Hi guys, I just came up to this conclusion. As we all knew, according to our ranks we only got a limited amount of merits to be given away. How if all of us ran out of merit points to give? I'm just a little curios what will happen. I haven't read any threads about this topic.
Some of the more trusted senior members act as merit sources, ie. they receive part of a monthly pot of sendable merits to distribute amongst posts they deem constructive. In other words, there's a steady inflow of new sendable merits coming in.
See here:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2818350.0
