Getting Altcoins - Airdrops etc.

[flippener]

Although I've had BTC for some time I've recently starting looking at ways to get Altcoins, preferably free. Here's a quick list of options that I made for myself but others may find useful:

Coin	Abbrev.	Snapshot Date	Deadline to claim	Notes	URL
Stellar Lumens	STR	28 June 2017	27 August 2017		https://www.stellar.org/blog/bitcoin-claim-lumens-2/
Bitcore	BTX	26 April 2017			https://bitcore.cc/claim.php
Byteball	GBYTE	7 August 2017 6 September 2017	24 hours?		https://byteball.org/
CoinStarter	CoinStarter Token			75 50 2 15 tokens for signing up	https://coinstarter.com?ref=7j7ndjxq3
Straightcoin	STC	16 July 2017	Until all airdrops claimed		http://straightcoin.org/ico/
Onion	ONION			Signature campaign: needed to have bitcointalk account by 12 July 2017	https://deeponion.org/
Ziber	Ziber token	26 July 2017	10 days	ICO on 27 July 2017 - but there are suggestions of scam so URL deleted
BitSend	BSD	25 April 2017	22 April 2019	Need to be on Bitcointalk more than 1 yr and a Senior Member	http://bitsend.info/forums/index.php?topic=18.0
CLAM	CLAM	12 May 2014	ongoing	4.6 CLAMs for every non zero BTC, LTC and DOGE address	http://clamclient.com/learn/distribution/
Etherium Bitcoin	eBTC	30 September 2017	N/A	95% of eBTC distributed to claiming addresses	https://www.ebtc.io/

[Sindbad]

Another one: www.coinstarter.com?ref=7xjtx3tnq - 75 free tokens

[eternalgloom]

Has anyone ever made any significant amount from free coin giveaways or airdrops?
For me it just seems like a waste of time, but I'd love to hear from some other people who have some succes stories...

[sinner]

Has anyone ever made any significant amount from free coin giveaways or airdrops?
For me it just seems like a waste of time, but I'd love to hear from some other people who have some succes stories...

apparently NEM and ripple giveaways are worth a lot now.  although both made it effectively impossible to get your coins from them after a certain date.

[Coindgr]

Has anyone ever made any significant amount from free coin giveaways or airdrops?
For me it just seems like a waste of time, but I'd love to hear from some other people who have some succes stories...

I've attended Faircoin airdrop long time ago. Kept the coins forgotten in the wallet, it is now aroud 3~4 BTC.

Seen also the XEM distribution, but was lazy at the time...

[flippener]

I've attended Faircoin airdrop long time ago. Kept the coins forgotten in the wallet, it is now aroud 3~4 BTC.

Woah - that's impressive!

[Coindgr]

I've attended Faircoin airdrop long time ago. Kept the coins forgotten in the wallet, it is now aroud 3~4 BTC.

Woah - that's impressive!

I kept the coins for about 3 years, and still keeping. I'll be rich or get nothing....

[sixexgames]

Thanks for the list

[DuaLipa]

Has anyone ever made any significant amount from free coin giveaways or airdrops?
For me it just seems like a waste of time, but I'd love to hear from some other people who have some succes stories...

apparently NEM and ripple giveaways are worth a lot now.  although both made it effectively impossible to get your coins from them after a certain date.

I think all people got xem and xrp in giveaway times already sold them for cheap money. Airdrop hunters can't wait long time to keep their coins.

[Serco]

I've attended Faircoin airdrop long time ago. Kept the coins forgotten in the wallet, it is now aroud 3~4 BTC.

Woah - that's impressive!

I kept the coins for about 3 years, and still keeping. I'll be rich or get nothing....

waw is really cool  you get the airdrop from Faircoin and keep it 3 years old.after that got a big number. I will try to forget like you and for the OP thank you for the list I will try it

[connexus]

I've attended Faircoin airdrop long time ago. Kept the coins forgotten in the wallet, it is now aroud 3~4 BTC.

Woah - that's impressive!

I kept the coins for about 3 years, and still keeping. I'll be rich or get nothing....

