Yes I said free coins !! It is called an “airdrop” and let me explain to you what they are, and how to take part.
A little story about Airdrop :
A while ago Token Start ups realized that there is a lot more value when their token is held on as many wallets as possible. More coins lead to more interest and exposure, which in turn greatly increases the Trading Volume of a particular coin when it gets listed on an exchange.
Then came up with an indigenous solution - Airdrop. Yes, giving away coins for free ! .
Participating in an Airdrop is simple. You discover, or are informed of an Airdrop, do a simple task to register, and Voila ! Free Tokens in your wallet a few weeks from then.
Ok, nice story, but surely it is not going to make me rich, right ?
Well, some airdrop have brought great wealth to lucky participants. One of the first airdrop was the Stellar airdrop. Back in 2014 (or so), they gave 10 000 xlm to people just for making a wallet and liking their Facebook. If you sold those coins in January 2018 it was NZD14,000 for free ! At today's rate it is still a cool NZD500 free gift. I know at least 2 people that still have those untouched coins for free. Lucky guys. Another very famous airdrop is the NEM one. At the inception of NEM it was decided that all the coins would b given to the community. 4400 people claimed a 1 million stake ( yes, 1 million NEM coins).
For a long time, those coins were valueless, at the rush of January 2018, those coins had a total value of USD1.9 millions. I know at least one person that kept his 1 million NEM stake untouched.
At today's rate it is still a cool USD36'000 gift.
So you are thinking, well, those are airdrop from 2014.... it is too late now.
In December 2017, we shared the POLY airdrop through one of our newsletter and it became a $500 free gift for many of our customer !! Even more recently (march 2018) we shared the Oxygen airdrop that turns out to be $4,000 just a few weeks after the end of the airdrop.
So don't miss your chance and register to some airdrops.
Where to find airdrops ? Well, I have found one for you to participate and you will be surprise how easy it is!
KEYBASE / STELLAR airdrop
1) what is Stellar ?
The Stellar network is an open source, distributed, and community owned network used to facilitate cross-asset transfers of value. Stellar aims to help facilitate cross-asset transfer of value at a fraction of a penny while aiming to be an open financial system that gives people of all income levels access to low-cost financial services. Stellar can handle exchanges between fiat-based currencies and between cryptocurrencies. Stellar.org, the organization that supports Stellar, is centralized like XRP and meant to handle cross platform transactions and micro transactions like XRP. However, unlike Ripple, Stellar.org is non-profit and their platform itself is open source and decentralized. Through the use of its intermediary currency Lumens (XLM), a user can send any currency that they own to anyone else in a different currency.
Stellar was founded by Jed McCaleb in 2014. Jed McCaleb is also the founder of Mt. Gox and co-founder of Ripple, launched the network system Stellar with former lawyer Joyce Kim. Stellar is also a payment technology that aims to connect financial institutions and drastically reduce the cost and time required for cross-border transfers. In fact, both payment networks used the same protocol initially.
2) What is the Giveaway
The Stellar Development Foundation is sending out 100 million Lumens each month, divided equally among all qualifying Keybase users. There are no strings attached; SDF is a non-profit and it wants to give them out. Keybase makes it easy.
3) And what is Keybase?
Keybase is a free, secure alternative to Slack, WhatsApp, Telegram, and other chat apps. It supports groups big and small, communities, and teams. Inside Keybase, all chats are end-to-end encrypted. Imagine if someone broke into Slack's servers and stole and published your company's or family's messages? It would be devastating. Keybase's encryption makes a cloud break-in impossible.
And because Keybase is powered by public key technology, it also can understand cryptocurrencies. So all you have to do is install the app, and you can register for the free Lumens.
4) what do I need to do ?
Setp 1 : You will need to install a messaging app on your phone (like whatsapp but better because focused on privacy).
Step 2 : You will need to receive a SMS to prove that you are not Robot
Step 3 : click here to be redirect to the airdrop page :
