Quote from: nullius on March 26, 2018, 09:13:29 AM

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I also lost the draft of an extensive Dev & Tech post, due to a mishap with the ephemeral VM which contains a browser running scripts I distrust. Going forward, I hope that some means can be found to fend off Internet arsonists without impact on legitimate users.

Was it an actual draft that was saved in your drafts (forum meta) section? Or was it just a draft you were working on locally that wasn't able to be saved to the meta? Either option is pretty messed up, but if it's the former, then there could be much more vulnerabilities and bugs from this cloudflare integration than we see on the surface.

Quote from: nullius on March 26, 2018, 09:13:29 AM

And now, with a bow and my thanks to Joe for running this contest, I must sadly decline to enter Round 4well, sort of.

I may have inadvertently entered a fictional character who has limited purview, and thus far makes few posts. Such is life in the æthereal⁰ mists of the.nym.zone: She approached me, offered her PGP key (0x69696969), and pleaded with tremulous eyes that she must enter Joes contest for the greater glory of her bitcult.faith. What could a flesh-and-blood mortal man say to that? I must stand down, lest she be barred by the alt-account rule.

Can she be competitive against people who actually exist? The contest grows more exciting yet! I am curious to see what Joes critique will be.

Quote from: MyLitecoin on March 26, 2018, 04:21:12 PM

I got your note. I just wanted to let you know that I did look through the rules with careful reading and so no mention of alts, which I thought was weird because most sig campaigns have something about that. And then I realized it's becauase you wanted to encourage everyone to not join sig campaigns, so it made sense that you'd want to catch everyone and their alts too in that net.

Anyway, that said, I'm obviously only applying with this account for this round. Btw, the main official rules still don't state anywhere that alts aren't allowed.

I have added the following rule regarding alt accounts to the top post:

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Alt (alternate) accounts: The only rules that pertain to alt accounts are as follows: You may not enroll in any single round with more than one account simultaneously. If enrolling with an alt account, please provide full disclosure that the account you are enrolling is an alt of another account that has previously entered the challenge. Your alt account(s) will not be eligible to win the first place prize if any other of your accounts have won that prize in the previous round. If an alt account that hasn't been fully disclosed is discovered in the challenge, all accounts related to that alt will be banned from entering in the future.

But for full disclosure, please note that @nullius will not be partaking in Round 4, but his alt @Meretrix will be. @Meretrix is not eligible to win the first place prize in Round 4.

Quote from: LoyceV on March 26, 2018, 10:47:28 AM

@BTCforJoe: very good job, again! I was thinking this thread should find an official sponsor instead of users paying from their own pockets. "Joe's Signatureless Challenge (Round 4) - Sponsored by xxxxxxxx".

Thank you, very much! Although I would love the idea of an ongoing sponsor for this, I really don't mind putting up some cash money for this. I don't want to obligate any individual or business into having to commit to this on a weekly basis. If anyone wants to donate towards the cause, they are more than welcome to at any time, but I will be making a conscious effort not to put much focus on the sponsorship aspect of this challenge, as this should be a great opportunity for members to want to make a better forum experience, not a thread to showcase sponsors Tongue

Does that make sense?

Quote from: bitmover on March 26, 2018, 11:07:41 AM

@BTCforJoe I truly appreciate your kind words. I really enjoyed participating in the contest, and I wasn't expecting a second place!!
Thank you very for all your efforts, analyzing each participants posts.

You're quite welcome, and like I said in your critique, you really caught me by surprise this week. @nullius literally only beat you by 0.06 points. When @nullius first joined this challenge, I (semi)joked that nobody would ever be able to beat him. Little did I know that just a few short weeks later, the race would have been so close. Great job, again! I have merited this post (HODL) and this post (2FA).

Quote from: MyLitecoin on March 26, 2018, 04:21:12 PM

I'm participating again this round:

BitcoinTalk Username: MyLitecoin
Starting Post Count (including this one): 39
Current Rank: Newbie
BTC Address:

Please follow the updated instructions for submitting your application Cheesy

Quote from: jackg on March 26, 2018, 06:25:48 PM

I'm not sure anyone really cares about alts on this thread. All we want is good constructive posts here. If a user can do that with more than one account (unless I have this wrong) then they may as well do and promote this scheme further.

Unfortunately, because we now have at least one hater on this challenge, I don't want to give them any reason to believe that this challenge is anything else than what it is intended for. Having alts simultaneously enter the challenge would not be fair to other participants (I was specifically thinking of @nullius and his alt when this rule was first being considered).

Quote from: jackg on March 26, 2018, 06:25:48 PM

@btcforjoe, you should try to get everyone to at least change their personal message to promote this campaign.

Nah, I think that if a participant wants to promote it, they can, but it shouldn't be a requirement.

Quote from: jackg on March 26, 2018, 06:25:48 PM

Also, can I sponsor the next two weeks of payments? (with 0.01BTC, do I send this to your escrow address in the op or another address - just in case you don't want there to be too much in that address or can't recieve from bech32 addresses). This is a good campaign and hopefully it'll continue.

Wow, this would be great! You can send it to the escrow address in the top post. Thank you so much for your donation!

Finally, good news, everyone:

We officially have 25 registered participants for Round 4, which means that there will be a cash prize of $5 for 3rd place!

Good luck, everyone! Registrations close at 9:00PM (GMT -6), so make sure to submit your application! The link to the application form: https://goo.gl/forms/5ZFbI8HmeDkeoqU53