"Public Note" on blockchain?

[chessnut]

Hey folks,

First time Ive ever seen this. The transaction is from Okcoin to my address. Its creepy, why would somebody want people to be sending small amounts of BTC to my address?

Is this a blockchain website thing or is this on the blockchain?

Cheers!

[The Bad Guy]

It's a blockchain.info thing as far as I know , since I didn't see it somewhere else .
"Public notes are embeddable short messages during the transaction. An example of a public note can be seen below"
"You can embed a public note when doing a transaction with Blockchain.info. Simply input your message in the column below when sending a transaction."
CHeck the link below for more informations (screeshots included) : https://blockchain.info/fr/wallet/website-faq

[chessnut]

It's a blockchain.info thing as far as I know , since I didn't see it somewhere else .
"Public notes are embeddable short messages during the transaction. An example of a public note can be seen below"
"You can embed a public note when doing a transaction with Blockchain.info. Simply input your message in the column below when sending a transaction."
CHeck the link below for more informations (screeshots included) : https://blockchain.info/fr/wallet/website-faq

Oh I see, thanks. The message service is only accessible to blockchain.info wallets. I guess that means the message must have come from OKcoin. Still a bit creepy to me, I dont want random people sending to my address. Why would Okcoin I wonder?

[Amph]

It's a blockchain.info thing as far as I know , since I didn't see it somewhere else .
"Public notes are embeddable short messages during the transaction. An example of a public note can be seen below"
"You can embed a public note when doing a transaction with Blockchain.info. Simply input your message in the column below when sending a transaction."
CHeck the link below for more informations (screeshots included) : https://blockchain.info/fr/wallet/website-faq

Oh I see, thanks. The message service is only accessible to blockchain.info wallets. I guess that means the message must have come from OKcoin. Still a bit creepy to me, I dont want random people sending to my address. Why would Okcoin I wonder?

there are many reasons, one could be that they want you to trade on their platform, others do this because they are running ponzi, and it is a much better way to advertise their scam, than posting with random newbie user on any forum relate to bitcoin

this is the new frontier of adv

[Neg]

It's a blockchain.info thing as far as I know , since I didn't see it somewhere else .
"Public notes are embeddable short messages during the transaction. An example of a public note can be seen below"
"You can embed a public note when doing a transaction with Blockchain.info. Simply input your message in the column below when sending a transaction."
CHeck the link below for more informations (screeshots included) : https://blockchain.info/fr/wallet/website-faq

Oh I see, thanks. The message service is only accessible to blockchain.info wallets. I guess that means the message must have come from OKcoin. Still a bit creepy to me, I dont want random people sending to my address. Why would Okcoin I wonder?

It's just advertising spam and it's working as you're inadvertently promoting them here to a wider audience. They're just trying to get you to send money to them. Happens every now and again and various companies or scammers try it. Just ignore it and enjoy your free dust.

[e1ghtSpace]

Just ignore it and enjoy your free dust.

Yeah, over $200 worth of dust.
Unless that is in Zimbabwe Dollars. I'd laugh if it was US dollars.


But yeah, that is just advertising spam. They probably got your address off a website somewhere.

[Neg]

Just ignore it and enjoy your free dust.

Yeah, over $200 worth of dust.
Unless that is in Zimbabwe Dollars. I'd laugh if it was US dollars.


But yeah, that is just advertising spam. They probably got your address off a website somewhere.

Ha, I didn't notice the amount. It's usually just a few thousand satoshis or something. Just advertising spam then hehe.

[medUSA]

I receive small amounts from unknown addresses from time to time. Some of them are ads, some of them are ponzis. The ponzi ad OP received is not from OKCoin. It is from the 0.0001 btc transaction below the OKCoin transaction (not in the screen cap). I don't mind them if they confirm, it's free money.

[Blazr]

OKCoin didn't send this to you, the note is for the transaction below it, not above it.

You were likely sent some small amount of BTC with a spam message attached.