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Re: The future of Bitcointalk: Low Ranking Top Merit earners in the past 30 days
by
LoyceV
on 13/09/2025, 06:14:15 UTC
Update:
     1. Newbie BattleDog (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 45 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
     2. Newbie Hottiek (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 43 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
     3. Newbie bitcoin-safe (Trust: +0 / =1 / -0) earned 39 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
     4. Newbie btc-marty (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 28 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
     5. Newbie Tfs (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 28 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
     6. Newbie 1440000bytes (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 15 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
     7. Newbie onlytwenyone (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 13 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
     8. Newbie TokenTikas (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 10 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
     9. Newbie Bitconsum (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 10 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    10. Newbie nikolaypetrov (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 8 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)

     1. Jr. Member ghost43 (Trust: +1 / =1 / -0) earned 72 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
     2. Jr. Member TypoTonic (Trust: +0 / =1 / -0) earned 48 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
     3. Jr. Member Mr_Brilliant$ (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 24 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
     4. Jr. Member Xtraordinarious (Trust: +0 / =1 / -0) earned 23 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
     5. Jr. Member BTCETFInvestor (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 22 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
     6. Jr. Member Liocen (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 19 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
     7. Jr. Member Donk1 (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 17 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
     8. Jr. Member salmaChan (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 16 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
     9. Jr. Member Rhow (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 13 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    10. Jr. Member satochipzz (Trust: !!!:  +0 / =0 / -9) earned 10 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    11. Jr. Member uefbv (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 9 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    12. Jr. Member HustleZ (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 8 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)

     1. Member sausalitox (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 50 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
     2. Member Anayochukwu (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 50 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
     3. Member BTC FutureKing (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 45 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
     4. Member fullfitlarry (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 45 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
     5. Member Cryptohygenic (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 42 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
     6. Member Emjay24 (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 39 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
     7. Member 9ja Amaka (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 37 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
     8. Member Creeper0 (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 30 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
     9. Member velhoti (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 28 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    10. Member NurseHub (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 26 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    11. Member ruykeri (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 24 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    12. Member Cgrexp (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 24 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    13. Member Johnlomape (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 23 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    14. Member martinom (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 22 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    15. Member DYOR+BTC (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 22 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    16. Member Localhostspeed (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 22 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    17. Member henry1111 (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 20 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    18. Member Joeboy (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 19 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    19. Member Showlove01 (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 19 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    20. Member casey15 (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 19 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    21. Member AGogi2003 (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 19 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    22. Member abaeze (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 19 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    23. Member Just Common (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 18 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    24. Member kanftka (Trust: +0 / =2 / -0) earned 18 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    25. Member Lolipo (Trust: +0 / =2 / -0) earned 17 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    26. Member Yeesha (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 16 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    27. Member Coin_info (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 16 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    28. Member ESG (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 16 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    29. Member Cipherpz (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 14 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    30. Member Guccho (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 14 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    31. Member Regardme (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 14 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    32. Member ASloveapg (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 14 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    33. Member B-BossMan (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 14 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    34. Member yamin_galib (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 14 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    35. Member Pressurizedem (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 14 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    36. Member champions (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 14 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    37. Member Qhunman (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 13 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    38. Member welovebit (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 13 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    39. Member Mikky02 (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 13 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    40. Member torproject (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 13 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    41. Member coyhasmon (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 12 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    42. Member yixichloro2xx (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 11 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    43. Member VashaUdacha777 (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 11 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    44. Member Finebone (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 10 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    45. Member Dogedegen (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 10 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    46. Member Different patterns (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 10 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    47. Member cocadalcan (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 10 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    48. Member Ojinga (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 10 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    49. Member Obulis (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 10 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    50. Member Dictator69 (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 10 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    51. Member magician (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 10 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    52. Member His Holy Noodliness (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 10 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    53. Member luckyspirit (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 9 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    54. Member Kagaru (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 9 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    55. Member Pearl_20 (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 9 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    56. Member Vadym IP (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 9 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    57. Member Yorubek (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 9 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    58. Member The Hidebehinder (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 9 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    59. Member Xiestar (Trust: +0 / =1 / -0) earned 8 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    60. Member blackberrman (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 8 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    61. Member TEBTC Banned! (Trust: +0 / =1 / -0) earned 8 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    62. Member Slimzeee (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 8 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
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Re: LoyceV's Merit data analysis (full data since Jan. 24, 2018; not just 120 days)
by
LoyceV
on 13/09/2025, 06:13:34 UTC
Weekly update (2025-09-05_Fri_05.18h)


