History - signature campaigns and bounties on Bitcointalk

[taikuri13]

Signature campaigns

Update: (July 1, 2018)

Many thanks to all for fixing errors in the thread.
Special thanks xtraelv for the links


The first mention of the signature campaign:

Signature campaigns started much earlier.

March 10, 2011 [POST]First Signature Advertising Auction
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4342.0

June 12, 2011,[BCT] First signature campaign.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=15886.0

One of the oldest and longest The first mention of the  signature campaign started on September 10, 2013. And only the Bitcointalk staff could participate in it. Payment was small.

PrimeDice was only limited to Staff at the end of the campaign when it was winding down. At first it was open to everyone. I don't believe they were the first either, but probably the one who popularised it and was certainly one of the longest running. They were also the first campaign I saw on the forum and also joined.

[PrimeDice] (Staff Only) Earn Bitcoins Simply By Posting

Staff member - 0.0013BTC Per constructive post

Please PM me at end of month to collect

Lower members no longer allowed

Russian thread about the bounty started on June 9, 2015. You can see below the first message (post #16) about campaigns in the thread.

Boт eщe кaмпaнии
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1078943.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=992660.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1024916.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1079681.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1082477.0
eщe oднy нe мoгy нaйти, кaк нaйдy зaкинy ccылкy

нy и мoя кaмпaния, нo тaм нyжнo c TC пpo oплaтy личнo дoгoвapивaтьcя
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1080080.0

But on the English board, the same thread was created on May 19, 2014.

Overview of Bitcointalk Signature-Ad Campaigns [Last update: 24-Apr-2018]

The first signature campaign in this thread:

Minersource.net ALL DONE

The conditions were simple:

Welcome to the Minersource Signature campaign!
We are offering to pay Full Senior and Hero Members for their signature space, we get exposure and you get BTC!
Up to 0.09BTC per month for 50 posts!
Now closing up shop, no new Renewals or Sign Ups will be accepted.
Our offer:
0.06BTC per month for posting with our signature link: Full Members
0.09BTC per month for posting with our signature link: Senior/Hero Member
Currently the offer is limited to 50 participants
You get paid 30 days after signing up, see following posts for People/Start date.

Requirements:
Full Member status or higher
Not a scammer (you must have positive trust)
Minimum 50 existing posts.

The second topic:

Luckyb.it = SELL YOUR SIGNATURE = up to 0.1 BTC A MONTH = Enrollment closed

Payment was also small

We are paying for your signature space, advertise and earn some bitcoins!
If you are a Member, Full Member, Senior or Hero Member and want some coins then check this out!
Our offer:
Up to 0.1BTC per month for posting with our signature.
Currently the offer is limited to:
Maximum of 15 hero/senior members @ 0.1 each!!
Maximum of 40 full members/members @ 0.05 each!!
Requirements:
Member Status Or Above!
Not a scammer!
How to join:
1. Put the code below in your profile signature, you are not allowed to have other signatures.
2. Post here with your bitcoin address and forum post count
3. Do not remove your signature or edit your initial post for 30 days
4. Write 50 posts (OR MORE!) THROUGHOUT the month (NOT only at the end..) to claim your bonus!

But then 284 pages of this topic moved to the Archive, since Mitchell (staff) generally wanted to remove this part.
However, these pages were saved in the Archive.


777Coin

The project started In June 2014. Newbies could participate in the signature campaign.

★☆★ Pay Structure - 777Coin ★☆★
★ Note: All Tiers Require Personal Message for payment ★
☆ Personal Advertising Message ONLY: 0.00001 BTC per constructive post. 20 Posts min per week.
☆ Side Advertising(Competitor + Personal MSG + Newbie Code): 0.00002 BTC per constructive post. 20 Posts min per week.
☆ Side Advertising(Competitor + Personal MSG + JR Code): 0.000025 BTC per constructive post. 20 Posts min per week.
☆ Newbies: 0.00004 BTC per constructive post. 20 Posts min per week.
☆ JR Member: 0.00005 BTC per constructive post. 20 Posts min per week.
☆ Member: 0.0001 BTC per constructive post. 20 Posts min per week.

Then there were several historical moments:

• In June 2014 for the first time the signature campaign turned out to be the scam UpDown.BT Signature Campaign SCAM
• One of the first tables with payments to participants
• I think this is the first signature campaign of the manager yahoo62278 of September 8, 2014.
• There were a lot of projects related to sports betting and gambling. One of the first resources who wanted a subscription on Twitter and Facebook was [DiceBitco.in | BE THE BANK ! | 1% House Edge]. As I understand it is a project from Russia. Signature campaign budget was 5.3 BTC

Earlier partition in the signature campaign was paid very little : )
Payout table


Bounties

It needs to say that in the early years of this forum the definition of "bounty" was somewhat different than it is now. It was a reward in the BTC, that people offered for doing different jobs.
The first topic about the bounty is Bitcoin Security Bounty 07/21/2010

There was a suggestion that it is desirable: "offer bounty (reward) to security researchers to improve the security and decentralization of the bitcoins network and software."

