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Re: Trust flags
by
theymos
on 01/05/2025, 22:10:01 UTC
⭐ Merited by LoyceV (2) ,JayJuanGee (1)

I have a question about the Type 3 Flag:
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This user violated a written contract with me, resulting in damages.
What if a service makes contradicting claims on their website, and only one of those claims would mean a written contract was violated, while the other claim supports what they did? Would that still qualify as breaking a written contract?
For context, see this post.

These sorts of things are all open to interpretation by the flag creator and voters.

My personal opinion: I lean toward thinking that a type-2 is more appropriate because advertising which contradicts the ToS is in my eyes more of an informal/implied agreement than a contract. But I wouldn't say that a type-3 would be egregiously wrong or anything.
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Re: [April Fools] Replacing the merit system
by
theymos
on 01/05/2025, 21:47:41 UTC
⭐ Merited by ibminer (2) ,EFS (1) ,tread93 (1) ,Hatchy (1)

Thanks for playing, everyone! I was excited to be able to see an o_e_l_e_o with ESG and PowerGlove yesterday.

Below are the final scores. A day or two after the end of the main event, all pMerit balances were cleared, but after that, there were no other pMerit adjustments. Since all of the bugs were also worked out by this point, these scores are probably more representative of actual skill than the scores after the main event.
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| ESG               |  17855 |
| PowerGlove        |  11371 |
| ibminer           |   5119 |
| Cyrus             |   2366 |
| d57heinz          |   1709 |
| BlTCOINPostage    |   1651 |
| Avox              |   1600 |
| KosmoKisa         |   1504 |
| XICO              |   1474 |
| hopenotlate       |   1411 |
| theymos           |   1168 |
| infinitesimal     |   1146 |
| mirtotanota       |   1108 |
| Jewan420          |   1093 |
| Mitchell          |   1055 |
| iv4n              |   1045 |
| joker_josue       |   1036 |
| pdneves           |   1022 |
| Youngrebel        |   1016 |
| kingbj21          |   1015 |
| jackielove4u      |   1012 |
| hisslyness        |   1009 |
| mocacinno         |   1007 |
| garlonicon        |   1007 |
| Thamizhan         |   1006 |
| Findingnemo       |   1006 |
| GIF-JOBS          |   1006 |
| ranochigo         |   1004 |
| JohnGalt          |   1003 |
| vd309             |   1003 |
| Behat1981         |   1003 |
| just4kicks        |   1003 |
| daverick_cgn      |   1003 |
| Joca97            |   1002 |
| Sledge0001        |   1002 |
| rohang            |   1002 |
| Tazzy4050         |   1002 |
| bitrsanch         |   1002 |
| farou9            |   1002 |
| eminent1          |   1002 |
| Normalize         |   1002 |
| MaxAlphax         |   1001 |
| khaled0111        |   1001 |
| Ulven             |   1001 |
| Tebe654           |   1001 |
| Koceila           |   1001 |
| Rhema_Artz        |   1001 |
| AlphaBoy          |   1001 |
| Papablo1708       |   1001 |
| xOrpian           |   1001 |
| July_Alaska       |   1001 |
| Hueristic         |   1000 |
| bubbaj            |   1000 |
| JollyGood         |   1000 |
| Steamtyme         |   1000 |
| famososMuertos    |   1000 |
| Unsoldier         |   1000 |
| CR_Anders         |   1000 |
| Frankolala        |   1000 |
| smwangi           |   1000 |
| KFC786            |   1000 |
| Suzume            |   1000 |
| Faizan Zen        |   1000 |
| Just Say          |   1000 |
| yamin_galib       |   1000 |
| Charltonleo2      |   1000 |
| Hell Boy          |   1000 |
| hawkqs            |   1000 |
| jackg             |    999 |
| Strongkored       |    999 |
| Wapfika           |    999 |
| Seniorbrovai      |    999 |
| Bitcoin_people    |    999 |
| Mohamedlaoui      |    999 |
| Leomiles          |    999 |
