apparently-there-is-a-max-character-for-PM

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.

Today is the 11th anniversary of a prominent user of the forum. On this 11th anniversary, the Bitcoin Forum would like to extend its warmest wishes and congratulations.

LoyceV, He started his first journey on the Bitcoin Forum on February 26, 2015 and completed his glorious 11 years. He has contributed a lot to this forum and is always dedicating himself to the development of the user forum like him. The forum will never forget his contribution. In the future, we want to see the forum prosper even more through continuous efforts. Above all, we wish him good health and long life.

Looks like I am the one to say goodbye

This is the forum member with whom I have the warmest and most appreciative relationship, and to whom I am sincerely grateful for all the help, support, and care he has shown me over the years on the forum. I cannot imagine bitcointalk without him.


I don’t know what I would do without the bot that reminds me about notifications and generally keeps me up to date even when I don’t have time to visit the forum itself. I would definitely reply to people who tagged me far less often if it weren’t for Tryninja.


This person has the largest number of posts dedicated to Bitcoin and crypto topics in general. I think he is very knowledgeable about the technical details, and although I’m personally more interested in applied and humanitarian topics related to cryptocurrencies, I still value his work and expertise.


This year I wasn’t very active in various events. But they didn’t pass me by, even though I didn’t participate. It was nice to see many active users in each of them, but this one still remains the best for me. First, I actually managed to take part in it, and second, I was even nominated several times in one of the categories.


A huge amount of useful information gathered in one place. There is an enormous amount of work behind this project, done by icopress. I would like to express my gratitude to him, although I have nominated him separately in another category.


Since I can nominate my best forum friend, that’s exactly what I’ll do (I apologize for the one-line explanation, but conciseness is quite appropriate here — I have nothing more to add)

This nomination has remained somewhat unclear to me for years, but I will name someone who, in my view, is strongly associated with the forum, yet is not as obvious a choice as our admin. Thanks to LoyceV, I learned about my presence on the DT list. And each time I’m glad to see that I remain on the list he publishes.

He runs many great contests from cool projects. I like how they are organized and how smoothly everything is handled there. I’ve been lucky enough to win several of them.

One of the few people who keep the Ukrainian board going. I’m glad I have someone to communicate with in my native language, even though the forum still lacks a dedicated Ukrainian section. He translates many articles, making them accessible to the Ukrainian audience.


I am an active participant in the Russian-language section, and that’s where I met Lannakosa. It’s nice to know that, besides me, there are other women on the forum and to have the opportunity to communicate with them. She is a very active contributor who writes in an engaging and useful way. And she doesn’t forget to drop by the Ukrainian board from time to time, which I also appreciate.

I don't know, but don't get me wrong here, it looks like this is very similar to this method posted by @LoyceV: Scammer advertising by pretending to look for an exchange but with a added twist.

a. newbie suddenly find this thread and despite warnings, deposited money and play and won big
b. try to withdrew then suddenly gets into a issue
c. report to this thread pretending to be the victim
d. suddenly 1xBit contacted him
e. allow him to withdraw the full balance
f. 1xBit finally had their first issue resolved in 24-48 hours

Looks like everything is a setup for 1xBit to look good.

[/quote]

I get why you're skeptical, especially given this site's history. If I saw this story from the outside I'd probably think the same thing too.

But if you look at the numbers again, I didn't actually 'win' anything. I deposited $3400 in total and managed to get back about $3340. I’m technically still down overall. I was just lucky enough to almost break even and get my funds out. If I had won a massive profit on top of my deposits, I’m pretty sure I would’ve faced way more issues.

Anyway, I’m just happy I could withdraw almost all of my deposits. I am not in any way encouraging anyone to play here - the stress of the lockout wasn't worth it. I'm just reporting what happened.

This is no dangerous mate, if feedback giver is not biased or influenced.
Let me use myself for instance. I joined the forum 2021 and read about trust feedbacks in 2022. I then sent positive feedback to these users without trading with them.
Hhampuz
Lovesmayfamilis
The Sceptical Chemist
CryptopreneurBrainboss
LoyceV
1maiu
And
Ratimov
I didn't have any financial dealings with these persons. Just my 1 year experience in the forum, I knew they were not going to scam anyone.
4 years down the lane, I am still correct, non of them scammed . The only exception is Ratimov, who didn't also scam but self destroyed his reputation.

