I have gotten a lot of airdrops during my time in the crypto sphere, but this is the first time I have seen a crypto get airdropped to all Steem users. And it’s not just any cryptocurrency either, it’s a fully functional crypto called Byteball that already has a functioning wallet with smart contracts, and a $75 million market cap!
This is my Byteball wallet after spending two minutes on completing the airdrop!
What is Byteball?
Byteball is a cryptocurrency platform for smart contracts, and it’s main focus (from what I understand) is to have human readable smart contracts. If you’ve been playing around with EOS or Ethereum, then you will understand why mass-adaptation of smart contracts needs to be easier to understand by people, and that’s just what Byteball hopes to solve.
If you’re unclear about what a smart contract is, then imagine setting up a payment with a condition. For instance, you can say that the person will only receive payment if they fulfill the set condition, which can be something like having to wait a set time. This allows you to have a safer trading experience, and there are already several bots on the network where you can utilize smart contracts in some form.
One important thing to know about Byteball is that it does not run on a blockchain, but rather on a Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG) system. Whether or not you prefer this over a regular blockchain is up to yourself, but it’s worth keeping in mind, especially now that you are about to be an owner of Byteball Bytes!
Enough talk, let’s get to the free airdrop already!
It’s actually very quick and easy to get the airdrop. First step is to follow this link and download the wallet. Full disclose; this is a referral link that will also give me some Bytes. If you don’t want to use that link, follow this instead to not use the referral link. Once there, download the wallet and install it.
Once the wallet is ready, click on “Receive”, and then copy your Byteball address. At this point you will need to get some funds to get going, but don’t worry, I will send enough Bytes to complete the airdrop to everyone who copies their address below.
While waiting to get the funds to finish the airdrop, click on “Chat” and select the “Steem attestation bot”. Open the chat, and you will get instructions on how to verify your Steem username. It’s not difficult at all, and the main thing you need to do is to connect with SteemConnect.
At a point you will be asked to sign the transaction with 0.000049 GB, which I have hopefully been able to send to your wallet already. Once this is sent, the verification is complete, and you will get your Byteball Bytes in a few moments!
How much will I get?
How much you get depends on your reputation level here on Steemit! It’s important to keep in mind that only 50 % of it will be liquid at the start, while the other half will be tied to a smart contract that will pay you exactly one year after you verified your identification. This means that you will be forced to hold it for at least one year, which might end up giving you a lot more money in the end (if the market turns for the better).
Here’s a table of how much money worth the different reputation levels will get:
30 – 39: $10 worth of Byteball Bytes.
40 – 49: $20 worth of Byteball Bytes.
50 – 59: $40 worth of Byteball Bytes.
60 – 69: $80 worth of Byteball Bytes.
70 +: $160 worth of Byteball Bytes.
If you’re below reputation level 30, then I suggest that you wait with the airdrop for a while, because you won’t be getting anything from it anyway.
If you want to learn more, then check out the official announcement post by @punqtured. They also have a more detailed guide that will help you get started.
There is no time limit on the airdrop, so you might want to wait a bit if you think the value of Byteball Bytes is going to sink, since the money will be paid to equal the same dollar value at any point. However, this is obviously risky since the market can also rise again, which means you lost some potential coins.
Hei, jeg brukte din link, her er min adresse - IYWPELHCYWXLWGA3TKLZFWJWXACHGTQY
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Beklager sent svar, men har sendt 600,000 Bytes nå nettopp! :)
Hi, I used your link. Perhaps I am to late too the party, but here is my address: TBW43MD64VO34I5JRDLJQXFXHAGMLIQ2
Hi, I paid for the attestation myself, so no worries. You still got the reward though:)
Thanks! Sorry I didn't get to sent your attestation before you got it yourself.
Hey, any idea why one incomming transaction needs (for now) more than 6 hours to still be unconfirmed?
Yes, Byteball is having a huge network issue right now, so it seems like none of the transactions are getting confirmed. I saw that the developers said that they are working on fixing it, but they don't have an ETA yet.
Here is my address - I used your reference link :)
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Please let me know when u sent the bytes so that I can attest the transaction .
Awesome, thanks! I sent the tokens, and you can track them at this link if you like the gritty details of transactions: https://explorer.byteball.org/#Jnt3L3dwVxBYESU3YXXmTRDnzvBdd/IlmSsf9jxOXEI=
I have gotten this far but now I can’t get further.
