Blockchain.info user wins 10 BTC for opening site's 500,000th bitcoin wallet
Blockchain.info has given 10 BTC to the person who opened the 500,000th bitcoin wallet on the site. As well as providing a bitcoin wallet service, Blockchain.info is a block chain browser and features data and charts providing insight into the bitcoin network. A representative from the site posted on reddit yesterday that it was about to reach 500,000 total wallets created and, in recognition of the support its users have given, was giving away 10 BTC to the lucky user who created wallet number 500,000. Part of the message read: "It's our mission to continue to build the most secure and....
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Yesterday I posted a news blurb surrounding the imminent creation of Blockchain.info's 500,000th online wallet. Whoever was to create this wallet would be the lucky recipient of 10 bitcoins, or over $2,000 USD. As it were, it looks like someone has indeed won the prize, and they're coming out with a statement, posted on Reddit. Here it is: This is so immeasurably awesome! Thank you so much! The funny thing is, I had no idea you were running a contest! I used to dabble in Bitcoins a couple of years ago (bought 5 BTC back when they were like £5 each, gutted that I sold them for £6 a few....
To celebrate the creation of 500,000 online wallets, Blockchain.info will be giving away a pretty penny to some random, unsuspecting individual. That reward is 10 BTC, worth just over 2,000USD at the time of this writing. Blockchain.info has confirmed the giveaway on both Facebook and Twitter, so we know this is for real. For that one person who ends up winning, that 10 BTC could be worth a whole lot more in a few years! Original announcement: Blockchain.info is about to reach 500,000 total wallets created, and we are extremely grateful to the bitcoin community for it's continual support....
Blockchain.info, one of the first bitcoin wallet providers established, hit the 4 million user mark recently. The company has just reached its 2 million user mark last year and has since doubled the amount of clients it serves. "This is really exciting as it points to a positive trend in bitcoin adoption," the bitcoin wallet company noted. Bitcoin Wallet User Growth. The bitcoin industry has encountered more than a few roadblocks in the past year, starting from the continuous tumble in prices and the hacking incidents here and there. Nonetheless, these challenges have been unable to stop....
Super-popular bitcoin block explorer and online wallet service Blockchain.info today announced the creation of their one millionth wallet - an absolutely huge milestone in the website's history. The news comes just days following a newsBTC report indicating the milestone was near, so if that isn't proof the website is growing rapidly, we don't know what is. Back in late-October, Blockchain.info announced that the 500,000th wallet had been created - and for the lucky person who did, well, they won a whopping 10 BTC. According to CoinDesk, it would appear another prize is in order for the....
Blockchain.info the worlds most popular Bitcoin wallet has just exceeded 4 million users this week. The block explorer and wallet providers team is thrilled to have so many users with its base doubling from last year. In 2015 the company’s wallet count continues to grow at an exponential rate and the host site gets millions of individual visitors a....