Survey Campaign
SSE Riga Academic Research Survey | Bitcoin Prize Escrow & Community Outreach
Completed · Launched 2024-01-28 · Ended 2024-04-07
I supported an academic research survey conducted at the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, helping connect researchers with the Bitcointalk community and holding the participant prize fund in escrow. The study explored perspectives on decentralized gambling, with an advertised Bitcoin prize worth approximately $500.
The client’s goal
The researchers wanted to collect honest perspectives on decentralized gambling from people with different levels of experience. Their goal was to reach a relevant audience beyond the classroom and encourage participation in a short academic survey.The approach
The campaign invited Bitcointalk members to complete a four-minute, multiple-choice survey hosted on Qualtrics. A prize draw provided an incentive to participate, while my escrow role addressed the trust barrier faced by a new forum account.The revised draw process used the BitcoinData.Science giveaway manager, with earlier respondents automatically included through their submitted Bitcoin addresses.
What I managed
I held the Bitcoin prize fund as the named escrow provider and supported the survey’s community-facing promotion. My role gave participants an established forum contact responsible for safeguarding the reward, while the researchers handled the academic survey.Results and evidence
The campaign record spans January 28 to April 7, 2024. The published update records growth from an initial $40 prize to an advertised approximately $500, with a total reward balance of 0.00775947 BTC.Dapp Casino contributed an additional 0.00653209 BTC. The final participation cutoff was April 4 at 18:00 GMT. These details document the funded incentive and recruitment process; they do not establish the number of completed surveys, final prize payment or published research findings.
Campaign details
This engagement shows how an established cryptocurrency community can support education and academic research. The purpose was to invite people with relevant experience to contribute their perspectives to a study, giving researchers access to conversations taking place beyond traditional academic settings.My contribution centred on trust. By holding the prize independently, I helped the research team present a funded participation incentive despite its new forum account. The later increase in sponsorship expanded that incentive while preserving earlier respondents’ eligibility for the draw.