So quite often I watch the announcement on Bitcointalk and see the amount of coins that get posted, and in all honesty I do not tend to bother with many of them. Byteball on the other hand seems to be a bit of a no brainer for me, especially when getting coins is so so easy if you have a BTC balance.
All that is required is to download their Byteball wallet and then send a signed message from your BTC wallet to receive Byteball in the next round. Now this is only for a limited time they will not be doing it for long, I believe the next round is April 11th so you will need to be quick! Also I recommend just sending a signed message from your BTC wallet rather than sending actual BTC
You can get the wallet from their official site
https://byteball.org/
Bitcointalk announcement that has a good guide on claiming your Byteball
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1608859.0
Free distribution to BTC and Byte holders.
Mass adoption requires wide distribution, that's why 98% of all bytes and blackbytes are to be distributed for free. The distribution is split into multiple rounds and in each round holders of BTC and Bytes are rewarded. The amounts you receive are proportional to your proven balances in BTC and Bytes on the next distribution date:
For every 16 BTC you receive 1 GB (1 gigabyte = 1 billion bytes),
For every 5 GB you receive additional 1 GB.
To prove your balances, install the wallet and chat with the Transition Bot (you find it in the Bot Store in the wallet). The bot will help you link your Bitcoin and Byteball addresses by making a micropayment or signing a message.
You also receive blackbytes in proportion to your linked BTC balance and your balance in Bytes on the linked Byteball address.
The first distribution round took place on Dec 25, 2016 when the network launched, over 70,000 BTC was linked, and 10% of the total supply of bytes and blackbytes was distributed. In the subsequent rounds, the total distributed supply reached 36.6%:
2nd round on Feb 11, 2017: 121,763 BTC linked, 1.8% distributed;
3rd round on Mar 12, 2017: 129,139 BTC linked, 2.0% distributed;
4th round on Apr 11, 2017: 145,441 BTC linked, 2.3% distributed;
5th round on May 10, 2017: 207,672 BTC linked, 2.9% distributed;
6th round on Jun 9, 2017: 453,621 BTC linked, 6.6% distributed;
7th round on Jul 9, 2017: 949,004 BTC linked, 11.0% distributed.
The 8th round is scheduled for the full moon of August (Aug 7, 2017 at 18:10 UTC). The balances will be snapshotted at the time of the first Bitcoin block after this date, and rules for this round are as indicated above. We will likely have more rounds until we distribute all 98%, the rules in the future rounds will change in favor of current holders of bytes.