CONTEST: Guess the price of Bitcoin at the end of 2019 and win $1,000

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Quote from: Niya on November 17, 2019, 10:08:54 AM

Quote from: mk4 on November 10, 2019, 09:53:29 AM

Even if it was Coindesk or Cointelegraph that did the "contest", I'd still fully suggest against it to be honest(or use a burner email if you really wanted to join). Regardless who actually does the contest, it's fairly clear what their intentions are. They're businesses, they wouldn't just randomly be giving $1,000 if they don't get anything in return; which in this case, is a potentially huge email list.

I agree with you. I suggest OP to do the contest here on bitcointalk without forcing users to go to his website.

Totally agree too and that's why I will not participate. Too bad, as i appreciate this kind of small contest but here the goal is too obvious (although legal).

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Quote from: mk4 on November 10, 2019, 09:53:29 AM

Even if it was Coindesk or Cointelegraph that did the "contest", I'd still fully suggest against it to be honest(or use a burner email if you really wanted to join). Regardless who actually does the contest, it's fairly clear what their intentions are. They're businesses, they wouldn't just randomly be giving $1,000 if they don't get anything in return; which in this case, is a potentially huge email list.

I agree with you. I suggest OP to do the contest here on bitcointalk without forcing users to go to his website.

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Quote from: Bitcoin_Mafia_Me on November 08, 2019, 03:58:52 PM

I totally understand your concern. You would probably not have such concerns if it was a big news site like Coindesk or CoinTelegraph,
which makes sense.

Micky is a smaller news site, but it is growing.

Even if it was Coindesk or Cointelegraph that did the "contest", I'd still fully suggest against it to be honest(or use a burner email if you really wanted to join). Regardless who actually does the contest, it's fairly clear what their intentions are. They're businesses, they wouldn't just randomly be giving $1,000 if they don't get anything in return; which in this case, is a potentially huge email list.

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You can ask for btt username instead of asking email.submitting email is risky. Though i participated in your prediction reward. If i found unnecessary email from this site, I will report and unsubscribe.

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Quote from: The Cryptovator on November 08, 2019, 01:45:04 PM

I don't know if OP really want to share reward news for free earning or just promoting website. Although even OP intention is good but how we believe they will pay to winners? My suspicion is quite reasonable in my opinion. I am wondering they are collecting emails of crypto users and they might sell it or they have some other plan. Because often we see that people selling crypto users database. I will not encourage anyone to enter your real emails on that kind of website. If you feel this is real then create a dummy email for that kind of job. So you will not receive spam on your main email. Also hack could be occurred by email phishing. They might send phishing links. So be careful about free offers.

PS: Image on the post is quite annoying to me. I don't think its necessary to use in order to share this news. Perhaps it would discourage some others to read that post.

I totally understand your concern. You would probably not have such concerns if it was a big news site like Coindesk or CoinTelegraph,
which makes sense.

Micky is a smaller news site, but it is growing.

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Quote from: Coyster on November 08, 2019, 10:43:07 AM

Quote from: akhjob on November 08, 2019, 09:49:40 AM

Looks like a bait to gain subscribers for free...

If the site is legit(i do not know if it is), there is nothing wrong in doing that, almost every website tries various means to add more subscribers to their network, it's normal.

I'm yet to fill in those requirements, but I will the moment I can confirm the legitimacy of this site, since we're required to give out our email addresses, I wouldn't want to start receiving unsolicited messages.
The prediction would be fun, though I think it's almost impossible for anyone to get the exact price, it's almost Christmas, would it take a bull, a bear turn or would it remain around the same price. Grin

I'll be guessing a drop.

It's a news site that's been around for about a year and a half. And you don't need to guess the exact price. The person closest to it
is the winner.

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I don't know if OP really want to share reward news for free earning or just promoting website. Although even OP intention is good but how we believe they will pay to winners? My suspicion is quite reasonable in my opinion. I am wondering they are collecting emails of crypto users and they might sell it or they have some other plan. Because often we see that people selling crypto users database. I will not encourage anyone to enter your real emails on that kind of website. If you feel this is real then create a dummy email for that kind of job. So you will not receive spam on your main email. Also hack could be occurred by email phishing. They might send phishing links. So be careful about free offers.

PS: Image on the post is quite annoying to me. I don't think its necessary to use in order to share this news. Perhaps it would discourage some others to read that post.

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This is a trap to collect your emails, trust me after giving them your email, you will have some unwanted guests in your mailbox. you will see some strange mails that even yourself doesn't know where it came from. in the worst cases they will give you a suspicious link to be clicked. you know what happen when you fell for it. I knew this because me past email account was hacked. I just want to warn you to avoid some loses.

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Quote from: akhjob on November 08, 2019, 09:49:40 AM

Looks like a bait to gain subscribers for free Lips sealed

Definitely one hell of a way to mas collect emails from the cryptocurrency demographic. They could just simply shut down the website at the end of 2019 and they would end up with a good sized email list. Regardless if this contest is actually legit or not, I definitely suggest using burner emails. There's a good chance that the people who submitted their email addresses would be spammed with articles, or worst case scenario, the email list would actually be sold to potentially people with malicious intentions.

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Quote from: akhjob on November 08, 2019, 09:49:40 AM

Looks like a bait to gain subscribers for free Lips sealed

I think it's for an email database.

Most of them, try to collect a lot of emails to spam the service, promotion, airdrop, bounty or a scam.

Quote from: Coyster on November 08, 2019, 10:43:07 AM

If the site is legit(i do not know if it is), there is nothing wrong in doing that, almost every website tries various means to add more subscribers to their network, it's normal.

I'm yet to fill in those requirements, but I will the moment I can confirm the legitimacy of this site, since we're required to give out our email addresses, I wouldn't want to start receiving unsolicited messages.
The prediction would be fun, though I think it's almost impossible for anyone to get the exact price, it's almost Christmas, would it take a bull, a bear turn or would it remain around the same price. Grin

I'll be guessing a drop.

Since the winner announcement by an email, we don't know the winners it's real or not. They should make a public table/spreadsheet for all participant who joins the contest, so everyone got transparency and can access all information to verify the winners. The email can be hidden, and add more requirements like username since email is your personal information.

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Quote from: akhjob on November 08, 2019, 09:49:40 AM

Looks like a bait to gain subscribers for free...

If the site is legit(i do not know if it is), there is nothing wrong in doing that, almost every website tries various means to add more subscribers to their network, it's normal.

I'm yet to fill in those requirements, but I will the moment I can confirm the legitimacy of this site, since we're required to give out our email addresses, I wouldn't want to start receiving unsolicited messages.
The prediction would be fun, though I think it's almost impossible for anyone to get the exact price, it's almost Christmas, would it take a bull, a bear turn or would it remain around the same price. Grin

I'll be guessing a drop.

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Looks like a bait to gain subscribers for free Lips sealed

And beginners and help is not the right place to promote.

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Micky.com.au recently launched a Bitcoin price prediction contest and the prize is AU$1,000. The rules are simple:

1. Fill out the contest form with what you think Bitcoin's price will be (in AUD) on December 31, 2019 at 11:59pm AEST
2. That's it!

The contestant whose guess is closest to the actual price on Digital Surge at the end of 2019 will win the AU$1,000
prize. In the event that more than one contest wins, the prize will be split evenly among the winners.

Details: https://micky.com.au/bitcoin-price-prediction-contest/

If you need a USD to AUD price converter for your prediction, here is a link to one:

https://transferwise.com/us/currency-converter/usd-to-aud-rate

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