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Keybase and Stellar Partner on XLM Airdrop Worth $118M

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Re: Keybase and Stellar Partner on XLM Airdrop Worth $118M

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Didn't Stellar recently do a similar airdrop with Blockchain wallet? Seems a contrived way to increase adoption/use of xlm...

Correct, but they're now winding down the airdrop. You can read more about it here: https://blog.blockchain.com/2019/07/15/airdrops-adoption-wha...

Thanks

Re: Keybase and Stellar Partner on XLM Airdrop Worth $118M

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post #51
post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Correct, but they're now winding down the airdrop. You can read more about it here: https://blog.blockchain.com/2019/07/15/airdrops-adoption-wha...

Thanks

Grab your free XLM worth $25 while it still lasts. Also means to register your identity

Re: Keybase and Stellar Partner on XLM Airdrop Worth $118M

#56
post #30

At this point, I am at a complete loss to understand what it is that Keybase is, or is doing. A pity, because it started so well, as a way to manage my online identity.

Slack is probably their closest competitor at this stage. But they do crypto (stellar) wallets + git + identity too. The encrypted git functionality is really handy for sharing API keys.

Re: Keybase and Stellar Partner on XLM Airdrop Worth $118M

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The funny thing is that it seems that the amount of XLM you get (according to https://keybase.io/a/i/r/d/r/o/p/spacedrop2019) is related to the number of people who sign up.

It appears that the amount of airdrop money is being divided equally amongst all the people who sign up. So in a round-about way, after you have signed up, you are actually incentivized to not spread the news.

As it stands right now, if nobody else signs up, I will receive over $19,000 XLM (roughly $1136 USD).

So yeah. Nobody else sign up for this, please!

Re: Keybase and Stellar Partner on XLM Airdrop Worth $118M

#58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why would anyone back a cryptocurrency whose operator can simply whisk new coins into existence?

This is different from US dollars how?

The US government is ultimately beholden to US citizens, who don't want to get hosed by inflation. People who can't vote in America do actually have a legitimate reason to be concerned: if the US ever can't maintain its debt, it will likely become in the voter's interests to devalue the currency to nothing. That's basically the "default risk" on Treasury bonds.

Re: Keybase and Stellar Partner on XLM Airdrop Worth $118M

#59

The funny thing is that it seems that the amount of XLM you get (according to https://keybase.io/a/i/r/d/r/o/p/spacedrop2019 ) is related to the number of people who sign up. It appears that the amount of airdrop money is being divided equally amongst all the people who sign up. So in a round-about way, after you have signed up, you are actually incentivized to not spread the news. As it stands right now, if nobody e…

From the top of the bottom part:

> The Finest of Fine Print

> No individual recipient will get more than $500 USD worth of Lumens.

Re: Keybase and Stellar Partner on XLM Airdrop Worth $118M

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post #30

At this point, I am at a complete loss to understand what it is that Keybase is, or is doing. A pity, because it started so well, as a way to manage my online identity.

Client-Side encrypted chat, git, storage, 'team groups', wallet and identity.

All of it kind of slow and something you can't pay for to expand limits, so you can't rely on it as a company or for your own personal use.

Currently I use it to store my personal dot files and share it with my work laptop.

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