Without these two users I wouldn't had known the phase of the forum by now, especially to Satoshi who has fought for us in regards to financial freedom.

‎‎Also a user which I so much love his knowledge, in terms of development and programming.
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‎ JJG is one knowledgeable user I so much admire and follow up his guidance and support, since then I have been able to expand my knowledge and wisdom bank through his directives.
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‎‎TBH, if those meal presented on the contest where to be physically served meal to forum, I could have eaten enough and woke up in the next contest again to get refilled. What a wonderful event on board
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‎ well, as far as I know; Stake.com has been one of the awesome projects here on the forum
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‎ I have come to understood that this user puts all efforts to make sure he deployed a tools alternative to what has been existing, those with a little modification.

‎‎This user has tried his best in making sure that forum remains a safe place for everyone, especially in terms of AI fighting.
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‎ I see this dude to be professional in their management skills and are well renounced. I love their undying love for the community with outright sincerity.
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‎‎I have seen their input in our local community and I really appreciate their efforts and the role they both played.
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‎‎These are wonderful women I found on the community and they deserves it.

Satoshi's legacy have changed the world and the reason we are having this award. He has created job for millions of youths around the world and his contribution to humanity will endure the test of time. He is a real blessing to the world.

Icopress have hosted this award for six years, thanks for the good job you are doing in the forum. He is committed to making this place fun and that is something no one can take away from him. He is a very perfect candidate for this award.

‎JayJuanGee stand out in his writing skills and knowledge of Bitcoin. He has mentored a large number of low income investors by giving them explicit approach to Bitcoin accumulation and even people who never thought they could invest in Bitcoin are doing so through his writings. He is definitely loved by many in the forum.
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These are two highly knowledgeable members of the forum whose contribution cannot be overemphasized. LoyceV developed several useful tools for making the forum safer such as those that track all information posted on the forum, the one that track spammers especially newbies that post one line even the tool that tracks every wallet posted on the forum. 

‎‎These are the most memorable events of the forum. The Pizza Day is one of the remarkable event for all Bitcoin lovers because it represent the first time Bitcoin was used to purchase commodity.

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A very good platform that list a lot of Bitcoin platforms such as exchanges, mixers and others. The merger with Ninjastic even makes it broader and more helpful as it holds the records of the forum in an easy retrievable order.

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After seeing many users nominate *Ace* for this position, I decided to check the account to see his contribution and why many people are taking note of him in the forum. Indeed he is a big discovery because his works speaks volume of what an asset he is to the forum.

‎I have come in contact with him a couple of times and I appreciate his wealth of knowledge and how he visits every part of the forum, contributing and being of help to all. He is one person I respect so much work he is doing to make the forum great.
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These are two exceptional managers that have their unique way of delivering the highest quality. When it comes to managing successful projects of the forum, they proudly step forward.

‎Rikafip developed a wonderful local board stats that gives overview of how the various local boards are doing. Through his monthly analysis we have seen the growth progress and otherwise, of the various local boards. He deserve the ward because his tool touches all the local boards.

Igebotz have been doing a great job moderating the Nigerian local board.
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‎SmartGold01 is one of the notable women in the Nigerian board who have been a big motivation to other females to join the forum and learn about Bitcoin
Foxpup is a notable female figure in the forum who have assemble some of the finest brains when it comes to Bitcoin.

The forum is the place we know it because of those two guys here. Thanks for what you are doing, even if we often take it for granted, we should thank you every day.
Theymos is the "invisible hand" behind the forum. Guiding it in the long run, slowly steering to preserve the long term benefit of the community, taking strategic decisions on a very long-term horizon (Mixers, epochtalk).
LoyceV is spreading knowledge on the forum. Not only Technical knlowledge, but also metrics about the deeper functioning of the community (trust). Also spreading wisdom and dry humour. Which is good.


They are making the forum a better place for everyone.
Powerglove evolved the obsolete technical format of the forum into something completely new. We don't need a fancy graphic. We need reliability and groundness. This is a bitcoin forum, after all!
Tryninja was developed outside the forum, something I often use to analyse what is happening in the community. Also, not only is he fully devoted to improving his products, but also, like he has some spare time, he's always willing to help!

d5000 When you see his posts, you understand why this community is a notch above the others. He keeps going on with the legacy of old users and Ogs.
JayJuanGee: his infamous walls of text are an infinite source of wisdom about Bitcoin. You always learn something. He's a role model to me since I joined the forum many years ago. Also, he competed in the latest Pizza contest, with a good outcome!


