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$10 Of Free Bitcoin For College Students

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Re: $10 Of Free Bitcoin For College Students

#41
post #7

Has Coinbase posted a list of the "top 500" colleges that are supported, or are we left to guess? I signed up a few minutes ago and haven't seen anything yet. Edit: Still not showing up. Kinda scummy to advertise this to college students and not follow through, especially in the heat of finals week.

My friend at Orange Coast College just signed up with her .edu email address and it didn't work. I think its a scam to get people's email addresses. I don't think I'll ever refer anyone to Coinbase again now and I'm a previously happy customer.

Re: $10 Of Free Bitcoin For College Students

#44
post #7

Has Coinbase posted a list of the "top 500" colleges that are supported, or are we left to guess? I signed up a few minutes ago and haven't seen anything yet. Edit: Still not showing up. Kinda scummy to advertise this to college students and not follow through, especially in the heat of finals week.

My friend at Orange Coast College just signed up with her .edu email address and it didn't work. I think its a scam to get people's email addresses. I don't think I'll ever refer anyone to Coinbase again now and I'm a previously happy customer.

What's more likely, coinbase is running a 'scam' or that they don't consider Orange Coast College one of the top 500 universities worldwide?

Re: $10 Of Free Bitcoin For College Students

#49
post #18

> This offer is good for select .edu domains only . We have tried to include the top 500 universities worldwide (this is not U.S. focused) . I’m not aware of a university outside of the US that uses a .edu TLD…

I'm an engineer at Coinbase. There are definitely many non-US domains included (e.g. .ac.CCTLD and .edu.CCTLD).

Not publishing the list makes you look like you are harvesting email addresses. Just publish it.
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