I try to press the link pay for attestation but nothing is happening
According to some Reddit posts, they are having some network troubles right now, so this is why we can't send funds or use the bot at the moment. I think the only solution right now is to wait until they have fixed it. I'll make sure to reply again to let you know when it should be working again ;)
Thanks a lot for the info !
It seems to be working again now. I haven't tried the bot yet, but transactions are functional again, so I think the bot might be as well.
I reinstalled the app and will try again. Would you mind sending me the attesting fee again to this address : 3A4NWZUHG2Z2VPDECEKZGK4BEY4EZSV6
I will pay you back the amount or if you prefer i can give you some steem for the trouble !
Why in hell does a wallet need webcam?
Anyway I have blocked the access, Used your referral link, now can you help me with validation thing?
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The webcam access is actually a bit concerning :/ I wonder what that is all about.
I will send you the funds as soon as I can, but right now they are having some network troubles](~~~ embed:ByteBall/comments/8ypaoi/cant_send_byte/), so it's impossible to send funds or use the bot at the moment. But I'm going to be sending it as soon as the network is functional again! And I will reply to your post once again to let you know when it's working / the funds are sent :) reddit metadata:fEJ5dGVCYWxsfGh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnJlZGRpdC5jb20vci9CeXRlQmFsbC9jb21tZW50cy84eXBhb2kvY2FudF9zZW5kX2J5dGUvKSwgIHNvIGl0J3MgaW1wb3NzaWJsZSB0byBzZW5kIGZ1bmRzIG9yIHVzZSB0aGUgYm90IGF0IHRoZSBtb21lbnQuIEJ1dCBJJ20gZ29pbmcgdG8gYmUgc2VuZGluZyBpdCBhcyBzb29uIGFzIHRoZSBuZXR3b3JrIGlzIGZ1bmN0aW9uYWwgYWdhaW4hIEFuZCBJIHdpbGwgcmVwbHkgdG8geW91ciBwb3N0IG9uY2UgYWdhaW4gdG8gbGV0IHlvdSBrbm93IHdoZW4gaXQncyB3b3JraW5nIC8gdGhlIGZ1bmRzIGFyZSBzZW50IDopfA== ~~~
The network seems to be again, and I just sent you 600,000 Bytes, which is enough to get you verified with your Steem account. Enjoy the free money from the airdrop, and let me know if you have any questions about it!
I think the bot to verify your Steem identity is fully functional again, but it might still take some time to get answers. And some of the transactions are taking some time to verify, so I'm not sure how long it will take before the funds are ready to be used.
Thanks,
I only get the blank page but no instructions from the bot. Is this a problem with the bot you were talking about?
Yes, that's the problem. The network is down again, after being able to synch for like 30 minutes yesterday. It looks like the problem is a bit more serious than I first believed.
i have seen many people promoting this, but the question is: is this really legit?
so we can trade with thes 50% at the start? or we have to wait for 1 year to be able to use that liquid "gift"?
I just bought groceries in my local supermarket and paid with Byteball that I earned this morning.
Airdrop Bonus ==> My Byteball wallet ==> Bittrex ==> Bitcoin ==> My Wirex VISA card
Oh, that's nice! It's cool to see that people are actually using the coins for something, not just holding it :)
I am still holding about half of what I got from the Airdrop. Spent the other half on food. :))
That's a good idea ;) I think this could be an interesting crypto to hold, seeing as it has pretty decent smart contracts.
It looks legit to me. I already got the airdrop, and there is nothing to stop me from sending the 50 % liquid coins to an exchange and sell it right now.
And yes, the 50 % liquid coins are put in to your wallet just like that, and can be used as if you bought it from someone else. The other 50 % will become liquid (and thus sellable) in exactly one year. Think of the locked 50 % as Steem Power, but there's a 1 year wait instead of 13 weeks.
@valth Here is my adress, could you help me with the validation?
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Please let me know when u sent the bytes so that I can attest the transaction .
According to some Reddit posts, they are having some network troubles right now, so the funds are not being sent right now. But I'm going to be sending it as soon as the network is functional again! And I will reply to your post once again to let you know when it's working / the funds are sent :)
The network seems to be again, and I just sent you 600,000 Bytes, which is enough to get you verified with your Steem account. Enjoy the free money from the airdrop, and let me know if you have any questions about it!
