Has the way that the trust ratings are calculated changed?
While looking at a scammer's trust rating (
GoldBits), I see that his trust score is "-50" or
-50: -9 / +0(0) when looking at it from my account that uses a "corrected" trust list, and
-39: -7 / +0(0) when looking at is from an account with a trust depth of 2 and only trusting DefaultTrust (which is the default).
Additionally I see that
TF'strust score is
-830: -19 / +21(21). I know for a fact that in the past TF's trust score was both negative and in the four digits, and he has not received any positive feedback recently (this is looking at his trust from an account with a trust depth of 2 and only trusting DefaultTrust).
I know in the past that once a user gets 4 or 5 negative trust reports their negative trust score increase exponentially (the absolute of their score increases; the actual number goes down a lot). After doing a bit of research, it looks like
this is the most recent formula for calculating trust scores:
scam_reports = total unique users who report scamming
reports = total positive ratings
btc = total BTC from positive ratings
unique_reports = total unique users who posted positive ratings
oldest = timestamp of the oldest positive trust rating
latest_scam = timestamp of the latest scam rating
scam_multiplier = 1
# recent scam = bigger negative score
if(current_time - latest_scam < 7 days)
scam_multiplier += 1.5
# new member = bigger negative score
if(current_time - oldest < 60 days)
scam_multiplier += 3
months = months since oldest
total = reports + btc/50 # 50 BTC = 1 report
# long-term con men
if(total > 0 && scam_reports > 4)
scam_multiplier += (scam_reports / total) * 50
# Approximately limit the number of points each person can contribute each month
subtotal = min(2*unique_reports * months, total)
# Newer users have smaller point limits
limited_total = min(subtotal, 10*months) / 10
score = min((limited_total * months - scam_reports * scam_multiplier), 150)
So by my manual calculation, GoldBits should have a trust score of -4,050 or
-4,050: -9 / +0(0) with 9 negative trust reports, and -2,450 or
-2,450: -7 / +0(0) with 7 negative trust reports and zero positive trust reports (as is reflected by default).
I am not going to attempt to calculate what TF's score should be manually, however I am confident that it was lower very recently.
If this is not the most recent formula for calculating one's trust score, can someone please point me to a more recent formula?
