Greetings Everyone,
During the 30th of April 2020, I managed to get promoted in Hero Member Rank and I felt one of the most joyful moments during my stay here in bitcointalk forum. Even before the first time of signing up in this forum, I dreamed to become at least one of the Hero Member Rank in this community, and now I finally achieved it, I want to share with you guys my struggles, joyous moments and realizations which can serve as an inspirations and guidelines for aspiring members like me.
My bitcointalk timeline of ranking up:
November 07, 2017 - Date when I registered in the forum.To be honest most of the merit I have received are from the
10th anniversary art contest. I joined this contest mainly because I am inclined in doing traditional and digital portrait, it made me feel so happy when I learned that there is an ongoing art contest in bitcoin because I really do not expect that it will happen in a forum full of technicalities about bitcoin and blockchain. But then I was surprised because I received a lot of merits when I posted 3 of my artworks.
10th anniversary art contest ENTRY 1 | Satoshi Portrait10th anniversary art contest ENTRY 2 | Bitcoin Themed Starry Night10th anniversary art contest ENTRY 3 | FaketoshiThese 3 artworks made me become Official Full Member. Special thanks to
@iasenko for suggesting a
good Title for my Entry No.3 and sending one 3 last merit in order for me rank up. Very much appreciated and thank you so much once again for people who appreciates my artwork.
November 08, 2019 - When I reached Full Member RankAfter the 10th anniversary art contest, I've tried my best to contribute for the betterment of the forum by replying and creating threads that i think can be very useful for the community and other members. This is also the time I became more active again bitcointalk and in our local section due to the merit spree in art contest, somehow those merits gives me hope that
I can be more and contribute more for myself and for people.
February 2, 2020 - Sr. Member Rank PromotionAfter being promoted to Sr. Member, I think I somehow help @DireWolfM14 in dealing with the scam accusation to @theyoungmillionaire which gives me a head start again in gaining merit in which I didn't expect in the first place. I am just so disappointed that time when @theyoungmillionaire had defaulted his loan from @DireWolfM14 because TYM became my mentor and I treat him like a brother or "kuya" during my stay here in this community. He also happens to get a loan from me in which I did not hesitate to give because I wanted to help him in his Cryptocurrency product business. Unfortunately, I haven't heard anything from him again until now.
Here is the post regarding the Scam Accusation:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.54061366https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.54104002After the incident, I managed to sacrifice my leisure time during the lockdown caused by COVID-19. I spent most of my time in studying our past lesson in Discrete Mathematics and watching a lot of videos regarding the basic of blockhain. Thus, it gives me an idea to share all the knowledge I've got during the study course. Here are the posts that I am very proud of.
[RESOURCES] Free bitcoin/blockchain/finance eBook.Blockchain Basic: Number System | Random Number | Hash FunctionBlockchain Basic: Understanding Modulo OperationI'll try my best to create more technical and in-depth guide about crypto. I really enjoy sharing these kinds of knowledge in this community.
I also want to mention one of my proudest work in our local section
Pilipinas.
[INDEX] Informative threads in our local sectionOf course, creating my personal Service in Service section also helps me to market my drafting and art skills in this community. Special thanks to @LoyceV for always appreciating these services.
[SERVICE]Charcoal and Graphite Portrait Drawings! | BTC Accepted[SERVICE] Digital Portrait Drawings! | BTC|ETH|XRP|LTC|BCH AcceptedI am so happy that there is now one customer in my Digital Portrait Services. Thank youu so much.
These topics that I have created lead me to officially promoted in
Hero Member Rank.
April 30, 2020 - Hero Member Rank finally achieved - Thanks to
@cabalism13 for being an effective and great merit source in our local section.
Anyhow, here are the realization and lessons that I have learned during this long but very rewarding journey.- This journey is all about knowledge. I am a true believer that having enough knowledge in this industry is the most essential thing to consider if you want to become one of the most important and respected forum member in this community. I noticed that when you have knowledge, you have the capacity to help newer/ other members in their struggles. Merits will come to you unexpectedly.
I formed a habit during lockdown and I have created a schedule for learning more about cryptocurrency and I think you can do it too. I manage to at least learn 1 topic everyday by reading and watching some of my favorite resources I have found on the internet. I became a fan of PlanB, Andreas Antonopolous and James Lopp. I chose to invest my time in learning, reading and writing about crypto rather than spending my time on some things that will surely not benefit me.
- Always try to review Unofficial list of (official) Bitcointalk.org rules, guidelines, FAQ and [GUIDE] Bitcointalk forum etiquette. In this, you will be familiarizing yourself in the do's and dont's of the forum. Just so to avoid making some mistakes
- Try to bookmark threads as much as possible whenever you see an Index thread/ thread that contains important information in this community. It will surely benefit you in many cases especially when there is someone asking for a statistical data or any guides.
- Maintain your exposure into the community by making substantial post because it will somehow increase your reputation. Stay disciplined at all cost.
Lastly, I want to thank people who are very supportive in my journey. It is impossible for me rank up if there is no help and appreciation coming from fellow bitcointalk members. Thank you