I Am Giving Away 5 Bitcoins - page 2.

tristan_luther

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Quote from: Singlebyte on September 27, 2013, 03:24:00 PM

These gimmick promotions pop up all the time with no one ever receiving the bounty. Could you you possible put the reserve funds in escrow with a reputable 3rd party? It would bring some legitimacy to your great idea.

I do not have anything to gain personally from this, so I don't see what the problem is. In any case, I am not opposed to the idea of putting the funds in escrow, but I really don't want to put in the time and effort to figure out how to do that. If someone can set this up and convince me that the escrow service is legitimate, I will do as you suggest. Although I was kind of looking forward to sending the funds to the winners myself...

QuantumQrack

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Just sent an email to www.hyattguns.com, the largest gun store in the U.S.A. Hopefully they will make bitcoin available to pay with.

I agree though, would be nice if the btc was in escrow to legitimize the offer.

Be prepared for a commercial at the beginning.
http://video.foxnews.com/v/2701600286001/credit-card-firm-cuts-off-gun-store-for-selling-guns/

waqas

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Quote from: uk1 on September 28, 2013, 01:46:21 AM

Quote from: Singlebyte on September 27, 2013, 03:24:00 PM

These gimmick promotions pop up all the time with no one ever receiving the bounty. Could you you possible put the reserve funds in escrow with a reputable 3rd party? It would bring some legitimacy to your great idea.

+1

+2

uk1

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Quote from: Singlebyte on September 27, 2013, 03:24:00 PM

These gimmick promotions pop up all the time with no one ever receiving the bounty. Could you you possible put the reserve funds in escrow with a reputable 3rd party? It would bring some legitimacy to your great idea.

+1

p2pbucks

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Evolution is the only way to survive

http://p2pbucks.com/?p=8026 put up your giveaway plan on my site ,hope more ppl will coming Grin

marcotheminer

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┴puoʎǝq ʞool┴

Good luck and good idea!

tristan_luther

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Quote from: CoinDiver on September 27, 2013, 01:23:18 PM

OP: You should post an address for donation. Either to offset your cost, increase the reward to the 13 winners, or to increase the number of prizes available. You pick, but I think you'll see a lot of us support this effort.

I will do that after I pay the rewards at the end of this competition. I do not want anyone to think that I will take the donations and run without paying. If anyone decides to donate at that time, I would use those proceeds for another bitcoin promotional effort.

bittop100

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Very nice!

The Bitcoin Co-op

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I'll just give you the contact info of the business owners. You can see how they got signed up over time on our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bitcoincoop

tristan_luther

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I am delighted to see the positive response. One thing to keep in mind, though, is try to provide some evidence that your submission is a business that did not previously accept bitcoins.

tristan_luther

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Quote from: victorhing on September 27, 2013, 12:13:20 PM

That's very generous of you and thank you for doing this.

I'm in the midst of convincing a couple of brick and mortar businesses to accept Bitcoins. However, they are about half the requirements (around USD$1500 revenue + 1-2 employees). Would you consider to reduce the requirements (and rightfully with lower reward)?

If it is one the the top 13 businesses, then you will get the reward. Besides, a business choosing to accept bitcoins is its own reward.

The Bitcoin Co-op

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Website is up: http://bitcoincoop.org/merchants

The overwhelming majority are merchants we approached and convinced to accept Bitcoin. We're about to add some more

millsdmb

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or ask John K to set up an escrow wallet we can donate to for this.

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Our website is down right now, so I can't show you the list of merchants, but I Think we got your challenge. Observe this news article: http://globalnews.ca/news/775078/vancouver-businesses-jump-on-the-the-bitcoin-bandwagon/

Singlebyte

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These gimmick promotions pop up all the time with no one ever receiving the bounty. Could you you possible put the reserve funds in escrow with a reputable 3rd party? It would bring some legitimacy to your great idea.

Abdussamad

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OP what's stopping people from sharing the bounty with the business owner in exchange for a photo of his shop with the bitcoin logo in the window and a page on his website? This bounty won't achieve what you want to achieve.

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The Bitcoin Catalog ---> Get Started!

Quote from: tristan_luther on September 26, 2013, 09:08:12 PM

I am giving away 5 bitcoins as a reward in return for getting 13 real-world businesses to start accepting bitcoin payments.

In order to receive the reward, you must prove that you have convinced and helped a real business with a physical presence (not online-only businesses) start accepting bitcoin payments for in-person transactions. Its bitcoin acceptance policy must then be advertised at the physical location and on the internet.

This may not be a business that previously accepted bitcoins. The minimum business size is approximately 3,000 USD monthly revenue or 4 employees (possible exceptions).

Proof should be provided in this thread so that members of the bitcoin community can judge the validity of claims.

5 bitcoins will be distributed at the end of October as follows: the reward for the largest business will be 1 bitcoin, 0.5 bitcoins for the next 4 largest, and 0.25 bitcoins for the next 8.

Let them know that we can add them in the local section of our next edition for free

Abdussamad

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Quote from: victorhing on September 27, 2013, 12:13:20 PM

That's very generous of you and thank you for doing this.

I'm in the midst of convincing a couple of brick and mortar businesses to accept Bitcoins. However, they are about half the requirements (around USD$1500 revenue + 1-2 employees). Would you consider to reduce the requirements (and rightfully with lower reward)?

Where do you live? Even corner grocery stores make more than $3k a month in revenue in my country. Revenue is not the same as profit you know!

CoinDiver

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OP: You should post an address for donation. Either to offset your cost, increase the reward to the 13 winners, or to increase the number of prizes available. You pick, but I think you'll see a lot of us support this effort.

virtualmaster

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Quote from: tristan_luther on September 26, 2013, 09:08:12 PM

I am giving away 5 bitcoins as a reward in return for getting 13 real-world businesses to start accepting bitcoin payments.

In order to receive the reward, you must prove that you have convinced and helped a real business with a physical presence (not online-only businesses) start accepting bitcoin payments for in-person transactions. Its bitcoin acceptance policy must then be advertised at the physical location and on the internet.

This may not be a business that previously accepted bitcoins. The minimum business size is approximately 3,000 USD monthly revenue or 4 employees (possible exceptions).

Proof should be provided in this thread so that members of the bitcoin community can judge the validity of claims.

5 bitcoins will be distributed at the end of October as follows: the reward for the largest business will be 1 bitcoin, 0.5 bitcoins for the next 4 largest, and 0.25 bitcoins for the next 8.

Good intentions but the number 13 is unlucky. 12 is lucky.

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