Help spread the word of Bitcoin out of the technical geek realm and into potential real-world users through the Geocache network. Who else loves hidden treasure more than them? Probably not many.
The same way Bitcoin Faucet has helped technical people get their first Bitcoins, BitcoinIntro’s Hidden Treasure seeks to introduce Bitcoin to the universe through another massively connected group of people: GeoCachers. These people interact with other treasure seekers, sharing pictures, tags, and other little trinkets via their hidden geo caches.
The Hidden Treasure project will promote knowledge of Bitcoin by hiding Bitcoin keys and a URL to retrieval instructions. Each key will have a small fraction of Bitcoins sent to them before the treasure is placed in a cache. The first GeoCacher to retrieve the Bitcoins gets to keep them. During their quest to obtain the Bitcoins, they will have learned about all the awesome properties that Bitcoins afford. To the unfortunate GeoCacher’s that do not receive the hidden treasure, will also have become slightly more enlightened and still have an opportunity to obtain Bitcoins through the Bitcoin Faucet. We believe these treasure hunters will fall in love with this idea and eventually begin to help spread the word of Bitcoin throughout the globe during their hunt for their own next treasures.
If you would like to help promote this idea of Bitcoin promotion, please send a small donation to 1N9MW7LaAEX4GaiCng2ZjjyKZYYZqmr3YA. All donations will go directly to GeoCaching treasures in $1 USD increments as previous caches are retrieved. In the event the project is ended, any remaining donated coins will go the Bitcoin Faucet. We currently have trusted collaborators that will help distribute separate fliers to Geocaches in Vietnam, South Korea, Canada, and the Las Vegas areas.
If you would like to start your own local version of Hidden Treasure in your area, you can use our Flier template. However, you will have to fund your own endeavour. Please let us know you’re doing it so we can help your promotion.
Hidden Treasure retrieval instructions are here.
2021-12-04 Update:
The key import interface at StrongCoin was proving to be a significant hurdle for new users so we’ve updated the method to access the free Bitcoins by issuing InstaWallets instead. Unfortunately, due to the way InstaWallet manages their balances, it will be impossible to monitor the status of the caches.