# Gavin Andresen
# 2010-06-23 14:23:46
# https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=206.msg1711#msg1711

So I've been watching the IP addresses of people getting 5 free bitcoins from the Bitcoin Faucet ( @s{(link)} ). @p{par}

And I see some... uh, @p{(it}interesting@p{it)} patterns.  Like these successful requests for coins: @p{par}


Code:
79.117.152.158 - - [21/Jun/2010:12:17:02 -0700] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 1234  @p{brk}
79.117.159.197 - - [21/Jun/2010:12:16:24 -0700] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 1234  @p{brk}
79.117.135.236 - - [21/Jun/2010:12:10:23 -0700] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 1234 @p{brk}
79.117.163.238 - - [21/Jun/2010:12:08:50 -0700] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 1234 @p{brk}
79.117.155.23 - - [21/Jun/2010:12:08:07 -0700] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 1234  @p{brk}

 @p{brk}
My apologies if there actually are a bunch of new bitcoin users using IP addresses in the 79.117 range...  but I'm guessing somebody there is getting more than their fair share of free bitcoins. @p{par}

There are several suspicious requests from the 192.38.95.* address block, too. @p{par}

So I've made some changes to the Faucet.  You won't notice them unless you try to cheat; if you do try to cheat, you'll have to solve a CAPTCHA to get coins. @p{par}

If that doesn't discourage cheating, I'll modify the code so that if it think you're trying to cheat it requires a CAPTCHA and only gives out a bitcoin nickel (0.05 bitcoins)... @p{brk}