Hello, I have spent many hours studying the old threads at your wonderful forum, and I suggest to anyone they do the same. The amount of challenging, high-quality topics combined with no spam or sigs is a refreshing retro experience for me. As we quickly head into 2024, do you think there many real (unpaid) people still posting here at BCT? Have a great day.
First, let me correct you, it's either you call it Bitcointalk or BTT, not BCT.
Regarding your question, yes, there are many of them. Just like in many activities of life, people will do things for different reasons. Some are here to learn, some are here to learn and earn, some are here to learn and impart knowledge, while others are here to learn, earn and impact knowledge.
For you to get this distinction among users easily, anyone you see the signature embedded beneath their posts is making money through the forum, and anyone without such signatures is not earning anything at all. For the latter, some situations are also temporary for the fact that they might either not be interested in a campaign yet or they are still searching for one.