| omargg 55         |    999 |
| Sd49budz          |    999 |
| babo              |    998 |
| romero121         |    998 |
| mistercoin        |    998 |
| pawel7777         |    998 |
| Pascal Parvex     |    998 |
| machasm           |    998 |
| K4C               |    998 |
| AbuBhakar         |    998 |
| oleg1984a         |    998 |
| DireWolfM14       |    998 |
| PrimeNumber7      |    998 |
| Danieleemilio     |    998 |
| Stalker22         |    998 |
| Nothingtodo       |    998 |
| Humble Bitcoiners |    998 |
| india012          |    998 |
| CryptSafe         |    998 |
| Uruhara           |    998 |
| Urfijaved         |    998 |
| Pablo-wood        |    998 |
| Cpt_reader        |    998 |
| StealthsNet       |    998 |
| criptoevangelista |    998 |
| N.O               |    998 |
| Jamestown70       |    998 |
| Lucysathish       |    998 |
| Olamidetechie     |    998 |
| Dark.Look         |    998 |
| safyan            |    998 |
| Cypto2020         |    998 |
| Miramax12         |    998 |
| Borall12          |    998 |
| hoangty           |    998 |
| ggtomeh           |    998 |
| NodePhantom       |    998 |
| elsoleado         |    998 |
| Dup9601@gmail.com |    998 |
| Samang            |    998 |
| user3             |    998 |
| Mackoshi          |    998 |
| versaceicy        |    998 |
| Ybs1p             |    998 |
| Welsh             |    997 |
| mv1986            |    997 |
| o48o              |    997 |
| Aikidoka          |    997 |
| hurr1cane         |    997 |
| goldkingcoiner    |    997 |
| rony01941         |    997 |
| Bitcoin_Arena     |    997 |
| fillippone        |    997 |
| Issa56            |    997 |
| Rikafip           |    997 |
| NNRR              |    997 |
| Charles-Tim       |    997 |
| smmgoal           |    997 |
| teleone           |    997 |
| baeva             |    997 |
| Ryu_Ar1           |    997 |
| HelliumZ          |    997 |
| LivanoBerkbit     |    997 |
| Leahized          |    997 |
| Platinumys        |    997 |
| Cryptohygenic     |    997 |
| xmrhopium         |    997 |
| Rappitman         |    997 |
| Bluebird1357      |    997 |
| Ajam17700         |    997 |
| DVVRG             |    997 |
| dimonstration     |    996 |
| therealfalcon     |    996 |
| ovcijisir         |    996 |
| Liliana1304       |    996 |
| goldenmonke       |    996 |
| Jostern           |    996 |
| Hdhdhehehhe       |    996 |
| BayAreaCoins      |    995 |
| Mohon561          |    995 |
| Abdulzuruku01     |    995 |
| user_not_here     |    995 |
| Yoona_As          |    994 |
| RafiAhmed629      |    994 |
| blomen            |    994 |
| Reham00           |    992 |
| Bhadmhi           |    991 |
| Bluedrem          |    991 |
| Ginz_24           |    986 |
| iron77            |    983 |
| Omikifuse         |    982 |
| drpxxx            |    965 |
| ChiBitCTy         |    964 |
| Cointxz           |    942 |
| Obari             |    938 |
| Hatchy            |    931 |
| Beparanf          |    930 |
| Swaggman          |    913 |
| vittosport        |    862 |
| finitemaz         |    814 |
| JayJuanGee        |    717 |
| Ricardo11         |    711 |
| sargon_silda      |    643 |
| Jessie2121        |    630 |
| tread93           |    625 |
| xhomerx10         |    599 |
| L4rs_             |    347 |
| 5tift             |    242 |
| edy_58            |    192 |
| AG0RA             |    191 |
| TheButterZone     |    150 |
| Vaskiy            |    150 |
| Hermes Mercury    |    150 |
| Mbitr             |    150 |
| mikeywith         |    150 |
| clear cookies     |    150 |
| Majestic-milf     |    150 |
| Mia Chloe         |    150 |
| Naser9220         |    150 |
| TalQ8             |    150 |
| meser#            |    149 |
| Sexylizzy2813     |    149 |
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Re: DT update log
by
theymos
on 01/05/2025, 20:10:06 UTC

This month 122 users were eligible.

