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LOGAN PAUL LOST $3,500,000 IN NFT SCAM (Really?)
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Has anyone here actually LOST more money than they’ve made?
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I've spent many hours researching reddit avatars and still LOST money. It's all about context.
I can already forsee a post in the future: "Help! I LOST ALL MY BITCOIN! I sent them all to a public address on an old computer! What happened?!"
Wow, what a leap of logic.. this twat. Businesses in other countries want to sell something.... And so let's make US citizens criminals because of it. HOLY HELL SHES FUCKING LOST IT .
> muh China scare tactic Yes, China which has a ban on crypto is suddenly going to do a 180 and embrace crypto because it offers a *"private, and accessible platform"* > muh Tech will leave the US and we will have to catch-up The U.S has the 7 largest tech companies in the world including 20 of the top 25 tech companies. Apple's marketcap is around the GDP of the U.K and France. There is no tech and innovation in most of Europe. Sweden is an exception with innovative startups and smaller tech companies and a lot of them get acquired by U.S companies. > muh whole industry of jobs will be lost For the most part crypto doesn't really create jobs. For example, Cardano's IOHK employees a couple hundred people. Carrefour, a company that has roughly the same marketcap of Cardano, employees 300,000+ people. The revenue generated by crypto projects is dumping tokens on retail investors -- for the most part, they don't need employees to create tokens on retail investors. Most of these crypto projects rise up with hype, dump worthless tokens on investors and disappear in a few years. If you DON'T include Bitcoin and Ethereum, the OTHER 18 PROJECTS in the TOP 20 went from $240 BILLION MARKETCAP to like $50 BILLION MARKETCAP https://coinmarketcap.com/historical/20180108/ Almost $200 BILLION LOST in these projects in 5 years that's never coming back. No jobs created, no technological innovation that the U.S is missing out on, just hype to bamboozle retail investors of their hard earned money.
I got in Sept 2020, if I stayed in just the one, I'd be at a loss but several others keeping me at just over 1k in profit...have worked it out a lot and if most of my stuff reaches their ATH next bull, I will be pretty happy...some are expected to do very well. I've learned you haven't actually LOST anything till you sell or the one you bought is dead...as long as you invested in good tokens and can handle the wait...then you'll be fine...I will just remember to sell at a certain point this bull & then wait till the 80-90% drop before buying back in with some of my profits
yes! & thumbs up from me to your reply! because I hoped that point was clear to other customers, too! so, *THANK YOU,* for being someone who also understands that..as not sure why?? but seems far too many of our truly innocent brothers & sisters are being marketed to.. into believing a *now* multi-sig hot wallet is, somehow the same as an online hot wallet! and as, of course, the literal blueprint isn't the exact same! but the *basic* blueprint/model/potential wrong wave is the same. as is the Ledger NanoX is STILL marketed on Ledger's site pages as 'cold storage's wallet..which it is NOT. since it's now, for all who fall for this nonsense, NO LONGER a cold storage wallet! but leave it to Charles & friends to burn their previously loyal customers..those of us who STILL cannot fathom -or who are *willfully ignorant* about WHY Ledger's ridiculous change, this time around anyway, was..well.. disrespectful & tone-deaf & low social IQ stupid. because, really Ledger, between their advertised basic, cold storage wallet are ALSO STILL advertising 💯% contradictatry products that INVITE hacks/phishing theft's/wrench attacks!! and many who are already an IMMEDIATE financial target of cryptocurrency wrench attackers ACCESS to the names & locations of Ledger customers! since Ledger *ALREADY* allowed a data breach..leading, for hackers & wrench attackers, one/and or MORE than one of of their kids, a spouse, one or both of their parents, grandparents, etc, one or more of their locations! NO, Ledger: trust is LOST!! as you, NOW, have to change your conflict-of-interest-target-sales-demographic. what a SUPER-COLLASAL FAIL & only reinforced here in this baked-in, former BANK LESS sponsor!! so, what, on Ledger's next step and with so MANY [at this point, *former* ] but *no longer* customers' trust/trustless belief in Ledger...
Actually all type of ledger before this new opt-in feature. Check this out [I LOST MY 24-WORD RECOVERY PHRASE](https://support.ledger.com/hc/en-us/articles/4404382075537-I-lost-my-24-word-recovery-phrase?support=true). tldr: this article said that if you lost your recovery seed pharse while still have the access to your Ledger device. The only thing you can do is transfer all your asset to a new wallet as Ledger device cannot show you the seed phrase again, which is exactly how a secure enclave chip should work.
No, you go away. You and your stupid coin are useless and annoying. You constantly spam this place with threads every day even though nobody cares. GET LOST.
There are literally thousands of these scams over the years. You're wasting your time. 2017/18 I was among lots of people here identifying exit scams with vaporware tech/products, founder/CEOs with criminal pasts, documenting every step of their scam from paid hype, fake tech, zero delivery, price manipulation, purchase of houses to the final exit scam. Nothing comes out of it. For example look at the Substratum one of the most obvious scams in the crypto space. If you were calling this out early on, mostly you had people who fell for the scam saying your were being tribalistic and fuck the SEC. People in /r/cryptocurrency absolutely love investing in scams and money grab projects where worthless tokens get dumped on you. https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/7v5iuy/thoughts_on_substratum/dtpvv3u/ https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/9bzk5g/substratum_is_doing_a_second_ico_after_1_year_and/e57gzcn/ https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/doca6c/substratum_ceo_was_able_to_purchase_a_15m_mansion/ https://www.reddit.com/r/SubstratumNetwork/ Is a scam or a money grab scheme that collected $20 Million or $50 Million going to matter when you have projects calling hundreds of millions or billions? If you DON'T include Bitcoin and Ethereum, the OTHER 18 PROJECTS in the TOP 20 went from $240 BILLION MARKETCAP to like $50 BILLION MARKET-CAP https://coinmarketcap.com/historical/20180108/ Almost $200 BILLION LOST in these projects in 5 years that's never coming back. Almost all of it was hype, vaporware and a money grab scheme. There is no protection for naive investors in this space and naive investors will defend projects that scam them saying if the SEC goes after these projects it's stifling innovation.
Queue the videos of people crying “I LOST EVERYTHING IN PEPÉ!”
And metal coins that jingled in our pockets. And the government actually LOST revenue by making such jingly things. It was a very backwards world, little Jimmy.
What is this clown talking about. 1. "the numbers in crypto aren't real" - willing buyer willing seller you dumb MF 2. "millions of people have lost access to their account at FTX" - first of all, the exchange was fraudulent, not the crypto infrastructure itself. Self custody, have you heard of it!? (EVEN IF I LOST MY OWN PRIVATE KEY, SEED PHRASE, ETC -> if I lose my cash or a gold bar, is fiat and gold a ponzi too? I am pretty sure I can't get those back if I drop them somewhere.) 3. "NFT hate" -> okay the NFT arguments sound alot like the NFT hate comments on this sub 4. "Wash Trading" - do you think this doesn't happen in legacy markets? lmao
Skynet, please no! CARRIER LOST
Yeah, he didn't loose shit, WE LOST IT
DO NOT FALL FOR THIS SCAM I LOST 3000$! This is one of the biggest funded scams in crypto (millions invested) to fool investors like you and me and they do a damn well good job of it. Please do not fall for this. Donation are HIGHLY APPRECIATED BTC ADDRESS: 38ky2ts5rwzNgRUJLeiBtZZXkZN7nbzxDi
I hope this is fake smh I really wish I could move me and my family. The control they seek is insane! VPNs aren’t just used by criminals and they know that. Pray for us in the states, because our government is LOST
LOST ALL ON THE STOCK MARKET....maybe he was a broker? broker will make u broke :/
Bought ONE at .05 , jumped to .25 , sold , made 100k AND LOST IT ALL TRYING TO DAY TRADE . I fumbled the bag so hard it was quite embarrassing. -Wannaberichguy777
Fuck. svb went belly up... what the fuck are we going to do, alot of people just lost everything. Given we live in a capitalistic society, I think we should let it take its course... PRINT ALL LOST MONEY AND GIVE IT BACK TO THEM... wait but won't that take from everyone else who owns USD and devalue their money? TF, can someone through this bloke out a window, he's making us look bad
Ive never said criminality is the obstacle. Irreversible transactions on anonymous account are (one of) the obstacles. Criminality is just part of that. Also cash is on its way out if you havent noticed and your argument for crypto seems to be "well its not worse than cash". Congrats on your invention dude. Just think about this: every day a secretary makes a mistake and wires the wrong amount or to the wrong number money. Sometimes adding another 0. This happened like a 100x as we talked around the world. With crypto that money is LOST. Gone. Poof. Its not a step forward its a 100 steps backward. And this is just thr tip of the iceberg. If you dont see how that makes crypto the worst and stupidest invention of the century then I dont know what to say to you.
SVB gambled with billions of mortgage backed securities and they LOST
Powell just regurgitating the same old nonsense. They are basing this off a single inflation report which is hilarious. I’m looking to Canada for a more level headed approach. They are most likely pausing rate hikes as they’re looking at the data as a whole. Powell is just corrupt and manipulative. 5 months of decline in inflation m/m and one single outlier and he’s spouting off about more rate hikes than originally intended… they are LOST. Playing the population like a fiddle. Ignore the noise, invest monthly. China re-opening, shipping rates down, logistical challenges evaporating, all the causes of inflation are diminishing.
He's probably LOST more in a week than I'll ever gain
You need pause your plans and do some research first. A cold wallet means it isnt on a phone or app, it is a new device you purchase and is not connected to the internet (cold). As opposed to a hot wallet which means it is on a device with internet capabilities. Cold wallets are much lower risk of being hacked. Take your time and research this. I’d recommend first buying like $20 of btc and playing around with it first. Get used to sending and receiving it from an exchange to a hot wallet on your phone. See how it works. See how much fees are etc. Learn what a seed phrase is and how to store it. Later you can buy a cold wallet and again test it out, youtube the best ones to buy and their features and how to use it. Always buy it directly from the manufacturer. Always do a test transaction. Bitcoin is no joke, if you mess up the seed phrase or someone gets access to it or if you send btc to the wrong address YOUR BTC IS LOST FOREVER!!! There is no customer support for bitcoin, it is not a company.
Good night. You won the internet today (also sorry to anyone who understands this; YOU JUST LOST THE GAME)
#Moon Pro-Arguments Below is an argument written by Blendzi0r which won 1st place in the Moon Pro-Arguments topic for a prior [Cointest](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_policy) round. > *First published on: 14.10.2021* > > *Last edited on: 30.10.2022* > > # What are Moons? > > Moons were [launched by Reddit admins in May 2020](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/gj96lb/introducing_rcryptocurrency_moons/) on Ethereum under the [Community Points](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/) project. Users earn them by contributing (commenting, posting, taking part in contests, etc.) to r/CryptoCurrency (r/cc) subreddit. Moons represent "a unit of ownership" in the subreddit. More information on them can be found here: [https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons\_wiki](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki) > > # What are their pros? > > **THEY CAN BE "EARNED"** > > Moons are unique. They can't be mined and you don't have to buy them in order to own some. All you need is a [reddit account](https://www.reddit.com/register/) and an opened [vault](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/). If your comments or posts are upvoted by other redditors, you will receive Moons when they are distributed. Distributions take place every 4 weeks. You might also be tipped Moons by other users directly and receive them immediately. There are also various competitions where redditors can win Moons (e.g. [Trivia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV6AMUYz-RY), [Cointest](https://www.reddit.com/r/CointestOfficial/), etc.) > > **THEY GIVE REDDITORS POWER** > > The main purpose of Moons is to use them for **voting in Governance Polls**. These polls are held on r/cc regularly and users vote on proposals submitted by other users or moderators (mods). The more Moons someone has, the greater his/her voting power is. Governance Polls allow Moon holders to push r/cc sub in the direction they believe is best. > > It's worth noting that only Moons that were **earned** can be used for voting. Bought Moons don’t increase user’s voting power. > > **THEY ENGAGE USERS** > > Moons incentivize r/cc subscribers to be active and produce quality content. r/cc is constantly in top 50 subreddits when it comes to [comments per day](https://subredditstats.com). Moons also attract new users – r/cc **is currently the most popular subreddit about crypto** with more than 5.6 million members. This gives Moons exposure to a large public. Other projects usually have to start from the bottom and work their way up before they attract a big number of holders and supporters. > > Moons also incentivize moderators as they receive 10% of the total distribution. Thanks to that, despite the huge number of members, the sub is kept clean. At least most of the time ;-) > > **FIRST MOVER ADVANTAGE** > > The popularity of Moons gives them the first mover advantage ([although they aren't the first Community Points project](https://www.reddit.com/r/ethtrader/comments/kl6ldu\/donuts_faq/)). Even if Reddit launches more Community Points on other subreddits, **Moons have already established their name** (and speaking of names – it’s hard for a better one in the world of cryptocurrencies). > > **REDDIT’S BRANDING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT** > > Moons are developed by a team of professionals hired by Reddit. This makes the project credible and eliminates the risk of a rug pull that is ever-present in the case of many other low market cap projects. > > What’s more, Moons' smart contracts and mobile apps have been also [reviewed and audited by Trail of Bits](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki), an independent security firm. > > Despite being Reddit’s product, Moons are independent of Reddit and once earned neither the admins nor the subreddit moderators can take them away from [users](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki). > > **MANY MOONS ARE ALREADY LOST FOREVER** > > Moons that weren’t claimed in time are lost/burned. Moons that were supposed to be delivered to people who didn’t open their vaults are also burned. It is estimated that **more than 50 million Moons are lost.** The number of lost Moons is significant since the number of circulating tokens is only 100 million and the inflation rate goes down by 2.5% with every distribution. > > [35% users who earned karma still didn’t have their vaults set up during the 18th distribution](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/q3cbfe/comment/hfqztnl/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3). > > **MOONS ARE ON ETH MAINNET** > > On August 9, 2022, [Moons were moved to mainnet](https://np.https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/wk75p2/pack_your_moons_were_moving_to_mainnet/), to Arbitrum Nova. Before that, Moons were on a testnet (test blockchain) and as the name suggests - they were being tested. And since they are no longer being tested, it means that Moons are now much more reliable, much more secure. What's more, **Moons can now be listed on exchanges** and they are already tradeable on gate.io and MEXC. > > More exchanges are sure to follow, [Kraken has published a crypto guide for Moons](https://www.kraken.com/en-us/learn/what-is-reddit-moon/). This might be significant because there are hundreds of coins with higher market cap but Kraken still decided to publish a guide for Moons instead of those coins. > > **MOONS HAVE A LOT OF POTENTIAL AND POSSIBLE USE-CASES** > > Being a currency of the most popular crypto sub, Moons can find a lot of new use-cases and with their low market cap they have a lot of room for growth. Moons are currently placed outside of top 1,000 coins according to Coingecko which suggests they might be strongly undervalued considering their credibility and exposure. > > Recently, r/cc has started charging Moons for AMAs. Everyone who wants an official AMA on the subreddit has to burn a certain number of tokens. r/cc has probably the biggest auditorium in the whole world of crypto, therefore "ticketing" AMAs is sure to attract many parties which, in consequence, will burn a lot of Moons. > > Moons might be finally accepted by [cyphermarket](https://www.cyphermarket.com/) and people will be able to [buy crypto-related products there directly with Moons](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/p9zbhg/announcing_rcryptocurrency_merchandise_and_a/). In future, Moons might be used as means of payment in other crypto-related online shops or other businesses. > > Recently, [Reddit auctioned some NFTs](https://nft.reddit.com/#live-auction). One of them was sold for 175 ETH. This might suggest that r/cc will have their own NFTs in the future, too. And if so, they will probably be sold for Moons. > > Admins have also stated that they’re “[working hard to figure out how to grow them even further](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/opibci/were_launching_a_scaling_network_for_moons/)”. ***** Would you like to learn more? [Click here](/r/CointestOfficial/comments/wdgt3n/coin_inquiries_moons_proarguments_august_2022/) to be taken to the original topic-thread or you can scan through the [Cointest Archive](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_archive#wiki_Moons) to find arguments on this topic in other rounds.
https://usa.visa.com/solutions/crypto/auto-payments-for-self-custodial-wallets.html Here's a good read! Basically AA is when smart contracts interact with other smart contracts on your behalf. In that article Visa is exploring how to set up on-chain reoccurring payments for billing. In that you'd forward your bill to Visa for them to put it on-chain, so you only need to interact with Visa's front-end if that's all you want, while still gaining the full interopability of having your assets on-chain. Smart wallets are the main form of account abstraction. They're smart contracts deployed on an L2, but they're contracts that behave like a wallet. The Loopring and Argent wallet each are smart wallets. Smart contacts are fully customisable, so you can end up with specialised in-wallet features like what Visa is building on theirs. Maybe you wanted to create a new token from your wallet, that's just asking your smart contract to use another. One HUGE feature of smart wallets is social account recovery. You're able to encode MFA into your wallet, and then whitelist certain accounts that can be used for recovery. Usually people have 2/3 MFA using their phone, their PC, and the wallet's customer support. Set up that way if you want to recover your account, you can on your own using your own two devices - but if you lose access to one device or your seed phrase, you can ping customer support to make up the full 2/3 needed to recover your account. Instead of customer support you can set it to any trusted person or device - do 5/7 if you have lots of phones or friends. NO MORE LOST COINS. AA makes mass adoption *so* much less risky, and will make crypto so much more useful and complex. It's a beautiful rabbit hole to explore the new development in.
#Moon Pro-Arguments Below is an argument written by Blendzi0r which won 1st place in the Moon Pro-Arguments topic for a prior [Cointest](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_policy) round. > *First published on: 14.10.2021* > > *Last edited on: 30.10.2022* > > # What are Moons? > > Moons were [launched by Reddit admins in May 2020](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/gj96lb/introducing_rcryptocurrency_moons/) on Ethereum under the [Community Points](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/) project. Users earn them by contributing (commenting, posting, taking part in contests, etc.) to r/CryptoCurrency (r/cc) subreddit. Moons represent "a unit of ownership" in the subreddit. More information on them can be found here: [https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons\_wiki](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki) > > # What are their pros? > > **THEY CAN BE "EARNED"** > > Moons are unique. They can't be mined and you don't have to buy them in order to own some. All you need is a [reddit account](https://www.reddit.com/register/) and an opened [vault](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/). If your comments or posts are upvoted by other redditors, you will receive Moons when they are distributed. Distributions take place every 4 weeks. You might also be tipped Moons by other users directly and receive them immediately. There are also various competitions where redditors can win Moons (e.g. [Trivia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV6AMUYz-RY), [Cointest](https://www.reddit.com/r/CointestOfficial/), etc.) > > **THEY GIVE REDDITORS POWER** > > The main purpose of Moons is to use them for **voting in Governance Polls**. These polls are held on r/cc regularly and users vote on proposals submitted by other users or moderators (mods). The more Moons someone has, the greater his/her voting power is. Governance Polls allow Moon holders to push r/cc sub in the direction they believe is best. > > It's worth noting that only Moons that were **earned** can be used for voting. Bought Moons don’t increase user’s voting power. > > **THEY ENGAGE USERS** > > Moons incentivize r/cc subscribers to be active and produce quality content. r/cc is constantly in top 50 subreddits when it comes to [comments per day](https://subredditstats.com). Moons also attract new users – r/cc **is currently the most popular subreddit about crypto** with more than 5.6 million members. This gives Moons exposure to a large public. Other projects usually have to start from the bottom and work their way up before they attract a big number of holders and supporters. > > Moons also incentivize moderators as they receive 10% of the total distribution. Thanks to that, despite the huge number of members, the sub is kept clean. At least most of the time ;-) > > **FIRST MOVER ADVANTAGE** > > The popularity of Moons gives them the first mover advantage ([although they aren't the first Community Points project](https://www.reddit.com/r/ethtrader/comments/kl6ldu\/donuts_faq/)). Even if Reddit launches more Community Points on other subreddits, **Moons have already established their name** (and speaking of names – it’s hard for a better one in the world of cryptocurrencies). > > **REDDIT’S BRANDING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT** > > Moons are developed by a team of professionals hired by Reddit. This makes the project credible and eliminates the risk of a rug pull that is ever-present in the case of many other low market cap projects. > > What’s more, Moons' smart contracts and mobile apps have been also [reviewed and audited by Trail of Bits](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki), an independent security firm. > > Despite being Reddit’s product, Moons are independent of Reddit and once earned neither the admins nor the subreddit moderators can take them away from [users](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki). > > **MANY MOONS ARE ALREADY LOST FOREVER** > > Moons that weren’t claimed in time are lost/burned. Moons that were supposed to be delivered to people who didn’t open their vaults are also burned. It is estimated that **more than 50 million Moons are lost.** The number of lost Moons is significant since the number of circulating tokens is only 100 million and the inflation rate goes down by 2.5% with every distribution. > > [35% users who earned karma still didn’t have their vaults set up during the 18th distribution](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/q3cbfe/comment/hfqztnl/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3). > > **MOONS ARE ON ETH MAINNET** > > On August 9, 2022, [Moons were moved to mainnet](https://np.https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/wk75p2/pack_your_moons_were_moving_to_mainnet/), to Arbitrum Nova. Before that, Moons were on a testnet (test blockchain) and as the name suggests - they were being tested. And since they are no longer being tested, it means that Moons are now much more reliable, much more secure. What's more, **Moons can now be listed on exchanges** and they are already tradeable on gate.io and MEXC. > > More exchanges are sure to follow, [Kraken has published a crypto guide for Moons](https://www.kraken.com/en-us/learn/what-is-reddit-moon/). This might be significant because there are hundreds of coins with higher market cap but Kraken still decided to publish a guide for Moons instead of those coins. > > **MOONS HAVE A LOT OF POTENTIAL AND POSSIBLE USE-CASES** > > Being a currency of the most popular crypto sub, Moons can find a lot of new use-cases and with their low market cap they have a lot of room for growth. Moons are currently placed outside of top 1,000 coins according to Coingecko which suggests they might be strongly undervalued considering their credibility and exposure. > > Recently, r/cc has started charging Moons for AMAs. Everyone who wants an official AMA on the subreddit has to burn a certain number of tokens. r/cc has probably the biggest auditorium in the whole world of crypto, therefore "ticketing" AMAs is sure to attract many parties which, in consequence, will burn a lot of Moons. > > Moons might be finally accepted by [cyphermarket](https://www.cyphermarket.com/) and people will be able to [buy crypto-related products there directly with Moons](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/p9zbhg/announcing_rcryptocurrency_merchandise_and_a/). In future, Moons might be used as means of payment in other crypto-related online shops or other businesses. > > Recently, [Reddit auctioned some NFTs](https://nft.reddit.com/#live-auction). One of them was sold for 175 ETH. This might suggest that r/cc will have their own NFTs in the future, too. And if so, they will probably be sold for Moons. > > Admins have also stated that they’re “[working hard to figure out how to grow them even further](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/opibci/were_launching_a_scaling_network_for_moons/)”. ***** Would you like to learn more? [Click here](/r/CointestOfficial/comments/wdgt3n/coin_inquiries_moons_proarguments_august_2022/) to be taken to the original topic-thread or you can scan through the [Cointest Archive](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_archive#wiki_Moons) to find arguments on this topic in other rounds.
#Moon Pro-Arguments Below is an argument written by Blendzi0r which won 1st place in the Moon Pro-Arguments topic for a prior [Cointest](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_policy) round. > *First published on: 14.10.2021* > > *Last edited on: 30.10.2022* > > # What are Moons? > > Moons were [launched by Reddit admins in May 2020](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/gj96lb/introducing_rcryptocurrency_moons/) on Ethereum under the [Community Points](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/) project. Users earn them by contributing (commenting, posting, taking part in contests, etc.) to r/CryptoCurrency (r/cc) subreddit. Moons represent "a unit of ownership" in the subreddit. More information on them can be found here: [https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons\_wiki](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki) > > # What are their pros? > > **THEY CAN BE "EARNED"** > > Moons are unique. They can't be mined and you don't have to buy them in order to own some. All you need is a [reddit account](https://www.reddit.com/register/) and an opened [vault](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/). If your comments or posts are upvoted by other redditors, you will receive Moons when they are distributed. Distributions take place every 4 weeks. You might also be tipped Moons by other users directly and receive them immediately. There are also various competitions where redditors can win Moons (e.g. [Trivia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV6AMUYz-RY), [Cointest](https://www.reddit.com/r/CointestOfficial/), etc.) > > **THEY GIVE REDDITORS POWER** > > The main purpose of Moons is to use them for **voting in Governance Polls**. These polls are held on r/cc regularly and users vote on proposals submitted by other users or moderators (mods). The more Moons someone has, the greater his/her voting power is. Governance Polls allow Moon holders to push r/cc sub in the direction they believe is best. > > It's worth noting that only Moons that were **earned** can be used for voting. Bought Moons don’t increase user’s voting power. > > **THEY ENGAGE USERS** > > Moons incentivize r/cc subscribers to be active and produce quality content. r/cc is constantly in top 50 subreddits when it comes to [comments per day](https://subredditstats.com). Moons also attract new users – r/cc **is currently the most popular subreddit about crypto** with more than 5.6 million members. This gives Moons exposure to a large public. Other projects usually have to start from the bottom and work their way up before they attract a big number of holders and supporters. > > Moons also incentivize moderators as they receive 10% of the total distribution. Thanks to that, despite the huge number of members, the sub is kept clean. At least most of the time ;-) > > **FIRST MOVER ADVANTAGE** > > The popularity of Moons gives them the first mover advantage ([although they aren't the first Community Points project](https://www.reddit.com/r/ethtrader/comments/kl6ldu\/donuts_faq/)). Even if Reddit launches more Community Points on other subreddits, **Moons have already established their name** (and speaking of names – it’s hard for a better one in the world of cryptocurrencies). > > **REDDIT’S BRANDING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT** > > Moons are developed by a team of professionals hired by Reddit. This makes the project credible and eliminates the risk of a rug pull that is ever-present in the case of many other low market cap projects. > > What’s more, Moons' smart contracts and mobile apps have been also [reviewed and audited by Trail of Bits](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki), an independent security firm. > > Despite being Reddit’s product, Moons are independent of Reddit and once earned neither the admins nor the subreddit moderators can take them away from [users](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki). > > **MANY MOONS ARE ALREADY LOST FOREVER** > > Moons that weren’t claimed in time are lost/burned. Moons that were supposed to be delivered to people who didn’t open their vaults are also burned. It is estimated that **more than 50 million Moons are lost.** The number of lost Moons is significant since the number of circulating tokens is only 100 million and the inflation rate goes down by 2.5% with every distribution. > > [35% users who earned karma still didn’t have their vaults set up during the 18th distribution](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/q3cbfe/comment/hfqztnl/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3). > > **MOONS ARE ON ETH MAINNET** > > On August 9, 2022, [Moons were moved to mainnet](https://np.https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/wk75p2/pack_your_moons_were_moving_to_mainnet/), to Arbitrum Nova. Before that, Moons were on a testnet (test blockchain) and as the name suggests - they were being tested. And since they are no longer being tested, it means that Moons are now much more reliable, much more secure. What's more, **Moons can now be listed on exchanges** and they are already tradeable on gate.io and MEXC. > > More exchanges are sure to follow, [Kraken has published a crypto guide for Moons](https://www.kraken.com/en-us/learn/what-is-reddit-moon/). This might be significant because there are hundreds of coins with higher market cap but Kraken still decided to publish a guide for Moons instead of those coins. > > **MOONS HAVE A LOT OF POTENTIAL AND POSSIBLE USE-CASES** > > Being a currency of the most popular crypto sub, Moons can find a lot of new use-cases and with their low market cap they have a lot of room for growth. Moons are currently placed outside of top 1,000 coins according to Coingecko which suggests they might be strongly undervalued considering their credibility and exposure. > > Recently, r/cc has started charging Moons for AMAs. Everyone who wants an official AMA on the subreddit has to burn a certain number of tokens. r/cc has probably the biggest auditorium in the whole world of crypto, therefore "ticketing" AMAs is sure to attract many parties which, in consequence, will burn a lot of Moons. > > Moons might be finally accepted by [cyphermarket](https://www.cyphermarket.com/) and people will be able to [buy crypto-related products there directly with Moons](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/p9zbhg/announcing_rcryptocurrency_merchandise_and_a/). In future, Moons might be used as means of payment in other crypto-related online shops or other businesses. > > Recently, [Reddit auctioned some NFTs](https://nft.reddit.com/#live-auction). One of them was sold for 175 ETH. This might suggest that r/cc will have their own NFTs in the future, too. And if so, they will probably be sold for Moons. > > Admins have also stated that they’re “[working hard to figure out how to grow them even further](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/opibci/were_launching_a_scaling_network_for_moons/)”. ***** Would you like to learn more? [Click here](/r/CointestOfficial/comments/wdgt3n/coin_inquiries_moons_proarguments_august_2022/) to be taken to the original topic-thread or you can scan through the [Cointest Archive](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_archive#wiki_Moons) to find arguments on this topic in other rounds.
#Moon Pro-Arguments Below is an argument written by Blendzi0r which won 1st place in the Moon Pro-Arguments topic for a prior [Cointest](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_policy) round. > *First published on: 14.10.2021* > > *Last edited on: 30.10.2022* > > # What are Moons? > > Moons were [launched by Reddit admins in May 2020](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/gj96lb/introducing_rcryptocurrency_moons/) on Ethereum under the [Community Points](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/) project. Users earn them by contributing (commenting, posting, taking part in contests, etc.) to r/CryptoCurrency (r/cc) subreddit. Moons represent "a unit of ownership" in the subreddit. More information on them can be found here: [https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons\_wiki](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki) > > # What are their pros? > > **THEY CAN BE "EARNED"** > > Moons are unique. They can't be mined and you don't have to buy them in order to own some. All you need is a [reddit account](https://www.reddit.com/register/) and an opened [vault](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/). If your comments or posts are upvoted by other redditors, you will receive Moons when they are distributed. Distributions take place every 4 weeks. You might also be tipped Moons by other users directly and receive them immediately. There are also various competitions where redditors can win Moons (e.g. [Trivia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV6AMUYz-RY), [Cointest](https://www.reddit.com/r/CointestOfficial/), etc.) > > **THEY GIVE REDDITORS POWER** > > The main purpose of Moons is to use them for **voting in Governance Polls**. These polls are held on r/cc regularly and users vote on proposals submitted by other users or moderators (mods). The more Moons someone has, the greater his/her voting power is. Governance Polls allow Moon holders to push r/cc sub in the direction they believe is best. > > It's worth noting that only Moons that were **earned** can be used for voting. Bought Moons don’t increase user’s voting power. > > **THEY ENGAGE USERS** > > Moons incentivize r/cc subscribers to be active and produce quality content. r/cc is constantly in top 50 subreddits when it comes to [comments per day](https://subredditstats.com). Moons also attract new users – r/cc **is currently the most popular subreddit about crypto** with more than 5.6 million members. This gives Moons exposure to a large public. Other projects usually have to start from the bottom and work their way up before they attract a big number of holders and supporters. > > Moons also incentivize moderators as they receive 10% of the total distribution. Thanks to that, despite the huge number of members, the sub is kept clean. At least most of the time ;-) > > **FIRST MOVER ADVANTAGE** > > The popularity of Moons gives them the first mover advantage ([although they aren't the first Community Points project](https://www.reddit.com/r/ethtrader/comments/kl6ldu\/donuts_faq/)). Even if Reddit launches more Community Points on other subreddits, **Moons have already established their name** (and speaking of names – it’s hard for a better one in the world of cryptocurrencies). > > **REDDIT’S BRANDING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT** > > Moons are developed by a team of professionals hired by Reddit. This makes the project credible and eliminates the risk of a rug pull that is ever-present in the case of many other low market cap projects. > > What’s more, Moons' smart contracts and mobile apps have been also [reviewed and audited by Trail of Bits](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki), an independent security firm. > > Despite being Reddit’s product, Moons are independent of Reddit and once earned neither the admins nor the subreddit moderators can take them away from [users](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki). > > **MANY MOONS ARE ALREADY LOST FOREVER** > > Moons that weren’t claimed in time are lost/burned. Moons that were supposed to be delivered to people who didn’t open their vaults are also burned. It is estimated that **more than 50 million Moons are lost.** The number of lost Moons is significant since the number of circulating tokens is only 100 million and the inflation rate goes down by 2.5% with every distribution. > > [35% users who earned karma still didn’t have their vaults set up during the 18th distribution](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/q3cbfe/comment/hfqztnl/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3). > > **MOONS ARE ON ETH MAINNET** > > On August 9, 2022, [Moons were moved to mainnet](https://np.https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/wk75p2/pack_your_moons_were_moving_to_mainnet/), to Arbitrum Nova. Before that, Moons were on a testnet (test blockchain) and as the name suggests - they were being tested. And since they are no longer being tested, it means that Moons are now much more reliable, much more secure. What's more, **Moons can now be listed on exchanges** and they are already tradeable on gate.io and MEXC. > > More exchanges are sure to follow, [Kraken has published a crypto guide for Moons](https://www.kraken.com/en-us/learn/what-is-reddit-moon/). This might be significant because there are hundreds of coins with higher market cap but Kraken still decided to publish a guide for Moons instead of those coins. > > **MOONS HAVE A LOT OF POTENTIAL AND POSSIBLE USE-CASES** > > Being a currency of the most popular crypto sub, Moons can find a lot of new use-cases and with their low market cap they have a lot of room for growth. Moons are currently placed outside of top 1,000 coins according to Coingecko which suggests they might be strongly undervalued considering their credibility and exposure. > > Recently, r/cc has started charging Moons for AMAs. Everyone who wants an official AMA on the subreddit has to burn a certain number of tokens. r/cc has probably the biggest auditorium in the whole world of crypto, therefore "ticketing" AMAs is sure to attract many parties which, in consequence, will burn a lot of Moons. > > Moons might be finally accepted by [cyphermarket](https://www.cyphermarket.com/) and people will be able to [buy crypto-related products there directly with Moons](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/p9zbhg/announcing_rcryptocurrency_merchandise_and_a/). In future, Moons might be used as means of payment in other crypto-related online shops or other businesses. > > Recently, [Reddit auctioned some NFTs](https://nft.reddit.com/#live-auction). One of them was sold for 175 ETH. This might suggest that r/cc will have their own NFTs in the future, too. And if so, they will probably be sold for Moons. > > Admins have also stated that they’re “[working hard to figure out how to grow them even further](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/opibci/were_launching_a_scaling_network_for_moons/)”. ***** Would you like to learn more? [Click here](/r/CointestOfficial/comments/wdgt3n/coin_inquiries_moons_proarguments_august_2022/) to be taken to the original topic-thread or you can scan through the [Cointest Archive](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_archive#wiki_Moons) to find arguments on this topic in other rounds.
#Moon Pro-Arguments Below is an argument written by Blendzi0r which won 1st place in the Moon Pro-Arguments topic for a prior [Cointest](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_policy) round. > *First published on: 14.10.2021* > > *Last edited on: 30.10.2022* > > # What are Moons? > > Moons were [launched by Reddit admins in May 2020](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/gj96lb/introducing_rcryptocurrency_moons/) on Ethereum under the [Community Points](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/) project. Users earn them by contributing (commenting, posting, taking part in contests, etc.) to r/CryptoCurrency (r/cc) subreddit. Moons represent "a unit of ownership" in the subreddit. More information on them can be found here: [https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons\_wiki](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki) > > # What are their pros? > > **THEY CAN BE "EARNED"** > > Moons are unique. They can't be mined and you don't have to buy them in order to own some. All you need is a [reddit account](https://www.reddit.com/register/) and an opened [vault](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/). If your comments or posts are upvoted by other redditors, you will receive Moons when they are distributed. Distributions take place every 4 weeks. You might also be tipped Moons by other users directly and receive them immediately. There are also various competitions where redditors can win Moons (e.g. [Trivia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV6AMUYz-RY), [Cointest](https://www.reddit.com/r/CointestOfficial/), etc.) > > **THEY GIVE REDDITORS POWER** > > The main purpose of Moons is to use them for **voting in Governance Polls**. These polls are held on r/cc regularly and users vote on proposals submitted by other users or moderators (mods). The more Moons someone has, the greater his/her voting power is. Governance Polls allow Moon holders to push r/cc sub in the direction they believe is best. > > It's worth noting that only Moons that were **earned** can be used for voting. Bought Moons don’t increase user’s voting power. > > **THEY ENGAGE USERS** > > Moons incentivize r/cc subscribers to be active and produce quality content. r/cc is constantly in top 50 subreddits when it comes to [comments per day](https://subredditstats.com). Moons also attract new users – r/cc **is currently the most popular subreddit about crypto** with more than 5.6 million members. This gives Moons exposure to a large public. Other projects usually have to start from the bottom and work their way up before they attract a big number of holders and supporters. > > Moons also incentivize moderators as they receive 10% of the total distribution. Thanks to that, despite the huge number of members, the sub is kept clean. At least most of the time ;-) > > **FIRST MOVER ADVANTAGE** > > The popularity of Moons gives them the first mover advantage ([although they aren't the first Community Points project](https://www.reddit.com/r/ethtrader/comments/kl6ldu\/donuts_faq/)). Even if Reddit launches more Community Points on other subreddits, **Moons have already established their name** (and speaking of names – it’s hard for a better one in the world of cryptocurrencies). > > **REDDIT’S BRANDING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT** > > Moons are developed by a team of professionals hired by Reddit. This makes the project credible and eliminates the risk of a rug pull that is ever-present in the case of many other low market cap projects. > > What’s more, Moons' smart contracts and mobile apps have been also [reviewed and audited by Trail of Bits](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki), an independent security firm. > > Despite being Reddit’s product, Moons are independent of Reddit and once earned neither the admins nor the subreddit moderators can take them away from [users](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki). > > **MANY MOONS ARE ALREADY LOST FOREVER** > > Moons that weren’t claimed in time are lost/burned. Moons that were supposed to be delivered to people who didn’t open their vaults are also burned. It is estimated that **more than 50 million Moons are lost.** The number of lost Moons is significant since the number of circulating tokens is only 100 million and the inflation rate goes down by 2.5% with every distribution. > > [35% users who earned karma still didn’t have their vaults set up during the 18th distribution](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/q3cbfe/comment/hfqztnl/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3). > > **MOONS ARE ON ETH MAINNET** > > On August 9, 2022, [Moons were moved to mainnet](https://np.https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/wk75p2/pack_your_moons_were_moving_to_mainnet/), to Arbitrum Nova. Before that, Moons were on a testnet (test blockchain) and as the name suggests - they were being tested. And since they are no longer being tested, it means that Moons are now much more reliable, much more secure. What's more, **Moons can now be listed on exchanges** and they are already tradeable on gate.io and MEXC. > > More exchanges are sure to follow, [Kraken has published a crypto guide for Moons](https://www.kraken.com/en-us/learn/what-is-reddit-moon/). This might be significant because there are hundreds of coins with higher market cap but Kraken still decided to publish a guide for Moons instead of those coins. > > **MOONS HAVE A LOT OF POTENTIAL AND POSSIBLE USE-CASES** > > Being a currency of the most popular crypto sub, Moons can find a lot of new use-cases and with their low market cap they have a lot of room for growth. Moons are currently placed outside of top 1,000 coins according to Coingecko which suggests they might be strongly undervalued considering their credibility and exposure. > > Recently, r/cc has started charging Moons for AMAs. Everyone who wants an official AMA on the subreddit has to burn a certain number of tokens. r/cc has probably the biggest auditorium in the whole world of crypto, therefore "ticketing" AMAs is sure to attract many parties which, in consequence, will burn a lot of Moons. > > Moons might be finally accepted by [cyphermarket](https://www.cyphermarket.com/) and people will be able to [buy crypto-related products there directly with Moons](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/p9zbhg/announcing_rcryptocurrency_merchandise_and_a/). In future, Moons might be used as means of payment in other crypto-related online shops or other businesses. > > Recently, [Reddit auctioned some NFTs](https://nft.reddit.com/#live-auction). One of them was sold for 175 ETH. This might suggest that r/cc will have their own NFTs in the future, too. And if so, they will probably be sold for Moons. > > Admins have also stated that they’re “[working hard to figure out how to grow them even further](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/opibci/were_launching_a_scaling_network_for_moons/)”. ***** Would you like to learn more? [Click here](/r/CointestOfficial/comments/wdgt3n/coin_inquiries_moons_proarguments_august_2022/) to be taken to the original topic-thread or you can scan through the [Cointest Archive](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_archive#wiki_Moons) to find arguments on this topic in other rounds.