But a reward was offered earlier. For example in this message in which the user wanted to receive commercial tools. It is a message from an anonymous user who could write on the forum without registering.

This is great.I offered a bounty in another thread to get merchant tools coded but it seems like you are off and running with this effort.I hope everyone sends some coins in appreciation.  .

July 21, 2010

One of the first topic about the bounty: Bitcoin Security Bounty


October 19, 2010

Bounty 40 BTC per image Bitcoin GALORE! meme Bounty(40 BTC)

I pledge 20 BTC for whoever submit the funniest bitcoin image with the word "Bitcoin GALORE!" by the end of November.
Extra bonus points for whoever use nekos and cute anime girls.
Afterward, we shall begin posting Bitcoin GALORE picture whenever a breakout occurs.

The moderator of the Russian thread LZ also offered the additional reward:

+20 BTC if it will be original and under Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike license.

November 17, 2010

In the thread More forum sections needed? for the first time sounded a proposal from sirius to create a separate section for the bounty campaigns.

Should we have a "Project development" section where you can talk about organization, bounty campaigns, advertising etc.? Any other name ideas? "Workshop" or "Project organization"?

September 7, 2011

Need a Volunteer [5 BTC Bounty]

I need a volunteer that will run MT4 for 4 weeks.
The person must link the account to www.myfxbook.com
Read this thread for more info: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=41793.0

Thanks!!!
Maria.

August 11, 2010, https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=782.msg8644#msg8644
Re: Lost large number of bitcoins (Bounty offered)

September 15, 2010 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=133.msg12834#msg12834
Re: Generating Bitcoins with your video card (OpenCL/CUDA)
 I will donate 1,000 BTC to whoever releases the source for a GPU (CUDA or OpenCL) client that is cross-platform once the code has been vetted by people smarter then me.

May 14, 2011,  https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=8282.0
What to call 0.001 BTC? (5 BTC Bounty)

July 11, 2011,  https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=27958.0
Worlds First Bitcoin Tattoo [NSFW] (Bounty claimed)

August 06, 2011 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=34773.0    
[1 BTC BOUNTY] More than 2 card issue - M4A79XTD Evo

November 23, 2011, https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=52674.0
[ANN] BitcoinSpinner [1 BTC BOUNTY]

April 02, 2012,  https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=75040.0
[BOUNTY] 0.5 for easy photo shop job
(MemoryDealers) Roger Ver

June 1,2012 – claimed June 29, 2012, https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=90587.0
[Bounty - Claimed] Vanity address split-key generator software

Some more really early bounty threads for your list.

In 2013, CaptChadd offered a reward not in bitcoins, but in those coins that he created.
I think it was the first bounty case with an alternative coin.

(Bounty Offered) 25,000 BQC For Windows QT Client Changes

Hi everyone,
At the moment I have about 5 projects all running at the same time and I just do not have the time to do this part of the BBQcoin project.
I am offering a 25,000 BBQcoin bounty for the first person who can compile a working BQC Windows GUI Client, with the included graphical changes, using the files provided here.
Link to the files : https://github.com/overware/BBQCoin
Please do not post the link to the completed Windows QT Client on here but PM me the download link instead.
This is so that myself and the rest of the Dev team and begin beta testing.
The person that provides this will also get a mention on the BBqcoin.org website for you contribution.
A confirmation thread of payment will be created once this work has been completed.
Thanks.

June 17, 2018 coin price (CMC) $0,000458 USD

This person created several projects and did not have time for all of them.
His second thread:
[Bounty Offered) 10,000 Mincoin for Windows QT Client

June 17, 2018 coin price (CMC) $0,038532 USD

In 2015, the person lost the password from the wallet in which there were 106 BTC. He offered 6 BTC for the help.
Lost Password To 106 BTC, Encrypted Wallet [BOUNTY] [/b]


But the first bounty in today's definition was the Promotion STELLAR NEW COIN [ BTC giveaways]. August 4, 2014.

Because the tasks was:

Russian Edition

[hilariousetc]

PrimeDice was only limited to Staff at the end of the campaign when it was winding down. At first it was open to everyone. I don't believe they were the first either, but probably the one who popularised it and was certainly one of the longest running. They were also the first campaign I saw on the forum and also joined.

[xtraelv]

Signature campaigns started much earlier.

March 10, 2011 [POST]First Signature Advertising Auction
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4342.0

June 12, 2011,[BCT] First signature campaign.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=15886.0

[The Sceptical Chymist]

Signature campaigns started much earlier.

