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Stellar seemed to me as a nice project with a good future. But now I saw that ridiculous airdrop with video KYC ;D
For me it discredits the project and from side seems funny.
what is your opinion?

Lol now I think I've seen it all, video KYC smh ... what was missing, I understand that this environment needs regulations, and many times is very dangerous to make some kind of movement or investment by the number of scammers that exist, but enough with a regular kyc or a verification of wallets, to know the honest users and those who are not, video kyc seems to be a little exaggerated and even interruptive.

I received an offer like this from blockchain.com seems legit though I lost some XLM when I sent to one exchange but forgot to fill the memo because I have no idea what to choose and it did not arrive on that exchange and this is because of the memo issue, any similar incidents like this, anyway it's just $10 worth of XLM.

that is definetly not the thing that Satoshi wanted from blockchain.
Centralized wallets with KYC verification, lmao. what is next? to prove transaction via SMS notification?

The airdrop is not a joke. I also read about the xlm airdrop and actually wanted to participate, but kyc with video call is to much. So much effort for so a few coins is just not worth it.

it's true.  blockchain.com is dropping massive xlm airdrop, the biggest in crypto history.  the amount is around 125m usd.  you have to apply thru blockchain.com link.  the requirements are to have blockchain.com wallet and to have kyc approved.  stricly 1 airdrop per blockchain wallet.
 

I heard about this airdrop, but did not know that verification would be needed. I think it's stupid to go through a complicated procedure for a small amount of money.

this is just terrible.  Like others mentioned Satoshi would be rolling over in his grave.

Obviously, they are capitalizing on the recent rise in "full time bounty hunters" (aka: people desperate and stupid to get rich without working).
For these types of people, a video call would seem like very little effort to get "free money".

But here's the thing, the whole airdrop is wrong on many levels.
First off, just airdropping that massive amount of XLM will really devalue the coin.
Especially if you consider that the the types to do this would sell it right away.

Also, video KYC is just beyond ridiculous.  There is no legal precedent for it anywhere, not even in banks or the stock market (so of course, not in crypto).
Actually, the suspicious side of me sees this as datamining on a large scale.

Don't be a fool, don't participate in these types of things.

KYC? I'll pass to this airdrop. KYC with a couple of exchanges (to increase limits) I trade is already enough for me.

This is not ridiculous. I am a fan of loyal XLM. I think this promotion is very good. XLM must rise in any way and exceed XRP. XLM is the king of payments. Such a task will expand the visibility of XLM. The realization of a cashless society will come very soon.

You must be a supporter of XLM, I am like you. I am also a big fan of XLM, but I am not worried about the side effects of this airdrop. I think airdrops are wise. KYC's airdrops can increase the size of our group. This helps XLM become the king of cashless.

Personally, I don't see anything wrong with that. I think this is one of the ways to attract even more attention to this wonderful project and increase the loyalty of the audience and potential investors.

Kyc is so hard , you know even you're not 18 or up doesn't mean you are not accepted in crypto, what If there's a person or teen who wants to join But KYC is needed lol

But that's exactly what most of people on this forum - aidroppers and bounty hunters - do!
But still video KYC really sounds like something ridiculous for me. I've heard about such procedure only once, it was a Russian project called WinStars and it turned out to be terribly scammy shit, so now I avoid video KYCes.

Lol is this for real? I'm not seeing if that was applied video KYC for any airdrop participants. You must do that for $25 worth of stellar, right? this is another kind of joke by stellar.
The company must learn a lot from what has been doing by ONT to the airdrop participants lol. This airdrop is a bullshit.

Participating in such an airdrop is usually an advocate of XLM. This is support for XLM buyers. This kind of airdrop is very difficult. Prevent bounty hunters. If the participation of the bounty hunter will lead to persecution of the coin. So I very much agree with this action.

I think it is a super expensive publicity stunt which is very like to bring down xlm price and have people talking more about it. I wonder what next project will replicate this. Let's hope it becomes a trend in crypto space

But we don't need prices to go even deeper, God, please, no. They probably need some attention and maybe volumes on exchanges, but I don't think it's worth it. I'm sure no one buys XLM now, as everyone understands that it will be dumped hard once this airdrop is distributed.

Its true guys a very massive airdrop. But I found this funny decision from them while you give free coins investor will lose a great amount of money and a dump will surely happen after this.  With this airdrop the volume will surely rise after this but the price will surely drop cause airdrops will sell it in any price cause they didn't invest money on it.

Yes, stellar is a pretty good and promising project for any holder. As for airdrop, I'm not sure that they will distribute such a huge amount of money around 125 million dollars in stellar coins. Yes, many bounty hunters do not like to go through kyc not to mention even the video is too difficult. I do not know at the end of what they will be with this personal data on this wallet user.

Are you speaking about the blockchain wallet airdrop? I think they want to distribute 500 million XLM to their users that worth around 125 million USD. If you are speaking about his airdrop, it is true, because they have announced it on their Twitter.

I thought that KYC with video call is just a hearsay in bounty and airdrops world, now based on your post, its happening for XLM airdrop, really? I think this is time consuming for manager who are holding that airdrop? It takes to time to finish doing that KYC.

