Thanks to all the participants!
I have run out of merit, whoever has the opportunity, reward new members with merit.

Zasa@, this interview is so great and I appreciate you have ones interviewed me before. I have a suggestion, can you be interviewing members ones in a week, the reason I said so is because people that will merit will be able to go through the interview very well than seeing two or more interviews in a day which can discourage them. Making it only one interview weekly will be good, imo.

@zasad@, would you like to take an interview (if you haven't done one yet)? I'm willing to make the questions.

Thanks for the heads-up OP. I will participate in your interview.

Let's start:


Prior to encountering the world of crypto, I'm really putting my time searching for ways and methods to earn money online. Just like others, I become an enthusiast of Paid to Click Sites e.g the famous Neobux, ClixSense, and other BUX that spread throughout the web. One of the usual ads there is pointing to BITCOIN so that's the time I became aware of it.

From there, It's been a year before I bought my first bitcoin. The purpose? I trust that someday my earnings will grow (not technically seeing Bitcoin as a currency before)


From DYOR. I like to know what BITCOIN is and if such a forum about it exists.

Just a quick Google search and I found it. I'm not new to the forum so understanding how the forum works isn't that hard.


Trust. Doubts. Regrets. Technology.

It's clear that not all places/regions/countries are ready for this Bitcoin thing.


Gambling is no doubt, a hype activity since then. There are lots of gamblers anywhere.

Integrating Bitcoin on gambling sites will surely increase awareness and adoption. We won't see new gambling sites popped-up today if the crypto-gambling industry is not successful.


Not necessary to have special education. If a person really wants to learn cryptocurrency, 2-3 years is already a long period of gaining knowledge.


Merit abuse is always there as it was subjective.

With or without merit, there's always spam.

Do they harm the forum? No in general as users are a force to improve their account in order to join a signature campaign.


All Sticky threads are useful even some of them are outdated.


It depends on the result of my DYOR about a certain project.


It's a long story so I guess I will keep it private.


DEFI won't be hype if it's not seen as useful.

However, that hype also leads to the attempt of scamming people.

If only there's no scam related to this DEFI hype, everything is good.


As much as possible, I like to work anonymously.


Not a fan of books related to crypto.


This is subjective. Everyone should have their own factor when choosing coins or tokens.


Less than $15,000, that's for sure. Not expecting new ATH for at least 2-3 years.

Thank you, I will be short, just wanted to say that I am pleased to be a part of this (I mean such a strong community).

Bitcoin is an ingenious solution that works with Proof-of-Work and allows you to trust each other without trusting at the same time. After that, I started to get interested in this area and around the middle of 2017 I joined Eristica as a support. Since then I have been here and I believe that we are doing very interesting and important things.

I did not buy, my first bitcoin, or rather several, I received in the form of payment.

We announced our project on the forum, so I'm here.

The problem is that while there is no strong dynamic and peer-to-peer economy, we are in the process of becoming, we need to wait as this will change in the future. I think that a few years of experience is enough to learn the basics, but unfortunately not enough for a successful investment. I see that many people write that a month or two is enough for a smart person to make a successful investment, but I know for sure that a smart person considers himself to be a fool because he understands how much he still does not know.

To be honest, my two cents is not enough to judge this. Since we are more focused on the development of our decentralized project than on the policy of the forum. The rules that I read before registering are enough for me.

I think you yourself know that this is a Satoshi thread) But seriously, such threads as "How to sign a message" or "Test Bitcoin core" and others of this kind are very useful.

Perhaps in the future, when equity capital appears, but I was seriously thinking, thanks for asking.

Oh, this is a sad story, it was so long ago that I would not want to think about it, although I can say that it was the Yobit exchange, and I became convinced of its unreliability the hard way, having lost 2.5 btc.

It is necessary that this boom, which brought this topic to the front pages of newspapers, verse, and then people need some more time to make sure that the Defi ecosystem works without any holes, so that the common man begins to trust.

I don’t think that there is a vital necessity in this, and it’s impossible, but adding add-ons that give anonymity is right.