Epochtalk's decision was to put an end to an infinite saga here on the forum. Like I said: we are interested in the long term resilience of this community, that pass trough a tech platform, not in having a fancy graphic. Forums have their problems, but I suspect the graphic form of that is only a minor aspect of that format.
April Fool's Day is the craziest day on the forum. It's like the Super Bowl: a day you cannot miss here. The only day of total randomness.
The Bitcoin Pizza contest is my favourite: not only significant in the bitcoin history, but a contest where the bar was significantly raised over the years. Today, more than one creations are outstanding!


It might not be an entirely new project, but the revamp of the old website with the addition of the API gave the possibility of a totally new insight into the forum. I like the new project, and the dashboards are incredible. Also, the project is evolving by the day.

*Ace* was a new, shy user on the Italian board. He self-admittedly knew not a lot about bitcoin, and he approached it for the right reason: to learn. Then he started contributing on the coding side. He developed a couple of scripts for my personal use, then started putting his skills at the service of the community, making his contribution available to the whole forum. Definitely, the demonstration shows that there are many ways to contribute to this community.


How could we do without Gazeta? The silent, friendly monster of the forum? He's working under the radar to spread knowledge across the forum with AOBT, correcting every hidden typo or misspelling! A relentless, unstoppable grinding power. Something like the train in GTA.


They contribute to the forum with their relentless pursuit of projects.
Krogothmanhattan organises raffles on a continuous roll, putting his collection at the disposal for nw users, helping to spread the knowledge of "physical bitcoin" goods.
TryNinja provides the tech backbone to the community. I have spent hours on his websites. Literally.
icopress organises contests to keep the community alive and united! And believe me when I say that the hard part is not putting online a nice OP post or organising the gallery with 150 pizza pictures. The handling of the associated drama must be something we truly appreciate!

Those tho contributors on the Italian board often post elsewhere, even if the standing of their contribution would easily stand out in the international board. The knowledge of the bitcoin protocol by Plutosky, the analytical skill by arulbero and the passionate advocacy by babo should get more echo on the international boards. They decided not to post in English. Who am I to disagree?


There is no second best. There is no need to articulate this answer.

Yes, there are six full days left (until the end of February). I created the thread before I moved it here from the archive (it was there for creating bbcode, cross-links, etc.... in short, I needed an anchor thread). So the end of February is a suitable deadline.

The top three most influential people on this forum

• Theymos - One of the highest rights holders on this forum
• LoyceV - The largest data holder of this forum
• DdmrDdmr - When he launches the Merit Airdrop there will be many users able to receive merit from him.

These two people present a very useful site that makes my job a lot easier

• LoyceV - with https://loyce.club/
• TryNinja - with https://bitlist.co/search

• ABCbits - I think he's very knowledgeable on technical topics, so when a user writes something wrong he jots it down in his Thread on the Reputation board

• Bitcointalk Community Awards - this event is not only about great prizes, but also notes valuable forum contributors.

• BitList - Can acquire from old domains, indicating that Bitlist will be a project on an ongoing basis

• Satofan44 - Despite all his controversies that make many people mention his name, he is also a knowledgeable person

• taufik123 - He consistently showed his skills as a wood carver until it became a valuable work

• Apart from the names mentioned above these three users YOSHIE, julerz12, Awaklara are also worth mentioning, we can see the contributions he has made in this category.

• Husna QA - The only Merit Source in Lokal Indonesia, with its neutral nature and valuable contribution on the Local board, I respect it.

Two great women with different backgrounds

• lovesmayfamilis - Brave Woman, of all she does like reporting junk posts, makes me like her character.
• SatoPrincess - Calm Woman, a chronological series of what happened on this forum throughout 2025, impressed me.

(Please forgive my laziness: there are many names that I thought to include, and many people that I think deserve more recognition than they get, but, I'm sometimes detail-oriented to a fault, and, combined with the energy-wise slump that I've been going through recently, I know that if I want to avoid overshooting the voting deadline then I need to limit myself to just a handful of nominations.)

I've always liked theymos and his particular way of thinking. This community is very lucky IMO to have someone like him running things.

This category mentions "a member whose name symbolizes consistency", and I think that both these names score very high in that regard. They're always around and always adding value.

For some reason I've stopped hanging out on the D&T board, so I'm not up-to-date on what's been happening over there. But, back when I used to frequent (and back-read) it, I always really enjoyed parsing Greg's posts.

This one really cheered me up, and it gave me a bit of hope that the forum might someday find its way back to a more cypherpunk-compatible philosophy.

I do still miss the old Ninjastic.space site, though. Just saying.

I haven't interacted with this user, but, I get good vibes from some of their posts (that is, they seem helpful, constructive, intelligent, and so on).

I enjoy him and always find him to be doing what he can to push back against all the shitbirds trying to bleed this place dry.

I really enjoyed working with him on Merit Poker, and besides leaning on him for all of the game's visual assets, I found him to be full of good ideas and helpful suggestions. He put a ton of effort into his collectible, and I think it turned out very well.

