Introduction
I was curious, when did a user need to register on BitcoinTalk to get free merits. I decided to create the spreadsheet representing a datetimes and activities.
Firstly, the BitcoinTalk user activity updates approximately every two weeks. Actually, the interval is slightly longer by 6 minutes and 40 seconds. Secondly, let say that the users post at least 7 messages each week. Thirdly, a Hero member should have a random activity 775-1030 to rank up to Legendary, so let call them a lucky (775) and unlucky (1030) Legendary.
The first column of the spreadsheet is the Unix time, the second column is the UTC time. The third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eightth columns are the activity of a potential unlucky Legendary (1030), lucky Legendary (775), Hero Member, Senior Member, Full Member and Member respectively.
Here we go!
BitcoinTalk user activity update times
Unix time UTC time unlucky Legendary
1427800000 3/31/2015 11:06:40 14
1429010000 4/14/2015 11:13:20 28
1430220000 4/28/2015 11:20:00 42
1431430000 5/12/2015 11:26:40 56
1432640000 5/26/2015 11:33:20 70
1433850000 6/09/2015 11:40:00 84
1435060000 6/23/2015 11:46:40 98
1436270000 7/7/2015 11:53:20 112
1437480000 7/21/2015 12:00:00 126
1438690000 8/4/2015 12:06:40 140
1439900000 8/18/2015 12:13:20 154
1441110000 9/1/2015 12:20:00 168
1442320000 9/15/2015 12:26:40 182
1443530000 9/29/2015 12:33:20 196
1444740000 10/13/2015 12:40:00 210
1445950000 10/27/2015 12:46:40 224
1447160000 11/10/2015 12:53:20 238
1448370000 11/24/2015 13:00:00 252The user
#505834 registered at April 14, 2015, 11:13:03 AM.
The user
#505835 registered at April 14, 2015, 11:13:42 AM
and had no any chance to become an unlucky Legendary.
Unix time UTC time unlucky lucky Legendary
1449580000 12/8/2015 13:06:40 266 14
1450790000 12/22/2015 13:13:20 280 28
1452000000 1/5/2016 13:20:00 294 42
1453210000 1/19/2016 13:26:40 308 56
1454420000 2/2/2016 13:33:20 322 70
1455630000 2/16/2016 13:40:00 336 84
1456840000 3/1/2016 13:46:40 350 98
1458050000 3/15/2016 13:53:20 364 112
1459260000 3/29/2016 14:00:00 378 126
1460470000 4/12/2016 14:06:40 392 140
1461680000 4/26/2016 14:13:20 406 154
1462890000 5/10/2016 14:20:00 420 168
1464100000 5/24/2016 14:26:40 434 182
1465310000 6/7/2016 14:33:20 448 196
1466520000 6/21/2016 14:40:00 462 210
1467730000 7/5/2016 14:46:40 476 224
1468940000 7/19/2016 14:53:20 490 238
1470150000 8/2/2016 15:00:00 504 252
1471360000 8/16/2016 15:06:40 518 266
1472570000 8/30/2016 15:13:20 532 280
1473780000 9/13/2016 15:20:00 546 294The user
#702581 registered at December 22, 2015, 01:13:09 PM.
The user
#702582 registered at December 22, 2015, 01:13:52 PM
and had no any chance to become a Legendary.
Unix time UTC time unlucky lucky L. Hero Member
1474990000 9/27/2016 15:26:40 560 308 14
1476200000 10/11/2016 15:33:20 574 322 28
1477410000 10/25/2016 15:40:00 588 336 42
1478620000 11/8/2016 15:46:40 602 350 56
1479830000 11/22/2016 15:53:20 616 364 70
1481040000 12/6/2016 16:00:00 630 378 84
1482250000 12/20/2016 16:06:40 644 392 98
1483460000 1/3/2017 16:13:20 658 406 112
1484670000 1/17/2017 16:20:00 672 420 126
1485880000 1/31/2017 16:26:40 686 434 140
1487090000 2/14/2017 16:33:20 700 448 154
1488300000 2/28/2017 16:40:00 714 462 168
1489510000 3/14/2017 16:46:40 728 476 182
1490720000 3/28/2017 16:53:20 742 490 196
1491930000 4/11/2017 17:00:00 756 504 210
1493140000 4/25/2017 17:06:40 770 518 224
1494350000 5/9/2017 17:13:20 784 532 238The user
#907881 registered at October 11, 2016, 03:31:36 PM.
