I wonder if we could use the power of Bitcoin to solve the Trolling issue. Such as members of the forum needing to donate some fractional amount of BTC in order to move out of the Newbie area.
Sounds like a plan to me. I have been reading these boards for about a year, but just never signed up. I signed up to post because there's a discussion I want to contribute to in the "real" forums. I guess having to wait a few days to do so won't be the end of the world, but if I could send 0.1 BTC or so to bypass that process, I'd probably do so.
You'd frame it as a "donation", and of course you can't make it required for the forums, otherwise it's bitcoin holders only, and critics or curious people wouldn't get a word in. Still it'd be useful for many like me and maybe help fund the site a bit.