True, the forum can appear to be static from a visual and developmental point of view
but there is of course a lot going on back-end.
I wasnt aware that the forum was holding 125BTC, I never gave any thought to where
or how the donations and Copper membership payments are held or spent, its not my
concern, I have FREE membership of the forum.
Topic: Bitcointalk forum holding 125 BTC - page 3. (Read 1083 times)
I have been using this forum since 2019 but I haven't seen any changes to site.
Here are some of the changes since 2019:- I might've missed some but it doesn't matter.
- DefaultTrust changes
- grin is now accepted for forum payments
- Minor selfmod enhancement
- Retention/privacy info
- Trust flags
- Bumping changes on some boards
- 10th anniversary art contest badges
- Domain name update
In addition to what others have said so far, we [as "normal" users] are only viewing the front-end of the product [this forum] as opposed to seeing all of the minor/major changes that are happening [regularly] in the back-end.
- I'm not a back-end coder by any means but I strongly believe that we've had a lot of modifications since then [we may not see or feel those, but they're part of our interactions].
Forum holds more than 125 BTC.
Holy shit, I didn't realize it was that much. I actually thought it was much, much less--but then again, I don't pay much attention, since I never donated and it's none of my business what the forum does with its money. You said part of that gets paid to the mods, but I thought I also heard that they get paid very little and also that it depends on how much moderating they do. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong on either of those points. But jeez, with 125BTC the forum could afford to pay for a ton of moderators even if it paid well.
And how much does it cost to upgrade the forum, anyway? With bitcoin at $55k or so, you'd think 125BTC would more than cover it (but I won't complain about that either, since I'm kind of a fan of the way the forum is now).
The forum also has some amount of BCH and other forks I think? theymos said he will check some time in the future but don't know anything beyond that. Ref: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/with-btc-splitting-what-will-be-done-with-the-fourms-1400-btc-2044276
Furthermore, 250 bitcoins were lost due to pariapan's sudden death unfortunately. So if you want to get 62.5 BTC, better find out which motherfucker gained access to his/the forums coins.
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spends most of the money of Epochtal
We are still paying to have epochtalk developed? 
The site is fine. What could you possibly add to this forum anyway? (I mean feature-wise)
More advanced mod tools, forum stats, and U2F/FIDO2 authentication would be nice.
It is a damn internet forum and no matter how much you spend on it, it will still be an internet forum. The thing is forums are dead. Reddit is where it is at now.
Unfortunately true to a large extent, especially for English language content.
@Pharmacist
It's actually >10x as much.
Forum holds more than 125 BTC.
Holy shit, I didn't realize it was that much. I actually thought it was much, much less--but then again, I don't pay much attention, since I never donated and it's none of my business what the forum does with its money. You said part of that gets paid to the mods, but I thought I also heard that they get paid very little and also that it depends on how much moderating they do. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong on either of those points. But jeez, with 125BTC the forum could afford to pay for a ton of moderators even if it paid well.
And how much does it cost to upgrade the forum, anyway? With bitcoin at $55k or so, you'd think 125BTC would more than cover it (but I won't complain about that either, since I'm kind of a fan of the way the forum is now).
The thing is forums are dead. Reddit is where it is at now.
I'd say this forum isn't dead even if the set of all forums is on the decline--and that's probably because of sig campaigns and bounties, but nevertheless bitcointalk is far from dead. And what's Reddit anyway? It's a collection of forums with heavy censorship. I want no part of that, thanks. 
We are still paying to have epochtalk developed?
I'm sure my great-grandchildren will love the grand opening party.At one point, I would say that it might be time to dump the company that we hired and either go with someone new, or rely on the community to finish the development. I am not sure continuing to employ this company is money well spent.
We are still paying to have epochtalk developed?
I'm sure my great-grandchildren will love the grand opening party. 
I have been using this forum since 2019 but I haven't seen any changes to site. Forum has huge amount of bitcoin, I am thinking where they spend that bitcoin.
