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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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Post by EdTsft »

I'm confused by the stellar sign-up terms. "6. WE ARE UNABLE TO HELP DISTRIBUTE SDF LUMENS TO USERS IN CERTAIN COUNTRIES. By activating this wallet you agree you're not in Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, Sudan, Crimea, or any other country or region subject to sanctions by OFAC; further you agree you're not a non-resident alien of the United States."

So this is only open to people living in the USA or people with some sort of non-alien legal status in the USA who are not currently residing in the list of banned countries? Seems odd to ban a specific list of countries, and then on top of that ban almost everyone who is not in the USA.

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

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Post by malgorithms »

StavrosK wrote: post #2

This happened? So even though I have a Keybase account that I use regularly, because I didn't click "join the airdrop", I missed this month's giveaway?

Nope, that's not the case, in fact you'll get the Lumens automatically within a day or so. If you want to _continue_ after the first month, you'll need to click the button in the app saying you want to. But you have a month to do that.

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

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Post by josh2600 »

EdTsft wrote: post #3

I'm confused by the stellar sign-up terms. "6. WE ARE UNABLE TO HELP DISTRIBUTE SDF LUMENS TO USERS IN CERTAIN COUNTRIES. By activating this wallet you agree you're not in Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, Sudan, Crimea, or any other country or region subject to sanctions by OFAC; further you agree you're not a non-resident alien of the United States." So this is only open to people living in the USA or people with som…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Foreign_Assets_Contr... << This is the wikipedia article you're looking for if you want context.

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

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Post by [deleted] »

malgorithms wrote: post #4
StavrosK wrote: post #2

This happened? So even though I have a Keybase account that I use regularly, because I didn't click "join the airdrop", I missed this month's giveaway?

Nope, that's not the case, in fact you'll get the Lumens automatically within a day or so. If you want to _continue_ after the first month, you'll need to click the button in the app saying you want to. But you have a month to do that.

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

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Post by 3JPLW »

EdTsft wrote: post #3

I'm confused by the stellar sign-up terms. "6. WE ARE UNABLE TO HELP DISTRIBUTE SDF LUMENS TO USERS IN CERTAIN COUNTRIES. By activating this wallet you agree you're not in Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, Sudan, Crimea, or any other country or region subject to sanctions by OFAC; further you agree you're not a non-resident alien of the United States." So this is only open to people living in the USA or people with som…

It's actually pretty scary giving out money (in any form) to international peoples potentially sanctioned by OFAC. Making it their problem through an EULA is an interesting strategy.

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

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Post by EdTsft »

josh2600 wrote: post #5
EdTsft wrote: post #3

I'm confused by the stellar sign-up terms. "6. WE ARE UNABLE TO HELP DISTRIBUTE SDF LUMENS TO USERS IN CERTAIN COUNTRIES. By activating this wallet you agree you're not in Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, Sudan, Crimea, or any other country or region subject to sanctions by OFAC; further you agree you're not a non-resident alien of the United States." So this is only open to people living in the USA or people with som…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Foreign_Assets_Contr... << This is the wikipedia article you're looking for if you want context.

Am I correctly interpreting the clause as saying that pretty much only Americans are eligible? I'm confused because if that is the intent then the clause is really burying the lede when it starts out by excluding "users in certain countries".
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