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0. How to Use .................................[HOW]
1. Coinchat at a Glance .......................[INT]
2. Features ...................................[FEA]
2.a Basic Commands and Tips.................[BCM]
2.b Personalization ........................[PER]
2.c Points System ..........................[POI]
2.d Whitelisting Level and Reward System....[WHI]
2.e Deposit, Withdraw, Tipping and Fees ....[DWT]
3. Rules ......................................[RUL]
3.a Network Wide Rules .....................[NWR]
3.b Moderated Room Rules ...................[MRR]
4. Advanced and Miscellaneous Stuff ...........[AMS]
4.a Room Creation and Management ...........[RCM]
4.b Bot Making .............................[BOT]
4.c Miscellaneous ..........................[MIS]
4.d Abbreviation List ......................[ABV]
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0. How to Use [HOW]
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Before we start, you might want to know how to use this guide. It's simple - use find
feature of your browser that open this document (CTRL+F or COMMAND+F), enter the code
of a section. For example, if you want to go to Rules section, just enter [RUL] and go
to that section.
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1. Coinchat at a Glance [INT]
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Welcome to Coinchat! We are a chat network and community integrated with Bitcoin. For
your information, we are running on node.js platform, not IRC, so you cannot access this
chatroom from any IRC client. In here, you can chat with a good community about many
diverse topics, ranging from discussion about bitcoins, gaming, coding, politics, and
many more.
If you think of this site as an earning site, or pay-to-chat site, you are in the wrong
mindset. It is true that you are getting autotips to some extent with a good, eligible
line of chat, but think of it as just a bonus for a good quality chat. We have wonderful
community that is really rewarding more than any number of mBTC you may gain from
chatting here!
Remember, don't be unintelligent in your chatting - try to use correct spelling,
grammar, punctuation, and so on - and try conversing with another people, not only
talking one-way to the room. It's okay if you didn't understand English, or didn't
have English as your first language - there are many language-specific rooms here, like
#espanol, #italy, #germanchat, #indonesia and many more. You can use your own language
there if you want. Main channels are English only though, but it can encourage you to
learn the language. Don't worry, we won't bite! Many of users here are good at teaching
proper English (be it British or American English), so you can always learn from us.
There are google translate too to try converse in English.
You can deposit coins here too, and tipping other people your mBTCs for fun and other
things. You can also try some bitcoin-based games user made here, and compete with other
users in PvP-based games. There are points system too here, that we can +1 another user
if we are really like their lines. It is independent from rewards system and can be used
to measure our trust level. You can also personalize your accounts, adding profile
picture, information, and even change the colo(u)rs of your text.
For a coder, you might learn node.js programming by making a bot that hosts games or
giving good information to people, like translating bots, information bots, etc.
An aspiring room owner may create their own room too. The catch? None! You can create
room of your own as long as the room followed network-wide rules.
At the conclusion, try Coinchat yourself and enjoy the community here to the fullest!
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2. Features [FEA]
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Coinchat have many features that is IRC-like, and we will cover it here. It ranges from
nick autocomplete, mbtc autotips, point system, and many more.
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2.a Basic Commands and Tips [BCM]
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These commands can be used in any room or PM in Coinchat :
1. /help - Shows a basic summary of all available commands to the user.
2. /me [chatline] - It is an action command, can be used to talk in first person and
made your line italicized.
3. /join #[roomname] - Let you join a room or make a new one if it is not created yet.
4. /pm [username] - Let you PM another user.
5. /ignore [username] - Let you ignore all lines from the specified user so you won't
see them anymore. You can use /ignore without any parameters
to see your ignore list.
6. /unignore [username] - Let you unignore/unblock someone from your ignore list.
7. /tip [username] [amount] [notes] - let you tip another user in mBTC, the amount is
in decimals. Tipping fee 20% flat applies, so
the receiver won't get full amount.
There are few tips and tricks too that made life in Coinchat easier :
1. Press the +NEW ROOM/PM button in left sidebar to see a list of popular rooms.
2. You can add another user as your friend by clicking their name (opening PM screen)
and click the "Add Friend" button in top right sidebar. A friend will appear at
friend list in roomlist window's right sidebar (after you press +NEW ROOM/PM), and
their nick will be highlighted in bold everywhere in chat.