If you kept your original Faircoin airdrop 3 years ago and did not follow the development, those coins will be worthless today. FYI there was a coin swapped that happened before as far as I can remember.

[dbc23]

Has anyone ever made any significant amount from free coin giveaways or airdrops?
For me it just seems like a waste of time, but I'd love to hear from some other people who have some succes stories...

Depends how you define significant.  Best i've done was getting .75 gbytes just before the round 3 airdrop in a giveaway I lucked into.  With subsequent rounds of appreciation it's over 2 gbytes now, so >$1000.  There were some NEM drops that netted people tens of thousands, maybe more.  So it's possiblebut also not terribly likely.

As the receiver you need to be a strong holder too, cashing in quick might be nice but sure won't make you rich.

[flippener]

Thanks for the list

You're welcome!

I made a couple of replies to Sindbad's comment and have had them deleted, no idea why, so I think I have to be careful what I say here or it will happen again.

[flippener]

for the OP thank you for the list I will try it

No problem. Meanwhile I've updated the table regarding the current StraightCoin and CoinStarter events (in the latter case the giveaway has dropped from 75 to 50 and drops again tomorrow).

[BitWhale]

Has anyone ever made any significant amount from free coin giveaways or airdrops?
For me it just seems like a waste of time, but I'd love to hear from some other people who have some succes stories...

So far I've doubled my bitcoin holdings with Byteball. Also, Decred was another coin that the airdrop would be worth around 4 btc today if held. I think it was 1 btc worth at the time of airdrop as well, so of course most people took that and ran.

[espante]

Has anyone ever made any significant amount from free coin giveaways or airdrops?
For me it just seems like a waste of time, but I'd love to hear from some other people who have some succes stories...

So far I've doubled my bitcoin holdings with Byteball. Also, Decred was another coin that the airdrop would be worth around 4 btc today if held. I think it was 1 btc worth at the time of airdrop as well, so of course most people took that and ran.

4 btc from an airdrop? I'm relatively new here and all I've seen are worthless airdrops. Do you think there will be others of value again in the future?

[sinner]

4 btc from an airdrop? I'm relatively new here and all I've seen are worthless airdrops. Do you think there will be others of value again in the future?

most airdrops/sigdrops/giveaways are nearly worthless when given.. Byteball and Stellar are exceptions.  Some giveaways have turned out to be very valuable if held for a long time (Ripple, NEM, Decred, there are many others); but they were next to worthless at the time of the giveaway.

if you're looking for somebody to give you a quick $50 or $100 today, panhandling is gonna be more profitable than the giveaways around here.

[groko271]

Has anyone ever made any significant amount from free coin giveaways or airdrops?
For me it just seems like a waste of time, but I'd love to hear from some other people who have some succes stories...

apparently NEM and ripple giveaways are worth a lot now.  although both made it effectively impossible to get your coins from them after a certain date.

I think all people got xem and xrp in giveaway times already sold them for cheap money. Airdrop hunters can't wait long time to keep their coins.

So true. Most airdrop hunters accumulate and accumulate and then dump when the coin hits the market. its always a risk as some turn to vapour real quick. I do however regret no jumping on the XEM distribution. As for me I always hold, and hope, and hold some more.

[Insanerman]

Has anyone ever made any significant amount from free coin giveaways or airdrops?
For me it just seems like a waste of time, but I'd love to hear from some other people who have some succes stories...

apparently NEM and ripple giveaways are worth a lot now.  although both made it effectively impossible to get your coins from them after a certain date.

I think all people got xem and xrp in giveaway times already sold them for cheap money. Airdrop hunters can't wait long time to keep their coins.

So true. Most airdrop hunters accumulate and accumulate and then dump when the coin hits the market. its always a risk as some turn to vapour real quick. I do however regret no jumping on the XEM distribution. As for me I always hold, and hope, and hold some more.

I concur, that is most of my observation but among the airdrop I know, XEM really standout. Look at NEM right now, its a very good coin and its on the top 10 in coinmarketcap. Its already successful and so much project on the lineup.

[flippener]

I've seen there's a suggestion in another thread that Ziber may be a scam (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2048619). I don't know either way, so for safety I have removed its URL from the table above.