GB and I have done our fair share of vote-counting duties together, and he's always very pleasant to work with (and I always enjoy our little chats).

I mean... it's basically a forgone conclusion each year, isn't it? I wish that she was more active (because I mostly only get to enjoy her dry sense of humor by occasionally bumping into her old posts), but, in many ways she's indirectly present via the small corps of quality posters that she supports.

More than two years after he had to leave the forum, his posts still earn more Merit than most users. His legacy will help forum users for many years to come. He definitely left an indelible legacy.

Still the best candidate for this category, and not only because of his name. He's made finding older posts much more accessible, and I still use his site at least weekly.

The users above are #2-4 on my Sent Merit list, and I've seen their posts everywhere during the year. I often find myself unable to send more Merit because of the 50 per month limit. Those users are truely Bitcoin Geeks.

This, of course. Although I always feel like I can't do everyone justice because I'm terrible with names and don't have the time to re-read everything I've read in the past year. Last year I said I should take notes this year, unfortunately I slacked off and had to improvise again.

Last year I decided to call this member a "Project", and I'll do it again this year. I'm talking about his contributions on improving the forum. He announced he's stepping down, so this is my last chance to nominate him as Best Project.
You've made it to #1 on my Sent Merit list again, which is quite an accomplishment with 294 well-deserved Merits.

Although not technically a Newbie, stwenhao made most of his contributions in 2025 and stood out this year. He thoroughly understands how Bitcoin works on a technical level.

Since I hate AI chatbot diarrhea with a passion, I'm nominating these users for their contributions to the AI Spam Report Reference Thread. In order of appearance above, they've contributed 224, 222 and 164 posts to that topic.

I'm still thinking about this one.

I'm only fluent in one local language, and that board is almost completely abandoned.

Year after year after year

I partially (largely) based this list on my votes from last year. Consistency doesn't change much

I made a Top 50 of my sent Merit in 2025, to help me find back the right users:

Reserved... I will be dropping my votes before the end of tomorrow

Satoshi invented Bitcoin and this platform that brought us together. Without him,  some of us wouldn't have had the opportunity to get the opportunities that Bitcoin offers and the knowledge that is available here free of charge. This is why he deserve the award of Hero of Good. Theymos made sure that the legacy of Satoshi is sustained and without him and the improvements he has made in the forum, this forum would have been gone or not running well and that will definitely affect Bitcoin.

He is everywhere in the forum like a Ninja. Anyone who spends one month in this forum will know. I have read some of his posts and they carry real knowledge of cryptocurrency in general besides his understanding of this forum and how it should function effectively. I dont know how big the storage of his computer is to accommodate the amount of data in his possession.  

I have so many reasons for voting for BlackHatCoiner and d5000 but the obvious is that they both love and advocate for Bitcoin. The have unique knowledge of Bitcoin and how it functions. I have so much respect for them because through their post I have learnt a lot about Bitcoin.

This is probably one of the most entertaining contest in the forum. It is special because to participate you need to be creative and hardworking because carving a pumpkin requires some physical strength. Those who participated in the last edition will understand why I came up with that statement.

I have not used all these tools but I have used some of them and they are fantastic.  So long as they help make this forum data retrieval and presentation easier and better, they have my vote. And those who went out of their way to develop these tools are the real MVPs.

I have always had the impression that he is Theymos assistant because the way he takes the forum personal shows exactly that. I've seen some of his posts which shows he is constantly working to make the forum better and enjoyable which is why I love he is doing.

This guy is so talented in the area of graphic designs and has unique way of doing his work. I have once recommended him for a friend who needed his services and he did not fail me as he delivered beyond my friend's expectations.

This guy is so proactive when it comes to making the forum uncomfortable for scammers. I think he has deleted more posts of scammers than any moderator I can think of and he is very active in many sections of the forum.

He moderates the Nigerian local board and have done well in organising it and arranging the topics into their rightful places. He is a good moderator who also help people in many ways and always supportive of quality discussion in.the local board

I think this is the most influential female or female character in this forum. I don't know whatever gang she leads and what they do, but seeing a female wade such level of influence made me nominate her for Miss Bitcointalk. [/code]

He has been maintaining a good atmosphere on this forum for 14 years now and has not allowed it to change for the worse, as happens with many forums.

The user chose a successful nickname upon registration

I often came across his articles about Bitcoin.

Driver for market growth

I found the necessary information about NO KYC exchanges there.

He writes his posts in an interesting way.

He has extensive experience in mining and a lot of knowledge.

I don’t know when he manages to be so active and hold so many competitions on the forums.

He has already earned more than 5K merits and is actively communicating on the Russian board.

An active member of the Russian community. She writes helpful posts.