theymos' raw data (format: time    amount    msg    user_from    user_to)
Sample
Code:
1757040117 20 5239098.msg54186093 1068464 2590147
1757038524 1 178336.msg65770613 198573 3717499
1757038475 1 178336.msg65770630 198573 223922
1757035098 3 5214672.msg65767490 1852120 3616629
1757035085 3 5214672.msg65767454 1852120 3624576
1757035060 3 5214672.msg65766977 1852120 932931
1757034937 1 5526415.msg65768046 881377 3490661
1757034922 1 5526415.msg65767985 881377 3623127
1757034901 1 5526415.msg65767128 881377 3525178
1757033704 1 5541908.msg65767450 85033 27470
1757033379 1 178336.msg65770589 33156 1027694
1757033286 1 5556300.msg65722151 3516832 3485266
1757033034 2 5556859.msg65732806 355846 65636
1757032438 1 5551724.msg65770511 1825672 2003859
1757031685 4 26136.msg65759501 2143453 85033
1757031674 4 26136.msg65759385 2143453 246367
1757031661 2 26136.msg65758685 2143453 27470
1757031649 2 26136.msg65755265 2143453 1280964
1757031632 2 26136.msg65753304 2143453 3527653
1757031619 1 26136.msg65751791 2143453 1041310
1757031545 2 5541908.msg65767450 2143453 27470
1757031522 4 5541908.msg65468316 2143453 85033
1757030508 1 178336.msg65770485 1027694 372243
1757030330 1 5551724.msg65769137 137185 379487
1757030156 1 178336.msg65770182 223922 35501
1757029793 2 5389999.msg65767688 407174 306213
1757029709 1 178336.msg65767412 372243 28719
1757029701 1 5551724.msg65769137 2003859 379487
1757029039 1 178336.msg65767394 372243 28719
1757028940 1 5558001.msg65767915 995810 3434176
1757028569 2 5558008.msg65768257 407174 306213
1757028559 3 5558008.msg65767992 407174 1097370
1757028489 2 5557924.msg65768687 407174 2654005
1757027285 1 5525931.msg65768505 1422438 3659543
1757027183 1 2929249.msg65764402 1422438 3659543
1757026173 1 5557624.msg65756547 314792 1283017
1757026109 1 5557605.msg65769188 33156 35
1757026094 1 5557830.msg65770263 2893573 2872248
1757026078 1 5557375.msg65770197 33156 11425
1757026072 1 5557830.msg65769440 2893573 305398
1757025157 2 5546899.msg65768523 407174 2654005
1757025112 2 5479666.msg65768664 407174 2654005
1757024997 1 5545813.msg65770106 314792 1265260
1757024936 1 5558022.msg65768379 983960 3654063
1757023888 2 5557830.msg65763255 2872248 2893573
1757023871 4 5557704.msg65764787 33156 2776678
1757023852 2 5557375.msg65768500 11425 844914
1757023830 4 5557704.msg65764180 33156 359716
1757023469 1 5536232.msg65205318 559088 333827
1757022675 1 5552310.msg65644457 954316 970256
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1516833930 7 2228.msg29479 135920 3
1516833833 1 178336.msg28855702 479624 1130992
1516833813 1 2817737.msg28849540 1001644 990403
1516833798 21 5.msg28 520313 3
1516833796 1 2808926.msg28728384 140584 35
1516833779 1 178336.msg28853916 479624 33156
1516833756 20 2482937.msg25417254 101872 135920
1516833713 21 5.msg28 169515 3
1516833686 1 2818179.msg28855276 994466 1196028
1516833610 49 1545652.msg15536651 206143 520313
1516833593 1 2818066.msg28855136 260067 520313
1516833592 2 2806168.msg28855427 520313 355846
1516833591 49 1545652.msg15536651 881377 520313
1516833523 1 2818066.msg28855343 539826 340795
1516833521 1 2818066.msg28855136 514126 520313
1516833478 1 2818066.msg28855136 482980 520313
1516833460 1 2818066.msg28854596 93844 520313
1516833451 1 2816214.msg28845827 1083353 1520388
1516833430 50 178608.msg28854963 884600 520313
1516833349 1 178336.msg28852898 479624 1521711
1516833346 1 2812863.msg28785611 303315 1707287
1516833329 1 2818066.msg28854596 206143 520313
1516833326 1 178336.msg28852768 479624 181806
1516833304 1 2818066.msg28853325 340795 877396
1516833289 1 2716104.msg28846824 1239985 1739247
1516833281 1 2818066.msg28853686 206143 136484
1516833252 1 2816647.msg28837916 169515 1701092
1516833251 1 178336.msg28849600 479624 172400
1516833237 1 2677441.msg28778318 123412 1090430
1516833230 1 2814078.msg28796083 520313 881377
1516833207 1 2772292.msg28837085 1189487 1028592
1516833203 1 2818066.msg28855136 101872 520313
1516833199 1 2818066.msg28853325 926641 877396
1516833148 1 2808926.msg28793321 78147 35
1516833148 1 2634042.msg28672219 123412 1094601
1516833111 1 2818066.msg28855136 535215 520313
1516833078 45 2813828.msg28801076 135920 101872
1516833070 1 2818066.msg28855136 881377 520313
1516833049 1 2677441.msg28848945 88254 903139
1516833048 1 2818066.msg28855136 101872 520313
1516833044 5 2818066.msg28855019 135920 688810
1516833001 5 2813828.msg28801076 135920 101872
1516832978 1 2384335.msg28854772 1344962 1101839
1516832969 1 2818066.msg28855136 881564 520313
1516832953 1 2818066.msg28854621 520313 101872
1516832934 1 2818066.msg28855136 877396 520313
1516832874 1 178608.msg28792130 884600 35
1516832842 5 2818066.msg28853325 688810 877396
1516832833 2 178336.msg28852079 479624 1257516
1516831941 1 2818066.msg28853325 35 877396
Full list* (52 MB) (not limited to 120 days, 2642 Merit transactions added since my previous update).

theymos' data (human readable format, including usernames and post titles)
Sample
On Fri 05 Sep 2025 04:41:57 AM CEST, Xal0lex (history) sent 20 Merit to OcTradism (history) for Good topics on security and privacy.
On Fri 05 Sep 2025 04:15:24 AM CEST, Hueristic (history) sent 1 Merit to BTCETFInvestor (history) for Re: Wall Observer BTC/USD - Bitcoin price movement tracking & discussion.
On Fri 05 Sep 2025 04:14:35 AM CEST, Hueristic (history) sent 1 Merit to Biodom (history) for Re: Wall Observer BTC/USD - Bitcoin price movement tracking & discussion.
On Fri 05 Sep 2025 03:18:18 AM CEST, fillippone (history) sent 3 Merit to verdinio (history) for Re: [Meta] Andamento sezione italiana.
On Fri 05 Sep 2025 03:18:05 AM CEST, fillippone (history) sent 3 Merit to giorgione (history) for Re: [Meta] Andamento sezione italiana.
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On Wed 24 Jan 2018 11:28:54 PM CET, AdolfinWolf (history) sent 1 Merit to Lutpin (history) for Re: What is the function of the "Merit" score?.
On Wed 24 Jan 2018 11:27:54 PM CET, Dahman El_Harrachi (history) sent 1 Merit to theymos (history) for Re: Forum ranks/positions/badges (What do those shiny coins under my name mean?).
On Wed 24 Jan 2018 11:27:22 PM CET, Tyrantt (history) sent 5 Merit to AdolfinWolf (history) for What is the function of the "Merit" score?.
On Wed 24 Jan 2018 11:27:13 PM CET, Last of the V8s (history) sent 2 Merit to Rosewater Foundation (history) for Re: Wall Observer BTC/USD - Bitcoin price movement tracking & discussion.
On Wed 24 Jan 2018 11:12:21 PM CET, theymos (history) sent 1 Merit to AdolfinWolf (history) for What is the function of the "Merit" score?.
Full list (546 MB)

Usernames to go with theymos' data
Sample
0: deMerit (Bitcoin Forum) (history) earned: 0 Merit.
3: satoshi (history) earned: 7896 Merit.
4: sirius (history) earned: 804 Merit.
10: Xunie (history) earned: 1 Merit.
11: madhatter (history) earned: 5 Merit.
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3725222: NateShaw (history) earned: 2 Merit.
3725269: BaronZemodas (history) earned: 1 Merit.
3725289: rc_monkey (history) earned: 4 Merit.
3725479: Djithbit (history) earned: 5 Merit.
3725649: BattleDog (history) earned: 13 Merit.
Full list* (10 MB)

