[FREE PRIVATE GIVEAWAY] Bitcoin keychain

[mocacinno]

Free Private Giveaway of a CHEAP, CHINESE, dropshipped keychain.

I'm trying out Themos's new feature: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5226333

Basically, in order to join this giveaway, you have to be at least a full member without negative trust from DT1. If you are elegible for the giveaway, follow these steps:

• Visit https://bitcointalk.org/basic_giveaway.php?id=DWaUZwfERv to get a giveaway code
• send an email to mocagiveaway@gmx.com with this giveaway code AND a unfunded BITCOIN address you can use to sign a message to prove your identity (you don't have to use your real email addy, just create a free one on gmail, yahoo, gmx, protonmail, guerillamail, 10minutemail,... No link between your bitcointalk account and your email addy)

If you are one of the first 16 mails with a VALID giveaway code i receive, i'll put the sha256 hash of your giveaway code next to your slot (0-f) and announce a future block whose hash's last character is used to announce the winner.
Once the giveaway is finished the winner has 48 hours to send a mail to mocagiveaway@gmx.com including his/her physical address (signed with the address in their original email) (including a phone number, so basically: your name, your street + number, your zipcode, your country, your phonenumber). The winner can also include his/her giveaway code for extra verification. You are allowed to PGP encrypt your reply email using my key that can be found on https://keybase.io/mocacinno
I'll then proceed to dropship the cheap keychain to the address i have received for the winning giveaway code.

This way, there is no relation between the address receiving the keychain and your bitcointalk account. I have no idear if i'm giving a keychain to my best friend or my worst enemy... I have no idear if the receiver has been boasting about how many BTC he/she holds, or if he/she doesn't own a single satoshi... The only thing i know is that the receiver is full member (or higher) and doesn't have negative trust from DT1.

Since this is my first time dropshipping anything, i really hope everything works as it should... It's dropshipping from china, so it could potentially take a long time before you receive the package (normally 4 to 6 weeks, however, with the corona virus it might even take longer).

disclaimer: i'm testing out a new feature of the forum AND it's my first time dropshipping anything. IF, for some reason, there is a bug in the feature OR if something goes wrong with the dropshipping (including, but not limited to: not receiving the package, incurring extra custom charges,...) i take no responsability, i will not reimburse you, you cannot start a trial against me .
Full disclosure, to test out the system, i'll probably enter my own hash into the table aswell this time. Won't happen next time tough...

Also, if something goes wrong with the dropshipping, and any identifying information about me gets included in the box, i count on your discretion... Don't dox me for giving away a present!

Self-moderated topic because i want to be able to remove anybody posting identifying info about him/herself or me.

Let the games begin

[mocacinno]

slot	sha256(giveaway code)
0	f3052bb80435eceb278a381505daa9072a78e6ef7420a0b877cff9b0175e677e
1	ab50c622904e932cdbfbbb29d4a02dc4ec32e9f7b03623ee08dbdce4c3f15181
2	7b21d82ff0303e99c1691338696da15537924d3a1b07445ceed089e4483909c8
3	bffc67e4ae3a32340291a1fd8cdecbedd0723a243003e744f1100ff65dc93c59
4	63649c76e9be7c6b183ad5315a221ee1cbbdaedb2e6ef9a2a4d3eba39d9fda49
5	9383b3bccd1c4faeb24c859000e3a39dad40e133c9c7a6d6b38d2167c1f68b7d
6	9e531f16d906c02cb5f4e3810e25d43a647eb776af1f799572107525638d2c85
7	81db0b936afe82be808b81eb18c04bda2857827f201c5caeea3cb786b8888352
8	e368ecd82841430a3605196fdac6314769f3f941404af63b91ec927af4b38b39
9	d78dd925d43ff30befe6715b8152f61812f5e04b6a906ca24d0905196c5f9ea7
a	eb2154353434e38da5f7eea36e85fb04a979c1ee4eda76e00a379f8c0a81fa99
b	b98cab6d279e61a7019436975ec662f1eed26f46f8c5f2d4754547bfda0d718a
c	a5d4da321d5e3bd589de4fa95aa5058e49a635e5420249a75d53276cd7ea11a3
d	807bead92de8f43b96c61f50a8c40aad388432c6ac03860dfc47a08c0b52c2bb
e	d0cff69f4a677b47c0ba2989a0d75ff3b6f3d0414b0312f363077a8062a37222
f	54503de52aa2376b9a55deda63671ff4b9841bc895f047707bf26079a6b0d2b3

