Firstly, very much looking forward to the launch of Sterlingcoin - good job guys !

Option 2 for the 'Space drop' - will probably provide the best overall distribution for Sterlingcoin to those who are interested.

People will always find a way round an online application system, no matter what safe guards you put in place.

For example, here is a short list of free UK sms / text dump websites:

http://hs3x.com
http://receive-sms-now.com
http://receivemysms.com/
http://www.chaka.biz/
http://receivesmsonline.com/
http://www.freeonlinephone.org/
http://www.receivesmsonline.net/
http://receivefreesms.com/
http://receive-sms-online.org/

The UK DDI: http://www.ukddi.com/ provides up to 10 free UK local numbers per. account for most area codes for voip users.

Postcodes are easy to find and their are countless free UK based proxies.