When we phrase it like that, it seems as though Nigerians have done something wrong. However, the banned IP affects not only Nigerians but also people from other countries. If you try to make a new account using an IP address with a history of negative activities, you won't be able to create the account.There's a quote from theymos, about the evil point stats
When you register, the IP that you used when you submitted the registration form is used to calculate your evilness. The more frequently this IP or its neighbors were banned, the more evil is associated with your account. The amount of evil associated with an IP decays slowly over time, but the amount of evil associated with an account does not. You
must pay or be manually whitelisted to enable posting on one of these "banned" accounts.
Here are some stats:
| Evil | % new users |
| 0 | 53 |
| 0-1 | 35 |
| 1-10 | 4.4 |
| 10-20 | 0.80 |
| 20-50 | 2.2 |
| 50-100 | 1.3 |
| 100+ | 2.9 |
Currently each unit of evil requires a payment of 4023 satoshi. You only need to pay something if you have 1 or more, though.
But You have another option to register on Bitcointalk without paying the "evil fee" and that's by using a secured VPN. This is not considered an offense on Bitcointalk. Moreover, using a VPN is not only useful on Bitcointalk sometimes, other social media platforms require using a VPN to establish a secure connection.