I have translated part of the text in Transifex "Mastering Ethereum" by Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Gavin Wood, so this is the last I read from the literature.

Filecoin, ERT, PundiX

The price will be the same until early next year, and then it will go down to 8 thousand per bitcoin.

Here are my answers too and it's my pleasure to participate.

1. When and why did you become interested in cryptocurrencies?
 It was back in 2013 and it was quite accidentally. I was trying to find some alternative to banks and I found on the internet quite interesting articles about Bitcoin.

2. When and why did you buy your first bitcoin?
I bought my first Bitcoin the same year, so in 2013. I just thought, this sounds like a future, I want to give s try and get part of it.

3. How did you get on the forum?
I was trying to find s place where people share their experiences with Bitcoin so I searched the Internet and found Bitcointalk. I still think it's the best place for bitcoiners.

4.1. What prevents mass adoption of cryptocurrencies?
Lack of regulation, lack of knowledge and fear from unknown. Also, very rigid traditional financial system.

4.2. How do you think mass advertising of gambling projects has a positive effect on the development of the forum or harms the community?
Gambling community is quite big so I think that mass advertising attracts new gamblers to the forum all the time and these people might get interested in some other themes too and learn more about cryptocurrencies. Cryptocurrencies and gambling have become connected very tight but that also might be a trap.

4.3. How do you consider whether 2-3 years of experience in cryptocurrency is enough to successfully invest or does an investor need to receive special education?
Education and getting at least basic knowledge about cryptocurrencies is always good. However, your own experience is the best way to become successful trading and that takes time, patience and knowledge. It's very individual and for some 3-4 years might be enough to get know the market but still it's no guarantee you will be successful trader.

5. What do you think of the current Merit system and signature campaigns?  Do they harm the forum?
Actually I participated in some very successful signature campaigns and as long they are professional lead and have quality they will help, not harm the forum. But good campaigns is getting harder and harder to find.

6. The most useful forum topic? Most helpful users?
Topic about trading was very helpful and useful for me. There are so many experienced and skilled people here on forum, I couldn't pick anyone in particular.

7. 3 things you would implement on the forum?
Some kind of engine for fast search of archive would be nice, then top rated topics from all thread and I think we might also need new visual identity.

8. Do you trade on exchanges or invest in projects?
I trade from time to time but not big and not so often as I used too. Now it's more for fun and to keep "in shape". I don't invest in projects, it's too risky and not my cup of tea.

9. Tell a story about your big profit or big loss?
By trading and investing at one moment I gathered a sum of 7 Bitcoins. I held them for few years and for some reason I decided to sell. It was s year before Bitcoin reached 20000$. I could have made really big profit but si made bad decision and couldn't forgive myself but I learned a lesson.

10. What do you think about the DEFI ecosystem?
I don't like it and I don't support it, it will generate you losses.

11. Is your anonymity a vital necessity or precaution?
I value my anonymity and I think everyone has a right to it. Sometimes it's very important to try to stay as anonymous as you can but not at any price and sometimes we don't need to hide everything. We need to find the balance between necessity to have privacy and anonymity and circumstances who don't allow us that.

12. The last cryptocurrency book you read?
I read a lot but so far I haven't read any book about cryptocurrencies.

13. Advise 3 cryptocurrencies/tokens for investment in the next 1-2 years?
Bitcoin and Ethereum, there is no the third one.

14. How much will Bitcoin cost at the end of 2020?
I don't think that price will change much compared to what we have now. It will be somewhere between 10000$ and 12000$.

Thank you zasad@!

@zasad@ thanks for the great topic mate , really good reads

Hello.
I want to interview you. I hope for your consent.