Usernames machine readable
Sample
Code:
0: deMerit (Bitcoin Forum)
3: satoshi
4: sirius
10: Xunie
11: madhatter
12: nanaimogold
13: SmokeTooMuch
14: The Madhatter
21: AgoraMutual
23: 1 currency now
24: dwdollar
26: NewLibertyStandard
27: riX
28: Sabunir
29: giik
30: BitcoinFX
31: Suggester
33: m0mchil
34: BlueSky
35: theymos
37: soultcer
40: xc
42: ec
49: Cdecker
51: DannyM
97: dsg
101: Goldstein
143: laszlo
145: ducki2p
146: Brandon
163: Karmicads
182: Derrick
183: hugolp
198: allinvain
203: HostFat
206: teppy
217: SirArthur
224: Gavin Andresen
237: lachesis
241: QuantumMechanic
244: nixoid
251: wobber
262: chaord
267: virtualcoin
269: Bitcoiner
270: llama
271: Timo Y
274: limikael
284: joey.rich
288: Stone Man
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3718798: chesnock
3718904: Paddy man
3718959: neoman602
3719124: Xtraordinarious
3719147: Bridgoro
3719223: lipo135
3719251: wombat328
3719366: devv371
3719370: zyzzyv4
3719408: TypoTonic
3719451: stinger21
3719598: christine_dkim
3719607: noxcoin
3719664: TonStation
3719753: RoE187
3719854: oni_82
3719996: 1grindwhale
3720043: HustleZ
3720141: xParasite
3720204: nameisnotknown
3721426: freebitcovictim
3721432: Dareo
3721552: crowolf
3721588: krems_hive
3721599: Becky Wealth
3722052: Obiene12
3722054: Ton Poker
3722076: EstherBtc
3722095: Skevica22
3722130: User75318
3722745: edroi
3723320: Karl_3000
3723428: bitcoin-safe
3723557: Algahimy2025
3723698: Emikoyumi
3723704: figcapital
3723706: privacyemail
3723796: TokenTikas
3723860: Chenipe
3723928: BitcoinSterilizer
3723969: Hridyansh Labs
3724243: CryptoGraph ADV
3724463: Edelmalz
3724640: Zaposhi.com
3725106: twilighvanquisher
3725222: NateShaw
3725269: BaronZemodas
3725289: rc_monkey
3725479: Djithbit
3725649: BattleDog
Full list (2 MB)

UserIDs, sent Merit and earned Merit machine readable
Sample
Code:
0:569:0
3:0:7896
4:0:804
10:0:1
11:0:5
12:0:1
13:3:76
14:0:11
21:0:2
23:0:1
24:0:9
26:0:19
27:0:54
28:0:13
29:0:4
30:380:723
31:0:1
33:0:27
34:0:4
35:14017:13541
37:0:6
40:0:4
42:0:69
49:0:5
51:0:2
97:0:2
101:0:2
143:0:2483
145:0:1
146:0:4
163:0:21
182:1:0
183:9:1
198:2:83
203:68:290
206:0:14
217:3:36
224:0:1402
237:0:5
241:0:9
244:0:1
251:0:1
262:0:1
267:0:2
269:0:1
270:0:52
271:0:1
274:0:42
284:0:6
288:0:10
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3718798:0:1
3718904:0:6
3718959:0:1
3719124:0:23
3719147:0:23
3719223:0:2
3719251:0:1
3719366:0:4
3719370:0:4
3719408:4:29
3719451:0:3
3719598:0:2
3719607:0:1
3719664:4:9
3719753:2:7
3719854:0:1
3719996:0:1
3720043:2:8
3720141:0:2
3720204:0:5
3721426:0:1
3721432:0:5
3721552:0:2
3721588:0:3
3721599:0:2
3722052:0:1
3722054:4:10
3722076:0:2
3722095:0:2
3722130:0:1
3722745:0:1
3723320:0:3
3723428:6:38
3723557:0:4
3723698:0:2
3723704:0:3
3723706:0:3
3723796:0:5
3723860:0:1
3723928:0:4
3723969:0:1
3724243:0:1
3724463:1:3
3724640:0:1
3725106:0:4
3725222:0:2
3725269:0:1
3725289:0:4
3725479:2:5
3725649:1:13
Full list (1 MB)