#Moon Pro-Arguments Below is an argument written by Blendzi0r which won 1st place in the Moon Pro-Arguments topic for a prior [Cointest](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_policy) round. > *First published on: 14.10.2021* > > *Last edited on: 30.10.2022* > > # What are Moons? > > Moons were [launched by Reddit admins in May 2020](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/gj96lb/introducing_rcryptocurrency_moons/) on Ethereum under the [Community Points](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/) project. Users earn them by contributing (commenting, posting, taking part in contests, etc.) to r/CryptoCurrency (r/cc) subreddit. Moons represent "a unit of ownership" in the subreddit. More information on them can be found here: [https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons\_wiki](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki) > > # What are their pros? > > **THEY CAN BE "EARNED"** > > Moons are unique. They can't be mined and you don't have to buy them in order to own some. All you need is a [reddit account](https://www.reddit.com/register/) and an opened [vault](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/). If your comments or posts are upvoted by other redditors, you will receive Moons when they are distributed. Distributions take place every 4 weeks. You might also be tipped Moons by other users directly and receive them immediately. There are also various competitions where redditors can win Moons (e.g. [Trivia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV6AMUYz-RY), [Cointest](https://www.reddit.com/r/CointestOfficial/), etc.) > > **THEY GIVE REDDITORS POWER** > > The main purpose of Moons is to use them for **voting in Governance Polls**. These polls are held on r/cc regularly and users vote on proposals submitted by other users or moderators (mods). The more Moons someone has, the greater his/her voting power is. Governance Polls allow Moon holders to push r/cc sub in the direction they believe is best. > > It's worth noting that only Moons that were **earned** can be used for voting. Bought Moons don’t increase user’s voting power. > > **THEY ENGAGE USERS** > > Moons incentivize r/cc subscribers to be active and produce quality content. r/cc is constantly in top 50 subreddits when it comes to [comments per day](https://subredditstats.com). Moons also attract new users – r/cc **is currently the most popular subreddit about crypto** with more than 5.6 million members. This gives Moons exposure to a large public. Other projects usually have to start from the bottom and work their way up before they attract a big number of holders and supporters. > > Moons also incentivize moderators as they receive 10% of the total distribution. Thanks to that, despite the huge number of members, the sub is kept clean. At least most of the time ;-) > > **FIRST MOVER ADVANTAGE** > > The popularity of Moons gives them the first mover advantage ([although they aren't the first Community Points project](https://www.reddit.com/r/ethtrader/comments/kl6ldu\/donuts_faq/)). Even if Reddit launches more Community Points on other subreddits, **Moons have already established their name** (and speaking of names – it’s hard for a better one in the world of cryptocurrencies). > > **REDDIT’S BRANDING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT** > > Moons are developed by a team of professionals hired by Reddit. This makes the project credible and eliminates the risk of a rug pull that is ever-present in the case of many other low market cap projects. > > What’s more, Moons' smart contracts and mobile apps have been also [reviewed and audited by Trail of Bits](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki), an independent security firm. > > Despite being Reddit’s product, Moons are independent of Reddit and once earned neither the admins nor the subreddit moderators can take them away from [users](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki). > > **MANY MOONS ARE ALREADY LOST FOREVER** > > Moons that weren’t claimed in time are lost/burned. Moons that were supposed to be delivered to people who didn’t open their vaults are also burned. It is estimated that **more than 50 million Moons are lost.** The number of lost Moons is significant since the number of circulating tokens is only 100 million and the inflation rate goes down by 2.5% with every distribution. > > [35% users who earned karma still didn’t have their vaults set up during the 18th distribution](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/q3cbfe/comment/hfqztnl/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3). > > **MOONS ARE ON ETH MAINNET** > > On August 9, 2022, [Moons were moved to mainnet](https://np.https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/wk75p2/pack_your_moons_were_moving_to_mainnet/), to Arbitrum Nova. Before that, Moons were on a testnet (test blockchain) and as the name suggests - they were being tested. And since they are no longer being tested, it means that Moons are now much more reliable, much more secure. What's more, **Moons can now be listed on exchanges** and they are already tradeable on gate.io and MEXC. > > More exchanges are sure to follow, [Kraken has published a crypto guide for Moons](https://www.kraken.com/en-us/learn/what-is-reddit-moon/). This might be significant because there are hundreds of coins with higher market cap but Kraken still decided to publish a guide for Moons instead of those coins. > > **MOONS HAVE A LOT OF POTENTIAL AND POSSIBLE USE-CASES** > > Being a currency of the most popular crypto sub, Moons can find a lot of new use-cases and with their low market cap they have a lot of room for growth. Moons are currently placed outside of top 1,000 coins according to Coingecko which suggests they might be strongly undervalued considering their credibility and exposure. > > Recently, r/cc has started charging Moons for AMAs. Everyone who wants an official AMA on the subreddit has to burn a certain number of tokens. r/cc has probably the biggest auditorium in the whole world of crypto, therefore "ticketing" AMAs is sure to attract many parties which, in consequence, will burn a lot of Moons. > > Moons might be finally accepted by [cyphermarket](https://www.cyphermarket.com/) and people will be able to [buy crypto-related products there directly with Moons](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/p9zbhg/announcing_rcryptocurrency_merchandise_and_a/). In future, Moons might be used as means of payment in other crypto-related online shops or other businesses. > > Recently, [Reddit auctioned some NFTs](https://nft.reddit.com/#live-auction). One of them was sold for 175 ETH. This might suggest that r/cc will have their own NFTs in the future, too. And if so, they will probably be sold for Moons. > > Admins have also stated that they’re “[working hard to figure out how to grow them even further](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/opibci/were_launching_a_scaling_network_for_moons/)”. ***** Would you like to learn more? [Click here](/r/CointestOfficial/comments/wdgt3n/coin_inquiries_moons_proarguments_august_2022/) to be taken to the original topic-thread or you can scan through the [Cointest Archive](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_archive#wiki_Moons) to find arguments on this topic in other rounds.
#Moon Pro-Arguments Below is an argument written by Blendzi0r which won 1st place in the Moon Pro-Arguments topic for a prior [Cointest](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_policy) round. > *First published on: 14.10.2021* > > *Last edited on: 30.10.2022* > > # What are Moons? > > Moons were [launched by Reddit admins in May 2020](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/gj96lb/introducing_rcryptocurrency_moons/) on Ethereum under the [Community Points](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/) project. Users earn them by contributing (commenting, posting, taking part in contests, etc.) to r/CryptoCurrency (r/cc) subreddit. Moons represent "a unit of ownership" in the subreddit. More information on them can be found here: [https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons\_wiki](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki) > > # What are their pros? > > **THEY CAN BE "EARNED"** > > Moons are unique. They can't be mined and you don't have to buy them in order to own some. All you need is a [reddit account](https://www.reddit.com/register/) and an opened [vault](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/). If your comments or posts are upvoted by other redditors, you will receive Moons when they are distributed. Distributions take place every 4 weeks. You might also be tipped Moons by other users directly and receive them immediately. There are also various competitions where redditors can win Moons (e.g. [Trivia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV6AMUYz-RY), [Cointest](https://www.reddit.com/r/CointestOfficial/), etc.) > > **THEY GIVE REDDITORS POWER** > > The main purpose of Moons is to use them for **voting in Governance Polls**. These polls are held on r/cc regularly and users vote on proposals submitted by other users or moderators (mods). The more Moons someone has, the greater his/her voting power is. Governance Polls allow Moon holders to push r/cc sub in the direction they believe is best. > > It's worth noting that only Moons that were **earned** can be used for voting. Bought Moons don’t increase user’s voting power. > > **THEY ENGAGE USERS** > > Moons incentivize r/cc subscribers to be active and produce quality content. r/cc is constantly in top 50 subreddits when it comes to [comments per day](https://subredditstats.com). Moons also attract new users – r/cc **is currently the most popular subreddit about crypto** with more than 5.6 million members. This gives Moons exposure to a large public. Other projects usually have to start from the bottom and work their way up before they attract a big number of holders and supporters. > > Moons also incentivize moderators as they receive 10% of the total distribution. Thanks to that, despite the huge number of members, the sub is kept clean. At least most of the time ;-) > > **FIRST MOVER ADVANTAGE** > > The popularity of Moons gives them the first mover advantage ([although they aren't the first Community Points project](https://www.reddit.com/r/ethtrader/comments/kl6ldu\/donuts_faq/)). Even if Reddit launches more Community Points on other subreddits, **Moons have already established their name** (and speaking of names – it’s hard for a better one in the world of cryptocurrencies). > > **REDDIT’S BRANDING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT** > > Moons are developed by a team of professionals hired by Reddit. This makes the project credible and eliminates the risk of a rug pull that is ever-present in the case of many other low market cap projects. > > What’s more, Moons' smart contracts and mobile apps have been also [reviewed and audited by Trail of Bits](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki), an independent security firm. > > Despite being Reddit’s product, Moons are independent of Reddit and once earned neither the admins nor the subreddit moderators can take them away from [users](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki). > > **MANY MOONS ARE ALREADY LOST FOREVER** > > Moons that weren’t claimed in time are lost/burned. Moons that were supposed to be delivered to people who didn’t open their vaults are also burned. It is estimated that **more than 50 million Moons are lost.** The number of lost Moons is significant since the number of circulating tokens is only 100 million and the inflation rate goes down by 2.5% with every distribution. > > [35% users who earned karma still didn’t have their vaults set up during the 18th distribution](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/q3cbfe/comment/hfqztnl/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3). > > **MOONS ARE ON ETH MAINNET** > > On August 9, 2022, [Moons were moved to mainnet](https://np.https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/wk75p2/pack_your_moons_were_moving_to_mainnet/), to Arbitrum Nova. Before that, Moons were on a testnet (test blockchain) and as the name suggests - they were being tested. And since they are no longer being tested, it means that Moons are now much more reliable, much more secure. What's more, **Moons can now be listed on exchanges** and they are already tradeable on gate.io and MEXC. > > More exchanges are sure to follow, [Kraken has published a crypto guide for Moons](https://www.kraken.com/en-us/learn/what-is-reddit-moon/). This might be significant because there are hundreds of coins with higher market cap but Kraken still decided to publish a guide for Moons instead of those coins. > > **MOONS HAVE A LOT OF POTENTIAL AND POSSIBLE USE-CASES** > > Being a currency of the most popular crypto sub, Moons can find a lot of new use-cases and with their low market cap they have a lot of room for growth. Moons are currently placed outside of top 1,000 coins according to Coingecko which suggests they might be strongly undervalued considering their credibility and exposure. > > Recently, r/cc has started charging Moons for AMAs. Everyone who wants an official AMA on the subreddit has to burn a certain number of tokens. r/cc has probably the biggest auditorium in the whole world of crypto, therefore "ticketing" AMAs is sure to attract many parties which, in consequence, will burn a lot of Moons. > > Moons might be finally accepted by [cyphermarket](https://www.cyphermarket.com/) and people will be able to [buy crypto-related products there directly with Moons](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/p9zbhg/announcing_rcryptocurrency_merchandise_and_a/). In future, Moons might be used as means of payment in other crypto-related online shops or other businesses. > > Recently, [Reddit auctioned some NFTs](https://nft.reddit.com/#live-auction). One of them was sold for 175 ETH. This might suggest that r/cc will have their own NFTs in the future, too. And if so, they will probably be sold for Moons. > > Admins have also stated that they’re “[working hard to figure out how to grow them even further](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/opibci/were_launching_a_scaling_network_for_moons/)”. ***** Would you like to learn more? [Click here](/r/CointestOfficial/comments/wdgt3n/coin_inquiries_moons_proarguments_august_2022/) to be taken to the original topic-thread or you can scan through the [Cointest Archive](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_archive#wiki_Moons) to find arguments on this topic in other rounds.
#Moon Pro-Arguments Below is an argument written by Blendzi0r which won 1st place in the Moon Pro-Arguments topic for a prior [Cointest](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_policy) round. > *First published on: 14.10.2021* > > *Last edited on: 30.10.2022* > > # What are Moons? > > Moons were [launched by Reddit admins in May 2020](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/gj96lb/introducing_rcryptocurrency_moons/) on Ethereum under the [Community Points](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/) project. Users earn them by contributing (commenting, posting, taking part in contests, etc.) to r/CryptoCurrency (r/cc) subreddit. Moons represent "a unit of ownership" in the subreddit. More information on them can be found here: [https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons\_wiki](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki) > > # What are their pros? > > **THEY CAN BE "EARNED"** > > Moons are unique. They can't be mined and you don't have to buy them in order to own some. All you need is a [reddit account](https://www.reddit.com/register/) and an opened [vault](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/). If your comments or posts are upvoted by other redditors, you will receive Moons when they are distributed. Distributions take place every 4 weeks. You might also be tipped Moons by other users directly and receive them immediately. There are also various competitions where redditors can win Moons (e.g. [Trivia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV6AMUYz-RY), [Cointest](https://www.reddit.com/r/CointestOfficial/), etc.) > > **THEY GIVE REDDITORS POWER** > > The main purpose of Moons is to use them for **voting in Governance Polls**. These polls are held on r/cc regularly and users vote on proposals submitted by other users or moderators (mods). The more Moons someone has, the greater his/her voting power is. Governance Polls allow Moon holders to push r/cc sub in the direction they believe is best. > > It's worth noting that only Moons that were **earned** can be used for voting. Bought Moons don’t increase user’s voting power. > > **THEY ENGAGE USERS** > > Moons incentivize r/cc subscribers to be active and produce quality content. r/cc is constantly in top 50 subreddits when it comes to [comments per day](https://subredditstats.com). Moons also attract new users – r/cc **is currently the most popular subreddit about crypto** with more than 5.6 million members. This gives Moons exposure to a large public. Other projects usually have to start from the bottom and work their way up before they attract a big number of holders and supporters. > > Moons also incentivize moderators as they receive 10% of the total distribution. Thanks to that, despite the huge number of members, the sub is kept clean. At least most of the time ;-) > > **FIRST MOVER ADVANTAGE** > > The popularity of Moons gives them the first mover advantage ([although they aren't the first Community Points project](https://www.reddit.com/r/ethtrader/comments/kl6ldu\/donuts_faq/)). Even if Reddit launches more Community Points on other subreddits, **Moons have already established their name** (and speaking of names – it’s hard for a better one in the world of cryptocurrencies). > > **REDDIT’S BRANDING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT** > > Moons are developed by a team of professionals hired by Reddit. This makes the project credible and eliminates the risk of a rug pull that is ever-present in the case of many other low market cap projects. > > What’s more, Moons' smart contracts and mobile apps have been also [reviewed and audited by Trail of Bits](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki), an independent security firm. > > Despite being Reddit’s product, Moons are independent of Reddit and once earned neither the admins nor the subreddit moderators can take them away from [users](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki). > > **MANY MOONS ARE ALREADY LOST FOREVER** > > Moons that weren’t claimed in time are lost/burned. Moons that were supposed to be delivered to people who didn’t open their vaults are also burned. It is estimated that **more than 50 million Moons are lost.** The number of lost Moons is significant since the number of circulating tokens is only 100 million and the inflation rate goes down by 2.5% with every distribution. > > [35% users who earned karma still didn’t have their vaults set up during the 18th distribution](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/q3cbfe/comment/hfqztnl/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3). > > **MOONS ARE ON ETH MAINNET** > > On August 9, 2022, [Moons were moved to mainnet](https://np.https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/wk75p2/pack_your_moons_were_moving_to_mainnet/), to Arbitrum Nova. Before that, Moons were on a testnet (test blockchain) and as the name suggests - they were being tested. And since they are no longer being tested, it means that Moons are now much more reliable, much more secure. What's more, **Moons can now be listed on exchanges** and they are already tradeable on gate.io and MEXC. > > More exchanges are sure to follow, [Kraken has published a crypto guide for Moons](https://www.kraken.com/en-us/learn/what-is-reddit-moon/). This might be significant because there are hundreds of coins with higher market cap but Kraken still decided to publish a guide for Moons instead of those coins. > > **MOONS HAVE A LOT OF POTENTIAL AND POSSIBLE USE-CASES** > > Being a currency of the most popular crypto sub, Moons can find a lot of new use-cases and with their low market cap they have a lot of room for growth. Moons are currently placed outside of top 1,000 coins according to Coingecko which suggests they might be strongly undervalued considering their credibility and exposure. > > Recently, r/cc has started charging Moons for AMAs. Everyone who wants an official AMA on the subreddit has to burn a certain number of tokens. r/cc has probably the biggest auditorium in the whole world of crypto, therefore "ticketing" AMAs is sure to attract many parties which, in consequence, will burn a lot of Moons. > > Moons might be finally accepted by [cyphermarket](https://www.cyphermarket.com/) and people will be able to [buy crypto-related products there directly with Moons](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/p9zbhg/announcing_rcryptocurrency_merchandise_and_a/). In future, Moons might be used as means of payment in other crypto-related online shops or other businesses. > > Recently, [Reddit auctioned some NFTs](https://nft.reddit.com/#live-auction). One of them was sold for 175 ETH. This might suggest that r/cc will have their own NFTs in the future, too. And if so, they will probably be sold for Moons. > > Admins have also stated that they’re “[working hard to figure out how to grow them even further](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/opibci/were_launching_a_scaling_network_for_moons/)”. ***** Would you like to learn more? [Click here](/r/CointestOfficial/comments/wdgt3n/coin_inquiries_moons_proarguments_august_2022/) to be taken to the original topic-thread or you can scan through the [Cointest Archive](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_archive#wiki_Moons) to find arguments on this topic in other rounds.
#Moon Pro-Arguments Below is an argument written by Blendzi0r which won 1st place in the Moon Pro-Arguments topic for a prior [Cointest](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_policy) round. > *First published on: 14.10.2021* > > *Last edited on: 30.10.2022* > > # What are Moons? > > Moons were [launched by Reddit admins in May 2020](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/gj96lb/introducing_rcryptocurrency_moons/) on Ethereum under the [Community Points](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/) project. Users earn them by contributing (commenting, posting, taking part in contests, etc.) to r/CryptoCurrency (r/cc) subreddit. Moons represent "a unit of ownership" in the subreddit. More information on them can be found here: [https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons\_wiki](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki) > > # What are their pros? > > **THEY CAN BE "EARNED"** > > Moons are unique. They can't be mined and you don't have to buy them in order to own some. All you need is a [reddit account](https://www.reddit.com/register/) and an opened [vault](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/). If your comments or posts are upvoted by other redditors, you will receive Moons when they are distributed. Distributions take place every 4 weeks. You might also be tipped Moons by other users directly and receive them immediately. There are also various competitions where redditors can win Moons (e.g. [Trivia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV6AMUYz-RY), [Cointest](https://www.reddit.com/r/CointestOfficial/), etc.) > > **THEY GIVE REDDITORS POWER** > > The main purpose of Moons is to use them for **voting in Governance Polls**. These polls are held on r/cc regularly and users vote on proposals submitted by other users or moderators (mods). The more Moons someone has, the greater his/her voting power is. Governance Polls allow Moon holders to push r/cc sub in the direction they believe is best. > > It's worth noting that only Moons that were **earned** can be used for voting. Bought Moons don’t increase user’s voting power. > > **THEY ENGAGE USERS** > > Moons incentivize r/cc subscribers to be active and produce quality content. r/cc is constantly in top 50 subreddits when it comes to [comments per day](https://subredditstats.com). Moons also attract new users – r/cc **is currently the most popular subreddit about crypto** with more than 5.6 million members. This gives Moons exposure to a large public. Other projects usually have to start from the bottom and work their way up before they attract a big number of holders and supporters. > > Moons also incentivize moderators as they receive 10% of the total distribution. Thanks to that, despite the huge number of members, the sub is kept clean. At least most of the time ;-) > > **FIRST MOVER ADVANTAGE** > > The popularity of Moons gives them the first mover advantage ([although they aren't the first Community Points project](https://www.reddit.com/r/ethtrader/comments/kl6ldu\/donuts_faq/)). Even if Reddit launches more Community Points on other subreddits, **Moons have already established their name** (and speaking of names – it’s hard for a better one in the world of cryptocurrencies). > > **REDDIT’S BRANDING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT** > > Moons are developed by a team of professionals hired by Reddit. This makes the project credible and eliminates the risk of a rug pull that is ever-present in the case of many other low market cap projects. > > What’s more, Moons' smart contracts and mobile apps have been also [reviewed and audited by Trail of Bits](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki), an independent security firm. > > Despite being Reddit’s product, Moons are independent of Reddit and once earned neither the admins nor the subreddit moderators can take them away from [users](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki). > > **MANY MOONS ARE ALREADY LOST FOREVER** > > Moons that weren’t claimed in time are lost/burned. Moons that were supposed to be delivered to people who didn’t open their vaults are also burned. It is estimated that **more than 50 million Moons are lost.** The number of lost Moons is significant since the number of circulating tokens is only 100 million and the inflation rate goes down by 2.5% with every distribution. > > [35% users who earned karma still didn’t have their vaults set up during the 18th distribution](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/q3cbfe/comment/hfqztnl/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3). > > **MOONS ARE ON ETH MAINNET** > > On August 9, 2022, [Moons were moved to mainnet](https://np.https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/wk75p2/pack_your_moons_were_moving_to_mainnet/), to Arbitrum Nova. Before that, Moons were on a testnet (test blockchain) and as the name suggests - they were being tested. And since they are no longer being tested, it means that Moons are now much more reliable, much more secure. What's more, **Moons can now be listed on exchanges** and they are already tradeable on gate.io and MEXC. > > More exchanges are sure to follow, [Kraken has published a crypto guide for Moons](https://www.kraken.com/en-us/learn/what-is-reddit-moon/). This might be significant because there are hundreds of coins with higher market cap but Kraken still decided to publish a guide for Moons instead of those coins. > > **MOONS HAVE A LOT OF POTENTIAL AND POSSIBLE USE-CASES** > > Being a currency of the most popular crypto sub, Moons can find a lot of new use-cases and with their low market cap they have a lot of room for growth. Moons are currently placed outside of top 1,000 coins according to Coingecko which suggests they might be strongly undervalued considering their credibility and exposure. > > Recently, r/cc has started charging Moons for AMAs. Everyone who wants an official AMA on the subreddit has to burn a certain number of tokens. r/cc has probably the biggest auditorium in the whole world of crypto, therefore "ticketing" AMAs is sure to attract many parties which, in consequence, will burn a lot of Moons. > > Moons might be finally accepted by [cyphermarket](https://www.cyphermarket.com/) and people will be able to [buy crypto-related products there directly with Moons](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/p9zbhg/announcing_rcryptocurrency_merchandise_and_a/). In future, Moons might be used as means of payment in other crypto-related online shops or other businesses. > > Recently, [Reddit auctioned some NFTs](https://nft.reddit.com/#live-auction). One of them was sold for 175 ETH. This might suggest that r/cc will have their own NFTs in the future, too. And if so, they will probably be sold for Moons. > > Admins have also stated that they’re “[working hard to figure out how to grow them even further](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/opibci/were_launching_a_scaling_network_for_moons/)”. ***** Would you like to learn more? [Click here](/r/CointestOfficial/comments/wdgt3n/coin_inquiries_moons_proarguments_august_2022/) to be taken to the original topic-thread or you can scan through the [Cointest Archive](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_archive#wiki_Moons) to find arguments on this topic in other rounds.
I guess the difference between you and me is I understand that BTC is not fiat currency and as long as I don’t sell my BTC at a 75% LOSS I haven’t LOST 75% of the fiat I put into it. Who sells at a 75% loss anyway; other than you of course. .
#Moon Pro-Arguments Below is an argument written by Blendzi0r which won 1st place in the Moon Pro-Arguments topic for a prior [Cointest](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_policy) round. > *First published on: 14.10.2021* > > *Last edited on: 30.10.2022* > > # What are Moons? > > Moons were [launched by Reddit admins in May 2020](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/gj96lb/introducing_rcryptocurrency_moons/) on Ethereum under the [Community Points](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/) project. Users earn them by contributing (commenting, posting, taking part in contests, etc.) to r/CryptoCurrency (r/cc) subreddit. Moons represent "a unit of ownership" in the subreddit. More information on them can be found here: [https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons\_wiki](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki) > > # What are their pros? > > **THEY CAN BE "EARNED"** > > Moons are unique. They can't be mined and you don't have to buy them in order to own some. All you need is a [reddit account](https://www.reddit.com/register/) and an opened [vault](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/). If your comments or posts are upvoted by other redditors, you will receive Moons when they are distributed. Distributions take place every 4 weeks. You might also be tipped Moons by other users directly and receive them immediately. There are also various competitions where redditors can win Moons (e.g. [Trivia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV6AMUYz-RY), [Cointest](https://www.reddit.com/r/CointestOfficial/), etc.) > > **THEY GIVE REDDITORS POWER** > > The main purpose of Moons is to use them for **voting in Governance Polls**. These polls are held on r/cc regularly and users vote on proposals submitted by other users or moderators (mods). The more Moons someone has, the greater his/her voting power is. Governance Polls allow Moon holders to push r/cc sub in the direction they believe is best. > > It's worth noting that only Moons that were **earned** can be used for voting. Bought Moons don’t increase user’s voting power. > > **THEY ENGAGE USERS** > > Moons incentivize r/cc subscribers to be active and produce quality content. r/cc is constantly in top 50 subreddits when it comes to [comments per day](https://subredditstats.com). Moons also attract new users – r/cc **is currently the most popular subreddit about crypto** with more than 5.6 million members. This gives Moons exposure to a large public. Other projects usually have to start from the bottom and work their way up before they attract a big number of holders and supporters. > > Moons also incentivize moderators as they receive 10% of the total distribution. Thanks to that, despite the huge number of members, the sub is kept clean. At least most of the time ;-) > > **FIRST MOVER ADVANTAGE** > > The popularity of Moons gives them the first mover advantage ([although they aren't the first Community Points project](https://www.reddit.com/r/ethtrader/comments/kl6ldu\/donuts_faq/)). Even if Reddit launches more Community Points on other subreddits, **Moons have already established their name** (and speaking of names – it’s hard for a better one in the world of cryptocurrencies). > > **REDDIT’S BRANDING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT** > > Moons are developed by a team of professionals hired by Reddit. This makes the project credible and eliminates the risk of a rug pull that is ever-present in the case of many other low market cap projects. > > What’s more, Moons' smart contracts and mobile apps have been also [reviewed and audited by Trail of Bits](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki), an independent security firm. > > Despite being Reddit’s product, Moons are independent of Reddit and once earned neither the admins nor the subreddit moderators can take them away from [users](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki). > > **MANY MOONS ARE ALREADY LOST FOREVER** > > Moons that weren’t claimed in time are lost/burned. Moons that were supposed to be delivered to people who didn’t open their vaults are also burned. It is estimated that **more than 50 million Moons are lost.** The number of lost Moons is significant since the number of circulating tokens is only 100 million and the inflation rate goes down by 2.5% with every distribution. > > [35% users who earned karma still didn’t have their vaults set up during the 18th distribution](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/q3cbfe/comment/hfqztnl/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3). > > **MOONS ARE ON ETH MAINNET** > > On August 9, 2022, [Moons were moved to mainnet](https://np.https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/wk75p2/pack_your_moons_were_moving_to_mainnet/), to Arbitrum Nova. Before that, Moons were on a testnet (test blockchain) and as the name suggests - they were being tested. And since they are no longer being tested, it means that Moons are now much more reliable, much more secure. What's more, **Moons can now be listed on exchanges** and they are already tradeable on gate.io and MEXC. > > More exchanges are sure to follow, [Kraken has published a crypto guide for Moons](https://www.kraken.com/en-us/learn/what-is-reddit-moon/). This might be significant because there are hundreds of coins with higher market cap but Kraken still decided to publish a guide for Moons instead of those coins. > > **MOONS HAVE A LOT OF POTENTIAL AND POSSIBLE USE-CASES** > > Being a currency of the most popular crypto sub, Moons can find a lot of new use-cases and with their low market cap they have a lot of room for growth. Moons are currently placed outside of top 1,000 coins according to Coingecko which suggests they might be strongly undervalued considering their credibility and exposure. > > Recently, r/cc has started charging Moons for AMAs. Everyone who wants an official AMA on the subreddit has to burn a certain number of tokens. r/cc has probably the biggest auditorium in the whole world of crypto, therefore "ticketing" AMAs is sure to attract many parties which, in consequence, will burn a lot of Moons. > > Moons might be finally accepted by [cyphermarket](https://www.cyphermarket.com/) and people will be able to [buy crypto-related products there directly with Moons](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/p9zbhg/announcing_rcryptocurrency_merchandise_and_a/). In future, Moons might be used as means of payment in other crypto-related online shops or other businesses. > > Recently, [Reddit auctioned some NFTs](https://nft.reddit.com/#live-auction). One of them was sold for 175 ETH. This might suggest that r/cc will have their own NFTs in the future, too. And if so, they will probably be sold for Moons. > > Admins have also stated that they’re “[working hard to figure out how to grow them even further](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/opibci/were_launching_a_scaling_network_for_moons/)”. ***** Would you like to learn more? [Click here](/r/CointestOfficial/comments/wdgt3n/coin_inquiries_moons_proarguments_august_2022/) to be taken to the original topic-thread or you can scan through the [Cointest Archive](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_archive#wiki_Moons) to find arguments on this topic in other rounds.
#Moon Pro-Arguments Below is an argument written by Blendzi0r which won 1st place in the Moon Pro-Arguments topic for a prior [Cointest](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_policy) round. > *First published on: 14.10.2021* > > *Last edited on: 30.10.2022* > > # What are Moons? > > Moons were [launched by Reddit admins in May 2020](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/gj96lb/introducing_rcryptocurrency_moons/) on Ethereum under the [Community Points](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/) project. Users earn them by contributing (commenting, posting, taking part in contests, etc.) to r/CryptoCurrency (r/cc) subreddit. Moons represent "a unit of ownership" in the subreddit. More information on them can be found here: [https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons\_wiki](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki) > > # What are their pros? > > **THEY CAN BE "EARNED"** > > Moons are unique. They can't be mined and you don't have to buy them in order to own some. All you need is a [reddit account](https://www.reddit.com/register/) and an opened [vault](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/). If your comments or posts are upvoted by other redditors, you will receive Moons when they are distributed. Distributions take place every 4 weeks. You might also be tipped Moons by other users directly and receive them immediately. There are also various competitions where redditors can win Moons (e.g. [Trivia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV6AMUYz-RY), [Cointest](https://www.reddit.com/r/CointestOfficial/), etc.) > > **THEY GIVE REDDITORS POWER** > > The main purpose of Moons is to use them for **voting in Governance Polls**. These polls are held on r/cc regularly and users vote on proposals submitted by other users or moderators (mods). The more Moons someone has, the greater his/her voting power is. Governance Polls allow Moon holders to push r/cc sub in the direction they believe is best. > > It's worth noting that only Moons that were **earned** can be used for voting. Bought Moons don’t increase user’s voting power. > > **THEY ENGAGE USERS** > > Moons incentivize r/cc subscribers to be active and produce quality content. r/cc is constantly in top 50 subreddits when it comes to [comments per day](https://subredditstats.com). Moons also attract new users – r/cc **is currently the most popular subreddit about crypto** with more than 5.6 million members. This gives Moons exposure to a large public. Other projects usually have to start from the bottom and work their way up before they attract a big number of holders and supporters. > > Moons also incentivize moderators as they receive 10% of the total distribution. Thanks to that, despite the huge number of members, the sub is kept clean. At least most of the time ;-) > > **FIRST MOVER ADVANTAGE** > > The popularity of Moons gives them the first mover advantage ([although they aren't the first Community Points project](https://www.reddit.com/r/ethtrader/comments/kl6ldu\/donuts_faq/)). Even if Reddit launches more Community Points on other subreddits, **Moons have already established their name** (and speaking of names – it’s hard for a better one in the world of cryptocurrencies). > > **REDDIT’S BRANDING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT** > > Moons are developed by a team of professionals hired by Reddit. This makes the project credible and eliminates the risk of a rug pull that is ever-present in the case of many other low market cap projects. > > What’s more, Moons' smart contracts and mobile apps have been also [reviewed and audited by Trail of Bits](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki), an independent security firm. > > Despite being Reddit’s product, Moons are independent of Reddit and once earned neither the admins nor the subreddit moderators can take them away from [users](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki). > > **MANY MOONS ARE ALREADY LOST FOREVER** > > Moons that weren’t claimed in time are lost/burned. Moons that were supposed to be delivered to people who didn’t open their vaults are also burned. It is estimated that **more than 50 million Moons are lost.** The number of lost Moons is significant since the number of circulating tokens is only 100 million and the inflation rate goes down by 2.5% with every distribution. > > [35% users who earned karma still didn’t have their vaults set up during the 18th distribution](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/q3cbfe/comment/hfqztnl/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3). > > **MOONS ARE ON ETH MAINNET** > > On August 9, 2022, [Moons were moved to mainnet](https://np.https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/wk75p2/pack_your_moons_were_moving_to_mainnet/), to Arbitrum Nova. Before that, Moons were on a testnet (test blockchain) and as the name suggests - they were being tested. And since they are no longer being tested, it means that Moons are now much more reliable, much more secure. What's more, **Moons can now be listed on exchanges** and they are already tradeable on gate.io and MEXC. > > More exchanges are sure to follow, [Kraken has published a crypto guide for Moons](https://www.kraken.com/en-us/learn/what-is-reddit-moon/). This might be significant because there are hundreds of coins with higher market cap but Kraken still decided to publish a guide for Moons instead of those coins. > > **MOONS HAVE A LOT OF POTENTIAL AND POSSIBLE USE-CASES** > > Being a currency of the most popular crypto sub, Moons can find a lot of new use-cases and with their low market cap they have a lot of room for growth. Moons are currently placed outside of top 1,000 coins according to Coingecko which suggests they might be strongly undervalued considering their credibility and exposure. > > Recently, r/cc has started charging Moons for AMAs. Everyone who wants an official AMA on the subreddit has to burn a certain number of tokens. r/cc has probably the biggest auditorium in the whole world of crypto, therefore "ticketing" AMAs is sure to attract many parties which, in consequence, will burn a lot of Moons. > > Moons might be finally accepted by [cyphermarket](https://www.cyphermarket.com/) and people will be able to [buy crypto-related products there directly with Moons](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/p9zbhg/announcing_rcryptocurrency_merchandise_and_a/). In future, Moons might be used as means of payment in other crypto-related online shops or other businesses. > > Recently, [Reddit auctioned some NFTs](https://nft.reddit.com/#live-auction). One of them was sold for 175 ETH. This might suggest that r/cc will have their own NFTs in the future, too. And if so, they will probably be sold for Moons. > > Admins have also stated that they’re “[working hard to figure out how to grow them even further](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/opibci/were_launching_a_scaling_network_for_moons/)”. ***** Would you like to learn more? [Click here](/r/CointestOfficial/comments/wdgt3n/coin_inquiries_moons_proarguments_august_2022/) to be taken to the original topic-thread or you can scan through the [Cointest Archive](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_archive#wiki_Moons) to find arguments on this topic in other rounds.
#Moon Pro-Arguments Below is an argument written by Blendzi0r which won 1st place in the Moon Pro-Arguments topic for a prior [Cointest](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_policy) round. > *First published on: 14.10.2021* > > *Last edited on: 30.10.2022* > > # What are Moons? > > Moons were [launched by Reddit admins in May 2020](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/gj96lb/introducing_rcryptocurrency_moons/) on Ethereum under the [Community Points](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/) project. Users earn them by contributing (commenting, posting, taking part in contests, etc.) to r/CryptoCurrency (r/cc) subreddit. Moons represent "a unit of ownership" in the subreddit. More information on them can be found here: [https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons\_wiki](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki) > > # What are their pros? > > **THEY CAN BE "EARNED"** > > Moons are unique. They can't be mined and you don't have to buy them in order to own some. All you need is a [reddit account](https://www.reddit.com/register/) and an opened [vault](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/). If your comments or posts are upvoted by other redditors, you will receive Moons when they are distributed. Distributions take place every 4 weeks. You might also be tipped Moons by other users directly and receive them immediately. There are also various competitions where redditors can win Moons (e.g. [Trivia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV6AMUYz-RY), [Cointest](https://www.reddit.com/r/CointestOfficial/), etc.) > > **THEY GIVE REDDITORS POWER** > > The main purpose of Moons is to use them for **voting in Governance Polls**. These polls are held on r/cc regularly and users vote on proposals submitted by other users or moderators (mods). The more Moons someone has, the greater his/her voting power is. Governance Polls allow Moon holders to push r/cc sub in the direction they believe is best. > > It's worth noting that only Moons that were **earned** can be used for voting. Bought Moons don’t increase user’s voting power. > > **THEY ENGAGE USERS** > > Moons incentivize r/cc subscribers to be active and produce quality content. r/cc is constantly in top 50 subreddits when it comes to [comments per day](https://subredditstats.com). Moons also attract new users – r/cc **is currently the most popular subreddit about crypto** with more than 5.6 million members. This gives Moons exposure to a large public. Other projects usually have to start from the bottom and work their way up before they attract a big number of holders and supporters. > > Moons also incentivize moderators as they receive 10% of the total distribution. Thanks to that, despite the huge number of members, the sub is kept clean. At least most of the time ;-) > > **FIRST MOVER ADVANTAGE** > > The popularity of Moons gives them the first mover advantage ([although they aren't the first Community Points project](https://www.reddit.com/r/ethtrader/comments/kl6ldu\/donuts_faq/)). Even if Reddit launches more Community Points on other subreddits, **Moons have already established their name** (and speaking of names – it’s hard for a better one in the world of cryptocurrencies). > > **REDDIT’S BRANDING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT** > > Moons are developed by a team of professionals hired by Reddit. This makes the project credible and eliminates the risk of a rug pull that is ever-present in the case of many other low market cap projects. > > What’s more, Moons' smart contracts and mobile apps have been also [reviewed and audited by Trail of Bits](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki), an independent security firm. > > Despite being Reddit’s product, Moons are independent of Reddit and once earned neither the admins nor the subreddit moderators can take them away from [users](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki). > > **MANY MOONS ARE ALREADY LOST FOREVER** > > Moons that weren’t claimed in time are lost/burned. Moons that were supposed to be delivered to people who didn’t open their vaults are also burned. It is estimated that **more than 50 million Moons are lost.** The number of lost Moons is significant since the number of circulating tokens is only 100 million and the inflation rate goes down by 2.5% with every distribution. > > [35% users who earned karma still didn’t have their vaults set up during the 18th distribution](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/q3cbfe/comment/hfqztnl/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3). > > **MOONS ARE ON ETH MAINNET** > > On August 9, 2022, [Moons were moved to mainnet](https://np.https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/wk75p2/pack_your_moons_were_moving_to_mainnet/), to Arbitrum Nova. Before that, Moons were on a testnet (test blockchain) and as the name suggests - they were being tested. And since they are no longer being tested, it means that Moons are now much more reliable, much more secure. What's more, **Moons can now be listed on exchanges** and they are already tradeable on gate.io and MEXC. > > More exchanges are sure to follow, [Kraken has published a crypto guide for Moons](https://www.kraken.com/en-us/learn/what-is-reddit-moon/). This might be significant because there are hundreds of coins with higher market cap but Kraken still decided to publish a guide for Moons instead of those coins. > > **MOONS HAVE A LOT OF POTENTIAL AND POSSIBLE USE-CASES** > > Being a currency of the most popular crypto sub, Moons can find a lot of new use-cases and with their low market cap they have a lot of room for growth. Moons are currently placed outside of top 1,000 coins according to Coingecko which suggests they might be strongly undervalued considering their credibility and exposure. > > Recently, r/cc has started charging Moons for AMAs. Everyone who wants an official AMA on the subreddit has to burn a certain number of tokens. r/cc has probably the biggest auditorium in the whole world of crypto, therefore "ticketing" AMAs is sure to attract many parties which, in consequence, will burn a lot of Moons. > > Moons might be finally accepted by [cyphermarket](https://www.cyphermarket.com/) and people will be able to [buy crypto-related products there directly with Moons](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/p9zbhg/announcing_rcryptocurrency_merchandise_and_a/). In future, Moons might be used as means of payment in other crypto-related online shops or other businesses. > > Recently, [Reddit auctioned some NFTs](https://nft.reddit.com/#live-auction). One of them was sold for 175 ETH. This might suggest that r/cc will have their own NFTs in the future, too. And if so, they will probably be sold for Moons. > > Admins have also stated that they’re “[working hard to figure out how to grow them even further](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/opibci/were_launching_a_scaling_network_for_moons/)”. ***** Would you like to learn more? [Click here](/r/CointestOfficial/comments/wdgt3n/coin_inquiries_moons_proarguments_august_2022/) to be taken to the original topic-thread or you can scan through the [Cointest Archive](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_archive#wiki_Moons) to find arguments on this topic in other rounds.