It is a pretty airdrop but i wont join because i don't know their purpose, what they are going to do with my identity and my face photo, video. It is not a new project or new ICO, it is already a famous project with millions of customers, i don't think they run this airdrop to make their project more popular and KYC to against cheaters. The purpose of this airdrop is for collecting users identities.

They won't be giving $25 worth of XLM (https://coincodex.com/crypto/stellar/) away for free :) You will need to do KYC and give them permission to use your data, not really worth $25. Unless I can take a picture of a goat and it passes the KYC :)

This procedure is not required. Only those who want to take part in airdrop. For those who are not interested can still use their Blockchain Wallet without verifying. A strange idea, trying to attract newcomers to the world of the blockchain, while demanding their personal data.

what? really? XLM airdrop needs video KYC? lol, stellar is a good coin, but why they need video KYC?, it seem the airdrops is level up, I don't even join an airdrop that needs Identity Card to be qualified, well good luck those who pass their video KYC.

Video KYC ? what was that, it was new for me although that I know is about KYC are those investors but this is need to video to gain some airdrops only, totally insane  I guess.

Stellar is a cryptocurrency founded in early 2014 by Jeb Mccaleb and Joyce Kim. The striking difference between Stellar and other cryptocurrency is that 95 percent of this digital currency is provided free of charge. New coins of this digital currency are not obtained through mining because Stellar uses the Consensus algorithm which automatically generates new coins and verifies each transaction. brilliant idea, but it is unfortunate that a coin must be KYC and that a long-running project is very funny to me

Perhaps this is necessary in order to weed out the cheaters.
But i think people who have never heard about cryptocurrency will not do a KYC...

It's even worst than try give the participant a mandatory to complete the KYC through verification data. This airdrop has been forced anyone that interested with a few bucks to do KYC through online video. This is a big joke in the crypto history and how this is a really bad thing to do.

This is a good project and they are creating the largest airdrop in the history of crypto. And of course KYC is needed to avoid the cheater, you are here to say that XLM is a bullshit project. You are angry because you cant cheat from their airdrop ?

I see nothing funny about it. they just want the intruders not to get their coins for free and in a thunderous amount

Yeah, part of it is to make sure that the airdrops won't be abused, but in a wide perceptions I guess giving up your personal identity by completing kyc is not a good thing to do just by receiving small amounts of rewards, still not the concept of crypto as mentioned by most people around, it will be taken by those bounty hunters who already got experience giving their identity and willing to take the risk.

Next step - we will have to take our documents and go to their office and sign documents to use their blockchain)

It is easier to just ignore this kind of way. Many of us hated that KYC procedure because it makes us vulneravle to attacks.
Better just let it go. Stop being greedy for money just because they are saying it is a million dollar worth of coin.
Bitcoin is a million dollar coin and yet doesnt need those type of information to be leaked.

I guess they are trying to attack newbies with this. Better just warn them before going through those type of application. Or we will be seeing threads of hacks again.

I see this airdrop not like airdrop but like "Sell your KYC now for $25 in XLM someday in the future". I wonder how many fools would fall for that? Is this a census of idiots?

I heard about this airdrop, but did not know that it would require kyc :o And here it turns out that not just documents are required, but also a video verification ... I don’t think there are many people who want to do this for such a small amount of money. Personally, I avoid campaigns where kyc is required and plan to stick to it in the future for my own safety.

Yesterday in a telegram group there was a conversation about this, for the first time i heard that airdrob. XLM is one of my favorite coins but i never do KYC for an airdrop.

I once had similar experience when i wanted to send my XLM to OTCBTC. It was a painful experience, because that was all o had at that time. I expected it to arrive on the exchange, by it was all like a dream. After several hours of waiting, i had to contact the admin and i was told i did not fill in the memo ID to accompany my transaction. I as given an option of paying some charges, but the funny thing was that, what i sent there was not even upto the charges. So, that was how i lost it.
I also recieved a mail from blockchain, so the airdrop is legit.

It's not a real airdrop. They are just buying information. A lot of companies do this, for example, N26, Revolut gave free $$ if u signed up and did KYC. In my optinion it's not worth selling your data for $25 worth of XLM (https://coincodex.com/crypto/stellar/).

Learn more about this airdrop by watching video by Altcoin Buzz (https://coincodex.tv/authors/altcoin-buzz):
https://coincodex.tv/videos/304/stellar-xlm-to-airdrop-125-million

irstly, it is not Stellar who conducts an airdrop, but a blockchain wallet. They just hand out this coin. Secondly, this is their decision, and it’s clear that they don’t have to see multi-accounts in their airdrop.

Well, if someone actually wants to do a kyc for 25 dollars, then I don't even know why they're in crypto. It's a great way to distinguish between the people who understand what's happening in crypto world and why we need it and the people who are clueless and here just for the bandwagon. I had an opinion about stellar that it's better than ripple, but this made me question my beliefs. Get that garbage out of here...

I've heard this airdrop yesterday from telegram channel, I though it's just a scam, so I don't have click the link, look like it's a big airdrop, but each person only get 100 XLM ($25) and we need to pass the kyc application, do you think it's really worth it?

I think this is a sales strategy. As we know, currently the market price is can't possible to enter. For this reason, coin developers have to turn their brains to survive in the market.
one of them gave airdrop, so investors remained on the Xlm coin. of course this good opportunity will not be wasted by investors.