3. Coinchat will automatically fill in the username for you with the TAB command! To
use it, type the first few letters of a user's name and then press TAB. For example,
if you want to autocomplete 'arshvein', just write 'ars' and press TAB.
4. Coinchat has custom smilies. Click on the happy Coinchat Kitty symbol next to the
Colo(u)rs tab and then click on one to use. The spam filter prevents you from using
more than one of the same smiley in a message. There are 'turn on converting' feat,
that converts standard smilies ( :) :P and so on) into CC smilies.
5. To see a list of active mods, you can go to #mods.
6. Sometimes, when you leave and re-enter a window, you'll see an orange dotted line.
That line indicates where you last left off when you closed the window.
7. You can have a maximum of 26 rooms or PM windows open at any time. A notice will pop
up when you reach 25, but the maximum number is 26.
8. There are two themes of Coinchat - 'Light' theme and 'Dark' theme. Font colo(u)rs
are currently disabled in Dark theme. You can switch between themes by clicking the
button in top right of CC window(it will say Dark if you are in Light theme, and
vice versa).
9. There are unofficial CC roomlist in www.coinchat.info. It is useful to see most of
the rooms in Coinchat.
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2.b Personalization [PER]
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You can change your profile by clicking the green 'Profile' button on top right of CC
screen. There, a pop-up box will appear and you can change your profile information.
It is entirely optional, and you may choose not to fill it in case of anonymity. You can
also upload your profile picture and change your password there. The profile picture
are capped at 150x150 pixels, jpg or png, and maximum 10 MB in size.
From top to bottom, the fields on profile information are : Age, Gender, Location, and
Bio. Once you changed it, you can refresh your client to see the changes.
Your profile will be shown when other user hover their mouse on your nick in any rooms
except PM. It will also show your current points(will be explained in the next sub-
section). You can also buy colo(u)rs for 20 mBTC each. The colo(u)r you bought can be
used indefinitely once you bought it, along with your default colo(u)r. Note that the
colo(u)r is in simplified, 3-code HEX colo(u)r. http://www.colorpicker.com/ is a good
link to pick your colo(u)r before buying it. There are one special font, rainbow font,
that can be bought at 2 BTC. To get it, you need to contact admin and discuss it with
him.
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2.c Points System [POI]
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When you chat, did you notice that there are a +1 button whenever you hover on other
user's line? It is a points system, like karma system in Reddit or reputation system in
G+, that we can upvote/like/+1 someone's lines if we really like it, or just want to
support and trust that person. It is independent of rewards system, and work regardless
of our status. Think of the +1 as form of appreciation from other users about our
activity and quality of our conversation. Do not beg for it, it needs to be earned.
We can add another user's point a certain times each day - it started from 2 to 3 per
day, but it will increase depending on our numbers of points. So, people with more
points can add another people's points more often each day.
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2.d Whitelisting Level and Rewards System [WHI]
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In Coinchat, we can get random chance to get random autotips / rewards automatically
from the system if we wrote eligible lines and produce quality chatting. An eligible
line are a line that have more than 35 characters in it and didn't have any spam texts.
Your odds will fluctuate because of the spam filter based on the quality of your
messages - like the time between messages (posting multiple messages rapidly will lower
your odds, just use the multiline tag instead), how short(or long) your message is,
quality of your lines, etc. The rewards can drop in any room.
There are status of each user here in coinchat that affect your autotip chance, and
those status can only be changed by mods or admin. They are :
1. Blacklisted - it means the user get no rewards at all. It is signified by a '.'
before 'Click to PM' text when you are hovering on your nick's lines that didn't use
/me or /tip. Only problematic users get blacklisted, but it is not permanent so you
can redeem yourself by making a good conversation and contribution.
2. Unwhitelisted - it means the user get low chance of attaining rewards / autotips. It
is signified by a '*' before 'Click to PM' text when you are hovering on your nick's
lines that didn't use /me or /tip. If you are just registered, you are on this state
by default, so don't worry.