I think the bot to verify your Steem identity is fully functional again, but it might still take some time to get answers. And some of the transactions are taking some time to verify, so I'm not sure how long it will take before the funds are ready to be used.
bro i got your bytes thanks for that but i'm still not getting reply from the Steem attestation bot
i'm not getting any message from the bot :(
@valth do you have any info regarding this issue?
Yes, please see my latest post about it :)
Sorry I was so soon to reply; I didn't see this comment until I got home to the computer with @ginabot installed.
tHANK YOU BROTHER.
You're welcome :)
The bot is also not working because of the same error as the one I wrote about in the other reply. You just need to wait a while until they are able to fix the problem :)
I am also facing the same issue
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According to some Reddit posts, they are having some network troubles right now, so the funds are not being sent right now. I've tried a few times, but I just get a timeout message :( But I'm going to be sending it as soon as the network is functional again! And I will reply to your post once again to let you know when it's working / the funds are sent :)
The network seems to be again, and I just sent you 600,000 Bytes, which is enough to get you verified with your Steem account. Enjoy the free money from the airdrop, and let me know if you have any questions about it!
I think the bot to verify your Steem identity is fully functional again, but it might still take some time to get answers. And some of the transactions are taking some time to verify, so I'm not sure how long it will take before the funds are ready to be used.
It's really a cool airdrop from byteball. I was surprised when I researched it on coinmarketcap.com and found that it was a valuable coin, about $120.
It's kind of you to share with people with enough details added. Thumbs up.
I agree; it's amazing that the first airdrop we get on here is actually a very good crypto that has a big potential!
I think it is very promising.
Is it safe?
Yes, there's not really any potential unsafe things about it. They don't even need to know your Posting Key or anything like that, you just need to verify your account with SteemConnect. So they cannot really do anything bad to you even if they wanted to :)
Hehehe
Yep, my friend.
So, we are safe to use it.
Thanks my friend.
Yes, I would say so :)
Can you hook me up?
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According to some Reddit posts, they are having some network troubles right now, so the funds are not being sent right now. I've tried a few times, but I just get a timeout message :( But I'm going to be sending it as soon as the network is functional again! And I will reply to your post once again to let you know when it's working / the funds are sent :)
Thank you!
The network seems to be again, and I just sent you 600,000 Bytes, which is enough to get you verified with your Steem account. Enjoy the free money from the airdrop, and let me know if you have any questions about it!
I think the bot to verify your Steem identity is fully functional again, but it might still take some time to get answers. And some of the transactions are taking some time to verify, so I'm not sure how long it will take before the funds are ready to be used.
Cool I see them,thank's agian now I can play around with it!
That's great! There's still some network clog on the Byteball network, so it might not work properly just yet.
Waited four hours yesterday after following the instructions but never got to the steem connect screen. Clicking on chat and bot store now takes me to a blank page.
According to some Reddit posts, they are having some network troubles right now, so the funds are not being sent right now, and most of the bots are not working.
So we just need to wait until the network issues are fixed, and then you should be able to claim the airdrop again.
Thanks for sharing valuable info. I already made the byteball Bytes wallet after seeing @exyle post. Have a nice time and great weekend
Have a great weekend yourself, @kamchore :) I'm glad to hear that you got your airdrop already.
Great information about byteball. I appreciate your work. This is new information for me.
Thanks for sharing this post @valth.
Have a great day! ☺
Have a great day yourself. Did you get the airdrop before the network clogged up? :)
@valth byteball doing amazing work for all Steemit users.
Yes, they really are!
@valth we all will try to take profit of their good project.
Yes, that's true. I will hold my Bytes for a long time tough, because it seems like it has some potential.
Hope i am still in time to receive some ! :)
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Sent! Sorry for being so late to answer you :/
Great article, really helpful. Thanks
I'm glad you liked it :)
I appreciate this step by step guide. It couldn't have been more helpful. This is the first time I'm hearing about Byteball. Hopefully, i would start getting my Byteball Bytes soon.
I''m glad you found it useful :)
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Sent! It might take a little while before it is confirmed though, since the network is so slow.
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You got enough Bytes to do the verification now :) I didn't send any, but I guess someone else did before I was able to :P
Hey!
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