Very strange story, bitcoin users most ready to build applications. Bitcoin whales that can build applications are mostly big Bitcoin believers / maximalists. I think there are way more specific groups to target if you are looking for good application builders.
It should not surprise me if 'someone' is paying them to gather this information. Note that central banks or governments could be very interested to know who the bitcoin owners / users are. Especially the whales who will get most.
Im not gonna give away my addresses for a coin that I not even know where it is used for!
Fair enough, you keep your private keys of course. I was slow on the byteball uptake but joined that last airdrop.
You can sell the coin straight away (as I did with byteball as well).
I guess it depends what country you are from with regards to whether you want to risk linking your wallet or not (i.e the US is pretty scary). I actually show everyone my wallet on my website anyway https://bitcoin-millionaire.com/my-btc-wallet/ so not a big deal for me...
Bitcoin is a global currency and it could be that the USA (pretty scary indeed how they try to control the world) want to make a tracking system or whatever. The more wallets are anonymous, the better the overal privacy for ALL the bitcoin users is. It could give them some tools to control, and I want it to stay decentralized.
Can always use services like this afterwards if you want - https://bitmixer.io/
Thank you, but I am not actively hiding my coins, but I just don't want to join a 'give up your privacy for a little bit money' action. If I think stellar is interesting, I will buy some. Their story doesn't make sense to me.
Yeah I don't know enough about their story either, but it is hard for me to say no to free money.
The only altcoin that actually interests me is Steem.