The Stake campaign is filled with frauds & questionable accounts

[nutildah]

Signature campaigns that turn a blind eye to scammers, cheaters & spammers make the forum measurably worse in 2 different ways:

1) They carelessly flood the forum with crap posts that nobody reads.
2) They encourage shitty behavior by hiring cheaters & hacked or bought accounts.

I've taken it upon myself to identify accounts in the Stake campaign that probably wouldn't be accepted into any other campaign.

Tagged as a spammer:

Fredomago
shinratensei_
X-ray
len01
TelolettOm
Dunamisx
Farma

Purchased or hacked accounts (known):

₿itcoin
dezoel
Velvet78
Republikcoin.com
fuguebtc
GigaBit

Purchased or hacked accounts (likely):

TastyChillySauce00 (changed name in 2023 or 2024, corresponds with password reset)
Marvell1 (used to belong to a US-based altcoin miner, new owner is not from the US)
Webetcoins (US-based casino owner, new owner is not from the US)
DanWalker (seems to have changed hands at least a couple of times; original owner was an altcoin miner)

Accounts with tags for questionable behavior:

Dr.Bitcoin_Strange
Agbamoni
DaNNy001
$weetne$$

The Stake campaign only hires Legendary or Hero members; I assume because that's supposed to signify their preference for seniority within the forum system. But the meaning and effect behind this is diminished by people who buy their accounts. This is why several of these accounts haven't managed to get over 100 merits in over 10 years of existence: they are absolute shitposters grandfathered into Legendary status before the introduction of the merit system. You wouldn't look twice at their application if they were a rank that corresponds with their actual rate of merit reception, because their posts are that bad.

Now I don't want to say every member of the Stake campaign is a shitposter because that's obviously not true. There are a lot of good posters in this campaign. However, it does harbor more frauds than any other campaign by a longshot.

I have to wonder if such sloppy and careless management is a reflection of Stake itself as a business. Their campaign is bad for the forum as a whole. If you want me to give additional explanation as to why, I'd be more than happy to do so.

I was once in a campaign...that has ratings...
Despite being almost the highest merited account there, I got "marks" below posters who have been banned for displaying a signature due to spam.
Not giving names, but it's so easy to figure out...not a painstaking.... guesswork.
Yeah, I'm talking about stake, lol!!!

If someone is curious...
https://asktom.cf/index.php?action=profile;u=785777
https://asktom.cf/index.php?action=profile;u=718234
https://asktom.cf/index.php?action=profile;u=837148
https://asktom.cf/index.php?action=profile;u=428664
https://asktom.cf/index.php?action=profile;u=342066
https://asktom.cf/index.php?action=profile;u=436371

all banned on the same date, all in the same campaign, all stopped posting after that without questioning the ban...
Probably another farm that will be reactivated in 3 months once the ban expires

[AakZaki]

How could it produce quality posts, Stake pays a maximum of 70 posts per week. Of course the participants will pursue quantity rather than quality. That is why their spreadsheet is not displayed, even in their ANN campaign they only write Min 25 posts per week. But in reality, the maximum they pay each week for each member is 70 posts.

And maybe this is just a coincidence with the name you mentioned above, last night I also checked Farma because his sigcamp is written as (Banned from displaying signatures until 20 March 2026, 20:59:24.) Then I tried to check the top wallet because I thought it was the receiving address from Stake, but instead it brought three other connected names..

Code:

Farma - 0x9912A26C431e997469168A48443Eaca978B4fe0D
Sent to
Binance Deposit - 0x1c752C36385798140Cc289C2a57a6E3872C53078

https://bscscan.com/tx/0x212f56c04edd73249b4d76c0719415c9ffa1bc78f41ec1ce5e49b72eb854aa01

Main Wallet = Binance Deposit - 0x1c752C36385798140Cc289C2a57a6E3872C53078
https://etherscan.io/address/0x1c752c36385798140cc289c2a57a6e3872c53078



Other connected names:

Code:

ancafe - 0x34f0fdd5f53265BDb05670790f1eD5940040D01b
Sent to
Binance Deposit - 0x1c752C36385798140Cc289C2a57a6E3872C53078

https://etherscan.io/tx/0xd4796b6c36d8ef33e26ddd66315471751f5b93a753152a236e05a6f39a819389

Code:

Orangell - 0xB8bfb790dEB55AC70f186c71E25adBfaEb40044c
Sent to
Binance Deposit - 0x1c752C36385798140Cc289C2a57a6E3872C53078

https://etherscan.io/tx/0xda00ab5a8fb13bf685559a6afecc9c9c02e8b467f14c7e98a4fd65c721921205

Code:

Dr.Osh - 0x99372EaF86aFDCFEa0DeBBE3E32CB48a601972Be
Sent to
Binance Deposit - 0x1c752C36385798140Cc289C2a57a6E3872C53078

https://etherscan.io/tx/0x51346bae44454459c52010473294fffa8e9aa08e60a7aece9e3c4395fc85803d
So two of the four names that I mentioned above have previously joined the same bounty. The Standard  Signature Bounty


I hope you, especially DT or anyone else, will verify my findings.