3. Whitelisted - it means the user get medium chance of attaining rewards / autotips.
Your nick won't have any symbols before 'Click to PM' text when you are hovering on
your nick's lines that didn't use /me or /tip. It is a status for user who have
interesting conversation or contributed sufficiently in coinchat, and notified by
mods here. Once again, whitelisted is not permanent, and you can be unwhitelisted
back if you showed problematic behaviors, breaking the rules often, or displaying
low-quality conversation even after being warned.
4. Promoted - it means the user get high chance of attaining rewards / autotips. It
is signified by a '+' before 'Click to PM' text when you are hovering on your nick's
lines that didn't use /me or /tip. It was given with strict criteria to user who
contributed greatly to the conversation and community for a long time. It needs
many mods or admin approval to get it, so it is pretty rare.
How to increase your status :
* DO NOT ask to be whitelisted or promoted, mods aren't supposed to whitelist people
who request it.
* Hang around the main rooms, #newbie, #offtopic, #bitcoin and #lobby where the mods
usually lurk about.
* Talk about actual stuff with other people and do NOT spam or cause trouble - to be
whitelisted, the mods have to believe you're contributing to Coinchat as an actual
user, not just doing this for the sake of rewards.
* Keep your positive attitude at your stay in Coinchat, and you'll see the merits.
* Contributing positively to the community for a long time.
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2.e Deposit, Withdraw, Tipping and Fees [DWT]
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To either withdraw or deposit mBTC into Coinchat, you just need to have a bitcoin wallet
- any type of wallet will do, but we suggest you to use offline wallet like bitcoin-qt,
electrum, multibit or armory for better security. Remember a bitcoin phrase : "You are
your own bank!".
Deposit from any wallet to Coinchat is free of charge, you just need to factor in the
miners fee. To deposit, just press the deposit button in top right screen, send any
number of mBTC (minimum 1 mBTC) to the address that is depicted there. You might need
to login into coinchat first if you haven't do so. It will be in your coinchat balance
after one confirmation in the transaction. If it is not appeared in your balance, try
refreshing the page. If it is still not appeared, try contacting us directly at
admin@coinchat.org.
To withdraw, click the Withdraw button, put in the amount you want to take out, then put
in your wallet address, and submit. You need a minimum of 5 mBTC to withdraw, and don't
withdraw all your balance, it appears that we cannot withdraw the whole balance - for
example, if you have 5.5 mBTC for example, withdraw 5.45 or 5.49 instead. There are no
more withdrawal fee right now, only a miners fee of 0.1 mBTC per transaction!
Tipping tips and tricks :
* Minimum tip amount is 0.05 mBTC (new!).
* There is a 20% flat fee docked from tips, so if you tipped 0.25 mBTC, the recipient
will get 0.2 instead.
* You can tip people even if they're offline!
* Be careful when you tip someone. If you tip an inexistent user, the tip will be lost
forever. You might need to contact admin to return it if possible.
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3. Rules [RUL]
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As a chatroom and a community, Coinchat has its own rules. As an user, you might want to
read and understand those rules first before going into this chatroom fully. Remember
to uphold netiquette too, as people behind those nicks are real person. You can read
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html to understand about netiquette. There
are Network-Wide Rules that applied to every room and PM, and there are Moderated Room
Rules that only apply to official moderated rooms.
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3.a Network-Wide Rules [NWR]
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1. Do not spam anywhere on the Coinchat server. Spam includes, but is not limited to:
* Copypasta - unless it is relevant to the conversation, don't copy paste things.
* Gibberish.
* Messages strictly about you earning mBTC, in example: "If I type a message over 35
characters, I'll get paid. Ooh, I got 0.01 mBTC!"
* Talking to yourself in other rooms or posting messages over and over with no one
to read them.
* Advertising where it isn't allowed by the room owners.
2. Do not flood any of the rooms, even PM. We know.
3. All bots must have the word "bot" in their name, and be reported in mods.
4. Do not mute or ban evade. To dispute a ban please email the admin at admin@coinchat.org.
5. Do not do anything illegal on the server. Discussion of illegal activities is allowed
to a certain point (i.e. drugs). If it's something that can get the site in trouble,
it isn't allowed.
6. Don't post links to malware or malicious websites.
7. Do not impersonate other users or create accounts with names mimicking or
impersonating others.
