r/BitcoinBeginners rules, stats, and what to post

This is a subreddit for people who are new to bitcoin and want to ask questions about it. The public description says it plainly, new users ask bitcoin related questions and the community answers them. The first rule reinforces that shape, posts should be questions, not articles or opinions. The description also carries a serious warning, do not respond to strangers who direct message you, because over 99 percent of those people are scammers. That tells you the room is protective of newcomers, and the rules back that up by banning promotion, begging, and private message solicitation. Altcoin talk is not welcome here either, this is a bitcoin only space.

Four rules decide almost everything for a founder here. “Bitcoin questions only” means your post must be a question about bitcoin, not an article, an opinion, trading talk, or price speculation. “No advertising new websites, news, blog, articles” bans websites, blogs, videos, surveys, and anything disguised as a question when it is really an advert. “No affiliate links or promoting referral codes” kills any link with a referral angle. “Do no use URL shorteners (spammers use them)” means even a shortened link to something harmless reads as spam here. There is also “No promoting altcoins, tokens, ICOs. No shilling. No concern trolling”, which bans shilling, begging, and asking people to move to direct messages for trades or help.

A good post here is a plain question about bitcoin, written like you would ask a friend. Start with what you are trying to do or understand, add a line of context about what you already know or tried, and end with a clear question. If your product happens to touch bitcoin, you can still learn here, but the post itself must be a question with no link, no brand push, and no offer to help people privately. Read the community description before you post, because it carries a warning about strangers sending direct messages, and that warning tells you a lot about what the people here worry about.

Do not post articles, opinions, news, blogs, videos, surveys, or anything that looks like an advert, even one dressed up as a question. Do not promote altcoins, tokens, or ICOs, and do not shill anything. Do not drop affiliate links or referral codes. Do not use URL shorteners, because the rules say spammers use them and the community treats them that way. Do not post general trading talk or price speculation, because that is offtopic here. Do not ask for or offer help over direct messages, and do not solicit p2p trades or investments. Do not beg, and do not concern troll. Finally, do not respond to strangers who direct message you after you post, because the community description says almost all of them are scammers.

The description warning about direct messages caught my eye, over 99 percent of strangers messaging newcomers are scammers, so any move to private messages reads as a red flag here before you even say a word. I also like that the rules call out adverts disguised as questions, which means the community has seen every trick and will spot yours. My honest read is that this is a place to listen and learn, not to launch. If you are building something in this space, come here to understand what confuses beginners, and post nothing but genuine questions.