Bitcoin via a bottle that was floated into the ocean ?

[Patikno]

I just saw a post from instagram; about a German content creator who threw away a bottle containing Bitcoin, and the amount is more than 8000 satoshi. They said; that the person deliberately did this to give away free Bitcoin to the person who found the bottle, but there was no reason behind it. I tried to find other sources, or references to confirm this information, but I haven't found any. I am still confused about this.



Source : instagram.com -  Bitcoin via a bottle that was floated into the ocean (You need to translate "Indonesian" to "English" to read it)

Do you think this is real ? Even if it is true, what was the man's intention behind his actions ? Is this meant to create a useful sensation (awareness about Bitcoin) or not ?

[Livingleged]

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Do you think this is real ? Even if it is true, what was the man's intention behind his actions ? Is this meant to create a useful sensation (awareness about Bitcoin) or not ?

Yes I think it’s real. If you watch the video you’ll realise there is a paper that was rolled into the bottle. I think that paper contains information to a bitcoin wallet. I guess he’s just trying to see how long it will take for anyone to get the bottle and also use those keys to spend those bitcoins.

Yes just like you’ve said it I also think it’s just away to create headlines about bitcoin. However it’s will only create more awareness and nothing else.

[Rgram]

Actions like this is definitely not the first of its kind, people having being leaving gift items and messages in bottles, dumped somewhere on the ocean, making sure to take the coordinates of where it was dumped and possibly, put contact information so, whoever finds it would be sure to report back.

Through this experiment, the individual to have initiated it would know how long and where the ocean current along with other activities where able to carry the bottle to as its final destination.

It’s just a social experiment to satisfy a hobby and nothing more. The only difference here is, this one would be rewording to whoever finds it and the twist to it would be, the person has to be well aware of what they’ve got and how to claim said 8000Sats.

At the very least, the activity would have attained its purposes to have made the news and we are having to discuss it.

[Charles-Tim]

80000 sat is 0.00008 BTC which is less than $7 if bitcoin price is $86000. That is a small amount of money thatmany people can afford to lose. And this is not a loss because it will be for publicity reason but which is very good. Although, bitcoin is too popular than the publicity, but not bad at all.

[Die_empty]

I just saw a post from instagram; about a German content creator who threw away a bottle containing Bitcoin, and the amount is more than 8000 satoshi. They said; that the person deliberately did this to give away free Bitcoin to the person who found the bottle, but there was no reason behind it. I tried to find other sources, or references to confirm this information, but I haven't found any. I am still confused about this.



Source : instagram.com -  Bitcoin via a bottle that was floated into the ocean (You need to translate "Indonesian" to "English" to read it)

Do you think this is real ? Even if it is true, what was the man's intention behind his actions ? Is this meant to create a useful sensation (awareness about Bitcoin) or not ?

There is no information about the German content creator or the location where he threw the bottle. The world is too big for someone to start searching for the bottle. 8000 satoshi is about $6.89 USD, which is not a big amount to start searching for the bottle. The bottle might end up in recycling plants because nobody might discover it.

Since there is no source for this news, I can't say if it is real or fake. If it is true, he might just want to have fun or create content with the story. If he has a large following, it could also be a means to engage in Bitcoin awareness.

[BIT-BENDER]

Why are you confused about this? It is not your money and you don't expect him or anyone to spend their funds the way you expect them to do so.
There is nothing to even worry about here, in the story is a man who decided to run a giveaway program in his own term because that is what he fancies.
Honestly I could careless if it's real or not because it's not that deep.

[lionheart78]

Do you think this is real ?

Maybe, who knows, people do things just for content.  Even the most famous streamers' content is scripted, so it is not impossible that this action is true and made to get public attention.

Even if it is true, what was the man's intention behind his actions ? Is this meant to create a useful sensation (awareness about Bitcoin) or not ?

Obviously, we do not know what the man's intention is because we are not mind reader.  We can choose to assume and say something, or the man can lie about his true purpose.  But regardless of his intention, if his action becomes viral, it is good publicity for Bitcoin.

