<…> Who is the first person that got merit but from where ? <…>
Most of your questions have been addressed by the psots above, so I’ll just go for the quoted one that still remains.
The first sMerit transaction was from @theymos to @AdolfinWolf on this post:
I've noticed that i now all of a sudden have a "Merit" score of 500. What is this going to be for?
Does this have anything to do with the new proposals to combat spam?
EDIT: SEE https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2818350.0Edit: I also discovered that there is now a "Patrol" link which you can choose to enable under Forum Profile Information.The TX amounted to 1 sMerit, sent on the 24/01/2018 22:12 UTC.
Initially, besides the airdropped Merits, there was an initial allocation of airdropped sMerits (sendable Merits) that depended on the account's
Rank and Activity over the last year, and an initial set of
around 35 Merits Sources to begin with.