Topic: The Bitcointalk Urban Achievers Merit Scholarship Program - page 3. (Read 1748 times)

I. Without going into too much detail, tell me the story of your first experience with cryptocurrency. It can be about a purchase, payment, other transaction, or just some anecdote about Bitcoin (200 words or less).

I was introduced to Bitcoin in 2016 November by a friend who added me to a Ponzi scheme (MMM global) WhatsApp group where I opened my first bitcoin wallet (blockchain.com), funded the minimal requirements of 0.05btc which I bought with my xmas savings (N25,000)  lost all on the site in 28 January 2017 when the site crashed, left the crypto world came back stronger in 2018 after having knowledge of trading.


II. Provide links for what you consider to be your three best posts. They don't necessarily have to be your most merited posts, but posts where you strongly believe you provided something of value to the community.

Provided some helpful anti virus to keep mobile phones from phising attack and help protect our crypto wallets

Comparative Features On Top Phone Antivirus For Crypto Wallets Protection

Exposed a clone site and brought it down to protect crypto newbies from losing money.
[SCAmWATCH] Clone loopring.io Exchange Website Offering Fake LRC Token

Caught a bounty cheater to help bounty managers and clear the community from cheaters.
[Bounty Cheat] 2 Users, Two Links, One Twitter Account Connected

Oh well, someone must have saw my post. Boo.

Thanks for the wish, we'll keep track of this thread to help others too and let's grow together


I'm pretty sure OP wouldn't mind. More publicity in fact

This is a good initiative nutildah, congratulations. I'm always up to see members being rewarded with their positive contributions to the community, even though sometimes they may be overshadowed by the amount of posts / content that the forum itself generates. Your scholarship and similar threads run by other members always do end up helping people that may think that all the work that they've had didn't left a mark on people that read through their texts.

What do you think of having a list right on your first post where you'll say which members actually were awarded those awesome designed tickets of yours? I assume that whenever the thread gets long people will have a hard time knowing who was awarded or not, and having a list always facilitates that aspect of the program.

Also, perhaps it would be good to state the maximum number of times a people may apply for this scholarship. Or at least define a X period of time that the "winner" can't apply again just to give room to others to receive the merit as well.

Final remark from my side: could I add this thread to my signature link / thread? I'm mostly compiling all the threads that reward merit to people that positively contribute to the forum and I think that yours fit the nature of it

It's 301 now but it's okay that the merit I have increased. Feel free to help some forum members on this forum participating in this program by nutildah or in this thread. I'm sure you knew what's the purppse of it since some posts or threads are not merited even though it's worth to be rewarded with merit. By the way, congrats on ranking up to sr. member. Nice merit I have 300 but it's no more. Keep contributing.    - Nakamura12  

Thanks, I appreciate the gesture.

Your Merit count looks so nice though, as it's based off the movie. Would be a shame to ruin it :p

Sorry for posting this one in this thread but I have to say that I will be only giving two merits per participants so that the smerit I have earned because of this program will be shared to whoever got merited by nutildah. Congratulations to all who got merited and let there be contributions for everyone in this forum.  - Nakamura12 

@nutildah, this is a great initiative for those in need and will help forum contributor with a lower rank than hero member. Honestly, I also really want to participate in this thread if the airdrop merit doesn't apply because so far I've only received 222 merit (excluding airdop). But I will not impose my will and only hope that other people will also have the same initiative that want to help hero member reach Legendary rank. So, to all certificate recipient, hopefully their contribution will increase and congratulation because your application has been approved.

Beside that you can also try this method.

1: My first experience with crypto-currency is a case I enjoy and cherished it came, if my memory still strong, I encountered crypto-currency through the help of a stranger and my curiosity, I meet this stranger in a bus although I have heard things about cryptocurrency bitcoin in particular, but it always rebounded of, but not until this stranger in a bus was busy with something in connection to bitcoin, a simple question from me began a chain of knowledge research, up until I got my first wallet which wasn't that difficult, the rest is history.

2: here is a post I made pushing newbies to ask themselves where they would be in future
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.54331547

Here is a post about a Ponzi scheme using crypto-currency as a format as of that time
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.54846763

Here is a post in which I frowned at the habit of importing content into the forum without giving a poster knowledge or anything direction from the poster views
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.55495097

I'm 180 merits away from the next rank but have the  itch  to take the chance.

I. Without going into too much detail, tell me the story of your first experience with cryptocurrency. It can be about a purchase, payment, other transaction, or just some anecdote about Bitcoin (200 words or less).

I believe  this first experience has been  given me  by  bitcoin white paper after reading of which I said to myself - the technology behind bitcoin is really cool and breathtaking, you definitely must be in.

II. Provide links for what you consider to be your three best posts. They don't necessarily have to be your most merited posts, but posts where you strongly believe you provided something of value to the community.

a) soliton's Bitcoin Crosswords

b) Online Tools For Bitcoin Maximalist.

c) Bitcoin&Crypto vocabulary.

Holy smokes, thank you so much for the Merits and the cert!

Sure thing, we could always deal with that at a later time

Congrats! You're the first recipient of the Full Scholarship Award. And you're also exactly the character of member that was meant to benefit from this scholarship... For those who are willing to achieve but without the necessary means for a necessary means for a higher rank.

Take your certificate!



As I suspected but initially forgot about, we're limited to 50 merits per account per 30 days. So if you remind me in 30 days I'll give you 50 more, hopefully you can get the remaining 13 in 60 days.

