RE: Don't forget to claim your free Stellar Lumens

[wekkel]

Good to know. However, I wonder why they need my Facebook profile....

Conspiracy thought: to prepare a big database of holders of Bitcoin in order to place a windfall tax on them eventually.

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[allyouneedtoknow]

Haha....nice thought, but I think there is no conspiracy here... :D

Statement from stellar.org

Why Facebook?

If you’re not using an exchange, then law requires us to ensure you’re not on the U.S. sanctions list or located in any of the restricted jurisdictions listed above. We’re using Facebook account verification to complete this check.

We know this kind of sucks. Privacy is a top concern for the Bitcoin ecosystem. Stellar.org won’t use your Facebook data for any other purposes and will never post to your account. If you’d rather not share your Facebook information, you can still go through a participating exchange.

[wekkel]

That is reassuring. I will have a closer look at Stellar now. This guy at the Ripple forum seems to have good hopes for Stellar as well. He seems to know his stuff.

[allyouneedtoknow]

Yeah...impressive comment from that guy.
Seems as if he knew what he is talking about.