Stellar just sent 100M Lumens (worth $5M USD) to 300k Keybase users

by gavreh on 9/9/2019, 4:39 PM with 24 comments
  • by jqueryin on 9/9/2019, 4:52 PM

    For those of you not on Keybase yet, here's the most important piece of information in the post:

    "To qualify: you must have a Keybase account registered before this announcement OR if you're new to Keybase, you must connect your Keybase account to a GitHub or HackerNews account that was registered before this announcement. This is to prevent bot signups to Keybase."

  • by skybrian on 9/9/2019, 5:24 PM

    I'm not sure it's a great idea to place a $20 bounty on breaking into anyone's Keybase, GitHub, or Hacker News account? And this bounty will go up every month, until something breaks?

    The weak link here seems to be Hacker News since it's protected only by a password.

  • by chance_state on 9/9/2019, 5:23 PM

    Can someone explain why this is particularly interesting?

    Seems like every other coin/product giveaway to seed users on a platform, but I'm not super familiar with the Stellar network.

  • by cwkoss on 9/9/2019, 5:38 PM

    Does this create tax implications for all HN users?

  • by eridius on 9/9/2019, 5:56 PM

    I have a Keybase account with a wallet. I haven't actually used the wallet for anything, but it does exist. And I didn't receive any lumens.

    If this surprise gift was for "each active Keybase user", how do they define "active Keybase user"?

    Edit: Also, the desktop app didn't show anything about joining the monthly airdrop. I had to fire up the mobile app to see it.

    Edit 2: After fully quitting the desktop app (including status item) and relaunching, the Wallet section finally shows an "Airdrop" entry. I shouldn't have to fully quit out of Keybase for this to work though.

  • by scarejunba on 9/9/2019, 6:10 PM

    Sweet. Good tip.