14 years ago, there was a website that gave away 5 Bitcoins for free.

Back in 2010, a site called The Bitcoin Faucet gave 5 BTC to anyone who visited and solved a simple CAPTCHA. Yes—just for clicking a few boxes, you got 5 Bitcoins! At that time, Bitcoin was worth only a few cents.

The purpose of this faucet was to spread awareness and get more people interested in Bitcoin. The person who created it was Gavin Andresen, one of the key developers who took over the project after Satoshi Nakamoto disappeared.

Honestly, even if I had received that free BTC back then, I probably would’ve sold it right away—if I had figured out how to.