[EarnOnVictor]

Now I don't want to say every member of the Stake campaign is a shitposter because that's obviously not true. There are a lot of good posters in this campaign. However, it does harbor more frauds than any other campaign by a longshot.

Stake has been accused and stereotyped on the forum for a long time, yet they make the same mistakes for the same reason.

Frankly, though I don't know how they select their campaign members, I was there before, so I know the efforts the campaign made for rating posters. Perhaps they reneged at some point, I don't know, all I know is that their internal mechanisms for filtering are good, yet spammers and shitposters creep in.

This means that those who are reading and rating their posts could be overwhelmed by the insane number of permissible posts, which has always been the issue with the campaign.

Stake should do well to significantly limit the number of weekly posts, like any other campaigns in the forum. This will attract good posters to them and also help them to be able to effectively monitor their campaign. The current method is overworking both the posters and those who are monitoring them.

[LoyceV]

Almost 7 yaers ago, Stake was already paying users to spam Bitcointalk. I have no hope the forum will do anything about that.

[ABCbits]

Purchased or hacked accounts (known):

₿itcoin

This user especially stand out since it's known hacked/purchased donator account. In addition, i notice he distrust some member who left him negative feedback. See https://loyce.club/trust/2025-12-13_Sat_05.18h/83045.html.

I have to wonder if such sloppy and careless management is a reflection of Stake itself as a business. Their campaign is bad for the forum as a whole. If you want me to give additional explanation as to why, I'd be more than happy to do so.

For other reader, this isn't first time Stake campaign receive this kind of accusation. Here are some other that i found,
Stake.com signature campaign low quality but long writing posters
Fulfilling signature campaign post quota by recycling own posts
What is happening in the Stake…
If you were a campaign manager would you select these members for campaigns?
AI usage, 3rd time in a few months
Reee: Which campaign has the most spammers?
AI posts and my feedback on the borovichok account
Report a Signature Campaign Spammer!
Problem with Stake.com Signature
Stake.com (SteveStake) is encouraging spam.

Edit: @LoyceV mention oldest one while i searched for those threads.

Edit 2: I somewhat agree with opinion stated on this post about Stake campaign management, https://asktom.cf/index.php?topic=5498998.msg64176454#msg64176454.

[JollyGood]

It is possible that several of the spamming accounts are operated by the Stake campaign manager. As many of us would never associate with the low quality spamming accounts yet Stake opted do it, the possibility remains the campaign manager might have enrolled accounts they are controlling.

Such is the sub-standard  level of posting there that who from Stake would notice whether their campaign manager was doing a good job or not (or accepting some of their own accounts in the campaign).

Of course, some accounts are posting in a constructive manner but many are just posting nonsense to meet their campaign quota and in effect getting paid for it.

Now I don't want to say every member of the Stake campaign is a shitposter because that's obviously not true. There are a lot of good posters in this campaign. However, it does harbor more frauds than any other campaign by a longshot.

I have to wonder if such sloppy and careless management is a reflection of Stake itself as a business. Their campaign is bad for the forum as a whole. If you want me to give additional explanation as to why, I'd be more than happy to do so.

[yahoo62278]

It is possible that several of the spamming accounts are operated by the Stake campaign manager. As many of us would never associated with the low quality spamming accounts yet Stake opted do it, the possibility remains the campaign manager might have enrolled accounts they are controlling.

Such is the sub-standard  level of posting there that who from Stake would notice whether their campaign manager was doing a good job or not (or accepting some of their own accounts in the campaign).

Of course, some accounts are posting in a constructive manner but many are just posting nonsense to meet their campaign quota and in effect getting paid for it.

Now I don't want to say every member of the Stake campaign is a shitposter because that's obviously not true. There are a lot of good posters in this campaign. However, it does harbor more frauds than any other campaign by a longshot.

I have to wonder if such sloppy and careless management is a reflection of Stake itself as a business. Their campaign is bad for the forum as a whole. If you want me to give additional explanation as to why, I'd be more than happy to do so.

I cannot say with 100% certainty that the company is not managing accounts, but I personally wouldn't think so. They have no need for it since so many apply in their thread.

They have a lot of participants in the campaign and of course some are spammers, but if you look at number of participants in each campaign and count the spammers they prob are near the same ratio as other campaigns. You just see more because they have the larger number of participants.

