How many forum members do you know by real name? - page 2.

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Quote from: Pmalek on January 21, 2023, 11:32:10 AM

Quote from: Edwardard on January 17, 2023, 11:01:55 PM

Btw, @OP, what are we going to do by knowing the names?

What would you like to do? You don't have to do anything. This is a forum where you can preserve your privacy and keep you anonymity if you want to. Many people choose to do that, but there are also those who have revealed personal info about themselves or received such information from other forum members. I am just curious how many belong to that camp.

Quote from: Hispo on January 17, 2023, 11:08:25 PM

Actually, I don't know anyone here by name and I only know a couple of persons names because they have been openly accused of defrauding and other bad stuff, I assume those do not count.

Nope, those don't count.

Quote from: CryptopreneurBrainboss on January 18, 2023, 12:50:06 AM

You can know people while keeping other part of your life like your finances private. .

The thing is, your crypto finances are in 99% of cases not private. I am talking about the campaigns you have participated in. the spreadsheets are usually public, plus the blockchain is a public ledger. You can, of course mix your coins every time you receive them, spend them, give, or gamble them away. Still, that doesn't change the fact that people can see how much you received or earned. They don't have the same information about your fiat though.

True, it's extremely easy to find someone's Bitcoin address from the signature campaign spreadsheet and view their balance. I believe that the majority of us don't use a mixer for signature campaign earnings, nor do we split money into other wallets. Personally, I haven't moved a single cent from my wallet; it's not like someone can use such information for their own benefit. I wouldn't mind sharing my personal information with other users, but not publicly, of course, and only with a few that are relatively "close" to me.

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Quote from: Edwardard on January 17, 2023, 11:01:55 PM

Btw, @OP, what are we going to do by knowing the names?

What would you like to do? You don't have to do anything. This is a forum where you can preserve your privacy and keep your anonymity if you want to. Many people choose to do that, but there are also those who have revealed personal info about themselves or received such information from other forum members. I am just curious how many belong to that camp.

Quote from: Hispo on January 17, 2023, 11:08:25 PM

Actually, I don't know anyone here by name and I only know a couple of persons names because they have been openly accused of defrauding and other bad stuff, I assume those do not count.

Nope, those don't count.

Quote from: CryptopreneurBrainboss on January 18, 2023, 12:50:06 AM

You can know people while keeping other part of your life like your finances private. .

The thing is, your crypto finances are in 99% of cases not private. I am talking about the campaigns you have participated in. the spreadsheets are usually public, plus the blockchain is a public ledger. You can, of course, mix your coins every time you receive them, spend them, give, or gamble them away. Still, that doesn't change the fact that people can see how much you received or earned. They don't have the same information about your fiat though.

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I know a lot of real name of forum member here due to my previous purchased on collectible section. I believe only on the local board or on collectible section will give you a chance to know someone real name here due to the mailing information requirements of the shipping company to transfer online purchases. While in local board, I do give some loan on some members that contacted me via PM. We usually use local mobile wallet app that requires personal name before we can send the payment since the app needs to tag whose the receiver of the money.

I don’t recover some of them anymore since I’m always using privnote to collect their personal details but sometimes I do remember them once I saw their username here in the forum.

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Quote from: Pmalek on January 19, 2023, 04:20:11 PM

There is a Scandinavian local on this forum. I wanted to check it out a few years ago, but was disappointed to see that almost no one posts in it. Come to think of it, I don't remember ever hearing from someone that he/she lives in one of the Nordic countries.

It's a shame that many local boards are practically inactive; the Greek one only has a handful of relatively active topics, with a few exceptions such as the Nigerian, Indian, and Dutch boards, among others, even though meetups could be arranged in smaller counties where distances are relatively shorter. I honestly wouldn't mind a Bitcointalk meeting, but I understand that privacy is of outmost importance for most users, so it's unlikely to ever happen even in local groups.

Quote from: Daniel91 on January 21, 2023, 10:33:50 AM

A very interesting question.
I know that two of my friends are on this forum, but they are not active, so I don't know their usernames.
On the other hand, a few years ago, our local, Croatian crypto community had a live gathering, with dinner in a restaurant in the city center.
In this way, I met 7-8 members of our forum, but I don't actually know their real names, only the forum usernames Grin

So, it is actually not easy to answer this question of yours.
After all, it's not the names that matter, it's the friendships, right? Grin

That's actually an interesting idea and this is exactly what I was talking about. No identity revealed and you can actually develop friendships that last.