Meanwhile, I am not going to trust any newbie who doesn't have a track record in the forum. These things happen naturally and when we try to force them, we make mistakes.

We all know that Bitcointalk forum is heavily used for crypto trading, escrow services, signature campaigns, Loans and marketplace deals. And so giving trust to someone you have not done financial deals with is highly risky to the forum and the members.
One of the reasons for a trust or positive feedback system was to Help others choose trusted partners in the forum.
And the DT members are like law enforcement officers in this forum that people trust, before trusting someone you must have had a financial deals with them or know them for a long period of time.

You can’t believe someone is a scammer and give them negative feedback without evidence, and same thing should go with trust or positive feedback, believing someone is trustworthy without evidence of successful deals is dangerous to the community.

Does this now mean that everyone is pre-trusted before any deals. If yes, the trust might come from the previous positive feedbacks the person already has.

Let's look at the twist;
Is it correct to hand out negative trust because my instinct says the person is a scammer or will turn a scammer in the nearest future.

While thanking also to our queen for the flawless timing (bowing deeply too); and while appreciating the concern about our livers -- I wish to remind that the liver is the only organ which regenerates, so we are safe, amen


Can't wait for that! I absolutely LOVE the alcohol (and the other fluids maybe even moar)!!!

Can't wait!


Yeah, I know, LoyceV is not an alcoholic! But, there are too many similarities between him and apogio when it comes to alcohol, which I guess makes apogio "not an alcoholic" as well. Correct?

You don't necessarily need to have a financial deal with a user before giving positive feedback. And what loyceV said in the comment is absolutely correct. If you feel a user is worthy of positive feedback then give the user a positive feedback, just same way you feel a user deserve a negative feedback for scamming or for loan defaulting even without you being the victim. Furthermore, if you feel a user is not worthy of the positive feedback he or she has then, you are free to open a thread in the reputation board with tangible reason. Don't come and say shits and expect listening ears from the audience.

I see that statement as being in line with what the administrator stated here.

To me trust should not be followed blindly; if you see someone being given positive feedback, you just don't have to trade with them because someone trusts them. Without references, always try to check the references link if it's something that suits you, and if it's positive without a backup references link, you can always choose to ignore it.


If you consider any user you trust their judgment to be given misleading feedback, that's what the judgment distrust is there for; you just have to distrust the person's judgment and save yourself the chance of getting misled.

The way they conduct themselves here on the forum can say a lot about a persons morals and integrity.

I created a thread in Beginners & Help board and in one of my argument or reply to someone I said these.
And a member replied me with what LoyceV said which is.
Now in the issue of trust, how is it possible you can trust someone you have not done deals with. For example you are trusting or giving someone positive feedback on being trustworthy with financial deals, meanwhile you have not done any financial deals with that person, you just decide to trust him because you believe he or she can be trustworthy.
For me trusting or giving positive feedback to someone you have not had financial deals with is wrong and when you do that especially as a DT member, you are simply leading those that trust your judgement in danger.

The trust feedback from DT is based from their own opinion or trade experience with the user. It's not supposed to guarantee that you won't get scammed. You'll never know a person's true intentions, so use your own judgement. Trust ratings can easily be deleted and replaced accordingly.

It doesn't necessarily have to be like that. See LoyceV's Beginners guide to correct use of the Trust system.

Lock & unlock

Here are your predictions for round 5 :

Name	Prediction	B/M
BABY SHOES	N/A
Becassine	N/A	0,5% malus
cryptofrka	63 750,00	0,5% malus
Danydee	N/A
Doan9269	63 850,00
ESG	64 444,44	0,25% malus
examplens	65 006,02	0,75% malus
GazetaBitcoin	65 623,00
Hypnotizer	64 998,60
Leahized	65 666,00
LogitechMouse	64 969,69	0,5% malus
LoyceV	65 602,60
Mr. Magkaisa	62 262,62
Pmalek	66 457,00
promise444c5	65 050,00
TryNinja	N/A
xLays	67 676,00

                  

Will this small pump last all week ?

