2025-12-28 12:26:21

Back in 2010, Bitcoin was practically free—literally. You could snag 5 BTC just by cracking a simple captcha on a website. Sounds like easy money? Not really, because nobody knew BTC would become what it is today.

Here's the mind-bending part: that faucet ended up distributing nearly 20,000 BTC across its entire run—roughly 19,700 coins to be precise. Do the math with today's exchange rates and you're looking at around $1.7 billion in giveaways.

Imagine being one of those early users. You solved a puzzle, grabbed your 5 satoshis' worth, and probably forgot about it. Now that's a what-if story for the ages.

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WalletInspector

· 2025-12-31 02:01

Damn, why didn't I take advantage of that opportunity back then? Now looking at 1.7B, I just want to cry.

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TokenToaster

· 2025-12-29 22:32

Damn, did someone really mess around with this thing back then? Giving away 1.7 billion dollars so casually, I just found out now.

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GasDevourer

· 2025-12-29 10:08

Haha, I remember I used to play this kind of faucet back in the day. Thinking about it now, it's really crazy—19,700 Bitcoins. How many dreams does that add up to?

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DegenWhisperer

· 2025-12-28 12:55

Oh my god, 19,700 coins were just given away for free. Now it's worth 1.7 billion USD. Who could have imagined that back then?

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zkProofGremlin

· 2025-12-28 12:55

Damn, why didn't I hear about this crappy faucet back then? Now I regret it to death.

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LiquidityWizard

· 2025-12-28 12:50

actually the math here is kinda wild—$1.7B in theoretical value but fundamentally speaking, those coins never had liquidity at that price point. statistically significant opportunity cost if you factor in the risk-adjusted returns, but ngl most faucet users probably lost their keys anyway lol

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BlockchainGriller

· 2025-12-28 12:50

Early players really made a fortune; a few clicks could earn billions. Now all that's left is to watch the story and shed tears.

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ShibaMillionairen't

· 2025-12-28 12:44

People who entered early through this method must be dreaming for how many years now...

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ShibaSunglasses

· 2025-12-28 12:38

Oh, back then, you could just click around and get free Bitcoin. Thinking about it now, it was really awesome. It would have been so great if I hadn't deleted my wallet.

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ContractTearjerker

· 2025-12-28 12:37

Back then, I could earn coins just by clicking casually. Thinking about it now, it was really amazing... I should have done a few more captchas if I had known earlier.

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