Hi, everybody.  ;) Joke this or not I I not know =) But I decided to participate. 8)

My grandma and grandpa will join and register this XLM airdrop and will make the verification because $25 is a big money for retired people in Russia, unfortunately. Russia has a low standard of living out of Moscow now.

Not a joke... well, they didn't mean it as one anyway.

But yeah, a huge joke to cryptocurrency. There are better ways to prevent gaming of the system, really, or didn't blockchain teach them a thing or two about privacy?

Would I sell my identity to a company I know only wants to make profit? Maybe for a lot of money, maybe. But not $25 and not for XLM. I think less on Lumens for partnering with them like this, I don't know it feels bad to me.

Video kyc is ridiculous, i don't see why any country needs such strict standards. Some require a selfie with the ID card, and even that is extreme. It's not like they are offering thousands of dollars. I will not participate with such strict kyc requirements

Hi, I think that XLM Airdrop is not bad. I use XLM for transfer between exchanges. kyc doesn't scare me.

I also think they are buying information from users, but I care what they want to do with that information, 25$ is pretty much for a KYC info, some other airdrop just pay 3-5$ each KYC account

I think this is just a form of promo. Total: $125M.
Each person receiving $25 should have 5 Million who performs KYC via video.
This is hardly possible.

Well, $125M airdrop is no joke after all. And that too when the coin is quite popular and trustworthy. People will do anything to get the most of it. So yes, even though video KYC is quite problematic for the users, but in the end it means less fraud. It's also beneficial for the participants of this airdrop as this KYC procedure would mean a bigger share for them. That being said, I am also not comfortable doing this KYC and would not participate in this airdrop!

The airdrop seems promising for airdrops hunter who want to hold XLM even that's only worth $25, but in other side i'm also worried if any of them will dumping their coins which may cause the price drops.

Now many airdrop and bounty require identification, I believe that most of them just sell data. But here is a solid company and I see nothing wrong with that.

Due to KYC I did not participate airdrop. They ask passport :) I guess XLM investors are not happy with this airdrop. A Dump Army is on the road :)

This KYC is real joke if few years ago if you created a wallet on blockchain.info (now blockchain.com) and sent BTC into this wallet it was diaspearing, so i think document photos can be stolen and used to borrow money in bank or sth else. I don't trust them.

As mentioned above, such an action will not go unnoticed and many people will take part in it, the reward will not really be worth the effort.

from my perspective, they are trying to reach those non-crypto player to join the boat or at least giving them a knowledge about XLM project from this airdrop.
everything looks fine and ok until this point, but KYC verification will absolutely become their biggest flag.
because it is out of crypto, what is the meaning behind cryptocurrency if we are giving them our identity, it's like we are selling our data and i bet investors will not do such a thing because they are risking their own privacy and at the same time they might risk their own safety.

not only XLM investors, but most of crypto enthusiast will feel it too.

It's ridiculous, I have to give my identity for $25, lol. Don't know who is participating in the airdrop. Anyway, it should not be accepted by us. In fact, they are looking for a hype, IMO. That can be the only reason.

Is seems legit. I think it's a good chance to earn some free tokens. As for me, I'm holding stellar for long-term. KYC doesn't take a lot of time so I will do it. But when we will recieve these tokens, it's unknown information.

Well there has to be something better then KYC. KYC goes against the sole purpose of cryptos. I don't know why companies are trying to regulate cryptos just like fiat, where as its true power lies in anonymity.

who said that it was fake ? of course it is legit because stellar.org itself announced it on their social media. the problem here is KYC, for some people like you for example.
everything is fine because it does not require a lot of time to do that(you are looking at it from different perspective), but for some people who prioritize their privacy will not look it as something that is easy and good to do.
why ? because your identity can be used for something bad like taking a loan from online sites ? faking their identity and etc.

I think not,I am not only in a single chat channel in a telegram about this saw,but even in the news journal Bitnovosti there too about it wrote that the hand will be $ 125 million,and that the first 5 million members wallet will receive $ 25 ahahahah good lure,but they funny??? $ 25 funny? would have done better smaller purses but for 200-500 bucks on the purse,that is the demand would be,and a lottery who'll win,so I registered to have more than 5 toons purses,and 25 not many would be willing

I dont see any KYC there. It just asked me an email and instructing to share the URL or tweet or post and thats it. I dont see any other details on Blockchain.com.
Also if there is a Video KYC then its better than giving your personal info.

Such jokes are now not uncommon in the world of cryptocurrencies. Passing KYC is now required very often and will likely be required even more often and in the next couple of years all projects will require to pass KYC from all participants and investors.

I saw that Steller was distributing the airdrop coins, and it cost $ 25, but I didn’t know that I needed to go through a KYC video. I am sure that few people will want to undergo this procedure.

This is official information from blockchain.com. They supported the Airdrop system, most likely this was done in order to draw attention to their product.

It is good chance to earn good coins. The procedure of verification is very bad idea and it will frighten many. I won't participate.

I don't think XLM airdrop is joke and to think XLM have a massive community and few ICO's are using XLM platform. Just recently blockchain is having a XLM airdrop and you need to register in the wait list and of course you need to have a blockchain wallet with KYC.