Total number of users who received 1 or more Merit: 50210
Sample
Code:
     1. 18945 Merit received by fillippone (#1852120) from 722 unique users in 10289 transactions
     2. 18836 Merit received by o_e_l_e_o (#1188543) from 801 unique users in 9961 transactions
     3. 18767 Merit received by LoyceV (#459836) from 1066 unique users in 10701 transactions
     4. 14602 Merit received by El duderino_ (#1067333) from 473 unique users in 8425 transactions
     5. 13541 Merit received by theymos (#35) from 1208 unique users in 4838 transactions
     6. 11957 Merit received by Symmetrick (#2627711) from 773 unique users in 6854 transactions
     7. 11820 Merit received by JayJuanGee (#252510) from 674 unique users in 7927 transactions
     8. 11183 Merit received by DdmrDdmr (#1582324) from 646 unique users in 6406 transactions
     9. 10944 Merit received by icopress (#1137579) from 555 unique users in 4286 transactions
    10. 10897 Merit received by pooya87 (#379147) from 587 unique users in 6334 transactions
    11. 10840 Merit received by LFC_Bitcoin (#379487) from 472 unique users in 6079 transactions
    12. 9901 Merit received by cygan (#27470) from 493 unique users in 5239 transactions
    13. 9433 Merit received by philipma1957 (#64507) from 552 unique users in 5390 transactions
    14. 9230 Merit received by xhomerx10 (#120694) from 321 unique users in 4715 transactions
    15. 8946 Merit received by nutildah (#317618) from 613 unique users in 4769 transactions
    16. 8899 Merit received by NotATether (#2739424) from 502 unique users in 4173 transactions
    17. 8755 Merit received by GazetaBitcoin (#1285797) from 376 unique users in 3106 transactions
    18. 8701 Merit received by gmaxwell (#11425) from 325 unique users in 3038 transactions
    19. 8695 Merit received by BlackHatCoiner (#2775483) from 424 unique users in 4333 transactions
    20. 8364 Merit received by suchmoon (#234771) from 571 unique users in 4777 transactions
    21. 8322 Merit received by d5000 (#85033) from 392 unique users in 4547 transactions
    22. 8203 Merit received by dkbit98 (#1410401) from 442 unique users in 4854 transactions
    23. 8122 Merit received by TryNinja (#557798) from 513 unique users in 3764 transactions
    24. 8110 Merit received by ABCbits (#359716) from 517 unique users in 4375 transactions
    25. 7980 Merit received by Pmalek (#112493) from 554 unique users in 4677 transactions
    26. 7896 Merit received by satoshi (#3) from 398 unique users in 862 transactions
    27. 7546 Merit received by nc50lc (#1237156) from 384 unique users in 4010 transactions
    28. 7442 Merit received by 1miau (#2143453) from 489 unique users in 4098 transactions
    29. 7208 Merit received by Rikafip (#2658890) from 446 unique users in 4005 transactions
    30. 7060 Merit received by mikeywith (#2033515) from 400 unique users in 3619 transactions
    31. 6899 Merit received by bitmover (#1554927) from 564 unique users in 4088 transactions
    32. 6382 Merit received by DaveF (#300014) from 365 unique users in 3229 transactions
    33. 6374 Merit received by PowerGlove (#3486361) from 219 unique users in 1618 transactions
    34. 6280 Merit received by stompix (#164749) from 468 unique users in 3479 transactions
    35. 6237 Merit received by achow101 (#290195) from 270 unique users in 2852 transactions
    36. 6190 Merit received by Hhampuz (#881377) from 911 unique users in 4013 transactions
    37. 6148 Merit received by hosemary (#995810) from 361 unique users in 3349 transactions
    38. 6145 Merit received by The Sceptical Chymist (#487418) from 616 unique users in 3434 transactions
    39. 6008 Merit received by n0nce (#3373858) from 194 unique users in 2627 transactions
    40. 5905 Merit received by OmegaStarScream (#375981) from 402 unique users in 3225 transactions
    41. 5896 Merit received by NeuroticFish (#257071) from 449 unique users in 3310 transactions
    42. 5800 Merit received by Charles-Tim (#2776678) from 391 unique users in 3371 transactions
    43. 5740 Merit received by jeremypwr (#137185) from 212 unique users in 3366 transactions
    44. 5739 Merit received by Lucius (#533583) from 509 unique users in 3364 transactions
    45. 5693 Merit received by joker_josue (#97582) from 315 unique users in 2585 transactions
    46. 5671 Merit received by AlcoHoDL (#998490) from 186 unique users in 3321 transactions
    47. 5341 Merit received by cAPSLOCK (#35501) from 217 unique users in 3020 transactions
    48. 5246 Merit received by Hueristic (#198573) from 193 unique users in 3009 transactions
    49. 5159 Merit received by zasad@ (#2654005) from 408 unique users in 2549 transactions
    50. 5062 Merit received by DireWolfM14 (#2003859) from 358 unique users in 2412 transactions
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 50161. 1 Merit received by 1Cryptonutaya1 (#2080901) from 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 50162. 1 Merit received by 1ceStorm (#2342907) from 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 50163. 1 Merit received by 1ce (#1019784) from 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 50164. 1 Merit received by 1camtron (#1236351) from 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 50165. 1 Merit received by 1apayment (#1855631) from 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 50166. 1 Merit received by 1907KFY (#1935217) from 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 50167. 1 Merit received by 16tonn (#3560052) from 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 50168. 1 Merit received by 15horses1donkey (#560958) from 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 50169. 1 Merit received by 15519028115Q (#3575647) from 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 50170. 1 Merit received by 15262kk (#291561) from 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 50171. 1 Merit received by 14z4rus (#3669471) from 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 50172. 1 Merit received by 1453ist (#1431126) from 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 50173. 1 Merit received by 1453eko (#1431103) from 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 50174. 1 Merit received by 13Winter13 (#919666) from 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 50175. 1 Merit received by 13ex07 (#1207068) from 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 50176. 1 Merit received by 13dizel (#1208678) from 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 50177. 1 Merit received by 1357924680 (#333305) from 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 50178. 1 Merit received by 12tribes (#1221082) from 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 50179. 1 Merit received by 12assa34 (#1729394) from 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 50180. 1 Merit received by 123tm (#848549) from 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 50181. 1 Merit received by 123pogi123 (#2252156) from 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 50182. 1 Merit received by 123exo123 (#1919155) from 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 50183. 1 Merit received by 112_blockchain (#2081987) from 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 50184. 1 Merit received by 11:11pas (#1306783) from 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 50185. 1 Merit received by 1083ivangod (#1952712) from 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 50186. 1 Merit received by 101Crypta (#1287691) from 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 50187. 1 Merit received by 100x (#80115) from 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 50188. 1 Merit received by 100steeze (#3637720) from 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 50189. 1 Merit received by 100%_Shared_FreeBitco.in (#2531436) from 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 50190. 1 Merit received by 100monet (#323057) from 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 50191. 1 Merit received by 1000x (#3509491) from 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 50192. 1 Merit received by 1000usdforwife (#1547718) from 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 50193. 1 Merit received by 1000alasan (#2458354) from 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 50194. 1 Merit received by 0xMuted (#3713926) from 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 50195. 1 Merit received by 0xBrian (#2625170) from 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 50196. 1 Merit received by 0xb100d (#1342964) from 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 50197. 1 Merit received by 0x77 (#3316521) from 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 50198. 1 Merit received by 0x1Knowledge (#2000899) from 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 50199. 1 Merit received by 0vx (#2805438) from 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 50200. 1 Merit received by 0RajA0 (#1151527) from 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 50201. 1 Merit received by 0nion (#3614135) from 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 50202. 1 Merit received by 0bit (#493268) from 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 50203. 1 Merit received by 063Myxa (#1432563) from 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 50204. 1 Merit received by 05btc (#2050202) from 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 50205. 1 Merit received by 00RedBlack00 (#2527578) from 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 50206. 1 Merit received by 00hello (#2471124) from 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 50207. 1 Merit received by $--Perfect. Exchange-$. (#1140007) from 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 50208. 1 Merit received by $imple$imon (#2060672) from 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 50209. 1 Merit received by $BitMakeR$ (#1166812) from 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 50210. 0 Merit received by gwsukabokepjepang (#2536607) from 2 unique users in 2 transactions
Full list (5 MB)

