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when I was first introduced to Bitcoin people were giving it away so others could use it and get a better understanding of Bitcoin. That spirit of generosity made a strong impression on me and I think the community should keep that way of thinking alive in some for or fashion. I think it will be a very bad thing if that type of mentality is lost. Not saying this case is the same situation but generally speaking I think donating coins to help someone understand the tech is a very good thing all around.
I agree with that kind of foundation, but I think unfortunately people just want to get free get rich quick money now.
Yes this would be nice. Even though I dont have a lot I might have send a little to OP, but then I realized that his vanity adress costs 0.03 BTC. So while it might be true what he wrote, he payed ~10% of what I have in total for his adress, we must have more or can easily get more. So all in all OP is part of those who destroy that mentality. It might have been an april fool's joke though.