Re: Biggest bitcoin giveaways in history ?

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Quote from: NotATether on July 20, 2025, 08:07:40 AM

I mean, you don't even have to look very far. Gavin's faucet used to give out 5 BTC at a time.

Wow. That's actually way too massive to be frankly speaking, because 5 BTC by today current price (i.e $118k per BTC) should be worth roughly over $590,000 at this moment. ~~But however,~~And it's really nice to know that Gavin Andresen once offered aBitcoin as giveaway to encourage the promotion and creating awareness about Bitcoin back in the days.

~~Secondly~~And secondly, sorry to go outside the box, because I would have loved to know what actually happened to Gavin Andresen? Because he was last seen on the forum January 13th 2023, and I also noticed the last post on his blog was published on March 6th 2024. So what happened, did he finally just left the forum to focus on other areas or ...

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Quote from: NotATether on July 20, 2025, 08:07:40 AM

I mean, you don't even have to look very far. Gavin's faucet used to give out 5 BTC at a time.

Wow. That's actually way too massive to be frankly speaking, because 5 BTC by today current price (i.e $118k per BTC) should be worth roughly over $590,000 at this moment. But however, it's nice to know that Gavin Andresen once offered a giveaway to encourage Bitcoin back in the days.

Secondly, sorry to go outside the box, because I would have loved to know what actually happened to Gavin Andresen? Because he was last seen on the forum January 13th 2023, and also noticed the last post on his blog was published on March 6th 2024.