[Cryptomultiplier]

I just saw a post from instagram; about a German content creator who threw away a bottle containing Bitcoin, and the amount is more than 8000 satoshi. They said; that the person deliberately did this to give away free Bitcoin to the person who found the bottle, but there was no reason behind it. I tried to find other sources, or references to confirm this information, but I haven't found any. I am still confused about this.



Source : instagram.com -  Bitcoin via a bottle that was floated into the ocean (You need to translate "Indonesian" to "English" to read it)

Do you think this is real ? Even if it is true, what was the man's intention behind his actions ? Is this meant to create a useful sensation (awareness about Bitcoin) or not ?

There is no information about the German content creator or the location where he threw the bottle. The world is too big for someone to start searching for the bottle. 8000 satoshi is about $6.89 USD, which is not a big amount to start searching for the bottle. The bottle might end up in recycling plants because nobody might discover it.

Since there is no source for this news, I can't say if it is real or fake. If it is true, he might just want to have fun or create content with the story. If he has a large following, it could also be a means to engage in Bitcoin awareness.

Even if the story were true, it doesn't dispell the fact that such a publicity stunt is contributing to littering the ocean, it offers no exact Bitcoin education on how Bitcoin works or the broader spectrum and whoever ends up getting the bottle might either find it destroyed by salt water or not even know what Bitcoin is, that's considering it ends up in a very remote rural area.

I don't know what the social media influencer aims to gain if not hype and publicity and to think of the amount being less than $10 worth of crypto currencies is even what makes this particular content just a ruse to get attention.

[EL MOHA]

I just saw a post from instagram; about a German content creator who threw away a bottle containing Bitcoin, and the amount is more than 8000 satoshi. They said; that the person deliberately did this to give away free Bitcoin to the person who found the bottle, but there was no reason behind it. I tried to find other sources, or references to confirm this information, but I haven't found any. I am still confused about this.

Firstly I think you should correct your statement as he threw away a bottle containing seed phrase which is alleged to have keys to 8000 Satoshi and not that he bottle containing bitcoin because bitcoin isn’t a physical commodity to be put in a bottle.

What I do think about this is that the content creator is doing it for the views and clearly he just got it because you shared it here and that’s the purpose, for $7 I think it’s worth the noise or motion his page will get. I don’t usually fancy any of this things or even see them as anything related to creating awareness for bitcoin rather it’s creating awareness for themselves.

Now the question is how are we sure it’s even a valid seed phrase or private key or the OP hasn’t even double spend it? Nonetheless I don’t see anything extra here

[Antidote47k]

I was a bit perplexed by the title and wording cause bitcoin itself isn’t tangible in the physical sense, nevertheless I do get OPs point, from what I can see it’s probably just a publicity stunt, and we don’t really know what’s on the paper so it’s not clear if there’s actually bitcoin or a seed phrase in the bottle but the amount isn’t significant so the chances of finding bitcoin in it should be pretty high.

[Upgrade00]

80000 sat is 0.00008 BTC which is less than $7 if bitcoin price is $86000.

Imagine finding a seedphrase in a bottle excited that you may have stumbled on generational wealth only to find $7 in it  
With how much stuffs gets disposed wrongly I would not be surprised if no one finds this at all and anyone who does, does not bother to check what may be in it or are not familiar with bitcoin.

[Catenaccio]

I just saw a post from instagram; about a German content creator who threw away a bottle containing Bitcoin, and the amount is more than 8000 satoshi. They said; that the person deliberately did this to give away free Bitcoin to the person who found the bottle, but there was no reason behind it. I tried to find other sources, or references to confirm this information, but I haven't found any. I am still confused about this.

Do you think this is real ? Even if it is true, what was the man's intention behind his actions ? Is this meant to create a useful sensation (awareness about Bitcoin) or not ?

If it is 8 bitcoins or more, I will spend my time for verifying it is real or not but it's a story about 8000 satoshi that is very small amount. Even I know that satoshi purchasing power will increase with time because of Bitcoin growth in both adoption, value and price, I am aware that 8000 satoshi won't make anyone become millionaire or billionaire.

There is a more noisy story, bitcoin on the Moon.

Spaceship carries physical BTC wallet on mission.

Crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX arranged the trip for a physical Bitcoin to land on the moon. The exchange announced BTC’s voyage to space on May 18, 2023, highlighting that the physical BTC is also a crypto wallet containing at least one BTC.