1. When and why did you become interested in cryptocurrencies?

in summer 2014 I remember finding a post on facebook for someone talking about PTC sites and talking how you can make money online
well the site was paying like 5 cents a day BUT it had a punch of ads for bitcoin faucets so I started digging what that bitcoin thing is

2. When and why did you buy your first bitcoin?

I never bought a single satoshi , at that time I had 0$ to my name and there isn't any easy way here to buy/sell bitcoin
all the bitcoins I have were made mainly from poker , it all started with faucets and poker freerolls then signature campaigns here 

3. How did you get on the forum?

I was playing poker in a site called luckyflop ( which closed long time ago ) and someone in chat mentioned the forums here , he was talking about other gambling sites so I jumped here and started checking other gambling bitcoin sites

4.1. What prevents mass adoption of cryptocurrencies?

can't talk about other countries , but here it's really hard to buy/sell crypto and nobody here even use online banking in general ( pretty much all transactions here are in cash)
so in my country it's really hard for the people to accept the idea of a coin sitting on the internet

4.2. How do you think mass advertising of gambling projects has a positive effect on the development of the forum or harms the community?

as I stated before pretty much all what I made came from gambling , so for me more ads mean more opportunities
people should just do their own research about gambling , the majority will lose money but some will be able to make money ( talking about +EV gambling here )

4.3. How do you consider whether 2-3 years of experience in cryptocurrency is enough to successfully invest or does an investor need to receive special education?

Learning never stops , with 3 years experience I guess everyone should be fine but improvements should never stop especially in crypto where every few months there is a new trend where you can make tons or lose tons of course 

5. What do you think of the current Merit system and signature campaigns?  Do they harm the forum?

the merit system has its goods and bads , overall it made improvement for the forums and reduced spam but some members who are making some good posts are still having much harder time ranking up when we compare it with people who achieved legendary before adding the merit system

personally can't talk anything bad about signature campaigns cause it helped me really a lot during my start , it can definitely help newcomers with their new journey so I see it good as long as the manager is doing a good job

6. The most useful forum topic? Most helpful users?

useful topics kinda depend on the interest , for example there are tons of useful topics in the mining section but if you aren't interested in mining you won't  really bother digging it
for me pretty much all the topics in the gambling boards ( even ANNs ) are useful for me since I'm always looking for new sites and promos

for users IMO anyone who is helping answering any question is doing a great job

7. 3 things you would implement on the forum?

I kinda like it how it's now , but maybe it's time to update the forums since everytime I try to introduce someone here he tells me that the forums look like it was created in the 90s 

8. Do you trade on exchanges or invest in projects?

I rarely trade and even when I do it there is nothing serious , for investments all my investments are gambling related ( mainly investing in casinos bankroll )

9. Tell a story about your big profit or big loss?

as a gambler you will have several ups and downs , so single scores aren't really that important  but my biggest score that I remember was winning Fortunejack Copa America leaderboard for 1 BTC

10. What do you think about the DEFI ecosystem?

haven't really digged it much so far so I can't really tell

11. Is your anonymity a vital necessity or precaution?

as much as I like to stay anonymous it's really hard these days where the majority of big gambling sites require KYC at some point , same thing for the big exchanges
I hope at someday this will change , but it's what it's now

12. The last cryptocurrency book you read?

the bitcoin standard and I didn't even finish it , I think books don't add any value unless the reader is totally newbie

13. Advise 3 cryptocurrencies/tokens for investment in the next 1-2 years?

I only trust bitcoin as an investment , still use other coins like trx and eos for betting on their dapps but I usually exchange everything back to btc after

14. How much will Bitcoin cost at the end of 2020?

more than 1K$ probably   

Sure, why not, it's always nice to find out some stories, too bad mine is nothing special

1. When and why did you become interested in cryptocurrencies?
I was playing Travian back in 2012, and after it has become some of a freemium game my guild used to pull funds together so that the top players who had no real means could get some help, and once someone mentioned paying in Bitcoin, that was the first time I've heard about it but it took me more than a year afterward to really start inquiring about it.

2. When and why did you buy your first bitcoin?
The first bitcoins I bought were not meant for me and I used them as a means of payment for some codes, I must also confess that the firsts bits I actually kept for myself were not entirely mine, not your keys not your coins. I really treated bitcoin as a game for quite a long period.

