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Speaking about the ongoing stellar airdrop by blockchain.com which started as a fair one but now requires those interested in the airdrop to pass some KYC procedures, I ask, is it worth it? We complain of Facebook, Google etc of stealing our privacy and possible selling them for profit to other companies and praise blockchain of been decentralized yet we're willing to sell our private details to some centralized organization offering services related to the blockchain technology and we think it's safer? I get it that the bear market has affected numerous newbie that came into the market in 2017 but I ask again is just $25 worth your privacy?

I suspect this moved by them as a deliberate attempt to steal users private details (identify), first they made the airdrop looks so simple and easy thereby deceiving numerous customers into believing they would get free $25 after they have trapped their victim, they then introduce kyc to steal their identity.

Nope.
I saw the one for months, but I have never cared to join it.
Losing personal details to surpass KYC and receive $25 in XLM, I won't do this even it can bring $100 or $1000.
It is too risky for all of my account on exchanges.
That site is a big one, reliable, but who knows someday data leaks happen.
There will be nothing happen when attackers are not able to find bugs, but someday, when they found bugs and abuse systems, serious things will occur.
Safest place might be the most risky place, sometimes.

Am yet to understand why blockchain is interested in our identity. Bitcoin should be unregulated and owners of wallet should be anonymous. The idea of giving out $25 in exchange for users identity is suspicious. Let's be careful of how we give out our privacy to avoid unwarranted issues in the future.

To avoid cheaters come and steal their XLMs.
But, it's always too bad to disclose IDs for such only $25 rewards.

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Newbies or seniors, who can well survive through it, will have other great opportunities, so there is no reason to lose IDs and get $25.

If depends on your personal financial situation and where you live.

There are places in the world, such as Venezuela, where you can live one motnh with 25 USD.

If you live in a rich country, I doubt you should take kyc

I don't think it's worth it. I feel like everyone in the world of crypto money has paid just $ 25 to capture their identity data. I think if they had something more innocent, they wouldn't give it to so many people.

I have KYC on blockchain.com and it is very difficult to verify, so I don't think it's really stealing my information. This can make us safer.

Our personal details should be always kept personal. And by the way, keep in mind nobody will give you somethign as a gift.. if they send you 25$ in tokens.. is because they can profit form your data in a bigger ammount!

It depends entirely on your part. If that amount fits you, then you can pursue giving your privacy in their reward. But, if you think that this thing is a scam, avoid it. It's not worthy of your time and it's not worthy of your privacy for just 25 usd.

Some of my friends tried this airdrop but it seems suspicious they are not giving airdrop anymore they are just collecting details and this is very alarming what if they steal our account on exchanges they are asking sensitive data and yet they rejected the applications seems like a trap for me. Binance can verify kyc in 24 hours but blockchain process it like 1 month and the result is rejected.

I don't think Blockchain.info don't keep promise to give away $25 for each verified case.
It is a big one in crypto, so I strongly believe they will keep giving away $25 for each applicant who got qualified.
I don't join this one, but if the site don't keep promise, drama will come that might destroy all things Blockchain.info built up for years.

I don't know if it's worth or not. But despite the fact that I have been authenticated for months, they still have not distibuted me any.

I think the kyc issues of the blockchain was just to phish out some fraudulent peeps
And it worked out already and no one had to worry

You do kyc for airdrops of 5$
So what’s the difference ??

For me its a big NO thats why i dont trust those KYC without the proper way. My data and privacy is priceless and i wont just exchange it for just $25 worth of XLM never. Thats why dont just fall from those trap and i smell something fishy about it. Blockchain is about decentralization and one of its important feature is the privacy and anonimity be wise and vigilance as always.

When I join with airdrop or Bounty that should to fill KYC, I always made a research before, it's mean I'm not easy to give my privacy data to others. And for blockchain.com, I trust to keep my privacy, although I always fail when pass KYC procedure and never received XLM till now.

I dont even think that my identity will be used for making such an interesting 25$. But if the reward is more than 100$ its worth it.

Yes I know that blockchain.info has already a name but as I noticed they rejected few of them. My friend both apply kyc on binance and blockchain the result is different. Binance got accepted and verified in 24 hours. Blockchain is checking it in week to months the result is rejected looks like they are avoiding to give the airdrop  ;D

My identity is precious to me than $25 worth of airdrop, what is the purpose of airdrop that is so difficult for participants to get, what xlm is asking is too much for $25 airdrop hopefully they can make it simpler for more people to take part.

Many people had shared their details for $25, well, they don't know the necessity of keeping safe your documents. I would never go with this and not even if the reward was $1000+. No one can guarantee the safety of our documents and that our docs will not be compromised.

Not everyone is doing the same. People are also completing KYC for shit tokens which might or might not have any value. They don't care about their privacy, security.

I rhink it's not worth $25 XLM for you information or submission of KYC but depends on the person if they really need money.
But for me I will not pass my Identity with some money maybe I will pass my Identity if the amount is worth $1000 and Up and for sure most of us will do that.

No, it's not worth for my privacy. That is why I don't join in those programs because I want to protect my identity. Besides that, I heard some news that telling there a group of people who have a large document of the user and they already sold the data in the black market. I don't want to see they sold my identity and I better to be selective to fills any documents in any programs. My privacy worth more than $25 and I don't want to give it for that price.

Sure, in such nation that has blackouts and terrible crisis, $25 means lots of things.
Doing KYC and get $25 airdropped is much better than what locals have to struggle with their daily lives.
However, in better nations, don't need to be developed or rich ones, I don't think people do KYC for such $25 airdrops.

Even if it does, I haven't received those 25$ for my KYC in blockchain.info

Worth or not is depends on individual, I'm sure that a lot of people already pass the kyc to receive $25 xlm, but I think our document and privacy is not only value $25, it's risk to give our identity document to third party, but as i think if rewards value is more than $500 is worth it.

you are correct, in fact blockchain is indeed paying participants airdrop xlm with nominal already set. kyc done problem seems now much of that trouble for tier 2 because verification may be too many people who follow him.

for me its not
but i cannot talk about everyone.

The money is too little for me to give out my personal data and even some friends I know that actually did till date haven't recieved and I just wonder what's the need then

I thought that the Stellar platform itself is the one who are running this KYC for $25 but it's the blockchain.com a centralized cryptocurrency online wallet who recently enabled XLM on their platform. I tried to claim the airdrop from Blockchain.com though but I chose not to continue anymore because they're requiring a live webcam beside a government issued ID and I think it's so against with privacy rights even though they are legitimate ever since its inception and it seems to me that they are acting like a virtual bank now.

some people can sell their doc for even 10 usd, 25 usd is more than a dream for them. personally i wont sell my info for 1k usd also. i million can make me think :P

For me personally, $ 25 is not the amount due to which I will share my personal data . Despite the seeming harmlessness, this can have very sad far-reaching consequences. But I know that even here on the forum there are a huge number of people who are ready to go for it, even for a smaller amount of money.

my privacy is priceless for me so i will never do airdrop, bounty or even invest in ico, ieo, sto that are going to ask for the kyc procedure

I have passed the KYC and now have 25 USD worth of stellar tokens. It is awesome and I recommend to do it. It is simply free money and blockchain is one of the most trusted companies in the crypto world.

Definitely not worth it and I knew of some people that didn't even get the $25 XLM after submitting their details so I just wonders what actually happened. Anyways I can't  submit my details for such flimsy amount

It isn't read some threads from last years when people lost their money when they put their BTC on blockchain.info wallet. I think such situation could happen with your ID photos when few months later they will be sold on darknet. I'm not telling that it will happen, but it can happen.

Blockchain claim they do not hold your or keep your passwords/private keys. Why would they need users kyc,why do they hope to achieve with it? Having KYc of their users will create a breech in the privacy of a lot of persons since they are probably the largest wallet service provider

When I first saw the message in my inbox, I decided not to give out my identity for $25. Then problems which that potential $25 could solve currently started appearing on my mind. Sometimes we all do not have the same opportunities or privileges and what we see to be too small for us turns out to be satisfactory for others. Like someone rightly said, $25 is a huge amount of money should it be changed into my local currency.

Sounds suspicious, I believe they are just collecting people's identity, anyone got paid from this site?  Seems all that reply here know someone or got rejected from that KYC verification when it was accepted on other exchanges.  I would say $25 for identity is debatable since many of bounty hunters, airdrop hunters do this for as low as 1 dollar but yes each one have their standards but I suggest stay away from this site :)

I am ok with it. I received several airdrops by stellar, because at the beginning you could send fake KYC and it worked. Also some members of my family received it.
I always pass KYC in different ICOs and on exchanges, so I don't think it is risky

In the past, Stellar was given away so many times on exchanges for who own Bitcoin during period they gave away their Stellar.
It seems that what happened with Blockchain recently.
I don't joined it due to worry about they KYC and potential personal data leaks later, but there are some people complained about have not received their Stellar (they have not shown their proof).
So, it is just a drama from those guys, till now.

The funny thing with these airdrop scheme, a lot people of cryptocurreny user try to user identity other people from non cryptocurrency user. They offered some money for around 2-4$ to do KYC to these airdrop.

I really don't see it as a scam,  I and my friends got the $25 each after a successful kyc...  One thing I don't understand is why people fret when it comes to doing kyc..  Blockchain have been known for years and if they work together with xlm to introduce kyc,  I think that is a good move though,  to avoid people running multiple acc and overcrowd the platform with registration, just for the airdrop.  The airdrop is peanut though, but at least I held on to it and cashed it sometime when my 25$ touched 42$.. That's a better interest.  Everyone to there opinion...  Don't see a big deal doing kyc for 25$.

Actually i would give my KYC procedure for $25 and i have already send them and waiting for my approval. Do you know why? Because i have already send my KYC to more than 100 times for bounty and airdrops! I've lost control of it. I didn't have to send my KYC to collect any bounty in 2016 and 2017 but last year lots of project made us send our KYC otherwise they were not going to send my bounty coins. Anyway those coins turned shitcoins in %95..

My answer is "NO" stellar airdroping in some exchange site in past few years and its legit no hastle but personaly doing KYC or giving your privacy inpormation is not good why we need to do that if their want to airdropping to their holder then give it.

25$ isn't worth it of course, but I cannot blame those who are in needs, blockchain airdrop is been very helpful. I knew some people who did KYC and get some money from it and We all knew that we don't have the same status in life, however, I trusted blockchain company, I don't ever think that they will use it in such crime. In my opinion, they require KYC to eliminate abusers of multi accounts.