Total number of users who gave away 1 or more sMerit: 26308
Sample
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     1. 66026 Merit sent by El duderino_ (#1067333) to 872 unique users in 11989 transactions
     2. 62595 Merit sent by fillippone (#1852120) to 2050 unique users in 26626 transactions
     3. 62588 Merit sent by LoyceV (#459836) to 3268 unique users in 16941 transactions
     4. 53596 Merit sent by ABCbits (#359716) to 4316 unique users in 31169 transactions
     5. 53518 Merit sent by JayJuanGee (#252510) to 3430 unique users in 51380 transactions
     6. 43296 Merit sent by vapourminer (#33156) to 3495 unique users in 30366 transactions
     7. 41784 Merit sent by suchmoon (#234771) to 2887 unique users in 9151 transactions
     8. 40635 Merit sent by hugeblack (#1059082) to 2679 unique users in 14267 transactions
     9. 36623 Merit sent by DdmrDdmr (#1582324) to 2813 unique users in 29683 transactions
    10. 35773 Merit sent by xandry (#382413) to 2427 unique users in 13243 transactions
    11. 33333 Merit sent by Symmetrick (#2627711) to 2254 unique users in 16803 transactions
    12. 31751 Merit sent by LFC_Bitcoin (#379487) to 1540 unique users in 13263 transactions
    13. 31025 Merit sent by The Sceptical Chymist (#487418) to 1433 unique users in 10106 transactions
    14. 26656 Merit sent by Welsh (#84521) to 1639 unique users in 6392 transactions
    15. 26646 Merit sent by o_e_l_e_o (#1188543) to 2510 unique users in 9360 transactions
    16. 26319 Merit sent by EFS (#140584) to 1356 unique users in 6554 transactions
    17. 25986 Merit sent by klarki (#407174) to 1969 unique users in 9578 transactions
    18. 25819 Merit sent by 1miau (#2143453) to 1315 unique users in 11613 transactions
    19. 22424 Merit sent by dbshck (#153634) to 1314 unique users in 6442 transactions
    20. 20406 Merit sent by pooya87 (#379147) to 1239 unique users in 8880 transactions
    21. 19822 Merit sent by qwk (#24140) to 600 unique users in 6371 transactions
    22. 15765 Merit sent by Halab (#1053119) to 1898 unique users in 6382 transactions
    23. 15146 Merit sent by Foxpup (#55384) to 640 unique users in 5448 transactions
    24. 14951 Merit sent by Vispilio (#982288) to 715 unique users in 5481 transactions
    25. 14829 Merit sent by nutildah (#317618) to 1671 unique users in 6930 transactions
    26. 14017 Merit sent by theymos (#35) to 1006 unique users in 1616 transactions
    27. 13547 Merit sent by bitmover (#1554927) to 1254 unique users in 7725 transactions
    28. 13513 Merit sent by Pmalek (#112493) to 1122 unique users in 8416 transactions
    29. 13192 Merit sent by NotATether (#2739424) to 1543 unique users in 3550 transactions
    30. 13116 Merit sent by Julien_Olynpic (#1166480) to 503 unique users in 6110 transactions
    31. 12998 Merit sent by philipma1957 (#64507) to 1526 unique users in 6555 transactions
    32. 12648 Merit sent by krogothmanhattan (#1000199) to 644 unique users in 3510 transactions
    33. 12454 Merit sent by paxmao (#1192397) to 1300 unique users in 5771 transactions
    34. 12201 Merit sent by CryptopreneurBrainboss (#1052091) to 1292 unique users in 6950 transactions
    35. 12189 Merit sent by BlackHatCoiner (#2775483) to 791 unique users in 4096 transactions
    36. 12167 Merit sent by OgNasty (#18321) to 2882 unique users in 6568 transactions
    37. 12136 Merit sent by dkbit98 (#1410401) to 1085 unique users in 7307 transactions
    38. 12114 Merit sent by chimk (#1202061) to 757 unique users in 4369 transactions
    39. 11909 Merit sent by NeuroticFish (#257071) to 793 unique users in 5746 transactions
    40. 9983 Merit sent by mikeywith (#2033515) to 536 unique users in 3895 transactions
    41. 9323 Merit sent by d5000 (#85033) to 1023 unique users in 5459 transactions
    42. 8734 Merit sent by DarkStar_ (#507936) to 971 unique users in 2196 transactions
    43. 8712 Merit sent by bones261 (#452769) to 1032 unique users in 4239 transactions
    44. 7911 Merit sent by BobLawblaw (#569455) to 327 unique users in 3244 transactions
    45. 7696 Merit sent by Coolcryptovator (#1980983) to 992 unique users in 3363 transactions
    46. 7690 Merit sent by OmegaStarScream (#375981) to 924 unique users in 3386 transactions
    47. 7289 Merit sent by Buchi-88 (#204821) to 684 unique users in 6545 transactions
    48. 7082 Merit sent by frodocooper (#988740) to 479 unique users in 2931 transactions
    49. 6779 Merit sent by Hueristic (#198573) to 554 unique users in 6169 transactions
    50. 6582 Merit sent by hosemary (#995810) to 475 unique users in 3741 transactions
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 26259. 1 Merit sent by 3acaga (#1232502) to 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 26260. 1 Merit sent by 360llqzc (#1300924) to 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 26261. 1 Merit sent by 333btc (#3450760) to 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 26262. 1 Merit sent by 3227jw (#2592839) to 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 26263. 1 Merit sent by 2x2coindwarf (#2686612) to 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 26264. 1 Merit sent by 2x25BT (#990097) to 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 26265. 1 Merit sent by 2drive (#1304704) to 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 26266. 1 Merit sent by 2andahalfBTC (#1142164) to 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 26267. 1 Merit sent by 27QVUTZj8rgZP1 (#662730) to 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 26268. 1 Merit sent by 27aume (#1001865) to 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 26269. 1 Merit sent by 2342q6tegw (#1212678) to 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 26270. 1 Merit sent by 214missy (#1285563) to 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 26271. 1 Merit sent by 212fox (#1342293) to 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 26272. 1 Merit sent by 1xbitpatnar (#3475604) to 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 26273. 1 Merit sent by 1r0n (#1252002) to 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 26274. 1 Merit sent by 1pool Ltd. (#2062862) to 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 26275. 1 Merit sent by 1melyun (#543052) to 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 26276. 1 Merit sent by 1cyrax00 (#964210) to 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 26277. 1 Merit sent by 1CryptoSmurf (#1352746) to 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 26278. 1 Merit sent by 1chempion123 (#1346880) to 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 26279. 1 Merit sent by 1cak (#1136856) to 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 26280. 1 Merit sent by 1amCrypt0 (#933826) to 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 26281. 1 Merit sent by 19Nov16 (#921267) to 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 26282. 1 Merit sent by 19nataliya12 (#1873934) to 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 26283. 1 Merit sent by 19dimasik77 (#881779) to 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 26284. 1 Merit sent by 1971ECPT (#3553473) to 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 26285. 1 Merit sent by 17buratin (#1187494) to 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 26286. 1 Merit sent by 13ex07 (#1207068) to 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 26287. 1 Merit sent by 13Charlie (#76987) to 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 26288. 1 Merit sent by 12retepnat34 (#1053271) to 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 26289. 1 Merit sent by 10yearsolder (#1094878) to 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 26290. 1 Merit sent by 10sat (#1162504) to 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 26291. 1 Merit sent by 10casproj (#3515598) to 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 26292. 1 Merit sent by 10BTCaDay (#396522) to 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 26293. 1 Merit sent by 100kk (#1316426) to 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 26294. 1 Merit sent by 100eth (#1324600) to 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 26295. 1 Merit sent by 0xBitcoins (#2205183) to 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 26296. 1 Merit sent by 0xBet (#3572636) to 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 26297. 1 Merit sent by 0x0333 (#1913654) to 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 26298. 1 Merit sent by 0vn1 (#1216048) to 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 26299. 1 Merit sent by 0virtual (#1244555) to 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 26300. 1 Merit sent by 0id1d (#3600764) to 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 26301. 1 Merit sent by 0Alvaren0 (#2020991) to 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 26302. 1 Merit sent by 01BTC (#1756786) to 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 26303. 1 Merit sent by 01bits (#1629161) to 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 26304. 1 Merit sent by 00HasH (#841746) to 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 26305. 1 Merit sent by 00DKM@ (#1311705) to 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 26306. 1 Merit sent by 00.00WIB (#3392171) to 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 26307. 1 Merit sent by $@to$h! (#1183184) to 1 unique users in 1 transactions
 26308. 1 Merit sent by $Talker (#1043705) to 1 unique users in 1 transactions
Full list (3 MB)

