Topic: unforgivable evil I did not commit. - page 2. (Read 690 times)

I just spit a mouthful of coffee right onto my monitor reading that.  You old comedian, you.

I get where OP's confusion and frustration comes from; I'd be wigged out if I saw I couldn't access a website because I had some tally of "units of evil" against me.  Before I'd discovered bitcointalk I'd never even heard a phrase like that one, and even if it has a legitimate meaning I think whoever thought of it (Theymos?) might have a bit of a sadistic streak--or at least was just a tiny bit insensitive to how it might come off to newbies.

Eh.  Most newbies here are just in it for whatever they can earn or scam, and that's been true for years.  Guess I'm not going to lose any sleep over evil units, but nor should you, OP.

- hilariousandco, thank you for step by step answer you gave to my post. I like the way you made the answers well formatted along with my questions. You said "evil" fee is to avoid people abusing some proxies. But why is the name "evil" used. It should have been an euphemism or to use a word synonymous to evil. I mean the "evil" on its own looks damaging and scary. Imagine coming to a forum and is immediately faced with an evil.

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- _BlackStar, you said that as I am whitelisted I have been waved some restrictions but there are other restrictions. But since I can be able to make posts and interact with people I think I am OK and I may not be affected by the other unknown restrictions for now. Thank you for welcome.

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- Z-tight, is the admin saving the IP of everyone who visits this bitcoin forum in their server?

You still might not be able to use signature and avatars as long as you are a newbie. You also cannot post image as long as you are still a newbie, the time limit between posts, the time limit between reports post to mod, and PM limit. But good, being whitelisted means you've relieved some of the restrictions but not all of them.

Also you are in luck because one of our global mods answered your question.
OP now start your fun journey, forget the things that were less fun before because I hope there are many valuable lessons that you have learned during your reading even if you don't post.

The power of Christ compels you.


Not unless you break the rules so please read them: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/unofficial-list-of-official-bitcointalkorg-rules-guidelines-faq-703657


The 'evil' fees are there just to stop people abusing certain proxies and you were probably caught up in that.


https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/faq-everything-you-need-to-know-about-forum-activity-account-ranks-and-merit-2766177

The worse restrictions you will face are the ones you have currently but they will diminish the more activity you get on the forum.

No, you can only be banned if you break forum rules. Forget about the evil IP problem, it was never your fault to begin with, it was because of the IP with which you registered with, some users who share the same IP or are neighbors to it have been banned in the past, so that is why your IP was marked as evil and you have to pay a small fee to post, or get whitelisted.
Just limits on posting and in sending PM's, but they clear out as your activities increase. Read this thread:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/forum-rankspositionsbadges-what-do-those-shiny-coins-under-my-name-mean-178608

This is my first post but this is not my first visit to this bitcoin forum. I was given the address to this bitcoin forum by a friend and I registered after covid-19 in my country because the effect was still keeping us indoors. I was successfully registered after I proved that I wasn't a robot by solving captcha. But I was only allowed to read and not to post.


I was told that I have 186 units of evil that I have to atone. I was asked to pay very small amount of bitcoin but I refused to pay, not because I can't pay but due to the elementry knowledge I got from jury.  If I pay for an evil I did not commit, it means I have agreed that I committed the evil or I am an accomplice. I abandoned the account but could still read things from here especially when the bitcoin is moving upward trends.


During this month bitcoin uptrend movement, I logged into my account and this time I saw an alternative to get into the forum without paying the evil fee. I emailed one of the protocolmail guys and I was whitelisted.

*If I could actually be whitelisted for free, why make me wait for months or why make here difficult for people to access?*

I was sent this message  "You have been manually whitelisted by a moderator. If you couldn't before, you can now post normally. Various limits have also been reduced (but not eliminated)."

It is said that various limits have been reduce but not eliminated. Please is there a chance that I can be blacklisted again and made to face another evil?
Why was the evil not forgive even after abandoning my account months?
My last question is what other limits will I face again in this bitcoin forum?