09-22-2022, 09:54 AM
Remember the time users got 19K BTC from solving captcha?
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Back in 2010, a software developer named Gavin Andersen (part of the Bitcoin dev team) wanted to promote mass adoption for Bitcoin.</p> <p>Using the website freebitcoins.appspot.com he let users earn 5 BTC per day, simply for solving captcha.</p> <p>During 2010, he gave away around 19K BTC. (I wonder how much he has left for himself. He's supposedly one of the top 50 richest crypto holders, so I guess that he left enough).</p> <p>Back then, not many took it seriously, so, take the existing faucets seriously folks might be worth something in the future.</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Qtredit"> /u/Qtredit </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/xk0zne/remember_the_time_users_got_19k_btc_from_solving/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/xk0zne/remember_the_time_users_got_19k_btc_from_solving/">[comments]</a></span>
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Back in 2010, a software developer named Gavin Andersen (part of the Bitcoin dev team) wanted to promote mass adoption for Bitcoin.</p> <p>Using the website freebitcoins.appspot.com he let users earn 5 BTC per day, simply for solving captcha.</p> <p>During 2010, he gave away around 19K BTC. (I wonder how much he has left for himself. He's supposedly one of the top 50 richest crypto holders, so I guess that he left enough).</p> <p>Back then, not many took it seriously, so, take the existing faucets seriously folks might be worth something in the future.</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Qtredit"> /u/Qtredit </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/xk0zne/remember_the_time_users_got_19k_btc_from_solving/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/xk0zne/remember_the_time_users_got_19k_btc_from_solving/">[comments]</a></span>