Merit per day of the week
Monday 303970 (14.26%)
Tuesday 305426 (14.33%)
Wednesday 304672 (14.30%)
Thursday 325655 (15.28%)
Friday 324904 (15.25%)
Saturday 282588 (13.26%)
Sunday 283146 (13.29%)
Total: 2130361


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Re: TalkImg.com - Image hosting for BitcoinTalk
by
LoyceV
on 12/09/2025, 15:01:08 UTC
I don't get why it is against TalkImg policy?
Usually images can't be edited.
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Re: Ledger CTO warns of a potential mass attack taking place
by
LoyceV
on 12/09/2025, 12:32:04 UTC
⭐ Merited by vapourminer (1)
And I always wonder if something like that is possible
A couple of years ago, I read about Man In The Middle Attacks by Tor exit nodes. I think they had to remove or replace https-encryption, after which they could replace Bitcoin addresses for their own.

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Maybe if they managed to install a remote access trojan on the user's computer, they would gain full access and be able to completely manipulate such things.
Or just a malicious browser that replaces crypto addresses.

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I think the only way we can protect ourselves from such a scenario is to use air-gapped wallets and separate computers for cryptocurrencies. If hackers don't have access to our devices, then they can't do anything to us.
If you're depositing to an online service, you still need to get their address. A Letter of Guarantee could work, as long as you have their signing address from a previous visit. But I don't think any CEX (or casino) offers that. For some reason depositing is completely trust-based: if they'd say the address you found on their website isn't yours, you can't prove anything.
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Re: TalkImg.com - Image hosting for BitcoinTalk
by
LoyceV
on 12/09/2025, 08:54:15 UTC
Some translation OPs only post statistics to share the progress of the project.
Just a thought: if you post statistics in a graph that you update each month, the translated topics can include it without having to manually update it monthly. But you'll need an image that you edit monthly without changing the URL, and that's kinda against what TalkImg stands for....
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Re: Google declares war on non-custodial wallets
by
LoyceV
on 12/09/2025, 08:49:33 UTC
Really? "Unlicensed" Bitcoin wallets? What's that? Where can I get a license to be allowed to create a random number? At the Ministry of Coin Flips?

/sarcasm

It seems that we have no reason to panic, for now, as Google themselves have clarified that non-custodial wallets are not included in their policy.
You may want to add this to the OP.

I would even go as far as saying when people were downloading wallets from the centralized google store, it was a loss of decentralization and when they shut down it can be categorized as a win.

What we need to reach better security in the decentralized world are these 3:
1. 100% open source software
2. Reproducible/deterministic builds
3. Signed binaries
Except for, when downloading that on your Android phone, it's more complicated to install than a click in the Play Store. I tried installing custom (Youtube) software on an Android mediabox, and it worked but took a lot of time. But after a few weeks, when I needed an update, I had to manually do all that again (and gave up). The average Android user isn't going to manually do that, they'll just go for the centralized wallet account approved by their government at a centralized exchange.

Pray that we still have personal computers and linux which we can modify in any way we want.
Good point, I'll start collecting more spare laptops Smiley

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Google doesn't even want that as they are killing adblock software with their new chrome browser.
Luckily, there are other browsers out there. Google is in the business of earning money from ads, they abandoned their "don't be evil" a long time ago.

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Soon they will enforce computers on us which we can't modify in any way just like their cell phones I am afraid.
Let them try!
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Re: Google declares war on non-custodial wallets
by
LoyceV
on 12/09/2025, 08:49:00 UTC
Pray that we still have personal computers and linux which we can modify in any way we want.
Good point, I'll start collecting more spare laptops Smiley

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Google doesn't even want that as they are killing adblock software with their new chrome browser.
Luckily, there are other browsers out there. Google is in the business of earning money from ads, they abandoned their "don't be evil" a long time ago.

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Soon they will enforce computers on us which we can't modify in any way just like their cell phones I am afraid.
Let them try!
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Re: Judge my security of how I created my Bitcoin wallet
by
LoyceV
on 12/09/2025, 08:10:52 UTC
I want you to judge me critically and more harshly than usual:
Even though this topic is a week old, I like your challenge and I'll be harsh Tongue

But first: it really depends on how much money you're storing. If it's $50 worth of Bitcoin, don't worry too much. But if it's $1000+, keep reading!

