Altcoins Talks - Cryptocurrency Forum
Crypto Discussion Forum => Forum related => Topic started by: NotATether on April 03, 2024, 07:37:14 AM
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In case anybody doesn't know, I run a bitcoin node challenge over on Bitcointalk (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5480200.0). The idea is so that anybody who happens to need a few merits can start a Bitcoin Core node to help the wider network, leave it running for a while, and get rewarded with merits in return.
It costs a large amount of merit to run this sort of challenge and over the past few months I have distributed hundreds of merits.
So maybe if anybody has a favorite altcoin they would like to help by running a node or a validator then that could be a great idea.
One impediment is that I have almost zero Karma here (LOL) so it would mean someone else would have to run it.
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First of all, i wonder if it's okay to use karma in this way. After all, it's different from admin's guide[1]. Do you have any specific altcoin in mind? After all, some blockchain have since in TB or require faster CPU (e.g. to verify complex smart contract).
[1] https://www.altcoinstalks.com/index.php?topic=657.0 (https://www.altcoinstalks.com/index.php?topic=657.0)
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It's a great idea to introduce and bring its light here as well. It earned much attention and success in BTT even I have been considering participating on the BTT challenge whenever I find a bit of time. The only concern now is choose who will select a specific altcoin that everyone agrees upon, or if each user will be free to choose different altcoins.
One aspect you may not have noticed is that Karmas differ from sMerits in that you don't need to earn sKarmas to qualify for sending them. You can send 1 Karma every certain period ( for me it’s 10 hours every time) not sure if it’s the same for everyone, its only only requirement is to hold at least a Senior Membership or above.
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GxSTxV has already shed light on it. There's no limit to the karma one can share. The criteria is been senior member and above. But I guess there are some regulations in spending it despite its nigh infinite number.
If a node is going to be picked I think something cheap to set up and with good potential would suffice. Not to mention one the majority would like to agree on.
Ethereum and solana would be good but a little expensive. Divi is cheaper but not really widely known.
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I have been to your that Bitcointalk thread and I would say that you're doing a great thing by actively meriting the ones who are taking part in that thread by running their own Bitcoin nodes.
I think a similar approach could be done on this forum, but this forum doesn't have a system similar to merits and thus one may think about something else.
The Karma system is a lot different from the merit system of Bitcointalk, and if admin agrees then such users might get a few Karma by taking part in a similar thread.
However, instead of you giving them Karma, it should be either admin or the other members that support that thread and give Karma to the participants for their contribution.
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NotATether do you have enough karma to give to members in altcoinstalks forum? ;D
There are limitations how many karma you can send to users, except if you pay for this limitations to get removed.
I would be surprised if someone would run a bitcoin node for karma.
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NotATether do you have enough karma to give to members in altcoinstalks forum? ;D
There are limitations how many karma you can send to users, except if you pay for this limitations to get removed.
I would be surprised if someone would run a bitcoin node for karma.
As far as I know, most users (who already have access to send karma) can only send 1 karma per 10 hours.
(https://i.ibb.co/GMVrWF5/Screen-Shot-2024-04-04-at-21-45-20.png)
However, staff such as admin or president can send more than 1 karma at a time.
And if the OP wants to make a challenge by giving a karma reward (more than 1), the OP needs to ask the staff for help.
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It would be great and also I think much of peoples will also interested to run node in on altcoin but the problem is the karma system is different from the merit system in Bitcoin talk. Yes it can be possible if the admin and the staffs take any steps on it because they have the ability to give more than one karma in without need of time gaps.
But I have one more idea that you can create a community with 10 or more than 10 people who will support the node runners like how you support the users on bitcointalk. Let's say if there are 15 people in the community, then by creating Telegram group then those who successfully run the node will be given the post link and if 15 people give one karma, the user will get 15 karma easily. ;D
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However, staff such as admin or president can send more than 1 karma at a time.
And if the OP wants to make a challenge by giving a karma reward (more than 1), the OP needs to ask the staff for help.
I think it is time for admin to change this rule with 1 karma limitation.
Introducing more karma for higher ranked members that are active would be great and it would stimulate more karma circulation.
Sometimes I want to send someone 3 or 5 karma, not just 1.
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In case anybody doesn't know, I run a bitcoin node challenge over on Bitcointalk (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5480200.0). The idea is so that anybody who happens to need a few merits can start a Bitcoin Core node to help the wider network, leave it running for a while, and get rewarded with merits in return.
It costs a large amount of merit to run this sort of challenge and over the past few months I have distributed hundreds of merits.
So maybe if anybody has a favorite altcoin they would like to help by running a node or a validator then that could be a great idea.
One impediment is that I have almost zero Karma here (LOL) so it would mean someone else would have to run it.
You don't have to own karma to give Karma like it is on bitcointalk where we have to own smerits in other to be able to send merits to other users, but the thing here is that, you can't send more than 1 karma to a user per time, and to send another 1 karma to the same user, you will have to wait for 10 hours.
Anyways, aside the karma sending limitations which is supposed to act as the reward for what you are proposing, I think this actually is a great idea, but I believe alot of us will be interested, but what I think will hinder most of us from participating is not meeting the minimum requirement software and or hardware requirements to run most Altcoin nodes/become validators.
I personally have tried one time to run an Altcoin node for one Altcoin project like that, but gave up after seeing the their hardware and software requirements, and finding out how much it will cost me to acquire such hardwares the meets the required specifications, I couldnt afford it, so I just gave up.
But all the same, I will be here to see how this goes.
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I think it is time for admin to change this rule with 1 karma limitation.