Kycs otherwise know as 'know your customer' is no longer a new subject in the cryptocurrency sphere. I see no bad deed done by Stellar for requesting KYC before getting their airdrop to curb cheaters. Stellar is a reputable cryptocurrency project and if they want bulk user data, I am sure that they can buy it for cheap. 25usd may be cheap but people have done kyc and given away personal data for far less

I haven't claimed the airdrop yet  because I believe it's not worth it, I always shunned KYC on all the ICO that I've participated in and that is a much bigger amount of coins that what blockchain is offering a lot of my friends are bragging they claimed their shares of the airdrops some people really don't care about spreading their vital information.

I wouldn't risk also my personal info from a $25-worth airdrop. even if the project is legit, why is it that suddenly they require to complete the KYC requirements to claim that free money? they should have explained it at the very start when people are signing up for the airdrop. but in any case, it is their prerogative to change procedure, it is up to the user if he will accept their terms and grab those few bucks in exchange of their identity. it all boils down your stand on how far you will go with freebies offered online.

Performing a KYC fir reputable companies like blockchain or stellar should not be an issue. The internet is not a darkweb and am afraid, even your personal details can be taken from social media without your consent. Stellar introduced the kyc because of unscrupulous individuals that will run the airdrop with over 200 accounts just to satisfy their greed. I support the kyc

I don't want to sell my privacy just for that. What if they will use your privacy in somewhere else. Nobody will like it right? What if they'll earn more using your identity in wrong doings than the 25 usd they gave you? Don't trust anyone so easily in cryptocurrency.

Depends of what status you are.  I think if you are rich people for sure it is not worth it to get only $25 XLM for your privacy.
But if you are person who really needed money it is worth it because those $25 worth of XLM is useful for you to your everyday needs.
But make sure XLM is really legit and once you send your information they will not use it in bad things but if the partners of XLM is really legit I don't think you need to be worry.

Well I'm not a rich guy but still, I wouldn't go to that kind of KYC in exchange for a small amount I have done KYC once in one ICO but after a few months that ICO is gone and so are your confidential information, so it's not really worth giving your information for such a small amount even for a much bigger one.

I also thought about this issue a lot. The airdrop program now always requires KYC's users but it really doesn't benefit their projects.
I think they will collect our information and sell it to other businesses. This is really a bad thing and I did not implement KYC for Stellar's campaign. Please keep your personal information confidential.

The idea of the whole KYC thing makes me sick. This is no different from how the banking system operates. $25 is too low for a KYC to be needed, I don't think its worth you provide them with your identification documents.

Its been a month since I've been seeing the stellar airdrop on the internet and I did forward to my friends with financial problem ,the fact is many will do participate in the airdrop for the 25$ ,many people are in bad financial state and they are not worried about the KYC so its a matter of choice

I almost go for it, because some people are posting they are claiming their airdrop, but I thought some ICO that ask for KYC offer a much more huge amount and I turned them all down, so why not this one, the only motives I can think of is they just want to have a power over us online.

And you think $25 will change his financial problem? That's too much. Don't make a shit comment please.

People should not give any of the identity because those can easily be compromised by them. Identity information worths more than monetary value.

As I can understand... Is required Gold Level to obtain Stellar Airdrop right? Not just submitting KYC....

It is worth our privacy? Nah, I don't think so. We don't know what's gonna happen once we passed our personal info so I wouldn't go that far even for $25 XLM. I'm not saying that they are going to scam, but the problem is what's the purposed of submitting KYC? Why do they just airdrop them? I'm suspecting that our KYC might be used for other purposes, not good for everyone in crypto sphere.

The purpose of KYC is to avoid cheating on airdrop, what I know about KYC on the Blockchain besides getting the airdrop the purpose is so that you can use their exchange platform
By the way, Stellar Lumens (XLM) has very often carried out huge amounts of airdrop, and many cheated on the airdrop, maybe this time they applied KYC to avoid cheating and only the original people got airdrop.

Whats a gold level ?  I dont see any gold level on my blockchain wallet account but i am qualified for the xlm airdrop although until now i didnt recieve any coins feom my wallet  . i heard that the xlm airdrop of blockchain will require a kyc to be able to succesfuly claim your reward but how can i  submit a kyc ?  I dont see that they were asking for it  .

the gold level is at kyc 2 I thought it was easy, but the process is still very complicated. many documents waiting in the receipt by the team, and they are still waiting for the announcement of the participants. either still running or has already completed airdrop.

Yeah, I heard about it. You are absolutely right. It is like we are selling our data for $25. lol. Anybody understand why they are doing this? To learn the number of users in Blockchain?

Identify is very personal and need to be treated as such (confidential). I see no reason why our identity should be taken under the blockchain technology afterall everyone is suppose to be anonymous. Let's be careful on how we deal with this people.

I don't think so, they must have other reason behind offering free $25 for your identity perhaps they have plans of benefiting more as they could sell the IDs to other companies for much higher price numerous times to recover for their airdrop expenses. If you truly want to do an Airdrop I see no reason why KYC is need. We have other ways to prevent cheaters, use them.

For some people yes it's worth $25 XLM for their privacy, $25 is a really good amount here in my country. That's why many people join that blockchain bounty. I actually not join the $25 xlm airdrop, because i also think like that, is it really worth $25 xlm for my privacy.

Lol that's a joke, how you can give your personal identity even your passport to others. My privacy should worth even more and thousands dollars still not yet enough for that. So many people from was joking by sending their ID for $25 worth XLM.

It depends on the financial status of the person that want to upload his/her document for verification, I personally don't like to give out my personal details to any platform including exchanges where I do my trade because I believe that the crypto market was made to carry out anonymous transactions and this verification process has already change the initial idea of how satoshi wants the crypto world to work this is why I can't be a participant.

Normally i wouldn't sell my privacy for 25$

But after giving out my identity lots of scammy icos/bounties, i said hey 25$ is better what i am normally getting. And i applied.

there is no different with us, we join bounty or ico with kyc requirement
also we dont know how bounty / ico will end.
many bounty that need kyc also not worth more than $25

of course $25 for me is better than doing bounty with kyc requirement
i joined for like 2 or 3 bounty with kyc requirement but at the end their token not even worth more than $20
it just like wasted my times

I haven't verified my account and I think I'm not going to verify it soon, I'm not a big fan of KYC the risk is too high for a small amount I don't want to regret something I've done in the past, even if the one asking is a reputable site or company it's still a no to me.

$25 isn't a big amount.

It all depend to you. The government is starting to record identities of BTC holders from the past and in order to do this they would have to get the oldest projects which is most likely used by majority of bitcoin users. Eventually if they get the records and tag each address by name then a huge database connected to user's email would be beneficial for government.

This never even occur to me before about the privacy for just #25 worth of xlm , which is truly ridiculous, I don't even think of submitting it cos I only use it for saving my coin and most cases when transacting with other people and I don't see any reason the kyc will be of must with just $25 .

I don't think it is a good idea to give kyc when we are talking about decentralized here , am even smelling foul plays here again as crypto is now kyc thing which is totally our of why it was created and I see government taking control of this in near future with this strategy of kyc even in most ICO now.

no it is not worth, $25 is just a small amount, it is really risky to give your personal information, what if your personal info use it to scam people?, personal info is important do not share to anyone.

I was one of the people who fulfilled the KYC process to get $25 XRP. I sent my ID and then got my rewards. Well, that was actually not really worthy. However, I don't know why I believe that site and then offer my ID. Yeah, maybe it is better to be more careful in the future in order to check and re-check again the programs with the KYC process to be fulfilled. It can be also a lesson for us, more careful and considerable when going to offer our KYC ID to get some rewards.

Worth or not it depend on the people themself because if we says our identity not worth for $25 but for some people who need money then $25 can consider as valuable amount and those who really need cash usually not too care if they sold their identity to the particular airdrop because they thought as long as this project legit then giving their personal ID won't be a matter for them

To some people $25 is a lot of money and careless about their privacy, it is what they put in their so much that they care about, it is very interesting that people in the space do not stand up for people in this category and try as much as possible to force Stella team to shelf the idea  or their airdrop model

I have often think about this things the whole kyc thing, how can a decentralized platform like the blockchain be requiring kyc before service can be deliver to a customer be it an airdrop participants or investors. I believe those sites are stealing our informations and selling it out to other companies that need huge user base.

When I saw this requirement about the need to undergo a KYC to participate in airdrop, I immediately decided that I would not do that. Many projects have already asked for a KYC, and now there are neither these projects, not the information what they have done with my personal data.
The idea of ​​cryptocurrency is dying before our eyes. Where is the promised decentralization, anonymity?

For people who need money, the value of $25 is very important. but for people who have a lot of money and are concerned with privacy, $25 is not comparable.
the decision is on each of us, you want it or not (share personal ID/KYC). The blockchain also doesn't force you to do all that, if you don't want to. This also applies to other airdrop types and exchange markets.

If you passed KYC for ICO and Bounty, then nothing prevents you from going pass KYC to get XLM. Otherwise, it is not necessary to upload your documents for $ 25.

You are talking about $25 XLM, what do you now say about airdrops or bounties that ending giving $5 reward after mandating participants to go through KYC. It's just so crazy in this space.

I think 25$ is a good price for completing KYC in case this information will not be used by the third parties, but it is impossible to be checked.

Of course not! Your personal information is not worth 25 dollars. It costs much more, but on the other hand, the platform can be understood. It expands the client base and pays for it.

This is the level of deterioration that the blockchain community has gotten to.. I understand that KYC/AML are put in place to meet up with regulations but now we see start-ups offering services that do not require KYC/AML asking for it.. The blockchain community even have identity projects such  civic..Rather they refuse to use blockchain identity platforms.. They want our data for their personal use.. It's saddening..

There are diverse opinions concerning this airdrop. In my opinion, if you have nothing to be scared of, you can participate and get the 25$ which happens to be substantial for some persons. Some persons believe that their privacy worths more than the airdrop, in such situations its best to abstain from the airdrop. But I doubt if blockchain would be using the information for any illicit dealing.

I think that this operation is not worth it to give is not clear to whom your personal data which are much more expensive.

$25 if not worth, and i think not all people who join in this airdrop put right information, And even put right information not one can guarantee we will receive coins, because i have many friend, he join in this airdrop put right information but he not receive it

Maybe it worth for people who can live months with 25$ if the airdrop is available for this countries. I hope that the identity will be safely stored and no one will use it for any bad scope.

