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title: Why does the app ask for my credit card?
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category: other
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### Why We Ask
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LBRY controls millions of credits that it wants to get into the hands of content creators and content consumers.
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Unfortunately, when you try to give stuff away for free, people will abuse it.
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This, and only this, is the reason we require a credit card to participate in the rewards program. We wish we could tell you were a real person without this step, but no other solution we've tried thus far has worked well.
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**To be clear, no money will be charged to your card now or ever.** There is no fine print and there is no trick.
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(*Some providers may see a $1 charge appear temporarily. This is only an authorization, no actual money will ever be charged.*)
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Your card information is submitted direclty to [Stripe](https://stripe.com), one of the largest credit card processors in the world.
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### What If I Don't Want To Provide It?
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No problem!
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You are welcome to use the LBRY browser without providing any personal information. We just can't give you any rewards.
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Note that without some credits, you will be unable to publish or access paid content.
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However, you can get credits in lots of other ways. See [this article on purchasing and earning credits](https://lbry.io/faq/earn-credits).
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