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theymos
HostFat
gmaxwell
OgNasty
qwk
Vod
Foxpup
philipma1957
babo
Cyrus
ibminer
d5000
Pmalek
Mitchell
albon
wwzsocki
Timelord2067
jeremypwr
EFS
stompix
hilariousandco
buckrogers
willi9974
JayJuanGee
NeuroticFish
achow101
DaveF
examplens
minerjones
yahoo62278
bitbollo
pooya87
LFC_Bitcoin
o_solo_miner
sandy-is-fine
mocacinno
Real-Duke
SyGambler
SFR10
TryNinja
BitcoinGirl.Club
ekiller
Jet Cash
condoras
Lafu
polymerbit
tweetious
giammangiato
buwaytress
crwth
Baofeng
imhoneer
hosemary
krogothmanhattan
JollyGood
Igebotz
roycilik
El duderino_
KTChampions
Trofo
Coin-1
icopress
GreatArkansas
sheenshane
JeromeTash
3meek
logfiles
Bitcoin_Arena
MinoRaiola
Agrawas
GazetaBitcoin
coinlocket$
mole0815
bitmover
DdmrDdmr
shahzadafzal
Lakai01
morvillz7z
Husna QA
fillippone
cryptofrka
abhiseshakana
madnessteat
The Cryptovator
DireWolfM14
notblox1
1miau
YOSHIE
jokers10
Awaklara
efialtis
geophphreigh
Lachrymose
NotATether
Stalker22
bullrun2024bro
Charles-Tim
Lillominato89
Free Market Capitalist
YodasRedRocket

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gmaxwell
OgNasty
Vod
vapourminer
mprep
Foxpup
philipma1957
Cyrus
d5000
Pmalek
Mitchell
wwzsocki
Timelord2067
gbianchi
EFS
Buchi-88
willi9974
JayJuanGee
NeuroticFish
achow101
nutildah
minerjones
BitcoinPenny
yahoo62278
bitbollo
pooya87
LFC_Bitcoin
mocacinno
Real-Duke
klarki
LoyceV
The Sceptical Chymist
TryNinja
BitcoinGirl.Club
ekiller
Jet Cash
condoras
holydarkness
Lafu
tweetious
giammangiato
buwaytress
crwth
Ale88
Vispilio
hosemary
krogothmanhattan
JollyGood
RaltcoinsB
Igebotz
roycilik
CryptopreneurBrainboss
El duderino_
KTChampions
Trofo
icopress
GreatArkansas
sheenshane
JeromeTash
3meek
logfiles
Bitcoin_Arena
MinoRaiola
Agrawas
GazetaBitcoin
coinlocket$
bitmover
shahzadafzal
Lakai01
morvillz7z
Husna QA
Bthd
fillippone
cryptofrka
madnessteat
The Cryptovator
DireWolfM14
notblox1
1miau
Little Mouse
YOSHIE
jokers10
Awaklara
efialtis
geophphreigh
zasad@
Rikafip
Etranger
Lachrymose
seek3r
FatFork
NotATether
Stalker22
bullrun2024bro
Charles-Tim
Lillominato89
Free Market Capitalist
paid2
YodasRedRocket
God Of Thunder
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Re: Second chance for mixers?
by
theymos
on 30/04/2025, 21:10:28 UTC
⭐ Merited by bitmover (2) ,LoyceV (2) ,xLays (1) ,dkbit98 (1) ,vapourminer (1) ,JayJuanGee (1)

My main question is: Is it allowed to run a contest or prediction here on Bitcointalk about when mixers will be allowed again? (The contest will not mention any website of mixer)

A policy prediction market, I like it! That's fine.

Note however that I may soften the ban over time, in two or more phases. For example, I may remove the wordfilter much sooner than the other aspects of the ban.
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Re: [April Fools] Replacing the merit system
by
theymos
on 30/04/2025, 20:48:53 UTC


I'm glad you enjoyed it! But I will be taking it down in roughly 12 hours.
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Re: Why is this report marked bad?
by
theymos
on 25/04/2025, 15:35:54 UTC
⭐ Merited by Charles-Tim (1) ,Lafu (1) ,hosemary (1)

Probably it was marked as bad because it wasn't clear that a Stake account could be a KYC-verified account. I had to Google it to find out that "Stake level 2 verified" requires a photo ID and should therefore should be considered a disallowed KYC-verified account. So you're right: it should be deleted.

Thanks!
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Re: Dormant moderator; What do you guys think!
by
theymos
on 25/04/2025, 15:23:23 UTC
⭐ Merited by Z_MBFM (2) ,EFS (1) ,Ambatman (1) ,hosemary (1)

Good point. I went through and removed several inactive moderators from various boards. Thanks!
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Re: Bitcointalk vs 4chan
by
theymos
on 17/04/2025, 15:34:29 UTC
⭐ Merited by EFS (5) ,dkbit98 (5) ,NotATether (5) ,LoyceV (2) ,ABCbits (2) ,hosemary (2) ,_BlackStar (1) ,Cyrus (1) ,m2017 (1)

If the reports regarding 4chan's operations are true, then bitcointalk.org's security is much better than that. Other than SMF 1.x, which we maintain directly, I believe that all of the software we're using is maintained and kept up-to-date. We also offer security bounties.

