How to give away Bitcoin at a public event?

[pbleak]

Hi all,

I'm running an event next month where one part will involve giving out small amounts of Bitcoin (we have 50e which we will be mostly using just to show people what Bitcoin looks like, how the blockchain works, etc.).

How should I go about this? I wanted to do it using the Bitcoin Core mobile app until someone pointed out not everyone will have a smartphone or, more importantly, not everyone likes to download apps they are not used to, i.e. it won't be like when Ver hands out Bitcoin to a room of people that are very tech-savvy.

So what are my options?

[mkc]

Physical coins? Similarly, create whole bunch of .01btc wallet, then print out private address in a paper, you can use iPhone to import it, or in October, manually enter it. All you do in event is to hand out papers.

Not the best, but this is what I can think of.

[Almagro]

printed wallets with small amounts seems to be the solution.

[RodeoX]

Here is how IBM did it. At a conference, or whatever, they asked participants to download a weather app. Then this happened.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LIX1ot9peI

Awesome!

[pbleak]

Thanks guys, that is what I was thinking. Not elegant, but might be fun to show how bitcoin can be physical.

[pbleak]

Here is how IBM did it. At a conference, or whatever, they asked participants to download a weather app. Then this happened.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LIX1ot9peI

Awesome!

Ah man, that is sweet.

[OmegaStarScream]

There is few things you could do in my opinion :

1. http://opendime.com/ (It may cost you a lot since there is several people , so It's not really recommended)
2. Make them download Mycelium and give you their receiving addresses then you send them .
3. Print Paper wallets and give for those who can't do number #2 (for those who don't have Smartphones) .

[DimensionZ]

You could give out the QR codes of the private keys printed out on business cards individually to every participant and tell them to load the wallet at home via the wallet they choose to use. At the event you could run a PowerPoint presentation or a video explaining how to do Bitcoin transactions and you could demonstrate the process to some volunteers.

[pbleak]

Thanks everyone. I'm going to do a little presentation of how it works on powerpoint and then at the end I'll had out the private keys in QR code. Cheers!

[Kprawn]

Here is how IBM did it. At a conference, or whatever, they asked participants to download a weather app. Then this happened.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LIX1ot9peI

Awesome!

Ah man, that is sweet.

I have to agree with you on that my friend... the best way for people to get the hang of Bitcoin, is to give them a limited amount {not too small} to experiment with. I attended a companies showcase a

while ago and they had something similar. { They had a treasure hunt, with discount vouchers for the products that was on show, and the discounts was 1 per person.. ranging from 1% to 100%

discount on the items. { Biggest discount was $ 1000, so it was well worth it} Damn.. IBM did a very good job with their Bitcoin Rain... 

OP make it easy... people should not have to type QR Codes ... get one of the QR scanners for mobile Apps to make things easier.

[Red-Apple]

i think the best option is printing paper wallets (private key, QR code, address) with the amount of bitcoin inside of each address and give away those to the participants with walkthrough on how to use the coins (sweeping) on the back.

[Mikestang]

i think the best option is printing paper wallets (private key, QR code, address) with the amount of bitcoin inside of each address and give away those to the participants with walkthrough on how to use the coins (sweeping) on the back.

I agree, I think this is the best way.  Plus it really engages the people into bitcoin, because if they want to use the paper wallet then they have to learn how to install an e-wallet and how to use private keys and etc. etc., it will make it much more of a learning experience.  Sounds fun, wish I could go to an event where people give btc away!

[vero]

i think print paper wallet is the best solution to show people how easy use bitcoin, how safe using bitcoin.

[RealPhotoshoper]

Hi all,

I'm running an event next month where one part will involve giving out small amounts of Bitcoin (we have 50e which we will be mostly using just to show people what Bitcoin looks like, how the blockchain works, etc.).

How should I go about this? I wanted to do it using the Bitcoin Core mobile app until someone pointed out not everyone will have a smartphone or, more importantly, not everyone likes to download apps they are not used to, i.e. it won't be like when Ver hands out Bitcoin to a room of people that are very tech-savvy.

So what are my options?

good plan to do this all,i just suggest you to make link with some sathosi on satoshimines,and let people open that link and keep that amount of satoshi on their wallet,or if people have no wallet,you can spread coinbase refferal there

[RoommateAgreement]

i think the best option is printing paper wallets (private key, QR code, address) with the amount of bitcoin inside of each address and give away those to the participants with walkthrough on how to use the coins (sweeping) on the back.

I agree, I think this is the best way.  Plus it really engages the people into bitcoin, because if they want to use the paper wallet then they have to learn how to install an e-wallet and how to use private keys and etc. etc., it will make it much more of a learning experience.  Sounds fun, wish I could go to an event where people give btc away!

yeah, if it has a nice design then it can be very effective.

also the important effect of this is people will feel better if they hold something physical in their hands and be told this is worth $$$

[Akupuniard]

Here is how IBM did it. At a conference, or whatever, they asked participants to download a weather app. Then this happened.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LIX1ot9peI

Awesome!

Oh sick. People are so happy and developers proud of theirs work. That's how a good company must work!

[pbleak]

Here is how IBM did it. At a conference, or whatever, they asked participants to download a weather app. Then this happened.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LIX1ot9peI

Awesome!

Ah man, that is sweet.

I have to agree with you on that my friend... the best way for people to get the hang of Bitcoin, is to give them a limited amount {not too small} to experiment with. I attended a companies showcase a

while ago and they had something similar. { They had a treasure hunt, with discount vouchers for the products that was on show, and the discounts was 1 per person.. ranging from 1% to 100%

discount on the items. { Biggest discount was $ 1000, so it was well worth it} Damn.. IBM did a very good job with their Bitcoin Rain... 

OP make it easy... people should not have to type QR Codes ... get one of the QR scanners for mobile Apps to make things easier.

Oh, for sure, I'll do be including some kind of scamming demonstration to in order to give off that live vibe.

[pbleak]

Hi all,

I'm running an event next month where one part will involve giving out small amounts of Bitcoin (we have 50e which we will be mostly using just to show people what Bitcoin looks like, how the blockchain works, etc.).

How should I go about this? I wanted to do it using the Bitcoin Core mobile app until someone pointed out not everyone will have a smartphone or, more importantly, not everyone likes to download apps they are not used to, i.e. it won't be like when Ver hands out Bitcoin to a room of people that are very tech-savvy.

So what are my options?

good plan to do this all,i just suggest you to make link with some sathosi on satoshimines,and let people open that link and keep that amount of satoshi on their wallet,or if people have no wallet,you can spread coinbase refferal there

Ha the Coinbase angle might be a good incentive for us all to put these events on: gain referrals + spread Bitcoin. Win win.

[Wapinter]

Thanks everyone. I'm going to do a little presentation of how it works on powerpoint and then at the end I'll had out the private keys in QR code. Cheers!

You can simply ask them to create an online wallet account and collect everyone's bitcoin address.Now send small amount to them while they are online.They would be surprised to see how quick bitcoin is

[cjmoles]

Thanks everyone. I'm going to do a little presentation of how it works on powerpoint and then at the end I'll had out the private keys in QR code. Cheers!

Yes!  I think that this will be the most effective strategy.  Get them all hyped up and motivated with an inspiring motivational presentation and then send them home with an incentive to submerge themselves into the technology deeper.  I would give out various quantities too, so that they'll have to look to see what their award might be. I'd let them know that the hand out is a double blind lottery within a certain range of "prizes."  Sounds like so much fun!  I wish I could make it rain too....LOL....Good luck!