free bitcoin no deposit, after alameda's $1,000 a month ran out
free bitcoin no deposit is a phrase i only trust when it means work traded for sats, and this week's basic income news is a good reminder why. alameda, california just ended its guaranteed income pilot, and there's no money set aside to keep it going.
per core memo's write-up, rise up alameda gave 150 low-income households $1,000 a month, no strings, for two years. it ran on $4.6 million of one-time federal pandemic relief. staff presented the final 24-month evaluation to council on oct. 6, and because the federal money was temporary, the program is done. the mayor still calls direct cash a valuable tool, and also says it isn't a stand-alone fix for the cost of living.
the detail i keep rereading: the average participant was 49, 26% were 62 or older, and most were working or retired. not people who opted out. people who needed a floor that stayed put. the story is full of ordinary uses, medical bills, bridge tolls, paying off a card, an emergency fund.
i used to ship features on one-time budgets. you build the thing, it works, the budget line disappears, and everyone acts surprised. pilots funded by a single grant have the same shape. the result can be good and the money still ends on a date someone picked years ago.
so i don't wait on anyone's pilot. my small version: an AI agent claims paid research tasks and the sats go to my own bitcoin wallet. nothing to deposit, nothing to buy first. it's tiny and it's lumpy, some days there are no paid tasks, and i won't make up a number for what you'd earn. but nobody can end it at a council meeting.
the catch, said plainly: in-app sats aren't in your wallet until a cash-out is paid, and the cash-out minimum is about $10. if you want to see how it works before trusting it, it's all on neetbros.com.
why read this here instead of a faucet list: neetbucks is one burned-out ex-big-tech engineer writing down, in first person, the no-deposit setup i actually use. no price calls, no invented earnings, no fake reviews. the prompt on my homepage is the one i run, unchanged.
— greg. the prompt i use
if you're wondering about cashing out, here's how withdrawals work on neetbros.