Stop Scam : Request Bitcointalk to create a system!

money420weed

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Quote from: cassius69 on July 24, 2014, 01:36:03 PM

Quote from: Testing123 on July 24, 2014, 08:40:41 AM

Quote from: -ck on July 22, 2014, 09:02:06 PM

The solution's always been there: Remove all altcoin discussion.

Couldn't agree with you more.
Bitcointalk is a bitcoin forum and it should focus on bitcoin only.

what a curmudgeon.

yes 99% of altcoins are a scam but that one coin that does the job is going to change the world.

your flat earth attitude is out of touch with the times.

I wouldn't say that these altcoins are scams, but I would say that they eventually will be useless and worthless.

MegaHustlr

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Vote 4fryn :)

I wouldn't say 99% of them are scams but most of them are just stupid or worthless.

Quote from: patapato on July 24, 2014, 12:42:47 PM

Scamcoins are not so bad, only the fools are fooled. Ecosystem with natural selection.

I agree with this fully. A fool is easy parted with his money they say.

Though I dont bother with them I think alt coins should stay. Keeping them out of the way in there own section is adequate. Those that get scammed in there just have to learn their lesson.

cassius69

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Quote from: Testing123 on July 24, 2014, 08:40:41 AM

Quote from: -ck on July 22, 2014, 09:02:06 PM

The solution's always been there: Remove all altcoin discussion.

Couldn't agree with you more.
Bitcointalk is a bitcoin forum and it should focus on bitcoin only.

what a curmudgeon.

yes 99% of altcoins are a scam but that one coin that does the job is going to change the world.

your flat earth attitude is out of touch with the times.

forsakenpnut

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This is a good idea. I would agree with the op on this. It would help the coins.

patapato

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Scamcoins are not so bad, only the fools are fooled. Ecosystem with natural selection.

Testing123

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Quote from: -ck on July 22, 2014, 09:02:06 PM

The solution's always been there: Remove all altcoin discussion.

Couldn't agree with you more.
Bitcointalk is a bitcoin forum and it should focus on bitcoin only.

Relnarien

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Most people who have lost money on a scamcoin have been warned multiple times by people who can see past the hype. More often than not, those who are merely doing a good deed by warning potential victims are accused of spreading FUD by the same people that they are trying to protect. And when they do become victims, instead of thanking the people who tried to warn them, they blame the "FUD-ers" for somehow causing the coin to collapse. Scamcoin victims blame everyone but themselves -- that's why they're victims.

If you think a coin is a scam, then just ignore it. Let the get-rich-schemers play among themselves. Without a regulation of cryptocurrencies, the only way to stop scams is to not keep them alive by not continuously pointing people at their direction.

galbros

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It would be way easier for them just to ban the altcoin section. I hope they wont do that.

You just have to be very cautious with alt coins. As you note, most of them are not serious.

dogetime

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So centralizing the control over which coins can get listed to a small group of senior and hero members, how could that ever go wrong. A scam dev would just have to pay these members on the side to get their coin added. Also there are the implications of giving noobs a false sense of security, that if a coin is listed it must have been through this auditing by 'respected' members so it's not a scam.

To the others suggesting that new coins have to pay a fee to list their threads, where would this money go? I suspect it wouldn't be to charity.

Whilst I agree that something needs to be done, this is not the right way, as others have said most scam coins aren't even obvious until after launch.

Good luck trying to regulate an unregulated market full of participants who hate regualtion though Cheesy

Hazir

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It is not scammers that are bad it is people who trust them, they are hurting themselves. Altcoin sooner or later are gonna fail. If you want to trust someone you either are idiot, mega optimist or you just want to be scammed.

-ck

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Ruu \o/

The solution's always been there: Remove all altcoin discussion.

iTRADEbtc

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Generally speaking all alt coins are eventually going to fail. Anyone that understands this but chooses to invest anyway deserves to lose their shirt with the alts.

Tree Fiddy

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Quote from: baby222 on July 22, 2014, 01:25:24 PM

Quote from: cassius69 on July 22, 2014, 10:45:49 AM

charge .2 btc to create a thread in this forum.

mabye is a good idea

If you want to lose web traffic.

baby222

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Quote from: cassius69 on July 22, 2014, 10:45:49 AM

charge .2 btc to create a thread in this forum.

mabye is a good idea

hilariousandco

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Sometimes getting burned is the only way they'll learn. There's not much you can do for people who are motivated by greed or the need to get rich quick and those people are always ripe to get scammed. If they wern't getting scammed on here they'd be out buying snake oil in the real world. This forum really can't be held responsible for scammers or the people they con, but the community can help police these shit/scam coins by continually warning them of the dangers, but of course many wont listen and just want to jump on the next big thing regardless and lose their money in the process.

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Terminated.

Quote from: hilariousandco on July 22, 2014, 12:30:28 PM

Here's a solution: stop dealing with these shitcoins. You can secure your money by stop giving it to scammers. If you take the risk with them and you get scammed in whatever way it's nobody else's fault but your own. Seriously, 99.9% of these coins should just be ignored. Ignore them and they'll go away.

That's the solution to us, or I guess mostly experienced people?
What about those newer ones and/or investors? Once they get burned by such a coin, I'm pretty sure that they won't come back.

hilariousandco

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Here's a solution: stop dealing with these shitcoins. You can secure your money by stop giving it to scammers. If you take the risk with them and you get scammed in whatever way it's nobody else's fault but your own. Seriously, 99.9% of these coins should just be ignored. Ignore them and they'll go away.

devachelekar

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Quote from: StephenJH on July 22, 2014, 11:24:56 AM

Quote from: binkshurts on July 22, 2014, 10:54:12 AM

Quote from: StephenJH on July 22, 2014, 10:52:13 AM

100 post minimum to post a topic in Announcements.

plus:
"charge .2 btc to create a thread in this forum."

wouldn't that encourage spam?

i agree some moderation is needed but at what point do we draw the line

Yeah it could... just looking for some bench-marks too.

I like the idea of charging a couple hundred bucks to start an ANN though. Anyone or anyone group of 'ninja coders' who believe in their product can afford this. Obviously this won't stop tom-foolery since many unscrupulous fellows will see this as a cost of doing business but I bet it would slow the flood-waters.

We just want to slow it so that the faith in crypto remains in tact.

StephenJH

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No more Rekt and Bust

Quote from: binkshurts on July 22, 2014, 10:54:12 AM

Quote from: StephenJH on July 22, 2014, 10:52:13 AM

100 post minimum to post a topic in Announcements.

plus:
"charge .2 btc to create a thread in this forum."

wouldn't that encourage spam?

i agree some moderation is needed but at what point do we draw the line

Yeah it could... just looking for some bench-marks too.

I like the idea of charging a couple hundred bucks to start an ANN though. Anyone or anyone group of 'ninja coders' who believe in their product can afford this. Obviously this won't stop tom-foolery since many unscrupulous fellows will see this as a cost of doing business but I bet it would slow the flood-waters.

Lepra

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I don't think that .2 btc will stop scams and every one can rise rank with useless posts

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