Quote from: nutildah on August 07, 2018, 04:37:03 PM

I am in the midst of the patent process for said formula but judging by the majority of commenters I'm sure its completely safe here. You're not going to be impressed. But the formula is this:

(Merit + 1) / Posts x Activity = Worthiness Score

I've found it doesn't work for certain categories of posters, but the average is about 100. I think I'll do a Meta thread about it eventually.

A patent on the worthiness score? Tongue

I initially couldn't figure out wtf you were doing a +1 for but I'm realizing now it's probably to stop those with 0 merit from screwing up the formula??

Quote from: meerkatoken on August 08, 2018, 02:09:13 PM

Please take a look at our WP before judging us.

Too late, I've judged you as a plagiarist trying to avoid detection! Shocked

Quote from: meerkatoken on July 31, 2018, 02:04:21 PM

The potential for bitcoin and the blockchain to empower social and solidarity-based finance has yet to be truly tested. While the community around crypto technology is enthusiastic and experimental, it remains prone to an elitist, tech-centric outlook. An important role for social and solidarity finance practitioners is to consider how blockchain technology can evolve within todays diverse political and cultural contexts.
Crypto can facilitate low-cost remittances for those seeking to transfer small amounts of money internationally. Or as a means for an otherwise excluded individual to have a decentralized global bank account, accessible by downloading an open source wallet from the Internet, versus having to set up an account with a financial institution. Also it can provide the basis for a richer set of financial services. However currently it is a playfield of the rich and the middle-class where poeple with stable income just make more money by crypto... it doesnt really reach those countries in real financial and social crysis. It meant to however.

https://archive.is/qFRwv#selection-5293.0-5304.1

copy/paste from:
https://www.ccn.com/will-bitcoin-blockchain-build-finance-developing-economies/
and:
https://medium.com/@ReiGrattan/the-future-of-community-currency-2d119deaaa50

Quote from: meerkatoken on July 31, 2018, 01:35:07 PM

The best way to look at this is in fact going back to predictions from before the bullrun in last Q4.

If you look at predictions from early 2017 and before you will find a much more realistic prediction. BTC price is for sure to go up sharply at some point. Remittance transfers are one reason. Bitcoin transfers to foreign countries have nearly doubled in the past 15 years. Political uncertainty in the U.S., the U.K. and developing nations is another factor. The growth of mobile transactions is another factor. Non-cash transactions will probably jump to 30% over the next decade. The total number of smartphone users is expected to reach 1 billion by 2020.
Based on all of these time factors experts predicted a 500K by 2030.
I think that is a much more realistic scenario. I would predict a 100K BTC in two years instead.

https://archive.is/0e4eC#selection-5495.0-5512.1

copy/paste from:
https://www.ccn.com/bitcoin-price-hit-500000-2030-says-snapchats-first-investor/