Getting donors now might be easy still but getting donors of 50btc might not be achievable nor easy, if there is anyone to donate.
Those era of 50btc donations were the days when btc was priced low and people could actually afford to buy 100 or more without spending upto $1000 but today, you spend a thousand dollars on btc and its not even up to 0.04btc. How then do you donate 50btc which is over $2m to the forum with that much ease?
Topic: Any 50 BTC donor still active here? (Read 638 times)
For someone who claims he does not know a lot about the forum, you seem to know a bit too much about the forum and the members.
I heard you can buy the "Smart1985" VIP account for $2,000 since the domain email linked to his account is up for that very price. The account was compromised during 2015 and was used for a scam unfortunately. Not sure what happened after other than it looks like it was abandoned completely and has not been used since then. I guess one day it'll be taken control of again probably by someone who buys the domain.
Some people like Pirateat40 were arrested too by the way. 500K BTC Crypto exit scam. Its insane to think how some are in jail, like him.
Btc_Bear/JusticeForYou is hacked I think and the idiots running the account are also scamming with it. The email is [email protected] it cannot be recreated anymore. It is a shame that a well respected account gets taken control of by morons who want to make a quick buck.
Some people like Pirateat40 were arrested too by the way. 500K BTC Crypto exit scam. Its insane to think how some are in jail, like him.
Btc_Bear/JusticeForYou is hacked I think and the idiots running the account are also scamming with it. The email is [email protected] it cannot be recreated anymore. It is a shame that a well respected account gets taken control of by morons who want to make a quick buck.
Exactly. Giving $100 in BTC didn't seem very complicated, but I was unable to give $24,000.
And that's what happened between 2010 and 2012, the values were very low, which over time increased in value and allowed the forum to now have a large account.
Too bad theymos does not allow donation anymore or we could join and then after a few decades we could enjoy the VIP pretentious status [if alive] LOL And that's what happened between 2010 and 2012, the values were very low, which over time increased in value and allowed the forum to now have a large account.
Honestly, these values between 2010-2012 don't shock me. If I had gotten into Bitcoin early on, I probably would have donated a similar amount.
If you were asked to donate $100 today for the forum, I don't think you would mind to send 0.0024 BTC. But BTC at $10M value, the 0.0024 BTC will become $24,000. Wait for a few decades!Exactly. Giving $100 in BTC didn't seem very complicated, but I was unable to give $24,000.
And that's what happened between 2010 and 2012, the values were very low, which over time increased in value and allowed the forum to now have a large account.
I heard you can buy the "Smart1985" VIP account for $2,000 since the domain email linked to his account is up for that very price. The account was compromised during 2015 and was used for a scam unfortunately. Not sure what happened after other than it looks like it was abandoned completely and has not been used since then. I guess one day it'll be taken control of again probably by someone who buys the domain.
Some people like Pirateat40 were arrested too by the way. 500K BTC Crypto exit scam. Its insane to think how some are in jail, like him.
Btc_Bear/JusticeForYou is hacked I think and the idiots running the account are also scamming with it. The email is [email protected] it cannot be recreated anymore. It is a shame that a well respected account gets taken control of by morons who want to make a quick buck.
Some people like Pirateat40 were arrested too by the way. 500K BTC Crypto exit scam. Its insane to think how some are in jail, like him.
Btc_Bear/JusticeForYou is hacked I think and the idiots running the account are also scamming with it. The email is [email protected] it cannot be recreated anymore. It is a shame that a well respected account gets taken control of by morons who want to make a quick buck.
Honestly, these values between 2010-2012 don't shock me. If I had gotten into Bitcoin early on, I probably would have donated a similar amount.
If you were asked to donate $100 today for the forum, I don't think you would mind to send 0.0024 BTC. But BTC at $10M value, the 0.0024 BTC will become $24,000. Wait for a few decades! I learnt that there was a time forum members donated to the forum which fetched them the titles of donator for 10 BTC donors and VIP for 50 BTC donors.
My question is; are there 50 BTC donors who are still in the forum till date. They deserve respect.
I have seen Ognaty and he donated 10 BTC and still in the forum till today, Kudos to him. I want to know if 50 BTC donors are still here.
Where to find name of donors. https://bitcointalk.org/donate.html
My question is; are there 50 BTC donors who are still in the forum till date. They deserve respect.
I have seen Ognaty and he donated 10 BTC and still in the forum till today, Kudos to him. I want to know if 50 BTC donors are still here.
Where to find name of donors. https://bitcointalk.org/donate.html
Getting such magnanimous amounts as donations right now might not be as easy as it used to be back then owing to the current value of Bitcoin.
Donations can come in but I doubt if we can get that amount knowing that it's now worth a fortune. I guess back then, it was worth less than $2000 in total.
I had to edit my post after reading your reply. This is how it should have read: Many of us have asked the same question: why have nearly all of the donors and VIP donors who gave 10 BTC and 50 BTC respectively stopped using the forum
The easy answer would probably be that they have become multi-millionaires by virtue of being early traders therefore have better things to do with their time than be here but we do not know.
