First, always look at when the post you are responding to was written, because you just quoted someone from 1+ years ago. We call that necropost, and we avoid such things. I hope I don't have to explain why.

Quote from: irishbeast on June 11, 2024, 01:23:55 PM

I joined bitcointalk today and was serious hacked off. Said my IP had been used for "evil" in the past which is absolute BS and to post I had to send them some BTC, that's a horrible tactic. They know full well you can't sent 0.00002 btc or whatever it is from most exchanges so you are being forced to pay more. I have no issue supporting forums but I won't be bullied in to it!

It is just a kind of fight against automated (bot) creation of new accounts and possibly spam prevention. Maybe someone before you used the same IP address to access the forum, or if you used a VPN, these are the most common reasons for evil fees. It is mostly a symbolic amount and serves to confirm that a real person is behind the account.

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Can someone explain to me what a bounty campaign is? Is it to recruit new members. I have seen it mentioned here a few times but am not clear what it means.

Check the earning section https://www.altcoinstalks.com/index.php#c21
Be sure to check the date, maybe some bounty campaign is no longer active. Also, in each first post, you have the rules that are required from the participants. Sometimes the forum rank is not important, and sometimes it is exclusive only to a certain rank

Quote from: irishbeast on June 11, 2024, 10:36:00 PM

I managed to interrogate chatGPT into giving me a list of alt coins for a 5k portfolio and some of them looks good. I don't think the likes of Cardano will do much but could be wrong. Any thoughts on below? The last time it suggested a coin it was a complete flop!

Using AI especially GPT is not a wise option to find coins to invest in. As AI uses existing data on the internet and utilizes it to give you a satisfactory answer so the list you are seeing must be taken from an article written by the title of Top 10 or 5 alts to invest in. It (GPT) picked the alts from there and added his own words to it. If you are using the free version then its more dum if not then only a dumb idea to pick alts from AI.

I might consider using AI bots specialized for Trading or other crypto stuff as there algorithm would be dedicated but in this case using GPT which is not a trading or crypto-dedicated bot, I will pass it. I suggest you test Bybit's AI bot which is built into there Exchange. I find it more attractive but allow me to give you a disclaimer as well that it was also not so accurate when I tested it.

I’ve just stumbled upon a report by CoinShares, it seems like crypto miners might be gearing up to venture into the Artificial Intelligence (AI) sector! Because Bitcoin halving pushes up production costs to almost double, miners are scrambling to find ways to optimize their operations. And guess what? Redirecting their computing power towards AI could be the next big move!

Some key players are already making moves in this direction such as BitDigital (BTBT), Hive (HIVE), and Hut 8 (HUT). And it doesn't stop there - TeraWulf (WULF) and Core Scientific (CORZ) are either already involved in AI or lanning to dive in soon.

Well, think about it: as these mining giants shift their focus to AI, it opens up exciting possibilities for the AI sector's growth. And you know what that means - potential profits could skyrocket! But joining in some big AI tokens right now, such as FET or AGIX, is hard to get revenue. Instead, hunting for presale or IDO opportunities, like AURUMT, is a safer way to earn money in this chaotic moment.