[ChuckBuck]

If you are one of the first 16 mails with a VALID giveaway code i receive, i'll put the sha256 hash of your giveaway code next to your slot (0-f) and announce a future block whose hash's last character is used to announce the winner.
Once the giveaway is finished the winner has 48 hours to send a mail to mocagiveaway@gmx.com including his/her physical address (signed with the address in their original email) (including a phone number, so basically: your name, your street + number, your zipcode, your country, your phonenumber).

And you didn't provide a list of people who emailed you, how do they know if they're one of the first 16    How do they know who are the winner if they don't know what their sha256 hash is   
Wish you success in trying out new features  Everything will go smoothly!

[mocacinno]

And you didn't provide a list of people who emailed you, how do they know if they're one of the first 16  

Well, if they see the sha256 hash of their giveaway code in the list, they'll know they were one of the first 16.

How do they know who are the winner if they don't know what their sha256 hash is    

They have the giveaway code, if they create a sha256 hash of the code they have at hand, they know their slot number, so they'll know if they won.

On linux, it's basically:

Code:

echo -n giveawaycode | sha256sum

On windows i have no idear, but you can use one of the many online tools to calculate a sha256 hash, like https://emn178.github.io/online-tools/sha256.html

[Danydee]

 Whay about the Coronavirus ?

[mocacinno]

Whay about the Coronavirus ?

That factor was already mentioned in the OP

--snip--
(normally 4 to 6 weeks, however, with the corona virus it might even take longer).
--snip--

As for the giveaway: 8 spots are gone, the rest is still open... I'm signing off for today, so there'll be no updates of the slots for the next ~16 hours. As mentioned before: it's first come, first serve. Tomorrow morning, i'll look at my mailbox and just keep filling slots untill all 16 slots are filled, if you sent me a mail after the slots have been filled, you won't be able to participate!

[Danydee]

Whay about the Coronavirus ?

That factor was already mentioned in the OP

I mean why not get it from Thailand, Singapore, Sweden or anywhere else

[GazetaBitcoin]

How do they know who are the winner if they don't know what their sha256 hash is    

They have the giveaway code, if they create a sha256 hash of the code they have at hand, they know their slot number, so they'll know if they won.

On linux, it's basically:

Code:

echo -n giveawaycode | sha256sum

On windows i have no idear, but you can use one of the many online tools to calculate a sha256 hash, like https://emn178.github.io/online-tools/sha256.html

Here is a small tutorial posted by nullius a while ago. I hope it helps everybody.

The SHA-256 hash (same as used in Bitcoin) will positively identify the file, without revealing its contents.  If the script then were to be later revealed by any means, either publicly or to a private auditor, it could be affirmatively verified whether or not it is the same script as you now have in your possession.  Changing even one byte—even one bit of the file would change the hash value.

An example of what a SHA-256 hash may look like (here represented in hex):

Code:

e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855

By posting a hash, you would be making a cryptographic commitment.  As long as you can produce a file exactly matching whatever hash you post, nobody could later accuse you of changing the script, or substituting a different script.  —  And yet, you would not be revealing the script.

Thus, my suggestion that you post a hash.  scam_detector has called on you to reveal the script itself.  I have suggested that it would be wiser to have your commitment to the identity of the script, and then discuss what should be done about the actual script.

