This sounds great but I can't take advantage in Canada because we don't use .edu emails.
$10 Of Free Bitcoin For College Students
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#72@andrew.cmu.edu doesn't work
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#73Earlier quoted context omitted.
Here in the Netherlands the University of Tilburg has a .edu: http://www.tilburguniversity.edu/
The website having an .edu is one thing, but that doesn't give you a usable .edu email address.
I just registered with my @tilburguniversity.edu address but sadly I don't see any indication that it's on the list.
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#74Earlier quoted context omitted.
The difference being that most of these students will receive the free bitcoin and hold, hoping they appreciate in value, instead of transacting and contributing to the network effect.
Is this myth not dead yet? People spend bitcoin and want to spend it. There is also speculation and hoarding, but no universal law that says you can't do both. $10 isn't even much to hoard. If the price goes up 10x that's still just $100. This is more like, "Oh, you got our drinks, I'll pay you back in btc!" kind of money.
It's not a myth because it's true. There are so many people holding on to it as investments that it's not even funny. There are people making so much money off of bitcoin it's ridiculous.
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#75I wonder if it works for my alumni.virginia.edu email? though i already have a coinbase account.
It doesn't appear to work with a regular viginia.edu email (at least not if the BTC are supposed to be deposited immediately upon account confirmation). But, Wahoowa! :)
@privong wahoowa indeed! you're an astrophysicist?
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#76Earlier quoted context omitted.
It doesn't appear to work with a regular viginia.edu email (at least not if the BTC are supposed to be deposited immediately upon account confirmation). But, Wahoowa! :)
@privong wahoowa indeed! you're an astrophysicist?
Yes, I'm finishing my PhD right now in the astronomy dept at UVa (studying galaxy mergers), then moving on to do a postdoc.
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#77Earlier quoted context omitted.
How and when did hoarding bitcoin become a myth? Last I checked number of transactions per day was decreasing. And the C2C aspect you describe is unlikely to take off given the ease of cash or tools like Venmo, and lack of availability of bitcoin apps on iOS. The myth here is that "people want to spend bitcoin." Just take a look at the bitcoin transaction volume merchants are seeing beyond the first few days.
> Last I checked number of transactions per day was decreasing. Are you looking day to day trends? Because if you step back a little you'll see that transactions have done nothing but increase.
https://blockchain.info/charts/n-transactions
We see a decrease since December and otherwise flatlining. And this includes the trading volume that happens on the exchanges which has increased.
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#78Has 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.
Same here, with an @uw.edu e-mail address.
Same thing with my @uw.edu email address.
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#79ANU student here, can confirm it works with .edu.au emails How do they stop people taking advantage of the ability to create an arbitrary amount of email accounts?
Failed, it seems, to work on .uqconnect.edu.au addresses. I don't know if you have to use .uq.edu.au or if that wouldn't also work.
Sucks, I was looking forward to this.
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#80rit.edu email works, thanks Coinbase!