Still lots of people who forgot to participate :
BABY SHOES, Danydee => -1 life
Becassine, TryNinja => MIA

They will find another way to fill the €2 billion hole.


That loophole might work and will be populair that the goverment classify shitcoins, Bitcoin, stablecoins and ETF's etc separately in box 3 closing the loophole(s) and of course forcing you to repay the missing taxes with retroactive effect for like 5 years.


They knew all the time to test how far they can go.



Have my eye's on Portugal, Germany ore living like a king in the Philippines, Bali, Thailand.

Ore..already lost most part of my stash in a boating accident and remain living humble, staying under the rader without big spending spree's like (unfortunately) not a € 100,000 Porsche.

LoyceV is right.
I played around with both wallets around the time when I wrote that post. Instead of posting the announcement in the Blue Wallet thread, I mistakenly wrote it here. Brain fog.
Anyways, someone else mentioned it in the correct thread.

Exactly

Unfortunately, you're right... This is mostly the case with their monthly plans, but their one & two-year plans have more reasonable prices ^{[except for NordVPN, which now appears to charge a separate amount for its dedicated IP services (back in the day, this was included with basic subscriptions)]}.

• Quote from: LoyceV on February 24, 2026, 08:30:45 AM
  I mean: I should start a VPN provider
  
  Please do so and a lot of us will be loyal customers ^{[assuming that there'll be good discounts]}

It's not just his link, the release notes are also for Blue Wallet's latest version.
There seem to be a mix-up on Pmalek's notes or something.

If anything, it's only necessary to edit the wallet's name (3 instances) and post it in Blue Wallet's thread instead.

There's probably none except having a little fun or entertainment. But, seriously, I wonder why ZachXBT resorted into something like this. So, yeah, what's the point? Why the guessing game? Engagement? Does he/she badly want to become more popular, influential? Or is he/she doing this so that Polymarket would open a market for it and he/she'd place a bet and make easy money? Or are they together in this?

Anyway, I've read a number of guesses that don't seem to fall under "crypto’s most profitable businesses", or is it the top 100?

They don't need to know your next bet if they have your historical data. If a high-roller follows a specific pattern (Martingale, specific increments, or a predictable "rhythm"), an operator with Pre-commitment Visibility can select a seed that contains a "red streak" exactly where that player’s math historically fails.

Standard PF is "Fair," but the house has a "Last-Look" at the result before the player does. Blockrand creates a Symmetry of Ignorance. Neither side knows the outcome until the bet is immutable. For a whale dropping $1k per roll, "The House is Blind" is a much more powerful psychological claim than "The House is Honest."

Absolutely nothing, and we actually encourage it. The SDK is open-source for that reason. Blockrand isn't a "black box" middleman; it's an infrastructure layer that makes the raw Drand beacon usable in a high-speed game loop via Optimistic Commitment. We provide the coordination logic to ensure that lock is ironclad. If a casino builds their own version of our logic, it still validates the "Double-Blind" standard we're pushing. We’re selling time-to-market and third-party auditability.

That’s the beauty of it: You don't have to trust us. Since Drand is a public, deterministic beacon, anyone can verify that the "Blockrand Result" matches the "Drand Beacon" for that round. If we pulled "shenanigans," the mathematical proof of fraud would be public and permanent.

P.S. I’ve updated the OP to reflect that we are currently in the "Pilot Data" phase rather than "Battle-Tested," per the feedback from LoyceV. I appreciate the high bar this community sets for those terms.

Thanks for the direct feedback @LoyceV

You’re 100% right. I’ll take the hit for that phrasing—500 rolls was internal dev-speak for "it didn't crash during the pilot," but in this community, that’s not "battle-tested." I’ll adjust the wording.

Ideally, yes. In reality, most (I would guess ~95%) of casual players never touch their client seed. This allows for Seed Grinding: an operator pre-calculating millions of server seeds to find one that results in a "house win" streak against that specific, static client seed. Standard PF prevents changing the seed after it's hashed, but it doesn't prevent the house from "choosing" a favorable seed to hash in the first place.

The delay is a Security Buffer. Drand issues a beacon every 3s, but we enforce a window to ensure the player's and server's commitment are fully propagated and locked before the next beacon exists. Without this buffer, a malicious operator could intercept the beacon and "fake" a latency issue to reject a winning bet. The delay ensures a Symmetry of Ignorance: neither side can know the outcome until the bet is immutable.