3. How did you get on the forum?
The same friend that first mentioned bitcoin to me told me about it.

4.1. What prevents mass adoption of cryptocurrencies?
I'm probably one of the most bearish users around here, I still believe that bitcoin is a bit ahead of its time, there are lots of people who are still afraid to be in charge of their own finance, the same people who can't think for themselves and desperately need a strong hand leader even if by this they forfeit their liberties, people who would be too stressed or clearly incapable of storing and keeping their saving safe.

4.2. How do you think mass advertising of gambling projects has a positive effect on the development of the forum or harms the community?
I'm not a gambler and the only times I gamble are when I try to make a point with friends, going by the saying of putting the money where your mouth is, I don't know we can talk about positive and negative effect, but I'm pretty sure we can't talk about "harm", that would be an exaggeration.

4.3. How do you consider whether 2-3 years of experience in cryptocurrency is enough to successfully invest or does an investor need to receive special education?

Bitcoin maximalist here, you don't need skills to buy and hold. For altcoins, so-called investing skills come well after luck.

5. What do you think of the current Merit system and signature campaigns?  Do they harm the forum?
The merit system was the thing that helped cleaning the forum and stopped a lot of spam, as for the signature campaign as long as they are well managed and managers don't allow useless spam they are not harming the forum, quite the opposite.

6. The most useful forum topic? Most helpful users?
Probably the introduction topic, and the whole beginners and help board, and if ain't it should be . As for the most helpful users, there are quite many, and listing some while forgetting ones and at the same time putting them in an order like ranking wouldn't be fair so I'd rather not do it.

7. 3 things you would implement on the forum?
First would be the banning of proven scammers, then probably the demerit button and finally bringing back the features in the ignore button, some users should know that guy is ignored by the entire board and that would prevent feeding the trolls so many times. Of course, all can be abused and have drawbacks but the forum would be better with them not without.

8. Do you trade on exchanges or invest in projects?
I stopped trading years ago, and I think I'm getting too old and to busy to keep up with new projects, so again no.

9. Tell a story about your big profit or big loss?
Well, I don' have one, I made small gains and small losses, as I said I'm not much of a trader nor investor and I usually play around with little money.

10. What do you think about the DEFI ecosystem?
Just an overhyped fad.

11. Is your anonymity a vital necessity or precaution?
I wouldn't call it vital, of course, I would keep as many details about myself hidden as its nobody business who I am and what I do for a living but at the same time  I don't think my life will end if somebody would find out my name or my address, after all, there are hundreds if not thousands of people who know me in real life, and probably a lot of them hate me more than people on this forum.

12. The last cryptocurrency book you read?
I've never fully read a single one.

13. Advise 3 cryptocurrencies/tokens for investment in the next 1-2 years?

Bitcoin, BTC and BTC.

14. How much will Bitcoin cost at the end of 2020?
Somewhere between 10-15k$, as I said, I'm not a trader because I know I suck at anticipating things.

Thanks for the invitation.  My answers to some of these turned out to be much longer than I thought they would:



I first head about Bitcoin around mid-2013.  I had started to distrust the national media, so started watching news channels from other counties.  While watching RT, I happened to catch an episode of the 'Keiser Report' where they frequently discuss how corrupt the traditional banking sector is.  Naturally, that resonated with my own impressions of the world, so I got into a habit of watching it.  In a few episodes they started talking about Bitcoin. 

I didn't quite "get it" at first because they only discussed the speculation side of it, but figured I'd look it up.  Found some Andreas Antonopoulos videos and started to understand the idea a little better.  Played with a few faucets (as they were actually worth the time in 2013) until I was ready to buy.  Kept digging and learning more.  Fast-forward a bit and here I am today.  I grew tired of Max Keiser after a while, though.  Bit over the top.  Too much bluster.  Also, that altcoin he launched was an absolute atrocity, so that was probably the nail in the coffin.



I bought my first bitcoin in late 2013.  Seemed like a no-brainer after what I had learned and also taking into consideration the torrid state of traditional finance.  I wanted an "out" and here it was.  It was an in-person cash trade because handing out bank account details is extremely risky and I've always been wary of that.  Met them at their house, which I'd been to many times previously, handed them a wad of cash, they sent the BTC to my address (along with a much smaller amount of LTC and NMC to their respective addresses, since I figured I'd diversify a bit). 

