Quickseller (Legendary)

His projects:
Trust System Upgrade
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5149330

Let's start

1. When and why did you become interested in cryptocurrencies?

"I first read about bitcoin in 2011/2012 when reading about Silk Road, and subsequently reading their forum. I never traded on SR, and regrettably did not buy any bitcoin back then. I started getting more interested in bitcoin in early-mid 2014 when it was making headlines due to MtGox failing, and the price having just gone from ~a hundred dollars to a thousand dollars."

2. When and why did you when you buy your first bitcoin?

"I bought my first bitcoin in early 2014 after I read about signature campaigns on this forum, and the ability for people to be able to make a lot of money by chatting on the internet. I used the bitcoin I bough to but a forum account, started posting and was able to earn my money back fairly quickly, even with the price falling at the time."

3. How did you get on the forum?

"At the time, I was searching for articles about bitcoin and found an article about signature campaigns. If I remember correctly, it was an article about how you could earn bitcoin with the new bitmixer campaign. I believe at the time, the campaign was a few months old."

4. You have been on the forum for a long time and spend a lot of effort fighting other old members. Give advice to young members of the forum how to avoid mistakes and conflicts on the forum?

"I would say that it is important to pick your battles. Before engaging in a conflict with someone, you should ask yourself if the outcome of the dispute is important enough for you to spend time fighting with someone on the internet."

5. What do you think of the current Merit system and signature campaigns?  Do they harm the forum?

"The merit system is imperfect, but is superior to the previous status quo where you only needed to post in order to rank up. I often see people trying to play the system in various ways to get more merit, so they can rank up. I also see a lot of merit being given out because of a side someone is taking in a dispute, which I think is unfortunate because it effectively gives more weight to the opinion of those with lots of merit to give out — I see this less as of recently, but I also don’t follow forum drama very closely so I don’t know if this is still happening.

Signature campaigns are a great way to get people interested in and to learn about bitcoin. If it were not for signature campaigns, I probably wouldn’t have learned as much about bitcoin as I have. They do create bad incentives, such as to post garbage. Some people also tend to pull wool over their eyes when a company that is paying for their signature does something less than above board. Overall I would consider signature campaigns to be a net positive."

6. The most useful forum topic? Most helpful users?

"I would consider the most important topic to be the unofficial forum rules because it gives people guidance on how to act in the forum.

There are many useful forum members and most of those who are useful are useful to a subset of people. Tomatocage for example was very useful to anyone who traded in the marketplace, while achow101 is useful to anyone looking for technical information."

7. 3 things you would implement on the forum?

"My trust system upgrade was somewhat implemented with the flag system.

I would suggest rolling out the new forum software. If necessary, theymos should offer a bounty for security weaknesses, employ pen testers and eventually roll it out.

I would also offer more paid ranks. The copper membership allows someone to be a‘member’ and users should have the ability to buy a paid membership that gives the features of a full member, and maybe a senior member (such as the signature privileges, posting frequently privileges and being able to post in the ivory tower)."

8. Do you trade on exchanges or invest in projects?

"Not anymore. I had traded on Bitfinex in the past before they banned US customers, Poloniex long before they were sold, and coinbase."

9. Tell a story about your big profit or big loss?

"I would refer you to my response to this thread. Looking back, I responded poorly and ended up loosing my reputation that was valuable to me personally."

10. What do you think about the DEFI ecosystem?

"Never heard of it"

11. Is your anonymity a vital necessity or precaution?

"A precaution. I am a private person."

12. The last cryptocurrency book you read?

"I don’t read those kinds of books."

13. Advise 3 cryptocurrencies/tokens for investment in the next 1-2 years?

"Any crypto investment is highly speculative. Investing in anything except bitcoin is similar to rolling the dice IMO, and it is far from certain that bitcoin will be successful over the long run."

14. How much will Bitcoin cost at the end of 2020?

"The way 2020 is going so far, who knows."

Thanks to Quickseller for the interview!

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