8. Don't advertise anywhere where it isn't allowed by the room owners.
9. Don't mention coinpr0n in anywhere else.
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3.b Moderated Room Rules [MRR]
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Four of the rooms in Coinchat are actively moderated, they are #offtopic, #lobby,
#bitcoin and #newbie. They are often users' first impression of Coinchat, so they are
moderated more strictly than the rest of the site. You can create and set your own
rules in your own rooms as long as they don't break the network rules.
1. Network rules apply.
2. Don't post NSFW stuff (NSFW means Not Safe For Work). Go to other room for that.
3. NO REFERRAL LINKS. That includes CoinURL links and the like. You can post such
links in #reflinks and #links.
4. Do NOT beg or ask for tips in either room. To do that, you can go to #begging.
5. No advertisement unless it is really relevant to the conversation. Room advertising
are okay to some extent if the room are a discussion room, not a gamble room. It is
okay to promote your own room if it is not too frequent and not disrupting current
flow of conversation.
6. No trolling or flamewars.
7. If a mod asks you to drop a subject, please do so.
8. Bots are NOT allowed in #offtopic and only certain bots are allowed in #lobby.
9. Do not use hate words - racial and anti-gay slurs, sexist names, things like that.
Hate speech is not allowed and is deeply frowned upon.
10. Colo(u)rs that is very bright or contrast to the eyes are not allowed to be used.
It includes white that is virtually invisible until selected. You can use it
in any other room you want, just not in moderated channels.
11. English only in the moderated rooms. You are welcome to stay in the modded rooms
in other languages, please go to the appropriate room. An occasional reply in
your native language is okay, as long as it is not disrupting a conversation or
develop into a full conversation with that language in moderated rooms.
12. Don't talk about yours or other people's auto-tips. You can go to #meta for that.
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4. Advanced and Miscellaneous Stuff [AMS]
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4.a Room Creation and Management [RCM]
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As a user, you can create your own room if the room name is not yet taken by other user.
You can either use +NEW ROOM/PM and put the room name in the text box, and click JOIN /
CREATE, or use /join #[roomname] - if the room isn't there, it will be automatically
created with you as an owner. You can only own five rooms at most, so carefully choose
what room you will handle here. If no one is inside the room, the room will be destroyed
automatically and you can create new room (if you are at the room cap).
These commands are only available in room (it cannot be used inside a PM) :
1. /listop - Gives the list of all assigned operators of the room. A room owner is an
operator too unless they are deopped by other operator.
2. /op [username] and /deop [username] - Sets a user as an op and removes op status
from a user, respectively. Only works if you
are that room's operator.
3. /kick [username] and /unkick [username] - Kickbans and unbans a person from a room,
respectively. Only works if you are that
room's operator.
4. /set private and /unset private - Sets and unsets a room as a private room. Only a
friend of room owner can enter a private room.
Only works if you are that room's operator.
5. /topic [new channel topic] - Sets a channel's topic to the new ones. Limited to 494
character maximum. You can put links in topic, using
http/https.
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4.b Bot Making [BOT]
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In Coinchat, there are bots, like in IRC chatroom. They are not allowed to autopost
things, however. Bots here need to be interactive with a normal 'human' user, either for
games, or doing some other services like translation, currency converter, etc. There are
few rules regarding bots that user can create here :
1. Bots must have a separate account with "bot" in its name.
2. Bots can NEVER post messages unprompted.
3. The only exception to that rule is that they can post an ad in their own room
a couple times per day, and not too frequent.
4. Bots need to be reported to #mods after it's established so it can get bot privilege
such as using bold fonts and 2% tipping fee.
Those bots need to be created and written in node.js and socket.io, as Coinchat are
built on node.js. Do note that there are already many bots around - if you want to make
a bot, try making some bots that is utilitarian (non-gambling) or unique that it is the
only one in Coinchat.
These are useful tutorial links to make a bot for Coinchat :
1. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=188952.0
2. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=283958
3. http://devthecoder.com/?p=16
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4.c Abbreviation List [ABV]
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PM : Private Message
CC : Coinchat
IRC : Internet Relay Chat
BTC : Bitcoin
mBTC : millibitcoin / millibits
OP : Operator, commonly used as room operator.
Mod : Moderator, commonly used as local/global moderator.
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Creator : Arshvein
Date of Creation : October 31st, 2013, updated : November 21st, 2013
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