Introducing more karma for higher ranked members that are active would be great and it would stimulate more karma circulation.
Sometimes I want to send someone 3 or 5 karma, not just 1.
You're just used to it giving merits on another forum and see this in that perspective. But if to look at it like on likes in social networks, you just give +karma when you think that a post is useful/charming/informative/very positive for you. You don't rank it by levels, you just like it. ;)
So you give not the number of karma, you give +karma or -karma for a post. :)
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First of all, i wonder if it's okay to use karma in this way. After all, it's different from admin's guide[1]. Do you have any specific altcoin in mind? After all, some blockchain have since in TB or require faster CPU (e.g. to verify complex smart contract).
[1] https://www.altcoinstalks.com/index.php?topic=657.0 (https://www.altcoinstalks.com/index.php?topic=657.0)
Personally I see no problem in distributing karma in technical challenges... I think technical discussions is the best use of karma, and probably among the best discussions available in any cryptocurrency forum
Better the pricee prediction discussions, inflation discussions and whatever that we see a lot every dau
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First of all, i wonder if it's okay to use karma in this way. After all, it's different from admin's guide[1]. Do you have any specific altcoin in mind? After all, some blockchain have since in TB or require faster CPU (e.g. to verify complex smart contract).
[1] https://www.altcoinstalks.com/index.php?topic=657.0 (https://www.altcoinstalks.com/index.php?topic=657.0)
Personally I see no problem in distributing karma in technical challenges... I think technical discussions is the best use of karma, and probably among the best discussions available in any cryptocurrency forum
Better the pricee prediction discussions, inflation discussions and whatever that we see a lot every dau
Just think of karma as a bonus because experience and knowledge of completing technical challenges are more valuable than that. However, a trigger is sometimes needed to invite participants to a challenge.
In addition to running the Bitcoin node, I also tried running the Monero node (its Blockchain data is currently about 130 GB).
(https://i.ibb.co/mFSkyV3/Bitcoin-Node01.png)
(https://i.ibb.co/fGL6yMB/Monero-Node.png)
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Just think of karma as a bonus because experience and knowledge of completing technical challenges are more valuable than that. However, a trigger is sometimes needed to invite participants to a challenge.
Karma could be more important if admin make some changes.
Users with most karma received every month could have unlocked some paid features, or have ability to send more than 1 karma in ten hours.
In addition to running the Bitcoin node, I also tried running the Monero node (its Blockchain data is currently about 130 GB).
Was this monero node any different than bitcoin node?
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Just think of karma as a bonus because experience and knowledge of completing technical challenges are more valuable than that. However, a trigger is sometimes needed to invite participants to a challenge.
Karma could be more important if admin make some changes.
Users with most karma received every month could have unlocked some paid features, or have ability to send more than 1 karma in ten hours.
the fact that campaign managers are among the users with most karma is interesting.
They look to be more awarded by the community here than in bitcointalk.
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In addition to running the Bitcoin node, I also tried running the Monero node (its Blockchain data is currently about 130 GB).
(https://i.ibb.co/mFSkyV3/Bitcoin-Node01.png)
(https://i.ibb.co/fGL6yMB/Monero-Node.png)
Monero is probably the most important altcoin that needs nodes. Not counting Bitcoin Core because that is not an altcoin (obviously), the others are either too niche and have very few users such as Litecoin, Doge (doge is actually more memes than actual use), Grin, or they have lots and lots of validators already, enough for the network such as Ethereum - and people are already getting paid on-chain directly for running a staking node in the first place.
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As far as I know, most users (who already have access to send karma) can only send 1 karma per 10 hours.
To clarify it further, you cannot send karma to the same user in ten hours. But you can send karma to others! I just tried giving Karma to you and NotATether and both worked.
@NotATether, you can ask moderators (Probably Jokers) if they can help with running a similar contest or if you have a friend circle who can help you by sending the participants karma will work too. I can send a Karma to participants if you ask me after they complete the challenge. After all, it won't costs us anything.
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@NotATether, you can ask moderators (Probably Jokers) if they can help with running a similar contest or if you have a friend circle who can help you by sending the participants karma will work too. I can send a Karma to participants if you ask me after they complete the challenge. After all, it won't costs us anything.
I think that it can be an interesting educative event which can help different users to understand how to run an own node and what underwhater stones can be there, how to solve possible problems, etc. I think that if there will be an interest with this contest, we'll try to find a way to help with +karma for the most active participants. :)
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I think that it can be an interesting educative event which can help different users to understand how to run an own node and what underwhater stones can be there, how to solve possible problems, etc. I think that if there will be an interest with this contest, we'll try to find a way to help with +karma for the most active participants. :)
I was kind of confused if you could send multiple karmas simultaneously because the president said no moderators or specific groups could send multiple karmas at the same time except the admin and the president. But I thought moderators could send multiple karmas simultaneously, so I mentioned your name.
@NotATether, Do you know if it's still possible to mine Testnet Bitcoin without an ASIC or a Graphics card? If so, let the community mine some testnet Bitcoin. There is a lot of demand of testnet Bitcoin but most of the testnet faucets died these days.
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I was kind of confused if you could send multiple karmas simultaneously because the president said no moderators or specific groups could send multiple karmas at the same time except the admin and the president. But I thought moderators could send multiple karmas simultaneously, so I mentioned your name.
Only admin and the President have an option of giving more that 1 karma per time. But there can be other options. Firstly, we can ask them. Secondly, there's a strong Russian community on the forum and I can propose them to take part in this action. Years ago we helped some prominent users with too small amount of karma from other sections if their input in the forum was good. And I'm sure we can find other ways to support the contest if it will be successful. :)