Yes, it is very interesting what will happen to personal data. It seems to me that they will use and there are certain risks. :(

Obviously not worthy. I saw this airdrop last month and just ignored that.
We should not give your identity only for $25, we should do it like big investor.
Big investor doing KYC because it has a potential to gain big profit later, not for peanuts.

Has everybody received their XLM?   Myself and a friend have not received ours.

Remind that most people gave away their data for free in the past. So, acutally, this is one of the few moments people got actually paid for their documents!  ;)

I think for now there are a lot of fraud cases from Airdrop participants, so to limit that KYC is needed, so that it is fair and equitable, so there is not too much cheating.

well, i think this is a blockchain problem. I think it's quite natural, we know that blockchain gives us a lot of surprises. but, to find out customers, or users, I think it's natural to use Kyc. besides, there is a bonus for those who do it for $ 25

The issue of privacy could be very dicey, and should be taken with utmost seriousness. The personal information of people can be used for several illicit purposes when it gets to the wrong hands. Everyone should be very careful of the airdrop and bounties which ask for privacy information, it could be used to bring ones years of hardwork to nothing. I believe blockchain doesn't have intension of using the information for illicit activities, but we all need to careful.

Many people now do not understand how valuable their data is. and they take part in many of the air drops where you need to pass on the identity verification

It's not all about being anonymous. If anonymity was the only reason for which you aren't giving any data, then people who have no problem with their identity, meant if they didn't do any illegal activity, then can give their identity for $25?
It's matter when the people who are receiving the data isn't going to compromise your identity. It's about being compromised.

In my opinion, blockchain is aware of the  privacy policy in existence and would abide by it, making the possibility of selling of personal information impossible. I believe if the privacy policies are abided, then people have no cause to worry. Due to the various issues we've heard in the past, it's normal for people to worry and be unwilling to give out their privacy data.

I feel somewhat disappointed with blockchain on this. Why requesting the KYC? Also, I believe for them to be offering $25 as payback for the KYC means they also have a sort of monetary or material profit to make with those KYC information or documents. That is where I am more curious about their trick.

It is really not worth it, come to think of it, it is even blockchain wallet doing that, to get our kyc and give just $25 worth of XLM. I thought one of the uniqueness of blockchain is it's anonymity. Kyc is beginning to be the order of the day in the space which is not healthy.

Yeah, you are right. personal data is very important and valuable data. It's a pity if I only get $ 25 XLM by submitting My personal data instead. Yeah I think, I will not give my personal data just to get a little money.

I think if I won't give my personal data on blockchain.com to get airdrop $ 25 XLM, then I also will not give my personal data for airdrop and also bounty campaigns.

For me it's not worth it so i never got an interests of this $25 xlm airdrop which for others are easy money but they do not know their identity is being stolen which can be sold or used by criminals. Well i hope we will be more careful with some airdrops that require kyc because it is not worth it.

You're wrong, I think Airdrop is just an excuse to convince users to go through KYC. But this is not a scam, it is an attempt to encourage users to interact with the wallet as much as possible, to store cryptocurrency on it, to use internal exchange and as a result earn money on it.

its not about how much your privacy worth but more than to who you give it? its worth when you give to reliable and trusted website like exchanger and oldest btc wallet even you got nothing from them as rewards.

I get kyc in many online casinos, there it is a necessary procedure to take the winnings. I do not see a problem to go kyc in one more place.

Not a scam?  My friend and I both gave our ID and have not received XLM...

Is this normal?  Are others waiting still?

You cannot compare giving your KYC to an exchange and wallet to some shittoken/coin to get a worthless coin to probable scammers that will sell your data in a dm.
blockchain.info (now .com) been my wallet for 5 years of bitcoin since I left the desktop wallet and now they even offer swap and exchange services, KYC with them as intermediaries doesn't sound bad at all to me.

Maybe you didn't wait five business days, it was written in the mail.. when you get kyc?

Agree, they have reputation, I using blockchain for years for smaller amounts of bitcoins first and later for all other coins they added. I did kyc and I will get my $25 stellar, nice amount of stellar if you ask me and only thing you need to do is to do a simple kyc. They just dont wish to give $25 to all accounts, how many people have double and triple accounts. Nice gesture from blockchain, and probably nice way for all the people to get some crypto if they didnt by now, for almost free.

If you like me been using the wallet for 5 years seemed obvious that i would eventually do the kyc to trade between eth/btc, i hate bch however.
Also thank to blockchain I researched XML thing i haven't done in the past and I  seen that it actually worth something, thing that driven me to buy it after i sold.

it was clear that they did tricks like that for their personal needs later, for what later but I felt the data from KYC could be misused by them. the lure of $ 25 is very pleasant for those who have done this. I prefer not.

did I hear you say that your personal data will always remain personal?  You are wearing faba signature which means you are doing its bounty. And they required kyc from their participants.  So tell me, did you upload a fake ID for them or are you doing the bounty for free?

I am not surprised to see this post because I know there are lots of people with phobia about kyc. It's not mandatory to do kyc and yes it worth doing kyc for the airdrops to avoid cheaters. But for your information, they didn't do kyc because of that. I did kyc because of its exchange

Your data in the darknet (from different sources) sold for$1.25$ that's too cool.I stopped worrying about KYC because I have already sent my documents to scammers 1 time.blockchain.com (http://blockchain.com)do not look like scammers and I have repeatedly used their services.Therefore, do not panic. No one forces you to go through this procedure.

one guy passed kys  for xlm few moths ago. he did not recieve it yet. so i changed my mid about passing kys)) they will send this 25$ in xlm when xlm will cost more than a dollar ;D ;D ;D

KYC on blockchain * com is very difficult compared to other places where the level of acceptance of KYC is also very small, this can be a reference that our data will be fine and not misused

This is not worth my privacy, such a flimsy amount and many people are still saying that they didn't receive after submitting their details and I laugh at them. Anyways people have their needs and maybe that's why they could submit their details for such a flimsy amount

What if the bounty reward is large and you follow the campaign there, are you still not going to provide your data?

It's the same as on the blockchain if a large transaction requires an identity KYC.

I just want to tell that i got my 25 USD on my blockchain.com wallet (cellphone) with just an email verification.
I am just wondering why there are so many people talking about the identity, email can be created with fake entries.
NO kyc i ever done to claim my prize.

It's pretty strange that such a big website like Blockchain is asking for KYC just for an airdrop but I think they have a serious reason for that and it is probably to reduce the number of people who are cheating. The difference from other aidrops is that here you get a coin that is already listed on the market and you know for sure the tokens you will receive actually worth something so they want to be sure they don't waste money on people who are trying to cheat. I saw that aidrops right in the first days when it appeared but didn't give it that much attention because my identity is just not worth 25$

I myself can already get away with Kyc on the blockchain and get the airdrop coins. it's not difficult, it only takes a long time, maybe because too many are registering now. but if it's not wrong there is a limit to the amount of airdrop, is it now fulfilled?

Personally, our privacy isn't worth to be exchanged for any amount of money. And those people who claimed the XLM is either a hacker or does not care about the value of privacy. Actually, it is triggering me how actually some users have participated in the 'giveaway', and the situation of the cryptocurrencies spaces in general. I mean it doesn't hit the decentralized, and privacy things who has built in the nature of Bitcoin.

KYC is done by retarted people. Just ask yourself, would you give away personal data to a stranger in real life? I hear 100% NO.
Do KYC only for fiat transfers from exchanges, where it's requested by government laws.

KYC-Apes get paid peanuts, lol. Sorry, apes are smarter.

In general, it doesn't worth to take a risk in such situations. Blockchai.com is an old figure in crypto business models and so many people started their journey from their wallets. It was made very easy for Average guy who has no idea how to make a transaction and open wallet. In my opinion, it will be worth to join the airdrop and get the $25 for passing KYC.

I stay away from any airdrop that require my personal data, even if it's a platform with a good reputation in this particular case.

No. personally for me, it's not. I mean, privacy protection is the motivation behind most blockchain projects anyway. Really there'd be no much difference between the blockchain and the internet if our data is open and can be traced back to us on the blockchain. Data security is one of the things blockchain aims at bringing. I don't know why XLM asked for KYC. Maybe it's just to confirm that it's real users doing the airdrop. But If the aim of the KYC (hence the airdrop) was to steal the data of users, then shame on XLM

Not at all. It is not worth it. Why would any one risk his or her data because of $25. There could be more to it, making people release their privacy and they receive a token of $25 worth.  it looks suspicious. People should be careful on how they expose their privacy.

I checked in blockchain.info and now they are asking for doing camera appearance to do KYC they do not accept uploading of documents now, this is very risky, but we cannot blame people some of these wants easy money without thinking of the consequences.

I didn't think too much about this when they did the first xlm airdrop sometime last year, but thinking of it now, I wouldn't go through the stress just for $25 worth of crypto.

Always, there will be people who want to take advantage of something, that's why there is KYC process to prevent one person from getting to much of something which was planned to be distributed for more people.

Because that's related to our sensitive data and it's not worth to give it. But this time a lot of people don't care about that and it seems like they are only wanna getting a few bucks and paid it with their identity and they don't know how important their data

because sometimes people really need money so they do everything as long as they can get money, especially if the method is easy, people will be very interested.

but unfortunately they don't think about the risks they can do because our identity is something that is very important to us especially the privacy so you have to think carefully before giving your identity.

So basically they will just pay you with $25 for your personal information? Hmm, it's not worthy to push and send your personal details to them. Looks like someone is planning on something with a very small price to pay. But, i won't fall for it and i hope most of you don't too but I've heard there are some spammers that are using fake IDs to make it happen. How could their system verify them one by one?

I got the e-mail and in the written e-mail got 25 dollars with identity verification. And for me, it's okay to get those 25 dollars. While we use our own ID.

I would never disclose IDs to a potential thief for so low money. And remember you may not receive the coins.

i became a little worried about this, because i had followed the airdrop from blockchain.com and gave my identity to them.

i hope it's fine, at that time i was so innocent and didn't think about that excessively.
because i think they will keep the secret of everyone who participates.

I think an airdrop with the need for us to provide KYC does feels too much, and the amount of reward for airdrop also isn't much if compared with the data we provided for the KYC.

Myself and my friend both did the KYC and it was all done well over two weeks ago.