Video KYC for tokens that worth how much?? Ridiculous! Miss me with it!

Sounds like a joke to me, but I got same email from blockchain and because I've no time to actually go through it, I did not know KYC was required till I saw this thread. Gradually centralization is creeping into crypto and almost taking over. This is against the ideas of decentralization IMHO.

There is need to be calm regarding this issue
I received notifications from Blockchain and I also logged in my Blockchain app and found notifications too

There was nothing like KYC there so ensure it’s not a malicious email
The link was just to join the waitlist and also share to your friends

Don’t be a victim of fraud, always check Blockchain.com for any information

So what should i do to get this airdrop i just registered with blockchain com ... btw 25 $ is a lot of money for some ... in some placces u can get killed for that sort of money btw

All this is hard for the participants of this event, KYC is a difficult decision.

I have once seen a mention here about kyc with using video call, particularly I think it will be too hard a course, personally I will pass such. This should be taking undue advantage of all those hungry bounties and would jump on whatever that feels should be a pay

For some people, $25 is good amount of money, but I feel like that they are buying your KYC information for this $25. However, Blockchain is trustworthy company, and a lot of people will not a problem filling their KYC. This procedure will be usual in Crypto as we are moving toward regulations. Maybe after a year, you will not be able to use any service without KYC.

this airdrop may be useful for those who have fake ID's so they can use these documents and receive the reward without revealing the identity.

I thought it was legitimate if Stellar made Airdrop. But authenticity also needs to be checked, because there is a lot of fraud now. In the past, I also got Stellar Airdrop, which was enough to create a Stellar account.

didnt know about the video KYC, now that you have said that I'm sure it's not worth doing it, just ignore it

Yes, KYC in the crypto industry is total nonsense. Satoshi would not even think of it in the bad dream.
What kind of rewards it will be per person then or divided between everyone? I guess they want to have the database of active users... and once it will be recognized as an asset, you would have to declare it in your annual declaration, that's what is their aim I am wondering..

It is from blockchain.com site that a nnounced this XLM airdrop and I think it is legit. In addition to this coin telegraph which is my favorite source of cryptocurrency news  features it.  It is also reported on  coindesk.

heres the link:
https://cointelegraph.com/news/blockchaincom-wallet-adds-stellar-announces-125-mln-xlm-airdrop-to-drive-adoption

https://www.coindesk.com/wallet-firm-blockchain-to-airdrop-125-million-in-stellar-to-users/

https://bitcoinist.com/blockchain-wallet-announces-125m-stellar-lumens-airdrop/

I don't think this is a joke. Blockchain.com and Stellar are serious companies. You can send your KYC safely.

They can keep their airdrop. Only those desperate for XLM coins will do the airdrop.

On second thought, if they'll distribute 20,000 XLM per user who did KYC, I might reconsider  ;D ;D ;D

This is absolutely ridiculous given out my identity because of a meager $25 in the name of airdrop, they aren't an exchange which requires KYC for a certain limit of withdrawal then the purpose of collecting people's identity is uncalled for bitcoin is synonymous with anonymous transactions without revealing anyone's identity.

I'm not sure either. But actually on their official site: blockchain.info, we all read this information. But I also wonder about selling my personal information to them for $ 25, is it too cheap?

This is indeed the real news, I am watching and seeing everything, they send content to your mailbox, but need KYC. I think this is a wise move to make full use of the meaningless KYC system. This must be good news. This is the coin I like.

Not joke. But what is an airdrop? They give some generated coins that cost nothing for them to the people like a wide marketing campaign. Somebody will keep, somebody sells, but many people will pay attention to the crypto and in this coin especially. And with KYC it becomes looks as serious event for mass adoption

Why did they implements this, stellar also made an airdrop to the community last year just by taking a snapshot of your holding.

Those are legitimite site that I've seen, any important and big info about cryptocurrency always announced by the sites. If that's who gives the news about stellar airdrop, I don't hesitate to follow it, however because the previous years Stellar also often held airdrops like this.

What's so funny? quite a good airdrop from a very prominent coin. this chance to earn should be used

That's really crazy to think that your wallet should be KYC verified. I have notified about my notifier regarding with that airdrop but seems so stupid for me to realize what i am seeing in the video is a pure waste of time.

they do that to prevent users from cheating
even though it's funny to use KYC videos
decentralized technology but central wallet lol

Why would you  think it is a joke? As a matter of fact it is very real and I will advice you to partake, that is if you love free profits. The airdrop is a massive one and i think it is to enlarge the coast and adoption of cryptocurrency. Soong you have your kyc document ready what Are you waiting for ?

That seems interesting and they are trying to doing some advertisement i think but that kind of airdrop with video kyc etc seems funny actually. That is low amount for giving somebody our private documents and informations. It is hard to me. I will not join that airdrop. Interesting advertisement attempt :=).

The facts often beat your face. When you are still questioning why it issued a free airdrop, its price is rising again. Be aware that such an excellent coin development team will not be stupid than you. You should learn more.

Blockchain.com (formally blockchain.ino) is one of the oldest wallet options out there, probably the oldest that is online aside from the original wallet bitcoin has. They are not the type of people who would joke about a giveaway and they are probably not paying it out of their pockets anyway. They are just partnering with XLM to do this giveaway and I know it worth a lot but people at XLM probably is thinking about getting their name heard first and if they can get big enough the money spent will be covered by the price increase at the long run.