#Moon Pro-Arguments Below is an argument written by Blendzi0r which won 1st place in the Moon Pro-Arguments topic for a prior [Cointest](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_policy) round. > *First published on: 14.10.2021* > > *Last edited on: 30.10.2022* > > # What are Moons? > > Moons were [launched by Reddit admins in May 2020](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/gj96lb/introducing_rcryptocurrency_moons/) on Ethereum under the [Community Points](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/) project. Users earn them by contributing (commenting, posting, taking part in contests, etc.) to r/CryptoCurrency (r/cc) subreddit. Moons represent "a unit of ownership" in the subreddit. More information on them can be found here: [https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons\_wiki](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki) > > # What are their pros? > > **THEY CAN BE "EARNED"** > > Moons are unique. They can't be mined and you don't have to buy them in order to own some. All you need is a [reddit account](https://www.reddit.com/register/) and an opened [vault](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/). If your comments or posts are upvoted by other redditors, you will receive Moons when they are distributed. Distributions take place every 4 weeks. You might also be tipped Moons by other users directly and receive them immediately. There are also various competitions where redditors can win Moons (e.g. [Trivia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV6AMUYz-RY), [Cointest](https://www.reddit.com/r/CointestOfficial/), etc.) > > **THEY GIVE REDDITORS POWER** > > The main purpose of Moons is to use them for **voting in Governance Polls**. These polls are held on r/cc regularly and users vote on proposals submitted by other users or moderators (mods). The more Moons someone has, the greater his/her voting power is. Governance Polls allow Moon holders to push r/cc sub in the direction they believe is best. > > It's worth noting that only Moons that were **earned** can be used for voting. Bought Moons don’t increase user’s voting power. > > **THEY ENGAGE USERS** > > Moons incentivize r/cc subscribers to be active and produce quality content. r/cc is constantly in top 50 subreddits when it comes to [comments per day](https://subredditstats.com). Moons also attract new users – r/cc **is currently the most popular subreddit about crypto** with more than 5.6 million members. This gives Moons exposure to a large public. Other projects usually have to start from the bottom and work their way up before they attract a big number of holders and supporters. > > Moons also incentivize moderators as they receive 10% of the total distribution. Thanks to that, despite the huge number of members, the sub is kept clean. At least most of the time ;-) > > **FIRST MOVER ADVANTAGE** > > The popularity of Moons gives them the first mover advantage ([although they aren't the first Community Points project](https://www.reddit.com/r/ethtrader/comments/kl6ldu\/donuts_faq/)). Even if Reddit launches more Community Points on other subreddits, **Moons have already established their name** (and speaking of names – it’s hard for a better one in the world of cryptocurrencies). > > **REDDIT’S BRANDING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT** > > Moons are developed by a team of professionals hired by Reddit. This makes the project credible and eliminates the risk of a rug pull that is ever-present in the case of many other low market cap projects. > > What’s more, Moons' smart contracts and mobile apps have been also [reviewed and audited by Trail of Bits](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki), an independent security firm. > > Despite being Reddit’s product, Moons are independent of Reddit and once earned neither the admins nor the subreddit moderators can take them away from [users](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki). > > **MANY MOONS ARE ALREADY LOST FOREVER** > > Moons that weren’t claimed in time are lost/burned. Moons that were supposed to be delivered to people who didn’t open their vaults are also burned. It is estimated that **more than 50 million Moons are lost.** The number of lost Moons is significant since the number of circulating tokens is only 100 million and the inflation rate goes down by 2.5% with every distribution. > > [35% users who earned karma still didn’t have their vaults set up during the 18th distribution](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/q3cbfe/comment/hfqztnl/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3). > > **MOONS ARE ON ETH MAINNET** > > On August 9, 2022, [Moons were moved to mainnet](https://np.https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/wk75p2/pack_your_moons_were_moving_to_mainnet/), to Arbitrum Nova. Before that, Moons were on a testnet (test blockchain) and as the name suggests - they were being tested. And since they are no longer being tested, it means that Moons are now much more reliable, much more secure. What's more, **Moons can now be listed on exchanges** and they are already tradeable on gate.io and MEXC. > > More exchanges are sure to follow, [Kraken has published a crypto guide for Moons](https://www.kraken.com/en-us/learn/what-is-reddit-moon/). This might be significant because there are hundreds of coins with higher market cap but Kraken still decided to publish a guide for Moons instead of those coins. > > **MOONS HAVE A LOT OF POTENTIAL AND POSSIBLE USE-CASES** > > Being a currency of the most popular crypto sub, Moons can find a lot of new use-cases and with their low market cap they have a lot of room for growth. Moons are currently placed outside of top 1,000 coins according to Coingecko which suggests they might be strongly undervalued considering their credibility and exposure. > > Recently, r/cc has started charging Moons for AMAs. Everyone who wants an official AMA on the subreddit has to burn a certain number of tokens. r/cc has probably the biggest auditorium in the whole world of crypto, therefore "ticketing" AMAs is sure to attract many parties which, in consequence, will burn a lot of Moons. > > Moons might be finally accepted by [cyphermarket](https://www.cyphermarket.com/) and people will be able to [buy crypto-related products there directly with Moons](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/p9zbhg/announcing_rcryptocurrency_merchandise_and_a/). In future, Moons might be used as means of payment in other crypto-related online shops or other businesses. > > Recently, [Reddit auctioned some NFTs](https://nft.reddit.com/#live-auction). One of them was sold for 175 ETH. This might suggest that r/cc will have their own NFTs in the future, too. And if so, they will probably be sold for Moons. > > Admins have also stated that they’re “[working hard to figure out how to grow them even further](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/opibci/were_launching_a_scaling_network_for_moons/)”. ***** Would you like to learn more? [Click here](/r/CointestOfficial/comments/wdgt3n/coin_inquiries_moons_proarguments_august_2022/) to be taken to the original topic-thread or you can scan through the [Cointest Archive](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_archive#wiki_Moons) to find arguments on this topic in other rounds.
#Moon Pro-Arguments Below is an argument written by Blendzi0r which won 1st place in the Moon Pro-Arguments topic for a prior [Cointest](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_policy) round. > *First published on: 14.10.2021* > > *Last edited on: 30.10.2022* > > # What are Moons? > > Moons were [launched by Reddit admins in May 2020](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/gj96lb/introducing_rcryptocurrency_moons/) on Ethereum under the [Community Points](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/) project. Users earn them by contributing (commenting, posting, taking part in contests, etc.) to r/CryptoCurrency (r/cc) subreddit. Moons represent "a unit of ownership" in the subreddit. More information on them can be found here: [https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons\_wiki](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki) > > # What are their pros? > > **THEY CAN BE "EARNED"** > > Moons are unique. They can't be mined and you don't have to buy them in order to own some. All you need is a [reddit account](https://www.reddit.com/register/) and an opened [vault](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/). If your comments or posts are upvoted by other redditors, you will receive Moons when they are distributed. Distributions take place every 4 weeks. You might also be tipped Moons by other users directly and receive them immediately. There are also various competitions where redditors can win Moons (e.g. [Trivia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV6AMUYz-RY), [Cointest](https://www.reddit.com/r/CointestOfficial/), etc.) > > **THEY GIVE REDDITORS POWER** > > The main purpose of Moons is to use them for **voting in Governance Polls**. These polls are held on r/cc regularly and users vote on proposals submitted by other users or moderators (mods). The more Moons someone has, the greater his/her voting power is. Governance Polls allow Moon holders to push r/cc sub in the direction they believe is best. > > It's worth noting that only Moons that were **earned** can be used for voting. Bought Moons don’t increase user’s voting power. > > **THEY ENGAGE USERS** > > Moons incentivize r/cc subscribers to be active and produce quality content. r/cc is constantly in top 50 subreddits when it comes to [comments per day](https://subredditstats.com). Moons also attract new users – r/cc **is currently the most popular subreddit about crypto** with more than 5.6 million members. This gives Moons exposure to a large public. Other projects usually have to start from the bottom and work their way up before they attract a big number of holders and supporters. > > Moons also incentivize moderators as they receive 10% of the total distribution. Thanks to that, despite the huge number of members, the sub is kept clean. At least most of the time ;-) > > **FIRST MOVER ADVANTAGE** > > The popularity of Moons gives them the first mover advantage ([although they aren't the first Community Points project](https://www.reddit.com/r/ethtrader/comments/kl6ldu\/donuts_faq/)). Even if Reddit launches more Community Points on other subreddits, **Moons have already established their name** (and speaking of names – it’s hard for a better one in the world of cryptocurrencies). > > **REDDIT’S BRANDING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT** > > Moons are developed by a team of professionals hired by Reddit. This makes the project credible and eliminates the risk of a rug pull that is ever-present in the case of many other low market cap projects. > > What’s more, Moons' smart contracts and mobile apps have been also [reviewed and audited by Trail of Bits](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki), an independent security firm. > > Despite being Reddit’s product, Moons are independent of Reddit and once earned neither the admins nor the subreddit moderators can take them away from [users](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki). > > **MANY MOONS ARE ALREADY LOST FOREVER** > > Moons that weren’t claimed in time are lost/burned. Moons that were supposed to be delivered to people who didn’t open their vaults are also burned. It is estimated that **more than 50 million Moons are lost.** The number of lost Moons is significant since the number of circulating tokens is only 100 million and the inflation rate goes down by 2.5% with every distribution. > > [35% users who earned karma still didn’t have their vaults set up during the 18th distribution](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/q3cbfe/comment/hfqztnl/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3). > > **MOONS ARE ON ETH MAINNET** > > On August 9, 2022, [Moons were moved to mainnet](https://np.https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/wk75p2/pack_your_moons_were_moving_to_mainnet/), to Arbitrum Nova. Before that, Moons were on a testnet (test blockchain) and as the name suggests - they were being tested. And since they are no longer being tested, it means that Moons are now much more reliable, much more secure. What's more, **Moons can now be listed on exchanges** and they are already tradeable on gate.io and MEXC. > > More exchanges are sure to follow, [Kraken has published a crypto guide for Moons](https://www.kraken.com/en-us/learn/what-is-reddit-moon/). This might be significant because there are hundreds of coins with higher market cap but Kraken still decided to publish a guide for Moons instead of those coins. > > **MOONS HAVE A LOT OF POTENTIAL AND POSSIBLE USE-CASES** > > Being a currency of the most popular crypto sub, Moons can find a lot of new use-cases and with their low market cap they have a lot of room for growth. Moons are currently placed outside of top 1,000 coins according to Coingecko which suggests they might be strongly undervalued considering their credibility and exposure. > > Recently, r/cc has started charging Moons for AMAs. Everyone who wants an official AMA on the subreddit has to burn a certain number of tokens. r/cc has probably the biggest auditorium in the whole world of crypto, therefore "ticketing" AMAs is sure to attract many parties which, in consequence, will burn a lot of Moons. > > Moons might be finally accepted by [cyphermarket](https://www.cyphermarket.com/) and people will be able to [buy crypto-related products there directly with Moons](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/p9zbhg/announcing_rcryptocurrency_merchandise_and_a/). In future, Moons might be used as means of payment in other crypto-related online shops or other businesses. > > Recently, [Reddit auctioned some NFTs](https://nft.reddit.com/#live-auction). One of them was sold for 175 ETH. This might suggest that r/cc will have their own NFTs in the future, too. And if so, they will probably be sold for Moons. > > Admins have also stated that they’re “[working hard to figure out how to grow them even further](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/opibci/were_launching_a_scaling_network_for_moons/)”. ***** Would you like to learn more? [Click here](/r/CointestOfficial/comments/wdgt3n/coin_inquiries_moons_proarguments_august_2022/) to be taken to the original topic-thread or you can scan through the [Cointest Archive](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_archive#wiki_Moons) to find arguments on this topic in other rounds.
#Moon Pro-Arguments Below is an argument written by Blendzi0r which won 1st place in the Moon Pro-Arguments topic for a prior [Cointest](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_policy) round. > *First published on: 14.10.2021* > > *Last edited on: 30.10.2022* > > # What are Moons? > > Moons were [launched by Reddit admins in May 2020](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/gj96lb/introducing_rcryptocurrency_moons/) on Ethereum under the [Community Points](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/) project. Users earn them by contributing (commenting, posting, taking part in contests, etc.) to r/CryptoCurrency (r/cc) subreddit. Moons represent "a unit of ownership" in the subreddit. More information on them can be found here: [https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons\_wiki](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki) > > # What are their pros? > > **THEY CAN BE "EARNED"** > > Moons are unique. They can't be mined and you don't have to buy them in order to own some. All you need is a [reddit account](https://www.reddit.com/register/) and an opened [vault](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/). If your comments or posts are upvoted by other redditors, you will receive Moons when they are distributed. Distributions take place every 4 weeks. You might also be tipped Moons by other users directly and receive them immediately. There are also various competitions where redditors can win Moons (e.g. [Trivia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV6AMUYz-RY), [Cointest](https://www.reddit.com/r/CointestOfficial/), etc.) > > **THEY GIVE REDDITORS POWER** > > The main purpose of Moons is to use them for **voting in Governance Polls**. These polls are held on r/cc regularly and users vote on proposals submitted by other users or moderators (mods). The more Moons someone has, the greater his/her voting power is. Governance Polls allow Moon holders to push r/cc sub in the direction they believe is best. > > It's worth noting that only Moons that were **earned** can be used for voting. Bought Moons don’t increase user’s voting power. > > **THEY ENGAGE USERS** > > Moons incentivize r/cc subscribers to be active and produce quality content. r/cc is constantly in top 50 subreddits when it comes to [comments per day](https://subredditstats.com). Moons also attract new users – r/cc **is currently the most popular subreddit about crypto** with more than 5.6 million members. This gives Moons exposure to a large public. Other projects usually have to start from the bottom and work their way up before they attract a big number of holders and supporters. > > Moons also incentivize moderators as they receive 10% of the total distribution. Thanks to that, despite the huge number of members, the sub is kept clean. At least most of the time ;-) > > **FIRST MOVER ADVANTAGE** > > The popularity of Moons gives them the first mover advantage ([although they aren't the first Community Points project](https://www.reddit.com/r/ethtrader/comments/kl6ldu\/donuts_faq/)). Even if Reddit launches more Community Points on other subreddits, **Moons have already established their name** (and speaking of names – it’s hard for a better one in the world of cryptocurrencies). > > **REDDIT’S BRANDING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT** > > Moons are developed by a team of professionals hired by Reddit. This makes the project credible and eliminates the risk of a rug pull that is ever-present in the case of many other low market cap projects. > > What’s more, Moons' smart contracts and mobile apps have been also [reviewed and audited by Trail of Bits](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki), an independent security firm. > > Despite being Reddit’s product, Moons are independent of Reddit and once earned neither the admins nor the subreddit moderators can take them away from [users](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki). > > **MANY MOONS ARE ALREADY LOST FOREVER** > > Moons that weren’t claimed in time are lost/burned. Moons that were supposed to be delivered to people who didn’t open their vaults are also burned. It is estimated that **more than 50 million Moons are lost.** The number of lost Moons is significant since the number of circulating tokens is only 100 million and the inflation rate goes down by 2.5% with every distribution. > > [35% users who earned karma still didn’t have their vaults set up during the 18th distribution](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/q3cbfe/comment/hfqztnl/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3). > > **MOONS ARE ON ETH MAINNET** > > On August 9, 2022, [Moons were moved to mainnet](https://np.https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/wk75p2/pack_your_moons_were_moving_to_mainnet/), to Arbitrum Nova. Before that, Moons were on a testnet (test blockchain) and as the name suggests - they were being tested. And since they are no longer being tested, it means that Moons are now much more reliable, much more secure. What's more, **Moons can now be listed on exchanges** and they are already tradeable on gate.io and MEXC. > > More exchanges are sure to follow, [Kraken has published a crypto guide for Moons](https://www.kraken.com/en-us/learn/what-is-reddit-moon/). This might be significant because there are hundreds of coins with higher market cap but Kraken still decided to publish a guide for Moons instead of those coins. > > **MOONS HAVE A LOT OF POTENTIAL AND POSSIBLE USE-CASES** > > Being a currency of the most popular crypto sub, Moons can find a lot of new use-cases and with their low market cap they have a lot of room for growth. Moons are currently placed outside of top 1,000 coins according to Coingecko which suggests they might be strongly undervalued considering their credibility and exposure. > > Recently, r/cc has started charging Moons for AMAs. Everyone who wants an official AMA on the subreddit has to burn a certain number of tokens. r/cc has probably the biggest auditorium in the whole world of crypto, therefore "ticketing" AMAs is sure to attract many parties which, in consequence, will burn a lot of Moons. > > Moons might be finally accepted by [cyphermarket](https://www.cyphermarket.com/) and people will be able to [buy crypto-related products there directly with Moons](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/p9zbhg/announcing_rcryptocurrency_merchandise_and_a/). In future, Moons might be used as means of payment in other crypto-related online shops or other businesses. > > Recently, [Reddit auctioned some NFTs](https://nft.reddit.com/#live-auction). One of them was sold for 175 ETH. This might suggest that r/cc will have their own NFTs in the future, too. And if so, they will probably be sold for Moons. > > Admins have also stated that they’re “[working hard to figure out how to grow them even further](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/opibci/were_launching_a_scaling_network_for_moons/)”. ***** Would you like to learn more? [Click here](/r/CointestOfficial/comments/wdgt3n/coin_inquiries_moons_proarguments_august_2022/) to be taken to the original topic-thread or you can scan through the [Cointest Archive](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_archive#wiki_Moons) to find arguments on this topic in other rounds.
#Moon Pro-Arguments Below is an argument written by Blendzi0r which won 1st place in the Moon Pro-Arguments topic for a prior [Cointest](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_policy) round. > *First published on: 14.10.2021* > > *Last edited on: 30.10.2022* > > # What are Moons? > > Moons were [launched by Reddit admins in May 2020](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/gj96lb/introducing_rcryptocurrency_moons/) on Ethereum under the [Community Points](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/) project. Users earn them by contributing (commenting, posting, taking part in contests, etc.) to r/CryptoCurrency (r/cc) subreddit. Moons represent "a unit of ownership" in the subreddit. More information on them can be found here: [https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons\_wiki](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki) > > # What are their pros? > > **THEY CAN BE "EARNED"** > > Moons are unique. They can't be mined and you don't have to buy them in order to own some. All you need is a [reddit account](https://www.reddit.com/register/) and an opened [vault](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/). If your comments or posts are upvoted by other redditors, you will receive Moons when they are distributed. Distributions take place every 4 weeks. You might also be tipped Moons by other users directly and receive them immediately. There are also various competitions where redditors can win Moons (e.g. [Trivia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV6AMUYz-RY), [Cointest](https://www.reddit.com/r/CointestOfficial/), etc.) > > **THEY GIVE REDDITORS POWER** > > The main purpose of Moons is to use them for **voting in Governance Polls**. These polls are held on r/cc regularly and users vote on proposals submitted by other users or moderators (mods). The more Moons someone has, the greater his/her voting power is. Governance Polls allow Moon holders to push r/cc sub in the direction they believe is best. > > It's worth noting that only Moons that were **earned** can be used for voting. Bought Moons don’t increase user’s voting power. > > **THEY ENGAGE USERS** > > Moons incentivize r/cc subscribers to be active and produce quality content. r/cc is constantly in top 50 subreddits when it comes to [comments per day](https://subredditstats.com). Moons also attract new users – r/cc **is currently the most popular subreddit about crypto** with more than 5.6 million members. This gives Moons exposure to a large public. Other projects usually have to start from the bottom and work their way up before they attract a big number of holders and supporters. > > Moons also incentivize moderators as they receive 10% of the total distribution. Thanks to that, despite the huge number of members, the sub is kept clean. At least most of the time ;-) > > **FIRST MOVER ADVANTAGE** > > The popularity of Moons gives them the first mover advantage ([although they aren't the first Community Points project](https://www.reddit.com/r/ethtrader/comments/kl6ldu\/donuts_faq/)). Even if Reddit launches more Community Points on other subreddits, **Moons have already established their name** (and speaking of names – it’s hard for a better one in the world of cryptocurrencies). > > **REDDIT’S BRANDING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT** > > Moons are developed by a team of professionals hired by Reddit. This makes the project credible and eliminates the risk of a rug pull that is ever-present in the case of many other low market cap projects. > > What’s more, Moons' smart contracts and mobile apps have been also [reviewed and audited by Trail of Bits](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki), an independent security firm. > > Despite being Reddit’s product, Moons are independent of Reddit and once earned neither the admins nor the subreddit moderators can take them away from [users](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki). > > **MANY MOONS ARE ALREADY LOST FOREVER** > > Moons that weren’t claimed in time are lost/burned. Moons that were supposed to be delivered to people who didn’t open their vaults are also burned. It is estimated that **more than 50 million Moons are lost.** The number of lost Moons is significant since the number of circulating tokens is only 100 million and the inflation rate goes down by 2.5% with every distribution. > > [35% users who earned karma still didn’t have their vaults set up during the 18th distribution](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/q3cbfe/comment/hfqztnl/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3). > > **MOONS ARE ON ETH MAINNET** > > On August 9, 2022, [Moons were moved to mainnet](https://np.https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/wk75p2/pack_your_moons_were_moving_to_mainnet/), to Arbitrum Nova. Before that, Moons were on a testnet (test blockchain) and as the name suggests - they were being tested. And since they are no longer being tested, it means that Moons are now much more reliable, much more secure. What's more, **Moons can now be listed on exchanges** and they are already tradeable on gate.io and MEXC. > > More exchanges are sure to follow, [Kraken has published a crypto guide for Moons](https://www.kraken.com/en-us/learn/what-is-reddit-moon/). This might be significant because there are hundreds of coins with higher market cap but Kraken still decided to publish a guide for Moons instead of those coins. > > **MOONS HAVE A LOT OF POTENTIAL AND POSSIBLE USE-CASES** > > Being a currency of the most popular crypto sub, Moons can find a lot of new use-cases and with their low market cap they have a lot of room for growth. Moons are currently placed outside of top 1,000 coins according to Coingecko which suggests they might be strongly undervalued considering their credibility and exposure. > > Recently, r/cc has started charging Moons for AMAs. Everyone who wants an official AMA on the subreddit has to burn a certain number of tokens. r/cc has probably the biggest auditorium in the whole world of crypto, therefore "ticketing" AMAs is sure to attract many parties which, in consequence, will burn a lot of Moons. > > Moons might be finally accepted by [cyphermarket](https://www.cyphermarket.com/) and people will be able to [buy crypto-related products there directly with Moons](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/p9zbhg/announcing_rcryptocurrency_merchandise_and_a/). In future, Moons might be used as means of payment in other crypto-related online shops or other businesses. > > Recently, [Reddit auctioned some NFTs](https://nft.reddit.com/#live-auction). One of them was sold for 175 ETH. This might suggest that r/cc will have their own NFTs in the future, too. And if so, they will probably be sold for Moons. > > Admins have also stated that they’re “[working hard to figure out how to grow them even further](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/opibci/were_launching_a_scaling_network_for_moons/)”. ***** Would you like to learn more? [Click here](/r/CointestOfficial/comments/wdgt3n/coin_inquiries_moons_proarguments_august_2022/) to be taken to the original topic-thread or you can scan through the [Cointest Archive](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_archive#wiki_Moons) to find arguments on this topic in other rounds.
That’s wrong, though. If you buy 1BTC at 10k€, and the next day it’s at 8k€, you LOST 2k€. Not “virtually”, not “only if you sell”, you really did lose 2k€.
#Moon Pro-Arguments Below is an argument written by Blendzi0r which won 1st place in the Moon Pro-Arguments topic for a prior [Cointest](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_policy) round. > *First published on: 14.10.2021* > > *Last edited on: 30.10.2022* > > # What are Moons? > > Moons were [launched by Reddit admins in May 2020](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/gj96lb/introducing_rcryptocurrency_moons/) on Ethereum under the [Community Points](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/) project. Users earn them by contributing (commenting, posting, taking part in contests, etc.) to r/CryptoCurrency (r/cc) subreddit. Moons represent "a unit of ownership" in the subreddit. More information on them can be found here: [https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons\_wiki](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki) > > # What are their pros? > > **THEY CAN BE "EARNED"** > > Moons are unique. They can't be mined and you don't have to buy them in order to own some. All you need is a [reddit account](https://www.reddit.com/register/) and an opened [vault](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/). If your comments or posts are upvoted by other redditors, you will receive Moons when they are distributed. Distributions take place every 4 weeks. You might also be tipped Moons by other users directly and receive them immediately. There are also various competitions where redditors can win Moons (e.g. [Trivia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV6AMUYz-RY), [Cointest](https://www.reddit.com/r/CointestOfficial/), etc.) > > **THEY GIVE REDDITORS POWER** > > The main purpose of Moons is to use them for **voting in Governance Polls**. These polls are held on r/cc regularly and users vote on proposals submitted by other users or moderators (mods). The more Moons someone has, the greater his/her voting power is. Governance Polls allow Moon holders to push r/cc sub in the direction they believe is best. > > It's worth noting that only Moons that were **earned** can be used for voting. Bought Moons don’t increase user’s voting power. > > **THEY ENGAGE USERS** > > Moons incentivize r/cc subscribers to be active and produce quality content. r/cc is constantly in top 50 subreddits when it comes to [comments per day](https://subredditstats.com). Moons also attract new users – r/cc **is currently the most popular subreddit about crypto** with more than 5.6 million members. This gives Moons exposure to a large public. Other projects usually have to start from the bottom and work their way up before they attract a big number of holders and supporters. > > Moons also incentivize moderators as they receive 10% of the total distribution. Thanks to that, despite the huge number of members, the sub is kept clean. At least most of the time ;-) > > **FIRST MOVER ADVANTAGE** > > The popularity of Moons gives them the first mover advantage ([although they aren't the first Community Points project](https://www.reddit.com/r/ethtrader/comments/kl6ldu\/donuts_faq/)). Even if Reddit launches more Community Points on other subreddits, **Moons have already established their name** (and speaking of names – it’s hard for a better one in the world of cryptocurrencies). > > **REDDIT’S BRANDING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT** > > Moons are developed by a team of professionals hired by Reddit. This makes the project credible and eliminates the risk of a rug pull that is ever-present in the case of many other low market cap projects. > > What’s more, Moons' smart contracts and mobile apps have been also [reviewed and audited by Trail of Bits](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki), an independent security firm. > > Despite being Reddit’s product, Moons are independent of Reddit and once earned neither the admins nor the subreddit moderators can take them away from [users](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki). > > **MANY MOONS ARE ALREADY LOST FOREVER** > > Moons that weren’t claimed in time are lost/burned. Moons that were supposed to be delivered to people who didn’t open their vaults are also burned. It is estimated that **more than 50 million Moons are lost.** The number of lost Moons is significant since the number of circulating tokens is only 100 million and the inflation rate goes down by 2.5% with every distribution. > > [35% users who earned karma still didn’t have their vaults set up during the 18th distribution](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/q3cbfe/comment/hfqztnl/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3). > > **MOONS ARE ON ETH MAINNET** > > On August 9, 2022, [Moons were moved to mainnet](https://np.https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/wk75p2/pack_your_moons_were_moving_to_mainnet/), to Arbitrum Nova. Before that, Moons were on a testnet (test blockchain) and as the name suggests - they were being tested. And since they are no longer being tested, it means that Moons are now much more reliable, much more secure. What's more, **Moons can now be listed on exchanges** and they are already tradeable on gate.io and MEXC. > > More exchanges are sure to follow, [Kraken has published a crypto guide for Moons](https://www.kraken.com/en-us/learn/what-is-reddit-moon/). This might be significant because there are hundreds of coins with higher market cap but Kraken still decided to publish a guide for Moons instead of those coins. > > **MOONS HAVE A LOT OF POTENTIAL AND POSSIBLE USE-CASES** > > Being a currency of the most popular crypto sub, Moons can find a lot of new use-cases and with their low market cap they have a lot of room for growth. Moons are currently placed outside of top 1,000 coins according to Coingecko which suggests they might be strongly undervalued considering their credibility and exposure. > > Recently, r/cc has started charging Moons for AMAs. Everyone who wants an official AMA on the subreddit has to burn a certain number of tokens. r/cc has probably the biggest auditorium in the whole world of crypto, therefore "ticketing" AMAs is sure to attract many parties which, in consequence, will burn a lot of Moons. > > Moons might be finally accepted by [cyphermarket](https://www.cyphermarket.com/) and people will be able to [buy crypto-related products there directly with Moons](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/p9zbhg/announcing_rcryptocurrency_merchandise_and_a/). In future, Moons might be used as means of payment in other crypto-related online shops or other businesses. > > Recently, [Reddit auctioned some NFTs](https://nft.reddit.com/#live-auction). One of them was sold for 175 ETH. This might suggest that r/cc will have their own NFTs in the future, too. And if so, they will probably be sold for Moons. > > Admins have also stated that they’re “[working hard to figure out how to grow them even further](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/opibci/were_launching_a_scaling_network_for_moons/)”. ***** Would you like to learn more? [Click here](/r/CointestOfficial/comments/wdgt3n/coin_inquiries_moons_proarguments_august_2022/) to be taken to the original topic-thread or you can scan through the [Cointest Archive](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_archive#wiki_Moons) to find arguments on this topic in other rounds.
#Moon Pro-Arguments Below is an argument written by Blendzi0r which won 1st place in the Moon Pro-Arguments topic for a prior [Cointest](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_policy) round. > *First published on: 14.10.2021* > > *Last edited on: 30.10.2022* > > # What are Moons? > > Moons were [launched by Reddit admins in May 2020](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/gj96lb/introducing_rcryptocurrency_moons/) on Ethereum under the [Community Points](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/) project. Users earn them by contributing (commenting, posting, taking part in contests, etc.) to r/CryptoCurrency (r/cc) subreddit. Moons represent "a unit of ownership" in the subreddit. More information on them can be found here: [https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons\_wiki](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki) > > # What are their pros? > > **THEY CAN BE "EARNED"** > > Moons are unique. They can't be mined and you don't have to buy them in order to own some. All you need is a [reddit account](https://www.reddit.com/register/) and an opened [vault](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/). If your comments or posts are upvoted by other redditors, you will receive Moons when they are distributed. Distributions take place every 4 weeks. You might also be tipped Moons by other users directly and receive them immediately. There are also various competitions where redditors can win Moons (e.g. [Trivia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV6AMUYz-RY), [Cointest](https://www.reddit.com/r/CointestOfficial/), etc.) > > **THEY GIVE REDDITORS POWER** > > The main purpose of Moons is to use them for **voting in Governance Polls**. These polls are held on r/cc regularly and users vote on proposals submitted by other users or moderators (mods). The more Moons someone has, the greater his/her voting power is. Governance Polls allow Moon holders to push r/cc sub in the direction they believe is best. > > It's worth noting that only Moons that were **earned** can be used for voting. Bought Moons don’t increase user’s voting power. > > **THEY ENGAGE USERS** > > Moons incentivize r/cc subscribers to be active and produce quality content. r/cc is constantly in top 50 subreddits when it comes to [comments per day](https://subredditstats.com). Moons also attract new users – r/cc **is currently the most popular subreddit about crypto** with more than 5.6 million members. This gives Moons exposure to a large public. Other projects usually have to start from the bottom and work their way up before they attract a big number of holders and supporters. > > Moons also incentivize moderators as they receive 10% of the total distribution. Thanks to that, despite the huge number of members, the sub is kept clean. At least most of the time ;-) > > **FIRST MOVER ADVANTAGE** > > The popularity of Moons gives them the first mover advantage ([although they aren't the first Community Points project](https://www.reddit.com/r/ethtrader/comments/kl6ldu\/donuts_faq/)). Even if Reddit launches more Community Points on other subreddits, **Moons have already established their name** (and speaking of names – it’s hard for a better one in the world of cryptocurrencies). > > **REDDIT’S BRANDING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT** > > Moons are developed by a team of professionals hired by Reddit. This makes the project credible and eliminates the risk of a rug pull that is ever-present in the case of many other low market cap projects. > > What’s more, Moons' smart contracts and mobile apps have been also [reviewed and audited by Trail of Bits](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki), an independent security firm. > > Despite being Reddit’s product, Moons are independent of Reddit and once earned neither the admins nor the subreddit moderators can take them away from [users](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki). > > **MANY MOONS ARE ALREADY LOST FOREVER** > > Moons that weren’t claimed in time are lost/burned. Moons that were supposed to be delivered to people who didn’t open their vaults are also burned. It is estimated that **more than 50 million Moons are lost.** The number of lost Moons is significant since the number of circulating tokens is only 100 million and the inflation rate goes down by 2.5% with every distribution. > > [35% users who earned karma still didn’t have their vaults set up during the 18th distribution](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/q3cbfe/comment/hfqztnl/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3). > > **MOONS ARE ON ETH MAINNET** > > On August 9, 2022, [Moons were moved to mainnet](https://np.https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/wk75p2/pack_your_moons_were_moving_to_mainnet/), to Arbitrum Nova. Before that, Moons were on a testnet (test blockchain) and as the name suggests - they were being tested. And since they are no longer being tested, it means that Moons are now much more reliable, much more secure. What's more, **Moons can now be listed on exchanges** and they are already tradeable on gate.io and MEXC. > > More exchanges are sure to follow, [Kraken has published a crypto guide for Moons](https://www.kraken.com/en-us/learn/what-is-reddit-moon/). This might be significant because there are hundreds of coins with higher market cap but Kraken still decided to publish a guide for Moons instead of those coins. > > **MOONS HAVE A LOT OF POTENTIAL AND POSSIBLE USE-CASES** > > Being a currency of the most popular crypto sub, Moons can find a lot of new use-cases and with their low market cap they have a lot of room for growth. Moons are currently placed outside of top 1,000 coins according to Coingecko which suggests they might be strongly undervalued considering their credibility and exposure. > > Recently, r/cc has started charging Moons for AMAs. Everyone who wants an official AMA on the subreddit has to burn a certain number of tokens. r/cc has probably the biggest auditorium in the whole world of crypto, therefore "ticketing" AMAs is sure to attract many parties which, in consequence, will burn a lot of Moons. > > Moons might be finally accepted by [cyphermarket](https://www.cyphermarket.com/) and people will be able to [buy crypto-related products there directly with Moons](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/p9zbhg/announcing_rcryptocurrency_merchandise_and_a/). In future, Moons might be used as means of payment in other crypto-related online shops or other businesses. > > Recently, [Reddit auctioned some NFTs](https://nft.reddit.com/#live-auction). One of them was sold for 175 ETH. This might suggest that r/cc will have their own NFTs in the future, too. And if so, they will probably be sold for Moons. > > Admins have also stated that they’re “[working hard to figure out how to grow them even further](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/opibci/were_launching_a_scaling_network_for_moons/)”. ***** Would you like to learn more? [Click here](/r/CointestOfficial/comments/wdgt3n/coin_inquiries_moons_proarguments_august_2022/) to be taken to the original topic-thread or you can scan through the [Cointest Archive](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_archive#wiki_Moons) to find arguments on this topic in other rounds.