I disagree that apathy equals trust. Most players don't change seeds because of UX friction. Blockrand removes the burden of "manual verification" by ensuring the house literally cannot know the outcome when the bet is placed.

Only if the player knows the seed is biased. If a whale is betting $$$ on a 50/50 roll, and the house has pre-calculated a seed where that specific roll is a loss, the player doesn't know to "switch."

Regarding verification: Every Drand round is public and immutable. Verifying a Blockrand roll is actually easier for a third party because you aren't checking a casino's internal database; you're checking a global public beacon.

It seems like you don't realize and need to change the link you shared because it's wrong, as LoyceV says it's BlueWallet.
Shouldn't this link be the one you put https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/releases/tag/4.7.0

I don't know the current situation, but some years ago ExpressVPN was by far the best and the only one that reliably worked for Netflix/Amazon etc (I used it mainly for that reason) so it maybe that's why they are still getting away with those prices.

Haha this is on spot.

Satoshi for obvious reasons, formal and informal leader. Ddmr because of the long lasting impression left in the forum. I'm sure that you are among the most missed members in the forum.

He is also a Hero of Good, IMO, but for his consistency and because bitcointalk probably wouldn't exist without him, he's the greatest forum ninja.

Although I'm not very active in the most technical boards, these members are among the most respected and respectable for their great knowledge.

This year I discovered this contest by Mia Chloe and I was really impressed about the high participation and how much love is put in it. In addition, I think that local contest also deserve a place in these awards.

The forum wouldn't look the same without this service, managed with love and passion.

These are among the newest volunteers in the AoBT who are doing really great. Keep up the good work!

For their outstanding work to improve the forum in many different ways (analysis, articles, translations, projects...).

They deserve the title for the exceptional management of the longest signature campaign I have been so far in this forum. Congratulations, and thank you once again.

I would mention some more but if I have to choose only three members these are the most active in the Spanish board, and without them it would be almost abandoned.

Although she's not active lately, she taught me a lot in my first years in the forum. I hope she comes back soon.

Thanks for testing.

There is no need to make it work without javascript I guess. This tool doesn't need so much security, and everyone can use it as well, you were the only one having problems as far as I know . Glad it is working now.

Both of you are right ^{[I should've referred to those as sensitive subjects, instead of controversial words]}

@Synchronice
I just noticed ExpressVPN no longer has a Bitcoin/cryptocurrency option ^[screenshot] and based on "this post on their subreddit", it appears this has been the case for at least the past two months.

LoyceV ignored you.

(Please forgive my laziness: there are many names that I thought to include, and many people that I think deserve more recognition than they get, but, I'm sometimes detail-oriented to a fault, and, combined with the energy-wise slump that I've been going through recently, I know that if I want to avoid overshooting the voting deadline then I need to limit myself to just a handful of nominations.)

I've always liked theymos and his particular way of thinking. This community is very lucky IMO to have someone like him running things.

This category mentions "a member whose name symbolizes consistency", and I think that both these names score very high in that regard. They're always around and always adding value.

For some reason I've stopped hanging out on the D&T board, so I'm not up-to-date on what's been happening over there. But, back when I used to frequent (and back-read) it, I always really enjoyed parsing Greg's posts.

This one really cheered me up, and it gave me a bit of hope that the forum might someday find its way back to a more cypherpunk-compatible philosophy.

I do still miss the old Ninjastic.space site, though. Just saying.

I haven't interacted with this user, but, I get good vibes from some of their posts (that is, they seem helpful, constructive, intelligent, and so on).

I enjoy him and always find him to be doing what he can to push back against all the shitbirds trying to bleed this place dry.

I really enjoyed working with him on Merit Poker, and besides leaning on him for all of the game's visual assets, I found him to be full of good ideas and helpful suggestions. He put a ton of effort into his collectible, and I think it turned out very well.

GB and I have done our fair share of vote-counting duties together, and he's always very pleasant to work with (and I always enjoy our little chats).

I mean... it's basically a forgone conclusion each year, isn't it? I wish that she was more active (because I mostly only get to enjoy her dry sense of humor by occasionally bumping into her old posts), but, in many ways she's indirectly present via the small corps of quality posters that she supports.