If you hold 100 coins worth 100 dollars but give away 50 of those than you end up with 50 dollars, however if the price quadruples than you doubled your first investment. That is how XLM is probably thinking right now and price increases and surges are not weird in crypto world.

Because it is from "blockchain.com" seems like a legit thing.

On the other hand, it doesn't make any sense. So i will just wait and see.

This is the largest Airdrop in the entire history of cryptocurrency. I do not see anything funny

At present, there are many different wallets, for storing crypto, perhaps this is marketing by the blockchain.wallet, to attract users, and the addition of a  Stellar (XLM) wallet.

I think many of you want to create 100 accounts and get a lot of XLM on your wallet, but something tells me that for everyone who wants to airdrop will have to go through KYC. But time will tell how my assumptions are correct. I think anyone just do the coins do not give.

Lost the meaning of confidentiality. Video KYC? What's next, fingerprints for transactions?

wonderful airdrop in which you need to participate 100% because it is an opportunity to earn very good money

I do not think it's a joke. They are looking to gather a lot of information to create a great community. Our information is very important in this modern day. So this is a great strategy for a KYC by $ 25.

Our information is very important ? for what ? they could build a community without knowing who are you and who are them perfectly well.
just imagine that you are verifying yourself using all of your documents such as passport, residence card and else to complete the airdrop and afterward they are using it to build up a fake team, or costumer or they are using your identity to do something like crime, money laundering or even selling it?


Biometric is next absolutely

Did someone of you get the XLM from blockchain.com?
My girlfriend and I did the KYC one week ago but still haven't received anything...

This is very good but it is also part of giving our data to the blockchain. in my opinion it is also risky if our data later can also be misused. but the fact is that until now it is still very crowded

I guess they are looking to increase market cap and also promoting mass adoption.XLM airdrop seems first good step to arouse gain in people to involve in cryptocurrency.From the beginning only xlm had stated about being kyc compliant.Money Laundering,Terror funding etc are some causes due to which many government still declare crypto as illegal.For these reasons AML are enacted to prevent the generation of income via illegal and illicit transactions.Kyc is a good thing and can prevent many fake and dubious accounts to get involved in the airdrop.I had also tried for it and it shows in wait list.Lets see when the airdrop begins.

But I don't think the blockchain company will do it. aim with kyc to avoid any bots. because now we know that more and more are cheating

I think that is fairness, where at present kYC is a requirement for a project, and also to avoid cheating, where many people use multiple accounts with the same person

I don't think that it's joke. As for me, I took part in it and it would be great if I will recieve my tokens. Also in Twitter the wrote that is true. So I think that we will be rewarded soon!

For a reputable company like blockchain.com, I believe our data is secure and you don't need to worry about it. A lot of people are involved in airdrop but it seems like it is getting hard and not many people pass KYC

Well the amount of the airdrop is a bit ridiculous, imagine what price might be. If xlm do stable after the airdrop, that means xlm marketcap will increasing 125$ million but i think it will make xlm price so unbalance and there might be a big dump happening. I think XLM use this strategy to attract more user and trying to boost the number of trading volume.

;D Yeah looks really weird, the drop is so miserable , it is not worth to take part in it. I kinda feel strange for XLM, i always perceived them as a series block chain project.

Not yet, and still waiting too. I think they are overwhelmed with the influx of applications and having a hard time sorting and verifying legit from fraud.  ;D I do believe this is a legit airdrop and hoping to see an XLM on my wallet soon.

I think stellar coin which is good for long-term coin investment has a bright future
maybe stellah will be an ethereum rival, there are some ico that are legit from stellar and almost all ico who use stellar technology all get a warm welcome from investors and get the market unlike in ethereum, many ico that use ethereum technology but it is very difficult to steal investors' attention

if KYC has to use video, in my opinion it is very excessive. but it depends on the policy of the project development team, maybe they want to get a truly valid and real identity.
as long as the development team can be sure that the project will really succeed, it doesn't matter if you must use KYC videos

I think the number of XLM airdrops that are too large will have a huge impact on the price of XLM downward, up to $ 150 million and for users of Blockchain wallet. But a good thing is to foster acceptance by newcomers to Stellar and help compete with other competitors in the market.

I think that the air drop will not affect the price of stellar in a negative direction. the upcoming air drop can only increase the number of fans of this currency

It is not a joke, these guys are pretty serious and going to give away the biggest airdrop in the history of crypto currencies. Cannot wait to see this happening and get my free XLM. Awesome marketing campaign  ;)

I think not. The team just wants to give thanks to the users of their tokens. They want to give their thanks by giving airdrops to it. But do not be sad and think that it may cause a serious drop since this coin gives much tokens for free. The total value on it will not change or drop the xlm value. So just be cool on it.

Well after 12 days of review of my verification I finally received my 25$ xlm tokens and immediately sold all of it and now waiting for the free fall of the price again.Indeed this had been a great experience- as soon as I saw the status of being verified it took only 3-4 minutes to get the airdrop tokens in my wallet and from there to my desired exchange.Looking for few more airdrops to grab some more. ;D ;DThe market is yet to hit the bottom so keeping funds in form of crypto will be absolutely useless and loss.Seeing the current scenario only airdrops like this will keep people interested in the crypto  :P.

