Local rules:
- It is not a self-moderated thread, because Meta board does not allow self-moderated ones; but if one spams here, I will report spam posts to moderators.Table of contents
ContentsForum nameIt was invented by
Jeff Garzik who bought the domain.
read moreDomain name(s)Forum administrators- Founder and first admin: satoshi. Created this forum on Nov 22, 2009
- theymos was promoted as one of admins in 2011 together with Gavin Andersen and sirius
- sirius become the head admin since 2012 since the disappearance of satoshi until 2012
- Since 2012, theymos was the head admin
- theymos did not have any special access to Bitcointalk.org and its DNS until around 2013 not sure. It seems theymos mistakenly remembered something with time in 2012 and 2013.
- Since still searching, forum has a second head admin, Cyrus
New forum softwareRank systemThe bitcointalk.org forum created in 2019, on 22
th November 2009, by now it has had three significant changes (listed below) in its rank system.
For more details, please see:
History of bitcointalk.org's rank systemMerit system1.
Merit & new rank requirements2.
Enhanced newbie restrictions & requirementsFor more, please see:
Trust system1.
Original Trust system2.
Default Trust change;
3.
Trust flags (from which we have flags that have separate and different functions than Trust, feedback, to avoid misusing)
I highly recommend the guide from LoyceV:
LoyceV's Beginners guide to correct use of the Trust system4.
5 trust feedback per userIt was applied since 2nd February 2019
OK, new limits:
- You can't give more than 5 ratings to a single user.
- Your total sent ratings is limited to three times your activity, but at least 1.
- The comment length is limited to 600 characters, but each newline counts as 120 characters.
Bump changesI am not sure when bump rules first applied, but maybe here:
1.
Marketplace rules and guidelines (first version of bump rules)
2.
Unofficial list of (official) Bitcointalk.org rules, guidelines, FAQ13. Bumps, "updates" are limited to once per 24 hours.[2]
21. Old bumps should be deleted. [2]
22. Advertising (this includes mining pools, gambling services, exchanges, shops, etc.) in others threads' is no longer allowed, including, but not limited to, in altcoin announcement threads. [8]
3.
Bumping changes on some boards (bump button & bump score)This idea to build up a bump button and bump score began here:
community generated suggestions to improve the forum (+ eventual voting on them)An example: a bump button sounds good as a fix for certain very visible problems, but it also codifies a broken system. People would use bots to bump all of their threads constantly, giving "industrial" posters a huge advantage over casual posters. A captcha could maybe help a little, but there are services where you can pay a tiny fee to have captchas solved for you. (Which opens another question: maybe a comparatively tiny fee should be allowed as an alternative to having you solve a captcha.) A better solution would be to replace the concept of traditional bumping with something quite different, with different bumping models for different types of sections. But that requires further thought. If implementing a bump button was free, perhaps it'd be worthwhile to at least do it for now and fix a few minor problems with bumping today. But since it's a clearly-imperfect solution, this isn't even on my miles-long to-do list.
And there:
Ideas for topic ordering in altcoin announcements?For more, please see:
Bumping - Rules, FAQsCopper membership1.
Enhanced newbie restrictions & requirementsI am not sure about this one, and will check further.
2.
grin is now accepted for forum paymentsLater, in November 2021, theymos
disabled grin as one of payment methods for Copper Membership.
Guide steps to wear Copper membership is
hereImage displayCaptchaRestrictions on newbies' PMsRestrictions on signature in some boardAltcoin giveaways are not allowedGiveaway threads are not allowed15. No on-forum altcoin giveaways. [6][e]
For more, please see:
Altcoin give-away rule results in temporary bans. Read before posting.Retention/ Privacy infoSeclog changesAccount recovery changesOld:
New:
Thread ownership can be changedFrom WO, theymos considered to disable signature in some serious boards later.
Links no longer open in a new window/tabAvatar changesVote changesBadge changesNewbie jailsSelf-moderated threads*- If you want to make a self-moderated topic, do it at beginning. Click on Additional options, and choose self-moderated. Do it firstly before you compose content of your topic, because after a long writing time, you will forget to choose the option.
- You can not convert a non-self-moderated topic to a self-moderated topic.
- Convert self-moderated topic to non-self-moderated topic
- YES, you can.
- How?
- Move your self-moderated topic to a board in which this option is not allowed. *
- Archival or Meta
- You should use Archival board for this purpose because Meta is for important discussion about the forum issues, not for your own issues, and for such conversion purpose
*: Scam Accusations, Important Announcements, and Auctions. Anyway, Archival is the best board to do so because if you use other boards for this purpose, it is abuse and makes those board like your trashcan. Should avoid.
Self-moderated topics? Can you say what boards this applies too? This is going to be bad if it is on certain boards, cause some people can edit threads to benefit them, I really hope it is just the off-topic board.
I can manually make threads self-moderated (only I can do this), but I only do this if the thread is extremely long/entrenched and the OP is trustworthy, since you are not allowed to delete any posts made before the topic became self-moderated.
The active administrators are currently:
theymos (me)
Gavin Andresen
sirius
Sirius runs the server.
It's surprising how well-documented history can become totally forgotten... Satoshi created the forum on Nov 22, 2009, and was head administrator until almost 2011. Then Sirius was head administrator until 2012, which is when I took over.
Cobra also owns the bitcointalk.org domain name. I consider the forum to be basically owned by or at least dedicated to the Bitcoin community, though; I don't call anyone an owner of the forum.
That wiki article is kind of terrible...
Of course not, do you really need to ask?
- I was made a forum admin in 2011, after Satoshi left. (Silk Road also appeared after Satoshi left.) I didn't have any special access to bitcoin.org until around 2013, and in fact I didn't even have any access to the bitcointalk.org DNS until 2013.
There was a period where both Sirius and I were active administrators. For convenience, I reckon Jan 1, 2012 as when I became head administrator, though it was actually a gradual transition starting before and ending after that.
The story of how I became head admin is actually pretty boring. Moderators were needed, so I was made a global moderator. Then admins were needed, so I was made an admin. Then over time the other admins slowly lost interest and resigned until I was the only one left. I guess most of the people who were around here to see this have more-or-less left the community now. That's a bit sad.
It's not entirely clear, but for simplicity I usually say that I became head admin at the beginning of 2011, a little over a year after the forum was created.
The forum was originally located at bitcoin.org/smf, then forum.bitcoin.org (hence the redirect), and finally bitcointalk.org. Fun fact: The name "bitcointalk" was invented by Jeff Garzik, and he's the one who bought the domain.
