id	Quotes from 1miau
#1	Honestly, I can't imagine that someone will remain untagged if he starts a topic in Meta offering crypto for Merits.
#2	Your earned Merit (for you 543 Merit) will never decrease because it isn't affected when you are meriting another user's post. Sending Merit does only mean that you'll need 1 sMerit (sendable Merit) to do so, the amount of your sMerit is displayed directly after you click +Merit for a post you want to give Merit to.