Source: https://bitcointalk.org/donate.html
Bitcointalk donation funds: https://www.blockchain.com/btc/address/17RTTUAiiPqUTKtEggJPec8RxLMi2n9EZ9
Source: https://bitcointalk.org/donate.html
Bitcointalk donation funds: https://www.blockchain.com/btc/address/17RTTUAiiPqUTKtEggJPec8RxLMi2n9EZ9
The site is fine. What could you possibly add to this forum anyway? (I mean feature-wise) It is a damn internet forum and no matter how much you spend on it, it will still be an internet forum. The thing is forums are dead. Reddit is where it is at now.
Epochtalk or whatever it is like someone said above, is being developed for 8 years and it will probably go on another 8 years. That must tell you something: "Nobody cares."
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spends most of the money of Epochtal
We are still paying to have epochtalk developed? Who is that we?
I am not paying shit.
Forum spends most of the money of Epochtalk, and to pay out mods. Epochtalk is the new forum software which has been in development for ~8 years. The board for epochtalk is here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=167.0
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spends most of the money of Epochtal
We are still paying to have epochtalk developed? 
I have been using this forum since 2019 but I haven't seen any changes to site.
What kind of changes would you like to see? Sparkling buttons and stylish layouts? This is a serious forum bringing serious discussions about a serious world-changing project that is taken... seriously! There's no need to change anything that would spoil the spirit of this website. 
Forum has huge amount of bitcoin, I am thinking where they spend that bitcoin.
I'm sure that the web hosting and the moderation team are way too expensive. Both of them are really fast.Not sure, but I remember reading that theymos keeps 750 bitcoins on a cold storage. I don't remember if they are for bitcointalk, though, or just for him.
We are probably going to hodl this 125 bitcoins forever or until each member of bitcointalk becomes millionaire in dollar terms.
No changes are needed because people are using same old software and they don't want to see any changes that would requiere them to learn something new.
No changes are needed because people are using same old software and they don't want to see any changes that would requiere them to learn something new.
The funds raised to build a new forum as others have stated is much higher than 125 BTC.
If you'd like to track the progress being made on the new forum they have a github, but if you aren't into reviewing code you might find that there's a section of the forum dedicated to discussing this subject in detail and taking requests for features, etc... Link is in the post above this.
If you'd like to track the progress being made on the new forum they have a github, but if you aren't into reviewing code you might find that there's a section of the forum dedicated to discussing this subject in detail and taking requests for features, etc... Link is in the post above this.
Few things:
Forum holds more than 125 BTC. Multiple people have access to the forum funds via Multi-sig. For more info in detail,read : https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/forum-funds-155000
Forum spends most of the money of Epochtalk, and to pay out mods. Epochtalk is the new forum software which has been in development for ~8 years. The board for epochtalk is here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=167.0
Forum holds more than 125 BTC. Multiple people have access to the forum funds via Multi-sig. For more info in detail,read : https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/forum-funds-155000
Forum spends most of the money of Epochtalk, and to pay out mods. Epochtalk is the new forum software which has been in development for ~8 years. The board for epochtalk is here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=167.0
Some of the forum’s summarized finance history is stated in this thread (2014 .. 2018):
Question about forum finances (again, 2017).
Asking for more information on the forum’s finances, be it in terms of detail or related to 2019/2020, is better suited in Meta.
Edit: The thread is now in Meta (as opposed to prior placemente Bitcoin Discussion).
Question about forum finances (again, 2017).
Asking for more information on the forum’s finances, be it in terms of detail or related to 2019/2020, is better suited in Meta.
Edit: The thread is now in Meta (as opposed to prior placemente Bitcoin Discussion).
I have been using this forum since 2019 but I haven't seen any changes to site. Forum has huge amount of bitcoin, I am thinking where they spend that bitcoin.
Source: https://bitcointalk.org/donate.html
Bitcointalk donation funds: https://www.blockchain.com/btc/address/17RTTUAiiPqUTKtEggJPec8RxLMi2n9EZ9
Source: https://bitcointalk.org/donate.html
Bitcointalk donation funds: https://www.blockchain.com/btc/address/17RTTUAiiPqUTKtEggJPec8RxLMi2n9EZ9
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