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October 09, 2017, 04:41:08 PM |
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Hi, as the others said before if in the airdrop registration you dont have to give away your private key they cant stole money from you. And its another thing if the project will succeed or not.
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chrissteph
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October 09, 2017, 04:54:04 PM |
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new here, been searching for airdrops  |
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October 09, 2017, 07:20:15 PM |
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BryanBitcoin123456
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October 09, 2017, 07:33:14 PM |
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Where can I find out more about airdrops?
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rain3798
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October 11, 2017, 02:40:52 PM |
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For me the Airdrop that I only trust are those that are written in AirdropAlerts.com because I think they are the legit airdrops and they really give free coins. Just don't give your private keys and your safe even it is scam or not.
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Here I come! Again!
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October 11, 2017, 03:44:43 PM |
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The one and most important thing in joining an airdrop is DO NOT EVER entrust your private key to anybody, NOT EVEN yourself!  Aside than that, nothing to loose for me |
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October 11, 2017, 04:02:47 PM |
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basic and clear indication is if someone is asking your private key for your wallet, then there it is, %100 scam. never give your private key to someone.
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asdalani
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October 11, 2017, 04:11:55 PM |
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new here, been searching for airdrops There's a search function in this website that allows the user to search for a specific input in the whole website. Search for airdrops. |
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jtipt
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October 11, 2017, 04:17:43 PM |
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Does anyone have advice on how to distinguish authentic airdrops from scams?
When you join an airdrop, there is a free distribution of tokens, so you wont loose anything besides your time. But The thing is those tokens are worthless if the airdrop is a scam. But as you said even if they are worthless you don't lose anything other than time. And besides that as many people have already pointed it out its very easy to figure if the airdrop is scam, at least easier than to spot a scam ICO. |
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October 11, 2017, 04:24:14 PM |
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I feel ok with the Ethereum and Wave token airdrops, but I won't download a wallet to get an airdrop coin.
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jumpsuitjoe
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October 11, 2017, 04:24:44 PM |
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To go along with what a lot of people are saying here, as long as you're not giving them any information other than the delivery address, there's no way you can get scammed. Even if the airdrop ends up being worthless, who cares. It doesn't mean you were scammed, it just means you wasted some time on a useless token. Take as many airdrops as you can get, there's no harm in participating as long as you keep your information private.
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The_Dark_Knight
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October 11, 2017, 04:29:14 PM |
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Does anyone have advice on how to distinguish authentic airdrops from scams?
I have seen two types of airdrops, maybe there are more, a new coin that decides to give the coins to people and forked coins that gives to you an equal amount of the airdropped coins than the ones you had in your wallet, both have some cons, in the first case if a condition is attached to the delivery of the coins then that is fishy, in the second case the airdropped coins are delivered fairly but most of the time the new coin wants to destroy the original and that is bad for your investment in that coin. |
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cdb1690
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October 11, 2017, 05:01:24 PM |
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It's not only about giving or not giving out your private key (which you obviously shouldn't). There are other dangers of participating in airdrops including infected wallet software, infected website, email & password harvesting etc...
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jumpsuitjoe
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October 11, 2017, 05:20:36 PM |
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I feel ok with the Ethereum and Wave token airdrops, but I won't download a wallet to get an airdrop coin.
This is also a great point. Don't ever download anything or sign up for an account somewhere that isn't well-known. And for heaven's sake, if you do sign up for an account, don't use the same password as your other accounts. Make sure you're using a unique password for just that site so they can't phish your info. |
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lokinator
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October 11, 2017, 05:31:45 PM |
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My goodness -- Does anyone else notice the latest trend here on Bitcointalk? Some newbie member posts a silly question about airdrops (such as how to tell if they are real), then half the responses are newbie members asking for information on airdrops. It's almost like everyone coming into the crypt world just thinks they are going to get millions of dollars worth of free coins. No investing, no research, just free stuff.  Also, apparently nobody considers using the search function on these forums anymore. Or even use Google for that matter. To answer the OP: Q - How do I tell if an airdrop is authentic A - If you received coins it's probably a good bet that it is authentic Important to note: An airdrop in which you ask for a handout for doing nothing, can't be a "scam." You didn't give them anything, so if they don't give you anything, you are in the same spot you were before asking for a free handout. You haven't been "scammed." The obvious: Don't ever give anyone your wallet credentials or private keys. Nobody should have to reiterate that here in a thread like this because it is beyond obvious. |
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October 11, 2017, 06:30:58 PM |
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airdrops are free... So, as long as it only required your eth address / bitcointalk forum nickname, you have nothing to loose even if it is a scam,
Just never give out your private keys and UTC file you are good,
I don't seen it as waste of time though
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maxwell1
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October 11, 2017, 06:53:00 PM |
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airdrops are free... So, as long as it only required your eth address / bitcointalk forum nickname, you have nothing to loose even if it is a scam,
Just never give out your private keys and UTC file you are good,
I don't seen it as waste of time though
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marados
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October 11, 2017, 06:54:57 PM |
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Does anyone have advice on how to distinguish authentic airdrops from scams?
If I see some airdrop announcement thread firstly, I check how much effort they put in it. If it is just copy-paste from some other airdrop or just some random text or something like that I automatically skip it. But if their thread looks legit to me and that they actually put some effort in it, then I check out reply to the thread to see what other people are replying. Then if everything seems okay, I check their website and other links they provided. Also be very careful, if thread seems scammy don't click on any links, especially do NOT download their so called "wallets". And lastly check which information they want you to provide. If it's only your ethereum address and bitcointalk profile link that is okay, with that they can't do you any harm. But if they ask for more personal information then be sure that they are legit and that their airdrop is authentic Be safe and check twice! |
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5ensei
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October 11, 2017, 06:57:27 PM |
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Anything with an e in front is a scam except for eBTC. Lots of copycat coins trying to jump on the airdrop bandwagon but will probably just dump the coins and abandon the project.
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Iolanna
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October 11, 2017, 07:02:35 PM |
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Good airdrops are rare now. If the dropped coin is already traded on exchanges, than I guess this airdrop deserved attention. Most of others are just another sheetcoins, which doesn't have any background. But even such coins can be very profitable as eBTC and ELTC2.
The main risk is when you have to install a wallet to get some coins. I prefer to be safe and just skip those.
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