Like most people, I was initially attracted to Byteball because they were giving away free tokens. In case you haven't heard, they are doing an airdrop of free tokens to Steemians. If you have a Steem account with reputation 30 or above, you can get free Byteball tokens just by following these instructions!
So far there seems to be really good synergy between the two projects. Both projects are looking to "bring crypto adoption to the masses" albeit through different means. Byteball is looking to make the use and adoption of blockchain "smart contracts" as easy as using a cell phone app.
I have been impressed with how well they have integrated with the Steem community so far, and happy to see the Steem blockchain becoming more widely used in the cryptocurrency community.
Most people who have received their free tokens via the airdrop have probably done one of two things with them: cash them out via an exchange, or HODL (hold onto them and hope they go up in value).
In this post I want to explore a few other things that you can do with Byteball.
(1) Sports betting. This can be found in the Byteball wallet under the Chat > Bot Store > Sports betting bot menu.
(2) Purchase insurance against flight delays using a built in smart contract system. This can be found in the Byteball wallet under the Chat > Bot Store > Flight delay insurance menu.
(3) Bet on a prediction market whether cryptocurrency tokens will go up or down at BinaryBalls.com. (Here is a brief tutorial video).
(4) Provably fair Luckybytes Lottery. This can be found in the Byteball wallet under the Chat > Bot Store > Luckybytes Lottery menu.
(5) They also have a platform to run ICOs and launch new assets.
(6) You can 'donate' your devices spare computing power to help scientists solve health and sustainability programs. By doing so, you can earn daily rewards for your contribution to the "World Community Grid" computations. This can be found in the Byteball wallet under the Chat > Bot Store > World Community Grid menu.
(7) Play a text-based multi-user dungeon (MUD) game that uses provably fair gambling. This can be found in the Byteball wallet under the Chat > Bot Store > Slice&Dice MUD menu.
As the Byteballs platform continues to grow in popularity, it will likely attract more developers to build even more apps. I look forward to seeing what cool new things they build, as well as new possibilities for our two communities (Byteballs and Steem) to interact.
If you don't have the Byteball wallet yet, you can download it here.
I am trying to get my reputation score to 30.So I can participate in the ongoing airdrop.
You did the right thing, but I hope that you did not claim your Byteball yet.
Get it at least to 40 in order to get double the amount.
Each round reputation ranking entitles you double the previous one.
The problem is that there is a finite final amount of Byteball, similar to Bitcoin, Litecoin and ZCash and not similar to Steem, Ethereum and most other cryptocurrencies, so your time is limited.
This is why I claimed my Byteball share after I reached a full 60 and did not wait until I reached 70, which may never happen and will most likely not happen this year or the year after.
Yes I am working on getting it to rep 40.
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I would recommend to anyone interested in Byteball to read the whitepaper: https://byteball.org/Byteball.pdf
It's readable even without specialized knowledge and describes precisely what the platform has to offer. Actually you may find out that it's the most brilliantly designed cryptocurrency since the creation of Bitcoin.
just to add my two byteball cents I cashed my out but the other half sits in the wallet for a year. So technically I still have byteball albeit unlocked until 2019 July
Whoa, I didn't know we could do that with the byteball, but the minimum reputation to be able to claim any reward is 30 and mine has been at 26 for a very long time.
All the same, it's good to know. Thank you.
You have to post/comment some more :)
Thank you so so much, I mean I'm very grateful for what you did.
You’re 30 now. :D
Thank you so much mate.
I had no idea there were so many options for ByteBall! Excellent post, Tim. Full of information that I can share with my friends. Unfortunately most of my IRL friends still think crypto is fake. You know that saying, "You can lead a horse to water but you can't make them drink." SMH
Just have to hook them up with a Steem account and get them posting. Hard to argue it is fake when you get real money in your pocket ;)
Thanks Tim. You read my mind. Just the other day I was wondering what exactly does Byteball do, but I have not had a chance to research. Thanks for doing my homework and summarizing its capabilities. Some of it seems interesting.
I owe you a long overdue post from the interview questions you answered for me months ago. I apologize, i have been away for Steemit for some months dealing with personal stuff. However, all is well again and I am back and will honor my commitment to you. Take care.