But security can't be guaranteed. The last forum hack was apparently caused by a vulnerability in helpdesk software used by our Web host, not even any failure on our end. It's very difficult to protect against that sort of thing. And zero-day exploits in our custom code, SMF, or any of the software we rely on are certainly possible, even if we try our best to protect against them.

The best thing you can do to reduce the damage in case of another bitcointalk.org hack is to delete your old PMs. If a PM is in an active user's inbox, then we can't encrypt it, since otherwise the PM-search feature would be way too slow. (One of the top new features on my to-do list is to allow for exporting PMs into a format that eg. Thunderbird can open. The code is 90% done for this. Then it'll be easier for users to purge PMs from their forum inboxes.) You can also enable limited retention in your settings if you consider your IP logs to be very sensitive, though note that this will make it very difficult for you to ever recover your account, since IP logs are a very important piece of data for the recovery team.



I'm really sad that 4chan is down. Hopefully it comes back soon. Even though I haven't been very active there recently, I consider myself a 4channer more than I consider myself an American: it's one of my cultural bedrocks. Honestly, I'd probably personally contribute quite a bit of money to some project to revive it, if necessary.

(Though long-term, we really all need to be moving to decentralized forums. The world is getting more and more anti-free-speech, and in the not-too-distant future there aren't going to be many "territories of freedom" where free centralized forums can operate.)
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Re: Second chance for mixers?
by
theymos
on 09/04/2025, 20:32:38 UTC
⭐ Merited by LoyceV (2) ,NotFuzzyWarm (1) ,JayJuanGee (1) ,bitmover (1) ,NotATether (1) ,d5000 (1) ,vapourminer (1) ,dkbit98 (1) ,Peanutswar (1)


That is an extremely good development! I've also been pleased with several other actions like that, such as removing Tornado Cash from the sanctions list. However, President Trump has only been in office for a few months, and the actual effects of these stated policy positions won't be clear for a while. The Biden administration also said that mixers aren't necessarily illegal, and that they weren't anti-crypto. Actions and time will speak louder than words. So I probably won't consider reversing the mixer ban until Trump has been in office for a full year, and we have a fuller picture of how his administration actually operates in these areas.
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Re: Replacing the merit system
by
theymos
on 02/04/2025, 00:15:27 UTC
⭐ Merited by EFS (5) ,mikeywith (4) ,ibminer (2) ,DireWolfM14 (1) ,Warfare (1) ,shahzadafzal (1) ,mole0815 (1) ,vapourminer (1) ,JayJuanGee (1)

April Fools! Thanks to everyone who played, and special thanks to PowerGlove for coding up this whole game, and ibminer for creating the art. ibminer has told me that he plans to soon make real-life versions of the cards and chips used in this game, so keep your eyes open for that if you like collectibles!

Since several people requested it, I'll keep the game running at https://bitcointalk.org/poker.php, but only for a limited time, not permanently. I plan on taking it down at the end of April, or if it breaks in a way that isn't trivial to fix; whichever comes first. You should also not be surprised if the pMerit balances get wiped every now and then.