#Moon Pro-Arguments Below is an argument written by Blendzi0r which won 1st place in the Moon Pro-Arguments topic for a prior [Cointest](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_policy) round. > *First published on: 14.10.2021* > > *Last edited on: 30.10.2022* > > # What are Moons? > > Moons were [launched by Reddit admins in May 2020](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/gj96lb/introducing_rcryptocurrency_moons/) on Ethereum under the [Community Points](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/) project. Users earn them by contributing (commenting, posting, taking part in contests, etc.) to r/CryptoCurrency (r/cc) subreddit. Moons represent "a unit of ownership" in the subreddit. More information on them can be found here: [https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons\_wiki](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki) > > # What are their pros? > > **THEY CAN BE "EARNED"** > > Moons are unique. They can't be mined and you don't have to buy them in order to own some. All you need is a [reddit account](https://www.reddit.com/register/) and an opened [vault](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/). If your comments or posts are upvoted by other redditors, you will receive Moons when they are distributed. Distributions take place every 4 weeks. You might also be tipped Moons by other users directly and receive them immediately. There are also various competitions where redditors can win Moons (e.g. [Trivia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV6AMUYz-RY), [Cointest](https://www.reddit.com/r/CointestOfficial/), etc.) > > **THEY GIVE REDDITORS POWER** > > The main purpose of Moons is to use them for **voting in Governance Polls**. These polls are held on r/cc regularly and users vote on proposals submitted by other users or moderators (mods). The more Moons someone has, the greater his/her voting power is. Governance Polls allow Moon holders to push r/cc sub in the direction they believe is best. > > It's worth noting that only Moons that were **earned** can be used for voting. Bought Moons don’t increase user’s voting power. > > **THEY ENGAGE USERS** > > Moons incentivize r/cc subscribers to be active and produce quality content. r/cc is constantly in top 50 subreddits when it comes to [comments per day](https://subredditstats.com). Moons also attract new users – r/cc **is currently the most popular subreddit about crypto** with more than 5.6 million members. This gives Moons exposure to a large public. Other projects usually have to start from the bottom and work their way up before they attract a big number of holders and supporters. > > Moons also incentivize moderators as they receive 10% of the total distribution. Thanks to that, despite the huge number of members, the sub is kept clean. At least most of the time ;-) > > **FIRST MOVER ADVANTAGE** > > The popularity of Moons gives them the first mover advantage ([although they aren't the first Community Points project](https://www.reddit.com/r/ethtrader/comments/kl6ldu\/donuts_faq/)). Even if Reddit launches more Community Points on other subreddits, **Moons have already established their name** (and speaking of names – it’s hard for a better one in the world of cryptocurrencies). > > **REDDIT’S BRANDING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT** > > Moons are developed by a team of professionals hired by Reddit. This makes the project credible and eliminates the risk of a rug pull that is ever-present in the case of many other low market cap projects. > > What’s more, Moons' smart contracts and mobile apps have been also [reviewed and audited by Trail of Bits](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki), an independent security firm. > > Despite being Reddit’s product, Moons are independent of Reddit and once earned neither the admins nor the subreddit moderators can take them away from [users](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki). > > **MANY MOONS ARE ALREADY LOST FOREVER** > > Moons that weren’t claimed in time are lost/burned. Moons that were supposed to be delivered to people who didn’t open their vaults are also burned. It is estimated that **more than 50 million Moons are lost.** The number of lost Moons is significant since the number of circulating tokens is only 100 million and the inflation rate goes down by 2.5% with every distribution. > > [35% users who earned karma still didn’t have their vaults set up during the 18th distribution](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/q3cbfe/comment/hfqztnl/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3). > > **MOONS ARE ON ETH MAINNET** > > On August 9, 2022, [Moons were moved to mainnet](https://np.https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/wk75p2/pack_your_moons_were_moving_to_mainnet/), to Arbitrum Nova. Before that, Moons were on a testnet (test blockchain) and as the name suggests - they were being tested. And since they are no longer being tested, it means that Moons are now much more reliable, much more secure. What's more, **Moons can now be listed on exchanges** and they are already tradeable on gate.io and MEXC. > > More exchanges are sure to follow, [Kraken has published a crypto guide for Moons](https://www.kraken.com/en-us/learn/what-is-reddit-moon/). This might be significant because there are hundreds of coins with higher market cap but Kraken still decided to publish a guide for Moons instead of those coins. > > **MOONS HAVE A LOT OF POTENTIAL AND POSSIBLE USE-CASES** > > Being a currency of the most popular crypto sub, Moons can find a lot of new use-cases and with their low market cap they have a lot of room for growth. Moons are currently placed outside of top 1,000 coins according to Coingecko which suggests they might be strongly undervalued considering their credibility and exposure. > > Recently, r/cc has started charging Moons for AMAs. Everyone who wants an official AMA on the subreddit has to burn a certain number of tokens. r/cc has probably the biggest auditorium in the whole world of crypto, therefore "ticketing" AMAs is sure to attract many parties which, in consequence, will burn a lot of Moons. > > Moons might be finally accepted by [cyphermarket](https://www.cyphermarket.com/) and people will be able to [buy crypto-related products there directly with Moons](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/p9zbhg/announcing_rcryptocurrency_merchandise_and_a/). In future, Moons might be used as means of payment in other crypto-related online shops or other businesses. > > Recently, [Reddit auctioned some NFTs](https://nft.reddit.com/#live-auction). One of them was sold for 175 ETH. This might suggest that r/cc will have their own NFTs in the future, too. And if so, they will probably be sold for Moons. > > Admins have also stated that they’re “[working hard to figure out how to grow them even further](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/opibci/were_launching_a_scaling_network_for_moons/)”. ***** Would you like to learn more? [Click here](/r/CointestOfficial/comments/wdgt3n/coin_inquiries_moons_proarguments_august_2022/) to be taken to the original topic-thread or you can scan through the [Cointest Archive](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_archive#wiki_Moons) to find arguments on this topic in other rounds.
#Moon Pro-Arguments Below is an argument written by Blendzi0r which won 1st place in the Moon Pro-Arguments topic for a prior [Cointest](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_policy) round. > *First published on: 14.10.2021* > > *Last edited on: 30.10.2022* > > # What are Moons? > > Moons were [launched by Reddit admins in May 2020](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/gj96lb/introducing_rcryptocurrency_moons/) on Ethereum under the [Community Points](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/) project. Users earn them by contributing (commenting, posting, taking part in contests, etc.) to r/CryptoCurrency (r/cc) subreddit. Moons represent "a unit of ownership" in the subreddit. More information on them can be found here: [https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons\_wiki](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki) > > # What are their pros? > > **THEY CAN BE "EARNED"** > > Moons are unique. They can't be mined and you don't have to buy them in order to own some. All you need is a [reddit account](https://www.reddit.com/register/) and an opened [vault](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/). If your comments or posts are upvoted by other redditors, you will receive Moons when they are distributed. Distributions take place every 4 weeks. You might also be tipped Moons by other users directly and receive them immediately. There are also various competitions where redditors can win Moons (e.g. [Trivia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV6AMUYz-RY), [Cointest](https://www.reddit.com/r/CointestOfficial/), etc.) > > **THEY GIVE REDDITORS POWER** > > The main purpose of Moons is to use them for **voting in Governance Polls**. These polls are held on r/cc regularly and users vote on proposals submitted by other users or moderators (mods). The more Moons someone has, the greater his/her voting power is. Governance Polls allow Moon holders to push r/cc sub in the direction they believe is best. > > It's worth noting that only Moons that were **earned** can be used for voting. Bought Moons don’t increase user’s voting power. > > **THEY ENGAGE USERS** > > Moons incentivize r/cc subscribers to be active and produce quality content. r/cc is constantly in top 50 subreddits when it comes to [comments per day](https://subredditstats.com). Moons also attract new users – r/cc **is currently the most popular subreddit about crypto** with more than 5.6 million members. This gives Moons exposure to a large public. Other projects usually have to start from the bottom and work their way up before they attract a big number of holders and supporters. > > Moons also incentivize moderators as they receive 10% of the total distribution. Thanks to that, despite the huge number of members, the sub is kept clean. At least most of the time ;-) > > **FIRST MOVER ADVANTAGE** > > The popularity of Moons gives them the first mover advantage ([although they aren't the first Community Points project](https://www.reddit.com/r/ethtrader/comments/kl6ldu\/donuts_faq/)). Even if Reddit launches more Community Points on other subreddits, **Moons have already established their name** (and speaking of names – it’s hard for a better one in the world of cryptocurrencies). > > **REDDIT’S BRANDING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT** > > Moons are developed by a team of professionals hired by Reddit. This makes the project credible and eliminates the risk of a rug pull that is ever-present in the case of many other low market cap projects. > > What’s more, Moons' smart contracts and mobile apps have been also [reviewed and audited by Trail of Bits](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki), an independent security firm. > > Despite being Reddit’s product, Moons are independent of Reddit and once earned neither the admins nor the subreddit moderators can take them away from [users](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki). > > **MANY MOONS ARE ALREADY LOST FOREVER** > > Moons that weren’t claimed in time are lost/burned. Moons that were supposed to be delivered to people who didn’t open their vaults are also burned. It is estimated that **more than 50 million Moons are lost.** The number of lost Moons is significant since the number of circulating tokens is only 100 million and the inflation rate goes down by 2.5% with every distribution. > > [35% users who earned karma still didn’t have their vaults set up during the 18th distribution](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/q3cbfe/comment/hfqztnl/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3). > > **MOONS ARE ON ETH MAINNET** > > On August 9, 2022, [Moons were moved to mainnet](https://np.https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/wk75p2/pack_your_moons_were_moving_to_mainnet/), to Arbitrum Nova. Before that, Moons were on a testnet (test blockchain) and as the name suggests - they were being tested. And since they are no longer being tested, it means that Moons are now much more reliable, much more secure. What's more, **Moons can now be listed on exchanges** and they are already tradeable on gate.io and MEXC. > > More exchanges are sure to follow, [Kraken has published a crypto guide for Moons](https://www.kraken.com/en-us/learn/what-is-reddit-moon/). This might be significant because there are hundreds of coins with higher market cap but Kraken still decided to publish a guide for Moons instead of those coins. > > **MOONS HAVE A LOT OF POTENTIAL AND POSSIBLE USE-CASES** > > Being a currency of the most popular crypto sub, Moons can find a lot of new use-cases and with their low market cap they have a lot of room for growth. Moons are currently placed outside of top 1,000 coins according to Coingecko which suggests they might be strongly undervalued considering their credibility and exposure. > > Recently, r/cc has started charging Moons for AMAs. Everyone who wants an official AMA on the subreddit has to burn a certain number of tokens. r/cc has probably the biggest auditorium in the whole world of crypto, therefore "ticketing" AMAs is sure to attract many parties which, in consequence, will burn a lot of Moons. > > Moons might be finally accepted by [cyphermarket](https://www.cyphermarket.com/) and people will be able to [buy crypto-related products there directly with Moons](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/p9zbhg/announcing_rcryptocurrency_merchandise_and_a/). In future, Moons might be used as means of payment in other crypto-related online shops or other businesses. > > Recently, [Reddit auctioned some NFTs](https://nft.reddit.com/#live-auction). One of them was sold for 175 ETH. This might suggest that r/cc will have their own NFTs in the future, too. And if so, they will probably be sold for Moons. > > Admins have also stated that they’re “[working hard to figure out how to grow them even further](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/opibci/were_launching_a_scaling_network_for_moons/)”. ***** Would you like to learn more? [Click here](/r/CointestOfficial/comments/wdgt3n/coin_inquiries_moons_proarguments_august_2022/) to be taken to the original topic-thread or you can scan through the [Cointest Archive](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_archive#wiki_Moons) to find arguments on this topic in other rounds.
#Moon Pro-Arguments Below is an argument written by Blendzi0r which won 1st place in the Moon Pro-Arguments topic for a prior [Cointest](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_policy) round. > *First published on: 14.10.2021* > > *Last edited on: 30.10.2022* > > # What are Moons? > > Moons were [launched by Reddit admins in May 2020](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/gj96lb/introducing_rcryptocurrency_moons/) on Ethereum under the [Community Points](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/) project. Users earn them by contributing (commenting, posting, taking part in contests, etc.) to r/CryptoCurrency (r/cc) subreddit. Moons represent "a unit of ownership" in the subreddit. More information on them can be found here: [https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons\_wiki](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki) > > # What are their pros? > > **THEY CAN BE "EARNED"** > > Moons are unique. They can't be mined and you don't have to buy them in order to own some. All you need is a [reddit account](https://www.reddit.com/register/) and an opened [vault](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/). If your comments or posts are upvoted by other redditors, you will receive Moons when they are distributed. Distributions take place every 4 weeks. You might also be tipped Moons by other users directly and receive them immediately. There are also various competitions where redditors can win Moons (e.g. [Trivia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV6AMUYz-RY), [Cointest](https://www.reddit.com/r/CointestOfficial/), etc.) > > **THEY GIVE REDDITORS POWER** > > The main purpose of Moons is to use them for **voting in Governance Polls**. These polls are held on r/cc regularly and users vote on proposals submitted by other users or moderators (mods). The more Moons someone has, the greater his/her voting power is. Governance Polls allow Moon holders to push r/cc sub in the direction they believe is best. > > It's worth noting that only Moons that were **earned** can be used for voting. Bought Moons don’t increase user’s voting power. > > **THEY ENGAGE USERS** > > Moons incentivize r/cc subscribers to be active and produce quality content. r/cc is constantly in top 50 subreddits when it comes to [comments per day](https://subredditstats.com). Moons also attract new users – r/cc **is currently the most popular subreddit about crypto** with more than 5.6 million members. This gives Moons exposure to a large public. Other projects usually have to start from the bottom and work their way up before they attract a big number of holders and supporters. > > Moons also incentivize moderators as they receive 10% of the total distribution. Thanks to that, despite the huge number of members, the sub is kept clean. At least most of the time ;-) > > **FIRST MOVER ADVANTAGE** > > The popularity of Moons gives them the first mover advantage ([although they aren't the first Community Points project](https://www.reddit.com/r/ethtrader/comments/kl6ldu\/donuts_faq/)). Even if Reddit launches more Community Points on other subreddits, **Moons have already established their name** (and speaking of names – it’s hard for a better one in the world of cryptocurrencies). > > **REDDIT’S BRANDING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT** > > Moons are developed by a team of professionals hired by Reddit. This makes the project credible and eliminates the risk of a rug pull that is ever-present in the case of many other low market cap projects. > > What’s more, Moons' smart contracts and mobile apps have been also [reviewed and audited by Trail of Bits](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki), an independent security firm. > > Despite being Reddit’s product, Moons are independent of Reddit and once earned neither the admins nor the subreddit moderators can take them away from [users](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki). > > **MANY MOONS ARE ALREADY LOST FOREVER** > > Moons that weren’t claimed in time are lost/burned. Moons that were supposed to be delivered to people who didn’t open their vaults are also burned. It is estimated that **more than 50 million Moons are lost.** The number of lost Moons is significant since the number of circulating tokens is only 100 million and the inflation rate goes down by 2.5% with every distribution. > > [35% users who earned karma still didn’t have their vaults set up during the 18th distribution](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/q3cbfe/comment/hfqztnl/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3). > > **MOONS ARE ON ETH MAINNET** > > On August 9, 2022, [Moons were moved to mainnet](https://np.https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/wk75p2/pack_your_moons_were_moving_to_mainnet/), to Arbitrum Nova. Before that, Moons were on a testnet (test blockchain) and as the name suggests - they were being tested. And since they are no longer being tested, it means that Moons are now much more reliable, much more secure. What's more, **Moons can now be listed on exchanges** and they are already tradeable on gate.io and MEXC. > > More exchanges are sure to follow, [Kraken has published a crypto guide for Moons](https://www.kraken.com/en-us/learn/what-is-reddit-moon/). This might be significant because there are hundreds of coins with higher market cap but Kraken still decided to publish a guide for Moons instead of those coins. > > **MOONS HAVE A LOT OF POTENTIAL AND POSSIBLE USE-CASES** > > Being a currency of the most popular crypto sub, Moons can find a lot of new use-cases and with their low market cap they have a lot of room for growth. Moons are currently placed outside of top 1,000 coins according to Coingecko which suggests they might be strongly undervalued considering their credibility and exposure. > > Recently, r/cc has started charging Moons for AMAs. Everyone who wants an official AMA on the subreddit has to burn a certain number of tokens. r/cc has probably the biggest auditorium in the whole world of crypto, therefore "ticketing" AMAs is sure to attract many parties which, in consequence, will burn a lot of Moons. > > Moons might be finally accepted by [cyphermarket](https://www.cyphermarket.com/) and people will be able to [buy crypto-related products there directly with Moons](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/p9zbhg/announcing_rcryptocurrency_merchandise_and_a/). In future, Moons might be used as means of payment in other crypto-related online shops or other businesses. > > Recently, [Reddit auctioned some NFTs](https://nft.reddit.com/#live-auction). One of them was sold for 175 ETH. This might suggest that r/cc will have their own NFTs in the future, too. And if so, they will probably be sold for Moons. > > Admins have also stated that they’re “[working hard to figure out how to grow them even further](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/opibci/were_launching_a_scaling_network_for_moons/)”. ***** Would you like to learn more? [Click here](/r/CointestOfficial/comments/wdgt3n/coin_inquiries_moons_proarguments_august_2022/) to be taken to the original topic-thread or you can scan through the [Cointest Archive](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_archive#wiki_Moons) to find arguments on this topic in other rounds.
#Moon Pro-Arguments Below is an argument written by Blendzi0r which won 1st place in the Moon Pro-Arguments topic for a prior [Cointest](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_policy) round. > *First published on: 14.10.2021* > > *Last edited on: 30.10.2022* > > # What are Moons? > > Moons were [launched by Reddit admins in May 2020](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/gj96lb/introducing_rcryptocurrency_moons/) on Ethereum under the [Community Points](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/) project. Users earn them by contributing (commenting, posting, taking part in contests, etc.) to r/CryptoCurrency (r/cc) subreddit. Moons represent "a unit of ownership" in the subreddit. More information on them can be found here: [https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons\_wiki](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki) > > # What are their pros? > > **THEY CAN BE "EARNED"** > > Moons are unique. They can't be mined and you don't have to buy them in order to own some. All you need is a [reddit account](https://www.reddit.com/register/) and an opened [vault](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/). If your comments or posts are upvoted by other redditors, you will receive Moons when they are distributed. Distributions take place every 4 weeks. You might also be tipped Moons by other users directly and receive them immediately. There are also various competitions where redditors can win Moons (e.g. [Trivia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV6AMUYz-RY), [Cointest](https://www.reddit.com/r/CointestOfficial/), etc.) > > **THEY GIVE REDDITORS POWER** > > The main purpose of Moons is to use them for **voting in Governance Polls**. These polls are held on r/cc regularly and users vote on proposals submitted by other users or moderators (mods). The more Moons someone has, the greater his/her voting power is. Governance Polls allow Moon holders to push r/cc sub in the direction they believe is best. > > It's worth noting that only Moons that were **earned** can be used for voting. Bought Moons don’t increase user’s voting power. > > **THEY ENGAGE USERS** > > Moons incentivize r/cc subscribers to be active and produce quality content. r/cc is constantly in top 50 subreddits when it comes to [comments per day](https://subredditstats.com). Moons also attract new users – r/cc **is currently the most popular subreddit about crypto** with more than 5.6 million members. This gives Moons exposure to a large public. Other projects usually have to start from the bottom and work their way up before they attract a big number of holders and supporters. > > Moons also incentivize moderators as they receive 10% of the total distribution. Thanks to that, despite the huge number of members, the sub is kept clean. At least most of the time ;-) > > **FIRST MOVER ADVANTAGE** > > The popularity of Moons gives them the first mover advantage ([although they aren't the first Community Points project](https://www.reddit.com/r/ethtrader/comments/kl6ldu\/donuts_faq/)). Even if Reddit launches more Community Points on other subreddits, **Moons have already established their name** (and speaking of names – it’s hard for a better one in the world of cryptocurrencies). > > **REDDIT’S BRANDING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT** > > Moons are developed by a team of professionals hired by Reddit. This makes the project credible and eliminates the risk of a rug pull that is ever-present in the case of many other low market cap projects. > > What’s more, Moons' smart contracts and mobile apps have been also [reviewed and audited by Trail of Bits](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki), an independent security firm. > > Despite being Reddit’s product, Moons are independent of Reddit and once earned neither the admins nor the subreddit moderators can take them away from [users](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki). > > **MANY MOONS ARE ALREADY LOST FOREVER** > > Moons that weren’t claimed in time are lost/burned. Moons that were supposed to be delivered to people who didn’t open their vaults are also burned. It is estimated that **more than 50 million Moons are lost.** The number of lost Moons is significant since the number of circulating tokens is only 100 million and the inflation rate goes down by 2.5% with every distribution. > > [35% users who earned karma still didn’t have their vaults set up during the 18th distribution](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/q3cbfe/comment/hfqztnl/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3). > > **MOONS ARE ON ETH MAINNET** > > On August 9, 2022, [Moons were moved to mainnet](https://np.https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/wk75p2/pack_your_moons_were_moving_to_mainnet/), to Arbitrum Nova. Before that, Moons were on a testnet (test blockchain) and as the name suggests - they were being tested. And since they are no longer being tested, it means that Moons are now much more reliable, much more secure. What's more, **Moons can now be listed on exchanges** and they are already tradeable on gate.io and MEXC. > > More exchanges are sure to follow, [Kraken has published a crypto guide for Moons](https://www.kraken.com/en-us/learn/what-is-reddit-moon/). This might be significant because there are hundreds of coins with higher market cap but Kraken still decided to publish a guide for Moons instead of those coins. > > **MOONS HAVE A LOT OF POTENTIAL AND POSSIBLE USE-CASES** > > Being a currency of the most popular crypto sub, Moons can find a lot of new use-cases and with their low market cap they have a lot of room for growth. Moons are currently placed outside of top 1,000 coins according to Coingecko which suggests they might be strongly undervalued considering their credibility and exposure. > > Recently, r/cc has started charging Moons for AMAs. Everyone who wants an official AMA on the subreddit has to burn a certain number of tokens. r/cc has probably the biggest auditorium in the whole world of crypto, therefore "ticketing" AMAs is sure to attract many parties which, in consequence, will burn a lot of Moons. > > Moons might be finally accepted by [cyphermarket](https://www.cyphermarket.com/) and people will be able to [buy crypto-related products there directly with Moons](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/p9zbhg/announcing_rcryptocurrency_merchandise_and_a/). In future, Moons might be used as means of payment in other crypto-related online shops or other businesses. > > Recently, [Reddit auctioned some NFTs](https://nft.reddit.com/#live-auction). One of them was sold for 175 ETH. This might suggest that r/cc will have their own NFTs in the future, too. And if so, they will probably be sold for Moons. > > Admins have also stated that they’re “[working hard to figure out how to grow them even further](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/opibci/were_launching_a_scaling_network_for_moons/)”. ***** Would you like to learn more? [Click here](/r/CointestOfficial/comments/wdgt3n/coin_inquiries_moons_proarguments_august_2022/) to be taken to the original topic-thread or you can scan through the [Cointest Archive](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_archive#wiki_Moons) to find arguments on this topic in other rounds.
#Moon Pro-Arguments Below is an argument written by Blendzi0r which won 1st place in the Moon Pro-Arguments topic for a prior [Cointest](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_policy) round. > *First published on: 14.10.2021* > > *Last edited on: 30.10.2022* > > # What are Moons? > > Moons were [launched by Reddit admins in May 2020](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/gj96lb/introducing_rcryptocurrency_moons/) on Ethereum under the [Community Points](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/) project. Users earn them by contributing (commenting, posting, taking part in contests, etc.) to r/CryptoCurrency (r/cc) subreddit. Moons represent "a unit of ownership" in the subreddit. More information on them can be found here: [https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons\_wiki](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki) > > # What are their pros? > > **THEY CAN BE "EARNED"** > > Moons are unique. They can't be mined and you don't have to buy them in order to own some. All you need is a [reddit account](https://www.reddit.com/register/) and an opened [vault](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/). If your comments or posts are upvoted by other redditors, you will receive Moons when they are distributed. Distributions take place every 4 weeks. You might also be tipped Moons by other users directly and receive them immediately. There are also various competitions where redditors can win Moons (e.g. [Trivia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV6AMUYz-RY), [Cointest](https://www.reddit.com/r/CointestOfficial/), etc.) > > **THEY GIVE REDDITORS POWER** > > The main purpose of Moons is to use them for **voting in Governance Polls**. These polls are held on r/cc regularly and users vote on proposals submitted by other users or moderators (mods). The more Moons someone has, the greater his/her voting power is. Governance Polls allow Moon holders to push r/cc sub in the direction they believe is best. > > It's worth noting that only Moons that were **earned** can be used for voting. Bought Moons don’t increase user’s voting power. > > **THEY ENGAGE USERS** > > Moons incentivize r/cc subscribers to be active and produce quality content. r/cc is constantly in top 50 subreddits when it comes to [comments per day](https://subredditstats.com). Moons also attract new users – r/cc **is currently the most popular subreddit about crypto** with more than 5.6 million members. This gives Moons exposure to a large public. Other projects usually have to start from the bottom and work their way up before they attract a big number of holders and supporters. > > Moons also incentivize moderators as they receive 10% of the total distribution. Thanks to that, despite the huge number of members, the sub is kept clean. At least most of the time ;-) > > **FIRST MOVER ADVANTAGE** > > The popularity of Moons gives them the first mover advantage ([although they aren't the first Community Points project](https://www.reddit.com/r/ethtrader/comments/kl6ldu\/donuts_faq/)). Even if Reddit launches more Community Points on other subreddits, **Moons have already established their name** (and speaking of names – it’s hard for a better one in the world of cryptocurrencies). > > **REDDIT’S BRANDING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT** > > Moons are developed by a team of professionals hired by Reddit. This makes the project credible and eliminates the risk of a rug pull that is ever-present in the case of many other low market cap projects. > > What’s more, Moons' smart contracts and mobile apps have been also [reviewed and audited by Trail of Bits](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki), an independent security firm. > > Despite being Reddit’s product, Moons are independent of Reddit and once earned neither the admins nor the subreddit moderators can take them away from [users](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki). > > **MANY MOONS ARE ALREADY LOST FOREVER** > > Moons that weren’t claimed in time are lost/burned. Moons that were supposed to be delivered to people who didn’t open their vaults are also burned. It is estimated that **more than 50 million Moons are lost.** The number of lost Moons is significant since the number of circulating tokens is only 100 million and the inflation rate goes down by 2.5% with every distribution. > > [35% users who earned karma still didn’t have their vaults set up during the 18th distribution](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/q3cbfe/comment/hfqztnl/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3). > > **MOONS ARE ON ETH MAINNET** > > On August 9, 2022, [Moons were moved to mainnet](https://np.https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/wk75p2/pack_your_moons_were_moving_to_mainnet/), to Arbitrum Nova. Before that, Moons were on a testnet (test blockchain) and as the name suggests - they were being tested. And since they are no longer being tested, it means that Moons are now much more reliable, much more secure. What's more, **Moons can now be listed on exchanges** and they are already tradeable on gate.io and MEXC. > > More exchanges are sure to follow, [Kraken has published a crypto guide for Moons](https://www.kraken.com/en-us/learn/what-is-reddit-moon/). This might be significant because there are hundreds of coins with higher market cap but Kraken still decided to publish a guide for Moons instead of those coins. > > **MOONS HAVE A LOT OF POTENTIAL AND POSSIBLE USE-CASES** > > Being a currency of the most popular crypto sub, Moons can find a lot of new use-cases and with their low market cap they have a lot of room for growth. Moons are currently placed outside of top 1,000 coins according to Coingecko which suggests they might be strongly undervalued considering their credibility and exposure. > > Recently, r/cc has started charging Moons for AMAs. Everyone who wants an official AMA on the subreddit has to burn a certain number of tokens. r/cc has probably the biggest auditorium in the whole world of crypto, therefore "ticketing" AMAs is sure to attract many parties which, in consequence, will burn a lot of Moons. > > Moons might be finally accepted by [cyphermarket](https://www.cyphermarket.com/) and people will be able to [buy crypto-related products there directly with Moons](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/p9zbhg/announcing_rcryptocurrency_merchandise_and_a/). In future, Moons might be used as means of payment in other crypto-related online shops or other businesses. > > Recently, [Reddit auctioned some NFTs](https://nft.reddit.com/#live-auction). One of them was sold for 175 ETH. This might suggest that r/cc will have their own NFTs in the future, too. And if so, they will probably be sold for Moons. > > Admins have also stated that they’re “[working hard to figure out how to grow them even further](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/opibci/were_launching_a_scaling_network_for_moons/)”. ***** Would you like to learn more? [Click here](/r/CointestOfficial/comments/wdgt3n/coin_inquiries_moons_proarguments_august_2022/) to be taken to the original topic-thread or you can scan through the [Cointest Archive](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_archive#wiki_Moons) to find arguments on this topic in other rounds.
#Moon Pro-Arguments Below is an argument written by Blendzi0r which won 1st place in the Moon Pro-Arguments topic for a prior [Cointest](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_policy) round. > *First published on: 14.10.2021* > > *Last edited on: 30.10.2022* > > # What are Moons? > > Moons were [launched by Reddit admins in May 2020](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/gj96lb/introducing_rcryptocurrency_moons/) on Ethereum under the [Community Points](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/) project. Users earn them by contributing (commenting, posting, taking part in contests, etc.) to r/CryptoCurrency (r/cc) subreddit. Moons represent "a unit of ownership" in the subreddit. More information on them can be found here: [https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons\_wiki](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki) > > # What are their pros? > > **THEY CAN BE "EARNED"** > > Moons are unique. They can't be mined and you don't have to buy them in order to own some. All you need is a [reddit account](https://www.reddit.com/register/) and an opened [vault](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/). If your comments or posts are upvoted by other redditors, you will receive Moons when they are distributed. Distributions take place every 4 weeks. You might also be tipped Moons by other users directly and receive them immediately. There are also various competitions where redditors can win Moons (e.g. [Trivia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV6AMUYz-RY), [Cointest](https://www.reddit.com/r/CointestOfficial/), etc.) > > **THEY GIVE REDDITORS POWER** > > The main purpose of Moons is to use them for **voting in Governance Polls**. These polls are held on r/cc regularly and users vote on proposals submitted by other users or moderators (mods). The more Moons someone has, the greater his/her voting power is. Governance Polls allow Moon holders to push r/cc sub in the direction they believe is best. > > It's worth noting that only Moons that were **earned** can be used for voting. Bought Moons don’t increase user’s voting power. > > **THEY ENGAGE USERS** > > Moons incentivize r/cc subscribers to be active and produce quality content. r/cc is constantly in top 50 subreddits when it comes to [comments per day](https://subredditstats.com). Moons also attract new users – r/cc **is currently the most popular subreddit about crypto** with more than 5.6 million members. This gives Moons exposure to a large public. Other projects usually have to start from the bottom and work their way up before they attract a big number of holders and supporters. > > Moons also incentivize moderators as they receive 10% of the total distribution. Thanks to that, despite the huge number of members, the sub is kept clean. At least most of the time ;-) > > **FIRST MOVER ADVANTAGE** > > The popularity of Moons gives them the first mover advantage ([although they aren't the first Community Points project](https://www.reddit.com/r/ethtrader/comments/kl6ldu\/donuts_faq/)). Even if Reddit launches more Community Points on other subreddits, **Moons have already established their name** (and speaking of names – it’s hard for a better one in the world of cryptocurrencies). > > **REDDIT’S BRANDING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT** > > Moons are developed by a team of professionals hired by Reddit. This makes the project credible and eliminates the risk of a rug pull that is ever-present in the case of many other low market cap projects. > > What’s more, Moons' smart contracts and mobile apps have been also [reviewed and audited by Trail of Bits](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki), an independent security firm. > > Despite being Reddit’s product, Moons are independent of Reddit and once earned neither the admins nor the subreddit moderators can take them away from [users](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki). > > **MANY MOONS ARE ALREADY LOST FOREVER** > > Moons that weren’t claimed in time are lost/burned. Moons that were supposed to be delivered to people who didn’t open their vaults are also burned. It is estimated that **more than 50 million Moons are lost.** The number of lost Moons is significant since the number of circulating tokens is only 100 million and the inflation rate goes down by 2.5% with every distribution. > > [35% users who earned karma still didn’t have their vaults set up during the 18th distribution](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/q3cbfe/comment/hfqztnl/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3). > > **MOONS ARE ON ETH MAINNET** > > On August 9, 2022, [Moons were moved to mainnet](https://np.https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/wk75p2/pack_your_moons_were_moving_to_mainnet/), to Arbitrum Nova. Before that, Moons were on a testnet (test blockchain) and as the name suggests - they were being tested. And since they are no longer being tested, it means that Moons are now much more reliable, much more secure. What's more, **Moons can now be listed on exchanges** and they are already tradeable on gate.io and MEXC. > > More exchanges are sure to follow, [Kraken has published a crypto guide for Moons](https://www.kraken.com/en-us/learn/what-is-reddit-moon/). This might be significant because there are hundreds of coins with higher market cap but Kraken still decided to publish a guide for Moons instead of those coins. > > **MOONS HAVE A LOT OF POTENTIAL AND POSSIBLE USE-CASES** > > Being a currency of the most popular crypto sub, Moons can find a lot of new use-cases and with their low market cap they have a lot of room for growth. Moons are currently placed outside of top 1,000 coins according to Coingecko which suggests they might be strongly undervalued considering their credibility and exposure. > > Recently, r/cc has started charging Moons for AMAs. Everyone who wants an official AMA on the subreddit has to burn a certain number of tokens. r/cc has probably the biggest auditorium in the whole world of crypto, therefore "ticketing" AMAs is sure to attract many parties which, in consequence, will burn a lot of Moons. > > Moons might be finally accepted by [cyphermarket](https://www.cyphermarket.com/) and people will be able to [buy crypto-related products there directly with Moons](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/p9zbhg/announcing_rcryptocurrency_merchandise_and_a/). In future, Moons might be used as means of payment in other crypto-related online shops or other businesses. > > Recently, [Reddit auctioned some NFTs](https://nft.reddit.com/#live-auction). One of them was sold for 175 ETH. This might suggest that r/cc will have their own NFTs in the future, too. And if so, they will probably be sold for Moons. > > Admins have also stated that they’re “[working hard to figure out how to grow them even further](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/opibci/were_launching_a_scaling_network_for_moons/)”. ***** Would you like to learn more? [Click here](/r/CointestOfficial/comments/wdgt3n/coin_inquiries_moons_proarguments_august_2022/) to be taken to the original topic-thread or you can scan through the [Cointest Archive](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_archive#wiki_Moons) to find arguments on this topic in other rounds.
#Moon Pro-Arguments Below is an argument written by Blendzi0r which won 1st place in the Moon Pro-Arguments topic for a prior [Cointest](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_policy) round. > *First published on: 14.10.2021* > > *Last edited on: 30.10.2022* > > # What are Moons? > > Moons were [launched by Reddit admins in May 2020](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/gj96lb/introducing_rcryptocurrency_moons/) on Ethereum under the [Community Points](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/) project. Users earn them by contributing (commenting, posting, taking part in contests, etc.) to r/CryptoCurrency (r/cc) subreddit. Moons represent "a unit of ownership" in the subreddit. More information on them can be found here: [https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons\_wiki](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki) > > # What are their pros? > > **THEY CAN BE "EARNED"** > > Moons are unique. They can't be mined and you don't have to buy them in order to own some. All you need is a [reddit account](https://www.reddit.com/register/) and an opened [vault](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/). If your comments or posts are upvoted by other redditors, you will receive Moons when they are distributed. Distributions take place every 4 weeks. You might also be tipped Moons by other users directly and receive them immediately. There are also various competitions where redditors can win Moons (e.g. [Trivia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV6AMUYz-RY), [Cointest](https://www.reddit.com/r/CointestOfficial/), etc.) > > **THEY GIVE REDDITORS POWER** > > The main purpose of Moons is to use them for **voting in Governance Polls**. These polls are held on r/cc regularly and users vote on proposals submitted by other users or moderators (mods). The more Moons someone has, the greater his/her voting power is. Governance Polls allow Moon holders to push r/cc sub in the direction they believe is best. > > It's worth noting that only Moons that were **earned** can be used for voting. Bought Moons don’t increase user’s voting power. > > **THEY ENGAGE USERS** > > Moons incentivize r/cc subscribers to be active and produce quality content. r/cc is constantly in top 50 subreddits when it comes to [comments per day](https://subredditstats.com). Moons also attract new users – r/cc **is currently the most popular subreddit about crypto** with more than 5.6 million members. This gives Moons exposure to a large public. Other projects usually have to start from the bottom and work their way up before they attract a big number of holders and supporters. > > Moons also incentivize moderators as they receive 10% of the total distribution. Thanks to that, despite the huge number of members, the sub is kept clean. At least most of the time ;-) > > **FIRST MOVER ADVANTAGE** > > The popularity of Moons gives them the first mover advantage ([although they aren't the first Community Points project](https://www.reddit.com/r/ethtrader/comments/kl6ldu\/donuts_faq/)). Even if Reddit launches more Community Points on other subreddits, **Moons have already established their name** (and speaking of names – it’s hard for a better one in the world of cryptocurrencies). > > **REDDIT’S BRANDING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT** > > Moons are developed by a team of professionals hired by Reddit. This makes the project credible and eliminates the risk of a rug pull that is ever-present in the case of many other low market cap projects. > > What’s more, Moons' smart contracts and mobile apps have been also [reviewed and audited by Trail of Bits](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki), an independent security firm. > > Despite being Reddit’s product, Moons are independent of Reddit and once earned neither the admins nor the subreddit moderators can take them away from [users](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki). > > **MANY MOONS ARE ALREADY LOST FOREVER** > > Moons that weren’t claimed in time are lost/burned. Moons that were supposed to be delivered to people who didn’t open their vaults are also burned. It is estimated that **more than 50 million Moons are lost.** The number of lost Moons is significant since the number of circulating tokens is only 100 million and the inflation rate goes down by 2.5% with every distribution. > > [35% users who earned karma still didn’t have their vaults set up during the 18th distribution](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/q3cbfe/comment/hfqztnl/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3). > > **MOONS ARE ON ETH MAINNET** > > On August 9, 2022, [Moons were moved to mainnet](https://np.https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/wk75p2/pack_your_moons_were_moving_to_mainnet/), to Arbitrum Nova. Before that, Moons were on a testnet (test blockchain) and as the name suggests - they were being tested. And since they are no longer being tested, it means that Moons are now much more reliable, much more secure. What's more, **Moons can now be listed on exchanges** and they are already tradeable on gate.io and MEXC. > > More exchanges are sure to follow, [Kraken has published a crypto guide for Moons](https://www.kraken.com/en-us/learn/what-is-reddit-moon/). This might be significant because there are hundreds of coins with higher market cap but Kraken still decided to publish a guide for Moons instead of those coins. > > **MOONS HAVE A LOT OF POTENTIAL AND POSSIBLE USE-CASES** > > Being a currency of the most popular crypto sub, Moons can find a lot of new use-cases and with their low market cap they have a lot of room for growth. Moons are currently placed outside of top 1,000 coins according to Coingecko which suggests they might be strongly undervalued considering their credibility and exposure. > > Recently, r/cc has started charging Moons for AMAs. Everyone who wants an official AMA on the subreddit has to burn a certain number of tokens. r/cc has probably the biggest auditorium in the whole world of crypto, therefore "ticketing" AMAs is sure to attract many parties which, in consequence, will burn a lot of Moons. > > Moons might be finally accepted by [cyphermarket](https://www.cyphermarket.com/) and people will be able to [buy crypto-related products there directly with Moons](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/p9zbhg/announcing_rcryptocurrency_merchandise_and_a/). In future, Moons might be used as means of payment in other crypto-related online shops or other businesses. > > Recently, [Reddit auctioned some NFTs](https://nft.reddit.com/#live-auction). One of them was sold for 175 ETH. This might suggest that r/cc will have their own NFTs in the future, too. And if so, they will probably be sold for Moons. > > Admins have also stated that they’re “[working hard to figure out how to grow them even further](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/opibci/were_launching_a_scaling_network_for_moons/)”. ***** Would you like to learn more? [Click here](/r/CointestOfficial/comments/wdgt3n/coin_inquiries_moons_proarguments_august_2022/) to be taken to the original topic-thread or you can scan through the [Cointest Archive](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_archive#wiki_Moons) to find arguments on this topic in other rounds.