Ok, sounds good :)
Thanks for useful info. Got my Byteball tokens!...:)...
Well written piece, very few post like these out there.
I've seen quite a few presentations for Byteball's airdrop, yours makes the most service to the Byteball project by presenting the possibilities you have once you start to use it. Excellent review Tim!
I've already claimed mine (unfortunately didn't wait to reach level 50, I'm not so good at leveling up any way, lol).
Hi @timcliff, I already signed up and got free tokens. I hope to hodl byteball bytes and after research sometime, if price will go higher I'll buy some for future. You clearly showing how to get free airdrop from bot service. It can easily understand and hope more newcomers sign up and get their free token.
Are they Byteball the first to synergise with steem community given out free tokens? It actually contributed to a lot of rise in steem activities. And i must admit i never knew we could do all you enumerated with byteball, Thanks for the insight.
Not sure if it is the first, but it is the first one of this large a scale :)
Yes. I have seen more and more people sharing about this byteball and it sounds good and I will definitely try it out and explore it, especially after reading and learning more about it from your post.
Thank you @timcliff
This is great, I did not know all this information, this enhances my interest in byteball.
I am betting on an increase in value, my coins rest in my wallet
Thank you very much dear friend @timcliff for this information
I wish you a wonderful weekend
You too :)
I ended up using mine for other coins I wanted, but I at least still have my $40 in smart contracts as I have >60 rep on my main account. Though I do wish I gave the betting bots a crack to see what they are like, maybe another time.
I find it very useful to earn income, here in the country it is important to exchange currencies with more value. Thank you for the information.
@timcliff you can actually believe that byte happens to be the only money i have touch, and spent on steemit. Long live byteball
seriously byte ball has taken over peoples attention. every where i goes you keep hearing about it. thanks for sharing please anyone who has not register should try and do so
And why exactly?
Thank you, I will follow the instructions in your post to claim my free chips. Greetings
but will the free token last long? because i have friend who hasn't register yet
It should last for a while.
Thank you, i get also my bonus , take a look at this article if you want to invest your bonus
https://steemit.com/trade/@amy-bella/binary-options-trading-with-byteball-bytes-bonus-at-the-end
i sold mine, if your rep is high you can cash out (72) you must have scored! This is how i turned mine in Litecoin https://steemit.com/byteball/@viraldrome/how-to-sell-exchange-your-byteballs
Thank you for byteball;))
Please rethink. There are no free tokens. You always end up giving away something. Mostly money, often personal data.
What you give away with linking your Steem account to Byteball account is a data that is already publicly available on Steem blockchain. Only thing you do during this process is that you verify that you have access to that Steem account and that is done via SteemConnect.
Byteball Bytes are given away for free because it doesn't have distribution method like mining, so it needs to give all the coins away to users who will use it, but that applies to pretty much all cryptocurrencies that there is no point for them it they are not used.
The referrer used to give free bytes to referrals to cover Steem attestation fee but now no need. Just click a referral link, install the wallet and so on. Real name attestation is not required, it is only an option. :)
Alright, thanks!
I had to download and install their open source wallet software, and then sign a SteemConnect transaction with my posting key. Do you consider this a cost?
Very interesting, I wasn't aware of such a wallet. Excellent information. Thank you very much, greetings!
I see a bright future for Byteball and will continue to HODL. There's so much utility for this new token. If you haven't signed up already, now's the time!
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hey friend it being a while we have not chat. if you are on discord drop your username for me so we could chat
Already signed up for Byteball free tokens.
Thanks and have a great day.
I already cashed out some GBYTE. Thanks again! 😊
Good to know about how to get byteball for free..
But i am trying to get my reputation score to 50. So i can take advantage of some more.
@timcliff you can actually believe that byte happens to be the only money i have touch, and spent on steemit. Long live byteball
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Warning scammer alert downvote this fucker have a look at his comments all he does is send his address to every byteball post
No need to link wallet addresses anymore. If you read the instructions in my post, that step to pay to activate is no longer required.
Oh man... I spent so much time transferring funds to people...
They just changed it within the last ~24 hours.