There were several adjustments and chaotic periods while we tried to get the economics right, but just for fun, here are everyone's final pMerit scores. (You can see which admin is better at poker. Tongue)
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| Cyrus                |  99710 |
| mv1986               |  47235 |
| NIZZAONE             |  22000 |
| AB de Royse777       |  13745 |
| mikeywith            |  11035 |
| ESG                  |  10992 |
| Unsoldier            |  10976 |
| EFS                  |  10655 |
| caroasi              |  10302 |
| Haunebu              |  10000 |
| Warfare              |  10000 |
| Dread Pirate Roberts |  10000 |
| FFrankie             |  10000 |
| entebah              |  10000 |
| RaltcoinsB           |  10000 |
| shahzadafzal         |  10000 |
| fillippone           |  10000 |
| DaCryptoRaccoon      |  10000 |
| execijutiere         |  10000 |
| smmgoal              |  10000 |
| Desfran              |  10000 |
| Phoenix Anka         |  10000 |
| Bitcoin_people       |  10000 |
| NikWNF               |  10000 |
| Flamee               |  10000 |
| Faizan Zen           |  10000 |
| giorgione            |  10000 |
| farou9               |  10000 |
| BADERO               |  10000 |
| reefsea              |   9922 |
| xOrpian              |   9612 |
| famososMuertos       |   9371 |
| bitbollo             |   9105 |
| JayJuanGee           |   7612 |
| varanvaran           |   7438 |
| jokers10             |   7300 |
| eisen33              |   6806 |
| PaperWallet          |   6693 |
| ibminer              |   6690 |
| LoyceV               |   6293 |
| bibilgin             |   5824 |
| GreenProfit          |   5385 |
| Atlgallery           |   5342 |
| Ambatman             |   4378 |
| af0009sana           |   4280 |
| MrMojoRising26       |   4159 |
| Web3 Shark           |   3866 |
| len01                |   3728 |
| winz.io              |   3302 |
| pawel7777            |   3062 |
| alani123             |   3048 |
| CroBoy12             |   2859 |
| DeathAngel           |   2349 |
| nomachine            |   2323 |
| garlonicon           |   2312 |
| Fakhrulenclix        |   2238 |
| Danieleemilio        |   2212 |
| swogerino            |   2032 |
| nutildah             |   1813 |
| 5tift                |   1758 |
| sapta                |   1732 |
| Betcoin.AG           |   1647 |
| Synchronice          |   1576 |
| kTimesG              |   1552 |
| mp3.Maniac           |   1507 |
| mole0815             |   1480 |
| yahoo62278           |   1404 |
| Inwestour            |   1374 |
| Silentcursor         |   1318 |
| promise444c5         |   1290 |
| ChiBitCTy            |   1268 |
| DarkState            |   1263 |
| sompitonov           |   1242 |
| Mastercon            |   1237 |
| Saint-loup           |   1236 |
| finitemaz            |   1228 |
| LoyceMobile          |   1200 |
| AFR002eeN            |   1200 |
| mdshimom80           |   1190 |
| alpsea               |   1185 |
| stwenhao             |   1175 |
| LucyFurr             |   1156 |
| Upgrade00            |   1108 |
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| Miles2006            |    995 |
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| BitcoinTimi          |    985 |
| Mpamaegbu            |    980 |
| VashaUdacha777       |    980 |
| Orpichukwu           |    980 |
| MinoRaiola           |    979 |
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Re: DT update log
by
theymos
on 01/04/2025, 20:19:53 UTC

This month 126 users were eligible.

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Mitchell
wwzsocki
Timelord2067
jeremypwr
gbianchi
EFS
dbshck
stompix
hilariousandco
buckrogers
willi9974
JayJuanGee
NeuroticFish
achow101
DaveF
examplens
nutildah
yahoo62278
bitbollo
pooya87
LFC_Bitcoin
mocacinno
Real-Duke
klarki
The Sceptical Chymist
SFR10
TryNinja
BitcoinGirl.Club
ekiller
Jet Cash
condoras
holydarkness
Lafu
tweetious
giammangiato
buwaytress
crwth
Ale88
Baofeng
imhoneer
krogothmanhattan
JollyGood
RaltcoinsB
Igebotz
El duderino_
KTChampions
Trofo
icopress
sheenshane
JeromeTash
3meek
Bitcoin_Arena
MinoRaiola
Agrawas
GazetaBitcoin
Maus0728
tvplus006
mole0815
bitmover
DdmrDdmr
shahzadafzal
Lakai01
morvillz7z
Husna QA
fillippone
cryptofrka
abhiseshakana
madnessteat
The Cryptovator
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DireWolfM14
notblox1
1miau
Little Mouse
YOSHIE
jokers10
Awaklara
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Replacing the merit system
by
theymos
on 01/04/2025, 00:00:16 UTC
⭐ Merited by fillippone (50) ,PowerGlove (30) ,EFS (10) ,mprep (10) ,Foxpup (6) ,klarki (5) ,Mitchell (5) ,ABCbits (4) ,ibminer (4) ,philipma1957 (3) ,bitbollo (3) ,Synchronice (3) ,famososMuertos (2) ,Halab (2) ,LoyceV (2) ,PrivacyG (2) ,finaleshot2016 (2) ,dkbit98 (2) ,DdmrDdmr (2) ,execijutiere (1) ,JayJuanGee (1) ,Hueristic (1) ,mcdouglasx (1) ,nc50lc (1) ,pooya87 (1) ,apogio (1) ,bitmover (1) ,DirtyKeyboard (1) ,garlonicon (1) ,vapourminer (1) ,usekevin (1) ,bmxakias (1) ,mole0815 (1) ,stwenhao (1) ,Lafu (1)

