They did give 0.1 btc in the early days. Which if you did hold into them would be roughly $6500 by today's rate (you'd also have BCH, BCHN, BSV and BTG).
I just looked at my Coinbase balance for the first time in a few years.
Apparently I got $5 of free bitcoin at some point in 2016 and it's now worth $800. Sweet!
They also seem to have quietly closed early users' accounts and taken the holdings.
I have an account from early on when they first launched. Got some small BTC in it and never touched it again. Still there. Odd why some got closed. I log into it once every couple of years.
"I log into it once every couple of years."
That probably explains it?
Can confirm that happened to me.
I got .03 btc from the early days sign up. It's almost $2k now. Thanks Brian!
Crazy I missed another boat there. More will come down the river and I'll jump on the right one eventually.