Interesting. Are merits meant to be traded or exclusively earned?
Lutpin has a special status of a merit source. He gets loads of extra merits, but also gets a warning that he's not allowed to sell them.
I'm only a standard member, and I only get one spendable merit
every 30 days, but I don't get a warning that I'm not allowed to sell it. Perhaps theymos will soon add the warning to all accounts. It's ambiguous without a warning.
There is a new +Merit button besides the quote button.
Leading to a new page that reads:
You have received a total of 500 merit. This is what determines your forum rank. You typically cannot lose this merit. You have 88 sendable merit (sMerit) which you can send to other people. There is no point in hoarding sMerit; keeping it yourself does not benefit you, and we reserve the right to decay unused sMerit in the future.
You are a merit source. The next 100 merit you spend will come from your source rather than your sMerit balance. Merit spent from your source will come back in 30 days. Unused source merit is wasted. It is not allowed for merit sources to sell their merit.
This is the message I get when I try to send someone my merit point.
Bitcoin Forum > Merit
You have received a total of 10 merit. This is what determines your forum rank. You typically cannot lose this merit. You have 1 sendable merit (sMerit) which you can send to other people. There is no point in hoarding sMerit; keeping it yourself does not benefit you, and we reserve the right to decay unused sMerit in the future.