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Windows laptop
That's your first mistake. In general, Windows is a magnet for problems. But switching to Linux without knowing what you're doing isn't great either.
Your second mistake is doing it online, that creates a hot wallet instead of a much safer cold wallet.

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This laptop contains data I have had for over 10 years. Family photos, bank statements, executable files that are for old games, emulated game file save files...I moved so many over. 10 years of files without checking where they're from.
I wouldn't worry too much about static files, other than making regular backups.

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1) I ran a simple anti-virus scan. Free trial.
Free or paid, it's always a good start to assume they don't know all possible threats.

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2) I used a wallet program {Program 1} to generate a seed offline.
I'm going to be extra harsh on this: you can't omit the name of the software here! It could be you used the worst possible piece of shitty compromised wallet software out there, so that's what I'm going to assume. Not good!

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I wrote down the derivation pathway it said it used, and BIP seed it generated.
"BIP" is too general: it's a Bitcoin Improvement Proposal. It should come with a number (probably 39). If you're writing it down, be thorough.

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After writing this down, I never had it in view of a camera or another person. Any time I practiced the seed, I destroyed the torn scrap paper from my practice runs.
Have you tested your backup to make sure you can restore the same Bitcoin addresses if you start from scratch?

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3) I QR-scanned a master public key. My camera saw nothing else. On a mobile device (I never created any serious wallets on my mobile devices), I created a watch-only wallet.  I matched the receiving addresses to the addresses in {Program 1}.
What's the purpose of this step?

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4) I closed {Program 1} but it was still installed. Connected to wi-fi for a minute, disconnected, then I deleted the wallet inside {Program 1}
Why? If the purpose was to create a cold wallet, you could have done all this from an air-gapped offline Linux Live system running from DVD.

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5) I downloaded another program for a wallet {Program 2}.
Why?

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6) I started sending funds to the BTC wallet.
Did you withdraw funds from the exchange?

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Multiple people at this point knew I was buying on an exchange
Who are these people? People you tried to buy Bitcoin from in person? People working at the exchange? People reading your emails?

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7) I connected to Wi-Fi on two different occasions and would stay online for over 24 hours each time. I used my mental seed to recover my wallet in {Program 2}, and confirmed that even there, BTCBitcoinBTC is being received live while on Wi-Fi.
Why would you entrust your seed phrase to different wallets? That doubles the risk in case one of them is compromised.

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Cool I deleted the wallet file from {Program 2} offline. I uninstalled {Program 1} entirely.
How safe is that from hard drive recovery?

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9) {Program 2} remains installed. I still send funds to the wallet, now only visible from the seed in my head and the master public on my cell phone.
Going back to this quote:
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Any time I practiced the seed, I destroyed the torn scrap paper from my practice runs.
Did you not keep a physical copy of your seed phrase? Are you really willing to risk you still remember the seed 5 (or 25) years from now?

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Could my BTC be swiped
Yes.

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or have you managed to hold all your BTC with worse security practices than mine?
Yes. I'm okay with risking small amounts in risky environments, being fully aware I'm one mistake away from losing them. But it's like asking someone if they've been robbed in the streets: you know it's possible, and you know the chance of it happening to them doesn't influence the chance of it happening to you in the future.

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I think I've been pretty thorough, but imperfect. Most losses are due to public wifi or fools screen-sharing. I did not cross $10000.00, I probably never will except by BTC itself going up by itself,
It sounds like you want to keep your Bitcoin long-term. Why not create a proper cold wallet on Electrum, air-gapped on a system that runs exclusively from RAM so there are absolutely no traces? And keep a backup of your seed words! You'll have to consider what's more likely: someone gaining access to your backup, or you forgetting the words you try to remember.

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Do not leave comments saying that I might spit out some part of the seed phrase while I'm asleep.
Good point, I didn't even think about that yet: some one-night stand might get you drunk to get the words out of you! Jokes aside, unless you're an active sleep talker, this wouldn't be my main concern.

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I carry around four hints for four words in the seed, even though I remember all of them. Now that I've mentioned this detail, I'm going to shred into fragments even that hint for those four in the next 2 days.
You know I once forgot where I stored a paper wallet for years, and later forgot and remembered again how to access my made-up brainwallet? The mind is a funny thing to rely on!

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I was unaware of Bitcoin Core and Bitcoin Knots throughout this entire process so I did not use them to generate a seed. I still don't know if I need them or no.
Bitcoin Core isn't the best place to generate seeds. You'd get a wallet, but no seed words. Electrum is much better if you want a seed.

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I did not use the Coleman io generator offline, as it, if I understand would run in a browser. That means it would allow any browser to display the seed AND every single private key, meaning a browser could save that info as if it was a manual field entry, username, etc...
Coleman's site is a brilliant thing, but you should NEVER use it on a computer that you're going to use for something else again. For educational purposes, I'll quote my post on how to safely sweep a paper wallet. You can apply bits and pieces of it to your situation:
Online:
Install Electrum on your PC.
Import your address to create a watch-only wallet.
Preview the transaction, Copy the unsigned transaction. Put it on a USB stick.

Offline and running without hard drive storage:
Get a Linux LIVE DVD. Use Knoppix or Tails for instance, or any other distribution that comes with Electrum pre-installed.
Unplug your internet cable. Close the curtains. Reboot your computer and start up from that DVD. Don't enter any wireless connection password. Keep it offline.
Start Electrum. Import your private key.
Copy your unsigned transaction from the USB stick, load it into Electrum.
CHECK the transaction in Electrum. Check the fees, check the amount, check all destination addresses (character by character).
If all is okay, sign the transaction. Copy it back to your USB stick.
Turn off the computer. That wipes the Live LINUX from memory and all traces are gone.

Online:
Use your normal online Electrum to (check again and) broadcast the transaction.

I also wanted to be able to connect to the internet at least twice just because it proves that if I wanted to, the seed works and so I can spend the BTC some day or simply pass it back to an exchange 20 years from now.
That's not necessary. Your seed produces private keys, those keys produce addresses. If you can reproduce those addresses from your seed on an offline system, preferrably with a different piece of widely available software, you know you can access your funds. There's no need to see it in a wallet.

