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Re: Just A Little Question...
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Jawhead999
on 03/02/2020, 14:42:33 UTC
⭐ Merited by cabalism13 (1)
Sorry If I'm wrong with your point question
Are you mean this?

I added a system of badges to SMF a while ago, though only two are defined now. Here are the current badges:

Bitcoin expertDev&Tech only. People with this badge know enough about the Bitcoin network to reimplement something very like it from scratch. They are capable of intelligently discussing the Bitcoin network: current protocol, possible attacks, proposed changes, etc. Criteria: Recommendation by an existing Bitcoin expert or core dev and approval by a forum administrator.
Bitcoin-Qt core developer Dev&Tech only. These are the core developers of Satoshi's Bitcoin client. They are listed here. Core developers are among the top contributors to Bitcoin-Qt, and they are all bitcoin experts, though they don't also get that badge.
The Glider(hacker symbol) Awarded for people who have responsibly disclosed forum security flaws.

A core dev does not "outrank" a bitcoin expert (or vice-versa), and it's possible for someone without a badge to contribute meaningfully to a discussion with experts and core devs.

The Forum ranks/positions/badges (What do those shiny coins under my name mean?) quotes this thread in saying that there is a special badge for people who responsibility disclose security flaws, however the OP of this thread is not edited and there is no information regarding this badge.

Who/how many people have this badge, and what are the thresholds to get it?
I know that NLNico has this badge and I know who read through the whole SMF source code to find security issues, which he then reported to theymos and SMF itself. That's all I know.

Someone say that @NLNico has that The Glider badge's by find SMF security issues