agree with you, but I also think that KYC requirement has to do with checking out that bounty hunters are not US residents, because we all know that most bounties do not allow people from US to participate, as well as investing in ICOs. On the other hand, I think they should be conducting that the other way and not by checking out our personal data. We could submit something else, where it would be apparent that we are not for the US. I don't know, maybe our scanned bill for electricity, where our address can be clearly seen and we could omit the name and surname perhaps. But how would they know that this is our bill then? I also see many bounties popping up where they require your selfie along with ID so they can assure the ID is yours.

Maybe a solution to this would be a KYC platform, where we would submit our documents only once and then verified ICO companies would have an access to them. But in order for me to do that, ICO companies should also provide their documents for me to see. It should be mutual. Unfortunately, I don't see this happening anytime soon, because some people will hand over their documents without even thinking about the possible consequences for a couple of bucks. Especially people from third world countries, where $ is worth a lot more.

Risks are everywhere, but for newbies specially scams are more dangerous than actual risks. Scammers trap those newbie and take their money saying they would double triple their money which never happens. Don't fall for any pyramid scheme or lending platforms. Don't invest in any ICO just because someone said to invest in that, do your own research, find out everything possible about that ICO before actually investing in it.

Some other risks involved are wallet hack through phishing emails or links. Malicious softwares which can steal your keys/passwords. Selling your coins desperately because it has fallen in value.

In the end I would say, everything needs experience, everything needs patience and everything need your knowledge/your work

My system to know whether a specific thing is a trick is I generally request a testament , an authorized or a proof of authenticity since they will misdirect you to draw in and loan a cash with the most pleasant words and bother you for their organization. However, the best thing to know whether a thing is a trick is you comprehend what to have when they are putting forth, the most grounded weapon for trick is a profound learning.

I think it happened because this guy did not take bitcoins seriously and therefore did not provide competent storage for his bitcoins, because of what he lost all his keys. But this story is rather instructive, because it makes other investors take a responsible attitude to their money and their storage...

Try affiliate marketing. This is an ideal low cost (in marketing spend terms) acquisition vehicle that you can put into place in your business.

There is no hurry. A newbie needs 60 activity to become a member. That is a lot of time to learn and to increase the knowledge provided the person is really wiling to do so. I have seen some new members making better quality posts than senior members.



That logic appears flawed to me. If that was true, no fresher would get job anywhere and we will have all the companies filled with old people who do not want to hire newcomers. When you give merit to a newcomers, he also gets corresponding number of Smerits which he can spend on posts of other members including yours.

One can get 5-10 merits easily by being little active and smart. These are some easy ways:

1) Some members are giving merits for creating an art piece (image or infographic ) related to forum rules. There is less competing there in comparison to text posts and thus one can easily get some merit by doing this.

2) One member was giving merit points for spotting other members involved with merit abuse. If you notice such behavior, report it on that thread and you can get some merits.

I do not think that manipulation will be the right word to use for this but little abuse of the merit system is going on for sure. This is evident from threads like :

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2896910.0

These threads are filled with posts from other members showing how other members are trying to cheat the system. These cheaters are sending merits in bulk to the alt accounts to rank them up. This is additional problem for genuine users as it makes merit more scarce. Also it is very discouraging for members to see these abusers getting away this shameless act.

I do not have any idea on how ICO promotion goes with signature campaigns but promoting some type of bitcoin related services and products can be very effective. For instance, if you own a gambling related website that allows players to play with BTC and win in bitcoins. There cannot be a better place than this to advertise such a platform here. The members here are already those who transact with crypto and thus may be interested. We should also not forget that the posts made here may be getting good amount of traffic from Google so those visitors may try that product or service in signature.

Do you also provide other services related to PayPal like debit card for verification ? Would be interested in this verification.

To get merit, you have to make quality posts. You can check merit stats page to get some ideas.

Of course it is safe. Since you are buying for long term (I suppose 6 months or more), you will make at least double of invested amount.

Bitcoin is just a currency, it will not be used in every country. This is because some countries have already banned it.

At the time of writing this post, it is $11000. I suggest yoy to buy some at this level and wait for at least a month. You will get 30% returns.

People are crazy for bitcoins because of the high returns. On the other hand, banks are reducing interest rates.

The prices have stabilized for last 2 months. However, there will be volatility for next 5-6 years.

Are junior members even allowed a signature after new rules ?

15 million merits is not possible in one lifetime now. Regarding posting quality, I cannot comment about all members but have seen some exceptional posts be new members. Merit system is a good motivation for everyone here.

Not correct, there are merit sources who will not be partial. I have also seen a lot of high rank members giving merits to new members.

Yes many such users were reported by other members. These were also given negative trust be senior members here. You can find all those cases reported here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2823221.0. Add those you saw if they are not reported.