Auroracoin Airdrop Begins for Icelandic Citizens
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- CT Lore
On March 25, 2014, Auroracoin, an altcoin created as an Icelandic alternative to Bitcoin, started its airdrop to every citizen of Iceland. Each person was eligible to claim 31.8 AUR, roughly half the total supply, in a bold move to bypass the Icelandic króna amid capital controls post-2008 crisis. CT buzzed over this experiment in national crypto adoption, though skepticism ran high about its viability. The project, created by pseudonym Baldur Friggjar Óðinsson, aimed to challenge fiat but faded into obscurity. It remains a quirky piece of early crypto lore.