Maybe you did something wrong, look in spam folder. I get kyc 22 march and yesterday received mail -

Congratulations!

Your XLM is in your Wallet!

Check it out here, and start sending, receiving, and trading XLM today.

Nah, it even said I had done the process successfully. 

Looks like I fell  between the  cracks.  They don't seem to have anysupport for this matter either.

A waste of my time and yeah they fished my ID for free.

KYC on the blockchain is not just to get airdrop XLM, but after you verify KYC you can also use their exchange platform, so this is the same as you verify KYC on an exchanger to increase your withdrawal limit

Of course not worth it. Loss of data during the passage of KYC in the future can bring big problems. Therefore, it is not safe to pass KYC with such amounts.

It's true if I won't give my KYC at a low price, even for just $ 25 XLM. But I don't agree with your opinion. I think blockchain.com can protect the security of our personal data. I believe it.


are you sure ?
$ 1000 is free for you and you reject it. Okay that doesn't matter, so I will do and get $ 1000 from blockchain.com. Yes, I will do it if blockchain.com will provide such a program.

Did you do KYC on the exchange you used?
If yes, why aren't you worried about doing KYC ? and you do KYC for free. Whereas from blockchain.com you will get $ 25 XLM. and I think both have the same risk for data leakage.

here are many comments that it is very dangerous to give your identity $ 25, but I think many do it for $ 25.

They used a verification method to avoid fake account, scammer or anything like that.
The real reason for doing tier 2 verification in Blockchain wallet is to bypass your transaction limit even higher.
XLM airdrop is just a bonus for you ...

You're not doing any airdrop by giving your personal identity right?

I am against it, but I know that a huge number of people participate in this “distribution”, moreover, they dragged into this airdrop almost all their friends and family members) that’s what money does to people, people don’t think, for profit they’re ready much ... what will happen next? I think it will not lead to anything good, and now, due to the often repeated KYC requirements and the willingness of people to sell their identity for ephemeral profits, the cryptocurrency loses its appeal to those who value their anonymity ... I find myself increasingly the thought that the cryptocurrency has become a state instrument, everything that attracted me in it is now lost, it is a pity (

In general, it seems to me that I now need to keep my personal data under seven locks. Because now information technology is very well developed and there is no problem to know your data. I think that this is not worth any money.

Their supply is still not exhausted yet, they are still sending emails for uploading docs.
I got 2 accounys on blockchain.info and i got 3 emails but dont wanna get kyc verified.

no, i see no airdrop but selling your identity for $25. you people should know what you are getting yourselves into.

For majority $25 is worthless. But do not forget that there are countries where people are killed because of $1.
Blockchain.com (previous blockchain.info) is unlikely to be a scammer. If that is the problem, do not be afraid, go ahead.

I got these coins. I am not afraid to reveal my identity because I do not commit any illegal actions. But I don’t understand why the blockchain collects this information.

Seriously mate, why give out something private so easily when you don't understand what is it for?
Are you not afraid of what they'll possibly do with your identity?

My privacy is worth more than 25$ in XLM, so I don't participate in this airdrop. I'm not a fan of KYC anyway, so this is all a no go for me. Since I never know what will happen to my personal data, I don't take part in such actions. But everyone has to decide for himself whether he takes the risk or not.  ;)

For me, I will leave this program. privacy is more than valuable than only $25.
in this world, it is not only about profit.

but the fact is that many are still interested in doing so giving their data to get payment. I am sure that now there are so many people who are very interested in doing this because also the current conditions are less certain

Am not surprised to see this post because I am very much aware that many persons hate kyc. And this is actually an option and not mandatory.  If you want to enjoy their full features,  you are required to complete kyc. As for me I have no problems with kyc on blockchain.com

In my opinion airdrop uses kyc is still worth, but the worst risk if using kyc certainly there can be our data if there are hackers who try to steal kyc data and succeed we can only surrender because kyc can be used for anything

when compared with the amount of money obtained indeed this is not comparable. but I'm sure this information will not be used for crime, I understand that companies as large as the blockchain will not do this. Data utilization may be used to analyze the use of digital currencies. but be careful, for example, find another website that does the same thing. the credibility of a website can be an indicator of whether or not doing kyc is a thing that must or not.

Everyone determines for himself how much his personal data is worth. For me personally, this is a lot more than $ 25. But I do not exclude that there are people and for less agree to sell their personal data...

It's not just airdrop, we pass KYC for use a full feature. Blockchain needs KYC lvl 2 for increase a swap limit.

This is different from other airdrops. Suggest don't do a KYC for any airdrop with an unknown company. Blockchain.com provide a swap cryptocurrency to cryptocurrency (such ETH to BTC or any else).

Blockchain wallet is a trusted source and they are cooperating directly with XLM team, so I think this airdrop is legit and it worth your personal information that you are doing in every project that requires KYC from you.

With or without $25 give away paid by Stellar, users have to do KYCs to protect their accounts on exchanges, and service providing platforms, such as masternode service hosting platform.
So, I think it is acceptable, especially for someone who already have accounts on Blockchain.info site.

What difference does it make anyways, people do kyc to receive worthless tokens from bounty and other means, this is a requirement which most project have to ensure their users go through for security purpose, so wether do it for more or less $$ don't matter, what matters is you have done it at some point and your information is out there, just hope they don't get compromised.

To be honest, i joined the airdrop. why? Because blockchain wallet is legit and i've been a user of it since the beginning. I trust them a lot. I know my identity is safe with them. People i know in this industry has joined too coz it is worth the risk.

Well, what can I say, your private data has long been on the network if you ever made a mistake when choosing a project with a confirmation of identity. So a large project can be trusted with this information and I am sure you will not lose anything. Although it is a personal choice of each.

On the one hand, the opportunity to get $ 25 sounds very tempting, but on the other hand, selling information about yourself for $ 25 is silly ... I don’t even know. I abandoned this idea.

Many people are paranoid. I really do not understand why.
Do you think that government, banks and big companies do not know these informations about you?

I am not talking about sending ID to everyone, but Blockchain is a big and trusted company, so where is the problem?

There are so many ways of losing you private information even without getting any cah for this, so, yeah, this idea looks worthy :) At least they pay you for that.

I think it's worth paying our identity for $ 25 XLM does airdrop through blockchain and we know the blockchain's reputation is guaranteed even though we give our personal data I am sure 100% safe

In general, I am wary of any kind of KYC. Even when you invest in projects there is no guarantee that your personal data will be preserved. Any profit willn't cover the problems that you may encounter if your documents leak. I mean a terrorism, a fake bank cards and etc

I have not yet gone through a KYC on any ICO that I've participated in, and I will not likely participate in this one for just a small amount, but it still depends on how the wallet owner, look at it and trust blockchain.info we should respect their decision.

LOL, so why you partipated, then did not do KYCs to get payments from your participations?
If you decided that you don't like to do KYCs for small money, you should not join those ones when you read their rules, in which KYC mentioned and required to get payments at the ends.

kyc is not necesarry required . we can still use exchange/wallet with or without a kyc  . kyc mainly use in order to lift your limits  . i didnt complete the kyc on blockchain but i did the airdrop .


for you maybe because but for the rest its not . 25 usd is too small compare to your privacy  .  yes blockchain is reputable but what if they've been hi jacked ?  i think your personal info's can still be at risk because hackers can potentially use them for thier other illegal deeds  .

But the fact is that there are also many who are interested in doing this, they are willing to give their data to be able to get 25 $ and in my opinion it is indeed a detrimental thing because our data may be misused

No wait for monipulation of your information. And the proper provision of information with the purpose of confirming something is different things. However, the big brother is watching you all the same. And check the personal data of each of us have long walk on the Internet, so why worry now?

on my opinion based about blockchain.com
with biggest company like that,i am just sure,the data will be safe on their system.
because,blockchain.info or blockchain.com is my first btc wallet.
but for reality,of course give your identity for 25 bucks just a stupid thing.

I think yes. Because I have a need to use Blockchain.com wallet. KYC is a necessary process to use some of their services, as well as having to complete KYC on some exchanges. And you have an extra $ 25, why not do it?

I still getting a lot of invitation to confirm my account on blockchain but I just ignored them and delete it or marked it spam, I can still make a living without that $25 of Stellar, I don't want something to regret in the future something some people do not know.

In my opinion it is not worth it but the fact is that there are currently many people who really want to get a lot of airdrop benefits so give their data to the company and get stellar

I'm not that afraid to do a KYC on the blockchain.com wallet, I got my $25 of Stellar  6 weeks ago, and they are now valued at $33, when I sell them I will most likely send them to another exchange and change them for bitcoins. So blockchain will not be able to follow the XLM and link them to my private bitcoins addresses. So I don't see any reason to be afraid to do a KYC their.

To me, the answer is yes! Because it depends on the platform project. We all know what blockchain dot com is! It is one of the most trusted web wallet services! Therefore, If blockchain asks the real identity without paying any money, then I will do that willingly! Because they will not sale your documents to others, they need KYC to know the customer well and to prevent the crypto market from the scammers! 

Can you still get this now?  So anyone can get it but what info you need to give?

This might be risky and many blockchain users know it but I tell you that alot don't even care about it, all they want is the reward and not so concerned about their personal information.
It could be that blockchain is wanting more usage adoption to have introduced the program like they claim, who knows.

i think worthy, identity is paid 25 USD blokchain has guaranteed trust in everyone's eyes so it is not possible that the identity you provided ,misused by blockchain

I've received my 25$ worth XML, but this wallet I will use with attention or better try to mix my transaction through shapeshift

And what if their database where they have stored such info. gets hacked. You are choosing money over identity which can lead to issues later on. Your identity could be misused and yet you would be held as the culprit.

This is really a bad situation and definitely needs to turn the minds who think it is good.

Personally, I rarely pass on KYC because now there are a lot of dishonest companies.If I already pass KYC, I must be 100% sure that they will not leak my data to the black market. I didn't participate in this airdrop, because i don't trust Blockchain wallet.

Can someone explain what information you need to give to get $25 worth of XLM?  Also it is sent to your blockchain account?

i think no because we all know how blockchain.com can be truated for so many years, i like their service anyway and yet they dont disclose private data to anyone, i think no issue yet when it comes to their services.

Biggest company or not the information is not guaranteed to be safe just like the recent hacks someone who works with them could leak everything.


There is one past issue where a user manage to retrieve hundreds of bitcoins from blockchain wallets.

