I am by no means a "noob" when it comes to forums.  Given the level of complexity, research, and kid of "semi-underground" status of the bitcoin community, we can probably assume that MOST of the users of this forum also have frequented many many forums in their lifetime of internet usage.


the principle that noobs must post in an "introductory" part of the forum, write an "essay" to for consideration of membership, etc. are all nothing new or unheard of.


the kind of annoying thing was that this information was not plastered at the TOP LINE of the lincense agreement, or somewhere else prominent.


I have no problem doing this, I just wish I didnt spend 2 and half hours trying to figure out why my account wasnt working before I stumbled upon an unrelated post in an unrelated search.



That being said, I am here to keep in touch with members of the BTC community who are unwilling to set up secure email accounts or use PGP.  I find it surprising that some service operators (cough bitcoinfog cough) do not simply utilize PGP + hushmail, but instead (so far) require that all communications be performed THROUGH THIS FORUM.

they have no other means of communication, or at least none that are easily identifiable from their Onion page or thie regular page, or their forum post here, or any of the review pages created for them.


I will do my diligence to get to the minimum rank, but my goal here is to get in touch with Bitcoinfog.



Its also important to have a presence in the bitcoin community, but I will be the first to admit:  I am a user, not a developer. I won't be mining, I wont be developing, I will be USING bitcoins.  I am a simple person with simple ambitions.