#Moon Pro-Arguments Below is an argument written by Blendzi0r which won 1st place in the Moon Pro-Arguments topic for a prior [Cointest](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_policy) round. > *First published on: 14.10.2021* > > *Last edited on: 30.10.2022* > > # What are Moons? > > Moons were [launched by Reddit admins in May 2020](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/gj96lb/introducing_rcryptocurrency_moons/) on Ethereum under the [Community Points](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/) project. Users earn them by contributing (commenting, posting, taking part in contests, etc.) to r/CryptoCurrency (r/cc) subreddit. Moons represent "a unit of ownership" in the subreddit. More information on them can be found here: [https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons\_wiki](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki) > > # What are their pros? > > **THEY CAN BE "EARNED"** > > Moons are unique. They can't be mined and you don't have to buy them in order to own some. All you need is a [reddit account](https://www.reddit.com/register/) and an opened [vault](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/). If your comments or posts are upvoted by other redditors, you will receive Moons when they are distributed. Distributions take place every 4 weeks. You might also be tipped Moons by other users directly and receive them immediately. There are also various competitions where redditors can win Moons (e.g. [Trivia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV6AMUYz-RY), [Cointest](https://www.reddit.com/r/CointestOfficial/), etc.) > > **THEY GIVE REDDITORS POWER** > > The main purpose of Moons is to use them for **voting in Governance Polls**. These polls are held on r/cc regularly and users vote on proposals submitted by other users or moderators (mods). The more Moons someone has, the greater his/her voting power is. Governance Polls allow Moon holders to push r/cc sub in the direction they believe is best. > > It's worth noting that only Moons that were **earned** can be used for voting. Bought Moons don’t increase user’s voting power. > > **THEY ENGAGE USERS** > > Moons incentivize r/cc subscribers to be active and produce quality content. r/cc is constantly in top 50 subreddits when it comes to [comments per day](https://subredditstats.com). Moons also attract new users – r/cc **is currently the most popular subreddit about crypto** with more than 5.6 million members. This gives Moons exposure to a large public. Other projects usually have to start from the bottom and work their way up before they attract a big number of holders and supporters. > > Moons also incentivize moderators as they receive 10% of the total distribution. Thanks to that, despite the huge number of members, the sub is kept clean. At least most of the time ;-) > > **FIRST MOVER ADVANTAGE** > > The popularity of Moons gives them the first mover advantage ([although they aren't the first Community Points project](https://www.reddit.com/r/ethtrader/comments/kl6ldu\/donuts_faq/)). Even if Reddit launches more Community Points on other subreddits, **Moons have already established their name** (and speaking of names – it’s hard for a better one in the world of cryptocurrencies). > > **REDDIT’S BRANDING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT** > > Moons are developed by a team of professionals hired by Reddit. This makes the project credible and eliminates the risk of a rug pull that is ever-present in the case of many other low market cap projects. > > What’s more, Moons' smart contracts and mobile apps have been also [reviewed and audited by Trail of Bits](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki), an independent security firm. > > Despite being Reddit’s product, Moons are independent of Reddit and once earned neither the admins nor the subreddit moderators can take them away from [users](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki). > > **MANY MOONS ARE ALREADY LOST FOREVER** > > Moons that weren’t claimed in time are lost/burned. Moons that were supposed to be delivered to people who didn’t open their vaults are also burned. It is estimated that **more than 50 million Moons are lost.** The number of lost Moons is significant since the number of circulating tokens is only 100 million and the inflation rate goes down by 2.5% with every distribution. > > [35% users who earned karma still didn’t have their vaults set up during the 18th distribution](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/q3cbfe/comment/hfqztnl/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3). > > **MOONS ARE ON ETH MAINNET** > > On August 9, 2022, [Moons were moved to mainnet](https://np.https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/wk75p2/pack_your_moons_were_moving_to_mainnet/), to Arbitrum Nova. Before that, Moons were on a testnet (test blockchain) and as the name suggests - they were being tested. And since they are no longer being tested, it means that Moons are now much more reliable, much more secure. What's more, **Moons can now be listed on exchanges** and they are already tradeable on gate.io and MEXC. > > More exchanges are sure to follow, [Kraken has published a crypto guide for Moons](https://www.kraken.com/en-us/learn/what-is-reddit-moon/). This might be significant because there are hundreds of coins with higher market cap but Kraken still decided to publish a guide for Moons instead of those coins. > > **MOONS HAVE A LOT OF POTENTIAL AND POSSIBLE USE-CASES** > > Being a currency of the most popular crypto sub, Moons can find a lot of new use-cases and with their low market cap they have a lot of room for growth. Moons are currently placed outside of top 1,000 coins according to Coingecko which suggests they might be strongly undervalued considering their credibility and exposure. > > Recently, r/cc has started charging Moons for AMAs. Everyone who wants an official AMA on the subreddit has to burn a certain number of tokens. r/cc has probably the biggest auditorium in the whole world of crypto, therefore "ticketing" AMAs is sure to attract many parties which, in consequence, will burn a lot of Moons. > > Moons might be finally accepted by [cyphermarket](https://www.cyphermarket.com/) and people will be able to [buy crypto-related products there directly with Moons](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/p9zbhg/announcing_rcryptocurrency_merchandise_and_a/). In future, Moons might be used as means of payment in other crypto-related online shops or other businesses. > > Recently, [Reddit auctioned some NFTs](https://nft.reddit.com/#live-auction). One of them was sold for 175 ETH. This might suggest that r/cc will have their own NFTs in the future, too. And if so, they will probably be sold for Moons. > > Admins have also stated that they’re “[working hard to figure out how to grow them even further](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/opibci/were_launching_a_scaling_network_for_moons/)”. ***** Would you like to learn more? [Click here](/r/CointestOfficial/comments/wdgt3n/coin_inquiries_moons_proarguments_august_2022/) to be taken to the original topic-thread or you can scan through the [Cointest Archive](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_archive#wiki_Moons) to find arguments on this topic in other rounds.
#Moon Pro-Arguments Below is an argument written by Blendzi0r which won 1st place in the Moon Pro-Arguments topic for a prior [Cointest](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_policy) round. > *First published on: 14.10.2021* > > *Last edited on: 30.10.2022* > > # What are Moons? > > Moons were [launched by Reddit admins in May 2020](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/gj96lb/introducing_rcryptocurrency_moons/) on Ethereum under the [Community Points](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/) project. Users earn them by contributing (commenting, posting, taking part in contests, etc.) to r/CryptoCurrency (r/cc) subreddit. Moons represent "a unit of ownership" in the subreddit. More information on them can be found here: [https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons\_wiki](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki) > > # What are their pros? > > **THEY CAN BE "EARNED"** > > Moons are unique. They can't be mined and you don't have to buy them in order to own some. All you need is a [reddit account](https://www.reddit.com/register/) and an opened [vault](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/). If your comments or posts are upvoted by other redditors, you will receive Moons when they are distributed. Distributions take place every 4 weeks. You might also be tipped Moons by other users directly and receive them immediately. There are also various competitions where redditors can win Moons (e.g. [Trivia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV6AMUYz-RY), [Cointest](https://www.reddit.com/r/CointestOfficial/), etc.) > > **THEY GIVE REDDITORS POWER** > > The main purpose of Moons is to use them for **voting in Governance Polls**. These polls are held on r/cc regularly and users vote on proposals submitted by other users or moderators (mods). The more Moons someone has, the greater his/her voting power is. Governance Polls allow Moon holders to push r/cc sub in the direction they believe is best. > > It's worth noting that only Moons that were **earned** can be used for voting. Bought Moons don’t increase user’s voting power. > > **THEY ENGAGE USERS** > > Moons incentivize r/cc subscribers to be active and produce quality content. r/cc is constantly in top 50 subreddits when it comes to [comments per day](https://subredditstats.com). Moons also attract new users – r/cc **is currently the most popular subreddit about crypto** with more than 5.6 million members. This gives Moons exposure to a large public. Other projects usually have to start from the bottom and work their way up before they attract a big number of holders and supporters. > > Moons also incentivize moderators as they receive 10% of the total distribution. Thanks to that, despite the huge number of members, the sub is kept clean. At least most of the time ;-) > > **FIRST MOVER ADVANTAGE** > > The popularity of Moons gives them the first mover advantage ([although they aren't the first Community Points project](https://www.reddit.com/r/ethtrader/comments/kl6ldu\/donuts_faq/)). Even if Reddit launches more Community Points on other subreddits, **Moons have already established their name** (and speaking of names – it’s hard for a better one in the world of cryptocurrencies). > > **REDDIT’S BRANDING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT** > > Moons are developed by a team of professionals hired by Reddit. This makes the project credible and eliminates the risk of a rug pull that is ever-present in the case of many other low market cap projects. > > What’s more, Moons' smart contracts and mobile apps have been also [reviewed and audited by Trail of Bits](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki), an independent security firm. > > Despite being Reddit’s product, Moons are independent of Reddit and once earned neither the admins nor the subreddit moderators can take them away from [users](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki). > > **MANY MOONS ARE ALREADY LOST FOREVER** > > Moons that weren’t claimed in time are lost/burned. Moons that were supposed to be delivered to people who didn’t open their vaults are also burned. It is estimated that **more than 50 million Moons are lost.** The number of lost Moons is significant since the number of circulating tokens is only 100 million and the inflation rate goes down by 2.5% with every distribution. > > [35% users who earned karma still didn’t have their vaults set up during the 18th distribution](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/q3cbfe/comment/hfqztnl/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3). > > **MOONS ARE ON ETH MAINNET** > > On August 9, 2022, [Moons were moved to mainnet](https://np.https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/wk75p2/pack_your_moons_were_moving_to_mainnet/), to Arbitrum Nova. Before that, Moons were on a testnet (test blockchain) and as the name suggests - they were being tested. And since they are no longer being tested, it means that Moons are now much more reliable, much more secure. What's more, **Moons can now be listed on exchanges** and they are already tradeable on gate.io and MEXC. > > More exchanges are sure to follow, [Kraken has published a crypto guide for Moons](https://www.kraken.com/en-us/learn/what-is-reddit-moon/). This might be significant because there are hundreds of coins with higher market cap but Kraken still decided to publish a guide for Moons instead of those coins. > > **MOONS HAVE A LOT OF POTENTIAL AND POSSIBLE USE-CASES** > > Being a currency of the most popular crypto sub, Moons can find a lot of new use-cases and with their low market cap they have a lot of room for growth. Moons are currently placed outside of top 1,000 coins according to Coingecko which suggests they might be strongly undervalued considering their credibility and exposure. > > Recently, r/cc has started charging Moons for AMAs. Everyone who wants an official AMA on the subreddit has to burn a certain number of tokens. r/cc has probably the biggest auditorium in the whole world of crypto, therefore "ticketing" AMAs is sure to attract many parties which, in consequence, will burn a lot of Moons. > > Moons might be finally accepted by [cyphermarket](https://www.cyphermarket.com/) and people will be able to [buy crypto-related products there directly with Moons](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/p9zbhg/announcing_rcryptocurrency_merchandise_and_a/). In future, Moons might be used as means of payment in other crypto-related online shops or other businesses. > > Recently, [Reddit auctioned some NFTs](https://nft.reddit.com/#live-auction). One of them was sold for 175 ETH. This might suggest that r/cc will have their own NFTs in the future, too. And if so, they will probably be sold for Moons. > > Admins have also stated that they’re “[working hard to figure out how to grow them even further](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/opibci/were_launching_a_scaling_network_for_moons/)”. ***** Would you like to learn more? [Click here](/r/CointestOfficial/comments/wdgt3n/coin_inquiries_moons_proarguments_august_2022/) to be taken to the original topic-thread or you can scan through the [Cointest Archive](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_archive#wiki_Moons) to find arguments on this topic in other rounds.
#Moon Pro-Arguments Below is an argument written by Blendzi0r which won 1st place in the Moon Pro-Arguments topic for a prior [Cointest](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_policy) round. > *First published on: 14.10.2021* > > *Last edited on: 30.10.2022* > > # What are Moons? > > Moons were [launched by Reddit admins in May 2020](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/gj96lb/introducing_rcryptocurrency_moons/) on Ethereum under the [Community Points](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/) project. Users earn them by contributing (commenting, posting, taking part in contests, etc.) to r/CryptoCurrency (r/cc) subreddit. Moons represent "a unit of ownership" in the subreddit. More information on them can be found here: [https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons\_wiki](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki) > > # What are their pros? > > **THEY CAN BE "EARNED"** > > Moons are unique. They can't be mined and you don't have to buy them in order to own some. All you need is a [reddit account](https://www.reddit.com/register/) and an opened [vault](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/). If your comments or posts are upvoted by other redditors, you will receive Moons when they are distributed. Distributions take place every 4 weeks. You might also be tipped Moons by other users directly and receive them immediately. There are also various competitions where redditors can win Moons (e.g. [Trivia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV6AMUYz-RY), [Cointest](https://www.reddit.com/r/CointestOfficial/), etc.) > > **THEY GIVE REDDITORS POWER** > > The main purpose of Moons is to use them for **voting in Governance Polls**. These polls are held on r/cc regularly and users vote on proposals submitted by other users or moderators (mods). The more Moons someone has, the greater his/her voting power is. Governance Polls allow Moon holders to push r/cc sub in the direction they believe is best. > > It's worth noting that only Moons that were **earned** can be used for voting. Bought Moons don’t increase user’s voting power. > > **THEY ENGAGE USERS** > > Moons incentivize r/cc subscribers to be active and produce quality content. r/cc is constantly in top 50 subreddits when it comes to [comments per day](https://subredditstats.com). Moons also attract new users – r/cc **is currently the most popular subreddit about crypto** with more than 5.6 million members. This gives Moons exposure to a large public. Other projects usually have to start from the bottom and work their way up before they attract a big number of holders and supporters. > > Moons also incentivize moderators as they receive 10% of the total distribution. Thanks to that, despite the huge number of members, the sub is kept clean. At least most of the time ;-) > > **FIRST MOVER ADVANTAGE** > > The popularity of Moons gives them the first mover advantage ([although they aren't the first Community Points project](https://www.reddit.com/r/ethtrader/comments/kl6ldu\/donuts_faq/)). Even if Reddit launches more Community Points on other subreddits, **Moons have already established their name** (and speaking of names – it’s hard for a better one in the world of cryptocurrencies). > > **REDDIT’S BRANDING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT** > > Moons are developed by a team of professionals hired by Reddit. This makes the project credible and eliminates the risk of a rug pull that is ever-present in the case of many other low market cap projects. > > What’s more, Moons' smart contracts and mobile apps have been also [reviewed and audited by Trail of Bits](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki), an independent security firm. > > Despite being Reddit’s product, Moons are independent of Reddit and once earned neither the admins nor the subreddit moderators can take them away from [users](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki). > > **MANY MOONS ARE ALREADY LOST FOREVER** > > Moons that weren’t claimed in time are lost/burned. Moons that were supposed to be delivered to people who didn’t open their vaults are also burned. It is estimated that **more than 50 million Moons are lost.** The number of lost Moons is significant since the number of circulating tokens is only 100 million and the inflation rate goes down by 2.5% with every distribution. > > [35% users who earned karma still didn’t have their vaults set up during the 18th distribution](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/q3cbfe/comment/hfqztnl/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3). > > **MOONS ARE ON ETH MAINNET** > > On August 9, 2022, [Moons were moved to mainnet](https://np.https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/wk75p2/pack_your_moons_were_moving_to_mainnet/), to Arbitrum Nova. Before that, Moons were on a testnet (test blockchain) and as the name suggests - they were being tested. And since they are no longer being tested, it means that Moons are now much more reliable, much more secure. What's more, **Moons can now be listed on exchanges** and they are already tradeable on gate.io and MEXC. > > More exchanges are sure to follow, [Kraken has published a crypto guide for Moons](https://www.kraken.com/en-us/learn/what-is-reddit-moon/). This might be significant because there are hundreds of coins with higher market cap but Kraken still decided to publish a guide for Moons instead of those coins. > > **MOONS HAVE A LOT OF POTENTIAL AND POSSIBLE USE-CASES** > > Being a currency of the most popular crypto sub, Moons can find a lot of new use-cases and with their low market cap they have a lot of room for growth. Moons are currently placed outside of top 1,000 coins according to Coingecko which suggests they might be strongly undervalued considering their credibility and exposure. > > Recently, r/cc has started charging Moons for AMAs. Everyone who wants an official AMA on the subreddit has to burn a certain number of tokens. r/cc has probably the biggest auditorium in the whole world of crypto, therefore "ticketing" AMAs is sure to attract many parties which, in consequence, will burn a lot of Moons. > > Moons might be finally accepted by [cyphermarket](https://www.cyphermarket.com/) and people will be able to [buy crypto-related products there directly with Moons](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/p9zbhg/announcing_rcryptocurrency_merchandise_and_a/). In future, Moons might be used as means of payment in other crypto-related online shops or other businesses. > > Recently, [Reddit auctioned some NFTs](https://nft.reddit.com/#live-auction). One of them was sold for 175 ETH. This might suggest that r/cc will have their own NFTs in the future, too. And if so, they will probably be sold for Moons. > > Admins have also stated that they’re “[working hard to figure out how to grow them even further](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/opibci/were_launching_a_scaling_network_for_moons/)”. ***** Would you like to learn more? [Click here](/r/CointestOfficial/comments/wdgt3n/coin_inquiries_moons_proarguments_august_2022/) to be taken to the original topic-thread or you can scan through the [Cointest Archive](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_archive#wiki_Moons) to find arguments on this topic in other rounds.
#Moon Pro-Arguments Below is an argument written by Blendzi0r which won 1st place in the Moon Pro-Arguments topic for a prior [Cointest](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_policy) round. > *First published on: 14.10.2021* > > *Last edited on: 30.10.2022* > > # What are Moons? > > Moons were [launched by Reddit admins in May 2020](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/gj96lb/introducing_rcryptocurrency_moons/) on Ethereum under the [Community Points](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/) project. Users earn them by contributing (commenting, posting, taking part in contests, etc.) to r/CryptoCurrency (r/cc) subreddit. Moons represent "a unit of ownership" in the subreddit. More information on them can be found here: [https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons\_wiki](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki) > > # What are their pros? > > **THEY CAN BE "EARNED"** > > Moons are unique. They can't be mined and you don't have to buy them in order to own some. All you need is a [reddit account](https://www.reddit.com/register/) and an opened [vault](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/). If your comments or posts are upvoted by other redditors, you will receive Moons when they are distributed. Distributions take place every 4 weeks. You might also be tipped Moons by other users directly and receive them immediately. There are also various competitions where redditors can win Moons (e.g. [Trivia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV6AMUYz-RY), [Cointest](https://www.reddit.com/r/CointestOfficial/), etc.) > > **THEY GIVE REDDITORS POWER** > > The main purpose of Moons is to use them for **voting in Governance Polls**. These polls are held on r/cc regularly and users vote on proposals submitted by other users or moderators (mods). The more Moons someone has, the greater his/her voting power is. Governance Polls allow Moon holders to push r/cc sub in the direction they believe is best. > > It's worth noting that only Moons that were **earned** can be used for voting. Bought Moons don’t increase user’s voting power. > > **THEY ENGAGE USERS** > > Moons incentivize r/cc subscribers to be active and produce quality content. r/cc is constantly in top 50 subreddits when it comes to [comments per day](https://subredditstats.com). Moons also attract new users – r/cc **is currently the most popular subreddit about crypto** with more than 5.6 million members. This gives Moons exposure to a large public. Other projects usually have to start from the bottom and work their way up before they attract a big number of holders and supporters. > > Moons also incentivize moderators as they receive 10% of the total distribution. Thanks to that, despite the huge number of members, the sub is kept clean. At least most of the time ;-) > > **FIRST MOVER ADVANTAGE** > > The popularity of Moons gives them the first mover advantage ([although they aren't the first Community Points project](https://www.reddit.com/r/ethtrader/comments/kl6ldu\/donuts_faq/)). Even if Reddit launches more Community Points on other subreddits, **Moons have already established their name** (and speaking of names – it’s hard for a better one in the world of cryptocurrencies). > > **REDDIT’S BRANDING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT** > > Moons are developed by a team of professionals hired by Reddit. This makes the project credible and eliminates the risk of a rug pull that is ever-present in the case of many other low market cap projects. > > What’s more, Moons' smart contracts and mobile apps have been also [reviewed and audited by Trail of Bits](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki), an independent security firm. > > Despite being Reddit’s product, Moons are independent of Reddit and once earned neither the admins nor the subreddit moderators can take them away from [users](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki). > > **MANY MOONS ARE ALREADY LOST FOREVER** > > Moons that weren’t claimed in time are lost/burned. Moons that were supposed to be delivered to people who didn’t open their vaults are also burned. It is estimated that **more than 50 million Moons are lost.** The number of lost Moons is significant since the number of circulating tokens is only 100 million and the inflation rate goes down by 2.5% with every distribution. > > [35% users who earned karma still didn’t have their vaults set up during the 18th distribution](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/q3cbfe/comment/hfqztnl/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3). > > **MOONS ARE ON ETH MAINNET** > > On August 9, 2022, [Moons were moved to mainnet](https://np.https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/wk75p2/pack_your_moons_were_moving_to_mainnet/), to Arbitrum Nova. Before that, Moons were on a testnet (test blockchain) and as the name suggests - they were being tested. And since they are no longer being tested, it means that Moons are now much more reliable, much more secure. What's more, **Moons can now be listed on exchanges** and they are already tradeable on gate.io and MEXC. > > More exchanges are sure to follow, [Kraken has published a crypto guide for Moons](https://www.kraken.com/en-us/learn/what-is-reddit-moon/). This might be significant because there are hundreds of coins with higher market cap but Kraken still decided to publish a guide for Moons instead of those coins. > > **MOONS HAVE A LOT OF POTENTIAL AND POSSIBLE USE-CASES** > > Being a currency of the most popular crypto sub, Moons can find a lot of new use-cases and with their low market cap they have a lot of room for growth. Moons are currently placed outside of top 1,000 coins according to Coingecko which suggests they might be strongly undervalued considering their credibility and exposure. > > Recently, r/cc has started charging Moons for AMAs. Everyone who wants an official AMA on the subreddit has to burn a certain number of tokens. r/cc has probably the biggest auditorium in the whole world of crypto, therefore "ticketing" AMAs is sure to attract many parties which, in consequence, will burn a lot of Moons. > > Moons might be finally accepted by [cyphermarket](https://www.cyphermarket.com/) and people will be able to [buy crypto-related products there directly with Moons](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/p9zbhg/announcing_rcryptocurrency_merchandise_and_a/). In future, Moons might be used as means of payment in other crypto-related online shops or other businesses. > > Recently, [Reddit auctioned some NFTs](https://nft.reddit.com/#live-auction). One of them was sold for 175 ETH. This might suggest that r/cc will have their own NFTs in the future, too. And if so, they will probably be sold for Moons. > > Admins have also stated that they’re “[working hard to figure out how to grow them even further](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/opibci/were_launching_a_scaling_network_for_moons/)”. ***** Would you like to learn more? [Click here](/r/CointestOfficial/comments/wdgt3n/coin_inquiries_moons_proarguments_august_2022/) to be taken to the original topic-thread or you can scan through the [Cointest Archive](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_archive#wiki_Moons) to find arguments on this topic in other rounds.
#Moon Pro-Arguments Below is an argument written by Blendzi0r which won 1st place in the Moon Pro-Arguments topic for a prior [Cointest](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_policy) round. > *First published on: 14.10.2021* > > *Last edited on: 30.10.2022* > > # What are Moons? > > Moons were [launched by Reddit admins in May 2020](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/gj96lb/introducing_rcryptocurrency_moons/) on Ethereum under the [Community Points](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/) project. Users earn them by contributing (commenting, posting, taking part in contests, etc.) to r/CryptoCurrency (r/cc) subreddit. Moons represent "a unit of ownership" in the subreddit. More information on them can be found here: [https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons\_wiki](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki) > > # What are their pros? > > **THEY CAN BE "EARNED"** > > Moons are unique. They can't be mined and you don't have to buy them in order to own some. All you need is a [reddit account](https://www.reddit.com/register/) and an opened [vault](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/). If your comments or posts are upvoted by other redditors, you will receive Moons when they are distributed. Distributions take place every 4 weeks. You might also be tipped Moons by other users directly and receive them immediately. There are also various competitions where redditors can win Moons (e.g. [Trivia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV6AMUYz-RY), [Cointest](https://www.reddit.com/r/CointestOfficial/), etc.) > > **THEY GIVE REDDITORS POWER** > > The main purpose of Moons is to use them for **voting in Governance Polls**. These polls are held on r/cc regularly and users vote on proposals submitted by other users or moderators (mods). The more Moons someone has, the greater his/her voting power is. Governance Polls allow Moon holders to push r/cc sub in the direction they believe is best. > > It's worth noting that only Moons that were **earned** can be used for voting. Bought Moons don’t increase user’s voting power. > > **THEY ENGAGE USERS** > > Moons incentivize r/cc subscribers to be active and produce quality content. r/cc is constantly in top 50 subreddits when it comes to [comments per day](https://subredditstats.com). Moons also attract new users – r/cc **is currently the most popular subreddit about crypto** with more than 5.6 million members. This gives Moons exposure to a large public. Other projects usually have to start from the bottom and work their way up before they attract a big number of holders and supporters. > > Moons also incentivize moderators as they receive 10% of the total distribution. Thanks to that, despite the huge number of members, the sub is kept clean. At least most of the time ;-) > > **FIRST MOVER ADVANTAGE** > > The popularity of Moons gives them the first mover advantage ([although they aren't the first Community Points project](https://www.reddit.com/r/ethtrader/comments/kl6ldu\/donuts_faq/)). Even if Reddit launches more Community Points on other subreddits, **Moons have already established their name** (and speaking of names – it’s hard for a better one in the world of cryptocurrencies). > > **REDDIT’S BRANDING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT** > > Moons are developed by a team of professionals hired by Reddit. This makes the project credible and eliminates the risk of a rug pull that is ever-present in the case of many other low market cap projects. > > What’s more, Moons' smart contracts and mobile apps have been also [reviewed and audited by Trail of Bits](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki), an independent security firm. > > Despite being Reddit’s product, Moons are independent of Reddit and once earned neither the admins nor the subreddit moderators can take them away from [users](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki). > > **MANY MOONS ARE ALREADY LOST FOREVER** > > Moons that weren’t claimed in time are lost/burned. Moons that were supposed to be delivered to people who didn’t open their vaults are also burned. It is estimated that **more than 50 million Moons are lost.** The number of lost Moons is significant since the number of circulating tokens is only 100 million and the inflation rate goes down by 2.5% with every distribution. > > [35% users who earned karma still didn’t have their vaults set up during the 18th distribution](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/q3cbfe/comment/hfqztnl/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3). > > **MOONS ARE ON ETH MAINNET** > > On August 9, 2022, [Moons were moved to mainnet](https://np.https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/wk75p2/pack_your_moons_were_moving_to_mainnet/), to Arbitrum Nova. Before that, Moons were on a testnet (test blockchain) and as the name suggests - they were being tested. And since they are no longer being tested, it means that Moons are now much more reliable, much more secure. What's more, **Moons can now be listed on exchanges** and they are already tradeable on gate.io and MEXC. > > More exchanges are sure to follow, [Kraken has published a crypto guide for Moons](https://www.kraken.com/en-us/learn/what-is-reddit-moon/). This might be significant because there are hundreds of coins with higher market cap but Kraken still decided to publish a guide for Moons instead of those coins. > > **MOONS HAVE A LOT OF POTENTIAL AND POSSIBLE USE-CASES** > > Being a currency of the most popular crypto sub, Moons can find a lot of new use-cases and with their low market cap they have a lot of room for growth. Moons are currently placed outside of top 1,000 coins according to Coingecko which suggests they might be strongly undervalued considering their credibility and exposure. > > Recently, r/cc has started charging Moons for AMAs. Everyone who wants an official AMA on the subreddit has to burn a certain number of tokens. r/cc has probably the biggest auditorium in the whole world of crypto, therefore "ticketing" AMAs is sure to attract many parties which, in consequence, will burn a lot of Moons. > > Moons might be finally accepted by [cyphermarket](https://www.cyphermarket.com/) and people will be able to [buy crypto-related products there directly with Moons](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/p9zbhg/announcing_rcryptocurrency_merchandise_and_a/). In future, Moons might be used as means of payment in other crypto-related online shops or other businesses. > > Recently, [Reddit auctioned some NFTs](https://nft.reddit.com/#live-auction). One of them was sold for 175 ETH. This might suggest that r/cc will have their own NFTs in the future, too. And if so, they will probably be sold for Moons. > > Admins have also stated that they’re “[working hard to figure out how to grow them even further](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/opibci/were_launching_a_scaling_network_for_moons/)”. ***** Would you like to learn more? [Click here](/r/CointestOfficial/comments/wdgt3n/coin_inquiries_moons_proarguments_august_2022/) to be taken to the original topic-thread or you can scan through the [Cointest Archive](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_archive#wiki_Moons) to find arguments on this topic in other rounds.
#Moon Pro-Arguments Below is an argument written by Blendzi0r which won 1st place in the Moon Pro-Arguments topic for a prior [Cointest](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_policy) round. > *First published on: 14.10.2021* > > *Last edited on: 30.10.2022* > > # What are Moons? > > Moons were [launched by Reddit admins in May 2020](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/gj96lb/introducing_rcryptocurrency_moons/) on Ethereum under the [Community Points](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/) project. Users earn them by contributing (commenting, posting, taking part in contests, etc.) to r/CryptoCurrency (r/cc) subreddit. Moons represent "a unit of ownership" in the subreddit. More information on them can be found here: [https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons\_wiki](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki) > > # What are their pros? > > **THEY CAN BE "EARNED"** > > Moons are unique. They can't be mined and you don't have to buy them in order to own some. All you need is a [reddit account](https://www.reddit.com/register/) and an opened [vault](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/). If your comments or posts are upvoted by other redditors, you will receive Moons when they are distributed. Distributions take place every 4 weeks. You might also be tipped Moons by other users directly and receive them immediately. There are also various competitions where redditors can win Moons (e.g. [Trivia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV6AMUYz-RY), [Cointest](https://www.reddit.com/r/CointestOfficial/), etc.) > > **THEY GIVE REDDITORS POWER** > > The main purpose of Moons is to use them for **voting in Governance Polls**. These polls are held on r/cc regularly and users vote on proposals submitted by other users or moderators (mods). The more Moons someone has, the greater his/her voting power is. Governance Polls allow Moon holders to push r/cc sub in the direction they believe is best. > > It's worth noting that only Moons that were **earned** can be used for voting. Bought Moons don’t increase user’s voting power. > > **THEY ENGAGE USERS** > > Moons incentivize r/cc subscribers to be active and produce quality content. r/cc is constantly in top 50 subreddits when it comes to [comments per day](https://subredditstats.com). Moons also attract new users – r/cc **is currently the most popular subreddit about crypto** with more than 5.6 million members. This gives Moons exposure to a large public. Other projects usually have to start from the bottom and work their way up before they attract a big number of holders and supporters. > > Moons also incentivize moderators as they receive 10% of the total distribution. Thanks to that, despite the huge number of members, the sub is kept clean. At least most of the time ;-) > > **FIRST MOVER ADVANTAGE** > > The popularity of Moons gives them the first mover advantage ([although they aren't the first Community Points project](https://www.reddit.com/r/ethtrader/comments/kl6ldu\/donuts_faq/)). Even if Reddit launches more Community Points on other subreddits, **Moons have already established their name** (and speaking of names – it’s hard for a better one in the world of cryptocurrencies). > > **REDDIT’S BRANDING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT** > > Moons are developed by a team of professionals hired by Reddit. This makes the project credible and eliminates the risk of a rug pull that is ever-present in the case of many other low market cap projects. > > What’s more, Moons' smart contracts and mobile apps have been also [reviewed and audited by Trail of Bits](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki), an independent security firm. > > Despite being Reddit’s product, Moons are independent of Reddit and once earned neither the admins nor the subreddit moderators can take them away from [users](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki). > > **MANY MOONS ARE ALREADY LOST FOREVER** > > Moons that weren’t claimed in time are lost/burned. Moons that were supposed to be delivered to people who didn’t open their vaults are also burned. It is estimated that **more than 50 million Moons are lost.** The number of lost Moons is significant since the number of circulating tokens is only 100 million and the inflation rate goes down by 2.5% with every distribution. > > [35% users who earned karma still didn’t have their vaults set up during the 18th distribution](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/q3cbfe/comment/hfqztnl/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3). > > **MOONS ARE ON ETH MAINNET** > > On August 9, 2022, [Moons were moved to mainnet](https://np.https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/wk75p2/pack_your_moons_were_moving_to_mainnet/), to Arbitrum Nova. Before that, Moons were on a testnet (test blockchain) and as the name suggests - they were being tested. And since they are no longer being tested, it means that Moons are now much more reliable, much more secure. What's more, **Moons can now be listed on exchanges** and they are already tradeable on gate.io and MEXC. > > More exchanges are sure to follow, [Kraken has published a crypto guide for Moons](https://www.kraken.com/en-us/learn/what-is-reddit-moon/). This might be significant because there are hundreds of coins with higher market cap but Kraken still decided to publish a guide for Moons instead of those coins. > > **MOONS HAVE A LOT OF POTENTIAL AND POSSIBLE USE-CASES** > > Being a currency of the most popular crypto sub, Moons can find a lot of new use-cases and with their low market cap they have a lot of room for growth. Moons are currently placed outside of top 1,000 coins according to Coingecko which suggests they might be strongly undervalued considering their credibility and exposure. > > Recently, r/cc has started charging Moons for AMAs. Everyone who wants an official AMA on the subreddit has to burn a certain number of tokens. r/cc has probably the biggest auditorium in the whole world of crypto, therefore "ticketing" AMAs is sure to attract many parties which, in consequence, will burn a lot of Moons. > > Moons might be finally accepted by [cyphermarket](https://www.cyphermarket.com/) and people will be able to [buy crypto-related products there directly with Moons](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/p9zbhg/announcing_rcryptocurrency_merchandise_and_a/). In future, Moons might be used as means of payment in other crypto-related online shops or other businesses. > > Recently, [Reddit auctioned some NFTs](https://nft.reddit.com/#live-auction). One of them was sold for 175 ETH. This might suggest that r/cc will have their own NFTs in the future, too. And if so, they will probably be sold for Moons. > > Admins have also stated that they’re “[working hard to figure out how to grow them even further](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/opibci/were_launching_a_scaling_network_for_moons/)”. ***** Would you like to learn more? [Click here](/r/CointestOfficial/comments/wdgt3n/coin_inquiries_moons_proarguments_august_2022/) to be taken to the original topic-thread or you can scan through the [Cointest Archive](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_archive#wiki_Moons) to find arguments on this topic in other rounds.
#Moon Pro-Arguments Below is an argument written by Blendzi0r which won 1st place in the Moon Pro-Arguments topic for a prior [Cointest](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_policy) round. > *First published on: 14.10.2021* > > *Last edited on: 30.10.2022* > > # What are Moons? > > Moons were [launched by Reddit admins in May 2020](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/gj96lb/introducing_rcryptocurrency_moons/) on Ethereum under the [Community Points](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/) project. Users earn them by contributing (commenting, posting, taking part in contests, etc.) to r/CryptoCurrency (r/cc) subreddit. Moons represent "a unit of ownership" in the subreddit. More information on them can be found here: [https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons\_wiki](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki) > > # What are their pros? > > **THEY CAN BE "EARNED"** > > Moons are unique. They can't be mined and you don't have to buy them in order to own some. All you need is a [reddit account](https://www.reddit.com/register/) and an opened [vault](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/). If your comments or posts are upvoted by other redditors, you will receive Moons when they are distributed. Distributions take place every 4 weeks. You might also be tipped Moons by other users directly and receive them immediately. There are also various competitions where redditors can win Moons (e.g. [Trivia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV6AMUYz-RY), [Cointest](https://www.reddit.com/r/CointestOfficial/), etc.) > > **THEY GIVE REDDITORS POWER** > > The main purpose of Moons is to use them for **voting in Governance Polls**. These polls are held on r/cc regularly and users vote on proposals submitted by other users or moderators (mods). The more Moons someone has, the greater his/her voting power is. Governance Polls allow Moon holders to push r/cc sub in the direction they believe is best. > > It's worth noting that only Moons that were **earned** can be used for voting. Bought Moons don’t increase user’s voting power. > > **THEY ENGAGE USERS** > > Moons incentivize r/cc subscribers to be active and produce quality content. r/cc is constantly in top 50 subreddits when it comes to [comments per day](https://subredditstats.com). Moons also attract new users – r/cc **is currently the most popular subreddit about crypto** with more than 5.6 million members. This gives Moons exposure to a large public. Other projects usually have to start from the bottom and work their way up before they attract a big number of holders and supporters. > > Moons also incentivize moderators as they receive 10% of the total distribution. Thanks to that, despite the huge number of members, the sub is kept clean. At least most of the time ;-) > > **FIRST MOVER ADVANTAGE** > > The popularity of Moons gives them the first mover advantage ([although they aren't the first Community Points project](https://www.reddit.com/r/ethtrader/comments/kl6ldu\/donuts_faq/)). Even if Reddit launches more Community Points on other subreddits, **Moons have already established their name** (and speaking of names – it’s hard for a better one in the world of cryptocurrencies). > > **REDDIT’S BRANDING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT** > > Moons are developed by a team of professionals hired by Reddit. This makes the project credible and eliminates the risk of a rug pull that is ever-present in the case of many other low market cap projects. > > What’s more, Moons' smart contracts and mobile apps have been also [reviewed and audited by Trail of Bits](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki), an independent security firm. > > Despite being Reddit’s product, Moons are independent of Reddit and once earned neither the admins nor the subreddit moderators can take them away from [users](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki). > > **MANY MOONS ARE ALREADY LOST FOREVER** > > Moons that weren’t claimed in time are lost/burned. Moons that were supposed to be delivered to people who didn’t open their vaults are also burned. It is estimated that **more than 50 million Moons are lost.** The number of lost Moons is significant since the number of circulating tokens is only 100 million and the inflation rate goes down by 2.5% with every distribution. > > [35% users who earned karma still didn’t have their vaults set up during the 18th distribution](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/q3cbfe/comment/hfqztnl/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3). > > **MOONS ARE ON ETH MAINNET** > > On August 9, 2022, [Moons were moved to mainnet](https://np.https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/wk75p2/pack_your_moons_were_moving_to_mainnet/), to Arbitrum Nova. Before that, Moons were on a testnet (test blockchain) and as the name suggests - they were being tested. And since they are no longer being tested, it means that Moons are now much more reliable, much more secure. What's more, **Moons can now be listed on exchanges** and they are already tradeable on gate.io and MEXC. > > More exchanges are sure to follow, [Kraken has published a crypto guide for Moons](https://www.kraken.com/en-us/learn/what-is-reddit-moon/). This might be significant because there are hundreds of coins with higher market cap but Kraken still decided to publish a guide for Moons instead of those coins. > > **MOONS HAVE A LOT OF POTENTIAL AND POSSIBLE USE-CASES** > > Being a currency of the most popular crypto sub, Moons can find a lot of new use-cases and with their low market cap they have a lot of room for growth. Moons are currently placed outside of top 1,000 coins according to Coingecko which suggests they might be strongly undervalued considering their credibility and exposure. > > Recently, r/cc has started charging Moons for AMAs. Everyone who wants an official AMA on the subreddit has to burn a certain number of tokens. r/cc has probably the biggest auditorium in the whole world of crypto, therefore "ticketing" AMAs is sure to attract many parties which, in consequence, will burn a lot of Moons. > > Moons might be finally accepted by [cyphermarket](https://www.cyphermarket.com/) and people will be able to [buy crypto-related products there directly with Moons](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/p9zbhg/announcing_rcryptocurrency_merchandise_and_a/). In future, Moons might be used as means of payment in other crypto-related online shops or other businesses. > > Recently, [Reddit auctioned some NFTs](https://nft.reddit.com/#live-auction). One of them was sold for 175 ETH. This might suggest that r/cc will have their own NFTs in the future, too. And if so, they will probably be sold for Moons. > > Admins have also stated that they’re “[working hard to figure out how to grow them even further](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/opibci/were_launching_a_scaling_network_for_moons/)”. ***** Would you like to learn more? [Click here](/r/CointestOfficial/comments/wdgt3n/coin_inquiries_moons_proarguments_august_2022/) to be taken to the original topic-thread or you can scan through the [Cointest Archive](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_archive#wiki_Moons) to find arguments on this topic in other rounds.
