One interesting thing I found was that they must have done some cleanup very early on, or perhaps many people decided to opt out. According to the wallet tab in the app, the Sept 9 airdrop went out to 280,598 users, while the Nov 17 airdrop (after the fake accounts started piling up) was only to 145,263 users. Curious to see what this final airdrop will be like.
It seemed kinda novel and fun, but I've never really been interested in cryptocurrency, and I have no idea what Stellar is good for, or even if I care more than my ability to cash it out as USD.
Overall Stellar feels like a distraction from Keybase building out their core platform and improving the user experience to the point where I'd even think of trying to get my non-technical friends to use it. And if they want to attract the masses (maybe they don't), they need to integrate traditional payments, in local currencies. (Yes, I know Stellar can act as an exchange medium, but people will want single-click ability to transfer fiat currency in/out of their bank account.)
> And if they want to attract the masses (maybe they don't)
It's not super widely known, but Extinction Rebellion NYC relies highly on the whole keybase suite of tools, and I've heard they mostly like it (and they're def not predominantly technical). NYC is also likely inspiring other XR global chapters, but hard for me to speak to that.
I too received one drop in Sept and one in Nov. The communication from Keybase sounds like the drops were happening monthly though. Was there an Oct drop and did we miss it?
They pushed it back at the last minute because of the rework in registration opt-in. Their disclaimer om the whole process was basically that it was a gift and came with no guarantees.
Thanks, so I'm not the only one who wondered what is going on. Their last message said literally: "You are still registered; there is nothing for you to do". Emphasis theirs, not mine. I didn't receive the December drop either. Their communication is confusing.
You had to register your wallet to receive gifts after September. I'm assuming many people just didn't know. I hadn't used Keybase in a while and I just found out about the XLM giveaway.
It seemed kinda novel and fun, but I've never really been interested in cryptocurrency, and I have no idea what Stellar is good for, or even if I care more than my ability to cash it out as USD.
Overall Stellar feels like a distraction from Keybase building out their core platform and improving the user experience to the point where I'd even think of trying to get my non-technical friends to use it. And if they want to attract the masses (maybe they don't), they need to integrate traditional payments, in local currencies. (Yes, I know Stellar can act as an exchange medium, but people will want single-click ability to transfer fiat currency in/out of their bank account.)