Bitcoin Giveaway for the 2024 Aceh Gubernatorial Election

The day before the Aceh gubernatorial election, Indonesia, November 26, 2024, on Instagram I created a Bitcoin Giveaway of 30,000 Sats. The method is simple, just write the Bitcoin Lightning Network address in the comments column of my Instagram post, without the need to follow or share the post.

Initially, I made a rule that the 30,000 Sats would be divided equally among all participants if Bustami Hamzah was elected as Governor of Aceh. On the other hand, if Muzakir Manaf won the Aceh gubernatorial election, I would still divide the Giveaway prize equally, but half of the total main prize of 15,000 Sats.

I limited the Giveaway to two days, there were 18 Instagram users who participated, each of them, all of them included the Bitcoin Lightning Network address in the comments column of my IG Giveaway post.

I had guessed that those who would participate in the Giveaway would definitely be my closest friends, who I had told a long time ago what Bitcoin and Lightning Network were. My guess was right, out of the 18 users who participated, only two people I didn't know.

Because many people joined the Giveaway, namely 18 participants, I recently changed the rules. Regardless of who is elected as Governor of Aceh, all participants who meet the requirements will still be divided equally from the total prize of 30,000 Sats. There is no longer a rule of cutting it in half. This is solely so that each participant gets more sats, instead of if it is cut by 15,000 Sats (from the statistics circulating, it is very likely that the winner of the Aceh gubernatorial election will be Muzakir Manaf).

Without having to wait for the Aceh KIP to officially announce the winner of the Aceh gubernatorial election, today, November 29, 2024, I have sent and distributed 30,000 Sats to the eighteen participants equally, each getting 1,666 Sats. I sent it directly to the address they had included in the comments column of the Giveaway post.

In an IG story post, I informed the participants that the Sats they had received could be used for:

1. Donate to Gaza, Palestine. Yes, bitcoin can be sent anywhere in the world without intermediaries and received directly in an instant. For more information, access this link: http://bitcoinforpalestine.org

2. Exchange to Gopay balance. Bitcoin (Sats) can be exchanged for Gopay balance by exchanging it at the link: https://btcln.app/vm/gopay

3. Just save it. I also suggest that the Sats that have been received should be saved, as the price of Bitcoin increases, the value of Sats in Rupiah also increases. Can be exchanged at any time if necessary and urgent.

The Bitcoin Giveaway that I made has no benefit whatsoever for me, nor is there any sponsorship from anyone or any application. It is just my personal initiative to introduce Bitcoin technology to my colleagues and people who want to learn new technology.

Finally, through this post I remind all participants, Bitcoin is not a tool to achieve wealth, either in an instant or later, no, not that. Bitcoin is a new asset class that needs to be studied in depth, besides Gold, Land, and Stocks. Ignore crypto, Bitcoin is not crypto.

In my personal opinion, Bitcoin needs to be considered solely as a store of wealth amidst the declining value of currency due to inflation, which is usually the intention of our parents when buying physical gold in stores. Did our ancestors buy and store gold to get rich? Of course not! It is only a store of wealth that will be sold when financial conditions are urgent and there is no other choice.

Finally, Stay Humble, Stack Sats. In the gubernatorial election in the next 5 years (maybe 2030) I will make another Bitcoin Giveaway, God willing.