14 years ago there was a website (faucet) that gave 5 Bitcoins to visitors

14 years ago there was a website (faucet) that gave 5 Bitcoins to visitors

Back in 2010 there was this website called The Bitcoin Faucet that gave away 5 BTC to anyone who visited and completed a simple CAPTCHA. Yes it was that simple. Imagine how many lives could be different today because of simply solving a CAPTCHA years ago.

https://preview.redd.it/b05ntu3b09kd1.jpg?width=973&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8b0d046542949d6ab542b349968932690ce233d1

The whole point of the faucet was to spread awareness and get people interested in Bitcoin – Keep in mind that it was worth just a few cents back then.

I did a 2min research and learned that it was created by a developer named Gavin Andresen. Gavin Andresen was one of the most important developers of Bitcoin and was heavily involved in the project after Satoshi went MIA.

I think even if I had won the BTC back then I probably wouldve sold almost immediately if I knew how to do it at the time.

Source: https://x.com/i/bookmarks?post_id=1824525581297619052

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