I don't feel safe with it. It's like i am selling my identity only for 25$ . I don't want to expose myself to the crypto world. So i decided not to verify my account.

Some people would definetely find it acceptable, but what's the point in decentralization and being anonimous.  :)

That's true it's hard to trust even the site is realible because that's small amont  of money can still your identity much better to bevigilant i anytime and don't always trust what you see in social media because your identity is on danger. Much better to investigate before you grab anything.

It is up to the user's preferences when it comes to some freebies. But I wouldn't take the risk of sending my information for $25. This project is totally legit but we don't know what will happen to our data afterwards. No one is forcing them to undergo such verification so basically it is up to the user if he will accept all the terms included in it.

Having you been reading the news lately? No company can guarantee the safety of the private data you give to them, either they get hacked or sell them to 3rd party companies to make massive profit. The likes of google, Facebook etc does the same thing with our private data. why do you think blockchain.com won't do the same with our data.

It is better to give away identities for big, reliable sites like Blockchain.info to earn small money.
I don't recommend to do that, but if someone need money, they should choose reliable sites to do KYCs and get money.
In addition, never do KYCs for airdrops because you don't know they will do which things with your identity, and at the end you might not receive tokens from them.

I wonder how much stock they have?? This advertisement is open for like 3 months now and i am sure Africans and Nigerians would have rioped or abused this but still the campaign is going on. Anyone was able to make through the KYC??

$125 million worth of XLM, this event has been around for more than 3 months and also I've got mine a few months ago, this event will end after $125.000.000 : $25 = 5 MILLION People successfully pass KYC

Of course its really worthless to give our indentity to them. Just for $25 they have our privacy then they can sell the clients indentity to the other. The problem is, what they will do with that identity? Surely it can be copy for fake id card for example.

I think you need to have data to say that Nigerians and Africans abused the give away of XLM with KYC required.
People tend to abuse but with KYC it will become harder for them to do this.
I even saw groups that sell KYC, of course, from identities of people who don't join crypto.
So, with KYC, I think that is the way abusers will do to get money.

I believe blockchain introduced kyc to stop people doing multiple accounts by abusing the giveaway offer. Greediness is common among hunters, and the only way to stop that is to introduce strong kyc.

In my own view, kyc is indeed for such program in other to ensure people are not doing more than 1 accounts. I don't think blockchain has anything to do with people's privacy, their main purpose to introduce kyc is to make sure no multiple accounts on blockchain.

I think it depends on where you live and your financial situation. $25 may be big for those who live in 3rd world country but not for those who live in 1st world country. Blockchain.com is a big one and reliable so i think it should be safe to pass kyc there.

In my opinion, no, it doesn't worth it, because we don't know what will happen to our documents,we know after exchange hacking users doc. started to be sold in darknet so we must understand every time we make KYC its a big risk so money or opportunities we get must worth that risk, it's very simple for me.

I passed kyc , and I do not see anything wrong with getting $ 25 , I passed a lot of KYC and my documents have long been on the network , I'm not particularly worried about this

I strongly disagree with you. Think about why such a large company is collecting our data. If you do not trust such large services, then who can you trust at all. This Airdrop was organized in order to attract as many users as possible to cryptocurrencies and explain that it is not as difficult as it may seem.

as long as they guarantee the security of the data we provide, it's worth it in my opinion. A large amount of $ 25, try to compare it with verification of Kyc in an exchange that does not provide any compensation. so if you want to participate it's a good choice.

For me, $25 is a very small amount just for personal identity or privacy! I personally do not care about how much the prize is offered by anyone, because my identity is not for sale! So, it's clear, I am not tempted just for $25 that offered by blockchain.

With the issue of the social media sites, they misuse our information without any explicit authorization and for airdrops, we willingly give out our private data. I will personally not participate, going through KYC is a boring and stressful process for me

Good post you are absolutely right this is totally unfair to give airdrop just worth 25$ USD and want to pass KYC, I join it but when they ask for KYC i leave it i don't want such a little amount of XLM for my precious info.

Don't sell your personal data for $25. they might tell you they need KYC to avoid cheaters but be sure where you are putting yourself into. they are harvest people information just like facebook, and google.

If the person has already passed KYC somewhere, why not get an XLM, and if the person wants to stay anonymous, it is better not to pass KYC, it is better to stay anonymous

actually, I did KYC, and I think a lot of people did it. well, however, that is not really appropriate, however, I think I've done the same thing on some exchangers. well, maybe next time I will be more careful.

there's people who really done doing it, not only because of such amount but curiosity and lack of knowledge about the risk that they've take, personally it's hard to provide you personal information online as we don't know what harmed can be done to us, and yes, needs to be  very careful next time scammers and hackers are always finding ways to take something from us.

If people don't have reasonable things to really need money for their lives, they should not do KYC to get money from airdrops, bounties.
It will become more important if they have intention to do KYCs on strange sites, new born projects.
The risks on those strange, young sites are higher.

I believe Blockchain is legit. I found it strange for any small airdrop projects require KYC for even smaller amount or even 0 but people do it without questions.

Blockchain is a good site, so if you need money from them, from Stellar, you can do KYC and claim your free $25 in XLM.
But, if you don't need money and don't want to take risks, don't do that.
I don't say Blockchain.info is unreliable, bad-secured, but disclosing identities to third sides when you don't have to do that is bad ideas.

I did this airdrop and performed the KYC but I haven't received the XLM till now. I see Blockchain as a very good project with integrity, that's the reason I took the risk in the first place.

In the last few days i am thinking about 25$ worth XLM token which is offering airdrop token by blockchain. 25$ very low amount comparatively with identify verification. Blockchain is undoubtedly legitimacy that's why i don't think abusing or selling with our identity documents. Although i already submitting KYC but still pending.               

I think giving your own privacy for 25$ is not worth it. You could not know where they will they put or what will they gonna do with it. It's too risky giving out classified information to people you don't even know. Aside that, there are many ways to earn money using the block chain but doing KYC its a big no for me.

I believe people giving up their identity for such a tiny bit of money must have a die need for that amount as at that time but for it's a No No, my identity is too precious for such a tiny drop

Blockchain.com is a big site, so in my opinion your personal data will remain safe and always privacy. If indeed they really sell, then you can prosecute it legally, because this site has a center and transparency of the company.
KYC is intended to reduce the level of fraud that exists, such as manipulating data to get money from airdrop

I think that many people trust this wallet for this, they are ready to go through identification in order to get free coins. They don’t see any risk in that.

The $25 XLM Airdrop in blockchain.com is one of the marketing strategy for Stellar itself but also it can help the mass adoption of cryptocurrency if more new people participate on that Airdrop though it is not a big amount to give your identity but the intention is good for crypto industry.

I only see that the blockchain wallet is still safe, so there's nothing wrong if we verify the wallet to save assets like we did in some wallets / markets that require us to do KYC to do WD so we will do it without problems to get $ 25 but all for convenience or service on the platform, but if the blockchain does something that endangers us all, trust in the wallet will be greatly reduced and of course we leave it.

each team or developer must always notify all potential participants that they must verify the KYC from the start, not after everyone has worked hard and then says that each participant is required to verify KYC, it seems compelling and does not give the chosen participant.
and because the Airdrop held by Stellar from the beginning did tell such conditions then I thought it was feasible and even this was not a problem at all because actually this is a simple case because we can choose to follow Airdrop or not after knowing the requirements

There are some countries that will join here even it costs their private information because maybe they are in need of money.

In my opinion, I don't think my identity costs only 25$. Not even 100 or 1000$. I don't want to give my personal information to some random people out there for tokens even XLM is a good coin for me.

it really depends on everyone's perception because there are people who think that $ 25 is a large number and some think it is a very small number, some really want to protect their privacy and some don't really care about that and my answer to this question is "not worth it"

$25 worth of XLM is not worth providing your identity document.  Considering the rate at which crypto platforms are being hacked, why will you allow yourself for your identity details to be bought at $25 ? This KYC thing is just not necessary for small amount of money. KYC should be done by people who are either buying huge amount of cryptocurrency or selling huge amount of it.

airdrop xlm at that time was pretty good because it really paid when the market was falling. but, yes indeed with a value of $ 25 and required you don't feel fair. because we give our identity but with little reward.

You are not right, in my local, $25 isn't a small amount. Many have done this for $25 and got the rewards too. But, if someone offers me more than $25 or even more than $2500, I would not have a look because my privacy is important than any monetary value. The same goes for other people too living in a country where $25 is nothing big.

It is clearly that the answer should be depended on each case. If someone who have total income per day just $10, why they should not do KYC and get $25?
However, it turns out to be different if someone have daily income around $50 or $100, it is obviously that they should not do KYC and get $25.
Especially, if someone who already have big crypto fortune, they should never do KYC and get $25. It is so risksy for them.

Lol never thought of myself selling my privacy for any amount and what more if that cheap 25$? No way mate ,i will only give my privacy for a certain situation that it needs to have my personal things.

For example:

KYC is for my bounty,then why would i deny mine if from the start when i decide join is KYC already required ,or for some sites that i wanna be part and needed a KYC

Exactly. I have a same approach like yours. I only do my KYC in un-rejectable situations, on exchanges, big and good long history exchanges.
Doing KYCs for bounties, or airdrops on small exchanges, no I don't have intention to do that for now and might be never have intention to do that in the future, if I won't get bankcrupted.  :D

I used to think so too. But now I realized that I was missing a lot of good bounty campaigns because of this. I don’t think projects need our KYC, they just want to protect themselves.

Personal identity is more valuable compare to 25$, this is the ideal answer to your question.
But if we talk about why other people are still joining and completing the KYC for this small amount as a reward.

We cannot judge them as there are many reasons also why most of the people didn't care whether their privacy was stolen as long as they will earn.
Many are desperate to earn in order to fulfill their goals and for many other reasons. But if you are not in serious trouble of money then 25$ worth of airdrop is not a good idea to be part with in exchange with your privacy.

It's really depends on individual, someone daily income more than $100 and won't look for this small money plus give their document to third party, but some of them really think it's worth to get because airdrop event is from a large company, maybe they thought their document and personal information will remain safe in the platform.

I've reached the point where I accept the government wants to know about all of my profits, so I have the mindset that I have nothing to hide. As long as the company requesting information from me is reputable, I am OK with that. If I truly wanted privacy, I'd be investing in Monero, Zcash, or BEAM. Anonymity will always be around for those who want it.