The whole thing felt a bit frantic, as the BTC price was climbing pretty rapidly on a daily basis at that point, so I was naturally eager to get the trade done.  Managed to get onboard around the halfway point of that early bull-run to ~$1200.  Then continued holding all the way back down to around $200.  It was a concern, initially, but I never considered selling.  Quite the opposite, In fact.  I bought a little more on the way down, having originally planned to buy more on the initial purchase if it weren't for the price rising so quickly.  



Can't remember exactly.  Probably just found it on a search engine while researching.  Glad I found it, though.  I've learned more here than on any other website.  Aside from bitcointalk.org, the only other social platform I'd recommend to others is bitcoin.stackexchange.com because pretty much all other social media is terrible.  This place is a veritable treasure-trove of information and knowledge.  I like to think I do my part in helping keep it that way.



In short, bad first impressions and bad habits.  Lots of people are somehow given the impression Bitcoin is some sort of get-rich-quick scheme, so straight away they're off to the wrong start with some pretty big misconceptions about what they're getting into.  Or they avoid getting into it at all, because they would naturally be wary of get-rich-quick schemes.  On top of that, most people have spent their entire lives trusting financial institutions and don't know how to function any other way.  People tend to leave their funds in the hands of third parties because it's "convenient" and then they effectively receive a third-rate experience of what Bitcoin really is.  If they don't embrace the mindset Bitcoin was founded upon, they're probably going to have a poor experience and they definitely won't receive all the benefits Bitcoin potentially confers.  I know some of us die-hards sound a bit stuffy and boring when we talk about the underlying principles and personal responsibility, but Bitcoin was designed this way for a reason.  Person A signs the transaction over to person B and that's it.  Job done.  You don't introduce any middlemen to the equation, because they can then block your transactions or lose/steal your funds.  Which kind of defeats the purpose.

As controversial as it may sound, until people can understand crypto properly, I'm beginning to feel like "mass adoption" would actually be a bad idea right now.  I don't think human beings, generally speaking, are ready for Bitcoin.  They've got too many bad habits to unlearn.  I want Bitcoin to be for everyone, but at the same time, I want everyone to be safe when they use Bitcoin.  And right now, most of them would use it in an unsafe way.  They need a bit more time and a lot more common sense so they don't hand their money over to twitter scammers impersonating celebrities, as they're seemingly prone to doing.  We don't need more of that, so mass adoption can wait until people are smarter (again, generally speaking).  I know it sounds harsh, but I don't think it's wrong to believe that, given the depths of sheer foolishness I've witnessed recently.



Honestly feeling a fair amount of indifference to this question.  I figure if these projects are going to find a way to advertise somewhere on the internet, it might as well benefit our little economy here.  Probably doesn't make a big difference in the grand scheme of things, though.



Firstly, I'd draw a distinction between investing financially and investing conceptually.  Not everyone does both.  If people are just looking to gamble, they don't require a great deal of education to do that, aside from being able to spot obvious scams.  But if people really want to understand the ethos of Bitcoin and get involved in the correct way, then yes, spend as much time as you can educating yourself before taking the plunge.  As I pointed out regarding mass adoption, there's a great deal to learn.



Having been around prior to the creation of the Merit system, I can comfortably say the forum is a much better place as a result of it being implemented.  There's now a certain expectation that junk posts won't be considered acceptable, which is healthy for the community as a whole.  It's still sometimes a challenge to find a stimulating conversation, but that might be partly due to the fact that I've been around long enough to have heard many similar ideas rehashed over and over.  But the quality is still higher than what it was in the olde days.

And I think, even more important than merit, is the sterling work some users do in reporting plagiarism and bots.  It's bad enough to have similar ideas rehashed, but when it's the exact same post you read just two pages prior, suddenly duplicated next to another username, that's when it gets really tedious.  It really is a community effort to keep that crap to an absolute minimum, so my thanks go out to those people.

