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The following minnows has been randomly selected from my list of followers, based on the following selection criteria.
☣️ Your post is not classed as nsfw.
☣️ Your post is no more than 5 days old.
☣️ Your reputation is above 25 and below 55.
☣️ Your post had more than 1000 characters in the body.
☣️ Your post has not been identified by cheetah as possible plagiarism.
Villans minnow pat on the back bot is one of the initiatives I have created focused on rewarding people, you can read [more about villans minnow pat on the bot here](https://steemit.com/steemit/@thevillan/villans-minnow-pat-on-the-back-bot-beta-minnow-support)
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Here is the post the minnow pat on the back bot upvoted on for @alikhan6, and a little bit about them.
# How to Avoid a Bitcoin/Cryptocurrency Scam
#### by @alikhan6 posted in #dtube, #newsteem
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#### About
Hey there! I'm Ali, an attorney and entrepreneur based in Karachi City. Beyond work, I enjoy playing tennis, reading nonfiction books, and exploring Karachi
# [How to Avoid a Bitcoin/Cryptocurrency Scam](https://steemit.com/created/@alikhan6/i3ya9jh8x83)
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Bitcoin trading is a wonderful thing. Unfortunately, there are people out there that want to ruin your experience by trying to scam you. It’s best that you keep yourself aware of all the risks so that you can learn how to minimize them.
Of course, every platform has its own way of avoiding Bitcoin scams. So for today, we’re going to use Paxful as an example! On Paxful, there are different kind
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[read more...](https://steemit.com/created/@alikhan6/i3ya9jh8x83)
This post has received a 50% upvote courtesy of @thevillan
Keep up the good work @alikhan6👍
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Here is the post the minnow pat on the back bot upvoted on for @ibt-survival, and a little bit about them.
# IBT Survival Island - Making a SMT game
#### by @ibt-survival posted in #ibt, #games, #smt, #giveaways, #battle
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#### About
This newly created account will be used to keep the Steem community informed on the game IBT Survival Island
# [IBT Survival Island - Making a SMT game](https://steemit.com/created/@ibt-survival/ibt-survival-island-making-a-smt-game)
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Welcome to a fresh update on our Educational PC Game Development - IBT Survival Island.
Making a game isn't easy.
When your making nearly everything from scratch, everything needs work and improvement. It's hard to decide what is a bug, and what is something that can be fixed later with an update.
We really want IBT Survival Island to be a big hit and so we will try to make sure the majority of
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[read more...](https://steemit.com/created/@ibt-survival/ibt-survival-island-making-a-smt-game)
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This post has received a 50% upvote courtesy of @thevillan
Keep up the good work @ibt-survival👍
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</center>For more information about villans minnow pat on the back bot [click here](https://steemit.com/steemit/@thevillan/villans-minnow-pat-on-the-back-bot-beta-minnow-support).
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If you like what I do, why not sponsor me for some @steembasicincome shares.
You can also upvote my posts to show some love :)
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### Steeming Hot Resteem Bot
Another initiative I started up is my @steeming-hot free resteem and up vote bot.
@steeming-hot is a resteem bot with a difference, it gives out free resteems and up votes each day to random followers.
For more information about my @steeming-hot resteem bot [click here](https://steemit.com/steem/@steeming-hot/steeming-hot-service-rundown)
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A while ago I wrote a couple of articles with handy advice for minnows, here they are and I encourage minnows to have a read.
### [Advice for Minnows and Plankton](https://steemit.com/steemit/@thevillan/advice-for-minnows-and-plankton)
### [Advice for Minnows and Plankton - Commenting on Posts](https://steemit.com/steemit/@thevillan/advice-for-minnows-and-plankton-commenting-on-posts)
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There are a great bunch of people at the Minnow Support Project who are doing some really good things in order ot help minnows.
I recommend checking them out. [Here is a link to their website](http://minnowsupportproject.org/).
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