It does only makes sense in developed nations, where governments managed tax collected from citizens well, and there have good social services for their locals when they got troubles with their lives.
It does not make sensen in some developing nations, where corruptions occur everywhere, and tax collected don't be used appropriate to support locals and their troubles.

In addition to giving out $25 XLM by blockchain they disabled one of the most important feature I have been using in their wallet I.e the accessibility and ability to exchange ethereum to bitcoin or BCH vise versa easily without KYC.
This a feature I often enjoyed in most times until recently   however I was surprised that they are requesting for my identities including taking a selfie against the backdrop of my transacting Cryptos anonymously.

in my opinion it's okay because getting airdrop is same to not doing anything and only giving kyc (identity) which is not high risk too.

I have no problem with it. I think it's for my security. If i face any problems related to my account it will help me to get solution. I already verified my account and got the bonus.

for $25, i do not do kyc. the amount is just too small for me, that i give out my data. even if the airdrop is serious and legitimate, the effort is too much for me. but still nice to read that there are still real airdrops.

I don't think a very respectful website like blockchain.com will sell our identity to other party. KYC on that site purely to ensure that you are really human and you have no chance to cheat their events by using multiple account to claim Stellar. It's all normal for me, but it doesn't mean I will always join any airdops from other platforms. Only trustful platform!

but do you know how your data will be used? and $25 are not worth that you data will be wondering all over the internet.

For some peoples, yes it is not a big deal to giving the identity information to them.
Maybe because they are urgently need money to their debts.
But from my personal opinion, i think it is not too worth to sell your identity just for $25

Of course $25 isn't worth our privacy/identity! But try look at this from another angle.....
Imagine if this whole process was done without kyc... people would have abused the giveaway because this is open to everyone in the world....which means high competition for the few slots avalaible, so one way to give equal opportunities to all is to use KYC.

The thing with bounties,giveaways, airdrops and anything related to freebies is these always attract certain people trying to cheat the system and as far as I know KYC is one of the ways used to try and discourage cheating and  make this a fair process.

KYC will do nothing except temporary obstacles.
Massively - maybe, instead of 1000 multi-accounts, 500 are registered, but the rest can also go through these KYC - the only question is the cost.

By topic: I also participated, but did not want to disclose ID so dont receive XLM =(

Each person decides for himself whether or not to pass kyc procedures.. you can use a false identity as an option

$25 airdrop is absolutely not worth with our identity. It is different when it comes to exchanges that require KYC for its customers. Ones must submit identity in order to be able to trade and withdrawal in certain amount of cryptocurrencies. Nevertheless, data leaks may possible happens to any exchanges and every system has its weakness so I think it is a consequence for any circumstances. But again, KYC for airdrop worth of $25 is unreasonable.

They don't necessarily have to sell our identity, the only thig hackers need is a leak in the system and all our personal informations all lost. We are talking about a lot of people's identity here and I'm pretty sure hackers will be staying close to this since they could optain a lot of identities they could use for different illegal activities.

$25 might not mean much to a lot of folks but some would be ready to take the plunge just to earn that little hoping that their private documents don't get exposed to the prying eyes of hackers

Yes, but on the trash air drop we run to give our passports. All very difficult. Who needs these $ 25 can easily take them away. Who does not want can incognito everything is simple.

You are paranoid. Do you think that nobody has such informations about you? Come on, google and facebok know more than you can even imagine. So, yes, 25$ is enough to send someone photo of your driver license to a real and regulated company.

I wouldn’t give my privacy for just 25$ . At first it wasn’t so but they noticed people are taking it for granted by trying to claim multiple times. This is the reason why kyc was introduced. My fear is just about loss f data to hackers when there is breach or leakage to their system. Now kyc is the order of the day almost everyone wants their your details.

If I we're them I'm not hoing to give my identity no one knows what are they going to do with our identity specially it was to cheap 25$ for your identity? how about your security are secured after you gave them your full information specially they didn't accept ordinary ID .

The $25 doesn't worth one divulging his identity for , but just like you pointed out, people especially the newbies could be rushing it due to the present market condition.
Though $25 means a lot to some people.

Very identity to get $ 25 XLM I think it's not worth it and we don't know what purpose that blockchain uses that information to. I think the crypto market is developed because it has good identity security features compared to using actual banks. So I advise you not to sell personal information for only $ 25 and not clear its intended use.

Nobody forces you to go through this procedure, but as I personally consider it a great opportunity to get a top beginner cryptocurrency and start earning money from it, but believe in our personal information on the Internet for a long time.

Yeah, we constantly go through this procedure for much less money. According to the extreme measure here we can be sure that our data is under reliable protection.

I see that people have divided opinions on this, but my answer is no. Just imagine that if you will do it, in the future, the regulatory authorities will be able to tie together all your crypto wallets and accuse you of tax evasion in the amount of tens of thousands of dollars or even more. When this will happen and you realize that it's because you once received $ 25 a long time ago, it will not seem like such a good deal to you.

$25 is not but when I did this they offered $50 which I gladly took. Guys, in the end it is not like any of our data is not available to governments etc if they want to... we are transparent!

privacy is hard to come by these days, i even get personal ads on things i never search for online every just talking about with my friends, like the other day i got a ad for a cigarett brand i only smoked during my time in bali, and now these adds are popping up everwhere its insane. so im not that worrierd about some kyc process.

That´s what I am saying...

maybe I agree with you for me 25 $ to sell your identity is very meaningless to them it is a good thing because they could just misuse our identity for their benefit, so I advise others not to sell your identity for something that is not worth

Ridiculous, some people are spending   tens, even hundreds  of thousands of bucks per year  to guard their privacy while there are those who are  almost ready to sell  themselves  for miserable $25. It is funny, but  OP is  making it work.

It can be worth if the value of XLM increases a lot. But it all depends on you. If you have already pass some other KYC, your identies are maybe already everywhere.
But if you don't believe in the XLM coin, don't do it.

If any unknown company conducted this airdrop, then of course it would be better to miss this airdrop and forget about it altogether, but since this airdrop spends xlm along with the blockchain, then personally I think that these companies can certainly be trusted.

For me its not worthy since our personal data is priceless and should be treated with extra security. Thats why dont just give your data in exchange for only few bucks, or else your privacy would be compromise because some entity are selling our data to big companies thats why dont do it for your own sake.

The interest towards cryptocurrency keeps growing, and the same is because of the anonymity it provides with time. $25 worth XLM after years might increase, for the same one will never intend to reveal the identity. As the progress of cryptocurrency continues more large scale firms begin to make its entry, and will tend to take control of the users. Someday we will lose our identity on the cryptospace in my opinion.

$25 or it be the $25000 worth of XML never be equate to your privacy. Your privacy is always be the top among all. If your privacy breach it can be used by the group of terrorist finally that could be very cost to you so you can't measure in terms of money only.

I just yesterday received $ 25 for airdrop which was carried out by this company.Personally, I'm not worried about identity theft.I have been using their wallet and hope that my personal data will not fall into the hands of scammers.

As for me I don't think its worth giving out for I.d for 25$ worth of coin and I have a bad past about blockchain wallet so I don't really trust them ,even on the airdrop platform it was never stated that KYC will be required to get the 25$ XML until you try to join ,very shady

I think this is related to KYC on yesterday's blockchain. well, I think it's really inappropriate. it's just that, I also have an account, and I don't think it's wrong to perfect my identity there. well, it all depends on the views of each person. but, I know that many people do that.

if you trust them then this is worth. i received 48$ but it took like 4 weeks to receive. I hope our identities are safe.

There is only one way to avoid passing of KYC. Do not join their airdrop. Yes, we complain those who are requiring us to pass these KYC. As a matter of fact, I am also against that because I want to hide my identity in this industry. Unfortunately, we are in dilemma wherein we need to choose. Do we need to go step in KYC just to get the $25? Or hide our private information.

As you know KYC is demanding every exchange and also required by ICO for investors and bounty hunters,it's requirement of FATF to regulate finical sector so it't not privacy threat .

it could worth identity of some people, as for me i won't give my identity because of $25 worth of xlm, my image is important to me than $25 worth of xlm.

Don't believe it! Those are lies. They don't pay us. I and my friends tried to follow Airdrop. But what do we get? Just nonsense. Blockchain just wants to steal all of our personal data.

If you aren't a big whale and you have just entered crypto then you need these money and your privacy isn't worth a lot. So this is my point. For poor guys it is a decent amount of money

I agree with you, ordinary people will keep their savings in Bitcoin, Ethereum. This is due to the convenience and maximum liquidity.

Theme is verified organization. Sometimes we go through KYC to get $ 10 from a vague company. So this is a good drop. Pathetic I can't pass it. Unfortunately, this is the policy of my country.

Just not true even though by now it can take a couple of weeks after successful verification - this used to work within minutes and now can take weeks... but its not a scam!

Personally, I don't really like to go through kyc and show my data, so I didn't go through kyc to get free $25

I have followed Airdrop which was launched from blockchain.com, but I did not find any obstacles. If you talk about the problem of data theft through Airdrop which was launched through the blockchain. Today, many projects have been launched that have to go through KYC. I think if they want to steal our data, not necessarily through the blockchain, there are many ways they can be done.

Come to think about it, those projects or companies who aren't interested or might not be interested in your private information won't offer you reward for providing them though KYC but when a reward is offer that means there's every possibility of them profiting from the information they'll be obtaining from participants of the KYC especially when it has to do with big companies like Blockchain.com

Has anyone received the airdrop? Haven't heard much about the airdrop after I wrote this post. Was the airdrop withdrawable?.

I agree $ 25 good money , and obviously the documents are unlikely to leak somewhere , as the wallet has long been working and is unlikely to spoil its reputation.

I don't think much can be done about our privacy anymore since Facebook and twitter has these. As long as the blockchain project is legitimate like stellar lumens, I don't really have a platform performing kyc for 25 usd worth of coins

I have not seen anyone claiming to have gotten the aidrop, maybe it is just a trick from blockchain.com to have its hand on user privacy informations.

For some peoples, their identity or privacy is not the top priority to protect, thus $25 is worth for that.
But for some peoples who have a great position in some company, or popular peoples, they won't give their identity details no matter what.
I think every peoples have different point of view about the value or their identity.

It is difficult thing to discuss and come to general conclusion. For people whom live in third world nations, they sometimes should do it for their lives and their families. For people whom have higher life quality, they should not do KYCs and disclose their identities. it's better for them to do this for their future security.