Thanks nutildah for this initiative. I'll give it a shot, although my journey to the next rank is still a far cry, given my more laid-back approach to merits


I. Without going into too much detail, tell me the story of your first experience with cryptocurrency. It can be about a purchase, payment, other transaction, or just some anecdote about Bitcoin (200 words or less).
Early 2010 when I had my first laptop and stumbled across some thread (can't recall if it was Bitcointalk) on mining BTC. Had zero clue on what I was doing but sold the laptop later without any backup whatsoever.

II. Provide links for what you consider to be your three best posts. They don't necessarily have to be your most merited posts, but posts where you strongly believe you provided something of value to the community.
1) When I had a free subscription to Envato Elements, I gave access to everyone that requested to download whatever they desired from the site itself.
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.56240136

2) Made a PSA that warned users about some scam under the guise of a free credits for a casino. The bugger quickly closed the thread once the rest caught on.
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.53795005

3) Another PSA of a faucet with that scammed members of their hard-earned money, myself included. The owner eventually showed up but ended up leaving quietly with several negative Trust ratings.
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.49419366

That's alright and thank. By the way, you have statrd it now that it's better for those who are almost ranking up to hero member so, I decided to merit those who are worthy to rank up to hero member in this urban achievers merit scholarship program. I'll be checking out this thread from time to time to see if there will be more applicants since you stated that you have limited smerit. Saving the certificate  .

You have a worthy application but you are 225 merits away from ranking up; I was thinking this is better suited for those who need less than 50 or even 100 merits (my fault for not stating that explicitly).

Instead of leaving you empty-handed, I'm awarding you a partial scholarship of 25 merits.

Congratulations, you are the first recipient! Enjoy your merits and this official certificate to commemorate the occasion.

I was only suggesting this, I am quite new to this forum if compared to nutildah, he can decide to look it or not. He knows the best to do. He may even leave it like this, I thought it will be congested with newbies useless posts before, but not the ways I thought.

It depends, if the posts has been reported there before, later posted here, that means it is no more qualified to be report again. But if it has not been reported before, it can be reported and if merit source see it to be given merit, it will be given.

In case nutildah doesn't have the required sMerits, but finds an applicant (or more of them) that deserve to get a boost to rank up, there is always the option to report such posts in the Report unmerited good posts to Merit Source thread. You can explain and post a link back to this thread to clarify your initiative. One of the forum's merit sources will then likely step in and help. 

I. Without going into too much detail, tell me the story of your first experience with cryptocurrency. It can be about a purchase, payment, other transaction, or just some anecdote about Bitcoin (200 words or less).

I know a person who is close to me and he introduced me to bitcoin which he said that I can earn money by joining bounty campaigns in an ICO which is trend years ago but to my discovery that is it not what I think about it. Later on, I used my own money to buy bitcoin using a centralized exchange/wallet and stored my btc. Due to low knowledge about cryptocurrency so, I started to read and learn even I wanted to get criticized by other forum user but for me it is a guide for me to change what I needed to change about myself regarding to help anyone who needs help. During those times, I able to own BTC, Dogecoin, ETH and evem gambled on yolodice.

II. Provide links for what you consider to be your three best posts. They don't necessarily have to be your most merited posts, but posts where you strongly believe you provided something of value to the community.

I don't know which one is best because whatever post that can help anyone is I will consider it as the best post.
1.) https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.56751307

2.) https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.56782407

This third link tells my journey and what I did to help as far as I can.
3.) https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.55436696

It doesn't have to be reported and deleted. It can be locked by op and create a new one that is self-moderated simple as that.

For me based in my first experience regarding cryptocurrency in transacting amount  from Trust wallet to Coins ph it is really difficult due that a lot of things that I encounter ,I thought first the amount will be directly send to my Coins ph but it's different to my expectation and
I ashame to myself. But before that I encounter difficulties because it's my first time transacting of an amount And I felt nervous thinking about transact that it will be invalid or maybe sent to the other accounts. So that I make sure my names and number are correct and the most important things is my Wallet are correct and good to say that I saw in the upper side which is the QR code, will I felt great that I can easily scan the code. Transacting amounts is not really easy it takes time ,maybe  one and half of hour doing my first transaction. Transacting amount are have an transaction fee and now I aware of that matters and it's okay for me cause that is a normal things doing transaction at this point I'm scared paying the transaction fee that I felt will be gone or desappear in short time so I confirmed the payment and I waiting cause there is a process cause they are collecting our wallet and information to send the amount. I waited for a long hour's and felt paint that the money will not be send and I pray also to the above hoping  that may transaction will be successful and after that long hour's I receive a message in my Google that I received the amount. This is my first and remarkable experienced regards transaction it is really hard in the first place but in the second time so on will gladly great and no more hassle. By Quoting this not just to apply but just to share my remarkable experienced about transaction.

1. https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/risk-of-scarcity-5338443
 
2. https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/risk-of-inflation-in-economy-5338427

3.https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/no-to-racism-be-fair-into-each-other-5338193



Thank you and God bless

This is nice OP,  I'm wondering what's your criteria to be qualified, can any rank just send their response/answer and still be eligible? Also good I think if you have a committee or other members whose willing to give merits for those who deserved and will also awards smerits. Just a suggestion so many would benefit and criticise and check with the post of the respondents if they are deserving. Also youll run out of merit for quite sometime.

Thanks for your application but unfortunately you do not qualify for the Merit Achievers scholarship.

At least you tried...

Guess everyone else is too... whatever they are... to attempt to earn some merits. I guess the task I gave was exhaustingly difficult or something.

Taking new applications.