You guys can bitch and moan all you want but history has shown that the forum is not going to do anything, so why keep making threads about it? Pm the mod that's helping with the campaign and see if they can tighten the standards or something. Report the posts you feel are spam and use your time better. Tag accounts involved in scam and do your best to police the forum that way vs making threads that are gonna go nowhere.

I wear the sig and hopefully I am not considered a spammer, I also am not here just defending a company that pays me. Speaking the truth from my point of view.

[Rikafip]

$weetne$$

Members like him are confirming what I've been saying for quite some time, that merit system is not doing its job anymore, and that is preventing shitposters from reaching higher ranks.

This guy is the epitome of a shitposter, yet he managed to farm 500 merit in a relatively short period of time. Once he reached the 500 merit mark needed for Hero rank, he went full retard (which wasn’t a long trip, btw), and since then has been exclusively polluting the gambling board with his drivel.

Its unbelievable that someone is actually paying him to do this.

How could it produce quality posts, Stake pays a maximum of 70 posts per week.

70 posts per week? Jesus. If true, that's just horrible.

There are very few members who can write that amount of posts and still keep the quality and to pay so many shitposters for up to 70 posts per week is just awful.

[nutildah]

They have a lot of participants in the campaign and of course some are spammers, but if you look at number of participants in each campaign and count the spammers they prob are near the same ratio as other campaigns.

If you go by the % of enrolled accounts tagged as spammers or purchased accounts, Stake is far worse than any other campaign that is currently active. Its not even close. And I left out 5-8 accounts which I suspect are purchased but don't have the time to thoroughly investigate at the moment.

There's no point in trying to reach out to the campaign manager -- they've made it clear several times they're not interested in changing anything. So the point of this thread is to publicly shame them and the absolute shitposter accounts they not only employ but encourage.

[DireWolfM14]

I try not to take it personally, because Stake as a company is a serial spammer.  They spam the entire internet, not just bitcointalk.

But honestly, even the participating accounts that aren't listed in the OP are mostly shitposting sig spammers.  Some have their moments of making a decent post once in a while, but for the most part I skip reading the post of anyone wearing that avatar.

A fun exercise is to look through the post history of the participants and see how consistently they make 50 posts per week, lol.

[FinneysTrueVision]

70 posts per week? Jesus. If true, that's just horrible.

There are very few members who can write that amount of posts and still keep the quality and to pay so many shitposters for up to 70 posts per week is just awful.

If you go far back in their spreadsheet there was even users making 115 posts per week, all 115 of those posts in the gambling section. Their ‘best posters’ seem to be chosen at random, since it's usually a new set of posters each week, many of them being some of the worst spammers on the forum.

[Awaklara]

If you go far back in their spreadsheet there was even users making 115 posts per week, all 115 of those posts in the gambling section. Their ‘best posters’ seem to be chosen at random, since it's usually a new set of posters each week, many of them being some of the worst spammers on the forum.

I just saw this and it was really surprising. They pay for posts that aren't even limited per week. This makes every participant feel like they're in a race to make as many posts as possible and earn more money than others. 
I know not all participants registered in the campaign are like that. Now they set a maximum post limit for each participant based on the weekly rating. But the maximum post limit is still quite high, between 50-70 posts per week.

[notocactus]

I just saw this and it was really surprising. They pay for posts that aren't even limited per week. This makes every participant feel like they're in a race to make as many posts as possible and earn more money than others.  
I know not all participants registered in the campaign are like that. Now they set a maximum post limit for each participant based on the weekly rating. But the maximum post limit is still quite high, between 50-70 posts per week.

You know many mixer campaigns in the past have max weekly post cap is 50 posts and even the most successful campaign ChipMixer have about 50 participants with that 50-weekly post cap. There is no spam problem with ChipMixer because they only hired most quality, best posters in the forum.

About Stake, they easily hire spammers into their campaign, that's their biggest problem as it's like waste of their marketing budget. If they hire better posters, they would have better effects from same weekly budget.

You can set a 100 posts weekly as a limit but only pay to eligibe posts, and spammers will stop spamming when they realize that spam posts won't be accepted.

Like Yobit with a spam campaign run outside the forum, their campaign changed when it was managed by yahoo62278.
Yobit.net signature campaign

[LoyceV]

You know many mixer campaigns in the past have max weekly post cap is 50 posts and even the most successful campaign ChipMixer have about 50 participants with that 50-weekly post cap. There is no spam problem with ChipMixer because they only hired most quality, best posters in the forum.

Compare the difference in image of users enrolled in these two campaigns: CM signatures were a sign of good posts. Most users with Stake signature are just spamming. Stake doesn't seem to care about their image, so I can only assume spamming must be profitable for them.

