June 2010: A website gave away 5 $BTC per IP for FREE.
Dev loaded it with 1,100 $BTC. Goal? Get people to try Bitcoin.
What happened next is insane:
One guy took 5 $BTC, felt guilty, donated 50 back.
Another used Tor to farm 50 $BTC in minutes, then returned them and explained the exploit.
2 days later? The faucet had 1,570 $BTC. People were DONATING faster than it could give away.
There was a time you literally couldn't give $BTC away because nobody thought it had value.
Now those 5 $BTC = $500K+.
Remember this next time you fade something early because "it has no value."
Dev loaded it with 1,100 $BTC. Goal? Get people to try Bitcoin.
What happened next is insane:
One guy took 5 $BTC, felt guilty, donated 50 back.
Another used Tor to farm 50 $BTC in minutes, then returned them and explained the exploit.
2 days later? The faucet had 1,570 $BTC. People were DONATING faster than it could give away.
There was a time you literally couldn't give $BTC away because nobody thought it had value.
Now those 5 $BTC = $500K+.
Remember this next time you fade something early because "it has no value."