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A very interesting question.
I know that two of my friends are on this forum, but they are not active, so I don't know their usernames.
On the other hand, a few years ago, our local, Croatian crypto community had a live gathering, with dinner in a restaurant in the city center.
In this way, I met 7-8 members of our forum, but I don't actually know their real names, only the forum usernames Grin

So, it is actually not easy to answer this question of yours.
After all, it's not the names that matter, it's the friendships, right? Grin

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Quote from: Ultegra134 on January 17, 2023, 01:34:16 AM

Maybe I would have known a few if I was participating in the local board, but the Greek section is quite dead, and I don't see anything interesting there.

There is a Scandinavian local on this forum. I wanted to check it out a few years ago, but was disappointed to see that almost no one posts in it. Come to think of it, I don't remember ever hearing from someone that he/she lives in one of the Nordic countries.

Quote from: Jet Cash on January 17, 2023, 09:10:32 AM

I hope I wasn't one of the ones you forgot.

I can't remember the last time I came across one of your posts. I am glad you are still around and hopefully you are healthy.

Quote from: philipma1957 on January 17, 2023, 12:17:15 PM

I know a few under 20 but more than 0.

I have personally met with more than 0 and under 20 people here from bitcointalk.

Thanks for being so specific. Grin

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Getting to know some member real name and Meeting someone or people outside the forum is no bad if there be the need , it could be for business purposes or whatever reason.
I met someone here due to a certain post I made on trading that drew he's attention and to cut story short it happens that the person is living in the same city with me, And today I'm tutoring the person on how to trade. There are some great member here I would love to meet outside and know their real names if there be the opportunity.

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Oficially - 0. Without KYC it's almoat impossible Cheesy

. You can pretend that you know somones name here, but you can't be 100% confident about it. Now more seriously, it's difficult to answer. There is so many users here who have their names as usernames here. Probably way more than 10. But from all people who I interact with, I know maybe 4-6 names.
I had some interaction with few members outside forum, but never had live meetings with them. Well, maybe it would be interesting to meet few folks from Bitcointalk and go to the pub for a few beers Cheesy

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Quote from: Pmalek on January 18, 2023, 01:45:13 PM

Quote from: skarais on January 16, 2023, 10:35:35 AM

In my case, I know more than 10 users (with their real name) using this forum since 2017 until now, but I have never insisted on knowing their username here. Some people might think it's private, so that's fine with me, and I won't tell them my username either.

Most of them are local users, including friends who usually learn about trading, investing, and forums.

Interesting. How did you meet them and how can you be certain they are from Bitcointalk? I am guessing your local board organized a meetup, you told each other your real names, but not the forum usernames. There was such an event in the Croatian local a few years ago, organized by a member who is also not active anymore. I was not there, but people say it was fun.

Well it's sort of a gathering for small events and banquets.
This is actually an event created for traders or specifically the crypto community, and as usual some people are definitely talking about bitcointalk. Know each other, of course but without telling them the forum account. Of course it's fun, but we also need to maintain privacy.

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Quote from: Erumo on January 16, 2023, 09:40:07 AM

I think we all can hit "1-2" in this voting, as everything is familiar with Vitalik Buterin. We all know that thin looking guy.

lol, don't make research and count it as knowing someone. He is a member of the forum (same like Hal once was), but you don't know them and they shouldn't be considered when you vote in the poll.

Quote from: skarais on January 16, 2023, 10:35:35 AM

In my case, I know more than 10 users (with their real name) using this forum since 2017 until now, but I have never insisted on knowing their username here. Some people might think it's private, so that's fine with me, and I won't tell them my username either.

Most of them are local users, including friends who usually learn about trading, investing, and forums.

Interesting. How did you meet them and how can you be certain they are from Bitcointalk? I am guessing your local board organized a meetup, you told each other your real names, but not the forum usernames. There was such an event in the Croatian local a few years ago, organized by a member who is also not active anymore. I was not there, but people say it was fun.

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Quote from: Pmalek on January 17, 2023, 02:28:25 PM

Quote from: BitcoinGirl.Club on January 16, 2023, 04:38:16 AM

Over 10 is really a very low number 😉
I know a handful number of users in the forum by their real name (if that's their real name that they said), very few trusted me with their living address.

When you said that the number was low, I thought you would say you know 50 Bitcointak users. Turns out that you know less then 10. Grin

A handful to me means 3 or 4, max 5.

I think the meaning depends on your personal expectation. I literally searched on Google just now to find the meaning and it says,

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a small quantity

Since 2015, make it 2016, being regular on Wall Observer and other forums, my expectation was to know many members in person but in a forum like this obviously you realize the quantity many is not going to be 200 or 500. When your minimum expectation was at least over 100 or 200, then anything over 10 or even 20 will sound handful to you 😂

I can not remember many but I can count over 10 easily 😊

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There are some before they inactive, but don't know them in the real world. I only took a peek at their social media activities which are still in the same area are joining the bounty campaign. I don't know if they also realize I'm here, so far I haven't linked my real social media accounts. lol.