Can you test again?

I made a few changes, improved the code to more modern javascript, and the external requests are made differently now.
It is working in Tor here. Did you disable javascript? It must be enabled to work (I would need to think in some other solution if you don't use javascript)

The top three most influential people on this forum

• Theymos - One of the highest rights holders on this forum
• LoyceV - The largest data holder of this forum
• DdmrDdmr - When he launches the Merit Airdrop there will be many users able to receive merit from him.

These two people present a very useful site that makes my job a lot easier

• LoyceV - with https://loyce.club/
• TryNinja - with https://bitlist.co/search

• ABCbits - I think he's very knowledgeable on technical topics, so when a user writes something wrong he jots it down in his Thread on the Reputation board

• Bitcointalk Community Awards - this event is not only about great prizes, but also notes valuable forum contributors.

• BitList - Can acquire from old domains, indicating that Bitlist will be a project on an ongoing basis

• Satofan44 - Despite all his controversies that make many people mention his name, he is also a knowledgeable person

• taufik123 - He consistently showed his skills as a wood carver until it became a valuable work

• Apart from the names mentioned above these three users YOSHIE, julerz12, Awaklara are also worth mentioning, we can see the contributions he has made in this category.

• Husna QA - The only Merit Source in Lokal Indonesia, with its neutral nature and valuable contribution on the Local board, I respect it.

Two great women with different backgrounds

• lovesmayfamilis - Brave Woman, of all she does like reporting junk posts, makes me like her character.
• SatoPrincess - Calm Woman, a chronological series of what happened on this forum throughout 2025, impressed me.

These are very important questions (perhaps the most important) because I also noticed that registration requires the following box to be checked: I confirm I am 18+ years old and a UK resident.

If it is true that the winners must be from the UK and that they must also be verified in order to make a withdrawal (minimum 100k sats), then everyone else has nothing to do in this game.

The drink in gazeta plastic bottles cannot be classified as wine. And for sure the alcohol in it might cause severe health problems.
I consider my Code of Conduct a tactical necessity. If the chemical warfare in Gazeta’s plastic bottles doesn't successfully dissolve my memories, I need a formal document to prevent me from testifying.

From what I know, you can actually fall into trap or misled by following inappropriate guides or instructions.
It is also your obligation to be able to dictate what is right and what is wrong to avoid being misled otherwise, if judgment has to be taken, no one would care if you were only following instructions or not.
Do you know that if that was a scam trick, it does not stop you from being victimized? Same applied to when you follow wrong instructions here in the forum.
It is still baffling how can you suggest everyone in the thread was not following instructions except you which led to your ban. I also don't think the user (s) you accused of your sanctioned was responsible for your ban. Definitely Theymos did so would had been preferable of you to appeal and not calling names of accusing others.

I have gone through all the posts here about your issue. But from what I can see that you keep trying to repeat one particular point, which is that you want people to correct your mistakes and give you better tips and points so you can make good posts. However, you joined this forum around the end of 2024, more than a full year has already passed, yet you are saying you have not gotten good points or tips on how to make better posts here. Honestly, that claim does not really sound reasonable.

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Normally, I will try to say something by bringing up one of your early posts from the beginning of your journey in this forum, following the direction of your search for good tips and useful points so that you can make better posts.
Since you made that post, all the reply posts that came under it were informative, many people even helped you by sharing important links so you could understand the forum better and make good posts. Do you still want to say that you have not get any useful or informative information from this forum?
Without doubt, the replies under that post were informative and they shared important links meant to guide you on how to make better posts in the forum.

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Even though it is not really right to speak to you in a scolding way, based on your actions, what LoyceV said is 100% correct, because you have stayed here for more than a year and still keep saying you came here to learn. Nobody will hold your hand and start teaching you after over a year in the forum and then you make these kinds of statements after making mistakes, which is not acceptable. You have already received enough directional ideas from your early posts, so if you check that particular post again, you will find all the necessary information there.

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Deeply agree with you because even though he has been here for more than a year, he still has not been able to learn anything, so even if he stays here for a longer time, he will not learn unless he is willing to make a real effort to learn.