That will be back to their decision. We have no right to blame them all because they have been doing it on their own risk. But again to waste our personal identity for some dollars is not worth.
But that's the easiest way for them to get free stellar from the blockchain.

I think this is a more difficult question if you are participating in a bounty. I just saw a video on YouTube as people are merging data from thousands of gigabytes of projects from your photos and videos. We all know that it is not safe. In addition to personal information, there are many schemes that use fraudsters. Now every second project requires KYC, however 90% does not enter the market. Do you think your passport or ID card is online? Of course have. And that scares me the most.

really not worth it because there is a possibility our data can be spread if their platform is hacked, and for xlm I try to follow it, but use other people's data (my friend) and it turns out their platform at that time had an error, so the data that has been registered can be used by other users and I think it's strange, some people use this airdrop by borrowing data from people they know and getting thousands of dollars easily even though the process is a little long.

It wortgs, when you would like to buy or trade cryptocurrencies on centralized exchanges you have to pass KYC also, but for free, so why not to use this offer and turn it to your advantage?

people who participated in that drop - just lmao.
It is like, somebody will come up to you on the street and says "hey buddy, sell me your docs for 25$ bitcoin equivalent" and instead of kick that man off you say, "well, okay".
Pretty funny.

who would not say, by doing so, more and more people are learning about bitcoin and starting to use it.and to pass Kyc or not, it's everyone's business. audience reach is important to me. why they need data is another matter.?

On a serious note mate, $25 XML does not worth my privacy and my privacy is my life to me. I have abandoned some pretty good money on exchanges and gambling platform's all because of KYC requirements, which where not requested before the start of these platform's. When they have your privacy, they take your data and make money it at your expenses. Never underestimate the power of the IOT which van make anybody stupid.

Definitely not. Ask yourself, are you worth $25? If not don't take it :)

Are they still doing this at the moment?  So its free $25?


Now i wonder something else.  What if you asked other friends and other ppl you know to help you out on this.  Let say they don't mind.  That way they all get $25 a person.  Of course giving your privacy is not good. 

KYC is needed to help companies that run give aways to eliminate abusers on their give aways. However, there is no guarentee that those companies won't leak identities of participants someday later. Hence, I think that it is better to avoid such give aways if people don't lack of money. There are so many different things to get money, not only give aways with KYC requirements.

even the airdrop ever done by the blockchain is airdrop with definite results. even though the process is quite long, but amazingly, the number of XLM that is distributed is very large and it lasts very long. many people have got results from this. there is no harm in following it, rather than following the airdrop of the new project with the payment of tokens that may not necessarily be used as money.

If someone has already passed through the KYC cryptocurrency, it is a great opportunity to pass KYC again and get free 25$ in XML

i still dont understand, i did get my XLM worth 25$ before but all i gave was my email.
I created a blockchain.com wallet and registered my email there, it took almost a month and i received the tokens with out doing any KYC.

Certain things are not for everyone, a lot of persons from the third world county will jump at it, $25 afford a decent meal and to someone whose disclosing of his identity does mean much to would not mind participating in such. Besides, there are a lot of Airdrops and bounties that require such details even though it is not certain they will pay and a lot of persons still join them. Different strokes for different folks

Honestly giving out your documents via KYC for 25$ XLM doesn't worth it. But it's not compulsory you must do the airdrop, it's optional. So if anyone cares more about his or her privacy, then he or she is not supposed to do the airdrop.

Besides Blockchain and Coinbase, is anyone else giving out free XLM?

Those are the only 2 exchanges giving out XLM as an airdrop in exchange for excessive personal informations of their users.

I passed kyc and I do not regret , I do not think that something bad can happen to your documents , I think this wallet has a great reputation and it is unlikely that they will expose themselves

Yes, this is something very terrible if our personal data is provided free of charge to any project that asks to do KYC, I personally always take care if I want to do KYC on any project. Because we don't know what will happen to our identity when our data is in the hands of others.

Blockchain.com is a trusted wallet and is here for years supporting the growth and development of bitcoin.
As people are readily providing their identity to scam ICOs, gambling sites and even on small airdrops, I don't think providing it to blockchain.com is a larger risk compared to the reward.

Well, I wouldn't join such airdrop which will later require for KYC. It is quite suspicious because it appears blockchain intends to gather users identity data for a purpose but we should understand that Bitcoin was unique from the other digital currencies due to its anonymous user feature.

For me if you asked me I joined because of the features made available for one to use after passing kyc, it enables me to swap my tokens into a stable coin, I think the 25 usd is for the stress. Besides most exchanges made us go through KYC without compensation for the stress

Day in day out our informations are been collected all in the name of airdrops, bounties and in general KYC and the bigger question you've asked is are they worth it? Nope but what can we do if we stand at their mercy?

People can claim their airdrops with KYCs to get $25 on reliable sites, includes Blockchain.com, or Coinbase and some other old crypto sites. For new born sites, which have not proof of reliability, it is better to avoid KYCs requirements and take risks with your identity leaks to get just $25. Be careful with your identity, and in long run you won't regret.

nothing strange, i followed it and i got my XLM. there is no need to be afraid of KYC that we do. I think blockchain.com has long been used by many people as one of the best and easy to use bitcoin wallets. airdrop is held because the XLM release event is in their application.

For blockchain.com, it is sure that people can get protection for their identities. However, things can be changed, and blockchain.com can not manage their site out of attacks over years. Therefore, do it with your risk-acceptance and prepare for worst cases. So, please don't store all your funds in accounts that you use same identity to claim airdrops on whatever sites, not only Blockchain.com. Just in case.

I don't have any problems with any project initiating a kyc even for a $5 reward. It's their choice to follow that procedure and it's also my choice to join or not. So I choose to do the kyc and get the $5 reward or not. It's simple you can't be forced to do the kyc, but they initiated it to fight scammers and spammers

Accept rules, and join them with accepted risks with KYCs. Most of times, there is no issue with KYCs; but in worst cases, issues might occur. When issues occur, you will be stucked in a big mess. That's what I made my decisions to avoid KYCs if it is not mandatory for my crypto career.

for airdrop from blockchain info this is not worth the first time when they have not implemented an update on their kyc system, using kyc data obtained from Google is still possible and we can get stellar from them easily, of course it makes me think of airdrop with $ 25 if using personal data very worthless but now they have tightened their kyc system. and if you use data from Google, now you can't

they are looking for more users. and how to measure additions of users is with false data from users who do KYC. I think that Airdrop was quite successful. we can see the number of participants is very large, so a lot of allocation from the blockchain has also been used up.

Personally No but at the same you would be surprised what would people do for $25 let alone giving out their private information to centralized organization. It makes it bad for everyone and it allows said organizations to think that they can get away with anything which they can as long as there are people who will willingly sell their private information for little gains.

What is the lowest price you will pass KYC? Everyone has a price :D

Not worth it at all, this airdrop has been going on for a while now and I see some friends rushing to get involved and I just wonder for such a tiny piece

It took me one month to decide to provide my KYC to blockchain.com, maybe I was influenced by hype during that time. Unfortunately, after my KYC got verified, the airdrop is on hold and they put me on the waiting list to receive the airdrop. I kind a regret my decision but what is done is done.

I don't think so, if you are not cheater, your KYCs will passed fastly, and you will receive your airdrop shortly. I did not have issuses with airdrops on blockchain.com, and lots of others too. So, till now, has you actually received your airdrops or not?

I really don't think it is worth it, just $25 and one is ready to part or give out his or her kyc. Any way I see some people don't really care about kyc and identity theft all they want is the money.

As a low profile, for me it's worth it and I have done a lot of KYC in different bounty projects so it's not a problem. I get your point that it's hard to trust somebody online even with the largest crypto exchange. However we somehow risk it for our own good also. Nevertheless, if you have a decent title that you're nurturing then don't dare to risk it for $25; very simple.

I am many tmes passed KYC on any questionable platforms and think what my personal data already dont cost.
So i am ready to pass for 25$, give me the link please )

The Airdrop Status is "paused" mate. Check this link: https://www.blockchain.com/de/getcrypto You can go through the verification process in order to be eligible for future airdrops... they say.

I took this KYC a few months ago but never got the XLM. My wallet status shows "pending"...I do not know how long it will last and whether the promised XLM will pay. Anyway, my personal data is already in Stellar's database, and I don't have XLM )

I keep telling people around me to beware when they are being bribed to provide their personal details and this is a blatant example of such, some has never asked themselves why they would be given $25 go a seemingly innocent task, unfortunately many are still participating daily.

People on the very poor country or region would definitely do it but like the others, I won't. Just think that it is not a loss but ensuring your identity is safe with you and besides, there are still may airdrops out there that don't need your personal documents and the good news is that they are in IEOs. I miss the airdrops when it is not so complicated and you just wait for it to arrive in your wallet and you don't have to monitor if they are going to swap with this or that contract.

Ultimately, it's a choice and some people would prefer to just collect $25 and participate in the KYC procedures some of them has nothing to lose at all and the details collected from them would be less than useless in the long run because some of them are even fake.

Sure, but their identities will have important role in their lives at some period later. Maybe  years after the day they do their KYCs to receive airdrops, bounties. Sometimes, they feel they won't have other options to reject KYCs, but maybe later they will understand they are wrong.

now there are so many decisive bounty projects to do KYC if you want to get a reward bounty ... then there is no other choice to be able to get rewards from the work we have done for several months in bounty campaigns ... as well as airdrop XLM that asks participants to complement KYC as a condition to get rewards on the Blockchain.com application / website ... so I think that they will keep the privacy that we give them confidential.

There are always alternatives for you and other bounty hunters. Bounty managers and companies can not force you to join their bounties and do KYCs. You decide to join or not join, to do KYC or not to do KYC. You can get easy money now, but in the future, you might have some kinds of risks that you even don't think of by now, or you know that but ignore such risks to get easy money.

Look, if you earn less, than 25$ does matter for you, but if you have something to hide or earn much bigger, then you don't need to disclose this data

I think that if our KYC is revealed. it can greatly affect our lives later. We will be constantly bothered by projects, and may be more complicated if it falls into the hands of bad guys. Do not be too greedy for the current money and leave serious consequences

As long as you don't just KYC, there is certainly a risk, but if you ask for a large company, it will be safe, provided that you don't risk KYC by making small money.

