A Free Distribution Experiment in Bitcoin's "Stone Age" On a day in 2010, while the global internet community was still marveling at Facebook's 500 million user milestone, an obscure website quietly went live. It had no complex interface, merely a line of text inviting visitors: "Enter a CAPTCHA, claim 5 bitcoins." At that time, this cryptocurrency, now hailed as "digital gold," was valued at less than $0.10 per unit. Yet, this seemingly ordinary interaction would, 14 years later, become one ...

A Free Distribution Experiment in Bitcoin's "Stone Age" On a day in 2010, while the global internet community was still marveling at Facebook's 500 million user milestone, an obscure website quietly went live. It had no complex interface, merely a line of text inviting visitors: "Enter a CAPTCHA, claim 5 bitcoins." At that time, this cryptocurrency, now hailed as "digital gold," was valued at less than $0.10 per unit. Yet, this seemingly ordinary interaction would, 14 years later, become one ...