#Moon Pro-Arguments Below is an argument written by Blendzi0r which won 1st place in the Moon Pro-Arguments topic for a prior [Cointest](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_policy) round. > *First published on: 14.10.2021* > > *Last edited on: 30.10.2022* > > # What are Moons? > > Moons were [launched by Reddit admins in May 2020](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/gj96lb/introducing_rcryptocurrency_moons/) on Ethereum under the [Community Points](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/) project. Users earn them by contributing (commenting, posting, taking part in contests, etc.) to r/CryptoCurrency (r/cc) subreddit. Moons represent "a unit of ownership" in the subreddit. More information on them can be found here: [https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons\_wiki](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki) > > # What are their pros? > > **THEY CAN BE "EARNED"** > > Moons are unique. They can't be mined and you don't have to buy them in order to own some. All you need is a [reddit account](https://www.reddit.com/register/) and an opened [vault](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/). If your comments or posts are upvoted by other redditors, you will receive Moons when they are distributed. Distributions take place every 4 weeks. You might also be tipped Moons by other users directly and receive them immediately. There are also various competitions where redditors can win Moons (e.g. [Trivia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV6AMUYz-RY), [Cointest](https://www.reddit.com/r/CointestOfficial/), etc.) > > **THEY GIVE REDDITORS POWER** > > The main purpose of Moons is to use them for **voting in Governance Polls**. These polls are held on r/cc regularly and users vote on proposals submitted by other users or moderators (mods). The more Moons someone has, the greater his/her voting power is. Governance Polls allow Moon holders to push r/cc sub in the direction they believe is best. > > It's worth noting that only Moons that were **earned** can be used for voting. Bought Moons don’t increase user’s voting power. > > **THEY ENGAGE USERS** > > Moons incentivize r/cc subscribers to be active and produce quality content. r/cc is constantly in top 50 subreddits when it comes to [comments per day](https://subredditstats.com). Moons also attract new users – r/cc **is currently the most popular subreddit about crypto** with more than 5.6 million members. This gives Moons exposure to a large public. Other projects usually have to start from the bottom and work their way up before they attract a big number of holders and supporters. > > Moons also incentivize moderators as they receive 10% of the total distribution. Thanks to that, despite the huge number of members, the sub is kept clean. At least most of the time ;-) > > **FIRST MOVER ADVANTAGE** > > The popularity of Moons gives them the first mover advantage ([although they aren't the first Community Points project](https://www.reddit.com/r/ethtrader/comments/kl6ldu\/donuts_faq/)). Even if Reddit launches more Community Points on other subreddits, **Moons have already established their name** (and speaking of names – it’s hard for a better one in the world of cryptocurrencies). > > **REDDIT’S BRANDING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT** > > Moons are developed by a team of professionals hired by Reddit. This makes the project credible and eliminates the risk of a rug pull that is ever-present in the case of many other low market cap projects. > > What’s more, Moons' smart contracts and mobile apps have been also [reviewed and audited by Trail of Bits](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki), an independent security firm. > > Despite being Reddit’s product, Moons are independent of Reddit and once earned neither the admins nor the subreddit moderators can take them away from [users](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki). > > **MANY MOONS ARE ALREADY LOST FOREVER** > > Moons that weren’t claimed in time are lost/burned. Moons that were supposed to be delivered to people who didn’t open their vaults are also burned. It is estimated that **more than 50 million Moons are lost.** The number of lost Moons is significant since the number of circulating tokens is only 100 million and the inflation rate goes down by 2.5% with every distribution. > > [35% users who earned karma still didn’t have their vaults set up during the 18th distribution](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/q3cbfe/comment/hfqztnl/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3). > > **MOONS ARE ON ETH MAINNET** > > On August 9, 2022, [Moons were moved to mainnet](https://np.https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/wk75p2/pack_your_moons_were_moving_to_mainnet/), to Arbitrum Nova. Before that, Moons were on a testnet (test blockchain) and as the name suggests - they were being tested. And since they are no longer being tested, it means that Moons are now much more reliable, much more secure. What's more, **Moons can now be listed on exchanges** and they are already tradeable on gate.io and MEXC. > > More exchanges are sure to follow, [Kraken has published a crypto guide for Moons](https://www.kraken.com/en-us/learn/what-is-reddit-moon/). This might be significant because there are hundreds of coins with higher market cap but Kraken still decided to publish a guide for Moons instead of those coins. > > **MOONS HAVE A LOT OF POTENTIAL AND POSSIBLE USE-CASES** > > Being a currency of the most popular crypto sub, Moons can find a lot of new use-cases and with their low market cap they have a lot of room for growth. Moons are currently placed outside of top 1,000 coins according to Coingecko which suggests they might be strongly undervalued considering their credibility and exposure. > > Recently, r/cc has started charging Moons for AMAs. Everyone who wants an official AMA on the subreddit has to burn a certain number of tokens. r/cc has probably the biggest auditorium in the whole world of crypto, therefore "ticketing" AMAs is sure to attract many parties which, in consequence, will burn a lot of Moons. > > Moons might be finally accepted by [cyphermarket](https://www.cyphermarket.com/) and people will be able to [buy crypto-related products there directly with Moons](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/p9zbhg/announcing_rcryptocurrency_merchandise_and_a/). In future, Moons might be used as means of payment in other crypto-related online shops or other businesses. > > Recently, [Reddit auctioned some NFTs](https://nft.reddit.com/#live-auction). One of them was sold for 175 ETH. This might suggest that r/cc will have their own NFTs in the future, too. And if so, they will probably be sold for Moons. > > Admins have also stated that they’re “[working hard to figure out how to grow them even further](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/opibci/were_launching_a_scaling_network_for_moons/)”. ***** Would you like to learn more? [Click here](/r/CointestOfficial/comments/wdgt3n/coin_inquiries_moons_proarguments_august_2022/) to be taken to the original topic-thread or you can scan through the [Cointest Archive](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_archive#wiki_Moons) to find arguments on this topic in other rounds.
#Moon Pro-Arguments Below is an argument written by Blendzi0r which won 1st place in the Moon Pro-Arguments topic for a prior [Cointest](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_policy) round. > *First published on: 14.10.2021* > > *Last edited on: 30.10.2022* > > # What are Moons? > > Moons were [launched by Reddit admins in May 2020](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/gj96lb/introducing_rcryptocurrency_moons/) on Ethereum under the [Community Points](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/) project. Users earn them by contributing (commenting, posting, taking part in contests, etc.) to r/CryptoCurrency (r/cc) subreddit. Moons represent "a unit of ownership" in the subreddit. More information on them can be found here: [https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons\_wiki](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki) > > # What are their pros? > > **THEY CAN BE "EARNED"** > > Moons are unique. They can't be mined and you don't have to buy them in order to own some. All you need is a [reddit account](https://www.reddit.com/register/) and an opened [vault](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/). If your comments or posts are upvoted by other redditors, you will receive Moons when they are distributed. Distributions take place every 4 weeks. You might also be tipped Moons by other users directly and receive them immediately. There are also various competitions where redditors can win Moons (e.g. [Trivia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV6AMUYz-RY), [Cointest](https://www.reddit.com/r/CointestOfficial/), etc.) > > **THEY GIVE REDDITORS POWER** > > The main purpose of Moons is to use them for **voting in Governance Polls**. These polls are held on r/cc regularly and users vote on proposals submitted by other users or moderators (mods). The more Moons someone has, the greater his/her voting power is. Governance Polls allow Moon holders to push r/cc sub in the direction they believe is best. > > It's worth noting that only Moons that were **earned** can be used for voting. Bought Moons don’t increase user’s voting power. > > **THEY ENGAGE USERS** > > Moons incentivize r/cc subscribers to be active and produce quality content. r/cc is constantly in top 50 subreddits when it comes to [comments per day](https://subredditstats.com). Moons also attract new users – r/cc **is currently the most popular subreddit about crypto** with more than 5.6 million members. This gives Moons exposure to a large public. Other projects usually have to start from the bottom and work their way up before they attract a big number of holders and supporters. > > Moons also incentivize moderators as they receive 10% of the total distribution. Thanks to that, despite the huge number of members, the sub is kept clean. At least most of the time ;-) > > **FIRST MOVER ADVANTAGE** > > The popularity of Moons gives them the first mover advantage ([although they aren't the first Community Points project](https://www.reddit.com/r/ethtrader/comments/kl6ldu\/donuts_faq/)). Even if Reddit launches more Community Points on other subreddits, **Moons have already established their name** (and speaking of names – it’s hard for a better one in the world of cryptocurrencies). > > **REDDIT’S BRANDING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT** > > Moons are developed by a team of professionals hired by Reddit. This makes the project credible and eliminates the risk of a rug pull that is ever-present in the case of many other low market cap projects. > > What’s more, Moons' smart contracts and mobile apps have been also [reviewed and audited by Trail of Bits](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki), an independent security firm. > > Despite being Reddit’s product, Moons are independent of Reddit and once earned neither the admins nor the subreddit moderators can take them away from [users](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki). > > **MANY MOONS ARE ALREADY LOST FOREVER** > > Moons that weren’t claimed in time are lost/burned. Moons that were supposed to be delivered to people who didn’t open their vaults are also burned. It is estimated that **more than 50 million Moons are lost.** The number of lost Moons is significant since the number of circulating tokens is only 100 million and the inflation rate goes down by 2.5% with every distribution. > > [35% users who earned karma still didn’t have their vaults set up during the 18th distribution](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/q3cbfe/comment/hfqztnl/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3). > > **MOONS ARE ON ETH MAINNET** > > On August 9, 2022, [Moons were moved to mainnet](https://np.https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/wk75p2/pack_your_moons_were_moving_to_mainnet/), to Arbitrum Nova. Before that, Moons were on a testnet (test blockchain) and as the name suggests - they were being tested. And since they are no longer being tested, it means that Moons are now much more reliable, much more secure. What's more, **Moons can now be listed on exchanges** and they are already tradeable on gate.io and MEXC. > > More exchanges are sure to follow, [Kraken has published a crypto guide for Moons](https://www.kraken.com/en-us/learn/what-is-reddit-moon/). This might be significant because there are hundreds of coins with higher market cap but Kraken still decided to publish a guide for Moons instead of those coins. > > **MOONS HAVE A LOT OF POTENTIAL AND POSSIBLE USE-CASES** > > Being a currency of the most popular crypto sub, Moons can find a lot of new use-cases and with their low market cap they have a lot of room for growth. Moons are currently placed outside of top 1,000 coins according to Coingecko which suggests they might be strongly undervalued considering their credibility and exposure. > > Recently, r/cc has started charging Moons for AMAs. Everyone who wants an official AMA on the subreddit has to burn a certain number of tokens. r/cc has probably the biggest auditorium in the whole world of crypto, therefore "ticketing" AMAs is sure to attract many parties which, in consequence, will burn a lot of Moons. > > Moons might be finally accepted by [cyphermarket](https://www.cyphermarket.com/) and people will be able to [buy crypto-related products there directly with Moons](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/p9zbhg/announcing_rcryptocurrency_merchandise_and_a/). In future, Moons might be used as means of payment in other crypto-related online shops or other businesses. > > Recently, [Reddit auctioned some NFTs](https://nft.reddit.com/#live-auction). One of them was sold for 175 ETH. This might suggest that r/cc will have their own NFTs in the future, too. And if so, they will probably be sold for Moons. > > Admins have also stated that they’re “[working hard to figure out how to grow them even further](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/opibci/were_launching_a_scaling_network_for_moons/)”. ***** Would you like to learn more? [Click here](/r/CointestOfficial/comments/wdgt3n/coin_inquiries_moons_proarguments_august_2022/) to be taken to the original topic-thread or you can scan through the [Cointest Archive](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_archive#wiki_Moons) to find arguments on this topic in other rounds.
#Moon Pro-Arguments Below is an argument written by Blendzi0r which won 1st place in the Moon Pro-Arguments topic for a prior [Cointest](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_policy) round. > *First published on: 14.10.2021* > > *Last edited on: 30.10.2022* > > # What are Moons? > > Moons were [launched by Reddit admins in May 2020](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/gj96lb/introducing_rcryptocurrency_moons/) on Ethereum under the [Community Points](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/) project. Users earn them by contributing (commenting, posting, taking part in contests, etc.) to r/CryptoCurrency (r/cc) subreddit. Moons represent "a unit of ownership" in the subreddit. More information on them can be found here: [https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons\_wiki](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki) > > # What are their pros? > > **THEY CAN BE "EARNED"** > > Moons are unique. They can't be mined and you don't have to buy them in order to own some. All you need is a [reddit account](https://www.reddit.com/register/) and an opened [vault](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/). If your comments or posts are upvoted by other redditors, you will receive Moons when they are distributed. Distributions take place every 4 weeks. You might also be tipped Moons by other users directly and receive them immediately. There are also various competitions where redditors can win Moons (e.g. [Trivia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV6AMUYz-RY), [Cointest](https://www.reddit.com/r/CointestOfficial/), etc.) > > **THEY GIVE REDDITORS POWER** > > The main purpose of Moons is to use them for **voting in Governance Polls**. These polls are held on r/cc regularly and users vote on proposals submitted by other users or moderators (mods). The more Moons someone has, the greater his/her voting power is. Governance Polls allow Moon holders to push r/cc sub in the direction they believe is best. > > It's worth noting that only Moons that were **earned** can be used for voting. Bought Moons don’t increase user’s voting power. > > **THEY ENGAGE USERS** > > Moons incentivize r/cc subscribers to be active and produce quality content. r/cc is constantly in top 50 subreddits when it comes to [comments per day](https://subredditstats.com). Moons also attract new users – r/cc **is currently the most popular subreddit about crypto** with more than 5.6 million members. This gives Moons exposure to a large public. Other projects usually have to start from the bottom and work their way up before they attract a big number of holders and supporters. > > Moons also incentivize moderators as they receive 10% of the total distribution. Thanks to that, despite the huge number of members, the sub is kept clean. At least most of the time ;-) > > **FIRST MOVER ADVANTAGE** > > The popularity of Moons gives them the first mover advantage ([although they aren't the first Community Points project](https://www.reddit.com/r/ethtrader/comments/kl6ldu\/donuts_faq/)). Even if Reddit launches more Community Points on other subreddits, **Moons have already established their name** (and speaking of names – it’s hard for a better one in the world of cryptocurrencies). > > **REDDIT’S BRANDING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT** > > Moons are developed by a team of professionals hired by Reddit. This makes the project credible and eliminates the risk of a rug pull that is ever-present in the case of many other low market cap projects. > > What’s more, Moons' smart contracts and mobile apps have been also [reviewed and audited by Trail of Bits](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki), an independent security firm. > > Despite being Reddit’s product, Moons are independent of Reddit and once earned neither the admins nor the subreddit moderators can take them away from [users](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki). > > **MANY MOONS ARE ALREADY LOST FOREVER** > > Moons that weren’t claimed in time are lost/burned. Moons that were supposed to be delivered to people who didn’t open their vaults are also burned. It is estimated that **more than 50 million Moons are lost.** The number of lost Moons is significant since the number of circulating tokens is only 100 million and the inflation rate goes down by 2.5% with every distribution. > > [35% users who earned karma still didn’t have their vaults set up during the 18th distribution](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/q3cbfe/comment/hfqztnl/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3). > > **MOONS ARE ON ETH MAINNET** > > On August 9, 2022, [Moons were moved to mainnet](https://np.https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/wk75p2/pack_your_moons_were_moving_to_mainnet/), to Arbitrum Nova. Before that, Moons were on a testnet (test blockchain) and as the name suggests - they were being tested. And since they are no longer being tested, it means that Moons are now much more reliable, much more secure. What's more, **Moons can now be listed on exchanges** and they are already tradeable on gate.io and MEXC. > > More exchanges are sure to follow, [Kraken has published a crypto guide for Moons](https://www.kraken.com/en-us/learn/what-is-reddit-moon/). This might be significant because there are hundreds of coins with higher market cap but Kraken still decided to publish a guide for Moons instead of those coins. > > **MOONS HAVE A LOT OF POTENTIAL AND POSSIBLE USE-CASES** > > Being a currency of the most popular crypto sub, Moons can find a lot of new use-cases and with their low market cap they have a lot of room for growth. Moons are currently placed outside of top 1,000 coins according to Coingecko which suggests they might be strongly undervalued considering their credibility and exposure. > > Recently, r/cc has started charging Moons for AMAs. Everyone who wants an official AMA on the subreddit has to burn a certain number of tokens. r/cc has probably the biggest auditorium in the whole world of crypto, therefore "ticketing" AMAs is sure to attract many parties which, in consequence, will burn a lot of Moons. > > Moons might be finally accepted by [cyphermarket](https://www.cyphermarket.com/) and people will be able to [buy crypto-related products there directly with Moons](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/p9zbhg/announcing_rcryptocurrency_merchandise_and_a/). In future, Moons might be used as means of payment in other crypto-related online shops or other businesses. > > Recently, [Reddit auctioned some NFTs](https://nft.reddit.com/#live-auction). One of them was sold for 175 ETH. This might suggest that r/cc will have their own NFTs in the future, too. And if so, they will probably be sold for Moons. > > Admins have also stated that they’re “[working hard to figure out how to grow them even further](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/opibci/were_launching_a_scaling_network_for_moons/)”. ***** Would you like to learn more? [Click here](/r/CointestOfficial/comments/wdgt3n/coin_inquiries_moons_proarguments_august_2022/) to be taken to the original topic-thread or you can scan through the [Cointest Archive](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_archive#wiki_Moons) to find arguments on this topic in other rounds.
#Moon Pro-Arguments Below is an argument written by Blendzi0r which won 1st place in the Moon Pro-Arguments topic for a prior [Cointest](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_policy) round. > *First published on: 14.10.2021* > > *Last edited on: 30.10.2022* > > # What are Moons? > > Moons were [launched by Reddit admins in May 2020](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/gj96lb/introducing_rcryptocurrency_moons/) on Ethereum under the [Community Points](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/) project. Users earn them by contributing (commenting, posting, taking part in contests, etc.) to r/CryptoCurrency (r/cc) subreddit. Moons represent "a unit of ownership" in the subreddit. More information on them can be found here: [https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons\_wiki](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki) > > # What are their pros? > > **THEY CAN BE "EARNED"** > > Moons are unique. They can't be mined and you don't have to buy them in order to own some. All you need is a [reddit account](https://www.reddit.com/register/) and an opened [vault](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/). If your comments or posts are upvoted by other redditors, you will receive Moons when they are distributed. Distributions take place every 4 weeks. You might also be tipped Moons by other users directly and receive them immediately. There are also various competitions where redditors can win Moons (e.g. [Trivia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV6AMUYz-RY), [Cointest](https://www.reddit.com/r/CointestOfficial/), etc.) > > **THEY GIVE REDDITORS POWER** > > The main purpose of Moons is to use them for **voting in Governance Polls**. These polls are held on r/cc regularly and users vote on proposals submitted by other users or moderators (mods). The more Moons someone has, the greater his/her voting power is. Governance Polls allow Moon holders to push r/cc sub in the direction they believe is best. > > It's worth noting that only Moons that were **earned** can be used for voting. Bought Moons don’t increase user’s voting power. > > **THEY ENGAGE USERS** > > Moons incentivize r/cc subscribers to be active and produce quality content. r/cc is constantly in top 50 subreddits when it comes to [comments per day](https://subredditstats.com). Moons also attract new users – r/cc **is currently the most popular subreddit about crypto** with more than 5.6 million members. This gives Moons exposure to a large public. Other projects usually have to start from the bottom and work their way up before they attract a big number of holders and supporters. > > Moons also incentivize moderators as they receive 10% of the total distribution. Thanks to that, despite the huge number of members, the sub is kept clean. At least most of the time ;-) > > **FIRST MOVER ADVANTAGE** > > The popularity of Moons gives them the first mover advantage ([although they aren't the first Community Points project](https://www.reddit.com/r/ethtrader/comments/kl6ldu\/donuts_faq/)). Even if Reddit launches more Community Points on other subreddits, **Moons have already established their name** (and speaking of names – it’s hard for a better one in the world of cryptocurrencies). > > **REDDIT’S BRANDING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT** > > Moons are developed by a team of professionals hired by Reddit. This makes the project credible and eliminates the risk of a rug pull that is ever-present in the case of many other low market cap projects. > > What’s more, Moons' smart contracts and mobile apps have been also [reviewed and audited by Trail of Bits](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki), an independent security firm. > > Despite being Reddit’s product, Moons are independent of Reddit and once earned neither the admins nor the subreddit moderators can take them away from [users](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki). > > **MANY MOONS ARE ALREADY LOST FOREVER** > > Moons that weren’t claimed in time are lost/burned. Moons that were supposed to be delivered to people who didn’t open their vaults are also burned. It is estimated that **more than 50 million Moons are lost.** The number of lost Moons is significant since the number of circulating tokens is only 100 million and the inflation rate goes down by 2.5% with every distribution. > > [35% users who earned karma still didn’t have their vaults set up during the 18th distribution](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/q3cbfe/comment/hfqztnl/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3). > > **MOONS ARE ON ETH MAINNET** > > On August 9, 2022, [Moons were moved to mainnet](https://np.https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/wk75p2/pack_your_moons_were_moving_to_mainnet/), to Arbitrum Nova. Before that, Moons were on a testnet (test blockchain) and as the name suggests - they were being tested. And since they are no longer being tested, it means that Moons are now much more reliable, much more secure. What's more, **Moons can now be listed on exchanges** and they are already tradeable on gate.io and MEXC. > > More exchanges are sure to follow, [Kraken has published a crypto guide for Moons](https://www.kraken.com/en-us/learn/what-is-reddit-moon/). This might be significant because there are hundreds of coins with higher market cap but Kraken still decided to publish a guide for Moons instead of those coins. > > **MOONS HAVE A LOT OF POTENTIAL AND POSSIBLE USE-CASES** > > Being a currency of the most popular crypto sub, Moons can find a lot of new use-cases and with their low market cap they have a lot of room for growth. Moons are currently placed outside of top 1,000 coins according to Coingecko which suggests they might be strongly undervalued considering their credibility and exposure. > > Recently, r/cc has started charging Moons for AMAs. Everyone who wants an official AMA on the subreddit has to burn a certain number of tokens. r/cc has probably the biggest auditorium in the whole world of crypto, therefore "ticketing" AMAs is sure to attract many parties which, in consequence, will burn a lot of Moons. > > Moons might be finally accepted by [cyphermarket](https://www.cyphermarket.com/) and people will be able to [buy crypto-related products there directly with Moons](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/p9zbhg/announcing_rcryptocurrency_merchandise_and_a/). In future, Moons might be used as means of payment in other crypto-related online shops or other businesses. > > Recently, [Reddit auctioned some NFTs](https://nft.reddit.com/#live-auction). One of them was sold for 175 ETH. This might suggest that r/cc will have their own NFTs in the future, too. And if so, they will probably be sold for Moons. > > Admins have also stated that they’re “[working hard to figure out how to grow them even further](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/opibci/were_launching_a_scaling_network_for_moons/)”. ***** Would you like to learn more? [Click here](/r/CointestOfficial/comments/wdgt3n/coin_inquiries_moons_proarguments_august_2022/) to be taken to the original topic-thread or you can scan through the [Cointest Archive](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_archive#wiki_Moons) to find arguments on this topic in other rounds.
#Moon Pro-Arguments Below is an argument written by Blendzi0r which won 1st place in the Moon Pro-Arguments topic for a prior [Cointest](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_policy) round. > *First published on: 14.10.2021* > > *Last edited on: 30.10.2022* > > # What are Moons? > > Moons were [launched by Reddit admins in May 2020](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/gj96lb/introducing_rcryptocurrency_moons/) on Ethereum under the [Community Points](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/) project. Users earn them by contributing (commenting, posting, taking part in contests, etc.) to r/CryptoCurrency (r/cc) subreddit. Moons represent "a unit of ownership" in the subreddit. More information on them can be found here: [https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons\_wiki](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki) > > # What are their pros? > > **THEY CAN BE "EARNED"** > > Moons are unique. They can't be mined and you don't have to buy them in order to own some. All you need is a [reddit account](https://www.reddit.com/register/) and an opened [vault](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/). If your comments or posts are upvoted by other redditors, you will receive Moons when they are distributed. Distributions take place every 4 weeks. You might also be tipped Moons by other users directly and receive them immediately. There are also various competitions where redditors can win Moons (e.g. [Trivia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV6AMUYz-RY), [Cointest](https://www.reddit.com/r/CointestOfficial/), etc.) > > **THEY GIVE REDDITORS POWER** > > The main purpose of Moons is to use them for **voting in Governance Polls**. These polls are held on r/cc regularly and users vote on proposals submitted by other users or moderators (mods). The more Moons someone has, the greater his/her voting power is. Governance Polls allow Moon holders to push r/cc sub in the direction they believe is best. > > It's worth noting that only Moons that were **earned** can be used for voting. Bought Moons don’t increase user’s voting power. > > **THEY ENGAGE USERS** > > Moons incentivize r/cc subscribers to be active and produce quality content. r/cc is constantly in top 50 subreddits when it comes to [comments per day](https://subredditstats.com). Moons also attract new users – r/cc **is currently the most popular subreddit about crypto** with more than 5.6 million members. This gives Moons exposure to a large public. Other projects usually have to start from the bottom and work their way up before they attract a big number of holders and supporters. > > Moons also incentivize moderators as they receive 10% of the total distribution. Thanks to that, despite the huge number of members, the sub is kept clean. At least most of the time ;-) > > **FIRST MOVER ADVANTAGE** > > The popularity of Moons gives them the first mover advantage ([although they aren't the first Community Points project](https://www.reddit.com/r/ethtrader/comments/kl6ldu\/donuts_faq/)). Even if Reddit launches more Community Points on other subreddits, **Moons have already established their name** (and speaking of names – it’s hard for a better one in the world of cryptocurrencies). > > **REDDIT’S BRANDING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT** > > Moons are developed by a team of professionals hired by Reddit. This makes the project credible and eliminates the risk of a rug pull that is ever-present in the case of many other low market cap projects. > > What’s more, Moons' smart contracts and mobile apps have been also [reviewed and audited by Trail of Bits](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki), an independent security firm. > > Despite being Reddit’s product, Moons are independent of Reddit and once earned neither the admins nor the subreddit moderators can take them away from [users](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki). > > **MANY MOONS ARE ALREADY LOST FOREVER** > > Moons that weren’t claimed in time are lost/burned. Moons that were supposed to be delivered to people who didn’t open their vaults are also burned. It is estimated that **more than 50 million Moons are lost.** The number of lost Moons is significant since the number of circulating tokens is only 100 million and the inflation rate goes down by 2.5% with every distribution. > > [35% users who earned karma still didn’t have their vaults set up during the 18th distribution](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/q3cbfe/comment/hfqztnl/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3). > > **MOONS ARE ON ETH MAINNET** > > On August 9, 2022, [Moons were moved to mainnet](https://np.https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/wk75p2/pack_your_moons_were_moving_to_mainnet/), to Arbitrum Nova. Before that, Moons were on a testnet (test blockchain) and as the name suggests - they were being tested. And since they are no longer being tested, it means that Moons are now much more reliable, much more secure. What's more, **Moons can now be listed on exchanges** and they are already tradeable on gate.io and MEXC. > > More exchanges are sure to follow, [Kraken has published a crypto guide for Moons](https://www.kraken.com/en-us/learn/what-is-reddit-moon/). This might be significant because there are hundreds of coins with higher market cap but Kraken still decided to publish a guide for Moons instead of those coins. > > **MOONS HAVE A LOT OF POTENTIAL AND POSSIBLE USE-CASES** > > Being a currency of the most popular crypto sub, Moons can find a lot of new use-cases and with their low market cap they have a lot of room for growth. Moons are currently placed outside of top 1,000 coins according to Coingecko which suggests they might be strongly undervalued considering their credibility and exposure. > > Recently, r/cc has started charging Moons for AMAs. Everyone who wants an official AMA on the subreddit has to burn a certain number of tokens. r/cc has probably the biggest auditorium in the whole world of crypto, therefore "ticketing" AMAs is sure to attract many parties which, in consequence, will burn a lot of Moons. > > Moons might be finally accepted by [cyphermarket](https://www.cyphermarket.com/) and people will be able to [buy crypto-related products there directly with Moons](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/p9zbhg/announcing_rcryptocurrency_merchandise_and_a/). In future, Moons might be used as means of payment in other crypto-related online shops or other businesses. > > Recently, [Reddit auctioned some NFTs](https://nft.reddit.com/#live-auction). One of them was sold for 175 ETH. This might suggest that r/cc will have their own NFTs in the future, too. And if so, they will probably be sold for Moons. > > Admins have also stated that they’re “[working hard to figure out how to grow them even further](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/opibci/were_launching_a_scaling_network_for_moons/)”. ***** Would you like to learn more? [Click here](/r/CointestOfficial/comments/wdgt3n/coin_inquiries_moons_proarguments_august_2022/) to be taken to the original topic-thread or you can scan through the [Cointest Archive](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_archive#wiki_Moons) to find arguments on this topic in other rounds.
#Moon Pro-Arguments Below is an argument written by Blendzi0r which won 1st place in the Moon Pro-Arguments topic for a prior [Cointest](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_policy) round. > *First published on: 14.10.2021* > > *Last edited on: 30.10.2022* > > # What are Moons? > > Moons were [launched by Reddit admins in May 2020](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/gj96lb/introducing_rcryptocurrency_moons/) on Ethereum under the [Community Points](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/) project. Users earn them by contributing (commenting, posting, taking part in contests, etc.) to r/CryptoCurrency (r/cc) subreddit. Moons represent "a unit of ownership" in the subreddit. More information on them can be found here: [https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons\_wiki](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki) > > # What are their pros? > > **THEY CAN BE "EARNED"** > > Moons are unique. They can't be mined and you don't have to buy them in order to own some. All you need is a [reddit account](https://www.reddit.com/register/) and an opened [vault](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/). If your comments or posts are upvoted by other redditors, you will receive Moons when they are distributed. Distributions take place every 4 weeks. You might also be tipped Moons by other users directly and receive them immediately. There are also various competitions where redditors can win Moons (e.g. [Trivia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV6AMUYz-RY), [Cointest](https://www.reddit.com/r/CointestOfficial/), etc.) > > **THEY GIVE REDDITORS POWER** > > The main purpose of Moons is to use them for **voting in Governance Polls**. These polls are held on r/cc regularly and users vote on proposals submitted by other users or moderators (mods). The more Moons someone has, the greater his/her voting power is. Governance Polls allow Moon holders to push r/cc sub in the direction they believe is best. > > It's worth noting that only Moons that were **earned** can be used for voting. Bought Moons don’t increase user’s voting power. > > **THEY ENGAGE USERS** > > Moons incentivize r/cc subscribers to be active and produce quality content. r/cc is constantly in top 50 subreddits when it comes to [comments per day](https://subredditstats.com). Moons also attract new users – r/cc **is currently the most popular subreddit about crypto** with more than 5.6 million members. This gives Moons exposure to a large public. Other projects usually have to start from the bottom and work their way up before they attract a big number of holders and supporters. > > Moons also incentivize moderators as they receive 10% of the total distribution. Thanks to that, despite the huge number of members, the sub is kept clean. At least most of the time ;-) > > **FIRST MOVER ADVANTAGE** > > The popularity of Moons gives them the first mover advantage ([although they aren't the first Community Points project](https://www.reddit.com/r/ethtrader/comments/kl6ldu\/donuts_faq/)). Even if Reddit launches more Community Points on other subreddits, **Moons have already established their name** (and speaking of names – it’s hard for a better one in the world of cryptocurrencies). > > **REDDIT’S BRANDING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT** > > Moons are developed by a team of professionals hired by Reddit. This makes the project credible and eliminates the risk of a rug pull that is ever-present in the case of many other low market cap projects. > > What’s more, Moons' smart contracts and mobile apps have been also [reviewed and audited by Trail of Bits](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki), an independent security firm. > > Despite being Reddit’s product, Moons are independent of Reddit and once earned neither the admins nor the subreddit moderators can take them away from [users](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki). > > **MANY MOONS ARE ALREADY LOST FOREVER** > > Moons that weren’t claimed in time are lost/burned. Moons that were supposed to be delivered to people who didn’t open their vaults are also burned. It is estimated that **more than 50 million Moons are lost.** The number of lost Moons is significant since the number of circulating tokens is only 100 million and the inflation rate goes down by 2.5% with every distribution. > > [35% users who earned karma still didn’t have their vaults set up during the 18th distribution](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/q3cbfe/comment/hfqztnl/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3). > > **MOONS ARE ON ETH MAINNET** > > On August 9, 2022, [Moons were moved to mainnet](https://np.https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/wk75p2/pack_your_moons_were_moving_to_mainnet/), to Arbitrum Nova. Before that, Moons were on a testnet (test blockchain) and as the name suggests - they were being tested. And since they are no longer being tested, it means that Moons are now much more reliable, much more secure. What's more, **Moons can now be listed on exchanges** and they are already tradeable on gate.io and MEXC. > > More exchanges are sure to follow, [Kraken has published a crypto guide for Moons](https://www.kraken.com/en-us/learn/what-is-reddit-moon/). This might be significant because there are hundreds of coins with higher market cap but Kraken still decided to publish a guide for Moons instead of those coins. > > **MOONS HAVE A LOT OF POTENTIAL AND POSSIBLE USE-CASES** > > Being a currency of the most popular crypto sub, Moons can find a lot of new use-cases and with their low market cap they have a lot of room for growth. Moons are currently placed outside of top 1,000 coins according to Coingecko which suggests they might be strongly undervalued considering their credibility and exposure. > > Recently, r/cc has started charging Moons for AMAs. Everyone who wants an official AMA on the subreddit has to burn a certain number of tokens. r/cc has probably the biggest auditorium in the whole world of crypto, therefore "ticketing" AMAs is sure to attract many parties which, in consequence, will burn a lot of Moons. > > Moons might be finally accepted by [cyphermarket](https://www.cyphermarket.com/) and people will be able to [buy crypto-related products there directly with Moons](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/p9zbhg/announcing_rcryptocurrency_merchandise_and_a/). In future, Moons might be used as means of payment in other crypto-related online shops or other businesses. > > Recently, [Reddit auctioned some NFTs](https://nft.reddit.com/#live-auction). One of them was sold for 175 ETH. This might suggest that r/cc will have their own NFTs in the future, too. And if so, they will probably be sold for Moons. > > Admins have also stated that they’re “[working hard to figure out how to grow them even further](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/opibci/were_launching_a_scaling_network_for_moons/)”. ***** Would you like to learn more? [Click here](/r/CointestOfficial/comments/wdgt3n/coin_inquiries_moons_proarguments_august_2022/) to be taken to the original topic-thread or you can scan through the [Cointest Archive](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_archive#wiki_Moons) to find arguments on this topic in other rounds.
#Moon Pro-Arguments Below is an argument written by Blendzi0r which won 1st place in the Moon Pro-Arguments topic for a prior [Cointest](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_policy) round. > *First published on: 14.10.2021* > > *Last edited on: 30.10.2022* > > # What are Moons? > > Moons were [launched by Reddit admins in May 2020](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/gj96lb/introducing_rcryptocurrency_moons/) on Ethereum under the [Community Points](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/) project. Users earn them by contributing (commenting, posting, taking part in contests, etc.) to r/CryptoCurrency (r/cc) subreddit. Moons represent "a unit of ownership" in the subreddit. More information on them can be found here: [https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons\_wiki](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki) > > # What are their pros? > > **THEY CAN BE "EARNED"** > > Moons are unique. They can't be mined and you don't have to buy them in order to own some. All you need is a [reddit account](https://www.reddit.com/register/) and an opened [vault](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/). If your comments or posts are upvoted by other redditors, you will receive Moons when they are distributed. Distributions take place every 4 weeks. You might also be tipped Moons by other users directly and receive them immediately. There are also various competitions where redditors can win Moons (e.g. [Trivia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV6AMUYz-RY), [Cointest](https://www.reddit.com/r/CointestOfficial/), etc.) > > **THEY GIVE REDDITORS POWER** > > The main purpose of Moons is to use them for **voting in Governance Polls**. These polls are held on r/cc regularly and users vote on proposals submitted by other users or moderators (mods). The more Moons someone has, the greater his/her voting power is. Governance Polls allow Moon holders to push r/cc sub in the direction they believe is best. > > It's worth noting that only Moons that were **earned** can be used for voting. Bought Moons don’t increase user’s voting power. > > **THEY ENGAGE USERS** > > Moons incentivize r/cc subscribers to be active and produce quality content. r/cc is constantly in top 50 subreddits when it comes to [comments per day](https://subredditstats.com). Moons also attract new users – r/cc **is currently the most popular subreddit about crypto** with more than 5.6 million members. This gives Moons exposure to a large public. Other projects usually have to start from the bottom and work their way up before they attract a big number of holders and supporters. > > Moons also incentivize moderators as they receive 10% of the total distribution. Thanks to that, despite the huge number of members, the sub is kept clean. At least most of the time ;-) > > **FIRST MOVER ADVANTAGE** > > The popularity of Moons gives them the first mover advantage ([although they aren't the first Community Points project](https://www.reddit.com/r/ethtrader/comments/kl6ldu\/donuts_faq/)). Even if Reddit launches more Community Points on other subreddits, **Moons have already established their name** (and speaking of names – it’s hard for a better one in the world of cryptocurrencies). > > **REDDIT’S BRANDING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT** > > Moons are developed by a team of professionals hired by Reddit. This makes the project credible and eliminates the risk of a rug pull that is ever-present in the case of many other low market cap projects. > > What’s more, Moons' smart contracts and mobile apps have been also [reviewed and audited by Trail of Bits](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki), an independent security firm. > > Despite being Reddit’s product, Moons are independent of Reddit and once earned neither the admins nor the subreddit moderators can take them away from [users](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki). > > **MANY MOONS ARE ALREADY LOST FOREVER** > > Moons that weren’t claimed in time are lost/burned. Moons that were supposed to be delivered to people who didn’t open their vaults are also burned. It is estimated that **more than 50 million Moons are lost.** The number of lost Moons is significant since the number of circulating tokens is only 100 million and the inflation rate goes down by 2.5% with every distribution. > > [35% users who earned karma still didn’t have their vaults set up during the 18th distribution](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/q3cbfe/comment/hfqztnl/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3). > > **MOONS ARE ON ETH MAINNET** > > On August 9, 2022, [Moons were moved to mainnet](https://np.https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/wk75p2/pack_your_moons_were_moving_to_mainnet/), to Arbitrum Nova. Before that, Moons were on a testnet (test blockchain) and as the name suggests - they were being tested. And since they are no longer being tested, it means that Moons are now much more reliable, much more secure. What's more, **Moons can now be listed on exchanges** and they are already tradeable on gate.io and MEXC. > > More exchanges are sure to follow, [Kraken has published a crypto guide for Moons](https://www.kraken.com/en-us/learn/what-is-reddit-moon/). This might be significant because there are hundreds of coins with higher market cap but Kraken still decided to publish a guide for Moons instead of those coins. > > **MOONS HAVE A LOT OF POTENTIAL AND POSSIBLE USE-CASES** > > Being a currency of the most popular crypto sub, Moons can find a lot of new use-cases and with their low market cap they have a lot of room for growth. Moons are currently placed outside of top 1,000 coins according to Coingecko which suggests they might be strongly undervalued considering their credibility and exposure. > > Recently, r/cc has started charging Moons for AMAs. Everyone who wants an official AMA on the subreddit has to burn a certain number of tokens. r/cc has probably the biggest auditorium in the whole world of crypto, therefore "ticketing" AMAs is sure to attract many parties which, in consequence, will burn a lot of Moons. > > Moons might be finally accepted by [cyphermarket](https://www.cyphermarket.com/) and people will be able to [buy crypto-related products there directly with Moons](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/p9zbhg/announcing_rcryptocurrency_merchandise_and_a/). In future, Moons might be used as means of payment in other crypto-related online shops or other businesses. > > Recently, [Reddit auctioned some NFTs](https://nft.reddit.com/#live-auction). One of them was sold for 175 ETH. This might suggest that r/cc will have their own NFTs in the future, too. And if so, they will probably be sold for Moons. > > Admins have also stated that they’re “[working hard to figure out how to grow them even further](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/opibci/were_launching_a_scaling_network_for_moons/)”. ***** Would you like to learn more? [Click here](/r/CointestOfficial/comments/wdgt3n/coin_inquiries_moons_proarguments_august_2022/) to be taken to the original topic-thread or you can scan through the [Cointest Archive](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_archive#wiki_Moons) to find arguments on this topic in other rounds.