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Do you think it's a good idea to create a second wallet and seed with a different method, and I keep a minority of my BTC on that? It forces me to remember 24 words, but considering how wonderfully I did with just 12 holy words and how well I can keep the secret, I feel like I can do this over and over again with my practice methods and immunity of the few hints to my words online to dictionary attacks.
I use more than 2 wallets, all for different purposes. You may want to use extend your seed phrase with a custom password, that way you don't need to remember even more. Or just write it down Smiley
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Re: Ledger CTO warns of a potential mass attack taking place
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LoyceV
on 12/09/2025, 07:31:41 UTC
⭐ Merited by vapourminer (2)
Apparently, there is a vector attack where the address in the Wallet UI is the user's one, and the one on the HW wallet is the attacker's one. So use extreme caution.
Wait.... are you saying there are people who use a hardware wallet but don't confirm the address on the screen? That's one of the main reasons to use a hardware wallet: to verify you actually sign a transaction to the correct address!

I'd be much more concerned if an address changes when I read it on my screen. Let's say you deposit to an exchange, but the deposit address on your screen is changed already before you copy it. That would mean the address on the hardware wallet matches the address on your monitor, but it's now the exchange's address.
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Re: How to make a bitcoin transaction and pay less than 1 sat/vByte
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LoyceV
on 12/09/2025, 07:15:48 UTC
examples of transactions where individuals engaged in batching
Isn't that what coinjoin does?
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Re: OrangeFren.com - instant, KYC-free, exchange comparison
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LoyceV
on 12/09/2025, 06:53:26 UTC
For their so called ''tainted'' claims they don't really have to ask you anything, they clearly stated they can just charge 3% higher fees
That's one "feature" I really dislike! The notion of "taint" is completely arbitrary, so they can selectively apply it. But also, they're basically saying they'll take dirty criminal coins as long as they get a higher fee.
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Re: [BETA] [NEW] beta.ninjastic.space (forum search, archive and data visualization)
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LoyceV
on 11/09/2025, 18:59:26 UTC
⭐ Merited by ABCbits (1)
I ask, just as the bot detects when there are new posts, isn't it possible to have a bot that detects edits? I know these are different things, but the forum, after an edit, leaves a record in the post that it was edited. Isn't it possible to check this information?
New posts are easy to find, edited posts can be anywhere in millions of topics and tens of millions of posts. At no more than 1 page request per second, it takes months to check everything (again).
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Re: Clearing up major disagreements in rep.
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LoyceV
on 11/09/2025, 16:05:52 UTC
Problems may stem from my poor actions in the first half of my account’s existence (some things defendable some I cannot deny my foolishness). Since this transition, I have had issues with repayment on loans
Have you considered to stop asking for new loans? That's the main cause of your reputation problems.
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Re: importing a previously downloaded BTC blockchain in Bitcoin Core
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LoyceV
on 11/09/2025, 13:37:31 UTC
⭐ Merited by vapourminer (1)
Why not ? I mean the main question re security is having your key offline, isn't it ?
I don't trust phones. Even when offline they can still be connecting things like "find my phone". It's something I can't control, unlike an offline Linux PC.

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What would be your top 3 in terms of hardware wallet / storage ?
Here too: "it depends". A Trezor hardware wallet (connected to Electrum) is one of the best combinations of security and ease of use. Bitcoin Core is much harder to use offline. But, depending on the amount, a mobile phone wallet can also be very convenient to pay on the road, while offline air-gapped cold storage is safer for long-term storage.
I use different wallets for different purposes. To start, it doesn't hurt to familiarize yourself with different wallets.
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Re: Sent from Electrum with 6 confirmations but i do not see the sats in my Electrum
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LoyceV
on 11/09/2025, 13:01:47 UTC
Lower fees ... where can i learn more about this?
Start at https://coinb.in/#fees , but know that it's incomplete.

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I was just testing, teaching myself by doing.
Only 30k sats. I have already learned a lot from it.
Also good to know that fees can go lower with the right settings. But it depends on network congestion. I'd say just try it: create a new Electrum wallet with bc1q-address and try it. Manually setting fees is recommended (if you know what you're doing).
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Re: S€x before marriage or after marriage, which one do you prefer?
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LoyceV
on 11/09/2025, 07:42:17 UTC
What is "S€x"? Is that sex paid in euros?
It is something which is being normalized now on the internet, to use wordings and replacement words
That is why I love the freedom offered by Bitcointalk.
I know all this, which is why I point it out. It's utterly stupid to censor yourself out of fear to "offend" someone. I'm offended by censoring words! It makes me miss TMAN.

Is this some Al Bundy dream to talk about sex before and after but not during marriage?
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Re: [Sep 2025]Mempool empty, Consolidate your small inputs @0.24 sat/vbyte
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LoyceV
on 11/09/2025, 07:23:45 UTC
That's also what I said. Block subsidy aside, miners are earning less BTC/sats than they used to. Even before 0.1 sat/vByte became the new standard, there was very little congestion on the Bitcoin blockchain despite BTC hitting new ATHs several times. On top of that, the block subsidy has been halved a couple of times already. However, those sats are worth more in USD or any other fiat terms. It would be interesting to see a comparison against gold.
I'm not making another graph against gold Tongue But you have a point, my "rough estimate" will probably change a lot if you account for inflation in this graph.

Btw, does this graph go all the way back to the beginnings of Bitcoin in 2009?[/quote]
Yes: vertical are dollars, horizontal are blocks. I would have added a label, but that would have taken a few more hours....
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Re: [BETA] [NEW] beta.ninjastic.space (forum search, archive and data visualization)
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LoyceV
on 11/09/2025, 06:49:57 UTC
The problem is that right now I save another copy of the entire post every time something changes, even if it's a single letter. If I allow multiple unlimited rescrapes, storage usage can go quickly very fast...
Is this really going to be a storage problem? I can imagine only a fraction of the posts gets edited many times.

I'm more interested what happens when a post is rescraped, and didn't change: do you keep track of the fact that it wasn't changed on a certain date? I think that could be valuable information later on, to estimate when a post was edited.
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Re: LoyceV's Avatar for Rent 🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊 6 YEARS 🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊 338 weeks rented out
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LoyceV
on 10/09/2025, 18:20:00 UTC
Thanks again for your flawless timing!
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Re: Do we really need the gender option in our profile page?
by
LoyceV
on 10/09/2025, 17:20:19 UTC
my point is that it’s completely irrelevant with the forum in general.
One way or another, gender is still more relevant than ICQ. The forum profile is slightly outdated.