The whole Merit system hasn't been working great. On the one hand, spammers often manage to get merit; but on the other hand, very-good posters sometimes struggle to get any. Therefore, we're going to switch to a totally-skill-based method of ranking-up: pMerit. The next 24 hours will be a transition period, where you will slowly be de-ranked over the course of the day if you don't earn enough pMerit. But if you get enough pMerit, you can rank-up from Newbie to Legendary right away.

Everyone starts out with 1000 pMerit. You earn more pMerit by taking other users' pMerit in Merit Poker, proving your superior intelligence.

Thanks to PowerGlove for coding Merit Poker, and ibminer for designing the cards and table!

Rules of Merit Poker

Merit Poker is similar but not identical to Texas Hold 'Em. If you're familiar with that, then just know that this has pot-limit betting with a 5-pMerit ante and no blinds. If you're not familiar with Texas Hold 'Em, here's a quick overview of this kind of card game:

This is a betting game, where your only choices involve betting. Your hand is the strongest five-card poker hand taken from your two secret cards plus the five public community cards. Generally, you should bet more if you think that your hand is definitely the best out of everyone at the table, and you should fold if you think that your hand is not the best. Though you can also try to deceive the other players.

The game will tell you what strength hand you have. From worst to best, they are: high card, pair, two pair, three-of-a-kind, straight, flush, full house, four-of-a-kind, and straight flush. If two players have the same-strength hand, the player with the higher card within that hand wins.

The game proceeds in rounds. First, in the pre-flop round, you'll see only your secret two cards, and you'll have to bet based on that. Then three of the community cards will be revealed, and in the flop round you'll have to bet based on the strength of the three community cards plus your two secret cards. Then one more community card will be revealed, and in the turn round you'll bet based on the available 4+2 cards. That's repeated again in the river round, where you'll bet based on all 5+2 cards. Finally, the player who actually has the best hand wins the pot. But if at any point all but one player folds, then the remaining player wins the pot.

"Check" means that you are continuing the game without paying any additional bet. "Call" means that a previous player has bet some amount, and you are matching their bet, putting more pMerit into the pot in order to continue playing. "Bet" means that you are increasing the amount people have to put into the pot this round, signalling that you think you have a particularly strong hand. "Raise" means that you are increasing the amount people have to put into the pot this round beyond even what somebody else bet in the same round. "Fold" means that you are quitting the current game: you lose what you paid into the pot so far, but you don't have to pay the current bet, which could've caused you to lose even more.

There are some special chat commands if you want to adjust the graphics: /t+, /t-, and /t= respectively make the table bigger, smaller, and the default size. Similarly, /c+, /c-, and /c= respectively make the controls bigger, smaller, and the default size.

Have fun!
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Re: Mixers to be banned
by
theymos
on 03/03/2025, 17:54:13 UTC

What's the verdict on this case, in which a mixer URL is used as part of an escrow contract?

Not allowed:
It's not allowed for mixers to do giveaways, sponsorships, bounties, paid posts, or paid ads in posts. If a thread is for paying people to do something for a mixer, then that's also not allowed.

The thread is strongly linked to someone being paid to do something for a mixer, and it's also an advertisement/paid-post.
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Re: DefaultTrust changes
by
theymos
on 01/03/2025, 19:51:34 UTC
⭐ Merited by JayJuanGee (1) ,DireWolfM14 (1) ,vapourminer (1)

I thought about this some more, and I made another change: it's now "you need 4 different people to send you merit for posts you made in the last 4 years". Otherwise there may have been too much incentive for people to go back and merit old posts of inactive people who have trust lists they agree with, which would be a ridiculous outcome.

This doesn't change the outcome very much: as of now, the eligible-to-be-voters number drops from 4118 to 3939.
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Re: DT update log
by
theymos
on 01/03/2025, 19:51:11 UTC

This month 121 users were eligible.

