As far as I am aware we don't have any merit sources as our active local thread users.
It would be good if we had multiple of them to avoid centralization and award only certain types of opinions on the thread.
In my opinion merits should be liquid and not being given extremely rarely.

That being said, I would like to apply as one.

I don't want to just quote local thread posts here, as I don't think most would understand what it was being talked about, but local posts are the main reason for this application. I also tried to be unique with the posts I picked.

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Quote from: 2bfree on January 25, 2018, 09:46:41 PM

Quote from: Sone94 on January 25, 2018, 09:42:21 PM

Pozdrav ekipo. Jel zna neko mozda koliko se isplati skupljati BTC i altcoine preko fauceta, igrica i slicno? I preko kojih sajtova mozemo da unovcimo to sto skupimo? Jel binance radi za nasu drzavu i kad se krene preko njega (tj. napravi neki dinar tamo, poveca stanje racuna) da li moze preko njega biti isplacen na paypal ili slicno i na koji nacin? Hvala unapred.

1. Za faucete nisam siguran ja sam odavno probao ako si zadovoljan za par dinara dnevno onda moze ali moje misljenje da se nemoze ziveti ali bicu iskren nisam 100% siguran mozda ima neki koji dobro placa.
2. Ako za nasu drzavu mislis Srbiji onda Binance moze jer su mene verifikovali poslao sam sliku pasosa Eps i info stan i dali mi verifikaciju mada pise da moze 2BTC dnevno skidanje bez verifikacije. Samo budi oprezan meni su 20tak hiljade verge ukrali na binance.

Za ostalo neka ti drugi ovde odgovore.

Quote from: jimbobway on January 23, 2018, 12:51:42 AM

Thanks. Ok, here is the fix:

Just make sure to forward port 9735 to the host running lightningd and add --ipaddr to the lightningd command line.

If necessary add rpcport=8332 to bitcoin.conf and reboot.

Quote from: vtrx on January 26, 2018, 02:50:55 AM

Quote from: eternalgloom on January 10, 2018, 06:35:34 PM

Quote from: aleksej996 on January 10, 2018, 06:30:59 PM

As fees are high right now and have been this way for quite some time now, it seems like Bitcoin is becoming very expensive to use for everyday stuff.
My worry is that it will stay this way at least until Bitcoin Core starts fully supporting segwit, which is supposed to be in May in version 0.16, if I am not mistaken?

-snip-

I am personally using it for 2 months already, the fee is usually $10 for amounts $1-$4,500 (haven't sent more), and I am always getting 3 confirmations within 15-40 minutes (the first confirmation is usually not later than 10 minutes), so Segwit is a GREAT solution, if all of us migrate to segwit wallets, btc transactions would become quick and cheap again! Though $10 minimum fee is sure not for micropayments, but it is a very nice fee for payments over $1,000.

Quote from: MoonIsBlue on January 20, 2018, 02:47:43 PM

Quote from: stunningpeggy on January 20, 2018, 03:12:24 AM

Guys, a lot of us make money on trading and sometimes there's an excess that you don't need. Do you think it's a good idea to donate part of the profits to charity? Whom would you suggest helping first?

I'd say help people in your local community, charity organisations often are not what they seem. They either have their own agenda, take huge cuts on what they receive in donations or are simply running a scam.

Quote from: mocacinno on January 26, 2018, 10:29:38 AM

Quote from: wsxdrfv on January 26, 2018, 10:27:04 AM

Correct me if I know wrong.

I know the reason like this,

If some programmer want to revise the bitcoin source and after done, for test, he need to compile revised source to make new running file, -qt.exe

Is this right?

Thanks.

Not only for a test... It's also possible an individual doesn't trust the person who compiled the binaries. In this case, the individual can pull bitcoin's source from github, effectively vet the sourcecode completely, then compile his own binaries, not for testing purposed, but for real live production usage.
As a matter of fact, i usually compile the binaries myself....

Quote from: Xynerise on January 16, 2018, 12:01:03 PM

Quote from: redigaffi on January 16, 2018, 10:55:13 AM

Hello folks, got a small question.

Let's imagine I create a PoW coin, there jump in 50 miners (so 50 nodes). What would happen if I want to update the code?

- Miners can refuse to update? (that would create a fork?)

