A friend had a strange idea

[romero121]

It looks to be a foolish behaviour. When more users use this same method for spreading bitcoin or cryptcurrency, soon government will come with strong regulations on paper currency use.

[equator]

So the idea included giving away something like 0.0005 to a random people to spark their interest on btc, right? I thought it'll be better to give it away to someone you know that hadn't know bitcoin yet. And please no banknotes, I know thst in some countries it is illegal to writes and doodling on banknotes

I like this idea of giving to the known peoples surrounding you and it is better to give them the paper wallet instead of bank note as it is right that some country law not allow to write on currency if it is done it is a crime which is punishable. And if you give to the known person then they can contact back you and get more knowledge like this awareness will be more.

[Mountain Jew]

isn't that illegal is some countries? also that would create a legit reason for banks to go against bitcoin (IMO).
better not do that.

Lol, I doubt banks are going to 'go after bitcoin' because people are defacing notes. I guess it might be ilegal to write on some countries notes but 1 you're very unlikely to get caught or prosecuted and 2, banks and shops write on banknotes all the time in my country so probably not illegal. I think it wouldn't be a bad idea but I wouldn't do it. Maybe just stenciling a bitcoin BTC would pique peoples interest though.

[btcxyzzz]

isn't that illegal is some countries? also that would create a legit reason for banks to go against bitcoin (IMO).
better not do that.

Sheeple mentality overload. Illegal? Fuck it. Legit reason? Bullshit. Do that. Nice idea.

[xuan87]

it was not a good idea, if somebody keep doing it, bitcoin can be banned by the government and it can make a bad image for bitcoin reputation, why you dont spend your money on buying a domain then make article about bitcoin i think it will attract people and make a positive image for bitcoin

[doublemore]

isn't that illegal is some countries? also that would create a legit reason for banks to go against bitcoin (IMO).
better not do that.

Its illegal in the UK to deface the queens money lol but tbh everyone does it and i cant remember a case of anyone being punished.  Remember max keiser burning a £20 on live TV? 

To OP you might aswell just write bitcoin on money as an advert.

[cluit]

isn't that illegal is some countries? also that would create a legit reason for banks to go against bitcoin (IMO).
better not do that.

Yes writing on bank note is illegal in my country. There are lot of better idea to spread out bitcoin to new people. I guess this idea will not that much effective as we expect.

[BitcoinsGreat]

I was hanging out with some friends and one of them had a very strange idea: writing on 5€ banknotes the public and private keys of a bitcoin address with something like 0.0005 BTC on and the link to the official bitcoin website to make more people know about the Bitcoin.

In your opinion would it work?

Its good idea, if government dont have any objection on writing on currency notes.

[rienelber]

I thought this is an interesting idea, but I'm not sure it's the best way to spend time advertising btc. People who use cash are not the best public to talk about a digital currency...

[ronaldinho_07]

Well if you wanna really to promote bitcoin use a tshirt ,a bracelet with the symbol and people will get curious watching it i believe writing will make nothing as people will think ,those bastard hasnt nothing better to do then write huge code.

[tiggytomb]

I think it might be illegal in places as others have said.  I have had many notes with random numbers on them which don't mean anything to me, very rarely would I look at a note close enough to be able to see if anything was written on it.

Chances are the people that would get your note would just think it strange that somebody has written all of these numbers on it and not actually know what they were for.

If you really wanted to do something like this an idea could be to print out some basic leaflets with a link to a bitcoin wallet and how to claim the BTC and you could drop these off in some shops or through people's doors but this would be a lot of work and you would be giving away a good bit of your bitcoin.

[bamboylee]

This will not worknif your target are people who is totally clueless of bitcoin. 0.0005 btc means nothing to them, what more a random public keys. They will just ignore it. Besides, vandalizing banknotes is illegal.

[krunox123]

I was hanging out with some friends and one of them had a very strange idea: writing on 5€ banknotes the public and private keys of a bitcoin address with something like 0.0005 BTC on and the link to the official bitcoin website to make more people know about the Bitcoin.

In your opinion would it work?

That is indeed a strange idea but for most of the country, it is an illegal thing to write or to deface a currency. You could be fined under this title or imprisoned if you are caught doing so.

In my honest opinion, I doubt this would work as most of the time people barely look at their money. For instance, I have $100. I'd say, "Oh, I got $100. *puts inside wallet*". I mean, do you people analyze your money from pixel to pixel before you put it inside of your wallet?

Well, if you insist on doing this, I am willing to exchange my 'clean' $5 banknote with your $5 banknote. :-P

[Racey]

isn't that illegal is some countries? also that would create a legit reason for banks to go against bitcoin (IMO).
better not do that.

Its illegal in the UK to deface the queens money lol but tbh everyone does it and i cant remember a case of anyone being punished.  Remember max keiser burning a £20 on live TV?  

To OP you might aswell just write bitcoin on money as an advert.

Done this many times, no one says a thing.
Still spendable.

[jak1]

It looks to be a foolish behaviour. When more users use this same method for spreading bitcoin or cryptcurrency, soon government will come with strong regulations on paper currency use.

Yes, its like a childish behavior. We have to come up with mature idea to promote Bitcoins.
It has to be such idea which is long term and give a mature look. Something like a business idea.

[ebliever]

If you want to avoid defacing the currency I suppose you could use a stickie note on it. For a more professional look, I'd just use Powerpoint or something to create a printed card with the free BTC. Leave it along with a regular tip at restaurants, or in other situations where you can be confident it won't be discarded without a look. (Many will be discarded anyway, so it's best to retain the ability to retrieve the funds from any such addresses after a suitable time period.)

[Pursuer]

I was hanging out with some friends and one of them had a very strange idea: writing on 5€ banknotes the public and private keys of a bitcoin address with something like 0.0005 BTC on and the link to the official bitcoin website to make more people know about the Bitcoin.

In your opinion would it work?

that is an interesting idea for sure, but I don't think it is going to be much effective in making people interested about bitcoin.
besides I am sure that ruining money is against the law maybe if you do it on a couple of bills there is no worry but if it is done on a large scale it would be some sort of advertising and might even get you in trouble.

also I don't think people are too lazy to go check out what the hell is bitcoin and how bitcoin works, the most thing they are going to do is to check how much does 0.0005BTC is worth and give it up as soon as they check the price (20 cent)

[vodaljepa]

That can get you into a lot of trouble

[lister storm]

thats a great idea though i doubt that it is allowed in all countries, at least not in my country but it would surely attract more people

besides that if it was legal in my country i would definitely do that with my spare money though too bad is that a first person who get it would take the money and that would be it

[Kprawn]

Ok, so you post this online... { IP traceable} next thing is, you start finding these notes and you left some further clues {handwriting recognition} ...then the authorities start investigating and find you.

They test your writing and link it to you... You go to court and you face some jail time or some massive fines. Some people suggested using a stamp ... this will make it even easier to trace.. every

stamp, leaves unique evidence, like a old type writer. We do not need all this bad attention... leave the fiat system to destroy themselves.