March 10, 2011 [POST]First Signature Advertising Auction
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4342.0

June 12, 2011,[BCT] First signature campaign.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=15886.0

Yeah, I thought so, because a few weeks ago I was browsing through some threads from at least 2011 and stumbled across a person offering to rent out his signature space, and the comments on it made it quite clear that this was not yet a thing.  I don't know how I randomly came across that thread, but it was fascinating.

I'm really surprised other forums haven't caught on to this yet--it'd probably wreck any forum that did it in terms of post quality, but I don't think it's common knowledge that bitcointalk is a signature campaign hub.

[xtraelv]

Signature campaigns started much earlier.

March 10, 2011 [POST]First Signature Advertising Auction
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4342.0

June 12, 2011,[BCT] First signature campaign.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=15886.0

Yeah, I thought so, because a few weeks ago I was browsing through some threads from at least 2011 and stumbled across a person offering to rent out his signature space, and the comments on it made it quite clear that this was not yet a thing.  I don't know how I randomly came across that thread, but it was fascinating.

I'm really surprised other forums haven't caught on to this yet--it'd probably wreck any forum that did it in terms of post quality, but I don't think it's common knowledge that bitcointalk is a signature campaign hub.

Possibly hard to find the first signature threads because they would be under a different subtopic.

There is always an advantage in being the first. It would be hard to compete against this forum because it just wouldn't have the history.

It is probably both made the forum more and less successful.  Less successful in the quality of posts (and more moderation work) but more successful in terms of visibility. More users = larger pool of good post as well but just harder to find.  

The primedice campaign would still probably be the longest running campaign.

[Heisenberg_Hunter]

The first mention of the signature campaign on September 10, 2013. And only the Bitcointalk staff could participate in it. Payment was small.

No, absolutely wrong. There were earlier instances in 2011 of people renting out their signatures for btc... I narrowed my search to marketplace section as it was one of the earliest board in this forum. Went to the last page and spent around 3-4 hrs searching for a very old 'Signature space for rent' post. Then I found out a post of member "kiba" offering his sig space for rent for 5 btc. I can't find a post earlier than this which were renting out their signatures. Most probably there were only technical discussions taking place during satoshi period and once he left this virtual world, slowly the forum was occupied with spams and members started to become greedy.

I am sure campaigns like ritzgrandcasino tempted people to become spammers as they paid a maximum of 3k posts per month. 

RitzGrandCasino (thread)
Payment period: Monthly, 1st of each month.
Minimum posts: 50 posts per month, Member level.
Payments: M: 0.0005 BTC per post, F: 0.0007 BTC per post, S: 0.0011 BTC per post, H: 0.0013 BTC per post. Maximum payable posts per month: 3000.
Miscellaneous: Constructive posts only.

[Steamtyme]

per post. Maximum payable posts per month: 3000.
Miscellaneous: Constructive posts only.

I love this part most of all, 3000 max, but please keep them constructive. I'm sure they would  , and I'm sure every post would have been checked.

I'm really surprised other forums haven't caught on to this yet--it'd probably wreck any forum that did it in terms of post quality, but I don't think it's common knowledge that bitcointalk is a signature campaign hub.

Well it's definitely common enough to the hoards of people coming here with only, the prospect of earning, not learning in mind.

It is funny that in part due to the idea of not monetizing the Forum from an admin standpoint, the members have monetized it on an individual level. (Myself included)

[xtraelv]

August 11, 2010, https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=782.msg8644#msg8644
Re: Lost large number of bitcoins (Bounty offered)

September 15, 2010 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=133.msg12834#msg12834
Re: Generating Bitcoins with your video card (OpenCL/CUDA)
 I will donate 1,000 BTC to whoever releases the source for a GPU (CUDA or OpenCL) client that is cross-platform once the code has been vetted by people smarter then me.

May 14, 2011,  https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=8282.0
What to call 0.001 BTC? (5 BTC Bounty)

July 11, 2011,  https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=27958.0
Worlds First Bitcoin Tattoo [NSFW] (Bounty claimed)

August 06, 2011 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=34773.0    
[1 BTC BOUNTY] More than 2 card issue - M4A79XTD Evo

November 23, 2011, https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=52674.0
[ANN] BitcoinSpinner [1 BTC BOUNTY]

April 02, 2012,  https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=75040.0
[BOUNTY] 0.5 for easy photo shop job
(MemoryDealers) Roger Ver

June 1,2012 – claimed June 29, 2012, https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=90587.0
[Bounty - Claimed] Vanity address split-key generator software

Some more really early bounty threads for your list.
Also I would recommend using the date format I used here. It is consistent with the date format used in the forum. US writes 7/1/2018 UK writes 1/7/2018 so dates  can get confusing in numeric format.