Because when they did, they were easy values to give.
It was people who were able to mine around 50BTC per day or per week. So offering 50BTC didn't seem like a very high value.
Honestly, these values between 2010-2012 don't shock me. If I had gotten into Bitcoin early on, I probably would have donated a similar amount.
The easy answer would probably be that they have become multi-millionaires by virtue of being early traders therefore have better things to do with their time than be here but we do not know.
Many of us have asked the same question: why have nearly all of the donors and VIP donors who gave 10 BTC and 50 BTC respectively.
Because when they did, they were easy values to give.
It was people who were able to mine around 50BTC per day or per week. So offering 50BTC didn't seem like a very high value.
Honestly, these values between 2010-2012 don't shock me. If I had gotten into Bitcoin early on, I probably would have donated a similar amount.
Many of us have asked the same question: why have nearly all of the donors and VIP donors who gave 10 BTC and 50 BTC respectively.
Because when they did, they were easy values to give.
It was people who were able to mine around 50BTC per day or per week. So offering 50BTC didn't seem like a very high value.
Honestly, these values between 2010-2012 don't shock me. If I had gotten into Bitcoin early on, I probably would have donated a similar amount.
Many of us have asked the same question: why have nearly all of the donors and VIP donors who gave 10 BTC and 50 BTC respectively stopped using the forum. (edit)
You are right about the low price of Bitcoin at the time it was donated, it did take brave decisions regardless of whether the donor mined or purchased the BTC. There were 115 donors and 38 VIP donors. The VIP donors gave 1900 BTC where as the donors have 1150 BTC therefore that is 3050 BTC in total.
How much of that remains? What does not remain, where was it spent?
You are right about the low price of Bitcoin at the time it was donated, it did take brave decisions regardless of whether the donor mined or purchased the BTC. There were 115 donors and 38 VIP donors. The VIP donors gave 1900 BTC where as the donors have 1150 BTC therefore that is 3050 BTC in total.
How much of that remains? What does not remain, where was it spent?
True, the price was low at the time, but it was still a valuable item, and given the buzz and promise of bitcoin, everyone knew that in a few years it would be more valuable and in high demand, yet these people had the courage to donate to the forum. Even if the price was so low or if they mined and obtained BTC for free, it takes a brave mind to donate as much as 50 BTC. They still deserve to be appreciated because they made these donations for the benefit of the forum, demonstrating how much they care about and support the bitcoin community. What i don't understand is why alot of them seem to have disappeared from the forum, what could there reasons be?
It is also kind of amazing that almost none of the VIP donors are interested in using their accounts anymore (for good, anyway). Just think about that: in essence, a single account is currently worth $1.85 MILLION... maybe their owners f'd off because they were seriously rich & didn't need it for anything, or else it is just a reminder to them of how much BTC they "wasted"... one or the other 
Or they are dead and can't post anything anymore 
There are probably some people who don't like bitcointalk anymore and don't agree with direction where Bitcoin is going.
One name pops in my mind and that is MemoryDealers aka Roger Veer, he is one of the guys who donated 50 btc, believe it or not, and he was last active in June 2021.
Perhaps it would be better to say that they deserve thanks, but you also have to take into account the time in which these donations happened - which was mostly at a time when the price of BTC was very low, and people were mining with their computers and for each block received as much as 50 BTC reward.
True, the price was low at the time, but it was still a valuable item, and given the buzz and promise of bitcoin, everyone knew that in a few years it would be more valuable and in high demand, yet these people had the courage to donate to the forum. Even if the price was so low or if they mined and obtained BTC for free, it takes a brave mind to donate as much as 50 BTC. They still deserve to be appreciated because they made these donations for the benefit of the forum, demonstrating how much they care about and support the bitcoin community. What i don't understand is why alot of them seem to have disappeared from the forum, what could there reasons be?
Maybe he was referring to recent signature campaign deals where there is a base rate pay for say Legendary rank but according to how many merits a member has accumulated, they receive increments of payments per post. I think that merit-based structure is not helpful however it seems to be the way some campaigns are conducted.
If a "VIP" tag was on a profile, would it convince someone to click the signature? Personally, I think it would have almost zero impact exactly the way as having more merits on a profile should not but that is my opinion.
If a "VIP" tag was on a profile, would it convince someone to click the signature? Personally, I think it would have almost zero impact exactly the way as having more merits on a profile should not but that is my opinion.
I do have to wonder how much one of those accounts could earn weekly in a signature campaign -- granted it still belonged to the original owner.
To be honest, I don't see why those accounts would earn more than anyone else (or at least not significantly more than the others if they are getting one of those private deals) just because of the "VIP" tag. 
You could have checked the accounts one by one OP since it's not that many and as many have explained that during that time BTC price is not the same as of now and if you have been into crypto before you registered here in the forum then you'll know that the price before was at $3k -$5k per BTC around the end of year of 2018 and I think also in Jan 2019 before the price increased again, how much if you talk about the year before that where the mining reward is still at 50 BTC.