The user
#907882 registered at October 11, 2016, 03:35:28 PM
and had no any chance to become a Hero Member.
Unix time UTC time unlucky lucky L. Hero M. Senior Member
1495560000 5/23/2017 17:20:00 798 546 252 14
1496770000 6/6/2017 17:26:40 812 560 266 28
1497980000 6/20/2017 17:33:20 826 574 280 42
1499190000 7/4/2017 17:40:00 840 588 294 56
1500400000 7/18/2017 17:46:40 854 602 308 70
1501610000 8/1/2017 17:53:20 868 616 322 84
1502820000 8/15/2017 18:00:00 882 630 336 98
1504030000 8/29/2017 18:06:40 896 644 350 112
1505240000 9/12/2017 18:13:20 910 658 364 126
1506450000 9/26/2017 18:20:00 924 672 378 140The user
#1023038 registered at June 06, 2017, 05:25:41 PM.
The user
#1023039 registered at June 06, 2017, 05:27:36 PM
and had no any chance to become a Senior Member.
Unix time UTC time unlucky lucky L. Hero M. Senior Full Member
1507660000 10/10/2017 18:26:40 938 686 392 154 14
1508870000 10/24/2017 18:33:20 952 700 406 168 28
1510080000 11/7/2017 18:40:00 966 714 420 182 42The user
#1246105 registered at October 24, 2017, 06:32:03 PM.
The user
#1246106 registered at October 24, 2017, 06:33:25 PM
and had no any chance to become a Full Member.
Unix time UTC time unlucky lucky L. Hero M. Senior Full M. Member
1511290000 11/21/2017 18:46:40 980 728 434 196 56 14
1512500000 12/5/2017 18:53:20 994 742 448 210 70 28
1513710000 12/19/2017 19:00:00 1008 756 462 224 84 42
1514920000 1/2/2018 19:06:40 1022 770 476 238 112 56
1516130000 1/16/2018 19:13:20 1036 784 490 252 126 70The user
#1384642 registered at December 05, 2017, 06:53:12 PM.
The user
#1384643 registered at December 05, 2017, 06:53:40 PM
and had no any chance to become a Member.
The merit system has been adopted on BitcoinTalk at January 24, 2018. Every Member got free 10 merits, every Full Member got free 100 merits, every Senior Member got free 250 merits, every Hero Member got free 500 merits, every Legendary got free 1000 merits.
Conclusion
1. When did a user need to
start posting on BitcoinTalk to get free merits:
- 1) Potential unlucky Legendary needed to start posting before April 14, 2015, 11:13:20 AM.
- 2) Potential lucky Legendary needed to start posting before December 22, 2015, 01:13:20 PM.
- 3) Potential Hero Member needed to start posting before October 11, 2016, 03:33:20 PM.
- 4) Potential Senior Member needed to start posting before June 06, 2017, 05:26:40 PM.
- 5) Potential Full Member needed to start posting before October 24, 2017, 06:33:20 PM.
- 6) Potential Member needed to start posting before December 05, 2017, 06:53:20 PM.
2. How many merits did a user
earn to rank up:
- 1) If you see a Member and his/her ID is greater than 1384642, that means he/she earned at least 10 merits to rank up.
- 2) If you see a Full Member and his/her ID is greater than 1246105, that means he/she earned at least 90 merits to rank up.
- 3) If you see a Senior Member and his/her ID is greater than 1023038, that means he/she earned at least 150 merits to rank up.
- 4) If you see a Hero Member and his/her ID is greater than 907881, that means he/she earned at least 250 merits to rank up.
- 5) If you see a Legendary and his/her ID is greater than 702581, that means he/she earned at least 500 merits to rank up.
Please share your opinion here. Thank you!