Assuming that the file is named “alia_script” (substitute the appropriate name), on Linux:

Code:

sha256sum alia_script

On Windows (not sure which versions):

Code:

certUtil -hashfile alia_script SHA256

On Mac:  Don’t know.  On FreeBSD, it would be “sha256 alia_script”; but I seriously doubt you be on FreeBSD.

[mocacinno]

I mean why not get it from Thailand, Singapore, Sweden or anywhere else

Because i'm giving it away for free, so i don't want any extra hassle, nor do i want to overpay... I have a provider in china i've used before for myself, i trust them, their prices are good, they accept my payment methods.
If i ever conduct a paying raffle, i'll put more effort in finding a provider that's faster

4 slots left I get the feeling today will be the day the raffle is drawn

[mocacinno]

1 slot left - It astounds me that i can't fill 16 slots for a free giveaway  

I'll be on holliday starting the end of today's business day, untill the first of march (10 days)... So if the giveaway draw isn't happening in the next ~5-ish hours, it'll have to wait untill the 2nd of march.

[Chironexxx]

I would love to join and test the new feature, but unfortunately I'm 82 Merits short from full member!

is there a special reason for this rather strict criteria?

[mocacinno]

I would love to join and test the new feature, but unfortunately I'm 82 Merits short from full member!

is there a special reason for this rather strict criteria?

Not really, the main reason for this giveaway was to test out Theymos's new feature (Private Giveaway), so i needed some parameters in order to test the system... Minimum rank was one of those parameters, but i randomly picked a rank to be honest... I didn't really think about which rank to pick, and just randomly picked one.

[Chironexxx]

I see!

Thanks for the quick reply and enjoy your vacation!

cheers, C

[GazetaBitcoin]

1 slot left - It astounds me that i can't fill 16 slots for a free giveaway 

I'll be on holliday starting the end of today's business day, untill the first of march (10 days)... So if the giveaway draw isn't happening in the next ~5-ish hours, it'll have to wait untill the 2nd of march.

Apparently, not many got involved as the method requires a few amount of time though, not just "I'm in!": obtain the code, find a 10 minutes mail provider offering the "Compose" option (as not all offer that), and maybe the most difficult part - to find out how to calculate the hash of their code. Unfortunately, I think that many didn't understand the improved privacy of this method and only saw it as being too difficult. I hope though it will be used more in the future.

Indeed it is frustrating that only 1 spot remained uncovered, but the waiting time almost passed

What I didn't understand though is the prize itself. What is a "dropshipped keychain"?

[Last of the V8s]

search for the 2 terms separately:
a keychain
to dropship

[GazetaBitcoin]

Lol. Now I feel ridiculous )))

Of course, a keychain! And of course I know what it is!

For some weird reason though, I thought it is something related to Blockchain. But no, it's just a simple keychain

Obviously, you can laugh about me now.

[mocacinno]

[BUMP] - - still one slot left... Amazing there are no takers for a free raffle that's even more privacy-contious than a "normal" free raffle...

[GazetaBitcoin]

Welcome back from the holiday

I thought maybe people sent you already the application(s), but as you were in a holiday, we would see the last slot filled today.

But seeing the slot is still not filled is weird. Maybe users waited for your return? Or maybe only 15 users out over over 2 millions are interested in the keychain? In this case you could also proceed only with 15 applicants.

[mocacinno]

Welcome back from the holiday

I thought maybe people sent you already the application(s), but as you were in a holiday, we would see the last slot filled today.

But seeing the slot is still not filled is weird. Maybe users waited for your return? Or maybe only 15 users out over over 2 millions are interested in the keychain? In this case you could also proceed only with 15 applicants.

Thanks!

Nope, my mail is completely empty....   
I'd rather have all slots filled, as to avoid any discussion in case the unfilled slot gets the price... However, if the slot isn't filled by this evening, i might consider just letting the raffle run, no need to keep waiting

[mocacinno]

Aaaaand... We're finally full

Let's roll with block #619826 (we're currently at 619823)

EDIT: added a snapshot so there's no discussion about the final list of participants nor the block number:
https://web.archive.org/save/https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5226618.new