As for signature campaigns, the honest answer is it depends on the campaign in question.  Some definitely have higher standards than others.  It's clear there are always going to be a few companies that just want to advertise their product cheaply and aren't overly concerned if their participants are producing good-quality content or not.  Sometimes it feels like they target a bare minimum, but could probably do better if they tried.  It's a tricky one to get the balance right.

I do think signature campaigns should be prevented from forcing participants to make a minimum number of posts per week/month/whatever to qualify for a payout if that hasn't been done yet.  Making people post when they have nothing worth saying is a really bad idea. 



Wow, where to begin?  There are so many fantastic people dedicating their time and effort to help.  I suppose if I had to nominate one person in particular, since they're noticeably absent at the moment, I'd give a shout out to DannyHamilton.  I do miss their well-reasoned and informed contributions to the forum and hope they return at some point.  For topics, this one is crucial reading for anyone who isn't quite clear on what this Bitcoin stuff is all about:  https://bt.irlbtc.com/view/5215927.0



Uh... I think I proposed adding descriptions for some of the subforums that don't currently have descriptions once.  I'd like to see more strict guidelines for the Press/Media board to prevent spam and maybe cut out the cryptoblogs who sadly haven't proven to be any more respectable than the mainstream media in terms of journalistic integrity.  Other than that, I'm fairly content with how things are.



I'm quite cautious.  I used to dabble with altcoin trading in small sums, but haven't logged into an exchange in ages.  There are just too many reasons not to do it anymore.  I don't trust any of them and can't comprehend how people just leave vast sums of wealth in the hands of total strangers on the internet.  It's downright crazy when you stop and think about it.  Another factor in the decision was the increase in prevalence of KYC/AML requirements, which I'm convinced creates more identity theft than it prevents.  Fortunately, when the exchange I was primarily using annouced they were implementing KYC, I was up overall and decided to quit while I was ahead.  Dumped any alts I had on that and any other exchanges for BTC and withdrew it all.  I don't have much in the way of altcoin holdings these days.  Only the ones that never got deposited online. 



Since I was always pretty cautious back when I did trade on exchanges, most of my "losses" are theoretical ones caused by not selling at the right time.  I'm still holding some Byteball/Obyte which at one brief, glorious moment was probably worth around 3 BTC.  It's sadly nothing like that value now.  Definitely regret not selling that when I had the chance.  But they were completely free to obtain (via what was quite possibly one of the only few credible and legitimate "airdrops" the community has ever seen), so I take solace from the notion that it's not an actual loss.



In theory?  Sounds good.  In practice, based on what little I've seen?  Sounds utterly abysmal.  I call shenanigans.  If it really was decentralised finance, it wouldn't be so profitable to exploit and there wouldn't be anywhere near as much hype around it as there currently is.  Maintaining a safe distance unless I start to see signs of legitimacy.  For the moment, I just get the impression people are brazenly glossing over all the negativity and obvious scams with ICOs and simply rebranding them DEFI, or "wrapped" tokens to pull the same old stunts all over again.  They're just trying to make a quick buck with marketing buzzwords and outlandish claims.  Avoid at all costs for the moment.  There might be a few honest attempts in the mix, but most of it looks pretty toxic.

That said, I'd love to see a day where we can completely abandon custodian exchanges and consign them to the history books where they belong.  I still love the idea behind "atomic swaps" which would allow purely peer-to-peer trading between blockchains.  It's just the current trend I'm not keen on, where some people are clearly abusing the idea to sell snake oil through mindless tokenisation.  Overall, it feels like the technology isn't there yet.  There's still a fair bit of development work to go before atomic swaps are truly viable to enable the kind of genuine decentralised trading this current, largely illegitimate, DEFI fad wishes it could emulate.



Not really.  I certainly wouldn't go as far as saying it's vital, but at the same time I feel like I could have easily done more to obfuscate it. 



Never have, heh.  In some ways I like to think I'm a clever person, but in other ways I'm an absolute philistine.  I should read more books. 



Can't offer any specific advice, since I'm mostly out of the altcoins game.  And wouldn't feel particularly comfortable doing so even if I could.  If you are going to speculate, make sure you're thinking for yourself.  You can't rule out the probability that someone is a bagholder of any given coin and is looking for a way to pump the price so they can get out.  I've said this already in a recent topic, but never ask for investment advice unless you're in a position to be able to verify what you're being told or you trust the expertise of the person providing the advice implicitly. 

