This giveaway is paused!!No new requests for MSC will be processed until I find someone new to run this giveaway thread:
ANNOUNCEMENT:
Due to the sudden increase in demand and popularity for Mastercoin and this thread, I can no longer keep up with the demand. This will be the final round of the Giveaway thread unless someone else would like to step up into the role as my replacement.
This should be taken as a sign that Mastercoin is on the path to success.
Giveaway Thread for "MasterCoins" - the new protocol layer built on bitcoin (NOT an alt coin)MasterCoin is a new protocol layer on top of bitcoin which adds features for improved security, distributed exchange between bitcoins and coins on higher protocol layers, distributed betting on real-world stuff, user-created currencies and property tokens, and even user-created currencies which track real-world values like the price of an ounce of gold. You can read all about the project (including how to buy MasterCoins) here:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=265488.0This thread is originally from a giveaway I did during the month of August 2013, but I had some money left over. I was originally going to just divvy the leftovers up among the top promoters from the first giveaway, but I got caught off guard when MasterCoin prices rose more than tenfold
You can see the current price of MSC on our buyer/seller thread here:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=287145.0I have over 390 MasterCoins and 390 Test MasterCoins designated for this giveaway. To receive your MasterCoins and Test MasterCoins, reply on this thread with the following:
- Your bitcoin address (you must be able to SEND bitcoins from this address as well as receive them, so web wallets which manage private keys for you won't work for this). The wallet should also be able to send to multiple addresses at once, otherwise you will have to export your private keys to another client in order to spend your MSC.
- One or more links to something you have done to promote the MasterCoin project. We will accept blog posts, signature changes, relevant comments on forums, reddit posts and relevant comments, relevant comments on news articles, relevant comments on youtube videos, tweets, and probably numerous other things.
Periodically, a MasterCoin community member will come through and pay everybody with qualifying posts. They will determine how much your post is worth according to the rules posted here, and once they have cleared the payments with me, they will send a bit of MSC and test MSC to everybody who qualifies. I will then reimburse them (plus 10% for their effort) from the giveaway funds.
Obviously only one post will be accepted per bitcoin forum account on this thread, so promote first, then post about it.
Here are some typical payouts:
- Just the minimum possible effort (like sending a tweet): 0.1 MSC
- Extra effort (like writing a post supporting MSC on heavily trafficed reddit thread or changing your forum signature): 0.2 MSC
- Multiple posts in multiple places, showing a solid understanding of the protocol: 0.3 MSC
- Above and beyond the call of duty, like making a whole website, doing a presentation at a meetup (post your slides), or writing a post that is obviously getting a lot of attention: 0.4-0.9 MSC
At minimum, your efforts promoting this project should mention that this is a new protocol layer on top of bitcoin (not an alt-coin), and should link to the project announcement thread: (
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=265488.0) For bonus points, you can mention the cool features MasterCoin enables.
Warning: people posting in a spammy way will not get anything! People who received MSC in the first giveaway are not eligible to get more. This thread is about getting MSC in the hands of new users.
When you receive your coins, it will look like two very small bitcoin payments - these two payments (one for MasterCoins and one for Test MasterCoins) are each part of a larger MasterCoin transaction, generated using this open source software I wrote:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=265488.msg2919863#msg2919863 (see the MasterCoin Specification for more on how this works:
https://sites.google.com/site/2ndbtcwpaper/MasterCoin%20Specification.pdf). There are three different websites you can use currently to check that the coins were received successfully:
User Luckybit has volunteered to do the first wave of giveaways. Please be nice to him, as sending MasterCoins is still a tedious, painful process. It is possible that you may have to wait a few days before getting paid if he gets tired of doing this and I have to find someone else.
Posts for the current giveaway start here:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=272577.msg3403599#msg3403599