[Faisal2202]

Well those 8k satoshis are no more than $10 so its not a big deal, and I would not say its fake either because it really happened before, even mentioned on our forum, but be careful. It can be a trend started by scammers so innocent people finding these wallets years later will open them and somehow can be scamed as discussed in

I found a paper wallet on a beach ... seriously

So brother, scammers can start this trend and you guys finding these random bottles will quickly open them and without giving a second thought connect them to your wallets, and that can include some malicious scripts to steal from you. I am not sure about it happening in BTC wallets but it can happen in Web3 wallets like MetaMask and etc.

So don't buy this shit.

[stompix]

Seeding a wallet with a few satoshi
80000 sat  ...$7 at least it's more than the bottle despoit fee, lol

Throwing a plastic bottle in the water, possible from 35 to 500 euros
https://bravors.brandenburg.de/verwaltungsvorschriften/bgk_umwelt_1995

Yup, what a smart thing to do!
Also, for sure this true, I mean, it's on instagram so , definitely real! 

[uneng]

Do you think this is real ? Even if it is true, what was the man's intention behind his actions ? Is this meant to create a useful sensation (awareness about Bitcoin) or not ?

I think there is no reason to doubt it's real, because we are talking about a small amount of 8000 satoshis. The man's intention is most likely hype and views on the internet, since everything turns around this bullshit nowadays in the world. By spending 8000 satoshis in a bottle floating across the sea, the man has potential to make much more from the popularity he gets on social media.

[crwth]

Definitely a social experiment type of thing for me. But without any blockchain proof or a public wallet address to show, it could just be a ruse.

Still, it's not a bad idea. It's like a physical treasure hunt that makes understanding Bitcoin challenging or something. It could be a type of giveaway or something. What will it matter, though, if the person who gets it doesn't understand it? Maybe the finder would disregard it or something.

[abaeze]

The phenomenon of floating a message or small gift in a bottle in a river or sea is very old. People have been floating letters, ID cards, small notes, etc. in bottles for many years. But this time, this kind of phenomenon of "digital asset Bitcoin" really creates a lot of curiosity.

However, I do not consider this phenomenon unrealistic because of its amount, that is, if the amount was more, it might have been difficult to believe, but now it is not unbelievable. However, everyone is interested in knowing whether there was a Bitcoin address and a private key on a piece of paper in the bottle or whether it was a physical device.

[Gravitypull$]

80000 sat is 0.00008 BTC which is less than $7 if bitcoin price is $86000. That is a small amount of money thatmany people can afford to lose. And this is not a loss because it will be for publicity reason but which is very good. Although, bitcoin is too popular than the publicity, but not bad at all.

That's the amount he can afford to lose and I believe that he did it to create attention and nothing more because there are a lot of people out there gifting people funds without showing it or bring it to people's notice. I was thinking that it was a huge amount of money but after I read your post, I just hissed because it's nothing. The only difference is because it's bitcoin.

[Asuspawer09]

It's a fun thing, but for sure not for everyone, since it would probably take some resources if you are actually planning to do the treasure hunting, but it seems like there was no kind of clue whatsoever, so it might probably be random who's going to find this bottle and who's going to get lucky. But 8k satoshis wasn't that much money, but it's still money, so it's probably great to just dump a lot of this bottle somewhere just to make it somehow fun.

It might be real, but maybe it could just be for views, but still it makes some kind of article, so it wasn't too bad since it helped to give awareness to Bitcoin because of the post since it got trending.

It wasn't a bad thing at all. If I had huge money, I would probably do something like this just to make Bitcoin more fun. I mean, money hunts here locally are a huge thing on social media. I just think about it, and it might be good content.

[MisFoxie]

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Just seven dollars worth of Bitcoin. Imagine someone sees the seed phrase inside and thinks that it could be something huge but in the end after accessing the wallet they found that it only contained around $7 worth of Bitcoin which is enough to buy just one coffee.
I think they did this just to get better views and likes they actually had no intention of giving anyone anything big as a gift. In my opinion giving at least $100 worth of Bitcoin as a gift would have been reasonable.