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dbshck
hybridsole
stompix
hilariousandco
buckrogers
willi9974
JayJuanGee
NeuroticFish
achow101
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nutildah
minerjones
yahoo62278
bitbollo
pooya87
LFC_Bitcoin
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digicoinuser
mocacinno
Real-Duke
klarki
LoyceV
The Sceptical Chymist
SFR10
TryNinja
ekiller
Jet Cash
condoras
Gunthar
Russlenat
finaleshot2016
giammangiato
buwaytress
crwth
comit
Ale88
Vispilio
Baofeng
be.open
Koal-84
krogothmanhattan
roycilik
CryptopreneurBrainboss
hugeblack
Best_Change
KTChampions
Coin-1
bavicrypto
GreatArkansas
JeromeTash
3meek
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Bitcoin_Arena
MinoRaiola
Agrawas
GazetaBitcoin
Maus0728
tvplus006
coinlocket$
mole0815
witcher_sense
Heisenberg_Hunter
DdmrDdmr
shahzadafzal
Lakai01
morvillz7z
Husna QA
cryptofrka
The Cryptovator
lovesmayfamilis
DireWolfM14
notblox1
1miau
Harkorede
Little Mouse
YOSHIE
Awaklara
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Re: DefaultTrust changes
by
theymos
on 01/03/2025, 01:38:47 UTC
⭐ Merited by Timelord2067 (1)

If there is evidence of alts gaming the system by meriting users to make their 4 from 4 quota will you take action to exclude them from selection?

Yes: if anyone sees that, please make a topic in Meta about it.
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Re: DefaultTrust changes
by
theymos
on 01/03/2025, 00:21:59 UTC

Just checking it's still one hundred selected each month from the pool of eligible participants?

Right. I think that the shuffling each month is very good, so if the pool of eligible DT1 members gets too low, I'll probably either reduce the number selected each month or loosen the criteria somehow to increase the number eligible. But I think that the current ~120 eligible is OK.
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Merits 24 from 4 users

Re: DefaultTrust changes
by
theymos
on 28/02/2025, 23:20:38 UTC
⭐ Merited by EFS (20) ,klarki (2) ,JayJuanGee (1) ,LoyceV (1)

I decided to exclude banned users, and to exclude users if they haven't had at least 4 different people send them merit in the last 4 years. This'll be what I use in the reshuffle happening in the next couple of days.

I changed the meritor criteria from my original idea because the new criteria has roughly the same result, but it addresses JayJuanGee's preference for 4 years, and LoyceV's concern that getting 2 distinct meritors is too easy to game.

Some stats illustrating the difference:
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Users with 10+ earned merit: 13549
After deleting banned users: 11313
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After applying a 2 meritors in 3 years test: 3973
After applying a 3 meritors in 3 years test: 3499
After applying a 2 meritors in 4 years test: 5098
After applying a 3 meritors in 4 years test: 4556
After applying a 4 meritors in 4 years test: 4119 ***
After applying a 5 meritors in 4 years test: 3684
After applying a 6 meritors in 4 years test: 3315

So the pool of eligible voters will go down from 13549 to 4119, though this won't actually have as much of an effect on the final output as you might think, since most of those eligible voters don't actually have anything in their trust lists. After the change, as of now, these users lose their eligibility for DT1: be.open, Best_Change, digicoinuser, finaleshot2016, Harkorede, Heisenberg_Hunter, joniboini, Koal-84, KWH, mandown, Russlenat, and stoos.

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If your net DT1 inclusions is very positive, then you will almost always be in DT; if your net DT1 inclusions is very negative, then you will almost never be in DT
That's a good thing, right?

Yes, I think it's a good behavior. Though since the current shape of the probability function was basically an accident, the exact shape is maybe not ideal. Perhaps it should be more or less steep, or asymmetrical (eg. maybe people with -2 net inclusions should have a lower probability of inclusion than people with 2 net inclusions have of exclusion).
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Re: Help needed, form not loading after paying for copper membership.
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theymos
on 19/02/2025, 21:08:16 UTC
⭐ Merited by Xal0lex (5)

You're right. It should be fixed now: revisit the promote page. Sorry for the inconvenience.

The system was confused because years ago you paid an evil fee, which gives credit toward copper fee, but it was never registered as having more than 0 confirmations, and then in the intervening years the wallet containing that address was taken offline. I think I fixed it so that this shouldn't happen anymore.
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Re: Help needed, form not loading after paying for copper membership.
by
theymos
on 19/02/2025, 20:49:32 UTC

It's because 0.00029863 includes both your "evil fee" payment and your more recent larger payment, but the former has zero confirmations. You have to wait for that transaction to be confirmed as well so that the total amount has 1+ confirmations.