If the code update doesn't require a hard fork, nodes can choose not to update and don't really lose anything because it will be backward compatible.
If it's a radical change that requires a hard fork (eg increasing the block size), then ALL nodes need to update or else they'll be cut off from the network and will be running a different blockchain entirely.

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And what if my cryptocurrency updates automatically? [/quotes]
Updates to the code are implemented by updates to the node software, so people running nodes need to choose whether they'll update or not.

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would this be correct? why isn't bitcoin doing this? (to avoid that miners refuse the update, or even remove the reward for nodes that are outdated, could this work?)

Thanks!

If you force nodes to update or be kicked out of the network that is equivalent to a hardfork.
Updates are usually backwards compatible so a person running an old version of a node can be interact with new nodes without great loss of functionality.

Quote from: Sithara007 on September 13, 2017, 01:27:00 AM

Quote from: celjc on September 12, 2017, 05:35:34 PM

How do you equate the value of women today?

Many women degrades womanity, how about you? how do you value a woman/yourself?

Being a female, I would say that the males usually respect the women who are having self-respect. I have hardly ever faced any sort of discrimination from the males. If you have the talent, then no one will be able to stop you. But if you don't have the talent, and is dependent on the affirmative action quota for the female gender, then not many males may be happy about it.

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Quote from: xdrpx on January 15, 2018, 05:16:20 PM

With only 20% left there's only so much that miners can mine with present day mining hardwares and it'll get slower and slower to mint new Bitcoins as the block rewards get smaller. This will eventually make Bitcoins rare to procure, making new coins less avialable to traders / buyers. Now this could eventually drive the price up sharply cause this would make Bitcoin like gold where there's limited supply of gold and more demand. Miner could hence profit just as much as they are now. This trend will continue till all Bitcoins have been mined and then they can only earn from fees for mining the blocks.

Quote from: player514 on January 16, 2018, 07:01:55 AM

Quote from: PRDAEcontact on January 15, 2018, 08:53:35 PM

"The director of German's central bank believes that bitcoin should be regulated through an international set of rules rather than on a national scale."

Does bitcoin need to be regulated in a global scale?

No, as that will remove one of the most important parts and principles of Bitcoin which is decentralization. Once you introduce a set of rules to Bitcoin, you have to have some kind of organization or group of people regulating those rules. When you have that, it's essentially a government that controls bitcoin's moves. Bitcoin was made so that people could use it anonymously and without having to worry about inflation/deflation from a centralized agency. In fact, if that agency ends up being scammers or people who are not true to Bitcoin, you'd end up with a true mess in your hands.

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Quote from: BTCforJoe on January 24, 2018, 05:06:29 AM

As far as charitable giving in the crypto space, theres the Pineapple Fund, but he has disabled new applications at the moment. www.pineapplefund.org. Its good to see that someone is donating massive amounts of Bitcoin to charities, and Id like to see more acts like this.

There are also several altcoins that were solely created for charitable giving, such as CoExistCoin and KrossCoin. Im sure there are a few others.

I think the major problem with charities, not just ones who would potentially accept crypto, is the lack of transparency. I, myself, will never again donate to Red Cross because of it.

Not a plug, but I am on the board of a non-profit in the third world country that I live in, and we publish financial statements every single quarter and every single year. Im currently in the process of creating and integrating crypto wallets into the website, and hope to use blockchain technology and historical data to be able to provide transparency for every crypto donation, as well as every time the crypto is exchanged to fiat in order to use for the charity. There are some tax implications that is slowing the process down, but I want to ensure that we are by the book, so until the day comes when we can legally accept crypto, I wont be sharing any addresses for donations.

I really do wish more charities will step up, but if I may be honest, I feel that if charities are savvy enough to accept crypto donations, then they are probably inclined to pay for the web developers services for including crypto donation options as a method of receiving funds. Just another unnecessary expense, in my opinion, that detracts from using funds for their intended purpose of the charitys mission.

OP, please let me know what you discover. Im looking for a charity (besides my own) to give back to for 2018, and am interested to see what you come up with!

There are a lot of local posts I wanted to add, but there would be no reason to overflow this topic with the language that not that many of you speak.

I hope I get accepted and that we get more sources in many parts of this forum