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A big bottleneck to entering the Steem world is account creation.  Either people can't get an account due to simply being denied or they're unable to be verified as a legit human.  Or things get lost somewhere in the series of internet tubes that connect us all.

Since HardFork 20, I've been accumulating account creation credits.  Some people intend to sell these (which I think is lame), but I intend to give them away which I have been doing lately.  All of my account creation credits are FREE.  Why would someone want to sell these?!  You only shoot yourself and everyone else in the foot by being greedy in this regard.  The more people we get, the stronger and more relevant what we're all doing here becomes.

# So what do you need to do to get a free account?

# Step #1:  Decide on the account name.

# Step #2:  Send me 0.001 Steem or SBD with your desired account name in the memo.  You can encrypt this so no one can see what it is by beginning the memo with #.

# Step #3:  Once I receive the memo and create the account, I will send the 0.001 Steem or SBD back to you with the account details (username and password) in an encrypted memo so that only you will be able to read it.

# Step #4:  CHANGE THE PASSWORD!!!  The password I send you should be treated as temporary and should be changed immediately.

# Step #5:  Onboard your user!!!  Teach them the ropes, help them make an introduceyourself post, show them some cool people to follow, explain how things work, show them resources, give them some upvotes, etc.  Get creative!

Please do not abuse this service for your own means.  It's fine to get an account from me if you want to start something up, but please do not request an account for malicious intent or anything unsavory.  Think of ways you can *help* this community thrive.  This is all primarily meant to onboard **NEW** users, so please keep that in mind.

This service is absolutely free and I am doing this all manually.  Although it is free, I'm not turning down tips :-).  I take any crypto on Earth, so yeah, keep that in mind haha.  But also, do not feel obligated to tip, I'm not expecting it.

While I'm at it, I'd like to mention @pharesim's project [Steem Invite](https://steeminvite.com/).  I'd also like to give a shoutout to @mcfarhat for writing the script that I'm using to claim and create accounts.

So get off of your ass and go get us some new users!!!