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Quote from: CryptoHeadlineNews on January 17, 2023, 04:09:39 PM

A wise man once said, "What people know, they kill, what they don't know, they talk about, so it's rather you talk about me, than kill me". So for me, I'm perfectly ok with members' forum usernames and don't intend to dig any further, because just like the founder "Satoshi" remains anonymous till date, so it's likewise advisable that we his followers stay anonymous too, while working tirelessly for the growth of the forum.

So I guess they'll kill you for knowing your name?. You think there isn't someone that knows Satoshi in the world, I personally believe there's someone since I believe in the philosophy that says, 'Nothing is hidden under the sun' even government top secret are known by some trusted individuals. The only thing is for that individual to be trustworthy to safeguard your secret. Let me tell you a story, there was a user on this forum from my locally that needed financial help but because nobody knew if he/she was a real user she got delayed that assistance. Thankfully it wasn't a live threatening situation so the user is perfectly okay.

There's nothing bad in you knowing one or two persons here provided you aren't here to scam. I get invited to public gatherings and I do attend, most times they get surprised to see me present. My intentions on the forum are pure, so I see no reason to hide (Satoshi did have a reason to hide because if he hasn't, the story today would had been different). This world is a social place and no one is meant to be isolated. You might need someone here someday to voucher for you, who knows. You can know people while keeping other part of your life like your finances private. .

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Actually, I don't know anyone here by name and I only know a couple of persons names because they have been openly accused of defrauding and other bad stuff, I assume those do not count.

I am assume that since I joined here back in 2020, I am still too new to know people that much. Tongue

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Quote from: Patrol69 on January 17, 2023, 09:17:37 PM

I am a new member in the forum so I don't know the real name. I still don't know the real name of any user. Because the forum has never had such a good relationship with anyone. But hopefully since I am a regular active member of the forum I will probably meet many members.

If you go by the Investigations sub-section of this forum, Im sure you will get to know some of the real names of the users here, how does it sound ? Wink

Btw, @OP, what are we going to do by knowing the names ? I wish I could change my name with my mood everyday, lol.

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Quote from: Patrol69 on January 17, 2023, 09:17:37 PM

But hopefully since I am a regular active member of the forum I will probably meet many members.

That's very unlikely going to happen. Most users of bitcointalk value their privacy and it won't be an easy job making them give up on it, and you can be active on the forum for more than two years and still won't get to know their real identity.

The only possible way I can thing of right now is if you'll be active in trading some physical stuff on the forum that way you might be able to know them (if they decide to use their real identity, most times they don't.), But if you wont, then, you'll just keep making post till "thy kingdom come" and still won't know anyone here.

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I am a new member in the forum so I don't know the real name. I still don't know the real name of any user. Because the forum has never had such a good relationship with anyone. But hopefully since I am a regular active member of the forum I will probably meet many members.

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I only know of one the one who referred me here he is still active and still following his advice on how to properly participate in any discussion here, I have some Facebook friends who I referred here many of them are using fake names although their social media accounts are several years so I have no idea what's their real names are.

I think it's better this way, the little information about your online activity in Cryptocurrency the better for your protection and safety.

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Quote from: EFS on January 15, 2023, 08:18:04 PM

I voted over 10 and it's surprising I'm still the only one. I guess people that know people don't want to participate in the survey.

I know a lot of forum members in real life so I know their real names. There are people who I met here (both local and global) and there are a lot of people I personally invited here. Also there are people who I never meet but I know their real names. Although many of these users have stopped posting, some are still here.

Forum used to be so small, everyone knew each other in local board. Since there was no other platform to talk about Bitcoin, everyone who is a pioneer in the industry was here in the first place. While there were those who wanted to remain completely anonymous, the majority were eager to meet like-minded people. In the past, there wasn't big anonymity concern. There was even some debates about using our real names instead of nicknames. If you look at very old threads you can find discussions about it.

Kudos to you man! You have a great network here I would say. Not everyone here knows that amount of members by their real name or identity. So that is the reason you found yourself the only one with over 10.
Update: In total there are 6 votes for 10 and over, including you.

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Forum used to be so small, everyone knew each other in local board.

Yeah, the local board is the only place where people can learn about others. People like you who spend time on the local board have more connections.

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A wise man once said, "What people know, they kill, what they don't know, they talk about, so it's rather you talk about me, than kill me". So for me, I'm perfectly ok with members' forum usernames and don't intend to dig any further, because just like the founder "Satoshi" remains anonymous till date, so it's likewise advisable that we his followers stay anonymous too, while working tirelessly for the growth of the forum.

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