Alas, yes. Many people are at the threshold of poverty, having rather mediocre prosperity, and not having the opportunity to work in a paid job. The environment pushes them to reveal their identity for the sake of money.

Selling our personal privacy documents is very risky dude, this is what I always said here that never join in an airdrops requiring KYC it is too dangerous and we never know where their gonna use it, and for sure they will sell it to other company and use it at for illegal purpose. It will only fine if they offer you 500$ and up but not 25$.

Sending personal documentation details for $25 worth Stellar is same as going outside for finding a broker who buys a cheap paper for small amounts in my opinion. I love privacy but treating the crypto investors like this is not acceptable by my side. Breaking the rules have penalties for each company but these companies know the rules and play with rules of the house. It is not going to be ok if these people go to send their documents in the future.

If you ever took part in an IEO, ICO, STO, Bounty or an Airdrop you should have come across the requirement of passing the KYC process to get your rewards. This is nothing more than another airdrop with great value.

You are linking your identity only to those $25. Nothing else. You dont link it to your salary or. Well you probably already linked that in past. and is mouch bigger figure probably then $25.  

$25 is worth different to different people. For some is not worth the time, for others it is worth.

Blockchain wallet airdrop was even better if you compare it with those new projects who just organize airdrops to steal people's identity and supplied some shit coins to them. Crypto is gradually moving from centralization and it is so sad

No chance, no, definitely not worth it. I would recommend to stay away from anything that needs KYC. I know there are legitimate reasons for the requirement in many cases, but equally it is easy for fraudstres to present themselves as genuine as well. I would say don't do it.

In my opinion, No! I remember trying to signup for it only for me to realize that it required ID identity verification. This discouraged me because I believe privacy is not negotiable, regardless of the financial gain attached to it. If there's a security breach, Think of the millions of users personal information that'll be leaked. In order to protect the crypto community, platforms should desist from requiring Identity verification.

Its very sad that such a big platform like blockchain.com will make users to provide their identity for just $25 XLM.  For  me, I will not provide my details for even 1 million worth of any crypto coin. You can't really tell what they will be using your details for.

I do not think 25 USD is worth your privacy. It will give the government full access to your cryptoassets since the government can easily conpell a third party to submit the details of their customers. It will lead to all sorts of abuse, restrictions and control by government

I think this just a reward for people that already finish their Verification method. I'm not calling this for an airdrop that you must join in it.
The main reason people doing KYC is to increase their swap limit on Blockchain wallet. For the airdrop, I consider it more as a gift.

I don't think it's worth it. Your ID is who you are and letting it go for $25 for me i don't think it's worth it.

I will give anything if asked for my identity for the sake of something that can make money for me ... because all this time I have never felt harmed by any party after I filled out KYC or gave my identity to the airdrop or bounty campaign... so for me I don't think too much about negative people who ask for our KYC ...

But you dont link you identity to your wealth. You link it just to those $25. If I have 1000 BTC and i apply on that exchange and KYC there, my 1000 BTC wallet was not KYCed. Still no oen knows whose that wallet is. What people will know is that I own $25 of stelar.

There are always risks of data leaks, such as recent drama on Binance. Therefore, I don't want to take risks and I think other people should not take risk with your identities by verifying KYCs in order to get airdrops. Yes, we all should avoid KYCs as one of airdrop requirements, if we can have other ways to get money. There are so many things we can do to get money, from crypto, or beyond crypto, then using earned money to invest back in crypto. Safety in long run is the most important thing to consider, not $25, or $50 at the moment.

Better 25$ for selling ID than getting nothing and lost identity through a hack  ;D.
See more about the last Binance KYC hack: https://thehackernews.com/2019/08/binance-kyc-data-leak.html.

Not at all. We got crypto mainly for better privacy in the first place, giving up ypur privacy for a measly 25 bucks is just completely backwards in that regard.

It might just be worth it considering the parties involved (blockchain and stellar lumens) which are widely considered as a legitimate company ready to abide by the non disclosure laws of the kyc to a third party. Besides, many people even do these kyc for less or nothing these days

just agree with this , if the country like that i think money was better than their identity  , also i think blockchain was good enough to make sure it safe our data .

This matters very little in my opinion, because investors and bounty hunters do kyc for different projects all the time and some of them eventually turn out to be scam or the hunters get useless tokens from bounty and different methods.
This is a prerequisite which most project need to guarantee their clients experience for security reason, so the amount of money you do it for don't make a difference, what is important is you have done it sooner or later and your data is out there, do kyc with a project that you trust.

Each giveaway , airdrops , or something like that which to participate must do KYC verification is 100% risky , even good cryptocurrency sites or company like Blockchain.com
Did you see few times ago , KYC files on Binance exchange was leaked and shared on 1 telegram group which has around 2000+ members in it.
If KYC verification type is basic like Full Name , Address , etc without upload picture of your identity , thats OK.

This KYC is implemented for countering cheating on the 25$ XLM giveaway. but in my opinion I don't mind giving away my passport details or my electricity monthly bills if this is what is required on the rules for claiming giveaways

I don't see any point in showing my data for any $25 in XLM, I personally see this situation as collecting people's data

I've tried to read one by one so far. Usually the answers are similar. I think the question is, will you use Blockchain's crypto wallet in the future? If yes, it is normal to do KYC. By the way, if the $ 25 prize comes in, it's nice too. But I think it's not right for Blockchain to do KYC for people who won't use it.

yup! the $ 25 fee is pretty good, i'm also interested. ;D ;D
and you are right, if we don't use Blockchain then it's not right to do KYC. actually, KYC is not that difficult.

i think if we don't want to do it, we can leave it and if we are interested in taking the prizes offered, we should follow KYC according to what they asked for as a condition. it is very simple.

Everyone decides for himself whether he should sell his data for $ 25. But I'm sure that having passed at least once a kyc on a centralized exchange, you are no longer anonymous in the crypt

I never looked at it with this point of view in mind, truth is our identities are no worth 25$ worth of crypto assets, but have to understand that in some parts of the world 10$ is a whole lot of money to many, and they do bother getting their kyc done to get that money in their wallets, I just hope it never results in anything crafty

I also passed kyc and nothing wrong with this I do not see, tembolee this wallet is very well established and I use it for a long time and there were no problems with this wallet I have.

Your personal information is not worth 25 dollars. It costs much more, but on the other hand, the platform can be understood. It expands the client base and pays for it.

There is another airdrop done by Keybase and Stellar: https://keybase.io/a/i/r/d/r/o/p/spacedrop2019?utm_source=airdrops.ioutm_campaign=airdrops.io&utm_medium=airdrops.io
But you need Github account or Hacker account created before Sep 9 2019. So if you are lucky enough and you have these accounts you can earn a lot of valuable Lumens.  8)

Stellar and Ripple are not my favorite cryptocurrencies.
Stellar is probably even more centralized than Ripple. Around 90% of all Lumens are hold by top 10 biggest address. So only 10 people own 90% of all circulating supply. Aren´t you scared?

Mind to share up some link? I cant find it when I do tried to make some google research.If 90% of the entire supply does being only held up by 10 address then this coin is totally
BS yet this would be prone to manipulation.
About on topic they already done that airdrop before,i don't know if the said allocated funds been given all or they do just make it a 2nd time around for this one but now its too big allocation on what to be given. Does it really worth for your privacy? Definitely not but rest assured there were still people who would jumped in and collect those pennies.

There's no amount of money that's worth an individuals privacy reasons being such companies requesting for it, the individual have no idea what their personal data is being used for and as such it isn't worth it.

Revealing one's identity for $25 is not worth it. People do not really care about protection of their identity, all they want is some piece of money and they can let the most vital information about themselves. We should try to protect our identity.

I don't think any amount of money is worth giving away your identity for. What I want to know is why do these people want to know who I am so badly? Are they hiding behind an excuse they make just to justify themselves? Will they sell or use this info and just how safe is it exactly. All you end up with is a bunch of people sitting ona whole bunch of ID and KYC documents of random people. Having that info hainng around is not the best idea in the world.

if we talk about privacy, everyday we always share our privacy to big company like google, facebook and other.
but one point we must know, whether the company are trusted or not if we send personal identity to get money from airdrop and other.
if this event come from big company and trusted why we must worry, sorry i'm one of people don't want share personal identity to other but just for sharing with other

I do not agree to send your ID for $25, why this company takes our IDs for just $25.
I believe there is something behind this, and i never send my IDs even for $250.

They have new airdrop for Github user, with minimum 20$ worth XLM per participant, and don't require your information. All you had to do is just connect your github account with Keybase software. You can try it.

I haven't passed and won't pass, because showing my data for the sake of a small amount of money, I think it's pointless, I think, who gave their data in the future will regret

I don't see anything wrong with doing kyc for $25, blockchain just have to introduce that simple kyc to stop people doing multiple accounts. Passed the kyc and got my $25 worth of xlm.

if you have already have the airdrop and want to convert to Bitcoin on Lightning Network feel free to use my tool: https://kriptode.com/xlmtoln/index.html

For what is worth they don't do kyc but you dox yourself by tying all your accounts there...

Its sad but this is what the crypto space has turned to. Forfeiting once data for stipends is completely uncalled for and i wish such giveaways stop occurring in the crypto space. How wish we can go back to the good old days when decentralization was truely at its core..

No they've stopped this airdrop because github and hackernews had been hacked to steal old accounts in order to register to the airdrop...
And be careful, Keybase had been hacked too according to this thread https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5186085

This really undermines the credibility of cryptocurrency in general. In fact, blockchain.com wanted to attract as many users to the crypto world as possible through the distribution of free coins. I don’t believe in all this conspiracy thesis, where users believe in a worldwide conspiracy against cryptocurrency holders just by receiving a passport and a photo from them.

Its not worth but it depends on your financial status if you’ll get hooked in this kind of bait. Even if the company airdrop millions of dollars they can still make profit out of the datas they have collected and sold it to highest bidders in the black market.

its not like its only for crypto you have to send in a passport and photo file to verify your acount, been like this with gambling for along time.
and people act like they are not already tracked on the internet , what will a passport photo show that they dont already know.

Yes. As long as I follow Airdrop, maybe blockchain.com is paying the correct amount as written. And coins that are paid are also not new coins, but coins that are already popular. If we look at Airdrop now, we only see the dollar in writing, but if we sell it does not match what was written. Especially with Airdrop which has no market. So our time is in vain to register.

@OP Maybe this thread should be closed? The airdrop is long over and the thread seems to become... you know what. :p