Quote from: Dr.Bitcoin_Strange on October 11, 2022, 05:51:09 PM

I noticed the hierarchy in the Forum, so I mean to ask, are there some sections I need to avoid since am just a newbie?

Anyway I don't want to react too harshly, but you are not a newbie, IMO.

I don't really believe that a newbie will know much how to use some of the forum's features within hours of joining. Even I assume they don't know what the quote function is and how to include the url in the post unless they are experienced users. Ahhh, I find this a bit draining because you don't have to pretend to be a newbie anyway if you're actually an experienced users. I'm not sure, but of course I can think about it after skarais referenced one of your posts.

Quote from: Dr.Bitcoin_Strange on October 11, 2022, 04:59:54 PM

As a newbie, I thought there's a special way of welcoming newbie like myself to the forum but my search for welcome message gave me this result: Board Etiquette (Please read first.)
Apart from that, I have read series of threads created by some newbies on guide to begin posting/security means to be protected from scam, theft and hacker.

two Opinions I learned from to avoid scam

Quote from: Coin_trader on October 09, 2022, 12:13:11 PM

Simple, Trust no one here! This is the best method to avoid being scam by scammer here since you have less knowledge. Do your own research by browsing on useful threads hre in the forum before you interact with someone for discussion.

During my newbie days, I didn't trust anyone despite I’m doing a p2p trading of altcoins here inthe marketplace section. I use escrow or transact with small amount only to those user that I think as high risk. I grow my knowledge slowly by trading on many user here. There are times that I experienced being scam with small amount but I take that lesson to become more cautious on my next transaction. My experience is much riskier than newbie nowadays since Centralized exchange is now reputable compared to my newbie days.

You can use the link I attached for list of good threads here related for security and privacy.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5239098.msg54186093#msg54186093

Trust no one until am more familiar here.

Quote from: Upgrade00 on October 09, 2022, 12:38:24 PM

Scammers don't rush on newbies, they would attempt to rip off literally anyone, the only difference is some users are more easily accessible, cause they leave details about themselves all around.
• Email addresses while signing up for airdrops,
• Phone number and KYC information when using exchanges,
• Social profiles when joining bounty projects etc.

All these can be used to access and create a personalized scam, targeted against a user.

You avoid this by staying private, as much as is possible, and also being cautious; everything is a scan until proven otherwise.

I must keep my information private

From Newbies - Read before posting, I got a great warning about Altcoins;

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A warning about Alt-Coins: Almost all of the alt-coins out there are going to be a waste of time. They're being created to take advantage of people who get super excited about different things and then get pumped and dumped. Be careful about wasting time with too many alt coins. Be careful about downloading files, seems like there's plenty of wallet stealers around hidden as alt coin miners.

Since there's no special way of welcoming newbie, I hope am already welcome. Can the three Quotes above guide me as a newbie? I want to learn about Bitcoin and tech and also teach others who are eager to learn too. I know am new but I believe one day I shall contribute just like some legendary memebers I admire their productive knowledge in the forum.