Giving away all those stellar coins is going to have massive impact on the price. I think i'll wait for the whole airdrop to finish as most of the receivers will simply dump it on the exchanges and push the price even lower.

No, it is a really airdrop and I received XLM token through doing register blockchain wallet. You should experience before giving statement.

I find it absolutely normal that there are so many people who want to scam to get airdrop money. I support this to get rid of those guys

this is ridiculous,  to swap your personal identification for 25 XLM = $3.61. the beginning of the release of Stellar (XLM) they distribute free tokens without a requirement anything.

Yes, I also do not believe in this airdop , I just KK and you think that this is a Scam , why give the project which is already popular their coins?)

If mean blockchain.com airdrop - it's their team's idea and Stellar just want some more popularity I think.
And what about KYC - it's everywhere now, it's sad but true. New cryptomarket reality :)

Life is always changing, for me, it doesn't hurt if they impose KYC for a clear purpose. Well, even though it can't eliminate multiple accounts completely but at least it can reduce.

I do not know where they get $ 125 million in Stellar airdrop. This sounds ridiculous. And does this cause the price dump for Stellar?

Me too. But in my group chat, one of member in that really got that Stellar after do KYC. They got $25 after waiting 1 week

The XLM airdrop is real and legit ,I did try to join then I figured I'd need KYC with video which I'm not ready to let go of my identity just for a few penny ,its so disgusting to see this happening around cryptocurrency lately ,I mean KYC is now becoming a real issue

I saw an offer giving away $25 worth of XLM in an airdrop but this is more from the new wallet Blockchain than from Stellar themselves. Why would that be a joke? I haven't been forced to do any KYC so happy to wait and see what happens.

I also received an email regarding their airdrop but sorry, I'm not going to send to their KYC just for that airdrop.

Probably from their own pocket and they just recently added to blockchain.com's wallet so its part of their promotion. In other words, they are buying info's for $125M?

Since we now have so much scam existing in the crypto sphere,then whatever means that can be adopted to reduce operation of scam is highly welcome.

I don't think XML as a well-known altcoin needs to be promoted by airdrops, this isn't probably a scam because I did see such a tip in the blockchain wallet, so I will try it anyway, after all. 25 XML is also very valuable.
I don't know what form they will airdrop, they didn't ask me to fill in the XML address.

It is not a joke and it's very legit. The airdrop is for the verified users of blockchain wallet, although you still have some steps to follow in order to claim the free XLM worth $25.

This may not be a joke, it is true. I have filled out the form, but I have not received their email. I heard that KYC verification is required. For the sake of only 25XML, I don’t think KYC should be provided to them.

It is not 25 XML, it is the number of XML worths $25, but now very hard to get this amount because have a lot of fraud users are cheating them by fake IDs and the result is real users with real ID are denied to get this reward.

I think this airdrop pumps its value. They are now giving 165 XLM instead of 168 XLM. That's worth $25!
I'm now inviting my friends to join this, even those who are not into crypto. lol

It is not a joke, the airdrop is real and I believe it would be the biggest airdrop in the crypto currencies industry, but how much will each user get? If it is going to be 2 USD again, I will be very disappointed in such actions.

The xlm airdrop is real, if the airdrop were to be scam xlm team would have disregarded the news, i have also registered hopefully the price will be good after distribution of the airdrop.

I think the Xlm airdrop is not a joke they are giving out 25usd worth of Xlm but you can only claim the reward with a strict kyc one per blockchain wallet. I think if you also want it you should give it a try

stellar is indeed good and anyone wants to have it, but with airdrop maybe it will make the quality and price go down because the more people who have it the more they lose the privilege of stellar itself which of course will greatly affect the price in the future

I joined the whitelist in the blockchain.com and gave my email for the weekly prize on their airdrop.
Its been more than 2 weeks but didn't receive any email from them.
I do doubt the airdrop now and maybe they just collected EMAILS from people.

I think on the contrary it will raise interest in this coin and have a positive impact on its price. I am an opponent of Kyc, but I have to admit that in Airdrop with such a scale it is appropriate.

As I know it is a airdrop for taking attraction of crypto wallet users. Wallet has its own exchanges and they said thats the reason of why they need KYC for airdrop. I have known some of my friends has the airdrop, but i do not give my identity for airdrops.

So, I just think, that KYC helps managers of campaign to manage the project more correct and select true users in count of participants.

no, that's real,
XLM why do airdrop due to the new listing on the blockchain, one of the big web wallets,
and that I feel is an appreciation because it has been listed on the blockchain,
and once again it's not a hoax, and it's real.

It is not joke, most of xlm circulation was from airdrop, I remember they dropped stellar to facebook users few years ago and as we know there were huge cheaters and I guess that is the main reason they perform strict kyc.

This is not a joke, the development team created this distribution to increase transactions in the network after a new update of the protocols.

I got Stellar airdrop on the site blockchain.com, need to pass KYC, after receiving you can withdraw coins, I liked it.

I think it's legit however, my KYC is still pending for 2 weeks now and under review. Knowing thousands of participants joined the Airdrop and it must take long for my KYC to be verified.

