Am I allowed to throw a small giveaway?

[NeuroticFish]

Honestly, I don't understand why there's a rule against it. If someone has good intention to bless others with a raffle or freebies, it shouldn't be stopped.

That's most probably because any low value project would start making such giveaways - for advertising purpose - handing out some shitcoins or tokens with no value.

It's easy nowadays to camouflage bad intentions as good intentions. I guess that this is the way many scams actually work.

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[Mitch212]

Woah I didnt know this thread gonna blow up, I got a bit confused how can I give it away? it doesnt matter if its in LTC/BTC/ETH I can do top 10 coins without a problem so please quote me after this what I should do thank you all <3

[Mpamaegbu]

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That's most probably because any low value project would start making such giveaways - for advertising purpose - handing out some shitcoins or tokens with no value.

In that case, two options could be applied to counter such deception – first, low ranked accounts shouldn't be allowed to announce freebies. Secondly, the freebies should be offered in BTC or any stable or tradable tokens.

Edited, to add the below quote and comment:

Woah I didnt know this thread gonna blow up, I got a bit confused how can I give it away? it doesnt matter if its in LTC/BTC/ETH I can do top 10 coins without a problem so please quote me after this what I should do thank you all <3

Sounds like a more tempting offer now. I hope someone directs you alright now that you've listed some reputable coins for it. I wish you good luck.

[Pmalek]

The "no low effort tasks" thing is meant to prohibit attempts at bypassing the "no altcoin giveaways" rule. And, naturally, anything that's not prohibited or restricted is allowed so yeah.

In that case, to avoid potential problems to yourself and the participants, the best thing to do is just host the altcoin giveaway away from the forum like you mentioned in one of your quotes. No on-forum signups or reports. The giveaway can be announced in the bounty section with clear instructions that those interested HAVE TO sign up elsewhere or show their interest over PM, social media, etc. The thread could even be locked to prevent those who can't read two sentences from registering and asking for free coins. 

@mprep would that be allowed?

[FatFork]

Woah I didnt know this thread gonna blow up, I got a bit confused how can I give it away? it doesnt matter if its in LTC/BTC/ETH I can do top 10 coins without a problem so please quote me after this what I should do thank you all <3

In that case, the most obvious solution is to organize a BTC giveaway and publish it in Games and rounds, or alternatively, in the Services section if you want participants to complete some tasks.

ETH and LTC giveaways are more complicated due to the "no altcoin giveaways" rule. Hope this helps.

[mprep]

Woah I didnt know this thread gonna blow up, I got a bit confused how can I give it away? it doesnt matter if its in LTC/BTC/ETH I can do top 10 coins without a problem so please quote me after this what I should do thank you all <3

• If you want to give away LTC or some other altcoin, start a thread in Bounties (Altcoins), say you only accept entries via PM (and that entries posted in the thread are invalid). Make sure the warning can be clearly seen so a moderator doesn't mistakenly delete your thread.
• If you want to give away BTC, post it in Games and Rounds (a sub-board under Gambling) and accept entries how you want (post in the thread, PM you, via Google forms, etc)

The "no low effort tasks" thing is meant to prohibit attempts at bypassing the "no altcoin giveaways" rule. And, naturally, anything that's not prohibited or restricted is allowed so yeah.

In that case, to avoid potential problems to yourself and the participants, the best thing to do is just host the altcoin giveaway away from the forum like you mentioned in one of your quotes. No on-forum signups or reports. The giveaway can be announced in the bounty section with clear instructions that those interested HAVE TO sign up elsewhere or show their interest over PM, social media, etc. The thread could even be locked to prevent those who can't read two sentences from registering and asking for free coins. 

@mprep would that be allowed?

Yes.

[Mitch212]

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5413258.new#new

Giveaway is up I hope i didnt break any rule, thank you all