All the money they LOST has found a HOME in some ones POCKETS and they are not about to give it back.
In terms of direct consumer use Linux has LOST the contest - beaten by corporate controlled interfaces. If Bitcoin suffers the same fate it will have LOST the contest to free money from corporate-government control.
#Moon Pro-Arguments Below is an argument written by Blendzi0r which won 1st place in the Moon Pro-Arguments topic for a prior [Cointest](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_policy) round. > *First published on: 14.10.2021* > > *Last edited on: 30.10.2022* > > # What are Moons? > > Moons were [launched by Reddit admins in May 2020](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/gj96lb/introducing_rcryptocurrency_moons/) on Ethereum under the [Community Points](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/) project. Users earn them by contributing (commenting, posting, taking part in contests, etc.) to r/CryptoCurrency (r/cc) subreddit. Moons represent "a unit of ownership" in the subreddit. More information on them can be found here: [https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons\_wiki](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki) > > # What are their pros? > > **THEY CAN BE "EARNED"** > > Moons are unique. They can't be mined and you don't have to buy them in order to own some. All you need is a [reddit account](https://www.reddit.com/register/) and an opened [vault](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/). If your comments or posts are upvoted by other redditors, you will receive Moons when they are distributed. Distributions take place every 4 weeks. You might also be tipped Moons by other users directly and receive them immediately. There are also various competitions where redditors can win Moons (e.g. [Trivia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV6AMUYz-RY), [Cointest](https://www.reddit.com/r/CointestOfficial/), etc.) > > **THEY GIVE REDDITORS POWER** > > The main purpose of Moons is to use them for **voting in Governance Polls**. These polls are held on r/cc regularly and users vote on proposals submitted by other users or moderators (mods). The more Moons someone has, the greater his/her voting power is. Governance Polls allow Moon holders to push r/cc sub in the direction they believe is best. > > It's worth noting that only Moons that were **earned** can be used for voting. Bought Moons don’t increase user’s voting power. > > **THEY ENGAGE USERS** > > Moons incentivize r/cc subscribers to be active and produce quality content. r/cc is constantly in top 50 subreddits when it comes to [comments per day](https://subredditstats.com). Moons also attract new users – r/cc **is currently the most popular subreddit about crypto** with more than 5.6 million members. This gives Moons exposure to a large public. Other projects usually have to start from the bottom and work their way up before they attract a big number of holders and supporters. > > Moons also incentivize moderators as they receive 10% of the total distribution. Thanks to that, despite the huge number of members, the sub is kept clean. At least most of the time ;-) > > **FIRST MOVER ADVANTAGE** > > The popularity of Moons gives them the first mover advantage ([although they aren't the first Community Points project](https://www.reddit.com/r/ethtrader/comments/kl6ldu\/donuts_faq/)). Even if Reddit launches more Community Points on other subreddits, **Moons have already established their name** (and speaking of names – it’s hard for a better one in the world of cryptocurrencies). > > **REDDIT’S BRANDING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT** > > Moons are developed by a team of professionals hired by Reddit. This makes the project credible and eliminates the risk of a rug pull that is ever-present in the case of many other low market cap projects. > > What’s more, Moons' smart contracts and mobile apps have been also [reviewed and audited by Trail of Bits](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki), an independent security firm. > > Despite being Reddit’s product, Moons are independent of Reddit and once earned neither the admins nor the subreddit moderators can take them away from [users](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki). > > **MANY MOONS ARE ALREADY LOST FOREVER** > > Moons that weren’t claimed in time are lost/burned. Moons that were supposed to be delivered to people who didn’t open their vaults are also burned. It is estimated that **more than 50 million Moons are lost.** The number of lost Moons is significant since the number of circulating tokens is only 100 million and the inflation rate goes down by 2.5% with every distribution. > > [35% users who earned karma still didn’t have their vaults set up during the 18th distribution](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/q3cbfe/comment/hfqztnl/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3). > > **MOONS ARE ON ETH MAINNET** > > On August 9, 2022, [Moons were moved to mainnet](https://np.https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/wk75p2/pack_your_moons_were_moving_to_mainnet/), to Arbitrum Nova. Before that, Moons were on a testnet (test blockchain) and as the name suggests - they were being tested. And since they are no longer being tested, it means that Moons are now much more reliable, much more secure. What's more, **Moons can now be listed on exchanges** and they are already tradeable on gate.io and MEXC. > > More exchanges are sure to follow, [Kraken has published a crypto guide for Moons](https://www.kraken.com/en-us/learn/what-is-reddit-moon/). This might be significant because there are hundreds of coins with higher market cap but Kraken still decided to publish a guide for Moons instead of those coins. > > **MOONS HAVE A LOT OF POTENTIAL AND POSSIBLE USE-CASES** > > Being a currency of the most popular crypto sub, Moons can find a lot of new use-cases and with their low market cap they have a lot of room for growth. Moons are currently placed outside of top 1,000 coins according to Coingecko which suggests they might be strongly undervalued considering their credibility and exposure. > > Recently, r/cc has started charging Moons for AMAs. Everyone who wants an official AMA on the subreddit has to burn a certain number of tokens. r/cc has probably the biggest auditorium in the whole world of crypto, therefore "ticketing" AMAs is sure to attract many parties which, in consequence, will burn a lot of Moons. > > Moons might be finally accepted by [cyphermarket](https://www.cyphermarket.com/) and people will be able to [buy crypto-related products there directly with Moons](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/p9zbhg/announcing_rcryptocurrency_merchandise_and_a/). In future, Moons might be used as means of payment in other crypto-related online shops or other businesses. > > Recently, [Reddit auctioned some NFTs](https://nft.reddit.com/#live-auction). One of them was sold for 175 ETH. This might suggest that r/cc will have their own NFTs in the future, too. And if so, they will probably be sold for Moons. > > Admins have also stated that they’re “[working hard to figure out how to grow them even further](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/opibci/were_launching_a_scaling_network_for_moons/)”. ***** Would you like to learn more? [Click here](/r/CointestOfficial/comments/wdgt3n/coin_inquiries_moons_proarguments_august_2022/) to be taken to the original topic-thread or you can scan through the [Cointest Archive](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_archive#wiki_Moons) to find arguments on this topic in other rounds.
This guy has already LOST. He should be relentlessly mocked. Fucking dinosaur with his gold lmao Gold is a garbage investment for long term. If he was smart he would choose Bitcoin.
You just know its the truth. From their point of view this money is ''LOST'' and their entire focus will be to see how much of it they can reasonably retain as it passes through the many hands. Qualified Investors will be AHEAD of retail..ie you and I in the long line of pigs seeking to feed at the trough and blaming Sam & Caroline for the LOSS
#Moon Pro-Arguments Below is an argument written by Blendzi0r which won 1st place in the Moon Pro-Arguments topic for a prior [Cointest](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_policy) round. > *First published on: 14.10.2021* > > *Last edited on: 30.10.2022* > > # What are Moons? > > Moons were [launched by Reddit admins in May 2020](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/gj96lb/introducing_rcryptocurrency_moons/) on Ethereum under the [Community Points](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/) project. Users earn them by contributing (commenting, posting, taking part in contests, etc.) to r/CryptoCurrency (r/cc) subreddit. Moons represent "a unit of ownership" in the subreddit. More information on them can be found here: [https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons\_wiki](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki) > > # What are their pros? > > **THEY CAN BE "EARNED"** > > Moons are unique. They can't be mined and you don't have to buy them in order to own some. All you need is a [reddit account](https://www.reddit.com/register/) and an opened [vault](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/). If your comments or posts are upvoted by other redditors, you will receive Moons when they are distributed. Distributions take place every 4 weeks. You might also be tipped Moons by other users directly and receive them immediately. There are also various competitions where redditors can win Moons (e.g. [Trivia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV6AMUYz-RY), [Cointest](https://www.reddit.com/r/CointestOfficial/), etc.) > > **THEY GIVE REDDITORS POWER** > > The main purpose of Moons is to use them for **voting in Governance Polls**. These polls are held on r/cc regularly and users vote on proposals submitted by other users or moderators (mods). The more Moons someone has, the greater his/her voting power is. Governance Polls allow Moon holders to push r/cc sub in the direction they believe is best. > > It's worth noting that only Moons that were **earned** can be used for voting. Bought Moons don’t increase user’s voting power. > > **THEY ENGAGE USERS** > > Moons incentivize r/cc subscribers to be active and produce quality content. r/cc is constantly in top 50 subreddits when it comes to [comments per day](https://subredditstats.com). Moons also attract new users – r/cc **is currently the most popular subreddit about crypto** with more than 5.6 million members. This gives Moons exposure to a large public. Other projects usually have to start from the bottom and work their way up before they attract a big number of holders and supporters. > > Moons also incentivize moderators as they receive 10% of the total distribution. Thanks to that, despite the huge number of members, the sub is kept clean. At least most of the time ;-) > > **FIRST MOVER ADVANTAGE** > > The popularity of Moons gives them the first mover advantage ([although they aren't the first Community Points project](https://www.reddit.com/r/ethtrader/comments/kl6ldu\/donuts_faq/)). Even if Reddit launches more Community Points on other subreddits, **Moons have already established their name** (and speaking of names – it’s hard for a better one in the world of cryptocurrencies). > > **REDDIT’S BRANDING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT** > > Moons are developed by a team of professionals hired by Reddit. This makes the project credible and eliminates the risk of a rug pull that is ever-present in the case of many other low market cap projects. > > What’s more, Moons' smart contracts and mobile apps have been also [reviewed and audited by Trail of Bits](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki), an independent security firm. > > Despite being Reddit’s product, Moons are independent of Reddit and once earned neither the admins nor the subreddit moderators can take them away from [users](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki). > > **MANY MOONS ARE ALREADY LOST FOREVER** > > Moons that weren’t claimed in time are lost/burned. Moons that were supposed to be delivered to people who didn’t open their vaults are also burned. It is estimated that **more than 50 million Moons are lost.** The number of lost Moons is significant since the number of circulating tokens is only 100 million and the inflation rate goes down by 2.5% with every distribution. > > [35% users who earned karma still didn’t have their vaults set up during the 18th distribution](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/q3cbfe/comment/hfqztnl/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3). > > **MOONS ARE ON ETH MAINNET** > > On August 9, 2022, [Moons were moved to mainnet](https://np.https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/wk75p2/pack_your_moons_were_moving_to_mainnet/), to Arbitrum Nova. Before that, Moons were on a testnet (test blockchain) and as the name suggests - they were being tested. And since they are no longer being tested, it means that Moons are now much more reliable, much more secure. What's more, **Moons can now be listed on exchanges** and they are already tradeable on gate.io and MEXC. > > More exchanges are sure to follow, [Kraken has published a crypto guide for Moons](https://www.kraken.com/en-us/learn/what-is-reddit-moon/). This might be significant because there are hundreds of coins with higher market cap but Kraken still decided to publish a guide for Moons instead of those coins. > > **MOONS HAVE A LOT OF POTENTIAL AND POSSIBLE USE-CASES** > > Being a currency of the most popular crypto sub, Moons can find a lot of new use-cases and with their low market cap they have a lot of room for growth. Moons are currently placed outside of top 1,000 coins according to Coingecko which suggests they might be strongly undervalued considering their credibility and exposure. > > Recently, r/cc has started charging Moons for AMAs. Everyone who wants an official AMA on the subreddit has to burn a certain number of tokens. r/cc has probably the biggest auditorium in the whole world of crypto, therefore "ticketing" AMAs is sure to attract many parties which, in consequence, will burn a lot of Moons. > > Moons might be finally accepted by [cyphermarket](https://www.cyphermarket.com/) and people will be able to [buy crypto-related products there directly with Moons](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/p9zbhg/announcing_rcryptocurrency_merchandise_and_a/). In future, Moons might be used as means of payment in other crypto-related online shops or other businesses. > > Recently, [Reddit auctioned some NFTs](https://nft.reddit.com/#live-auction). One of them was sold for 175 ETH. This might suggest that r/cc will have their own NFTs in the future, too. And if so, they will probably be sold for Moons. > > Admins have also stated that they’re “[working hard to figure out how to grow them even further](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/opibci/were_launching_a_scaling_network_for_moons/)”. ***** Would you like to learn more? [Click here](/r/CointestOfficial/comments/wdgt3n/coin_inquiries_moons_proarguments_august_2022/) to be taken to the original topic-thread or you can scan through the [Cointest Archive](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_archive#wiki_Moons) to find arguments on this topic in other rounds.
#Moon Pro-Arguments Below is an argument written by Blendzi0r which won 1st place in the Moon Pro-Arguments topic for a prior [Cointest](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_policy) round. > *First published on: 14.10.2021* > > *Last edited on: 30.10.2022* > > # What are Moons? > > Moons were [launched by Reddit admins in May 2020](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/gj96lb/introducing_rcryptocurrency_moons/) on Ethereum under the [Community Points](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/) project. Users earn them by contributing (commenting, posting, taking part in contests, etc.) to r/CryptoCurrency (r/cc) subreddit. Moons represent "a unit of ownership" in the subreddit. More information on them can be found here: [https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons\_wiki](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki) > > # What are their pros? > > **THEY CAN BE "EARNED"** > > Moons are unique. They can't be mined and you don't have to buy them in order to own some. All you need is a [reddit account](https://www.reddit.com/register/) and an opened [vault](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/). If your comments or posts are upvoted by other redditors, you will receive Moons when they are distributed. Distributions take place every 4 weeks. You might also be tipped Moons by other users directly and receive them immediately. There are also various competitions where redditors can win Moons (e.g. [Trivia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV6AMUYz-RY), [Cointest](https://www.reddit.com/r/CointestOfficial/), etc.) > > **THEY GIVE REDDITORS POWER** > > The main purpose of Moons is to use them for **voting in Governance Polls**. These polls are held on r/cc regularly and users vote on proposals submitted by other users or moderators (mods). The more Moons someone has, the greater his/her voting power is. Governance Polls allow Moon holders to push r/cc sub in the direction they believe is best. > > It's worth noting that only Moons that were **earned** can be used for voting. Bought Moons don’t increase user’s voting power. > > **THEY ENGAGE USERS** > > Moons incentivize r/cc subscribers to be active and produce quality content. r/cc is constantly in top 50 subreddits when it comes to [comments per day](https://subredditstats.com). Moons also attract new users – r/cc **is currently the most popular subreddit about crypto** with more than 5.6 million members. This gives Moons exposure to a large public. Other projects usually have to start from the bottom and work their way up before they attract a big number of holders and supporters. > > Moons also incentivize moderators as they receive 10% of the total distribution. Thanks to that, despite the huge number of members, the sub is kept clean. At least most of the time ;-) > > **FIRST MOVER ADVANTAGE** > > The popularity of Moons gives them the first mover advantage ([although they aren't the first Community Points project](https://www.reddit.com/r/ethtrader/comments/kl6ldu\/donuts_faq/)). Even if Reddit launches more Community Points on other subreddits, **Moons have already established their name** (and speaking of names – it’s hard for a better one in the world of cryptocurrencies). > > **REDDIT’S BRANDING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT** > > Moons are developed by a team of professionals hired by Reddit. This makes the project credible and eliminates the risk of a rug pull that is ever-present in the case of many other low market cap projects. > > What’s more, Moons' smart contracts and mobile apps have been also [reviewed and audited by Trail of Bits](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki), an independent security firm. > > Despite being Reddit’s product, Moons are independent of Reddit and once earned neither the admins nor the subreddit moderators can take them away from [users](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki). > > **MANY MOONS ARE ALREADY LOST FOREVER** > > Moons that weren’t claimed in time are lost/burned. Moons that were supposed to be delivered to people who didn’t open their vaults are also burned. It is estimated that **more than 50 million Moons are lost.** The number of lost Moons is significant since the number of circulating tokens is only 100 million and the inflation rate goes down by 2.5% with every distribution. > > [35% users who earned karma still didn’t have their vaults set up during the 18th distribution](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/q3cbfe/comment/hfqztnl/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3). > > **MOONS ARE ON ETH MAINNET** > > On August 9, 2022, [Moons were moved to mainnet](https://np.https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/wk75p2/pack_your_moons_were_moving_to_mainnet/), to Arbitrum Nova. Before that, Moons were on a testnet (test blockchain) and as the name suggests - they were being tested. And since they are no longer being tested, it means that Moons are now much more reliable, much more secure. What's more, **Moons can now be listed on exchanges** and they are already tradeable on gate.io and MEXC. > > More exchanges are sure to follow, [Kraken has published a crypto guide for Moons](https://www.kraken.com/en-us/learn/what-is-reddit-moon/). This might be significant because there are hundreds of coins with higher market cap but Kraken still decided to publish a guide for Moons instead of those coins. > > **MOONS HAVE A LOT OF POTENTIAL AND POSSIBLE USE-CASES** > > Being a currency of the most popular crypto sub, Moons can find a lot of new use-cases and with their low market cap they have a lot of room for growth. Moons are currently placed outside of top 1,000 coins according to Coingecko which suggests they might be strongly undervalued considering their credibility and exposure. > > Recently, r/cc has started charging Moons for AMAs. Everyone who wants an official AMA on the subreddit has to burn a certain number of tokens. r/cc has probably the biggest auditorium in the whole world of crypto, therefore "ticketing" AMAs is sure to attract many parties which, in consequence, will burn a lot of Moons. > > Moons might be finally accepted by [cyphermarket](https://www.cyphermarket.com/) and people will be able to [buy crypto-related products there directly with Moons](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/p9zbhg/announcing_rcryptocurrency_merchandise_and_a/). In future, Moons might be used as means of payment in other crypto-related online shops or other businesses. > > Recently, [Reddit auctioned some NFTs](https://nft.reddit.com/#live-auction). One of them was sold for 175 ETH. This might suggest that r/cc will have their own NFTs in the future, too. And if so, they will probably be sold for Moons. > > Admins have also stated that they’re “[working hard to figure out how to grow them even further](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/opibci/were_launching_a_scaling_network_for_moons/)”. ***** Would you like to learn more? [Click here](/r/CointestOfficial/comments/wdgt3n/coin_inquiries_moons_proarguments_august_2022/) to be taken to the original topic-thread or you can scan through the [Cointest Archive](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_archive#wiki_Moons) to find arguments on this topic in other rounds.
#Moon Pro-Arguments Below is an argument written by Blendzi0r which won 1st place in the Moon Pro-Arguments topic for a prior [Cointest](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_policy) round. > *First published on: 14.10.2021* > > *Last edited on: 30.10.2022* > > # What are Moons? > > Moons were [launched by Reddit admins in May 2020](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/gj96lb/introducing_rcryptocurrency_moons/) on Ethereum under the [Community Points](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/) project. Users earn them by contributing (commenting, posting, taking part in contests, etc.) to r/CryptoCurrency (r/cc) subreddit. Moons represent "a unit of ownership" in the subreddit. More information on them can be found here: [https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons\_wiki](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki) > > # What are their pros? > > **THEY CAN BE "EARNED"** > > Moons are unique. They can't be mined and you don't have to buy them in order to own some. All you need is a [reddit account](https://www.reddit.com/register/) and an opened [vault](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/). If your comments or posts are upvoted by other redditors, you will receive Moons when they are distributed. Distributions take place every 4 weeks. You might also be tipped Moons by other users directly and receive them immediately. There are also various competitions where redditors can win Moons (e.g. [Trivia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV6AMUYz-RY), [Cointest](https://www.reddit.com/r/CointestOfficial/), etc.) > > **THEY GIVE REDDITORS POWER** > > The main purpose of Moons is to use them for **voting in Governance Polls**. These polls are held on r/cc regularly and users vote on proposals submitted by other users or moderators (mods). The more Moons someone has, the greater his/her voting power is. Governance Polls allow Moon holders to push r/cc sub in the direction they believe is best. > > It's worth noting that only Moons that were **earned** can be used for voting. Bought Moons don’t increase user’s voting power. > > **THEY ENGAGE USERS** > > Moons incentivize r/cc subscribers to be active and produce quality content. r/cc is constantly in top 50 subreddits when it comes to [comments per day](https://subredditstats.com). Moons also attract new users – r/cc **is currently the most popular subreddit about crypto** with more than 5.6 million members. This gives Moons exposure to a large public. Other projects usually have to start from the bottom and work their way up before they attract a big number of holders and supporters. > > Moons also incentivize moderators as they receive 10% of the total distribution. Thanks to that, despite the huge number of members, the sub is kept clean. At least most of the time ;-) > > **FIRST MOVER ADVANTAGE** > > The popularity of Moons gives them the first mover advantage ([although they aren't the first Community Points project](https://www.reddit.com/r/ethtrader/comments/kl6ldu\/donuts_faq/)). Even if Reddit launches more Community Points on other subreddits, **Moons have already established their name** (and speaking of names – it’s hard for a better one in the world of cryptocurrencies). > > **REDDIT’S BRANDING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT** > > Moons are developed by a team of professionals hired by Reddit. This makes the project credible and eliminates the risk of a rug pull that is ever-present in the case of many other low market cap projects. > > What’s more, Moons' smart contracts and mobile apps have been also [reviewed and audited by Trail of Bits](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki), an independent security firm. > > Despite being Reddit’s product, Moons are independent of Reddit and once earned neither the admins nor the subreddit moderators can take them away from [users](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki). > > **MANY MOONS ARE ALREADY LOST FOREVER** > > Moons that weren’t claimed in time are lost/burned. Moons that were supposed to be delivered to people who didn’t open their vaults are also burned. It is estimated that **more than 50 million Moons are lost.** The number of lost Moons is significant since the number of circulating tokens is only 100 million and the inflation rate goes down by 2.5% with every distribution. > > [35% users who earned karma still didn’t have their vaults set up during the 18th distribution](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/q3cbfe/comment/hfqztnl/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3). > > **MOONS ARE ON ETH MAINNET** > > On August 9, 2022, [Moons were moved to mainnet](https://np.https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/wk75p2/pack_your_moons_were_moving_to_mainnet/), to Arbitrum Nova. Before that, Moons were on a testnet (test blockchain) and as the name suggests - they were being tested. And since they are no longer being tested, it means that Moons are now much more reliable, much more secure. What's more, **Moons can now be listed on exchanges** and they are already tradeable on gate.io and MEXC. > > More exchanges are sure to follow, [Kraken has published a crypto guide for Moons](https://www.kraken.com/en-us/learn/what-is-reddit-moon/). This might be significant because there are hundreds of coins with higher market cap but Kraken still decided to publish a guide for Moons instead of those coins. > > **MOONS HAVE A LOT OF POTENTIAL AND POSSIBLE USE-CASES** > > Being a currency of the most popular crypto sub, Moons can find a lot of new use-cases and with their low market cap they have a lot of room for growth. Moons are currently placed outside of top 1,000 coins according to Coingecko which suggests they might be strongly undervalued considering their credibility and exposure. > > Recently, r/cc has started charging Moons for AMAs. Everyone who wants an official AMA on the subreddit has to burn a certain number of tokens. r/cc has probably the biggest auditorium in the whole world of crypto, therefore "ticketing" AMAs is sure to attract many parties which, in consequence, will burn a lot of Moons. > > Moons might be finally accepted by [cyphermarket](https://www.cyphermarket.com/) and people will be able to [buy crypto-related products there directly with Moons](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/p9zbhg/announcing_rcryptocurrency_merchandise_and_a/). In future, Moons might be used as means of payment in other crypto-related online shops or other businesses. > > Recently, [Reddit auctioned some NFTs](https://nft.reddit.com/#live-auction). One of them was sold for 175 ETH. This might suggest that r/cc will have their own NFTs in the future, too. And if so, they will probably be sold for Moons. > > Admins have also stated that they’re “[working hard to figure out how to grow them even further](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/opibci/were_launching_a_scaling_network_for_moons/)”. ***** Would you like to learn more? [Click here](/r/CointestOfficial/comments/wdgt3n/coin_inquiries_moons_proarguments_august_2022/) to be taken to the original topic-thread or you can scan through the [Cointest Archive](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_archive#wiki_Moons) to find arguments on this topic in other rounds.
DO NOT USE THIS SUBREDDIT AS A FINANCIAL ADVISOR. MILLIONS OF DOLLARS HAS BEEN LOST FROM THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO BLINDLY TRUSTED ADVICE FROM THIS SUB WITHOUT DOING THEIR OWN RESEARCH. This post is going to give me a fucking aneurysm.
Look, if y'all were thinking crypto was investing and you dumped all your money into it, you were not thinking straight. I made money on dogecoin and cashed in. It was maybe 1% of my portfolio. Then I bought more and Elon Musk opened his mouth, so now I'm down. But I'm still holding it, cause I can afford to. Diversification is a real thing. There is a huge difference between investing and gambling. I also took the financial advisor route at one point. That lasted one quarter of a year. They couldn't seem to read a chart or do forecasting, yet they still thought it was going to be OK to charge me while they LOST my money. Shit, I can lose money for free. My point is, learn how to do this right. Stop trying to guess what the next big hits going to be. Be smart. The Dow returns 9%/year on average. You may not become a millionaire overnight, but if you pay yourself first, invest in a diversified portfolio, you can be a millionaire in 20 years. You can still place some side bets on emerging markets, just don't bet your house on it. Learn how to use IRAs and 401ks to your advantage. It's not sexy, but I did what I said you could do. Now I'm looking to retire.
#Moon Pro-Arguments Below is an argument written by Blendzi0r which won 1st place in the Moon Pro-Arguments topic for a prior [Cointest](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_policy) round. > *First published on: 14.10.2021* > > *Last edited on: 30.10.2022* > > # What are Moons? > > Moons were [launched by Reddit admins in May 2020](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/gj96lb/introducing_rcryptocurrency_moons/) on Ethereum under the [Community Points](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/) project. Users earn them by contributing (commenting, posting, taking part in contests, etc.) to r/CryptoCurrency (r/cc) subreddit. Moons represent "a unit of ownership" in the subreddit. More information on them can be found here: [https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons\_wiki](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki) > > # What are their pros? > > **THEY CAN BE "EARNED"** > > Moons are unique. They can't be mined and you don't have to buy them in order to own some. All you need is a [reddit account](https://www.reddit.com/register/) and an opened [vault](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/). If your comments or posts are upvoted by other redditors, you will receive Moons when they are distributed. Distributions take place every 4 weeks. You might also be tipped Moons by other users directly and receive them immediately. There are also various competitions where redditors can win Moons (e.g. [Trivia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV6AMUYz-RY), [Cointest](https://www.reddit.com/r/CointestOfficial/), etc.) > > **THEY GIVE REDDITORS POWER** > > The main purpose of Moons is to use them for **voting in Governance Polls**. These polls are held on r/cc regularly and users vote on proposals submitted by other users or moderators (mods). The more Moons someone has, the greater his/her voting power is. Governance Polls allow Moon holders to push r/cc sub in the direction they believe is best. > > It's worth noting that only Moons that were **earned** can be used for voting. Bought Moons don’t increase user’s voting power. > > **THEY ENGAGE USERS** > > Moons incentivize r/cc subscribers to be active and produce quality content. r/cc is constantly in top 50 subreddits when it comes to [comments per day](https://subredditstats.com). Moons also attract new users – r/cc **is currently the most popular subreddit about crypto** with more than 5.6 million members. This gives Moons exposure to a large public. Other projects usually have to start from the bottom and work their way up before they attract a big number of holders and supporters. > > Moons also incentivize moderators as they receive 10% of the total distribution. Thanks to that, despite the huge number of members, the sub is kept clean. At least most of the time ;-) > > **FIRST MOVER ADVANTAGE** > > The popularity of Moons gives them the first mover advantage ([although they aren't the first Community Points project](https://www.reddit.com/r/ethtrader/comments/kl6ldu\/donuts_faq/)). Even if Reddit launches more Community Points on other subreddits, **Moons have already established their name** (and speaking of names – it’s hard for a better one in the world of cryptocurrencies). > > **REDDIT’S BRANDING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT** > > Moons are developed by a team of professionals hired by Reddit. This makes the project credible and eliminates the risk of a rug pull that is ever-present in the case of many other low market cap projects. > > What’s more, Moons' smart contracts and mobile apps have been also [reviewed and audited by Trail of Bits](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki), an independent security firm. > > Despite being Reddit’s product, Moons are independent of Reddit and once earned neither the admins nor the subreddit moderators can take them away from [users](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki). > > **MANY MOONS ARE ALREADY LOST FOREVER** > > Moons that weren’t claimed in time are lost/burned. Moons that were supposed to be delivered to people who didn’t open their vaults are also burned. It is estimated that **more than 50 million Moons are lost.** The number of lost Moons is significant since the number of circulating tokens is only 100 million and the inflation rate goes down by 2.5% with every distribution. > > [35% users who earned karma still didn’t have their vaults set up during the 18th distribution](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/q3cbfe/comment/hfqztnl/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3). > > **MOONS ARE ON ETH MAINNET** > > On August 9, 2022, [Moons were moved to mainnet](https://np.https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/wk75p2/pack_your_moons_were_moving_to_mainnet/), to Arbitrum Nova. Before that, Moons were on a testnet (test blockchain) and as the name suggests - they were being tested. And since they are no longer being tested, it means that Moons are now much more reliable, much more secure. What's more, **Moons can now be listed on exchanges** and they are already tradeable on gate.io and MEXC. > > More exchanges are sure to follow, [Kraken has published a crypto guide for Moons](https://www.kraken.com/en-us/learn/what-is-reddit-moon/). This might be significant because there are hundreds of coins with higher market cap but Kraken still decided to publish a guide for Moons instead of those coins. > > **MOONS HAVE A LOT OF POTENTIAL AND POSSIBLE USE-CASES** > > Being a currency of the most popular crypto sub, Moons can find a lot of new use-cases and with their low market cap they have a lot of room for growth. Moons are currently placed outside of top 1,000 coins according to Coingecko which suggests they might be strongly undervalued considering their credibility and exposure. > > Recently, r/cc has started charging Moons for AMAs. Everyone who wants an official AMA on the subreddit has to burn a certain number of tokens. r/cc has probably the biggest auditorium in the whole world of crypto, therefore "ticketing" AMAs is sure to attract many parties which, in consequence, will burn a lot of Moons. > > Moons might be finally accepted by [cyphermarket](https://www.cyphermarket.com/) and people will be able to [buy crypto-related products there directly with Moons](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/p9zbhg/announcing_rcryptocurrency_merchandise_and_a/). In future, Moons might be used as means of payment in other crypto-related online shops or other businesses. > > Recently, [Reddit auctioned some NFTs](https://nft.reddit.com/#live-auction). One of them was sold for 175 ETH. This might suggest that r/cc will have their own NFTs in the future, too. And if so, they will probably be sold for Moons. > > Admins have also stated that they’re “[working hard to figure out how to grow them even further](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/opibci/were_launching_a_scaling_network_for_moons/)”. ***** Would you like to learn more? [Click here](/r/CointestOfficial/comments/wdgt3n/coin_inquiries_moons_proarguments_august_2022/) to be taken to the original topic-thread or you can scan through the [Cointest Archive](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_archive#wiki_Moons) to find arguments on this topic in other rounds.
>You lost the instant you got personal. The conversation was dead the instant you didn’t remotely comprehend a single word I said to even a minuscule degree. Not a single word of your screed demonstrated even the tiniest level of understanding of what I said. “The sky is blue.” “Here’s why goldfish is the best snack.” “Uhm, okay? What the hell does that have to do with the color of the sky.” “YOU HAVE ALREADY LOST BECAUSE YOU DIDN’T RESPOND IN A FRIENDLY WAY TO MY TOTAL NON-SEQUITUR.” Okay, dude. Sounds good.
#Moon Pro-Arguments Below is an argument written by Blendzi0r which won 1st place in the Moon Pro-Arguments topic for a prior [Cointest](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_policy) round. > *First published on: 14.10.2021* > > *Last edited on: 30.10.2022* > > # What are Moons? > > Moons were [launched by Reddit admins in May 2020](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/gj96lb/introducing_rcryptocurrency_moons/) on Ethereum under the [Community Points](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/) project. Users earn them by contributing (commenting, posting, taking part in contests, etc.) to r/CryptoCurrency (r/cc) subreddit. Moons represent "a unit of ownership" in the subreddit. More information on them can be found here: [https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons\_wiki](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki) > > # What are their pros? > > **THEY CAN BE "EARNED"** > > Moons are unique. They can't be mined and you don't have to buy them in order to own some. All you need is a [reddit account](https://www.reddit.com/register/) and an opened [vault](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/). If your comments or posts are upvoted by other redditors, you will receive Moons when they are distributed. Distributions take place every 4 weeks. You might also be tipped Moons by other users directly and receive them immediately. There are also various competitions where redditors can win Moons (e.g. [Trivia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV6AMUYz-RY), [Cointest](https://www.reddit.com/r/CointestOfficial/), etc.) > > **THEY GIVE REDDITORS POWER** > > The main purpose of Moons is to use them for **voting in Governance Polls**. These polls are held on r/cc regularly and users vote on proposals submitted by other users or moderators (mods). The more Moons someone has, the greater his/her voting power is. Governance Polls allow Moon holders to push r/cc sub in the direction they believe is best. > > It's worth noting that only Moons that were **earned** can be used for voting. Bought Moons don’t increase user’s voting power. > > **THEY ENGAGE USERS** > > Moons incentivize r/cc subscribers to be active and produce quality content. r/cc is constantly in top 50 subreddits when it comes to [comments per day](https://subredditstats.com). Moons also attract new users – r/cc **is currently the most popular subreddit about crypto** with more than 5.6 million members. This gives Moons exposure to a large public. Other projects usually have to start from the bottom and work their way up before they attract a big number of holders and supporters. > > Moons also incentivize moderators as they receive 10% of the total distribution. Thanks to that, despite the huge number of members, the sub is kept clean. At least most of the time ;-) > > **FIRST MOVER ADVANTAGE** > > The popularity of Moons gives them the first mover advantage ([although they aren't the first Community Points project](https://www.reddit.com/r/ethtrader/comments/kl6ldu\/donuts_faq/)). Even if Reddit launches more Community Points on other subreddits, **Moons have already established their name** (and speaking of names – it’s hard for a better one in the world of cryptocurrencies). > > **REDDIT’S BRANDING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT** > > Moons are developed by a team of professionals hired by Reddit. This makes the project credible and eliminates the risk of a rug pull that is ever-present in the case of many other low market cap projects. > > What’s more, Moons' smart contracts and mobile apps have been also [reviewed and audited by Trail of Bits](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki), an independent security firm. > > Despite being Reddit’s product, Moons are independent of Reddit and once earned neither the admins nor the subreddit moderators can take them away from [users](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki). > > **MANY MOONS ARE ALREADY LOST FOREVER** > > Moons that weren’t claimed in time are lost/burned. Moons that were supposed to be delivered to people who didn’t open their vaults are also burned. It is estimated that **more than 50 million Moons are lost.** The number of lost Moons is significant since the number of circulating tokens is only 100 million and the inflation rate goes down by 2.5% with every distribution. > > [35% users who earned karma still didn’t have their vaults set up during the 18th distribution](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/q3cbfe/comment/hfqztnl/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3). > > **MOONS ARE ON ETH MAINNET** > > On August 9, 2022, [Moons were moved to mainnet](https://np.https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/wk75p2/pack_your_moons_were_moving_to_mainnet/), to Arbitrum Nova. Before that, Moons were on a testnet (test blockchain) and as the name suggests - they were being tested. And since they are no longer being tested, it means that Moons are now much more reliable, much more secure. What's more, **Moons can now be listed on exchanges** and they are already tradeable on gate.io and MEXC. > > More exchanges are sure to follow, [Kraken has published a crypto guide for Moons](https://www.kraken.com/en-us/learn/what-is-reddit-moon/). This might be significant because there are hundreds of coins with higher market cap but Kraken still decided to publish a guide for Moons instead of those coins. > > **MOONS HAVE A LOT OF POTENTIAL AND POSSIBLE USE-CASES** > > Being a currency of the most popular crypto sub, Moons can find a lot of new use-cases and with their low market cap they have a lot of room for growth. Moons are currently placed outside of top 1,000 coins according to Coingecko which suggests they might be strongly undervalued considering their credibility and exposure. > > Recently, r/cc has started charging Moons for AMAs. Everyone who wants an official AMA on the subreddit has to burn a certain number of tokens. r/cc has probably the biggest auditorium in the whole world of crypto, therefore "ticketing" AMAs is sure to attract many parties which, in consequence, will burn a lot of Moons. > > Moons might be finally accepted by [cyphermarket](https://www.cyphermarket.com/) and people will be able to [buy crypto-related products there directly with Moons](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/p9zbhg/announcing_rcryptocurrency_merchandise_and_a/). In future, Moons might be used as means of payment in other crypto-related online shops or other businesses. > > Recently, [Reddit auctioned some NFTs](https://nft.reddit.com/#live-auction). One of them was sold for 175 ETH. This might suggest that r/cc will have their own NFTs in the future, too. And if so, they will probably be sold for Moons. > > Admins have also stated that they’re “[working hard to figure out how to grow them even further](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/opibci/were_launching_a_scaling_network_for_moons/)”. ***** Would you like to learn more? [Click here](/r/CointestOfficial/comments/wdgt3n/coin_inquiries_moons_proarguments_august_2022/) to be taken to the original topic-thread or you can scan through the [Cointest Archive](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_archive#wiki_Moons) to find arguments on this topic in other rounds.
