Bitcoin faucets are apps or websites that distribute bitcoins to users for free or after completing a simple task like a CAPTCHA. Today they are mostly associated with testnet coins and altcoins, as no faucets give out meaningful amounts of bitcoin anymore.
Questions tagged [faucets]
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Is there any where to get free testnet Bitcoins?
I'm building a project with bitcoins and want to test it with testnet. However, I don't have any testnet bitcoins, and despite the difficulty being less than 100 usually, I still haven't been able to mine a block on my PC (CPU only) after a day. Is…
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Do faucets actually work?
Doing a simple Google search shows that there are many places on the Internet that say that they give out free bitcoins. All you need to do is give them your deposit address and confirm that you're not a robot, and boom, free bitcoins!
Do "faucets"…
user6398
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Are Bitcoin / Cryptocurrency free & paid "Faucets" illegal in the USA?
I was wondering if Bitcoin faucets were illegal in the USA? What about a paid bitcoin faucet where you pay in other coins to get a few cents worth of BTC?
Patoshi パトシ
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How can I get more than 1 BTC on testnet?
The only way I know of to get testnet coins is through faucets such as the following.
https://testnet-faucet.com/btc-testnet/
https://testnet-faucet.mempool.co/
https://kuttler.eu/en/bitcoin/btc/faucet/
https://coinfaucet.eu/en/btc-testnet/
I…
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On the Bitcoin testnet, will transactions with higher fees get mined quicker?
I wonder if anyone here has spent enough time on the Bitcoin testnet to give me some insight on how the market forces there work. I am a teaching assistant in a university blockchain course with ~75 students, and I plan to start an assignment in a…
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Looking for a Bitcoin Cash (bch, bcc) testnet faucet
As the title states I am looking for a Bitcoin Cash faucet. I know about the very nice one:
https://testnet.manu.backend.hamburg/bitcoin-cash-faucet
but it seems to be down at the moment. A google search does not yield any other faucets so I am not…
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Is freebitco.in legit site?
Is freebitco.in a legit site? This is faucet. What is the use of faucets in bitcoin. Is it also a mining business?Please tell me more about faucets.
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What is the point of a bitcoin faucet?
What is the motivation for the faucet owner?
Just to get a browser visit/IP address/plant some cookies?
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How to find ripple faucet coin for development
I'm developing an app with ripple. I need some faucet coin for ripple. How can I find it?
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What do you want from bitcoin faucets?
I operate a very high potential bitcoin faucet. Currently it is the highest paying faucet (only available for mobile). I know faucets are considered passe, but many people still use them. Im curious, what features would you like the most from…
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Not receving Bitcoins to my testnet wallet
I am running the bitcoinj wallettemplate on testnet3. I have this address miAKWcmebJ7TYyZCYUx54djHsatVGdNZA8 , I tried out some websites which sends me testnet coins (Faucet). But I am not receiving any. ? What I am I doing wrong ?
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Do I need to keep updating my wallet address in faucets?
I notice that my wallet address keeps changing and I am wondering two things:
Why does the address dynamically change?
Do I need to update the wallet address in the faucets I use in order to receive the satoshis?
It will be a pain if I have to…
Brian Simms
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Bitcoind doesn't find transactions / synchronize / update until last block from Testnet
I set up bitcoind as server. It downloads the testnet blockchain but it is inconsistent with public data:
http://blockexplorer.com/testnet/q/getblockcount
182951 (As of 18/02/14)
And
bitcoind getblockcount
53317
My testnet accounts receive…
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Where can I get bigger amount of test BTC?
We are conducting some testing with the end users of our application and I need a bigger amount of test BTC for it. Using faucets, I can get 0.1 or 0.01 per request with captcha, but I need something around 100. Is there any place, where I can get…
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Bitcoin cash faucet
Is there any other bitcoin cash faucet instead of this
I'm facing the same problem as this question.
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