Also remember that trading is often as much blind luck as it is looking at the fundamentals of each coin and reading charts and so-called "technical analysis" (which you need to take with a large pinch of salt).  Speculation is a variety of gambling.  No ifs or buts about it. 

I will, however, say sternly what to avoid.  People need to get the hell out of Tether/USDT while they still can.  I can see that ending badly for all involved.  Stablecoins in general seem pretty shady to me, but Tether is blaring all the warning sirens. 



Ask me in thirty years or so.  I've got no plans on selling any time soon.  My concept of "value" isn't in how much fiat I could obtain for my Bitcoin in the short term.  Future purchasing power is certainly of interest.  Maybe one day I could buy a house or something.  But for the most part, this is my "nest egg" or retirement fund.  I can't trust society with safeguarding my conventional state pension and I sincerely doubt many in my generation are going to get one at all, let alone one they could actually afford to live on comfortably.  Troubling times ahead, methinks. 



Caught me a bit by surprise, so thanks for asking me.  Honestly wasn't expecting to be contacted for one of these.  Hope people find it interesting or useful.  I better get on with reading a few of the other interviews I've missed since I last checked in on this topic.  Cheers.  

Thank you for the interview invitation and now let's start one by one.

I became interested in crypto in early January 2017 even though a friend told me about crypto in mid-2016.Trading and investing are the reasons why I was interested in crypto.

I don't remember exactly when that happened, but I believe I bought my first crypto a week or two after I got my exchange account in February 2017.
Actually I didn't buy bitcoin at that time because I had very little capital. I bought ethereum and traded it.

Forum are the most sought after if someone is familiar with bitcoin and altcoin. This is because forum are a place for the community to gather and discuss thing related to crypto. This forum has lots of experienced and knowledgeable users so I can use it as a place of learning and also get a little extra capital to trade through bounties and more.

The government and its regulation are the biggest barrier to the mass adoption of bitcoin and altcoin. Moreover, not everyone around the world is aware of the existence of bitcoin and crypto today. So in my opinion government, regulation, knowledge are some of the things that prevented the mass adoption of crypto until recently. I think another consideration for this is price volatility.

We can all determine which choices are good and which are not. Deciding to become a gambler simply because of forum advertisement, the risk has to be accepted. Gambling will have a negative impact on everyone and that must always be considered.

Knowledge and experience are factors that can increase the chances of success in investing. Investing without knowledge is tantamount to suicide. Money, knowledge, experience are all we need. There is no need to learn specifically to become a crypto investor in my opinion, because that is not a guarantee that we will always be profitable.

The merit system is a great way to improve the quality of most users post and prevent spammer from rank up. So far I think the merit system has been quite successful and makes the forum look cleaner than before.
The signature campaign doesn't break the forum in my opinion if it's done by a quality poster.

In global: https://bt.irlbtc.com/view/703657.0
In Local: https://bt.irlbtc.com/view/764664.0

I only wish the best for the future of the forum. I want forums to improve the security system so that it is not easy for hackers to steal user account.

Yes, I was a trader at first but not for now.

Regarding the amount, maybe I don't need to say it here. But I have experienced profits and losses like any other trader.

New trend for now. I'm not really interested in that.

Between necessity and prevention. I want to gamble without being recognized and I will look for sites that do not require KYC as a precaution. I don't want people to know how many crypto assets I have right now because it's quite risky. So anonymity is a necessity for prevention.

I don't have it, I'm just used to knowing something about bitcoin on the internet. There are no physical books.

1. Bitcoin
2. Ethereum
3. Litecoin

I'm not sure how much it will cost at the end of the year. But I think the price of bitcoin at that time was around $15000- $20000 and that is quite realistic to think about.

Thank you for giving me the opportunity to answer that question in a concise and straightforward manner. I'm not an expert in this field, but I'm just trying to learn something useful for me and the community. May be useful.