Changelog
Every correction, feature release, delisting, and policy change — dated. This page is how you check we're alive.
2026-08-19
Right-to-left layout fixes, and finals that can't be broken by our own edits
Arabic pages had spacing, alignment, and borders that stayed left-to-right while the text ran right-to-left. That is fixed across the site, and the build now checks new code for the same mistake. Separately: if we edit a course's question bank while you are mid-way through its final assessment, your attempt is now cancelled rather than graded — it costs you neither one of your three daily attempts nor the retry wait. Marking someone wrong for our own edit is not a thing we are willing to do. Finals can also now ask more than one-of-four questions; existing questions are unchanged, and a rule added at the same time stops any future question bank from being passable by guessing.
2026-08-19
You can now create an account without an email address
A lot of forum members would rather not hand an email to a site they just met. There is now a second way in: a Public ID and a Login Key, no email and no password. Everything works identically either way — courses, certificates, Passport and XP don't care how you signed up. The key is shown exactly once and cannot be recovered, which we say plainly before showing it; linking your Bitcointalk account gives you a way back in if you lose it.
2026-08-19
Course accuracy pass, real verification screenshots, account settings
A second accuracy pass corrected how Merit and sMerit actually work, how Activity is calculated, what Legendary rank requires, what Copper Membership is, and how escrow does and doesn't protect you — and fixed the quiz answers that depended on the old wording. A claim about proof-of-work that we introduced and then caught in review was corrected before it shipped. Verification now shows real screenshots instead of placeholders; the one we don't have yet is still labelled as missing rather than approximated. New: an account settings page with password change and email-verification status.
2026-08-15
Voices submissions are now anonymous or verified — never a typed-in name
Anyone could previously submit a Voices testimonial under any name, including a real forum member's. Submissions are now either anonymous or attributed to your own verified Bitcointalk account, with the name taken from the verification record rather than a text box.
2026-08-09
Forum Pulse, My First 30 Days, and public corrections
Forum Pulse begins: three curated, source-linked forum reads per edition, each with a checked-date — visible on the homepage and dashboard only while fresh. My First 30 Days paces your first month with short real actions per path. Every lesson now shows its source (or an Academy-original tag) and carries a 'suggest a correction' form that lands in a moderated queue — accepted fixes get credited here.
2026-08-09
Redesign, guest Scam Spotter, and a public Passport explainer
The site has a new visual foundation: warmer canvas, a proper logo, illustrated course cards, and a rebuilt homepage. Scam Spotter now opens with three free scenarios — no account needed — with every verdict explained flag by flag. The Passport has a public explainer that says exactly what it is and is not, before asking anyone to sign up.
2026-08-09
Honesty pass
We removed placeholder metrics, rewrote empty sections to say what they are, fixed login redirects so you land where you intended, made newsletter opt-in explicit, and corrected stale details. A Voices entry was taken down pending the subject's written permission — every named profile now requires a stored permission record before it can publish. If you spot anything that overclaims, tell us — that's the standard we want to be held to.
2026-08-08
Forum verification and course finals
Forum account verification now uses your numeric UID and a short single-use code in your Personal Text, with a dated badge that expires after 180 days. Course certificates are moving to a 20-question final assessment — courses switch over as their question banks are completed.