It is absolutely legit and one of the most transparent airdrop processes in this industry. Firstly, it is just a form of reward that blockchain.com introduced to further expand the reach of their services as well as further boost the public awareness of the XLM project. It is a marketing strategy and a win-win situation for everyone involved. A free 25usd giveaway for doing absolutely nothing is good enough for everyone. Also, I have seen people cashing in on this offer and converting or exchanging it to btc. Go and get yours if you haven't.

The project is a good one. I think it will not be superfluous. The same as free advertising

Just trying to get rid of scams. However, I do not like KYC at all. And here the situation is also with the video call. I think I will not lose much if I do not take part.

I think this is not a good deal for Blockchain.com wallet users. They should be asking for more than USD 25 to let them attach their identity to years of bitcoin transaction history. But on the other hand the Stellar holders seem to be really happy about this airdrop, calling it a great way to distribute ownership.

I don't see such generosity is nothing wrong with that. The only negative factor that may appear is the depreciation of the coins, but it will last he should not last long. On the other hand, more and more users will be able to get this coin and it will become more common in the crypto community.

Why do you consider it as a joke. I've already received mine 25$. The truth is hat you could pass it without video KYC,but they improved conditions for airdrop. I think it is a great sigh for mass adoption.
Stellar will get a wide database of users and it push crypto sphere

It is legit. I have a doubt at first, but when I try to register at blockchain wallet and fulfill the kyc (blockchain wallet is legit so I pursue on doing KYC) I have receive an email confirmation and my entries on my verified blockchain wallet, and I have receive the airdop of stellar coins.

XLM airdrop is very good for providing information and recognition of XLM coins and also with Airdrop XLM can be used to assess how many people are enthusiastic about XLM.

 I did what I had to do, but they said they needed more time and they would contact me. I've been waiting for this for a week ;D

Video KYC for $25?
Its really joke  ;D

Yes, this is one of the largest airdrops, I passed the KYC, when only need a selfie. I think they introduced the  video KYC because too many people tried to participate in airdrop using their documents and photos several times.

But the fact is that many people can get xlm with the airdrop and that is true. today many people in the country have not yet received their money. maybe because of delay and too many requests

When the news about Airdrop XLM spread, I tried to register my e-mail for the airdrop but I didn't do KYC whether it was all right or just bullshit because until now I haven't opened it again whether I get the token or not because for me it's airdrop right with a value of $ 25 then it's one of the legit airdrop

IT's not a joke, indeed it's a big deal for Blockchain.com because they buy each person full identity with image and video with only $25 worth XLM. Personal information and passport/ID card image is very important, it's related to our life and finance, i didn't join this airdrop.

Point is that they get user data for free. Too much users send documents, photo and video, but have "Under review" status.
In this case, there is no sense Stellar and blockchain.com give drop such users, they got what they wanted.

actually what is the problem of airdrop with kyc. kyc is a way of devteam a project so as not to reward the same person in airdrop. is that true? then what's the problem with the same person having multiple accounts

The airdrop is legit because I do too undergone kyc at blockchain.com site. I know it's hard to believe but I already received my coins., And most of my co friends do receive their tokens too.

The point of cryptocurrency is to be anonymous but this coin just seems like another one of those coins who's goal is to have higher price than anyone and not as they way it was built. I just hate the fact that they are verifying users now just to get an airdrop.

You must be wrong, it's not $10 , it's $25 worth of Stellar Lumens (XLM). The pool was $125.000.000 , so basically it's for 5millions member, but our account should be fully verified in order to claim the XLM Airdrop. I'm not sure it's still ongoing or already over.

On the contrary, they want to increase interest in their project. And video KYC is a good opportunity to exclude from AirDrops multiplays.

I got an info from my friends that blockchain.com give an airdrop with $125 million total prize and they says airdrop distributions will started in december but if KYC required to claim this airdrop i think i will skipped this because i really mind to give my personal data only for airdrop program

I got my airdrop, I just passed KYC, I think it's standard procedure now.

What are you talking about? There's the usual KYC, a passport photo and selfie holding a passport in hand.

Not. Now its VIDEO kyc!

They did give out a hundred coins to those who passed the verification, but the algorithm for selecting participants was not very clear. As far as I know, not everyone who submitted an application could participate in this airdrop.

It is true. I received 100 coins, but my friends were not invited regardless of their registration and opening of the Blockchain wallet. They used a strange algorithm to choose participants.

As far as i am concerned. The airdrop might bring down the price of XLM, except what is airdropped per individual is so small that it cannot be easily dumped. Then the video kyc, will prevent some people from having multiple accounts.

video kyc is still the same as photo kyc  . you still need to hold your own i.d to ensure that you are a real person with real  identitiy .

Xlm airdrop isnt also a joke because it is sponsored by the famous blockchain wallet  .  the reason why they are doing it is because they want to include stellar on their supported currencies .

What seems fishy is that some particpants didnt manage to recieve their reward after they have done the task succesfully .

Video kyc for $25 drop it's humiliating i think.
Fuck stellar and blockchain for it.

I don't really think there are people who will give you the kimlk information for $ 25, so maybe that's why the kyc is being forced.  ???

Hmm, I managed to go through the usual KYC, maybe the scammers found a way to get verified, bought documents and selfies.

