Merit is now becoming a big deal for every newbie in the current situation wherein it may had disappoint the former jr. members that are now newbies  and no longer able to join bounty campaign. Despite of the the new ruling by Theymos, newbies should accept wholeheartedly and just accept it as a challenge to improve and enhance the postings to become more informative to the viewers.

Yes,  I agree with OP as there are more high ranking members bullying newbies instead of helping them to improve further.  Assisting the newbies is a great way to let them enhance their knowledge and grow maturely.

I believe that there is a big reason why the moderator of this forum had made this new rule about the merit system and the demotion of the jr,member back to newbie. Based on Theymos explaination that there were already many spams coming in and so as the many shit posting in the forum which had mainly discourage some of the good newbies that really deserve to be part of this crypto community. Moreover, people should understand and follow the rules in the forum and continue to do good and informative post that could also benefit the readers. Merits will come along the way and I believe it will come soon and stay positive.

If this is the policy by the moderator, then I would say we must have to follow even if we had more than a hundred activity. I feel worried about the situation but I need to step up and just continue the journey as I believe I could be able to get a merit soon. Moreover, with this new rule, I think that it could also lessen the shit postings.

Yes, I may agree with the advantages of blockchain technology the way it contributes to the world and to the people in the crypto community.
I believe because of the success of btc using the blockchain technology, you can observed that there were already thousands of emerging ICO's that adopts the blockchain technology. With this alone, I could say that blockchain technology could help the lives of the people in the crypto community more satisfying and able to make transactions easier either using PC or mobile phone gadgets.

Yes, I definitely agree that most of the people in bitcoin community were mostly dominated by speculators who had strong support for bitcoin and not criminals. These speculators are also bitcoin investors hoping that bitcoin could grow further such that they could earn good return of investment.

No, I don't consider it being a victim by holding your btc. I consider it as a strategy not to loose my investment and that is how important in holding is especially if you have a bigger btc investment. I believe that the best strategy is to hold more or go for a long term investment and you will be sure you would not regret such decision.

In my opinion, I think bitcoin has much worth compared with the other altcoins considering that btc is the 1st ever digital currency that had made an extra mile achievement especially with the last quarter of 2017 where it had reached it's market value up to $20K USD. BTC has more supporters and investors as compared with the altcoins where until the current situation, more and more people are encourage to get involved with btc because they are seeing good profit once they had invested.

Based on the current price value of btc, it had dropped to $6.5k and started again to recover slowly after the adjustment period.  People should not be alarmed and worry since everyone knows bitcoin will recover from it's dip no matter how long it will take. The best way to handle in situation like this is to be patient and just wait for the right time for it will regain it's track back to green.

In my views, people who does not have depth knowledge about bitcoin would call it a ponzi scheme since they really are ignorant about it. It will take time for anyone who would really study and understand about bitcoin since it is quite complicated. However, the more time you keep yourself involved in this forum could make yourself absorbed information you wish to learn.

I believe that these bear markets in this year has something to do with whales manipulation since they have enough btc reserves that they can create an impact to make it happen. But as we all know, after bear market there will be a stabilization and then going for a bull market and therefore investors must have to be patient  with their investment as this is just how cryptocurrency works in the market. People should always consider that crypto market are very unpredictable to the extent that we really never know what's next.

In my views,  I believe that bitcoin is nust undergoing a normal market correction and that is why fluctuations usually happen in the market.  With this corrections,  investors should consider that these dips is part of the crypto market cycle and the best thing to do is just hodl your btc and just have to wait patiently.

I believe that btc market in the current situation may still be not stable and fluctuations could still be recurring in the weeks to come due to some corrections in the market. However, once this corrections will over, I believe the bullish market may dominate again the the btc market where it could increase the market value more than the $7K level. Thus, btc hodlers should just continue holding until the big pump will be in place.

I think it's not only US and Canada could benefit from the cryptocurrency market. I believe this can benefit also other countries in Asia and other parts of Europe and Africa. Cryptocurrency is an opportunity for the people to get involved in the field of mining, investment and joining bounties where many people are participating to earn profit.

These cheater's should learn their lesson and should be given importance by their country to look for these people in the US. They should be penalized from their mistake and should face trial in court and should pay back the money they had scammed from the people of Vietnam.

With the involvement of these 2 big companies Microsoft and Starbucks is actually a great news for bitcoin and the supporters of btc that they had considered at last to be part of the crypto business.  I believe that due to the uncontrolablle mass adoptation and popularity of btc,these corporations are seeing great opportunity to earn good profit with bitcoin.

If you really are a btc believer, then you are a hodler. No one really knows when will the bearish market be over and the time for the bull market to take place next. I guess the best thing for now that we should do is just to stay cool and just wait for the time being until btc will recover. Rest assured, btc will make a pump soon where everyone is also expecting for it to happen.

I believe bitcoin had already proved it's worth and was able to achieved such highest mark in the last Q4 of 2017. With this, I think bitcoin is just fine for now and existing fluctuations are just a part of its correction wherein it may regain back from it's dip in the coming months to come. Therefore, btc holders will just have to stay put and need to patiently wait for the recovery that may happen soon.

I am optimistic that there is a great future ahead for cryptocurrency and I believe that it would be good for an investment intended for long term period. Market is volatile as we all know but definitely people should always be updated from time time with regards to the market movement so as to be aware and make immediate decision when there is a need concerning with the status of your investment. Moreover, before making any investment, you should have to study carefully for the alts that you need to invest and not just follow on your instinct without any validation.

Yes, I would agree that cryptocurrency should be taught in school and universities since this is the future currency that people should  adopt and learn from it's technology. However, if a person really wanted to learn more about cryptocurrency, we have the internet and they can do a research about it with the aide of google, youtube and this bitcointalk forum where they may able at least understand first the basics and how it works for them.