I also think that those accounts would earn the same as what amount of BTC is rewarded based on their ranks unless there is a bonus of some kind maybe private deals as you have stated) or maybe like the ones in icopress' signature campaign where if you have 1000 and above merits then you'll receive 20% bonus even though the account is sr. member or higher like $65 for sr. member + 20% bonus and hero/legendary member $80 + 20% bonus and so on. Overall, it depends on the campaign manager to start with either they have something like that or just like the others.
I do have to wonder how much one of those accounts could earn weekly in a signature campaign -- granted it still belonged to the original owner.
To be honest, I don't see why those accounts would earn more than anyone else (or at least not significantly more than the others if they are getting one of those private deals) just because of the "VIP" tag. 
I do have to wonder how much one of those accounts could earn weekly in a signature campaign -- granted it still belonged to the original owner.
To be honest, I don't see why those accounts would earn more than anyone else (or at least not significantly more than the others if they are getting one of those private deals) just because of the "VIP" tag. 
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For the sake of curiosity and view a timeline, is there any way of finding out the specific dates/times when each of those 115 donations and 38 VIP donations were made?
It's interesting and I'm curious too, maybe there are old users who still remember it 
Or if there are archives of every changes made on donators page, then it will be a huge help.
Edit: here are the archive wince 2011, there are really changes almost every year/month but sadly there's no specific date of when they joined the donators club
https://web.archive.org/web/20110801000000*/https://bitcointalk.org/donate.html
We will never know how many of those VIP left the forum because literally made enough millions of USD$ as a result of Bitcoin they might have made but if they are not online there cannot be too many reasons as to why. If 50 BTC is worth around $1.85 million today, let us not forget is would have been worth over $3 million at the all time high price so that could be telling.
Maybe some genuinely donated as a gesture of goodwill without realising how drastic that donation would affect their lives many years down the line and regret it, therefore have left the forum. Some probably made phenomenal amounts of money and decided they no longer needed (or wanted) to use it.
Another possibility that they have a lot of bitcoin in their wallet that is still saved, bitcoin that was previously donated was not a high amount, of the total number of purchases they made at that time.Maybe some genuinely donated as a gesture of goodwill without realising how drastic that donation would affect their lives many years down the line and regret it, therefore have left the forum. Some probably made phenomenal amounts of money and decided they no longer needed (or wanted) to use it.
Yes maybe so, there are some people who are sorry, but I think they should be grateful because they spread goodness, and because of them I was here who felt the forum beneficial, and many people also got good in this forum from what people did before , indirectly saying thanks to them is not wrong.
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For the sake of curiosity and view a timeline, is there any way of finding out the specific dates/times when each of those 115 donations and 38 VIP donations were made?
It's interesting and I'm curious too, maybe there are old users who still remember it
We will never know how many of those VIP left the forum because literally made enough millions of USD$ as a result of Bitcoin they might have made but if they are not online there cannot be too many reasons as to why. If 50 BTC is worth around $1.85 million today, let us not forget is would have been worth over $3 million at the all time high price so that could be telling.
Maybe some genuinely donated as a gesture of goodwill without realising how drastic that donation would affect their lives many years down the line and regret it, therefore have left the forum. Some probably made phenomenal amounts of money and decided they no longer needed (or wanted) to use it.
For the sake of curiosity and view a timeline, is there any way of finding out the specific dates/times when each of those 115 donations and 38 VIP donations were made?
Maybe some genuinely donated as a gesture of goodwill without realising how drastic that donation would affect their lives many years down the line and regret it, therefore have left the forum. Some probably made phenomenal amounts of money and decided they no longer needed (or wanted) to use it.
For the sake of curiosity and view a timeline, is there any way of finding out the specific dates/times when each of those 115 donations and 38 VIP donations were made?
It is also kind of amazing that almost none of the VIP donors are interested in using their accounts anymore (for good, anyway). Just think about that: in essence, a single account is currently worth $1.85 MILLION... maybe their owners f'd off because they were seriously rich & didn't need it for anything, or else it is just a reminder to them of how much BTC they "wasted"... one or the other
I do have to wonder how much one of those accounts could earn weekly in a signature campaign -- granted it still belonged to the original owner.
I do have to wonder how much one of those accounts could earn weekly in a signature campaign -- granted it still belonged to the original owner.
I do have to wonder how much one of those accounts could earn weekly in a signature campaign -- granted it still belonged to the original owner.
The most important question, how many massively premined coins could they develop to contribute to the human race and even aliens on another planet? Don't laugh. 
It is also kind of amazing that almost none of the VIP donors are interested in using their accounts anymore (for good, anyway). Just think about that: in essence, a single account is currently worth $1.85 MILLION... maybe their owners f'd off because they were seriously rich & didn't need it for anything, or else it is just a reminder to them of how much BTC they "wasted"... one or the other
I do have to wonder how much one of those accounts could earn weekly in a signature campaign -- granted it still belonged to the original owner.
I do have to wonder how much one of those accounts could earn weekly in a signature campaign -- granted it still belonged to the original owner.
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