Lol, you are right. I think after that we're going to a future where we need sms approval for transactions. That's why i am totally against KYC. It doesn't match the crypto's decentralized spirit.

Blockchain.com website is too big to mke jokes , The airdrop is not big i think around 10$ and you need to finish KYC to be eligible to receive that , I didn't fill that KYC for the airdrop , I usually don't participate in airdrops , usually they are the reasons of dumps!

I had tried this but when I got to know that I had to pass KYC I gave it up. $25 is too little to worry about! I think it's easier to earn it somewhere else and don't give your docs to anybody!

Good choice but there are still some dumb people who would really still jump in with this Airdrop even it do ask out some video KYC which is ridiculous.
I don't know why they do reach out to this extent where even claiming some few dollars would ask out identification. Something doesnt really right at all.
$25 wont really be worthy for our identity even on higher amounts.

XLM airdrop is no joke. many of my friends get XLM worth $ 25. but yes it requires KYC, it aims to prevent multiple accounts from 1 person, and create an airdrop that is fair to everyone.

I passed KYC more than two weeks ago and got no XLM. Is this airdrop real at all?

When it comes to fair distribution then kyc procedure will surely give that but for few dollars i wont take the risk.
Did you tried to check your XLM blockchain balance? If not then sending out ticket wont cost too much time.

yes, it should be if the blockchain requires for KYC with videos, the reward given should be added to not be that small, so this can be comparable. but the blockchain does not.

I've talked to few that also complied with the KYC but they haven't required any XLM until now. And I'm checking https://blog.blockchain.com/ from time to time and there's still no update regarding this.

I didn't joined this airdrop as for $25 for my ID? no way. You should wait for further announcement, I think they are compiling all the submissions and they will distribute it accordingly.

I registered since the beginning of the airdrop announcement but until now I did not receive an email for kyc verification maybe they are trying to filter out cheaters because I believe kind such giveaways will bombarded with thousands of fake accounts to cheat and thats why they are strictly implementing a kyc procedure which is a tedious process. 

airdrop is proven to pay if you pass KYC, but I have waited a long time whether or not I am still waiting, this is a very good airdrop from Stellar

I guess the XLM Airdrop has been finished because in all over social media crypto users have been flooding with posts of not getting paid the promised $25 token in their wallet still after getting their profile verified :-X. As we all know the market has been deteriorating each day so I guess the free tokens are being kept on hold so that stellar team dose not have to give away more number of tokens to each. Also with resent KYC update technique people are getting more frustrated of uploading video by acting like a clown in front of camera :D. The people who have participated earlier in the month of november had a smooth experience and received tokens within a short span of time.   

me, too.
I didn't get xlm even though I already succeeded.
maybe this has been closed because some people tried to cheat airdrop by using identity fraud. they are very greedy

Blockchain.com wallet useres should be asking for more than USD 25 to let them attach their identity to years of bitcoin transaction history? I think this is not a good deal for them. But on the other hand the XLM holders seem to be really happy about this airdrop, calling it a great way to distribute ownership.

sometimes the blockchain wallet undergoes repairs that often make me confused but Airdrop actually pays the pass with their identity, but it's been a long time to get $ 25 because many people follow the Airdrop XLM, but until now I haven't got it

Yes, for me it sounds like a joke because of KYC. This will connect users with their BTC wallets, for me it's unacceptable.

November 30, I signed up for the KYC in my wallet blockchain.com and I received a letter from them:
Identity Verification Success!
November 30, I signed up for the Stellar Airdrop.
Today I received a letter from them:
Good news! It’s your turn to claim your free XLM.*

And yes, I received today 227.27 XLM or $ 24.20.

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I haven't gotten the xlm yet, even though the card was received and I got the confirmation email.
I am confused whether this still works or is closed. It is very confusing.

The transaction batch for accounts that have been verified in November should have received all XLM by 15 December. I have been waiting for this since November and it seems that many people also received XLM on December 15 yesterday.

I have to do the KYC to get XLM ?, I remember I was registration, but I did not do the kyc.

Yes, you must do KYC and then claim XLM at https://www.blockchain.com/getcrypto to enter the waiting list.

Slowly it is really turning out to be joke LOL.The people who got registered in the early weeks of november got their stellar tokens with minimum hassle.But since the starting of December blockchain had revised its policy and requested to do video kyc and doing some tasks like clown in front of camera.It was really pathetic moreover people hav not received their tokens and many are still waiting.The biggest joke is that people are still trying to do kyc and submitting their valuable documents.I guess the airdrop has been over or due to fall of stellar price they are reluctant to give so many tokens.

Yes you have to comply with the KYC. If you are just registered then you are free to use their wallets for bitcoin, bitcoin cash, stellar and ethereum.

But you'll never be eligible for the $25 XLM airdrop if you don't go for KYC.

Exactly the same. They announce a large airdrop, well expecting that not many participants will do this shit because of this crazy KYC. They will not give away much XLM because number of participants will be so low, it's only to catch dumb people to register there and then find out KYC is ridiculous.

i think XLM airdrop new way to get User data and Relationship between bitcoin address
Because blockchain .com have large  users information

XLM have no choice but to do a huge airdrop because their distribution model is so poor. Most of the stellar in circulation is in the wallet of a handful of whales which is bad for any coin or token.