Topic: What happens if all forum users exhaust their Smerits? - page 3. (Read 451 times)

That is nearly impossible, as already explained by the above members. Aside from the merits generated a month from merit sources, the Smerit gotten from other members who receive merits still generates a lot of smerit when they are being distributed. Just as you have also explained, if everyone is distributing their merit and not holding back, I believe that alone can go a long way compared to the amount that is being distributed by merit sources every now and then. It's nearly impossible, as all this possibility has been calculated in the past before the merit system was introduced.

There are some members called Merit Sources who can generate merits every month given by theymos. Right now, there are 109 merit sources and they can generate 33940 smerits each month. So, it's not going to be ended. Don't forget to calculate how many more smerits is going to be generated from 33940 when distributed.

Check merit stats here- https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=merit;stats=sources

We have merit sources that have smerit that are generated automatically which means smerit will never get exhausted. Before the merit system was introduced all these must have been thought of and as long as users continue to make posts that are meritable they'll keep receiving merits and so also will their smerit keep increasing the only time your theory of no smerit will work is if everyone decide not to make any post again and move on to other things but from what I can see I don't think that will be happening anytime soon.

Joining the forum in early March of this year was one of the most significant accomplishments I believe I've accomplished in my life. Prior to then, I knew very little about cryptocurrencies and couldn't tell the difference between bitcoin and cryptocurrency. I look for other coins online and on exchanges, and I register with them and purchase different coins in the hopes that my earnings would increase quickly.

However, after joining this forum, I've been able to tell them apart. I've learned a lot about security and privacy, and I can confidently explain the concepts of private and public keys, centralised and decentralised exchanges, online and offline wallets, and so on.

The forum has been a valuable tool in expanding my knowledge of cryptocurrency, something I will always be grateful for. I was able to learn more about the forum when I first joined it and have continued to do so to this day. I learned a lot about the forum, including the ranks, activity, and do's and don'ts. But because no one knows everything, it is sometimes necessary to ask questions in order to gain more clarity. According to my understanding, the merit can be offered to you by anyone who has Smerits.

Smerits are obtained when a user merits you and you receive half of that merit as Smerit, which you can also send out.  If that is how merit and Smerit function, what happens when everyone in the forum distributes all of their Smerits? Because, as a result of this process, the Smerits will one day be exhausted by everyone. But the merit distribution system continues to function; how is this possible?