[stompix]

Here is an example of the quality of a stake poster:

The Bayern Munich vs Sassuolo match has become quite competitive. Now Munich is leading 2-1. Even though they are leading by only 1 goal, Munich will definitely win today.

Sassuolo took the lead in just 13 minutes with Ismael Kone's goal. And the first half ended 1-1. Munich was able to equalize with Bartesaghi's goal. Only 2 minutes into the second half, Bayern Munich confirmed the lead with Bartesaghi's second goal. In the second half, Sassuolo players are not able to create many attacking opportunities. They only had 3 shots. On the other hand, Munich's boys are trying to increase the gap in the match. My guess is that the match will end 3-1 or 4-1. The most likely outcome is 3-1.

The mofo realizes after being called that something went wrong, deletes the posts, and puts it in Seria A topic:

The AC milan vs Sassuolo match has become quite competitive. Now Munich is leading 2-1. Even though they are leading by only 1 goal, milan will definitely win today.

Sassuolo took the lead in just 13 minutes with Ismael Kone's goal. And the first half ended 1-1. Munich was able to equalize with Bartesaghi's goal. Only 2 minutes into the second half, AC milan confirmed the lead with Bartesaghi's second goal. In the second half, Sassuolo players are not able to create many attacking opportunities. They only had 3 shots. On the other hand, milan's boys are trying to increase the gap in the match. My guess is that the match will end 3-1 or 4-1. The most likely outcome is 3-1.

This is the level of shitposting that is rated 7 and 8 by the stake "reviewers".

Normally, I would not tag a shitposter, but when he has the nerve to bullshit me in a private message claiming that he owned this account from the start, by pointing to a signature from 2017 of course, while the account was purchasing asics in group buys from the US in 2014
https://asktom.cf/index.php?topic=521520.msg8198581#msg8198581
and you have a shitposter, a liar and an account buyer all in one, I can't deal with it anymore, so I deem it tag worthy!

[The Cryptovator]

As earlier LoyceV mentioned above, I raised concerns in 2019 regarding their spam. When I noticed that thread, it was quite surprising to me that they are still doing the same things and haven't changed anything at all. They really don't care about their reputation; from the beginning, they just like to make visible their signature on the forum. They can't realise they are doing nonsense, and that's why they won't build their reputation here and can't draw attention from the gamblers.

Most probably they are getting advantage from red-tagged users and spammers. They think they are getting campaign participants in cheaper. But they failed to realise they are wasting money. Stake are never going to behave themselves since a lot of years have passed, but they are still doing the same thing. Shame on the team Stake.

[Satofan44]

Most probably they are getting advantage from red-tagged users and spammers. They think they are getting campaign participants in cheaper. But they failed to realise they are wasting money. Stake are never going to behave themselves since a lot of years have passed, but they are still doing the same thing. Shame on the team Stake.

If the perpetrator does not care, the forum staff turns a blind eye, and DT does not do anything than usually you're left with a situation such as this one. Using words with those that only understand the sword does not work. I see some of these posters and pretty much every single post is complete junk. Generic, misinformation, outright lie or a combination of these.

Have you tried sending them a nicely worded PM? Make sure not to be mean.  

[Maidak]

It is possible that several of the spamming accounts are operated by the Stake campaign manager.

Although I have never had the opportunity to work on stake campaign, but I have a very good relationship with Caroll. It is a complete misconception that she could uses multiple accounts in her campaign. There may be some spammers in her campaign, but Caroll is a respected and trusted person.

And if someone is spamming, the best thing to do is report it to the moderators and manager, these types of threads have become a way for many to fill their post counts easily, lol...

[examplens]

Have you tried sending them a nicely worded PM? Make sure not to be mean.  

They are certainly informed about it.
In fact, the Stake campaign is a paradox. allocates the most for weekly payments compared to the competition, as far as I know, at least 5+ managers are involved in the management of this campaign, and they are still considered the lowest quality and a hotbed of spam.
Considering that Stake is seriously strengthening the brand, I don't see why they wouldn't be satisfied with the results.

[Satofan44]

And if someone is spamming, the best thing to do is report it to the moderators and manager, these types of threads have become a way for many to fill their post counts easily, lol...

That literally does not do anything, so fuck off scamming pajeet.

They are certainly informed about it.
In fact, the Stake campaign is a paradox. allocates the most for weekly payments compared to the competition, as far as I know, at least 5+ managers are involved in the management of this campaign, and they are still considered the lowest quality and a hotbed of spam.
Considering that Stake is seriously strengthening the brand, I don't see why they wouldn't be satisfied with the results.

Counting the number of posts does not equal to "managing" something, therefore this junk campaign does not have any managers. Nevertheless, indulge me. Who are these users? Can you you post their profiles?