#Moon Pro-Arguments Below is an argument written by Blendzi0r which won 1st place in the Moon Pro-Arguments topic for a prior [Cointest](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_policy) round. > *First published on: 14.10.2021* > > *Last edited on: 30.10.2022* > > # What are Moons? > > Moons were [launched by Reddit admins in May 2020](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/gj96lb/introducing_rcryptocurrency_moons/) on Ethereum under the [Community Points](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/) project. Users earn them by contributing (commenting, posting, taking part in contests, etc.) to r/CryptoCurrency (r/cc) subreddit. Moons represent "a unit of ownership" in the subreddit. More information on them can be found here: [https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons\_wiki](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki) > > # What are their pros? > > **THEY CAN BE "EARNED"** > > Moons are unique. They can't be mined and you don't have to buy them in order to own some. All you need is a [reddit account](https://www.reddit.com/register/) and an opened [vault](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/). If your comments or posts are upvoted by other redditors, you will receive Moons when they are distributed. Distributions take place every 4 weeks. You might also be tipped Moons by other users directly and receive them immediately. There are also various competitions where redditors can win Moons (e.g. [Trivia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV6AMUYz-RY), [Cointest](https://www.reddit.com/r/CointestOfficial/), etc.) > > **THEY GIVE REDDITORS POWER** > > The main purpose of Moons is to use them for **voting in Governance Polls**. These polls are held on r/cc regularly and users vote on proposals submitted by other users or moderators (mods). The more Moons someone has, the greater his/her voting power is. Governance Polls allow Moon holders to push r/cc sub in the direction they believe is best. > > It's worth noting that only Moons that were **earned** can be used for voting. Bought Moons don’t increase user’s voting power. > > **THEY ENGAGE USERS** > > Moons incentivize r/cc subscribers to be active and produce quality content. r/cc is constantly in top 50 subreddits when it comes to [comments per day](https://subredditstats.com). Moons also attract new users – r/cc **is currently the most popular subreddit about crypto** with more than 5.6 million members. This gives Moons exposure to a large public. Other projects usually have to start from the bottom and work their way up before they attract a big number of holders and supporters. > > Moons also incentivize moderators as they receive 10% of the total distribution. Thanks to that, despite the huge number of members, the sub is kept clean. At least most of the time ;-) > > **FIRST MOVER ADVANTAGE** > > The popularity of Moons gives them the first mover advantage ([although they aren't the first Community Points project](https://www.reddit.com/r/ethtrader/comments/kl6ldu\/donuts_faq/)). Even if Reddit launches more Community Points on other subreddits, **Moons have already established their name** (and speaking of names – it’s hard for a better one in the world of cryptocurrencies). > > **REDDIT’S BRANDING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT** > > Moons are developed by a team of professionals hired by Reddit. This makes the project credible and eliminates the risk of a rug pull that is ever-present in the case of many other low market cap projects. > > What’s more, Moons' smart contracts and mobile apps have been also [reviewed and audited by Trail of Bits](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki), an independent security firm. > > Despite being Reddit’s product, Moons are independent of Reddit and once earned neither the admins nor the subreddit moderators can take them away from [users](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki). > > **MANY MOONS ARE ALREADY LOST FOREVER** > > Moons that weren’t claimed in time are lost/burned. Moons that were supposed to be delivered to people who didn’t open their vaults are also burned. It is estimated that **more than 50 million Moons are lost.** The number of lost Moons is significant since the number of circulating tokens is only 100 million and the inflation rate goes down by 2.5% with every distribution. > > [35% users who earned karma still didn’t have their vaults set up during the 18th distribution](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/q3cbfe/comment/hfqztnl/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3). > > **MOONS ARE ON ETH MAINNET** > > On August 9, 2022, [Moons were moved to mainnet](https://np.https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/wk75p2/pack_your_moons_were_moving_to_mainnet/), to Arbitrum Nova. Before that, Moons were on a testnet (test blockchain) and as the name suggests - they were being tested. And since they are no longer being tested, it means that Moons are now much more reliable, much more secure. What's more, **Moons can now be listed on exchanges** and they are already tradeable on gate.io and MEXC. > > More exchanges are sure to follow, [Kraken has published a crypto guide for Moons](https://www.kraken.com/en-us/learn/what-is-reddit-moon/). This might be significant because there are hundreds of coins with higher market cap but Kraken still decided to publish a guide for Moons instead of those coins. > > **MOONS HAVE A LOT OF POTENTIAL AND POSSIBLE USE-CASES** > > Being a currency of the most popular crypto sub, Moons can find a lot of new use-cases and with their low market cap they have a lot of room for growth. Moons are currently placed outside of top 1,000 coins according to Coingecko which suggests they might be strongly undervalued considering their credibility and exposure. > > Recently, r/cc has started charging Moons for AMAs. Everyone who wants an official AMA on the subreddit has to burn a certain number of tokens. r/cc has probably the biggest auditorium in the whole world of crypto, therefore "ticketing" AMAs is sure to attract many parties which, in consequence, will burn a lot of Moons. > > Moons might be finally accepted by [cyphermarket](https://www.cyphermarket.com/) and people will be able to [buy crypto-related products there directly with Moons](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/p9zbhg/announcing_rcryptocurrency_merchandise_and_a/). In future, Moons might be used as means of payment in other crypto-related online shops or other businesses. > > Recently, [Reddit auctioned some NFTs](https://nft.reddit.com/#live-auction). One of them was sold for 175 ETH. This might suggest that r/cc will have their own NFTs in the future, too. And if so, they will probably be sold for Moons. > > Admins have also stated that they’re “[working hard to figure out how to grow them even further](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/opibci/were_launching_a_scaling_network_for_moons/)”. ***** Would you like to learn more? [Click here](/r/CointestOfficial/comments/wdgt3n/coin_inquiries_moons_proarguments_august_2022/) to be taken to the original topic-thread or you can scan through the [Cointest Archive](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_archive#wiki_Moons) to find arguments on this topic in other rounds.
If the institutions lost money and retail also lost money in this bear market, then where did all the money go? The correct answer is, ITS LOST.... might be in the woods, might be under the ocean, could be in space.. But with out google maps or a compass to find its way back, its all just lost.
Probably because 1/4 of all Bitcoin is LOST for good. So theoretically there isn’t 21m Bitcoin in total. There’s 15.75m Bitcoin 😂
#Moon Pro-Arguments Below is an argument written by Blendzi0r which won 1st place in the Moon Pro-Arguments topic for a prior [Cointest](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_policy) round. > *First published on: 14.10.2021* > > *Last edited on: 30.10.2022* > > # What are Moons? > > Moons were [launched by Reddit admins in May 2020](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/gj96lb/introducing_rcryptocurrency_moons/) on Ethereum under the [Community Points](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/) project. Users earn them by contributing (commenting, posting, taking part in contests, etc.) to r/CryptoCurrency (r/cc) subreddit. Moons represent "a unit of ownership" in the subreddit. More information on them can be found here: [https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons\_wiki](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki) > > # What are their pros? > > **THEY CAN BE "EARNED"** > > Moons are unique. They can't be mined and you don't have to buy them in order to own some. All you need is a [reddit account](https://www.reddit.com/register/) and an opened [vault](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/). If your comments or posts are upvoted by other redditors, you will receive Moons when they are distributed. Distributions take place every 4 weeks. You might also be tipped Moons by other users directly and receive them immediately. There are also various competitions where redditors can win Moons (e.g. [Trivia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV6AMUYz-RY), [Cointest](https://www.reddit.com/r/CointestOfficial/), etc.) > > **THEY GIVE REDDITORS POWER** > > The main purpose of Moons is to use them for **voting in Governance Polls**. These polls are held on r/cc regularly and users vote on proposals submitted by other users or moderators (mods). The more Moons someone has, the greater his/her voting power is. Governance Polls allow Moon holders to push r/cc sub in the direction they believe is best. > > It's worth noting that only Moons that were **earned** can be used for voting. Bought Moons don’t increase user’s voting power. > > **THEY ENGAGE USERS** > > Moons incentivize r/cc subscribers to be active and produce quality content. r/cc is constantly in top 50 subreddits when it comes to [comments per day](https://subredditstats.com). Moons also attract new users – r/cc **is currently the most popular subreddit about crypto** with more than 5.6 million members. This gives Moons exposure to a large public. Other projects usually have to start from the bottom and work their way up before they attract a big number of holders and supporters. > > Moons also incentivize moderators as they receive 10% of the total distribution. Thanks to that, despite the huge number of members, the sub is kept clean. At least most of the time ;-) > > **FIRST MOVER ADVANTAGE** > > The popularity of Moons gives them the first mover advantage ([although they aren't the first Community Points project](https://www.reddit.com/r/ethtrader/comments/kl6ldu\/donuts_faq/)). Even if Reddit launches more Community Points on other subreddits, **Moons have already established their name** (and speaking of names – it’s hard for a better one in the world of cryptocurrencies). > > **REDDIT’S BRANDING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT** > > Moons are developed by a team of professionals hired by Reddit. This makes the project credible and eliminates the risk of a rug pull that is ever-present in the case of many other low market cap projects. > > What’s more, Moons' smart contracts and mobile apps have been also [reviewed and audited by Trail of Bits](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki), an independent security firm. > > Despite being Reddit’s product, Moons are independent of Reddit and once earned neither the admins nor the subreddit moderators can take them away from [users](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki). > > **MANY MOONS ARE ALREADY LOST FOREVER** > > Moons that weren’t claimed in time are lost/burned. Moons that were supposed to be delivered to people who didn’t open their vaults are also burned. It is estimated that **more than 50 million Moons are lost.** The number of lost Moons is significant since the number of circulating tokens is only 100 million and the inflation rate goes down by 2.5% with every distribution. > > [35% users who earned karma still didn’t have their vaults set up during the 18th distribution](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/q3cbfe/comment/hfqztnl/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3). > > **MOONS ARE ON ETH MAINNET** > > On August 9, 2022, [Moons were moved to mainnet](https://np.https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/wk75p2/pack_your_moons_were_moving_to_mainnet/), to Arbitrum Nova. Before that, Moons were on a testnet (test blockchain) and as the name suggests - they were being tested. And since they are no longer being tested, it means that Moons are now much more reliable, much more secure. What's more, **Moons can now be listed on exchanges** and they are already tradeable on gate.io and MEXC. > > More exchanges are sure to follow, [Kraken has published a crypto guide for Moons](https://www.kraken.com/en-us/learn/what-is-reddit-moon/). This might be significant because there are hundreds of coins with higher market cap but Kraken still decided to publish a guide for Moons instead of those coins. > > **MOONS HAVE A LOT OF POTENTIAL AND POSSIBLE USE-CASES** > > Being a currency of the most popular crypto sub, Moons can find a lot of new use-cases and with their low market cap they have a lot of room for growth. Moons are currently placed outside of top 1,000 coins according to Coingecko which suggests they might be strongly undervalued considering their credibility and exposure. > > Recently, r/cc has started charging Moons for AMAs. Everyone who wants an official AMA on the subreddit has to burn a certain number of tokens. r/cc has probably the biggest auditorium in the whole world of crypto, therefore "ticketing" AMAs is sure to attract many parties which, in consequence, will burn a lot of Moons. > > Moons might be finally accepted by [cyphermarket](https://www.cyphermarket.com/) and people will be able to [buy crypto-related products there directly with Moons](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/p9zbhg/announcing_rcryptocurrency_merchandise_and_a/). In future, Moons might be used as means of payment in other crypto-related online shops or other businesses. > > Recently, [Reddit auctioned some NFTs](https://nft.reddit.com/#live-auction). One of them was sold for 175 ETH. This might suggest that r/cc will have their own NFTs in the future, too. And if so, they will probably be sold for Moons. > > Admins have also stated that they’re “[working hard to figure out how to grow them even further](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/opibci/were_launching_a_scaling_network_for_moons/)”. ***** Would you like to learn more? [Click here](/r/CointestOfficial/comments/wdgt3n/coin_inquiries_moons_proarguments_august_2022/) to be taken to the original topic-thread or you can scan through the [Cointest Archive](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_archive#wiki_Moons) to find arguments on this topic in other rounds.
#Moon Pro-Arguments Below is an argument written by Blendzi0r which won 1st place in the Moon Pro-Arguments topic for a prior [Cointest](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_policy) round. > *First published on: 14.10.2021* > > *Last edited on: 30.10.2022* > > # What are Moons? > > Moons were [launched by Reddit admins in May 2020](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/gj96lb/introducing_rcryptocurrency_moons/) on Ethereum under the [Community Points](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/) project. Users earn them by contributing (commenting, posting, taking part in contests, etc.) to r/CryptoCurrency (r/cc) subreddit. Moons represent "a unit of ownership" in the subreddit. More information on them can be found here: [https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons\_wiki](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki) > > # What are their pros? > > **THEY CAN BE "EARNED"** > > Moons are unique. They can't be mined and you don't have to buy them in order to own some. All you need is a [reddit account](https://www.reddit.com/register/) and an opened [vault](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/). If your comments or posts are upvoted by other redditors, you will receive Moons when they are distributed. Distributions take place every 4 weeks. You might also be tipped Moons by other users directly and receive them immediately. There are also various competitions where redditors can win Moons (e.g. [Trivia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV6AMUYz-RY), [Cointest](https://www.reddit.com/r/CointestOfficial/), etc.) > > **THEY GIVE REDDITORS POWER** > > The main purpose of Moons is to use them for **voting in Governance Polls**. These polls are held on r/cc regularly and users vote on proposals submitted by other users or moderators (mods). The more Moons someone has, the greater his/her voting power is. Governance Polls allow Moon holders to push r/cc sub in the direction they believe is best. > > It's worth noting that only Moons that were **earned** can be used for voting. Bought Moons don’t increase user’s voting power. > > **THEY ENGAGE USERS** > > Moons incentivize r/cc subscribers to be active and produce quality content. r/cc is constantly in top 50 subreddits when it comes to [comments per day](https://subredditstats.com). Moons also attract new users – r/cc **is currently the most popular subreddit about crypto** with more than 5.6 million members. This gives Moons exposure to a large public. Other projects usually have to start from the bottom and work their way up before they attract a big number of holders and supporters. > > Moons also incentivize moderators as they receive 10% of the total distribution. Thanks to that, despite the huge number of members, the sub is kept clean. At least most of the time ;-) > > **FIRST MOVER ADVANTAGE** > > The popularity of Moons gives them the first mover advantage ([although they aren't the first Community Points project](https://www.reddit.com/r/ethtrader/comments/kl6ldu\/donuts_faq/)). Even if Reddit launches more Community Points on other subreddits, **Moons have already established their name** (and speaking of names – it’s hard for a better one in the world of cryptocurrencies). > > **REDDIT’S BRANDING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT** > > Moons are developed by a team of professionals hired by Reddit. This makes the project credible and eliminates the risk of a rug pull that is ever-present in the case of many other low market cap projects. > > What’s more, Moons' smart contracts and mobile apps have been also [reviewed and audited by Trail of Bits](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki), an independent security firm. > > Despite being Reddit’s product, Moons are independent of Reddit and once earned neither the admins nor the subreddit moderators can take them away from [users](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki). > > **MANY MOONS ARE ALREADY LOST FOREVER** > > Moons that weren’t claimed in time are lost/burned. Moons that were supposed to be delivered to people who didn’t open their vaults are also burned. It is estimated that **more than 50 million Moons are lost.** The number of lost Moons is significant since the number of circulating tokens is only 100 million and the inflation rate goes down by 2.5% with every distribution. > > [35% users who earned karma still didn’t have their vaults set up during the 18th distribution](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/q3cbfe/comment/hfqztnl/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3). > > **MOONS ARE ON ETH MAINNET** > > On August 9, 2022, [Moons were moved to mainnet](https://np.https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/wk75p2/pack_your_moons_were_moving_to_mainnet/), to Arbitrum Nova. Before that, Moons were on a testnet (test blockchain) and as the name suggests - they were being tested. And since they are no longer being tested, it means that Moons are now much more reliable, much more secure. What's more, **Moons can now be listed on exchanges** and they are already tradeable on gate.io and MEXC. > > More exchanges are sure to follow, [Kraken has published a crypto guide for Moons](https://www.kraken.com/en-us/learn/what-is-reddit-moon/). This might be significant because there are hundreds of coins with higher market cap but Kraken still decided to publish a guide for Moons instead of those coins. > > **MOONS HAVE A LOT OF POTENTIAL AND POSSIBLE USE-CASES** > > Being a currency of the most popular crypto sub, Moons can find a lot of new use-cases and with their low market cap they have a lot of room for growth. Moons are currently placed outside of top 1,000 coins according to Coingecko which suggests they might be strongly undervalued considering their credibility and exposure. > > Recently, r/cc has started charging Moons for AMAs. Everyone who wants an official AMA on the subreddit has to burn a certain number of tokens. r/cc has probably the biggest auditorium in the whole world of crypto, therefore "ticketing" AMAs is sure to attract many parties which, in consequence, will burn a lot of Moons. > > Moons might be finally accepted by [cyphermarket](https://www.cyphermarket.com/) and people will be able to [buy crypto-related products there directly with Moons](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/p9zbhg/announcing_rcryptocurrency_merchandise_and_a/). In future, Moons might be used as means of payment in other crypto-related online shops or other businesses. > > Recently, [Reddit auctioned some NFTs](https://nft.reddit.com/#live-auction). One of them was sold for 175 ETH. This might suggest that r/cc will have their own NFTs in the future, too. And if so, they will probably be sold for Moons. > > Admins have also stated that they’re “[working hard to figure out how to grow them even further](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/opibci/were_launching_a_scaling_network_for_moons/)”. ***** Would you like to learn more? [Click here](/r/CointestOfficial/comments/wdgt3n/coin_inquiries_moons_proarguments_august_2022/) to be taken to the original topic-thread or you can scan through the [Cointest archive](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_archive#wiki_Moons) to find arguments on this topic in other rounds.
#Moon Pro-Arguments Below is an argument written by Blendzi0r which won 1st place in the Moon Pro-Arguments topic for a prior [Cointest](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_policy) round. > *First published on: 14.10.2021* > > *Last edited on: 30.10.2022* > > # What are Moons? > > Moons were [launched by Reddit admins in May 2020](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/gj96lb/introducing_rcryptocurrency_moons/) on Ethereum under the [Community Points](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/) project. Users earn them by contributing (commenting, posting, taking part in contests, etc.) to r/CryptoCurrency (r/cc) subreddit. Moons represent "a unit of ownership" in the subreddit. More information on them can be found here: [https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons\_wiki](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki) > > # What are their pros? > > **THEY CAN BE "EARNED"** > > Moons are unique. They can't be mined and you don't have to buy them in order to own some. All you need is a [reddit account](https://www.reddit.com/register/) and an opened [vault](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/). If your comments or posts are upvoted by other redditors, you will receive Moons when they are distributed. Distributions take place every 4 weeks. You might also be tipped Moons by other users directly and receive them immediately. There are also various competitions where redditors can win Moons (e.g. [Trivia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV6AMUYz-RY), [Cointest](https://www.reddit.com/r/CointestOfficial/), etc.) > > **THEY GIVE REDDITORS POWER** > > The main purpose of Moons is to use them for **voting in Governance Polls**. These polls are held on r/cc regularly and users vote on proposals submitted by other users or moderators (mods). The more Moons someone has, the greater his/her voting power is. Governance Polls allow Moon holders to push r/cc sub in the direction they believe is best. > > It's worth noting that only Moons that were **earned** can be used for voting. Bought Moons don’t increase user’s voting power. > > **THEY ENGAGE USERS** > > Moons incentivize r/cc subscribers to be active and produce quality content. r/cc is constantly in top 50 subreddits when it comes to [comments per day](https://subredditstats.com). Moons also attract new users – r/cc **is currently the most popular subreddit about crypto** with more than 5.6 million members. This gives Moons exposure to a large public. Other projects usually have to start from the bottom and work their way up before they attract a big number of holders and supporters. > > Moons also incentivize moderators as they receive 10% of the total distribution. Thanks to that, despite the huge number of members, the sub is kept clean. At least most of the time ;-) > > **FIRST MOVER ADVANTAGE** > > The popularity of Moons gives them the first mover advantage ([although they aren't the first Community Points project](https://www.reddit.com/r/ethtrader/comments/kl6ldu\/donuts_faq/)). Even if Reddit launches more Community Points on other subreddits, **Moons have already established their name** (and speaking of names – it’s hard for a better one in the world of cryptocurrencies). > > **REDDIT’S BRANDING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT** > > Moons are developed by a team of professionals hired by Reddit. This makes the project credible and eliminates the risk of a rug pull that is ever-present in the case of many other low market cap projects. > > What’s more, Moons' smart contracts and mobile apps have been also [reviewed and audited by Trail of Bits](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki), an independent security firm. > > Despite being Reddit’s product, Moons are independent of Reddit and once earned neither the admins nor the subreddit moderators can take them away from [users](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki). > > **MANY MOONS ARE ALREADY LOST FOREVER** > > Moons that weren’t claimed in time are lost/burned. Moons that were supposed to be delivered to people who didn’t open their vaults are also burned. It is estimated that **more than 50 million Moons are lost.** The number of lost Moons is significant since the number of circulating tokens is only 100 million and the inflation rate goes down by 2.5% with every distribution. > > [35% users who earned karma still didn’t have their vaults set up during the 18th distribution](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/q3cbfe/comment/hfqztnl/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3). > > **MOONS ARE ON ETH MAINNET** > > On August 9, 2022, [Moons were moved to mainnet](https://np.https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/wk75p2/pack_your_moons_were_moving_to_mainnet/), to Arbitrum Nova. Before that, Moons were on a testnet (test blockchain) and as the name suggests - they were being tested. And since they are no longer being tested, it means that Moons are now much more reliable, much more secure. What's more, **Moons can now be listed on exchanges** and they are already tradeable on gate.io and MEXC. > > More exchanges are sure to follow, [Kraken has published a crypto guide for Moons](https://www.kraken.com/en-us/learn/what-is-reddit-moon/). This might be significant because there are hundreds of coins with higher market cap but Kraken still decided to publish a guide for Moons instead of those coins. > > **MOONS HAVE A LOT OF POTENTIAL AND POSSIBLE USE-CASES** > > Being a currency of the most popular crypto sub, Moons can find a lot of new use-cases and with their low market cap they have a lot of room for growth. Moons are currently placed outside of top 1,000 coins according to Coingecko which suggests they might be strongly undervalued considering their credibility and exposure. > > Recently, r/cc has started charging Moons for AMAs. Everyone who wants an official AMA on the subreddit has to burn a certain number of tokens. r/cc has probably the biggest auditorium in the whole world of crypto, therefore "ticketing" AMAs is sure to attract many parties which, in consequence, will burn a lot of Moons. > > Moons might be finally accepted by [cyphermarket](https://www.cyphermarket.com/) and people will be able to [buy crypto-related products there directly with Moons](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/p9zbhg/announcing_rcryptocurrency_merchandise_and_a/). In future, Moons might be used as means of payment in other crypto-related online shops or other businesses. > > Recently, [Reddit auctioned some NFTs](https://nft.reddit.com/#live-auction). One of them was sold for 175 ETH. This might suggest that r/cc will have their own NFTs in the future, too. And if so, they will probably be sold for Moons. > > Admins have also stated that they’re “[working hard to figure out how to grow them even further](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/opibci/were_launching_a_scaling_network_for_moons/)”. ***** Would you like to learn more? [Click here](/r/CointestOfficial/comments/wdgt3n/coin_inquiries_moons_proarguments_august_2022/) to be taken to the original topic-thread or you can scan through the [Cointest archive](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_archive#wiki_Moons) to find arguments on this topic in other rounds.
It is so true. I remember reading about a 33 year old who bought a ton of ETH at super cheap in 2016. He just held them lazily for 5 years.........then retired at 38 from working. He was like, it was easy, I just put them on my ledger and did nothing, forgot about the prices and sold them in late 2020-early 2021. The toughest part is if you don't have a lot of money, and something comes up where you need money--so you sell your crypto at a loss and don't get back in for the next cycle. You just have to consider the crypto you bought LOST money already....lock it up and wait.
#Moon Pro-Arguments Below is an argument written by Blendzi0r which won 1st place in the Moon Pro-Arguments topic for a prior [Cointest](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_policy) round. > *First published on: 14.10.2021* > > *Last edited on: 30.10.2022* > > # What are Moons? > > Moons were [launched by Reddit admins in May 2020](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/gj96lb/introducing_rcryptocurrency_moons/) on Ethereum under the [Community Points](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/) project. Users earn them by contributing (commenting, posting, taking part in contests, etc.) to r/CryptoCurrency (r/cc) subreddit. Moons represent "a unit of ownership" in the subreddit. More information on them can be found here: [https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons\_wiki](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki) > > # What are their pros? > > **THEY CAN BE "EARNED"** > > Moons are unique. They can't be mined and you don't have to buy them in order to own some. All you need is a [reddit account](https://www.reddit.com/register/) and an opened [vault](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/). If your comments or posts are upvoted by other redditors, you will receive Moons when they are distributed. Distributions take place every 4 weeks. You might also be tipped Moons by other users directly and receive them immediately. There are also various competitions where redditors can win Moons (e.g. [Trivia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV6AMUYz-RY), [Cointest](https://www.reddit.com/r/CointestOfficial/), etc.) > > **THEY GIVE REDDITORS POWER** > > The main purpose of Moons is to use them for **voting in Governance Polls**. These polls are held on r/cc regularly and users vote on proposals submitted by other users or moderators (mods). The more Moons someone has, the greater his/her voting power is. Governance Polls allow Moon holders to push r/cc sub in the direction they believe is best. > > It's worth noting that only Moons that were **earned** can be used for voting. Bought Moons don’t increase user’s voting power. > > **THEY ENGAGE USERS** > > Moons incentivize r/cc subscribers to be active and produce quality content. r/cc is constantly in top 50 subreddits when it comes to [comments per day](https://subredditstats.com). Moons also attract new users – r/cc **is currently the most popular subreddit about crypto** with more than 5.6 million members. This gives Moons exposure to a large public. Other projects usually have to start from the bottom and work their way up before they attract a big number of holders and supporters. > > Moons also incentivize moderators as they receive 10% of the total distribution. Thanks to that, despite the huge number of members, the sub is kept clean. At least most of the time ;-) > > **FIRST MOVER ADVANTAGE** > > The popularity of Moons gives them the first mover advantage ([although they aren't the first Community Points project](https://www.reddit.com/r/ethtrader/comments/kl6ldu\/donuts_faq/)). Even if Reddit launches more Community Points on other subreddits, **Moons have already established their name** (and speaking of names – it’s hard for a better one in the world of cryptocurrencies). > > **REDDIT’S BRANDING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT** > > Moons are developed by a team of professionals hired by Reddit. This makes the project credible and eliminates the risk of a rug pull that is ever-present in the case of many other low market cap projects. > > What’s more, Moons' smart contracts and mobile apps have been also [reviewed and audited by Trail of Bits](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki), an independent security firm. > > Despite being Reddit’s product, Moons are independent of Reddit and once earned neither the admins nor the subreddit moderators can take them away from [users](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki). > > **MANY MOONS ARE ALREADY LOST FOREVER** > > Moons that weren’t claimed in time are lost/burned. Moons that were supposed to be delivered to people who didn’t open their vaults are also burned. It is estimated that **more than 50 million Moons are lost.** The number of lost Moons is significant since the number of circulating tokens is only 100 million and the inflation rate goes down by 2.5% with every distribution. > > [35% users who earned karma still didn’t have their vaults set up during the 18th distribution](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/q3cbfe/comment/hfqztnl/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3). > > **MOONS ARE ON ETH MAINNET** > > On August 9, 2022, [Moons were moved to mainnet](https://np.https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/wk75p2/pack_your_moons_were_moving_to_mainnet/), to Arbitrum Nova. Before that, Moons were on a testnet (test blockchain) and as the name suggests - they were being tested. And since they are no longer being tested, it means that Moons are now much more reliable, much more secure. What's more, **Moons can now be listed on exchanges** and they are already tradeable on gate.io and MEXC. > > More exchanges are sure to follow, [Kraken has published a crypto guide for Moons](https://www.kraken.com/en-us/learn/what-is-reddit-moon/). This might be significant because there are hundreds of coins with higher market cap but Kraken still decided to publish a guide for Moons instead of those coins. > > **MOONS HAVE A LOT OF POTENTIAL AND POSSIBLE USE-CASES** > > Being a currency of the most popular crypto sub, Moons can find a lot of new use-cases and with their low market cap they have a lot of room for growth. Moons are currently placed outside of top 1,000 coins according to Coingecko which suggests they might be strongly undervalued considering their credibility and exposure. > > Recently, r/cc has started charging Moons for AMAs. Everyone who wants an official AMA on the subreddit has to burn a certain number of tokens. r/cc has probably the biggest auditorium in the whole world of crypto, therefore "ticketing" AMAs is sure to attract many parties which, in consequence, will burn a lot of Moons. > > Moons might be finally accepted by [cyphermarket](https://www.cyphermarket.com/) and people will be able to [buy crypto-related products there directly with Moons](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/p9zbhg/announcing_rcryptocurrency_merchandise_and_a/). In future, Moons might be used as means of payment in other crypto-related online shops or other businesses. > > Recently, [Reddit auctioned some NFTs](https://nft.reddit.com/#live-auction). One of them was sold for 175 ETH. This might suggest that r/cc will have their own NFTs in the future, too. And if so, they will probably be sold for Moons. > > Admins have also stated that they’re “[working hard to figure out how to grow them even further](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/opibci/were_launching_a_scaling_network_for_moons/)”. ***** Would you like to learn more? [Click here](/r/CointestOfficial/comments/wdgt3n/coin_inquiries_moons_proarguments_august_2022/) to be taken to the original topic-thread or you can scan through the [Cointest archive](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_archive#wiki_Moons) to find arguments on this topic in other rounds.
#Moon Pro-Arguments Below is an argument written by Blendzi0r which won 1st place in the Moon Pro-Arguments topic for a prior [Cointest](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_policy) round. > *First published on: 14.10.2021* > > *Last edited on: 30.10.2022* > > # What are Moons? > > Moons were [launched by Reddit admins in May 2020](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/gj96lb/introducing_rcryptocurrency_moons/) on Ethereum under the [Community Points](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/) project. Users earn them by contributing (commenting, posting, taking part in contests, etc.) to r/CryptoCurrency (r/cc) subreddit. Moons represent "a unit of ownership" in the subreddit. More information on them can be found here: [https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons\_wiki](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki) > > # What are their pros? > > **THEY CAN BE "EARNED"** > > Moons are unique. They can't be mined and you don't have to buy them in order to own some. All you need is a [reddit account](https://www.reddit.com/register/) and an opened [vault](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/). If your comments or posts are upvoted by other redditors, you will receive Moons when they are distributed. Distributions take place every 4 weeks. You might also be tipped Moons by other users directly and receive them immediately. There are also various competitions where redditors can win Moons (e.g. [Trivia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV6AMUYz-RY), [Cointest](https://www.reddit.com/r/CointestOfficial/), etc.) > > **THEY GIVE REDDITORS POWER** > > The main purpose of Moons is to use them for **voting in Governance Polls**. These polls are held on r/cc regularly and users vote on proposals submitted by other users or moderators (mods). The more Moons someone has, the greater his/her voting power is. Governance Polls allow Moon holders to push r/cc sub in the direction they believe is best. > > It's worth noting that only Moons that were **earned** can be used for voting. Bought Moons don’t increase user’s voting power. > > **THEY ENGAGE USERS** > > Moons incentivize r/cc subscribers to be active and produce quality content. r/cc is constantly in top 50 subreddits when it comes to [comments per day](https://subredditstats.com). Moons also attract new users – r/cc **is currently the most popular subreddit about crypto** with more than 5.6 million members. This gives Moons exposure to a large public. Other projects usually have to start from the bottom and work their way up before they attract a big number of holders and supporters. > > Moons also incentivize moderators as they receive 10% of the total distribution. Thanks to that, despite the huge number of members, the sub is kept clean. At least most of the time ;-) > > **FIRST MOVER ADVANTAGE** > > The popularity of Moons gives them the first mover advantage ([although they aren't the first Community Points project](https://www.reddit.com/r/ethtrader/comments/kl6ldu\/donuts_faq/)). Even if Reddit launches more Community Points on other subreddits, **Moons have already established their name** (and speaking of names – it’s hard for a better one in the world of cryptocurrencies). > > **REDDIT’S BRANDING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT** > > Moons are developed by a team of professionals hired by Reddit. This makes the project credible and eliminates the risk of a rug pull that is ever-present in the case of many other low market cap projects. > > What’s more, Moons' smart contracts and mobile apps have been also [reviewed and audited by Trail of Bits](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki), an independent security firm. > > Despite being Reddit’s product, Moons are independent of Reddit and once earned neither the admins nor the subreddit moderators can take them away from [users](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki). > > **MANY MOONS ARE ALREADY LOST FOREVER** > > Moons that weren’t claimed in time are lost/burned. Moons that were supposed to be delivered to people who didn’t open their vaults are also burned. It is estimated that **more than 50 million Moons are lost.** The number of lost Moons is significant since the number of circulating tokens is only 100 million and the inflation rate goes down by 2.5% with every distribution. > > [35% users who earned karma still didn’t have their vaults set up during the 18th distribution](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/q3cbfe/comment/hfqztnl/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3). > > **MOONS ARE ON ETH MAINNET** > > On August 9, 2022, [Moons were moved to mainnet](https://np.https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/wk75p2/pack_your_moons_were_moving_to_mainnet/), to Arbitrum Nova. Before that, Moons were on a testnet (test blockchain) and as the name suggests - they were being tested. And since they are no longer being tested, it means that Moons are now much more reliable, much more secure. What's more, **Moons can now be listed on exchanges** and they are already tradeable on gate.io and MEXC. > > More exchanges are sure to follow, [Kraken has published a crypto guide for Moons](https://www.kraken.com/en-us/learn/what-is-reddit-moon/). This might be significant because there are hundreds of coins with higher market cap but Kraken still decided to publish a guide for Moons instead of those coins. > > **MOONS HAVE A LOT OF POTENTIAL AND POSSIBLE USE-CASES** > > Being a currency of the most popular crypto sub, Moons can find a lot of new use-cases and with their low market cap they have a lot of room for growth. Moons are currently placed outside of top 1,000 coins according to Coingecko which suggests they might be strongly undervalued considering their credibility and exposure. > > Recently, r/cc has started charging Moons for AMAs. Everyone who wants an official AMA on the subreddit has to burn a certain number of tokens. r/cc has probably the biggest auditorium in the whole world of crypto, therefore "ticketing" AMAs is sure to attract many parties which, in consequence, will burn a lot of Moons. > > Moons might be finally accepted by [cyphermarket](https://www.cyphermarket.com/) and people will be able to [buy crypto-related products there directly with Moons](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/p9zbhg/announcing_rcryptocurrency_merchandise_and_a/). In future, Moons might be used as means of payment in other crypto-related online shops or other businesses. > > Recently, [Reddit auctioned some NFTs](https://nft.reddit.com/#live-auction). One of them was sold for 175 ETH. This might suggest that r/cc will have their own NFTs in the future, too. And if so, they will probably be sold for Moons. > > Admins have also stated that they’re “[working hard to figure out how to grow them even further](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/opibci/were_launching_a_scaling_network_for_moons/)”. ***** Would you like to learn more? [Click here](/r/CointestOfficial/comments/wdgt3n/coin_inquiries_moons_proarguments_august_2022/) to be taken to the original topic-thread or you can scan through the [Cointest archive](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_archive#wiki_Moons) to find arguments on this topic in other rounds.
#Moon Pro-Arguments Below is an argument written by Blendzi0r which won 2nd place in the Moon Pro-Arguments topic for a prior [Cointest](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_policy) round. > *First published on: 14.10.2021* > > *Last edited on: 27.12.2021* > > # What are Moons? > > Moons were [launched by Reddit admins in May 2020](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/gj96lb/introducing_rcryptocurrency_moons/) on Ethereum under the [Community Points](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/) project. Users earn them by contributing (commenting, posting, taking part in contests, etc.) to r/CryptoCurrency (r/cc) subreddit. Moons represent "a unit of ownership" in the subreddit. More information on them can be found here: [https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons\_wiki](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki) > > # What are their pros? > > **THEY CAN BE "EARNED"** > > Moons are unique. They can't be mined and you don't have to buy them in order to own some. All you need is a [reddit account](https://www.reddit.com/register/) and an opened [vault](https://www.reddit.com/community-points/). If your comments or posts are upvoted by other redditors, you will receive Moons in the next distribution. Distributions take place every 4 weeks. You might also be tipped Moons by other users directly and receive them immediately. There are also various competitions where redditors can win Moons (e.g. [Trivia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV6AMUYz-RY), [Cointest](https://www.reddit.com/r/CointestOfficial/), etc.) > > **THEY GIVE REDDITORS POWER** > > The main purpose of Moons is to use them for **voting in Governance Polls**. These polls are held on r/cc regularly and users vote on proposals submitted by other users or moderators (mods). The more Moons someone has, the greater his/her voting power is. Governance Polls allow Moon holders to push r/cc sub in the direction they believe is best. > > It's worth noting that only Moons that were **earned** can be used for voting. Bought Moons don’t increase user’s voting power. > > **THEY ENGAGE USERS** > > Moons incentivize r/cc subscribers to be active and produce quality content. r/cc is constantly one of the top subreddits when it comes to [comments per day](https://subredditstats.com). They also attract new users – r/cc **is currently the most popular subreddit about crypto** with more than 4.2 million subscribers. This gives Moons exposure to a large public from the beginning. Other projects usually have to start from the bottom and work their way up before they attract a big number of holders and supporters. > > Moons also incentivize moderators as they receive as much as 10% of the total distribution. Thanks to that, despite the huge number of subscribers, the sub is kept clean most of the time. > > **FIRST MOVER ADVANTAGE** > > The popularity of Moons gives them also the first mover advantage ([although they aren't the first Community Points project](https://www.reddit.com/r/ethtrader/comments/kl6ldu\/donuts_faq/)). Even if Reddit launches more Community Points on other subreddits, **Moons have already established their name** (and speaking of names – it’s hard for a better one in the world of cryptocurrencies). > > **REDDIT’S BRANDING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT** > > Moons are developed by a team of professionals hired by Reddit. This makes the project credible and eliminates the risk of a rug pull that is ever-present in the case of many other low market cap projects. > > What’s more, Moon’s smart contracts and mobile apps have been also [reviewed and audited by Trail of Bits](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki), an independent security firm. > > Despite being Reddit’s product, Moons are independent of Reddit and once earned neither the admins nor the subreddit moderators can take them away from [users](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moons_wiki). > > **MANY MOONS ARE ALREADY LOST FOREVER** > > Moons that weren’t claimed in time are lost/burned. Moons that were supposed to be delivered to people who didn’t open their vaults are also burned. The number of Moons that are already burned is estimated at **more than 50 million Moons are lost.** Total supply is 250 million, so the number of lost Moons is significant. And it keeps growing: > > [35% users who earned karma still didn’t have their vaults set up during the 18th distribution](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/q3cbfe/comment/hfqztnl/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3). > > **MOONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LAUNCHED ON ETH MAINNET** > > In July 2021, [Moons were moved to Arbitrum](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/opibci/were_launching_a_scaling_network_for_moons/), Ethereum scaling network. This was done in preparation for the mainnet move. When Moons hit the mainnet, this will open up plenty of opportunities, one of them is the possibility of Moons being listed on exchanges. > > Speaking of exchanges, [Kraken has already published a crypto guide for Moons](https://www.kraken.com/en-us/learn/what-is-reddit-moon/). This might be significant because there are hundreds of coins with higher market cap but Kraken still decided to publish a guide for Moons instead of those coins. > > **MOONS HAVE A LOT OF POTENTIAL** > > Being a currency of the most popular crypto sub, Moons can find a lot of new use-cases and with their **low market cap** they have a lot of room for growth. Moons are currently placed 800-900 according to Coingecko which suggests they might be strongly undervalued considering their credibility and exposure. > > When they reach mainnet, they might be accepted by [cyphermarket](https://www.cyphermarket.com/) and people will be able to [buy crypto-related products there directly with Moons](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/p9zbhg/announcing_rcryptocurrency_merchandise_and_a/). More adoption is sure to follow. > > Recently, [Reddit auctioned some NFTs](https://nft.reddit.com/#live-auction). One of them was sold for 175 ETH. This might suggest that r/cc will have their own NFTs in the future, too. And if so, they will probably be sold for Moons. > > Admins have also stated that they’re “[working hard to figure out how to grow them even further](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/opibci/were_launching_a_scaling_network_for_moons/)”. > > **DEDICATED COMMUNITY** > > Moons are sometimes accused of lowering the quality of the sub. Moon Farming (low-effort contributions with the sole purpose of getting upvotes) became popular and it even pushed some people to break the rules (upvote parties, spamming, using alt accounts, stealing content, etc.). > > But, thankfully, r/cc has a dedicated community that keeps fighting against dishonest users. No pro argument for Moons is complete without mentioning r/LazyMoons. This is where r/cc users [expose bad actors](https://np.reddit.com/r/LazyMoons/comments/pjd7kh/expose_uhame_bih_and_uobito_dos3_are_the_same) and (together with mods) do a great job at minimizing the negative impact that cheaters and farmers have on the sub. > > There are also other Moon-related subs (e.g. r/MoonJobs), websites (e.g. [ccmoons.com](https://ccmoons.com/)) and many other projects. > > **LAST BUT NOT LEAST, YOU CAN SHOW OFF 😉** > > The number of Moons in your possession is displayed next to your username on r/cc. If you have a lot of Moons, other users might show their respect and call you a whale. ***** Would you like to learn more? [Click here](/r/CointestOfficial/comments/qk4yge/coin_inquiries_round_moons_proarguments_november/) to be taken to the original topic-thread or you can scan through the [Cointest archive](/r/CointestOfficial/wiki/cointest_archive#wiki_Moons) to find arguments on this topic in other rounds.