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...
Keybase and Stellar Partner on XLM Airdrop Worth $118M
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#52Could this potentially dilute the worth of XLM?
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#55At 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.
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#56At 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.
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#57It 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!
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#58Earlier 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?
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#59The 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…
> The Finest of Fine Print
> No individual recipient will get more than $500 USD worth of Lumens.
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#60At 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.
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.