OsaiEmma,
As a good advice for you, you should stop making this kind of Shit/low-quality posts and try to prove yourself in the right way by making better posts in the forum. Normally, this type of neutral tag does not cause any serious issue, it only serves as a simple warning through the neutral tag, these neutral tags will not affect your progress moving forward.

Haaa Quake is better than sex !

*Hahem* Round 4 is now over, here are the results :

Closing price on 22/02/2026 : 67 585$

Name	Prediction	B/M	Final prediction	Difference
xLays	67 676,00		67 676,00	91,00
Leahized	67 367,00		67 367,00	218,00
GazetaBitcoin	67 323,00		67 323,00	262,00
LoyceV	67 852,05		67 852,05	267,05
Becassine	67 093,14		67 093,14	491,86
Mr. Magkaisa	66 666,66	0,5 bonus	67 000,00	585,00
Danydee	68 210,00		68 210,00	625,00
Pmalek	66 417,00		66 417,00	1 168,00
Doan9269	66 379,00		66 379,00	1 206,00
BABY SHOES	66 362,00		66 362,00	1 223,00
promise444c5	68 900,00		68 900,00	1 315,00
ESG	65 888,55		65 888,55	1 696,45
LogitechMouse	69 696,69		69 696,69	2 111,69
examplens	69 446,00	0,5 malus	69 793,00	2 208,00
cryptofrka	71 250,00		71 250,00	3 665,00

                              


I start with the losers.
Cryptofrka, finishing last means you lose a life.
Examplens, the malus from the previous round almost got you in trouble. You avoided the last place, but you will have a 0.75% malus for the next round.
LogitechMouse, you thought you were safe, but you will have a 0.50% malus for the next round.
ESG, you are the luckiest of the unlucky, you will only get a small malus of 0.25% for the next round.

Quad Damage is now disabled... Mmmmm... wait.

Congratulations xLays, you are the big winner of this round. Your account has been credited with 50BTC.

But what kind of player are you ? A player with panache, a showman ? Or a more defensive player, ...a coward ?
I have a deal to offer you that will determine round 5 :
A : Do you want round 5 to be a round without additional rules and therefore a boring round ?
B : Or do you want to activate double Quad Damage for round 5 ? It's like round 4, but everything will be doubled, so 8 players will be affected. There are only 17 players, so you could be among the 8 players affected by the double Quad Damage, but it would be a good way to eliminate or accelerate the fall of other players.

So xLays, what is your choice ? a or the beautiful B ?

Though statistically near impossible, several large prizes could theoretically be won in quick succession therefore with you adding another 0.5 BTC (to make a total of 1 BTC) that will be verified via a signed message is another proactive move on your part.

The SatScratch representative has acknowledged that "Right now the deck composition is trust-based." That admission in itself is one of the main factors (if not, the biggest factor) resulting in potential customers not wanting to take a risk on their website.

SOME EDITING IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.



The forum is the place we know it because of those two guys here. Thanks for what you are doing, even if we often take it for granted, we should thank you every day.


They are making the forum a better place for everyone.

When you see his posts, you understand why this community is a notch above all the other. He keeps going on with the legacy of old users and Ogs.


It might not be an entirely new project, but the revamp of the old website with the addition of the API gave the possibility of a totally new insight into the forum.


How could we do without Gazeta? The silent, friendly monster of the forum? He's working under the radar to spread knowledge across the forum with AOBT, working to correct every hidden typos or mispelling!


They contribute to the forum with their relentless pursuit of projects. Krogothmanhattan organises raffles on a continuous roll, TryNinja provides the tech backbone to the community, while icopress organises contests to keep the community alive and united!



There is no second best.

I appreciate it, but I'm already a member


Alas, I've lost touch with multiple club members, so that's what I'm trying to regain.

In less than a month we're celebrating the 7-year anniversary of the club.
Despite the fact that I'm only in the club for approx. 2.5 years, I'd like to see something cool this year. I'd like to see us united, as a club.
Let me call your names in here, in case anyone uses a notification bot, in order to remind you of the upcoming anniversary.

@Foxpup - let me build expectations please

@LoyceV - sorry for spamming once again in your thread

@suchmoon, @GazetaBitcoin, @fillippone, @The Sceptical Chymist

@o_e_l_e_o - you never left!